Dear Pilgrims, Holding Hajj during this pandemic, even with reducing the numbers of pilgrims, it has obliged various official agencies to double their efforts in addition to direct supervision and reassurance on the conduct of Hajj and the safety and comfort of pilgrims, as well as working to implement the maximum health requirements for dealing with the Coronavirus pandemic, including keenness on social distancing. I pray to Allah Almighty sincerely to reward those who have contributed to the efforts of Hajj and serving pilgrims. On this blessed day, I pray to Allah Almighty to write Hajj for Muslims in the coming years, and we are assured of their safety. I pray to Allah Almighty to help our brothers, the pilgrims, to complete their rituals in these few days with ease, comfort, security, health and safety. I supplicate to Allah Almighty to bestow mercy upon our righteous martyrs. I commend our nation’s soldiers who defend our homeland in the best forms of heroism, courage and valor in order to protect its borders, or those who curb the spread the Coronavirus pandemic, or in the service of citizens and residents always in all circumstances. I ask Allah Almighty to grant them success, to grant our dear homeland, citizens and residents security, safety, health and reassurance, and to protect all humanity. --SPA 13:29 LOCAL TIME 10:29 GMT 0015 www.spa.gov.sa/w1382273