MAJLIS KONVOKESYEN PRA SEKOLAH DAERAH TAMBUNAN MERIAH

tahniah!

1 Disember 2009 

Setinggi-tinggi tahniah diucapkan kepada semua pelajar Pra-Sekolah Daerah Tambunan yang telah berjaya menamatkan pendidikan awal mereka baru-baru ini. Satu majlis khas telah diadakan untuk meraikan tamatnya persekolahan peringkat asas kepada seramai 308 pelajar dari 23 buah sekolah dari seluruh Daerah Tambunan pada 5 November 2009. Majlis Konvokesyen yang diadakan di Dewan Masyarakat Tambunan itu menyaksikan kehadiran luarbiasa ibubapa dan penjaga pelajar-pelajar berkenaan. 

Dianggarkan kehadiran ibubapa dan penjaga serta ahli keluarga masing-masing mencecah 500 orang. Kehadiran luarbiasa ini menunjukkan betapa para ibubapa begitu prihatin terhadap perkembangan dan kemajuan pendidikan anak-anak mereka walaupun di peringkat pra-sekolah. Majlis bersejarah itu dirasmikan oleh Puan Faridah bte Wahid, Pegawai Bahagian Sektor Pedidikan Akademik, Pejabat Pendidikan Daerah Tambunan yang mewakili Pegawai Pelajaran Daerah Tambunan, Tuan Hj Kaipin Rosmin. 

Menariknya, pelajar-pelajar telah menerima sijil tamat pendidikan Pra-Sekolah dari Guru Besar sekolah masing-masing. Majlis tersebut juga tambah berseri apabila juruacara majlis dikendalikan oleh DJ dari Radio KLfm, Puan Faridah Yunus yang kebetulan bercuti seketika untuk menemani suaminya, Cikgu Ahmad Iznan yang bertugas di SK Kaingaran Tambunan sejak Januari 2009. 

Terdahulu dari itu, ketibaan Puan Faridah Wahid untuk merasmikan majlis tersebut disambut dengan paluan kompang dari Kumpulan Khai, Sekolah Menangah Ugama (SMU) Tambunan. ERAKITA yang sempat bertemu dengan pengurus Kumpulan Khai, Ustaz Ramlin Asri turut dimaklumkan bahawa kumpulan kompang tersebut ditubuhkan pada tahun 2007 dan dianggotai seramai 13 pelajar SMU Tambunan, diketuai oleh adik Mohd Syafie bin Rahman. Kumpulan Khai juga pernah memenangi pertandingan kompang peringkat Daerah Tambunan sempena Festival Nasyid dan Kompang pada tahun 2008. 

Majlis Konvokesyen yang bermula seawal jam 7.00 pagi dan berakhir jam 1.00 tengahari diserikan dengan pelbagai persembahan dari pelajar-pelajar pra-sekolah sendiri. Antaranya, deklamasi sajak, nyanyian dan tarian. Majlis yang berjalan lancar itu tambah menarik apabila acara penyampaian sijil diselitkan dengan pengumuman dan penyampaian hadiah kepada para ibubapa yang mendapat cabutan tiket bertuah. Para ibubapa dan guru-guru tidak melepaskan peluang untuk mengambil gambar bersama pelajar-pelajar bertuah itu sebagai kenang-kenangan. 

ERAKITA yang turut hadir untuk memberikan semangat dan berkongsi kejayaan dengan anaknya dalam majlis berkenaan begitu teruja dengan suasana ceria dan bersemangat sepanjang majlis berlangsung. Semoga majlis seumpama ini akan diteruskan pada masa akan datang dengan pelbagai pengisian yang menarik dan BERSESUAIAN menurut tahap umur pelajar-pelajar berkenaan, etika, moral dan agama. 

Akhir sekali, tahniah kepada pihak pengajur yang berjaya melaksanakan majlis tersebut dengan jayanya. Kepada para pelajar yang telah menamatkan pendidikan Pra-Sekolah, ERAKITA ucapkan TAHNIAH. Semoga penganugerahan sijil tersebut menjadi titik tolak untuk meneruskan kecemerlangan akademik ke tahap tertinggi pada masa akan datang. Beberapa gambar menarik sepanjang majlis berkenaan dipaparkan di bawah ini untuk tatapan bersama.

