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– Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs spokesperson Mohammad Al-Tawalbeh said Sunday that about 800 people declined to perform Hajj this season, prompting the ministry to invite citizens born between 1 April 1954 and 31 December 1954 to visit Awqaf directorates across the Kingdom to collect their permits.
Al-Tawalbeh said Awqaf directorates began issuing Hajj permits last Sunday, with the designated deadline ending yesterday.
He noted that 28,000 people registered on the platform seeking to perform Hajj for the 1447 AH season.
He added that the ministry invited those born between 1 April 1954 and 31 December 1954 to collect their permits and submit the required health certificate to complete procedures.
Al-Tawalbeh said Saudi Arabia approved new requirements for this year’s Hajj season, including a “health capability condition,” which requires an authenticated health certificate issued through comprehensive health centres. Lists of these centres available on Health Ministry and Awqaf Ministry websites.
He explained that the health certificate issued after clinical and laboratory examinations to ensure pilgrims free from diseases, including failure of major organs such as heart, lungs, liver or kidneys, as well as neurological and psychological diseases that impair cognition or cause severe mobility disabilities, and advanced age accompanied by dementia.
Requirements also include women with high-risk pregnancies in last two months or throughout pregnancy, active cancer patients receiving chemotherapy, biological or radiotherapy treatment, and those with active infectious diseases that affect public health, such as open tuberculosis.
The ministry adopted oldest-age criterion in selecting pilgrims, covering those born on or before 31 March 1954, while a lottery selected 1,300 pilgrims born in 1980 or earlier from among about 28,000 registrants.
Minister of Awqaf Mohammad Al-Khalayleh previously announced Jordan quota for upcoming Hajj season at 8,000 pilgrims, in addition to 4,500 pilgrims from Arab 48.