Sunday, April 10, 2022
The Largest percentage and Share of Hajj pilgrimage this year will be for International pilgrims - Ministry of Hajj and Umrah
The spokesman of the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah in Saudi Arabia, Hisham Saeed announced that the largest percentage during this Hajj season 2022 (1443 AH) will be for the pilgrims coming from abroad, and this year all countries allowed to participate without any exception.
The decision of largest percentage for pilgrims from outside Saudi Arabia, comes in consideration of their inability to perform the Hajj pilgrimage rituals during the past 2 years due to the circumstances of the corona pandemic, he added while speaking to Al-Arabiya Tv.
- Saeed said that the Kingdom as usual welcomes all Muslims who wish to perform Hajj rituals from all countries of the world, stating that no country will be excluded from performing Hajj, given that the 3 doses of corona vaccine must be completed. Trending : Saudi Central Bank takes new measures to prevent the frauds of bank accounts
- He continued stating that the distribution of quotas and number of pilgrims between countries is carried out as per the principle of proportion, with a ration of one to thousand of the population and the Kingdom is working to set these quotas for different countries.
- The holy sites in Makkah have legal and time limits that require performing the rituals of Hajj at a specific time and place, this is why the same principle will be continued in setting the quotas, with the completion of health conditions.
- Earlier this, the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah announced that this year one million pilgrims to perform Hajj rituals this year and this includes the domestic and international pilgrims.
- This year's Hajj pilgrimage is open for those who are below 65 years of age and have received vaccinations approved against Covid-19 by the Ministry of Health. International pilgrims need to submit a negative PCR test result of Covid-19 performed within 72 hours of the time of departure to Kingdom. Follow Saudi Expatriates on Instagram
