A Babylonian Hajj Dies In Medina

Illustration. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The Hajj Organizing Committee (PPIH) of the Regional Office of the Ministry of Religion of the South Sumatra Province (Sumsel) reported that a hajj from the Province of Bangka Belitung (Babel) died in Medina.

Public Relations of PPIH Sumsel Saefudin in Palembang, Saturday, August 6, said that the deceased hajj from Bangka Belitung Province was in the name of Siti Asiah Aziz.

Siti, who was a member of the Palembang Embarkation Flying Group (Kloter) 4, he said, died after carrying out a series of hajj pilgrimages and will return to the country through the Palembang Debarkation on Sunday, August 7.

"The information we got is this. Allah SWT has called him after performing the pilgrimage because he is sick. We pray that the late Husnul Khotimah and becomes a mabrurah pilgrimage," said Saefudin, quoted by Antara.

In addition, he said, there was also a pilgrim on behalf of Khusen (54) from the OKI Regency who returned early (Tanazul) to the country because of illness on Monday (25/7), the person concerned had previously received treatment from the health authorities in Saudi Arabia. .

"Khusen, who is a member of the Pilgrimage of Group 3, Tanazul went to the country early because he was sick," he added.

According to him, his other entourage of 449 hajj group 3 arrived at the Debarkation of Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport in Palembang using Saudi Airlanes, flight number SV5058, on Saturday at 07.36 WIB.

"Alhamdulillah, the 449 hajj groups of three from OKI Regency, Pagaralam City and Palembang City have returned safely this morning at Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport Palembang," he said.

Thus, a total of 1,349 pilgrims from Palembang Debarkation have arrived back in the country.

Previously, Head of the Hajj and Umrah Division of the Regional Office of the Ministry of Religion of the South Sumatra Province, Armet Dachil, said that the Palembang Debarkation Hajj pilgrims consisted of nine groups with a total of 3,201 people.

Pilgrims of each group are scheduled to arrive from Medina to Palembang's Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport, August 1-12 2022 in the morning.

According to him, upon arrival at the airport, pilgrims will carry out health screening in accordance with the provisions of the Directorate General of Disease Prevention and Control of the Indonesian Ministry of Health number SR.03/4/C/35109/2022.

In this provision, he continued, all hajj pilgrims will have their body temperature measured, antigen swab test, and for those who are indicated/symptomatic of COVID-19, an RT-PCR examination will be carried out to ensure that if anyone is positive for COVID-19, they will immediately be quarantined for 14 days.

"The pilgrims who are declared healthy are taken to the Hajj Dormitory to clean themselves, give birth to clean clothes and then rest until they are scheduled to return to their respective areas," he said.