Nearly 15 million Muslims visited the Prophet’s Mosque, Islam’s second holiest site in Madinah, during the first half of Ramzan, the head of statistics and information at the General Authority for Care and Management of the Two Holy Mosques, Sultan Al Badri said.

The visitors were warmly received and provided services through an efficient network of services, he added.

Nearly 500,000 worshippers acquired permits through the Nusuk electronic platform to pray at Al Rawda Al Sharifa, where the tomb of Prophet Mohammed is situated, during the specified time period.