83 Indonesian Pilgrims Died Until The 61st Day Of Hajj

Illustration of prospective pilgrims from Indonesia performing worship on departure in 2022. (ANTARA/Iggoy F Fitra)

JAKARTA - The Saudi Arabian Hajj Organizing Committee (PPIH) recorded that as many as 83 members of the Indonesian Hajj pilgrims died until the 61st day of the 2022 Hajj pilgrimage.

"The number of pilgrims who died since the beginning of their departure on June 4 to August 3, 2022 was 83 people, consisting of 81 regular pilgrims and two special pilgrims," said PPIH Saudi Arabian Chair Arsad Hidayat, quoted from the Hajj Media Center in Medina, Saudi Arabia. , quoted from Antara, Wednesday, August 3.

A total of 27 pilgrims died during the pre-Armuzna period, in the span of June 4 to July 7 2022. There were 16 pilgrims who died during the Armuzna period, July 8-12, 2022. The rest or 40 pilgrims died during the period after the peak of the Armuzna Hajj, July 13 until now.

Furthermore, Arsad said, the working period of the Makkah Working Area (Daker) was almost finished. The last batch of Indonesian pilgrims who are currently still in Mecca will depart for Medina on August 4, 2022.

The second batch of pilgrims will undergo the Arbain worship and return to the country on August 13, 2022.

"Alhamdulillah, we have entered the final phase of operations in the Makkah Working Area. The last batch of Indonesian pilgrims who are still in Makkah will depart for Madinah on August 4," he said.

It is planned that the Makkah Daker officers will hold a prayer ceremony after the release of the departure of the last batch as an expression of gratitude for having completed the task of serving the pilgrims.