PBNU Calls Hajj Practices Without Visa Langgar Tutunan Syariat Islam

Chairman of LBM PBNU KH Mahbub Sorry Ramdan. (ANTARA/HO-PBNU)

JAKARTA - The Bahtsul Masail Institute for the Executive Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (LBM PBNU) said that the practice of Hajj without a Hajj visa officially issued by the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia violates the guidance of Islamic law. "The practice of illegal Hajj outside the procedure (manasik without a Hajj visa) is contrary to the substance of Islamic law, which endangers the perpetrators and pilgrims in general," said PBNU LBM Chairman MahbubAmi Ramdan in Jakarta, Antara, Sunday, May 12. Enthusiasm to perform the pilgrimage has made some Muslims ignore the process by recklessly violating the guidance of the Shari'a. In fact, the policy of controlling quotas for pilgrims with the legality of rituals through Hajj visas carried out by the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is in accordance with the maqasid or substance of Islamic law, namely providing benefits and anticipating mafsadat (corresponding to disasters or damage). "Illegal Hajj practices have seized (GHASHab) the rights of pilgrims whose quotas are distributed to many countries. Illegal Hajj practices kill the movement space for world pilgrims," he said. According to him, the practice of illegal Hajj raises a mafsadat for those concerned and world pilgrims, both in terms of emergency room service, hot weather attacks because they do not get Arafah tents, the density of worshipers is out of control at critical points in the Hajj area (such as Mina tunneling, tawaf and sai areas), limited oxygen in the midst of a surge in crowds, traffic jams in the hajj area, and pilgrims will become uneasy because they will become fugitives raids by Saudi Arabian authorities. Hajj practices without formal procedures are strictly prohibited because they give birth to many mafsadats, both individually (perpetrators) and collectively of world pilgrims. " “ Hajj practices without formal procedures determined by the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia or the authorities of the country of origin of the congregation are acts of ghashab (rights Confiscation) which are strictly forbidden," he said. Kiai Mahbub invites the Indonesian people to respect and comply with the formal and regulatory procedures set by the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia or the provisions of the country of origin of the congregation, namely the law on Hajj that applies in Indonesia.

" “ The orderly and procedural implementation of the pilgrimage can anticipate various harms that have the potential to occur and bring benefits so that the series of Hajj rituals can be carried out properly, properly, and comfortably," he said.