Friday prayers in UAE mosques restricted to 10 minutes – Information

Dubai – Mosques will absorb 30 per cent of their capability for the Friday prayers.

Mosques within the UAE will host Friday prayers ranging from December 4, the NCEMA has introduced.

The UAE had resumed congregation prayers at mosques on July 1 with diminished capability, however Friday prayers remained suspended.

Mosques will absorb 30 per cent of their capability for the Friday prayers, authorities mentioned throughout a digital briefing.

The mosques will open half-hour earlier than the sermon (khutbah) and can shut half-hour after the prayer.

The sermon and prayer will final for a complete of 10 minutes.

Ablution amenities and washrooms at mosques will stay closed. Worshippers are suggested to carry out the ablution from house.

For all different prayers, mosques will open quarter-hour earlier than the prayers, besides the Maghrib (sundown) one, which is able to open 5 minutes prior. All mosques will shut 10 minutes after the prayers.

Worshippers should mandatorily put on face masks in the course of the prayers they usually should deliver their very own prayer mats. The aged and people with weakened immunity ought to keep away from going to the mosques.