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        "msgid": "two-siblings-replace-parents-on-hajj-pilgrimage-1782129052",
        "date": "2026-06-22 18:22:00",
        "title": "Two Siblings Replace Parents on Hajj Pilgrimage",
        "author": "Putri Yuliani",
        "source": "MEDIA_INDONESIA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Two brothers from Limapuluh Kota, West Sumatra, fulfilled their late parents' dream of performing the Hajj after both passed away within months of each other. The siblings overcame financial hurdles by relying on an unexpectedly bountiful harvest from the family's citrus and rice fields. Their journey highlights the Indonesian government's hajj quota inheritance system and the personal sacrifices made to honour familial obligations.",
        "content": "<p>Last year\u2019s Eid al-Fitr was the final holiday Dona Putra, 32, and his\ntwo siblings spent with both their parents. The family lost their two\nrole models within the same year. Grief over their father\u2019s death had\nnot yet subsided when their mother passed away just two months later. In\na short time, Dona and his siblings lost the two people who had always\nbeen their home. Amid the sorrow, an unexpected responsibility emerged.\nDona Putra and his older brother Doni were destined to become Hajj\npilgrims in Group 14 from the Padang Embarkation, originating from\nLimapuluh Kota Regency. Their parents had registered for the Hajj queue\nin 2013 and had been waiting for their departure to the Holy Land.\nHowever, fate intervened. Before the call came, both parents had passed\naway. \u201cInitially, there was sadness. We are departing to replace our\nparents who are no longer here. But we both strengthened our intentions,\nhoping that the Hajj we perform will also bring blessings to our late\nfather and mother,\u201d Dona said on Saturday (20\/6). At 32, Dona never\nimagined he would perform the Hajj so soon. Together with his older\nbrother, he received the transferred Hajj quota from his parents.\nHowever, accepting this mandate did not resolve all their problems. Once\nthe transfer process began, they faced another reality: the settlement\nfees had to be prepared immediately. At the time, Dona and his family\nhad no idea where the funds would come from. Initially, they even\nthought only one of them would be able to depart. \u201cWe thought maybe only\none person could go because the payment was uncertain. But we kept\ntrying and praying,\u201d he recalled. Hope eventually grew from the\nplantation that had long been the family\u2019s livelihood. After their\nparents passed away, the older brother chose to continue the family\nbusiness by managing the citrus orchard and rice fields in their home\nvillage in Bukit Barisan District, Limapuluh Kota Regency. Unexpectedly,\nas the Hajj payment deadline approached, the harvest yield far exceeded\nexpectations. The family had initially estimated a harvest of around 500\nkilogrammes. However, when harvest season arrived, the yield was two to\nthree times greater than anticipated. For the family, that harvest was\nnot merely the result of agricultural work. It became the path that\nallowed the two brothers to pay for the Hajj and depart together to\nreplace their parents. \u201cAlhamdulillah, we were blessed with sustenance\nby Allah. It was from the plantation proceeds that the settlement could\nbe made,\u201d he said. While his older brother stayed to manage the family\nplantation, Dona had to make a different choice. To fulfil the mandate,\nhe chose to resign from his job as an employee at an application company\nin Dharmasraya. According to him, the lengthy Hajj period made it\ndifficult to obtain leave from his employer. \u201cAfter last Eid, I decided\nto resign. Because the Hajj takes quite a long time and it was not\npossible to take extended leave,\u201d he said. The decision was not an easy\none. But for him, the opportunity to replace his parents in performing\nthe Hajj was a mandate that would not come twice. Now, having finally\narrived in the Holy Land with his older brother, his feelings remain\nmixed. There is gratitude for being able to answer Allah\u2019s call. Yet,\nthere is also longing for the parents who had long dreamed of this\njourney. Especially his mother, who during her lifetime often asked when\ntheir Hajj departure schedule would be. \u201cThe feelings are indeed mixed.\nThere is sadness because we are replacing our parents. Moreover, mother\noften asked when we would depart for Hajj. But Alhamdulillah, we were\nfinally able to carry out this mandate,\u201d he said. Among the millions of\npilgrims who come to the Holy Land each year, the journey of Dona and\nhis brother may be just one of many stories. But for them, this year\u2019s\nHajj is not merely a spiritual journey. It is a journey to complete the\nhope their father and mother never got to realise. A journey that began\nwith loss, was undertaken with effort, and was ultimately fulfilled with\ngratitude as the two brothers walked together towards Baitullah,\ncarrying the names and prayers of their parents who had passed away\nbefore them.<\/p>",
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