Makkah Saudi Arabia (Antara) – In the midst of the dense series of pilgrims there is a quiet work that Zarkoni Hasbi Squid Lives has full responsibility; Take care of the bodies of the Indonesian pilgrimage that died in Mecca, from the beginning to beech to the funeral to the grave.
As an older service officer in the working area (Daker) Makkah, Zarkoni comes into contact with a process that is not generally known almost every day, starting with death letters, accompanying hospital officers to bathe the body, accompany the procession of body prayer in the Grand Mosque, to deliver the body in Al Share, in Al Shaaray, in Al Shaaray.
“The process is indeed long. Especially when it is dead in the hotel, not in the hospital. We have to coordinate with Syarikah, the group of Indonesian Hajj Health Clinics (KKHI), a Nur Hospital, to the body of the body.
The man with two children who ever use the Koran, Ummul Qura University, Mecca, said, said that the body could not be buried immediately. They must first undergo a medical process. Verified to find out the causes of death. After completing the medical process, and Death certificate Published, the body is bathed in a special place in the bathroom. The family can also help.
According to Zarkoni, the privilege of members of the Indonesian pilgrims who died in Mecca, his body will be shared in the Great Mosque. Time to adapt to the mandatory prayer schedule. “When it is ready at 11 am, it is usually mentioned after Zuhur. But at night we wait for sunrise. We may not be left in the Grand Mosque for too long, so it must be calculated on time,” said Zarkoni.
After he was continued, the body was sent to the Al Sharaya graphic complex, about 15 km east of the Great Mosque. Al Sharaya is the location of the funeral of non-citizens. The location of the funeral of Ma’la, which was also used, is now specifically for the funeral of local residents.
Liang Lahat is prepared in Sharaya. “So we don’t have to dig. The grave is available and temporarily closed with concrete. When the body arrives, the concrete is opened, the body is inserted, then closed again and the country is buried,” said teacher at the state of Islamic University of Suthan Thaha Syaifuddin, Jambi.
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This year’s task of Zarkoni became an important part of the implementation of the Indonesian Hajj, especially when the death rate for the pilgrimage participants was quite high. Until June 14, 2025, no fewer than 275 Indonesian Hajj -Pelgrims died. According to data from the Integrated Hajj automation system (Siskohat) of the Ministry of Religion, the majority of them are the elderly, at about 57 percent older than 64, and 63 percent of them are men.
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