The Ministry Of Religion Ensures The Health Conditions Of The Lebak Banten Hajj Congregants Are Ready To Perform Wukuf In Arafah

Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas tries the mattress facility provided by the Indonesian government during the wukuf congregation in Arafah, Mecca, Tuesday, July 5. (ANTARA-Desi P)

BANTEN - The Ministry of Religion (Kemenag) has ensured that prospective hajj pilgrims from Lebak Regency, Banten Province are in good health and ready to go to Padang Arafah, Saudi Arabia, Thursday 7 July, to perform Wukuf.

"Wukuf Arafah itself is carried out on 10 Zulhijah or Saturday (July 9)," said Head of the Hajj and Umrah Section of the Lebak Ministry of Religion Ahmad Firdaus in Lebak, quoted from Antara, Wednesday, July 6.

The Lebak Ministry of Religion received a report that 294 pilgrims from the area were declared healthy.

Previously, he said, the Hajj candidate on behalf of Sopyan was hospitalized in Saudi Arabia due to illness, but is now recovering.

He explained that the prospective hajj pilgrims had already prepared for the wukuf in Padang Arafah, Saudi Arabia.

"We hope that the implementation of wukuf will run smoothly and all pilgrims are healthy," he said. such as from the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. In past years, many members of the congregation in the Holy Land were lost and lost because they did not wear bracelets and identity cards.

If the identity signs are lost or not used, he said, it will be difficult for officers to find lost congregation members. "We hope that pilgrims will wear bracelets and ID cards around their necks and they will not be left behind or lost," he said. Basit (50), a pilgrim candidate from Lebak Regency who was contacted, stated that the congregation was now preparing to perform Wukuf in Arafah. In that place, tents have been set up for the congregation to stay overnight. Pilgrims will walk two kilometers from the inn to Arafah on Thursday 7 July for wukuf.

"Alhamdulillah, all the hajj groups from Lebak are all healthy and ready to perform wukuf," he said.