Khalis and I registered for Hajj sometime early this year. And
we regret that we didn’t do it earlier. I mmg wanted to do it as soon as I have
the minimum balance (and I’ve had it since 4 years ago) but I thought:-
1- I would need the passbook. I lost the passbook
yearssssssss ago. If I want to get a new one, I would need to pay stamp duty. I
bought the Hasil stamp from post office but tabung haji said they only accept
the one ‘stamp-ed’ /crossed by LHDN, Land Office and another place I can’t
remember. But no, no passbook is needed for Hajj registration.
2- I would need to register with Khalis because insyallah we’ll
be performing Hajj together and it’s almost impossible for us to meet up during
office hours. But it turned out that Khalis didn’t even have to be present. I
just gave the clerk my IC and our Marriage card and its done.
3- That the queue would be long and my lunch hour wouldn’t be
sufficient. When I went to the Hajj Registration counter (which was not located
together with deposit/withdrawal counters – yang ni mmg selalu ramai org la kan) I
was surprised to see that there’s no queuing at all. I was attended to
immediately and the whole thing took less than 3 minutes.
We are scheduled to perform Hajj in the 2040s.. Had I done
it earlier maybe I could be in 2030s’ list. However, I am positive that we wouldn’t
have to wait until 2040s as almost everyone I know was called a few years
earlier.
To register, you would need a minimum of RM1400++ in your
Tabung Haji account and they will freeze the amount. If you don’t have RM1400
in your account, you can still register for Hajj using your EPF balance, so
just bring your EPF statement and they will freeze RM1400 from your EPF
account.
