Here's how an app helped pilgrims complete the last formal rite of Haj!

• The new system will answer the wishes of the pilgrims.

To help Haj pilgrims to perform Tawaf Al-Ifada with ease, the Ministry of Haj and Umrah tested an app to know the best time pilgrims wished to perform the last formal rite of Haj.

According to Makkah daily newspaper, the app helped organize grouping of the pilgrims to go to the Grand Mosque for Tawaf Al-Ifada, the last formal rite of Haj where pilgrims visit the holy Kaaba for the farewell circumambulation. Tariq Anqawi, chairman of the tawafa establishment for the Muslims from Turkey, Europe, America and Australia, said the grouping of pilgrims this year included in the 12 grouping stages.

"This new app will help the mutawifeen know the time their pilgrims prefer to go to the Grand Mosque for tawaf Al-Ifada. The wishes were conveyed to the Ministry of Haj and Umrah to consider and approve," Al Arabiya quoted Anqawi as saying. He added that the wishes of pilgrims were entered into the app long before their arrival in the Kingdom and taken into consideration while approving timings for tawaf Al-Ifada which follows the stoning of the Satan and other rituals in Mina on the first Eid Al-Adha day.

While, Mohammed Amin Anderqairi, chairman of the tawafa establishment for Southeast Asia pilgrims, said tawafa establishments will be committed to the grouping schedules formulated by the ministry but will try to answer the wishes of the pilgrims as much as possible. "The new system will answer the wishes of the pilgrims and will at the same time help in organizing the grouping procedures," he added.