Para Graduan dari SK Kipaku bersama Guru Besar En. Nordin Zaini dan Cikgu Aniah bergambar untuk kenangan

Nur Syakirah Ahadin bersama guru kesayangannya Puan Aniah. Tahniah!

Kumpulan Khai terdiri dari pelajar SMU Tambunan dijemput untuk memalu kompang sempena ketibaan pegawai dari Pejabat Pendidikan Tambunan bagi perasmian Majlis Konvokesyen Pra Sekolah. Boleh tahan juga bakal para alim ulama ni!

Kehadiran para ibu bapa yang amat memberangsangkan

Bersedia naik ke pentas.

Penuh debaran adik-adik ni

gembira bersama skroll dan anak patung

Nur Syakirah Ahadin bersama skroll. Ini permulaan untuk kejayaan seterusnya. Tahniah untuk anak kesayangan

Generasi pewaris kepimpinan negara

Puan Faridah Wahid (kiri) mewakili Pegawai Pendidikan Daerah kelihatan kusyuk melihat persembahan adik-adik di pentas

Puan Faridah Yunus, DJ Radio KLfm turut menyerikan majlis sebagai pengacara

Tahniah adik-adik! Belajar tinggi-tinggi ya..

 TERUSKAN KECEMERLANGAN DALAM PENDIDIKAN

Majlis Perkampongan Keluargo Dato Suro yang pertama pada 21 September 2009, 2 Syawal 1430H bertempat di Kg.Serting Ilir, Bahau Negeri Sembilan.

CINEMA CITY An Inter-disciplinary practice based archive project

On 11 th October 2009, the city of Bombay witnessed the first public showcase of Cinema City at NCPA Little Theater. The project is initiated by Majlis, centre for interdisciplinary arts initiatives in collaboration with a wide circle of organizations, institutions and individuals. Cinema City is a project to document, archive and re-read the cinema producing cities through images and narratives within cinema and its impacts and manifestations in the lived world; involving inter-disciplinary research, pedagogy, art and media productions. The aim behind the project is to facilitate an interface between collections and collective memory, between access and interaction, between theories and practices, between pedagogy and productions and between art productions and research.

Though the project aims to expand into an archive of postcolonial Asian metropolises that produce cinema, currently the work is being concentrated only on Bombay. This is an ongoing project that we envisage to run for years to come. The preview presentation included the work put together in the first year of the project. The event started with the introduction of the project by the principle curator Madhusree Dutta, she talked about the origin of the project, it’s rational and the various queries that the team came across and will continue to explore in the years to come. The special guest for the evening was Visual Artist Atul Dodiya and Film Historian Ashish Rajadhyaksh.

The audience turn out was spectacular comprising of friends, supporters, film enthusiasts, students and the cinema citizens. People far outnumbered the occupancy limit and squeezed in on the steps and corners of the theater. Even the tenacity of the five hour long programme and lack of amenities at the Little theatre could not dampen audience’ enthusiasm and the theatre was overflowing till the end.

Various components of the preview were:
Sweat Shops of the Cinema

By Kausik Mukhopadhyay, Design Cell, KRVIA; Avijit Mukul Kishore; Mamta Murthy and Rikhav Desai.

13 small television monitors installed on white acrylic screens tell the anonymous story of network of sweatshops (small production units) scattered all over the city that contribute to the larger production of cinema in the city. The palatial sets, the glamorous costumes, the mythological wigs, the romantic ambience of fog and rain, the mighty horses of medieval wars; moreover, the cameras and the lights; the editing and sound studios – all are operated from units that resemble the sweatshops of the multi-national corporations producing consumers’ goods. Yet, together these sweatshops create a dream machine that, in turn, greatly influences the imagination of cinema and the city. This imagination eventually governs the migration and demographic pattern of the city.

