SEPANG, May 26 — His Majesty, Sultan Ibrahim, the King of Malaysia, wished a safe journey to prospective Malaysian pilgrims who will depart for the Holy Land for the 1445H/2024 Hajj season today.
Also in attendance was the King’s daughter Tunku Tun Aminah Sultan Ibrahim and son-in-law Datuk Dennis Muhammad Abdullah.
His Majesty’s arrival at the Tabung Haji Sepang Complex, Movenpick, at 10am was received by the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Mohd Na’im Mokhtar.
This is Sultan Ibrahim’s first farewell ceremony for prospective pilgrims since acceding to the Federal throne as the 17th sovereign on January 31.
The ceremony started with a prayer by Deputy Mufti of the Federal Territories Jamali Mohd Adnan, asking that the prospective pilgrims’ journey be blessed and that all matters be made easier during their stay in the Holy Land.
A call for prayer was then sounded by Tabung Haji officer Mohd Shafiq Shawal.
Sultan Ibrahim then proceeded to welcome the prospective pilgrims and wished the 282 prospective pilgrims who will depart at 1.30pm from the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA Terminal 1) a safe journey.
Prospective pilgrims also took the opportunity to take selfies with His Majesty before going over to KLIA Terminal 1.
They will board the AMAL flight by Malaysia Airlines (MH 8122), a special charter flight provider for Hajj and Umrah, to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and are expected to arrive at 5.25pm (Saudi Arabia time).
Also present were the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Malaysia Mesaad Ibrahim Al-Sulaim, Tabung Haji chairman Tan Sri Abdul Rashid Hussain, and group managing director cum chief executive officer Syed Hamadah Syed Othman.
Over 16,000 Malaysian pilgrims have arrived safely in the holy land of Medina and Makkah.
There are 100 special charter flights for the 1445H/2024 Hajj season, which started on May 9, with the final flight scheduled for June 9.
— Bernama
