TH Personnel Hold Yasin Recitation For Smooth Hajj Operation
The Yasin recitation was held after the Maghrib prayer and was led by Madinah Ibadah (worship) manager, Ustaz Mohamad Zahir Hussin @ Yusof.
MADINAH, April 28 (Bernama) -- Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) personnel involved in the 1446H/2025M hajj season held a Yasin recitation and doa selamat session at the TH headquarters in the Roha Al-Madinah building.
Madinah Operations director Affandi Abdullah expressed hope that this season's hajj operations would run smoothly and that all pilgrims and personnel would be blessed with good health while carrying out their duties in the Holy Land.
'This traditional programme is usually attended by all staff at the Madinah Operations Service Centre. Alhamdulillah, there are now more than 60 staff who have arrived and are ready to welcome the arrival of the first group of prospective Malaysian hajj pilgrims," he said when met by reporters here.
The first group of prospective Malaysian pilgrims is expected to arrive tomorrow (April 29) at 7.50 am local time at the Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport, Madinah, on a Malaysia Airlines aircraft.
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