Aceh Hajj Organisers: Pilgrims Receive Baitul Asyi Endowment Funds of Rp 9.3 Million per Person

Hajj Service Organising Officers (PPIH) for the Aceh Embarkation reported that prospective Hajj pilgrims from Aceh have started receiving Baitul Asyi endowment funds amounting to 2,000 riyals, or approximately Rp 9.3 million per person (exchange rate Rp 4,668). “Yesterday afternoon, our pilgrims from Kloter 2 received Baitul Asyi at their accommodation, with the funds of 2,000 riyals distributed by the Baitul Asyi management,” said the Head of PPIH Aceh Embarkation, Arijal, on Tuesday (12/5/2026). He explained that the endowment funds were given to Kloter 2 first because Kloter 1 is still in Madinah and will only move to Mecca on Thursday (14/5/2026). “Next, Kloter 3 and subsequent groups will be scheduled. Meanwhile, Kloter 1, still in Madinah, will receive the Baitul Asyi funds once they are in Mecca,” he stated. For information, prospective Hajj pilgrims from Aceh receive waqf compensation funds from the Baitul Asyi Hotel in Mecca each year, with varying amounts per Hajj season. Baitul Asyi is a productive waqf institution in Mecca founded by Acehnese figure Habib Bugak Al-Asyi in the early 1800s. Its assets are managed as a luxury hotel, with the proceeds distributed as waqf compensation to every pilgrim from Aceh.