Prayer times in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia is the heartland of Islam, home to the two holy cities of Mecca and Medina and the destinations of the annual Hajj pilgrimage that draws over two million Muslims from around the world. Approximately 93 percent of the citizen population is Muslim (with the figure necessarily lower when including the substantial expatriate workforce). The Saudi Sunni majority follows a Hanbali-leaning state religious establishment with strong influence from the eighteenth-century Salafi reformist movement of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, with a substantial Twelver Shia minority of approximately 10 to 15 percent of citizens concentrated in the Eastern Province (Qatif, Al-Ahsa) and a smaller Ismaili Shia minority in the Najran region near the Yemeni border. The Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, surrounding the Ka'ba, is the holiest site in Islam; the Prophet's Mosque (Masjid an-Nabawi) in Medina, containing the tomb of the Prophet Muhammad, is the second-holiest. The Quba Mosque in Medina, founded by the Prophet himself in 622 CE, is the oldest mosque in Islam. The Ministry of Islamic Affairs oversees the kingdom's mosque network. eSalah uses the Umm al-Qura method (Fajr 18.5°, Isha 90 minutes after Maghrib, 120 minutes during Ramadan).