Alhamdulillah, The 08th Hajj Pilgrims Of The Banjarmasin Debarkation Arrived In Indonesia

BANJARMASIN - Pilgrims of the 08th Group of Banjarmasin Debarkation, South Kalimantan, from North Hulu Sungai Regency and Hulu Sungai Selatan arrived in the country after carrying out the 2025 Hajj pilgrimage.

Chairman of the Organizing Committee for Hajj (PPIH) for the Debarkation of Banjarmasin H Muhammad Tambrin in Banjarbaru, Saturday, said that there were 423 pilgrims from the 08th batch of Hajj who arrived from Medina City, Saudi Arabia.

According to him, the 08th Hajj Pilgrim arrived at Syamsudin Noor Airport in Banjarmasin, in Banjarbaru City at around 20.00 WITA, then a reception was held at the Banjarbaru City Hajj Dormitory. "Alhamdulillah, the 08th Pilgrims are complete, like when they left last," he said as reported by Antara.

"They immediately received Soto Banjar and satay. This is a longing after a long time of performing the pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia," said Tambrin.

With the arrival of the 08 Hajj Pilgrims, he said, now there are 3,372 Hajj pilgrims and Banjarmasin Debarkation Hajj officers who have arrived in the country.

According to him, there are 2,121 Hajj pilgrims and Banjarmasin Hajj officers who are still in Saudi Arabia. "There are only five more groups still in Saudi Arabia," he said.

The debarkation of Banjarmasin in the 2025 Hajj season dispatched 13 clusters with a total of 5,502 hajjes and Hajj officers from South Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan.

The number of Banjarmasin Hajj Pilgrims who had died in the Holy Land as of June 28, 2025 was nine people, namely Acil Suhud Yusuf (81) Group 4 from Tabalong (Kalsel), Hartati (49) Group 6 from Pulang Pisau (Kalteng), Ardiansyah Arjan Asmuni (63) Group 12 from Hulu Sungai Tengah (Kalsel).

Then Adnan Hadri (79) Group 3 from Kapuas (Kalteng), Mujianto Sutomo J (65) Group 3 from Kotawaringin Barat (Kalteng), Mustafa Sasma Tuang (90) Kloter 11 from Kotabaru (Kalsel), Siti Aisah (64) Group 3 from Kotawaringin Barat (Kalteng), Ramlah (72) Group 6 from Kotawaringin Timur (Kalteng) and H. Syarkawi Bain Taib (70) Kloter 3 from Kapuas (Kalteng).

"Hopefully the pilgrims who die will get a large pilgrimage, a makbul and khusnul khatimah Umrah," he said.