Ministry of MOHIA Conducts Lottery to Select Pilgrims for the Current Year (1448 AH) in Kabul and All Provinces
Wednesday, 30 Jumada Al-Awwal 1448 AH, corresponding to 20 Aqrab 1405 SH
The Ministry of MOHIA today conducted a lottery among newly registered applicants to select pilgrims for performing the obligatory Hajj pilgrimage for the year 1448 AH, corresponding to 1406 SH. The lottery was held in Kabul, the capital, as well as in all provinces across the country.
In Kabul, the lottery was held at the Central Zone Hajj Pilgrims Complex, attended by Mawlawi Hafiz Mohammad Hamid Haseeb, the Ministry's Deputy Minister for Professional Affairs, along with several central directors and ministry officials.
According to the Ministry's announcement, the registration process for new Hajj applicants for the current year took place nationwide from 20 to 27 Jumada Al-Awwal. During this period, a total of 91,867 (ninety-one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven) citizens registered for Hajj. The lottery for these applicants was conducted simultaneously across the country today, in accordance with established procedures and under the supervision of designated committees from the provincial directorates of Guidance, Hajj and Endowments and relevant authorities, ensuring a transparent and fair process.
Based on the population-based quotas allocated to each province, a total of 30,000 (thirty thousand) pilgrims will be selected from among the registered applicants and sent to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to perform the obligatory Hajj pilgrimage this year.
The Ministry of MOHIA reiterates that, in order to provide the opportunity to perform this important religious obligation to as many citizens as possible for whom Hajj has become obligatory and who have been waiting for years to undertake the pilgrimage, it is not possible to accommodate applications for voluntary (Nafl) Hajj. Similarly, citizens suffering from the illnesses specified in the Ministry's previous announcement cannot be accommodated for the Hajj journey.
The Ministry requests all pilgrims selected through the lottery to obtain their payment slips from the relevant provincial directorates within fifteen (15) working days and deposit the first instalment of Hajj expenses, amounting to AFN 150,000 (one hundred and fifty thousand Afghanis), with Afghanistan Bank.
The second instalment will be paid after the total cost of Hajj services and expenses, both within Afghanistan and in Saudi Arabia, has been determined. Further details will be announced by the Ministry in a subsequent announcement.
