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Imam of the Grand Mosque, Masjid al Haram, Makkatul Mukarrema, Dr Abdul
Rahman As-Sudais |
Malegaon:
Imam of the Grand Mosque, Masjid al Haram, Makkatul Mukarrema, Dr Abdul
Rahman As-Sudais is arriving on three day historic visit to India
March 25. The Imam is visiting India on the invitation of Jamiatul
Ulema-e-Hind.
“Imame-e-Haram-e-Makki, Dr Abdul Rahman As-Sudais is reaching New Delhi by a special flight on Friday
early in the morning. From here he will
immediately fly by helicopter to Darul Uloom Deoband”, President of
Jamiatul Ulema-e-Hind Maulana Arshad Madani said to ummid.com on
phone.
In Deoband, Dr As-Sudais will lead the Friday prayers at Masjid
Rasheedia, Darul Uloom, Deoband. After the prayers he will return
back to New Delhi, he said.
“Dr As-Sudais is visiting India on the invitation of Jamiatul Ulema-e-Hind.
We will be hosting a dinner in his honour at Parliament Annex
Friday evening”, Maulana Madani added.
According to the insiders, besides
ministers, and top political and community leaders, the guest list
for the dinner hosted in the honour of Dr As Sudais also includes
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh.
During his three-day stay in India, Dr. As-Sudais will visit
various places in the national capital besides addressing the
conference organised by Jamiatul Ulema-e-Hind at Ramlila Ground on
March 26. He
will also meet various groups representing the Indian Muslims.
On March 27, Dr. As-Sudais will visit the Jamiat-e-Ahle Hadees
Complex at Okhla and lead the afternoon prayers. The prayer will be
followed by his address.
Dr As Sudais is regarded worldwide as one of the most loved and
respected Muslim clerics. He is leading the prayers at the Grand
Mosque, Makkah in Saudi Arabia since more than a decade.
This is Dr. As-Sudais’s first visit to India. Earlier, he was
scheduled to address a peace conference in Mumbai in November 2010
but his visit was cancelled in the last moment. The Mumbai Peace
Conference was however addressed by Dr. Saud As-Shuraim, his
colleague and another Imam of the Grand Mosque with equal stature.
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