Organized by the Hajj and Umrah Office of the Rijaset of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2,222 pilgrims are traveling to the Hajj this year, and the first group is scheduled to depart on May 16 from the International Airport in Sarajevo, from where they will travel to Jeddah.
The head of the Office for Hajj and Umrah, Dževad Hadžić, said that the final preparations are coming to an end and that all the planned educations have been successfully implemented.
“We had organized ikrar prayers in all muftiships and they were all completed. The guides did an excellent job. Each guide did the training with his group and sent us a report. Those who were not able to physically attend those trainings, the training was done online with them, so that all our hajjis were trained and went through all the preparations that we had outlined in our plan,” said Hadžić.
He added that the guides will monitor the implementation of all the rituals provided for in the program, stressing that the pilgrims should not have additional worries.
“We will plan all that for them, and all they have to do is listen to the guide’s recommendations and take care of their health,” said Hadžić.
A special segment of the organization this year too, the Office focused on women believers, which is why Sharia consultants were hired to accompany them during the entire process of preparation and stay at the holy places.
Sharia consultant of the Office, prof. Fatima Memija is already traveling to Mecca on Friday, May 8, in order, together with the rest of the team, to participate in the preparation of accommodation facilities, a doctor’s office, a kitchen and the implementation of the remaining technical details for the multi-week stay of the Hajj in Mecca and Medina.
“This year, 1,034 future Hajj women from Bosnia and Herzegovina are going to the Hajj. As part of the preparations for the Hajj, educations were organized where Sharia consultants prepared the Hajj women in detail for this most important journey in their lives. During these lectures, the Hajj women were familiarized with all the regulations of the Hajj, as well as with the preparation for this most important journey in life. Special attention was paid to specific women’s issues and regulations related to these conditions, because they are extremely important for the correct performance Hajj rituals,” said Memija.
Future pilgrims will have 47 guides, 14 members of the medical staff, six Sharia consultants and a technical team that will provide logistical support throughout the journey. A total of 2,222 believers from Bosnia and Herzegovina will perform the Hajj this year, it says Radio Sarajevo.
