Sheikh Ali Ahmad Mulla (born 5 July 1945) is one of the luckiest muezzins (also spelled as muadhin) as he began performing azan at Masjid al Haram in Makkah when he was 14.
The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques is set to start online registration for the prospective worshipers intending to perform Itikaf (seclusion and staying in the mosque with the intention of worshipping) at the Grand Mosque in Makkah and Masjid e Nabvi from 25th Shaban 1444 H corresponding to 17th March 2023.
The Makkah crane accident had claimed the lives of 108 people, including 11 Indians, and injury of another 238 when a crane involved in the Haram expansion project crashed on Sept. 11, 2015.