497 Hajj pilgrims lost in a week



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IHRAM.CO.ID, MADINAH – Nearly 500 worshipers lost in the Nabawi Mosque complex during the first wave of Indonesian pilgrims in Medina from Tuesday 17th to Sunday 7th March. The rest of the missing were restored by the officers of the Hajj Organization Committee (HIPC) of Saudi Arabia in their respective homes.

Data from the Jatropha Protection Section (Linjam) of Daker Madinah listed 169 faithful on Sunday (22/7) up to 18.00 local time. With this number, the total number of devotees astray since the arrival of pilgrims has reached 497 people. "And that's the amount reported, the actual amount may be more," said Kasi Linjam Daker Madinah, Maskat Ali Jasmun in Medina, Sunday (22/7) local time

According to Maskat, many factors have caused the pilgrims to get lost. Among them, because of the age that has been brought forward so that the memories of the faithful. However, according to him, there are a number of tips for pilgrims that are not easily lost. Make a pilgrim who is still in the country, he reminded, when arriving at the hotel in Medina, immediately ask for a hotel card prepared at the reception, by going to the Nabawi mosque.

"Look at the signs of the field Remember that there are buildings, or special signs on the photo," he says.

When you go to the mosque, try to always go to the mosque and come back to the hotel. Jamaat should also enter and exit the Nabawi Mosque through the same door that can be identified by its number.

If already outside the mosque of Nabawi and confused, pilgrims can immediately look for officers who can be identified with a white shirt, black rompk, and the flag of Indonesia. Jamaah can also look for one of five sectoral positions scattered in the Nabawi Mosque. If you can not find, the pilgrims can go to the post with the attendants at the gates 21, 15, 37 and near Raudah for women worshipers.

"In case of confusion, they are ready to deliver to the sector office or to the congregation's residence," he says.

A number of lost worshipers found the Hajj Media Center (MCH) team after the cover. The reasons for each pilgrim are lost. Most of the new lost ones arrived in the Holy Land a day or two later.

One of them was a male pilgrim born Tasikmalaya who arrived in the Holy Land with the nine klarks of Jakarta-Bekasi Embarkation. He was lost at the junction north of Masjid Nabawi on Saturday (21/7). "I forgot the name of the hotel," said the elderly congregation.

He also said, separated from his surroundings. Using the integrated hajj applications launched by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the pilgrims are then delivered to the hotel Al Shalihiyah. Her eyes were watery when she arrived at the hotel.

Eka Jusuf Singka, head of Indonesia's Haj Center for Health, said that not only can the elderly congregation get lost. Eka said, the situation is lost according to the understanding of the time and the orientation of the place. People who are in good shape, according to him, can also know the time of the disorientation. "When you are dehydrated, you may be lost or lost," he told Medina

. To avoid getting lost, Eka advised the congregation not to go alone to the mosque. If you are unsure of the direction of your return home, you should simply sit back and wait for other Indonesian pilgrims or hadj officers.

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