
A cewar WAS, Ma'aikatar Hajji ta Saudiyya ta sanar da cewa: "Daga yau, ba za ta sake karɓar "duk wani mahajjaci 'yan ƙasa da shekara 15 ba." Wannan ya faru ne duk da cewa mahajjata daga ƙasashe daban-daban sun shafe makonni uku suna shiga ƙasar wahayi don yin Hajjin Tamattu.
A shekarun baya, Saudiyya ta haramta shigar mahajjata 'yan ƙasa da shekara 12, amma ba su yi amfani da wannan ƙayyadadden shekaru ba lokacin bayar da biza kuma sun ba da biza ga yara. Wannan ya haifar da ƙaruwar adadin mace-mace, musamman a cikin zafin da ke ƙaruwa a lokacin Hajji.
Saboda haka, Saudiyya, a cikin wani mataki na ba zato ba tsammani, ta ɗaga ƙayyadadden adadin hana shiga da shekaru uku kuma tana hana shigar mahajjata 'yan ƙasa da shekara 15. Saudiyya ta jaddada cewa bizar da aka bai wa waɗannan mutane ba ta da inganci daga yau, 5 ga Mayu (15 ga Mayu), kuma idan suka shiga Saudiyya, za a hana su shiga filin jirgin sama.
A wani hukunci na ba zato ba tsammani, Saudiyya ta sanya ƙayyadadden shekaru ga mahajjatan Hajji ga baƙi kawai, kuma 'yan ƙasar nan an keɓe su daga ciki.
Al'adun Saudiyya Mai fafutuka Salman bin Saleh ya ce Saudiyya ta yi daidai da yanayin yanayi a Saudiyya, kuma idan aka yi la'akari da ɗan gajeren nisa, ba za a sami matsala ga yara a lokacin aikin Hajji ba.
A akasin haka, Qadir Taha, babban darektan Hajji a Pakistan, ya ce ya kamata a sami doka ɗaya ga kowa.
Masana sun ce Saudiyya ya kamata ta sanar da wannan dokar kafin mahajjata su isa, ba a tsakiyar tafiya ba, ta kuma sanya dokar ta zama iri ɗaya ga dukkan mahajjata. In ba haka ba, ya kamata Ƙungiyar Haɗin Kan Musulunci ta shiga tsakani ta kawar da wannan wariya a fili.