REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Saudi Arabian authority confirmed that most pilgrims who passed away during the current Hajj season were not part of their national Hajj delegation and came without a proper Hajj permit.
Saudi's Ministry of Media explained that those individuals entered Saudi Arabia on tourism or visit visas months before the Hajj rituals began.
"These individuals remained in Mecca until the Hajj season and performed the pilgrimage without proper authorization," the Saudi ministry noted as per the statement received here on Thursday.
The Tunisian Foreign Ministry confirmed that most of their pilgrims who passed away while performing Hajj this year had arrived in Saudi Arabia not with a Hajj visa but only on a tourism, visit, or Umrah visa.