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.