REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Indonesian hajj pilgrims have gradually begun arriving in Makkah to perform mandatory umrah. Pilgrims requiring wheelchairs are urged to use official pushchairs at Masjid al-Haram in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
This message was delivered by a member of the Media Center of the Ministry of Religious Affairs (Ministry of Religious Affairs) Widi Dwinanda while reading the official statement of the Ministry at Haji Hostel Pondok Gede, Jakarta, Thursday (23/5/2024).
According to him, after arriving at the Makkah hotel, Hajj officers will register and group worshippers who use wheelchairs. Most of them are elderly, disabled and high-risk worshippers. Officers will also arrange the execution process of wheelchair user umroh worshippers.
“Accompanied by officers, the worshippers got into a shalawat bus that had been equipped with wheelchair access to be taken to the Masjid al-Haram,” Widi said.