UAE President Sheikh Khalifa laid to rest - Funeral prayers held in all mosques in the country. | Residents offer funeral prayers at mosques for late Sheikh Khalifa.
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed will receive condolences from the Rulers of the Emirates on Saturday, as leaders from the region and around the world offer their condolences. There will be 40 days of official mourning with flags at half-staff, and three days closure of ministries and official entities at the federal and local levels, and the private sector
Funeral prayers were held across mosques on Friday after the demise of UAE President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. He was 73.
Citizens and residents came together to observe the prayers, which were held after Maghrib (sunset).
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman directed to perform the absentee funeral prayer for the late UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan at the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah following the evening prayer.
Funeral prayers were performed in mosques across the UAE on Friday after the demise of Sheikh Khalifa. Citizens and residents came together to perform the prayers held after the Maghrib (sunset) prayer.
Funeral prayers were held nationwide for Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed on Friday night.
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, led senior leaders in prayer.
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Sheikh Mohamed and Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, carried the President's body before he was laid to rest.
Worshippers in mosques nationwide paid their respects to Sheikh Khalifa, who died at aged 73.
At Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, the country's largest, thousands turned out.
