CleanlinessShoes: bag, not floor
Carry them in a bag or use the numbered shelves.
Me ya sa yake da muhimmanci
Shoes left at the doors pile up into a trip hazard and are cleared by staff — and a lost pair means walking barefoot on 50 °C marble.
Ka yi
- Carry a cloth shoe bag
- Remember the shelf and gate number
- Wear simple sandals you can recognise
Ka guji
- Leaving shoes in passages or on stairs
- Putting shoes in front of people praying
Abin da za a yi
- Put shoes in the bag before the gate
- Keep the bag in front of you, not on the prayer row
- Lost them? Check the lost-shoes area at the gate
Sources: Ministry of Hajj & Umrah (haj.gov.sa, Nusuk awareness guides), Ministry of Health, Saudi Red Crescent, General Authority for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques, CDC Yellow Book. Gate numbers change with construction — on site, staff instructions take priority.