KUALA LUMPUR: A group of 151 Tabung Haji (TH) personnel arrived at the King Abdul Aziz Airport in Jeddah on Thursday, June 27.
A statement from TH today said the group was the second batch of TH personnel who had arrived to make preparations to welcome the Malaysian haj pilgrims who would be arriving in about a week’s time with the first group of 13 TH personnel having arrived on June 23.
“They form part of the 640 personnel who would look after the needs of the haj pilgrims during the haj season this year. The other group of personnel would arrive in stages with the haj pilgrims beginning July 4.
“The TH personnel who had arrived in the “ihram” attire had performed their “umrah” before moving to their respective sectors in Makkah and Madinah on Friday, June 28,” the statement said.
The situation in Makkah and Madinah was still quiet as the haj pilgrims from around the world would only enter Makkah and Madinah in stages beginning July 4 or Zulkaedah 1.
The weather during the haj season this year is expected to be hot with the temperature having reached between 32 and 47 degrees Celsius and it represented one of the challenges for the 30,200 Malaysian haj pilgrims while performing their haj rituals, the statement said.
TH is providing 62 chartered flights ferrying the Malaysian pilgrims until Aug 4, 2019. The wukuf is expected to be on Zulhijjah 9 which is equivalent to August 10. – Bernama
