Hospitals in Makkah and the holy places in Mina and Arafat have recorded eight births during the Hajj pilgrimage, the Saudi Ministry of Health reported on Sunday.
A ministry report from the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said the Makkah Maternity and Children Hospital registered 5 births, two in Arafat and one in Mina. The babies born in Arafat were delivered by pilgrims, who were performing Hajj rites in the holy mount on August 10, the second day of Hajj. It was not known if the mothers of the other babies were also pilgrims.
Forty-year-old Libyan pilgrim Suad Mohammed Barbush delivered her baby boy at Jabal al-Rahma Hospital and named him Arafah, after the holy mountain. Parents usually agree to name their babies who are born in the mountains either Arafah or Arafat. Ashan Yusuf expressed happiness and gratitude to the hospital medical team after both the mother and baby were declared in stable condition.
The second woman to give birth was Guinean pilgrim Maimunah Ali, 23, at the East Arafat Hospital on Saturday afternoon, only hours after she and her husband had climbed Arafat in the morning, as part of the Hajj ritual. Breaking from tradition, Maimunah and her husband Abu Bakr agreed to name their son Mohammed Salman, after Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Doctors declared the Guinean mother and baby in “stable and sound condition.”