Pila House: The Cinema Settlement

By Kausik Mukhopadhyay, Rohan Shivkumar and Design Cell, Kamala Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture (KRVIA), Mumbai

Kitsch red curtains and florescent lights seduce one to enter the box which resembles a telephone booth. The walls of the booth are covered with scribbles of the cinema-city date line and anecdotes. An interactive computer game set inside the box lets the viewer have a virtual experience of Pila House, one hundred and twenty years old entertainment district of Bombay. Pila house, a hybridisation of Play House, was marked by the British Govt. as the Entertainment District out of a large graveyard in late 19 th century. Since then the area has metamorphosed from circus and variety shows to company theatre to silent cinema to talkies and still running. The game comprises of cartographs, architectural drawings of the area, official documents, film clips, interviews and documentary footage on Pila House. The viewer can move around the map and select the locations they want to explore.

Tambu cinema: An Analogous Cinema City

By Amit Madhesiya, Shirley Abraham and Jatin Vidyarthi

Images of the popular phenomena of travelling cinema of the 50’s, that now only survives in parts of Maharashtra, is captured on still camera and then overlaid on a soundscape comprised of the location ambience and associative tracks. The project locates the journey of the travelling cinema with the annual religious fairs, the jatras, mapping the contours of an age-old tradition and the symbiotic integration of cinema into such a milieu. The arrival of the cinema is marked by barricaded space, spectacle of cable laying and sound and projection testing, colourful banners hanging in the agrarian landscape, filmi accessories being sold in carts and stalls and occasional visits by the matinee idols. A miniature cinema city is unfolded for a fortnight alongside with the religious deities and the live shows in circus. The phenomenon of the tent cinema is mapped as an analogous and transient Cinema City.

Conversation between Atul Dodiya and Ashish Rajadhyaksh on Atul Dodiya’s previous works on Cinema City

Ashish Rajadhyaksh presented Atul Dodiya’s previous works on cinema in the city and engaged on a retrospective discussion with the artist. Atul Dodiya is to make a new series of work to commemorate the Cinema City project.

Film Screening: 3 films and panel discussion

Certified Universal

Dir: Avijit Mukul Kishore

On many cinemas that exist and constantly get reproduced in the city.

Do Rafique

Dir: Rafeeq Ellias

Rafeeq Ellias walks a talk with Rafique Baghdadi around old and fading neighbourhoods tracing the memory of cinema.

Have you dreamt Cinema?

Dir: Hansa Thapliyal

On three women who live along Film City Road – their relationship with the idea of recreation and the place that    cinema has as a pleasure house in their lives.

Discussion with the three filmmakers, moderated by Paromita Vohra

Panel Discussion: What is Cinema City?

Madusree Dutta, Rohan Shivkumar, Mamta Murthy; moderated by George Jose.

Film Screening: 3 films and panel discussion

Dark Room

Dir: Renu Savant

On the basic materiality of cinema – the chemicals and the moving people.

Dhananjay Kulkarni “Chandragupt” 

Dir: Rhivu Laha

A film writer impersonates as a night watchman.

Sin City

Dir: Srikant Agawane

On the filmography of crime in the city

Discussion with the three filmmakers, moderated by Surabhi Sharma

Compiled by Shikha Pandey.

Sourced from MAJLIS -a center for rights discourse and inter-disciplinary arts initiatives

Sepanjang aku bertugas di bumi Cik Siti Wan Kembang ini, biarpun rasa seronok, ada sesetengah benda yang aku rasa cukup ralat..

Lebih-lebih lagi tiba bab jemputan perkahwinan daripada kawan-kawan..sebab kebanyakannya, aku tak sempat nak hadir..atas faktor jarak waktu yang cukup jauh, tuntutan kerja halal yang aku sedang usahakan selain kantung aku tak cukup nak tampung belanja…

Kalu dihitung, kalau tak silap, sejak aku bertugas di sini Ogos 2007 hingga sekarang, semua jemputan tidak dapat aku penuhi..aku cukup sedih..sebab, ada antara mereka yang datang ke majlis besar aku tapi aku pula sebaliknya..harap-harap, jangan disebabkan perkara ini korang pilih untuk putuskan tali persahabatan..

