Missing person in Saudi

[BeTheChange]

Asalamualykum dear brothers & sisters,

Does anyone live in Saudi Arabia or does anyone know who to contact if a relative/family member has gone missing whilst performing Umrah?

The individual in question is very elderly, illiterate, ill and can only speak Pushto. To make matters worse she has no mobile phone and no ID with her.

She is in a very vulnerable position and her family are extremely distressed.

Does anyone know who to contact?

Jazahka Allah in advance for your responses.

 

[Alpha Dude]

Wa alaykum salam

May Allah unite her safe and sound to her family. Aameen.

I found this report:

“In order to deal with the increase in people getting lost during Ramadan, we made all necessary preparations before the holy month and deployed workers to work shifts around the clock,” said Omar Al-Zahrani, an official from the Missing Persons’ Office.
Al-Zahrani added that there has been a 300 percent increase in the number of people the Missing Persons’ Offices have employed for Ramadan. “Two new offices were opened recently, one on the eastern side of the Grand Mosque and one on the western side. Both offices are working around the clock to serve lost pilgrims,” he added.
Presently there are five lost person’s offices at the Grand Mosque, of which the Ministry of Haj runs two and three are run by the Grand Mosque Security apparatus.
Al-Zahrani predicts that by the end of Ramadan up to 6,000 lost people would have gone through the Missing Persons’ Offices. “Ramadan is the main month in which people generally get lost. There are two types of lost people. The first consists of pilgrims that are lost temporarily and soon they find their families or go back to the tour group they have come to the Kingdom with. The second type consists of pilgrims that can’t return to their families because no one has come forward to find them. Such people are handled by the police who take the necessary action,” he said.

If the family members are still there, they should go to this office, if they haven't already.

 

[BeTheChange]

Ameen.

Jazahka Allah for taking the time out to reply. May Allah swt reward you Ameen.

Unfortunately there is no contact details on the above news article.

 

[Muslim Woman]

Did they contact their Embassy ? There are so many Police in haraam area. Translators are also available. They should get help from them.

 

[BeTheChange]

Alhamdulilah she has been found now and is safe and well.

Jazahka Allah for all your duas & concern.

 

[Amelie Smith]

Sad to know the situation. If you have any tracing number of her regarding her visa or passport, note it down contact the authorities in Saudi Arabia dealing with management. Hope they would find her snap to get her.

 

[Abz2000]

Innaa lillaahi wa innaa ilaihi raaji'oon,
I hope you find her soon and in good health ukhti:

Try this:

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1208.5365

Anyone else who visits with elderly, children, or others with no grasp of Arabic, please remember to safety pin a hotel business card to the ihraam cloth where it won't easily get pulled off in the bustle so that the hotel can be called in case they get lost an need assistance.
We lost an elderly lady from our group but Alhamdulillah they used the faux leather wrist band to find the contact number of the hotel, just mentioning so people are aware of how easy it is to get lost there...

 

[Aaqib]

Sad to know the situation. If you have any tracing number of her regarding her visa or passport, note it down contact the authorities in Saudi Arabia dealing with management. Hope they would find her snap to get her.

Innaa lillaahi wa innaa ilaihi raaji'oon,
I hope you find her soon and in good health ukhti:

Try this:

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1208.5365

Anyone else who visits with elderly, children, or others with no grasp of Arabic, please remember to safety pin a hotel business card to the ihraam cloth where it won't easily get pulled off in the bustle so that the hotel can be called in case they get lost an need assistance.
We lost an elderly lady from our group but Alhamdulillah they used the faux leather wrist band to find the contact number of the hotel, just mentioning so people are aware of how easy it is to get lost there...

Alhamdulilah she has been found now and is safe and well.

Jazahka Allah for all your duas & concern.

Please read the whole thread next time.

 

[Abz2000]

Please read the whole thread next time.

Lol that's wonderful news, i read the first few and scrolled to the last post then commented, something i often do for practical purposes, thanks for the good news though.