Funeral prayers will be held after Dhuhr today for the Hyderabad Umrah pilgrims who died in the recent Madinah bus accident in Saudi Arabia.
Madinah: The Hyderabad Umrah pilgrims who died in the recent bus accident near Madinah were laid to rest on Saturday, November 22, at Jannatul Baqi, following the completion of Salat al-Janazah, the Islamic funeral prayer for deceased Muslims at the Prophet’s Mosque.
The funeral prayers was performed after Dhuhr and led by Shaykh Abdul Bari al-Thubaiti. Live visuals showed the bodies being carried out of Prophet’s Mosque and taken towards the cemetery for burial.
A Telangana government delegation, led by Minorities Minister Mohammed Azharuddin and accompanied by Minorities Welfare Secretary B Shafiullah and AIMIM legislator Majid Hussain, also attended the funeral proceedings in Madinah. The delegation met officials and extended support to the grieving families.
In a post on X on Saturday, the Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia confirmed that the last rites were completed on November 22.