Bulan ini, ralat ini terus menghantui aku..dua kawan aku, Zulfahdli Marjo (Apad) dan Ainany Faizura Hassan (Nani) akan melangsungkan pernikahan masing-masing..kedua-duanya majlis berlangsung di Johor cuma berbeza daerah saja..masih lagi dengan alasan sama, aku tak dapat hadir majlis korang..maafkan aku…

Apad (Kanan)

Apad dan Nani, dua umat manusia yang aku kira rapat dengan aku..sepatutnya aku bermati-matian untuk hadir ke majlis itu tapi aku tak cukup mati untuk ke situ..ternyata mati aku terarah ke tujuan lain..ini aku akui..

Kesempatan yang aku tau sama ada korang baca atau tidak, Selamat Pengantin Baru…selamat melangsung pernikahan..moga majlis berjalan lancar..yang lebih penting, hidup aman dengan pasangan pilihan masing-masing..untuk kawan-kawan, doa aku sentiasa ada…Amin…

  This is what is known as a “majlis” in Arabic which means “meeting room“.  It is where guests are met, dined and entertained on their visits to the typical Omani home.  This rather impressive “majlis” is in the Al Ruzaiqi family in Sur.  My friend, Harmen, was invited and because I was with him I had the great pleasure of being invited as well!   Mr. Mussallem Al-Ruzaiqi treating us like kings!  I wish I had taken pictures of the food.  Rice, fish, chicken, fruits of all kinds…(The list is only limited by my terrible memory!)  The one dish I remember vividly was the rice with raisins.  I had never tried that before and man, was it ever good!  Another coffee?!  Actually this was “red tea“-another 1st for me which was DELICIOU.  Tea is not normally “my cup of tea“!    Mr. Mussallem patiently stood there, smiling, as we enjoyed tea AND coffee.  His total commitment to serving us was unlike anything I’ve seen before.   Frankincense was lit to enhance the enjoyment of our after dinner beverages!  Nice touch!  This painting, on the Al Ruzaiqi’s majlis wall, is of Sur in the late ’50’s.  Those are/were 2 old family boats which no longer exist today.  If you look at the white house in the background to the right, that is the old Al-Ruzaiqi home which Mussallem would show us later! (renovated of course)  Here is one of the ancient doors of the family home (the one in the painting).  The harbor in the painting is no longer there, however, due to many changes that have taken place in Sur over the years.  I seriously didn’t take enough pictures on our visit (didn’t want to appear rude by snapping photo after photo!).  We were even greeted by his brother, Abdullah, who is the chief of police in Sur!  Mussallem took us to their family farm as well!  He graciously took hours of his time to feed, entertain and inform us.  If that’s not enough, he gave both of us a bucket of the most delicious Omani dates I’ve ever tried (from his family trees) to take back to Muscat with us as well as 20 fresh eggs from the family farm!  Harmen and Mussallem near the end of our visit to the Al-Rusaiqi home.  This trip to Sur is one that I shall not forget anytime soon! WOW!

If you EVER get invited to an Omani home, do not pass up the opportunity.  You will, no doubt, walk away with a new appreciation of the gracious people of this country.

