In Pics: Chechen President Visits Prophet's Mosque

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov visited, on Friday, Al-Masjid an-Nabawi (the Prophet's Mosque) in the Saudi city of Medina.

Kadyrov performed prayers at the mosque after he was welcomed by a number of officials, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.

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Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims from around the world raised their hands to Allah and prayed on the sacred hill of Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia, a blessed day considered to be the climax of the annual hajj.

The experience sent many pilgrims to tears. Muslims believe prayer on this day at Mount Arafat, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) east of the holy city of Mecca, is their best chance at salvation and spiritual renewal.

“I feel I am so close to God,” said Zakaria Mohammad, an Egyptian pilgrim praying as the sky brightened over the hilltop. “He gave me such joy. This is my feeling now — joy, great joy.”

In June, the Chechen revealed that the date of forming four new Chechen military battalions affiliated with the Russian Ministry of Defense is approaching.

Kadyrov said in a statement on his channel “Telegram”: “Soon, 4 military battalions will be formed, “Akhmad Shamal, Akhmad South, Gharb, and Sharq,” with huge numbers of fighters from the Chechen Republic, and they will join the ranks of Forces of the Russian Ministry of Defense.