Friday, pictures circulated across social media platforms showing dozens of citizens violating Friday lockdown measures by performing Friday prayer and a funeral prayer outside a mosque in Amman.

According to the Facebook page 'Hay al-Tafayleh', the funeral prayer was performed to honor the passing of a citizen called Muhammad Abdul Qadir al-Rbaihat,also known as 'Abu Alaa'.

The governor of Amman Saad Shihab said that 202 people had been detained for violating defense orders up until 12 pm Friday.