Sebenarnya aku nak menulis perkara ini semalam. Tetapi disebabkan keletihan yang agak melampau, terpaksalah aku merehatkan dan menidurkan diri sendiri sebagai salah satu daripada bentuk pengembalian tenaga dalaman aku agar dapat mengukuhkan kembali kekuatan mental dan fizikal diri dalam menghadapi kehidupan seterusnya. Ingin tahu kenapa?  Sebab dalam minggu ini terdapat beberapa perkara dan tugasan yang menyebabkan aku menjadi begini. Mana taknya dalam minggu ni, sekolah aku telah menganjurkan majlis jamuan Hari Raya. Biasalah kalau dah ada majlis macam ni, mula dibentuk jawatankuasa yang pelbagai melibatkan guru2. Yang paling dahsyatnya apabila ramai cikgu yang tiada dan berada dalam kesibukan seperti nak mengemaskini fail2 bersempena lawatan pihak JPNJ pada sehari sebelum, pergi mendaki Gunung Tahan, dan terlibat dengan sukan Piala Warisan. Jadi dalam mesyuarat kali kedua berkenaan jamuan ini pada hari Selasa lalu, telah disusun semula jawatankuasa terbabit akibat daripada banyak guru setiap jawatankuasa yang tidak dapat memberikan komitmen atas sebab yang telah nyatakan tadi. Agak bahaya juga situasi ini kalau dilihatkan kepada saiz majlis yang turut melibatkan jemputan dari orang luar. Entah semena-mena nama aku telah dinaikkan sebagai ketua jawatankuasa jamuan guru atas kapasiti sebagai salah seorang daripada AJK Tertinggi KEBIRU. Aduhai berat sungguh tugasan yang telah diletakkan di atas bahu untuk dipikul ini. Iyelah. Dah la kali pertama aku menguruskan perkara sebesar seperti ini ditambah pula kebimbangan diri menjadi bahan kutukan dan umpatan dari guru2 senior dan kakitangan sekolah yang mungkin tidak berpuashati dengan perjalanan dan pengurusan jamuan ini. Dan pada masa yang sama perlu memikirkan orang2 bawahan yang perlu aku cekup dalam waktu sesingkat ini memandangkan jawatankuasa ini diwujudkan pada saat2 akhir. Syukur kepada Tuhan apabila pada hari jamuan tersebut, ada beberapa kawan dan guru senior yang sanggup membantu aku menguruskan bahagian jamuan guru. Mungkin ada juga kasihan melihat situasi aku yang tidak menang kaki dan tangan untuk menguruskan perkara sebesar ini. Tiada perkara lain yang aku fikirkan waktu itu melainkan untuk memastikan jamuan ini berjalan lancar dan tiada cacat celanya. Tepat pada waktu yang dijadualkan, akhirnya semua makanan dan minuman telah terhidang di atas meja yang disusun ala buffet dan majlis jamuan guru pun bermula. Kegirangan hati aku pendamkan di hati apabila melihatkan masing-masing mengambil hidangan dengan penuh teratur dan menikmati juadah yang sedia ada dengan penuh kelazatan. Seperti biasa dalam majlis mana2 pun, kalau sudah beramai2 tu adalah wujud perkara yang tidak kena akibat daripada salah faham dan perselisihan pendapat di antara perkiraan diri sendiri yang tidak bijak dalam mengelakkan perbezaan agar dapat disepakatkan sesama pihak di bawah bumbung yang sama. Itulah peristiwa yang terjadi pada saat akhir majlis jamuan raya ini. Namun ia dapat diselesaikan dalam suasana penuh berhikmah. Per2 pun aku nak mengucapkan terima kasih yang tak terhingga kepada kawan2 dan guru2 senior yang telah menolong aku secara langsung atau tidak langsung dalam menjayakan jamuan guru ini.

Majlis held the Curtain Raiser for Cinema City on 11th October 2009, at the Little Theatre, Nariman Point, Mumbai.

The logo for Cinema City

Cinema City is a multi-phased programme to document, archive and re-read the city through images in Cinema as well as the cinema in the city. Further, Cinema City can be explained as an attempt to create an audio-visual dateline of Asian cities with 100 year old cinema histories through multi-disciplinary art and research practices, such as cartography, film and video productions, visual art works, seminars and publications. The aim of this endeavour is to study the City, in particular, the city that is inextricably linked to its ‘cinemascape’.
The event started with an installation walkthrough; comprising of

* Pila House: The Cinema Settlement ; An assembly Cartography work on the historic entertainment district of Bombay
* Tambu Cinema: The Itinerant Screen; A photo, text and sound installation on the phenomenon of travelling tent cinema
* Sweat shops of the Cinema; That traces the network of production units hidden in holes in the wall

The installation walkthrough was followed by an introductory session wherein Madhusree Dutta, executive director of Majlis, gave an overview of the project , this was followed by conversations with Atul Dodiya,Visual artist and Ashsish Rajadhyaksha and audience interactions.

After the audience interaction, the first session of film screenings took place and the films screened were as under ;

* Certified Universal; a 15-minute short film on the many cinemas that exist and constantly get reproduced in society, by Avijit Mukul Kishore.
* Do Rafique; a 15-minute short film wherein Rafeeq Ellias talks with Rafique Baghdadi around old and fading neighborhoods tracing the memory of cinema, by Rafique Ellias.
* Have You Dreamt Cinema?; a 15 minute short film on three women who live along FIlm City Road – their relationship with the idea of recreation and the place of cinema – as a house of pleasure -in their lives, by Hansa Thapliyal.

