Osun State Muslim Pilgrims Board has commenced screening for the Intending pilgrims for the 2024 Hajj exercise.
The Chairman of the board, Dr Moruf Ishola stated this while flagging off the exercise which held at the office of the Board located within the Osun State Government Secretariat, Osogbo.
He said the exercise is, particularly, aimed at validating the Islamic knowledge of the Intending Pilgrims in order to know if they are qualified for the holy journey or not.
He noted that; “the screening is aimed at having a thorough knowledge of the pilgrims’ state of health, their religiosity as well as other relevant information, which will, go a long way in making the journey a hitch free, not only for the pilgrims but the Board itself”. Ended Dr Ishola.
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Earlier, in his remarks, the Administrative Secretary of the Board, Mr Muritala Fakunle, reiterated the readiness of the Agency to make the coming Hajj exercise a success in line with all the necessary arrangements so far put in place by the Osun Pilgrims Welfare Board.
Mr. Fakunle described Hajj as one of the important religious obligations which requires the need for all intending pilgrims to have deep knowledge of Islam, in addition to being physically and mentally fit.
He asserts: “We want our pilgrims to be fit, hale and hearty; we want to go to the holy land of Makkah and Madinah and return with all our pilgrims, without anyone of them, missing , InshAllah “Said Fakunle .
Source: orionframe
