Hojjat Al-Islam Navvab Advises Iranian Pilgrims Upon Arrival in Mecca

According to the Hajj Information Base, Hojjat al-Islam Navva, also head of the Iranian pilgrims, and Seyed Abbas Hosseini, head of the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization and the accompanying delegation arrived in Mecca on the morning of Wednesday (Khordad 16) and stayed at Al Balad Al-Tayeb Hotel (the location of the mission of the Supreme Leader) in Mecca and were welcomed by a number of deputies and staff of the delegation, as well as the officials of Hajj and pilgrimage.

While praising and thanking the welcome ceremony, in a short media interview, in response to the question of the reporter of the Hajj Information Center about the advice to the Iranian pilgrims in Mecca, he said, "I advise the dear pilgrims to make the most of the opportunity they have and Don't neglect to increase your religious knowledge and attend Masjid al-Haram to read the Qur'an and use the reciters and Qur'anists who are at their service."

Pointing out that the pilgrims have been waiting for 16 years to come to this holy place, he said: "No action has the reward of finishing the Quran in the land of revelation, so the guests of Rahman should try to finish the words of Allah Majid in Masjid al-Haram and even in the mosques of the region, which has a special reward. Do not neglect and use the capacity of the clergy of the caravans to increase their religious knowledge."

Hojjat al-Islam Navvab also asked the pilgrims of Baitullah Al-Haram to follow the laws and guidelines of the host country.

In another part of this media interview, he state, "Hajj season every year is always different from the Hajj seasons of previous years due to its environmental, temporal, programmatic and global conditions, and in this regard, this year's Hajj is different in terms of performance and culture. He has had Hajj in previous years. In this year's Hajj season, we lost our honorable president and we have never had the opportunity to hold elections during Hajj, although we have witnessed elections in previous years during Hajj and Umrah, and these two issues (the loss of the president and elections) made this year's Hajj politically difficult. It has distinguished itself compared to previous years."

Hojjat al-Islam Navvab added, "During the past Hajjs, we did not witness that part of the body of the Islamic world witnessed such terrible crimes. Also, the issue of acquittal in this year's Hajj is at a time when different regions of the world are witnessing a global acquittal of arrogance and arrogant actions."

He said: Abrahamology and providing lessons about the life of Prophet Abraham (PBUH) are among the features of the cultural part of this year's Hajj, and also there has been a good activity in the field of reducing Hajj brokers, providing services to pilgrims and transporting them in the field of medicine, the physical ability of pilgrims has been reviewed.

The Supreme leader's representative in Hajj and Pilgrimage expressed his hope that the pilgrims will return to the country with good health and a successful Hajj and said: Compared to all Hajj before and after the revolution, this year's Hajj had the lowest number of Hajj agents in terms of the number of agents per pilgrim.

He further mentioned the services of the host country and said: "I appreciate all those who serve the pilgrims, and also all the people who have come to this land from different countries to serve the pilgrims of Baitullah Al-Haram. In fact, if it is not for the services of these people, it will not be possible to move 2 million pilgrims in nearly two months in different cities with different practices and rituals."

Seyed Abbas Hosseini, head of the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization, also said in a short speech at this ceremony: 70,000 Iranian pilgrims have entered the Land of Revelation so far, and they are located in the two cities of Medina and Mecca, and of course, the number of pilgrims near Baitullah Al Haram is more and it increases every day.

"This year, executive agents have decreased and about 5% of the number of pilgrims are executive agents," he added.

Hosseini also pointed to the transfer of pilgrims from Medina to Mecca by high-speed train and said: In the past, pilgrims used to travel from Medina to Mecca for about 8 hours, but this year they travel this route by train for about two and a half hours, and the accommodation situation is also better this year compared to previous years.

At the end of this ceremony, Hojjat al-Islam Navvab thanked him and the accompanying delegation for the good reception and expressed hope that we will all be good servants for the Hajj pilgrims. 

It should be mentioned that after 19 days of stay in Medina, Hojjat al-Islam Navvab became Muhrem on Tuesday evening in Shajara Mosque and after that he entered Mecca with other pilgrims of Iranian caravans by Haramin express train, he went to Masjid Al Haram and performed Umrah.

Seyed Abbas Hosseini, head of the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization and a group of deputies and managers of this organization and the delegation of the Supreme Leader were among the companions of the head of Iranian pilgrims in this trip.