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The first batch of Hajj pilgrims from Sierra Leone have safely arrived at Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madina at 16:00 hrs. KSA time.
The pilgrims departed the Lungi International Airport aboard Ethiopian Airlines in the early hours of Friday, 31st May, 2024 to perform the 2024/1445 Hajj, which is expected to run from 14 to 19 June, 2024. On Saturday, June 1st, 2024, the second group of pilgrims from Sierra Leone will leave the shores of Sierra Leone.
In order to guarantee that the pilgrims arrive in Saudi Arabia two weeks prior to the start of the Hajj rituals, the Presidential Hajj Taskforce of Sierra Leone successfully arranged early and negotiated with Ethiopian Airlines to ensure that the pilgrims are flown to Saudi Arabia in two batches between May 31 and June 1, 2024, respectively.
Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam and requires every adult Muslim to undertake the journey to the holy Islamic sites in Makkah at least once in their lifetime if they are financially and physically abled.
As per the Saudi Gazette, pilgrims began arriving in the Kingdom from all corners of the world on May 9 (Dhul Qada 1), when the annual pilgrimage season began.
Tens of thousands of pilgrims are arriving in Makkah and Madinah on a daily basis, with the help of an integrated and accessible system dedicated to serve the pilgrims to perform their rituals in ease and comfort.
The pilgrims departed the Lungi International Airport aboard Ethiopian Airlines in the early hours of Friday, 31st May, 2024 to perform the 2024/1445 Hajj, which is expected to run from 14 to 19 June, 2024. On Saturday, June 1st, 2024, the second group of pilgrims from Sierra Leone will leave the shores of Sierra Leone.
In order to guarantee that the pilgrims arrive in Saudi Arabia two weeks prior to the start of the Hajj rituals, the Presidential Hajj Taskforce of Sierra Leone successfully arranged early and negotiated with Ethiopian Airlines to ensure that the pilgrims are flown to Saudi Arabia in two batches between May 31 and June 1, 2024, respectively.
Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam and requires every adult Muslim to undertake the journey to the holy Islamic sites in Makkah at least once in their lifetime if they are financially and physically abled.
As per the Saudi Gazette, pilgrims began arriving in the Kingdom from all corners of the world on May 9 (Dhul Qada 1), when the annual pilgrimage season began.
Tens of thousands of pilgrims are arriving in Makkah and Madinah on a daily basis, with the help of an integrated and accessible system dedicated to serve the pilgrims to perform their rituals in ease and comfort.