The Ministry Of Religion Has Issued A Hajj 1444 Hijri Travel Plan, Please Watch!

The Director General of Hajj and Umrah at the Ministry of Religion Hilman Latief. (ANTARA/HO-Kemenag)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Religion has issued a Hajj Travel Plan (RPH) of 1444 Hijri/2023 AD which was signed by the Director General of Hajj and Umrah (Dirjen PHU) Hilman Latief on January 16, 2023. "The RPH contains a series of stages of organizing the pilgrimage, starting from the beginning of the entry of the congregation to the Hajj dormitory and then flying to the Holy Land, until the congregation's last return from Medina to Indonesia," Hilman said in a written statement received in Jakarta, Antara, Monday, February 6. The first batch of pilgrims are scheduled to enter the Hajj embarkation dormitory on 3 Zulqaidah 1444 H or 23 May 2023. The following day, the congregation began to depart gradually to Medina Al-Munawarah to undergo Arbain (holiday prayers for 40 consecutive times at the Prophet's Mosque). Meanwhile, the second wave of worshipers entered the dormitory starting June 7, 2023. Gradually, they were dispatched to Jeddah starting 19 Zulqaidah 1444 or June 8, 2023. Wukuf di Arafah diperkirakan bertepatan dengan hari Selasa, 27 Juni 2023. Mulai 4 Juli 2023, jemaah haji Indonesia dikembalikan ke Tanah Air secara bertahap. Akhir kedatangan jemaah haji di Indonesia dijadwalkan pada 16 Muharam 1445 atau 3 Agustus 2023. As for the operational period, departure and repatriation for 30 days with details of the first wave of 15 days and the second wave of 15 days. Meanwhile, the residence of the pilgrims in Saudi Arabia is 42 days. Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas said the Indonesian Hajj quota in 2023 was set at 221,000 people according to the MoU between the Government of Indonesia and the Government of Saudi Arabia on January 9, 2023. "The quota of Indonesian pilgrims consists of 203,320 regular pilgrims and 17,680 special hajj pilgrims," said the Minister of Religion. The quota for regular pilgrims is planned to include 84,608 pilgrims paid off for the 2020 delay, 9,864 pilgrims paid off for the 2022 delay, and 108,847 pilgrims that have not been paid off. "The exhibition of Bipiah (Hajj Travel Biaya) begins after the issuance of the Presidential Decree and KMA BPIH which we plan to plan in the third week of February this year," said the Minister of Religion. The Minister of Religion explained that the plan for the 2023 pilgrims aged over 65 years amounted to 62,879 people.