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Maulana Hanapi, on the right, is grateful. Being 1 out 540,000 hopeful H ajj applicants, Maulana is extremely lucky. The odds are as low as 12% as t he Saudi government strictly permits 60,000 pilgrims this year. Pre Co vid-19, when the quota was available for other countries, the number was in the region of 2 to 2.5 millions.
A Class of 2002 graduate, Maulana s tudied Mechanical and Manufacturing in the Faculty of Engineering, UNIMAS. This ambitious engineer’s career pursuit led him to work in the petrochemic al industry in Sabic – one of the world’s most prominent petrochemical manu facturer company – based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We are all so proud to se e our local Dalat boy succeed internationally.
Following the pandemic , this year’s Hajj quota is not granted to other countries. Despite this, M aulana insists that there is no special story behind his miraculous opportu nity. Pure luck – it was as simple as that.
“Considering the applicat ion number and the quota, I am very grateful to Allah.”
The Saudi gov ernment offer came to him after rigorous screening to make sure that the se lected pilgrims are fit. Even so, there are unfortunate cases of COVID-19 i nfections.
The Hajj ritual strictly implements SOPs to curb viral bre akouts. Maulana recalled an incident when he did not adhere to the conditio n.
“I was shouted at by the nearby police when I tried to remove my f ace mask for a selfie.”
According to Maulana, one of the mandatory requirements to pass the screening process is that pi lgrims must be vaccinated at least with one dose. Determined for the succes s of the holy ritual, the Saudi Ministry pushes the second Pfizer dose to s uccessful applicants. He received his second dose through this.
His s tory is one of kind, one that would endure the passing of time. The kind of story that would be passed down generations.
This is a Hajj to remem ber not only for Maulana, but for us.
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