Ramadan 2014: Official UAE timings for services, work hours

June 25, 2014

Ramadan timingAbu Dhabi, Jun 25: The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced the timings for services during the holy month of Ramadan covering customer service centres, car parks, public buses, Dubai Metro, marine transit modes, driving institutes, and vehicles testing and registration centres.

“The customer service centres will deliver services at different times from Sunday to Thursday where Umm Al Ramool, Barsha, Deira and Karama Centres will open from 9am to 12 noon, and Tawar, Manara, Awir and Jumeirah (JBR) centres will open from 9am to 6pm,” said Moza Al Murri, Director of RTA Marketing & Corporate Communication.

Ramadan working hours for UAE Federal Government offices.

“As for the timing of activating the paid parking zones in Dubai Emirate, the fee will be activated in all car parks coded A and B, except the Fish Market and Tecom Zone (Dubai Media City and Internet City), and the Knowledge Village will be, from Saturday to Thursday, from 8 am to 1 pm, and from 7 pm to 12 am (midnight). The fee will be activated in the Fish Market coded E throughout the week from 8 am to 1 pm, and from 4 pm to 11 pm. Tecom and Knowledge Village parking coded E will have the fee system activated from 8 am to 6 pm from Saturday to Thursday. The fee will remain active in the multi-level parking terminals 24 hours a day,” said Al Murri.

Ramadan working hours for private sector

“Bus services will be provided throughout the week and public bus stations, such as the main stations of the Gold Souk and Ghubaiba, the service will start at 5.10am and end at 11.50pm, subsidiary stations, such as Al Qusais, Satwa and Quoz, will operate from 5.30 am to 11.45pm, Jebel Ali Station will operate from 6am to 9.30pm, and the Metro feeder stations such as Rashidiya, Mall of the Emirates, Ibn Battuta, Burj Khalifa and Etisalat stations, will start business at 5.15 am and close at 12.15am (after midnight).

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“Commercial transport and inter-city bus services will be operational throughout the week. The service of main stations, such as Ghubaiba, will be provided 24-hours a day, and in subsidiary stations, such as the Union Square, Sabkha, Deira City Centre, and Karama, the service will start at 5.30am and continue to midnight. External stations, such as Sharjah (Jubail-Bur Dubai) will be open 24-hours a day, Abu Dhabi Station will operate from 5.00am to 11.55pm, Hatta station will operate from 5.30am up to 9.30pm, Fujairah station will be open from 5.50am until 9pm, and Ajman station will be open from 5.30am to 9pm,” she said.

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“As for the metro service timings, all stations on the Red Line will open on Thursday from 5.30am to 1am (following day), on Friday from 1pm to 1am (following day), and from Saturday to Wednesday from 5.30am to 12 midnight. All stations on the Green Line will open on Thursday from 5.50am to 1am (following day), on Friday from 1pm to 1am (following day), and from Saturday to Wednesday from 5.50am to 12. midnight,” stated Al Murri.

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Explaining the timing of the marine transit modes, she said: “Water transit means will be operational throughout the week as follows: Water Bus at the Dubai Creek station will operate from 8am to 12am (midnight) and at the Marina Mall station the service will operate at different timings at 12 noon, 4pm, 8pm and 12 midnight. At Ghubaiba and Festival City stations, it will operate from 4pm to 12 midnight. The Dubai Ferry at the Marina Mall will operate from 11am to 5pm, and at 6.30pm, whereas at Ghubaiba station it will operate at 11am.

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“Vehicle testing and registration services will be available at two periods, from 9am to 3pm, and from 9pm to midnight at the following service providers: Tamam, Wasel (Arabi Centre), Enoc, Shamil, Mumayaz, Shirawi, Cars and Tasjeel. Other service providers such as Wasel Vehicles Testing at Jadaf, Enoc at Barsha, Enoc at Tawar, and Quick Vehicles Testing Centers will operate around-the-clock,” said Al Murri.

Dubai Police announces prison timings for Ramadan

General visiting hours to inmates in the Central Prison for all nationalities is on Friday and Saturday. For women between 9.30am and 10.30am and for male prisoners, between 10.30pm and 11.30pm over the weekend.

