Hajj at the Martyrs Foundation

The legal rule governing hajj seats for martyrs’ families is paragraph Thirteenth of Article 17 of Martyrs Foundation Law No. 2 of 2016, as amended. The electronic method of applying, and the names of those selected in a given season, are administrative arrangements that change. They are announced by the Foundation and the Commission each season.

Coverage is first decided in A martyr's file. The rule on hajj seats under the Political Prisoners Foundation Law is separate from the rule in the Martyrs Foundation Law.

What does the text provide?

Paragraph Thirteenth of Article 17 requires the Hajj and Umrah Commission (Hay’at al-Hajj wal-Umrah) to reserve five per cent of all hajj seats allocated to Iraq each year for a martyr's family, and the Foundation bears fifty per cent of the hajj costs. Five per cent of all hajj seats allocated to Iraq is also reserved for the families of martyrs and wounded of the Popular Mobilization Forces and the security agencies.

The percentages are part of the text: the Foundation bears fifty per cent of the hajj costs, and the reserved seats are a share of Iraq's annual allocation. A lottery or competition, if the organising body adopts one in that season, is a means of distributing that share, not a personal right to a seat every year for every covered person.

The benefit assumes that status as a member of a martyr's family under Article 1 has been established and that a coverage decision has been issued. The martyr's family identity document may be requested as a supporting paper before the Hajj and Umrah Commission, without replacing the decision.

Applying, the form and the platform

Applications in a given season may pass through an electronic form on the Ur platform or directly through the Foundation. The detailed steps, required documents, opening dates and active link are taken directly from the Martyrs Foundation and the Hajj and Umrah Commission for that season.

A person who applies without existing coverage exposes the request to refusal. A person who applies repeatedly without appearing in published names should not infer that status has lapsed; the reserved share is limited, and announcements are those issued by the Foundation and the Hajj and Umrah Commission for the season.

Hajj under the Political Prisoners Foundation Law

The rule in the Martyrs Foundation Law is paragraph Thirteenth of Article 17. The hajj-seat rule in the Political Prisoners Foundation Law is read in the text of that law after its amendments and the court decisions that bear on it, separately from Article 17 above.

Legal basis and sources

1. Martyrs Foundation Law No. 2 of 2016 — Article 17

Frequently asked questions

Related topics and articles

• 01Who is a martyr, and who are the martyr's family, under the Martyrs Foundation LawWho is a martyr's family in Iraqi law: parents, children, spouses, siblings and grandchildren, and the three martyr categories in Law No. 2 of 2016.
• 02The martyr's family identity document: issue and renewalMartyrs' family ID in Iraq: what it proves, and how issue and renewal work through the Foundation or the Ur portal under current rules.
• 03A martyr's file: the review committee, the grievance and the Appeals CommitteeA martyr's file at the Martyrs Foundation: a decision within three months, grievance within 60 days, 90 days' silence is refusal, then appeal.
• 04Who is covered by the Political Prisoners Foundation Law?Who is a political prisoner, detainee or Rafha detainee under Iraq's Law No. 4 of 2006: covered periods, family members and exclusions.
• 05Proving political imprisonment or detention before the Special CommitteeHow political imprisonment or detention is proved before the Special Committee: written evidence first, then testimony with supporting indications.

Always check the text in force and its amendments in the official source.

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