Tebuireng Islamic Boarding School Officially Opens Gus Dur's Tomb Area After Being Closed Due To The COVID-19 Pandemic

Tahlil and prayer activities at the tomb site of the Tebuireng Islamic Boarding School, Jombang Regency, East Java, Monday, November 1. (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Tebuireng Islamic Boarding School, Jombang Regency, East Java, has officially reopened the location for the graves of the Tebuireng Islamic Boarding School community, including former President KH Abdurrahman Wahid, which was closed for public pilgrimage activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tebuireng has officially closed the pilgrimage to the graves of the family and community of the Tebuireng Islamic Boarding School. And thank God, today, we have reopened pilgrimage activities for the general public," said the caretaker of the Tebuireng Islamic Boarding School, KH Abdul Hakim Mahfudz in Jombang, Monday. maintain health protocols that apply to anticipate the spread of COVID-19. "We inaugurate that pilgrimage activities can be carried out, with the condition that every pilgrim must always maintain the health prokes that have been set by the Tebuireng Islamic Boarding School," he said. Gus Kikin, his nickname, said in addition to maintaining the health process for the pilgrims who want to When I make a pilgrimage to the tomb of the family and community members of the Tebuireng Islamic Boarding School, the boarding school administrator also sets a regulation that the hours of pilgrimage activities are limited from 08.00 to 13.00 WIB. said the great-grandson of Hadratusyyaikh KHM Hasyim Asy'ari. Gus Kikin also prayed for the pilgrims who came to the Tebuireng Islamic Boarding School from various regions in Indonesia, also getting the blessing of life from KHM Hasyim Asy'ari and all communities of the Tebuireng Islamic Boarding School. The Tebuireng Islamic Boarding School was carried out by reading tahlil and praying together at the maqbaroh pavilion of the Tebuireng Islamic Boarding School. The activity was attended by the leadership and management of the Tebuireng Islamic Boarding School.

The closure of pilgrimage activities at the Tebuireng Islamic Boarding School on March 16, 2020 due to the increasing number of COVID-19 transmissions. Jombang Regent Mundjidah Wahab previously also gave the green light for religious pilgrimage tourism activities to be allowed to reopen with strict health protocols and visitor restrictions. , take turns, and have to use prokes. The capacity is 50 percent. However, I have to coordinate with the forkopimda, the TNI/Polri, and later if I agree, I will inform the caregivers of the Tebuireng Pesantren. The security problem is not with us, but the forkopimda and the TNI/Polri must agree, "He said. The district government also continues to vaccinate against COVID-19, including on public holidays or holidays. It is targeted that until December 2021 the vaccination achievement in the area is 100 percent. He continues to coordinate with religious leaders, community leaders, and all other relevant parties in accelerating COVID-19 vaccination with the hope that vaccination is on target. Hundreds of pilgrims have packed the grave site at Pesantren Tebuireng. They come from various regions in Indonesia. At the location of the tomb, besides the tomb of former President KH Abdurrahman Wahid or who is familiarly called Gus Dur, there is also his grandfather, a figure from the Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama KH Hasyim Asy'ari, his father who is also a national figure KH Wahid Hasyim, Gus Dur's younger brother who was also the caretaker of the previous Tebuireng Islamic Boarding School, KH Shalahudin Wahid and family members.