Meanwhile, Friday visiting hours for inmates of the Misdemeanour and Violation Detention facility, along with the female prison, is between 9.30am and 10.30am for women, which is limited to citizens and other Arab nationalities. Men can be visited between 10.30pm and 11.30pm of the same nationalities.

On Saturdays the time remains the same for women and men, but is applicable to all nationalities.

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May 18,2020

Jeddah, May 18: Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti and head of the Council of Senior Scholars and the Department of Scientific Research and Ifta Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al Asheikh ruled that it is permissible to perform Eid Al-Fitr prayer at home under exceptional circumstances similar to the current pandemic situation. The prayer consists of two rakats with reciting more numbers of takbeer and without a sermon.

Speaking to Okaz/Saudi Gazette, he said that Zakat Al-Fitr could be distributed through charitable societies if they are reliable ones, with the condition that it should be distributed before the day of Eid. The Grand Mufti urged parents to bring joy and happiness to their children and their families by spending more on them.

Meanwhile, Sheikh Abdul Salam Abdullah Al-Sulaiman, member of the Council of Senior Scholars and the Standing Committee of Fatwa, said that Eid prayer could be performed individually or in congregation.

Speaking to Okaz/Saudi Gazette, he said that the worshiper will recite takbeer to start salat and then follow it with six more takbeer in the first rakat before reciting Fatiha loudly and then it is ideal to recite Surah Al-Qaf.

In the second rakat, there will be five takbeer after the takbeer at the start of the rakat before starting to recite Surah Fatiha and then Surah Al-Qamar, following the example of the Prophet (peace be upon him). It is also ideal to recite Surah Al-A’la and Al-Ghashiya instead of Al-Qaf and Al-Qamar in each rakat respectively.

Sheikh Al-Sulaiman also cited the example of Anas Bin Malik, a prominent companion of the Prophet (pbuh). When Anas (May Allah be pleased with him), was at his home in Zawiya, a place near Basra, he did not find any Eid congregation prayer and therefore he performed prayer along with his family members and his aide Abdullah Bin Abi Otba.

The scholar said that the time for Eid prayer begins after sunrise and the best time is after the sun rises by the height of one or two spears as agreed by most scholars. This means 15 or 30 minutes after sunrise and its time continues until the end of the time of the Duha prayer; that is before the Zuhr prayer begins.

The prayer is forbidden at the moment when the sun rises, and the majority of jurists, including the schools of thought of Shafi, Maliki, and Hanbali opposed prayer at sunrise and favored to perform the prayer only after the sun rises by the height of one or two spears in the sky.

Regarding the recitation of takbeer on the occasion of Eid Al-Fitr, Sheikh Al-Suleiman said that it should begin during the night of the Eid and continue until the beginning of the Eid prayer.

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News Network
April 26,2020

Dubai, Apr 26: Saudi Arabia reported 1223 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 17522, the Ministry of Health announced on Sunday (April 26).

Meanwhile, the ministry reported 142 recoveries today, with total recoveries in the kingdom at 2357. There are 115 cases in intensive care.

The ministry also confirmed 3 deaths, bringing the total number of deaths in the kingdom to 139.

Saudi King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz has ordered the partial lifting of a curfew imposed due to the new coronavirus across the country while keeping a 24-hour lockdown in the holy city of Mecca, the Saudi news agency SPA reported Sunday. The partial lifting of the restriction started Sunday from 9am until 5pm and will continue until May 14, the agency added.

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April 21,2020

Dubai, Apr 21: Saudi Arabia reported 1122 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 10,484, the Ministry of Health announced on Monday (April 20).

Ministry of health announced 27% of the cases are for Saudis, while 73% for non-Saudis, and ages ranged from one month old baby to 96 years old.

Meanwhile, the ministry reported 92 recoveries today, with total recoveries in the kingdom at 1,490. There are 96 cases in intensive care.

The ministry also confirmed 6 deaths on Monday, bringing the total number of deaths in the kingdom to 103.

The Saudi health minister on Monday announced that 47 billion riyals were approved by the goverment to support the health ministry in this pandemic.

Also the minister in a press confrence referred to the large numbers of cases revealed in past days saying, "During the past three days, everyone noticed an increase in the number of people infected with the coronavirus, due to the active testing of areas."

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