PPIH Not Facilitating Tarwiyah Worship

An officer observed the tent that the congregation would use for wukuf in Padang Arafah, Saudi Arabia, Friday (16/6/2023). BETWEEN PHOTOS/Wyu Putro A/tom. (ANTARA PHOTO/WAHYU PUTRO A)

Saudi Arabia's Hajj Organizing Committee (PPIH) does not facilitate if there are pilgrims who perform tarwidish worship on 8 Dzulhijjah from Mecca to Mina.

"The government does not recommend it because it remembers the weather conditions and many elderly pilgrims," said Head of PPIH Saudi Arabia Daker Mecca Khalilurrahman, in Mecca, Sunday, June 18, as reported by ANTARA.

Khalil is worried that pilgrims who perform tarwiyah before the peak of the hajj will be sick during wukuf so that the government does not recommend especially the elderly for tarwiyah.

"Those who forced themselves to tarwiyah, we asked for a statement that they are willing to accept the consequences, such as consumption, the inn is beyond the responsibility of the government," he said.

Khalil said the peak of Hajj 1444 H / 2023 AD is in the dry season with weather levels in Arafah and Mecca reaching 45 degrees Celsius.

"Congregants must drink enough, enough nutritious food, and a lot of rest," said Khalil.

He appealed to the pilgrims to rest completely from excessive activities five days before the peak of the hajj so that their physical condition was maintained.

Tarwiyah is the process of staying for prospective hajj candidates in Mina before they carry out wif in Arafah on 9 Dzulhijjah.

For one night before the peak of the pilgrimage, the congregation reflects on the greatness of Allah SWT and prays and remembers.

Historically, pilgrims stopped at Mina to collect water supplies before heading to Arafah to undergo wukuf on 9 Dzulhijjah.

The tarwiyah service is a sunnah that is recommended, not mandatory let alone the Hajj unit so that pilgrims do not need to pay and if they do not do so.