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What is the wisdom behind the number of minarets in the Sacred Mosque being nine?

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The increase in the number of minarets of the Grand Mosque to nine does not carry a jurisprudential (Shar'i) objective. Rather, its reason is due to the expansion of the Mosque and the extensive efforts in exalting its construction, erection, and ornamentation.

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