Pilgrims Can Use Wheelchairs At The Grand Mosque Complex, Here Are The Rates

JAKARTA - Pilgrims who are tired or have limitations can use the official wheelchair service provided at the Grand Mosque complex in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

Uniformed officers wearing hats and green vests with numbers and identification on the back and left chest stand on standby at the mosque complex to serve worshipers who need wheelchairs to perform tawaf--walking around the Kaaba seven times-- and sai--walking and running small from Safa to Marwa seven times--.

The wheelchair service officers, among others, waited for worshipers near the hill of Safa and the tawaf area on the second floor of the Grand Mosque.

In addition, wheelchair service is available at the Syib Amir, Jiad, and Bab Ali terminals after Asr time until the evening.

At the wheelchair service area, there are Indonesian Hajj officers from the Masjdil Haram Special Sector who are on standby 24 hours to help pilgrims.

Indonesian Hajj officers will register pilgrims and help connect pilgrims with authorized wheelchair service providers.

The wheelchair service costs around 200 riyals for tawaf and sai. A wheelchair service for sai costs around 50 to 75 riyals while a wheelchair service for tawaf costs 100 to 120 riyals. There is also an offer of wheelchair service packages for both tawaf and sai at a cost of 175 to 200 riyals.

Pilgrims should ask for assistance from Indonesian Hajj officials if they want to use wheelchair pusher services to avoid brokering practices, for which they have to pay more.

In addition, pilgrims can deal with security officers if they are caught using an unofficial wheelchair pusher service, quoted from Antara, Thursday, June 23.