Thousands of Nigerian pilgrims in Madinah, trooped to the section of the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah, where his grave is located to offer special prayers for Nigeria.
According to an Islamic scholar, Alhassan Yaaub one prayer offered at the Prophet’s mosque in Madinah is equivalent to one thousand prayers anywhere else in the world except in Masjid Haram in Makkah.
A pilgrim, Lawal Mohammed, who said he was able to pray beside the prophet’s grave, thanked almighty Allah to have been able to fulfil his life ambition at last.
Another pilgrim, AbdulKadir Nuhu described the crowd at the grave side as amazing, adding that he also prayed to almighty Allah to intervene in the affairs of Nigeria by taking control of its challenges.
Meanwhile, the number of 2019 pilgrims from Nigeria to the Holy Land is over twenty four thousand, nine hundred as at Sunday according to figures from the Command Control Centre of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria.
