According to the latest statistics 200,000 visitors and Umrah pilgrims visited the Masjid nabawi.
Medina’s Director General of the Ministry of Hajj branch; Mr,Muhammad Al-Bijawi, expects 250,000 visitors and Umrah pilgrims to visit Medina during the second half of Ramadan.

Al-Bijawi confirmed to the Saudi Press Agency that the surveillance and held committees are being held since the first arrival of Umrah pilgrims in Medina to control the services provided to pilgrims and to solve any matters they might come across.

The committees send teams to visit the headquarters of Umrah companies and offices. Thjese regular visits number has recently increased during the holy month of Ramadan. The main purpose is to ensure the best conditions to pilgrims when performing their rituals.

He added to say that the number of the visits that these teams have made to hotels, offices and Umrah service providers have reached 60,000 visits since the beginning of the current  Umrah season.

Furthermore, these assistance centers have provided 30,000 services to Umrah pilgrims during the last few days. These services included guiding lost visitors, replying to pilgrims’ questions and interrogations.

The Prophet’s Mosque director of Public Relations and Information announced that the expected number of Mutakifs is 40,000  .They are expected to be sitting in seclusion (Itikaf) in Haram for the rest of Ramadan. He declared that the Mutakifs program has been  set and that it requires signing of a multi-lingual document–Arabic, Urdu and English – that includes certain instructions