For the first of its kind in history, hundreds of fans, players, and officials at the World Cup 2022 in Qatar performed Friday prayers
Doha: For the first of its kind in history, hundreds of fans, players, and officials at the World Cup 2022 in Qatar performed Friday prayers in the vicinity of Ahmed bin Ali Stadium and Al-Thamma Stadium.
The photos and videos shared widely by social media users garnered a lot of interaction, in a scene that many found ‘historically dazzling’.
In a video, worshipers can be seen gathered in a prayer square at the time of the call to prayer, where they listened to the sermon in Arabic before performing the prayer in front of the World Cup stadium.
