Ishola Akere’s post

Size: One million (1,000,000) square meters Capacity;

Can accommodate two (2) million people at a time;

Receives twenty (20) million visitors annually;

Open twenty-four (24) hours daily. It has never been completely closed in over 1400 years;

Has 1800 cleaners, & 40 electric sanitary cleaning cars;

Has 60 electric sanitary machines to clean open courtyards;

Has 2000 Sanitary barrels spread throughout the premises;

Floor covered with 40,000 carpets (longer than the distance between Jeddah and Makkah (79km));

13,000 toilets, cleaned four (4) times/6 hours daily;

25,000 water dispensers (one of the largest water dispensing systems in the world);

100 random samples of drinking water are inspected daily;

Excess water from Zamzam Well is stored in storage tanks with a capacity of 1,700,000 (1.7 million), water bottles (capacity 10 liters)

HARAMAIN recitation service: broadcast recitation of the Quran; 24/7; recitation using all ten (10) recognized methods of recitation of the Qur’an; more than 500,000 (half a million) episodes in 180 countries have been aired in three (3) years;

More than 2,000 safety deposit boxes (to keep personal belongings safe);

Hundreds of air conditioning units (for cooling) are scattered inside the Mosque;

The floor of the Mosque reflects light and heat thus improving the regulation of heat in the premises;

Electronic Tour guide application that shows the location of any part of the Mosque;

Detailed and highly efficient audio system:

The sound system in the Grand Mosque is one of the largest and most complex sound systems in the world:-

Audio system error margin: 0%

6000 speakers

Four (4) different audio systems

Fifty (50) sound engineering personnel;

Copies of the Quran are translated into 65 different languages;

Translation of each Friday sermon into five (5) different languages;

Services/facilities for the disabled:-

10,000 regular wheelchairs available for use, free of charge. 400 electronically guided wheelchairs available, Automatic wheelchairs (2 wheels and 3 wheels);

RAMADAN special services:-

4 million free meals for breaking of fast every day, throughout Ramadan;

5,000,000 dates (seed discarded) are distributed in the mosque area every day during Ramadan

After breaking fast, it takes 2 minutes to clean the place for Maghrib prayer (Sallah)!

SUBHANALLAH …

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