The installation walkthrough for ‘Sweatshops Of the Cinema: that traces the network of production units hidden in holes in the wall

The film screenings was followed by a panel discussion as to “What is cinema city?” with George Jose, Programme Director, Asia Society India Centre; Madhusree Dutta, Principal Curator,Cinema City & Executive Director, Majlis , Mumbai; Rohan Shivkumar, Architect and Senior Faculty, KRVIA ; Mamta Murthy, filmmaker, artist.

The installation walkthrough for Pila House: The Cinema Settlement ; An assembly cartography work on the historic entertainment district of Bombay.

The second session of the screenings took place after the discussion , and the films screened were as under:

* Dark room; A 10 minute short film on the materiality of cinema – the chemicals and the moving people. the city as a darkroom, by Renu Savant
* Dhananjay Kulkarni “Chandragupt”; A 10 minute short film about a writer who impersonates as a night watchman.
* Sin City; A 15 minute short film on the filmography of crime in the city by Srikant Agwane

The day ended by a conversation with the filmmakers , moderated by Surabhi Sharma

Gargi Sen from the Magic Lantern Foundation attended the event and cited it to have been a very good experience.

The Shar’ee position on Tasmiya at the time of slaughtering. (A Fiqhi response to the Majlis)

After the removal of the copious amount of stuffing with which this pamphlet has been gratuitously amplified, and once the impulse to respond in kind has been overruled by deeper wisdom and greater decency, the core argument of this diatribe is reduced to one simple claim: that the four madhahib are in agreement on the issue of the tasmiyah during slaughter.

There is a certain element of truth in this claim: all the four madhahib maintain that the tasmiyah forms part of the slaughtering procedure. But what the author of this pamphlet cunningly tries to conceal from his reader is the fact that a significant difference of opinion exists between the madhahib on the exact status of the tasmiyah. Three distinct positions may be spoken of:

1.The tasmiyah is a sunnah. Omitting it, intentionally or unintentionally, does not negatively affect the validity of slaughter, and hence the halal status of the animal. This is the position of Imam Shafi’i. It is also one of various opinions transmitted from Imam Ahmad, and amongst his followers this position was adopted by Abu Bakr al-Marwazi. It is also the preferred opinion of the Maliki jurist Ibn Rushd.

2.The tasmiyah is an integral requirement whose intentional omission renders the slaughter invalid, but if it is omitted by mistake the animal will still be halal. This is the opinion of Imam Abu Hanifah, Imam Malik, and the well-known view of Imam Ahmad.

3.The tasmiyah is an indispensable requirement whose intentional or unintentional omission will make the slaughter invalid. This is another opinion transmitted from Imam Ahmad.

The author of the pamphlet, through a blend of obfuscation, vituperation and the blatant misrepresentation of fact, attempts to reduce all of this to “Fiqhi technicalities which should never feature in the domain of amal (practical Islam).”  In the fervour of his crusading zeal he appears oblivious to the irony of such a statement coming from someone who has for decades filled his organ, The Majlis, and streams of other booklets and pamphlets with what can only be described as fiqhi technicalities.

The fact of the matter is that slaughterers are instructed to recite the tasmiyah, and as a matter of routine, regularly do recite it. However, if it ever does happen that a slaughterer, for some reason or the other, happens to omit the tasmiyah, then what ought to be done? This is where the Fuqaha of the Ummah, drawing guidance from the Qur’an and Sunnah, applied their ijtihad in order to provide solutions, with some taking the view that animals slaughtered without the tasmiyah are still halal, while others draw a line between intentional and unintentional omission.

To the pamphlet’s author, these solutions are nothing but “fiqhi technicalities”  which he dismisses with contempt and for which fails to find a practical application. His own wisdom has something better to offer. In order to give credence to his own “ijtihad”, he commits the atrocious indiscretion of deliberately blurring the lines between regular procedure and an exceptional situation. In the picture which he draws, all slaughterers omit the tasmiyah all the time, and all halal certifying bodies take recourse to these “fiqhi technicalities” all the time, and never for any motive but to undermine to the Sunnah and to make money. And in this conveniently altered picture of reality, it can never be any different, because all other ulama are abominable leeches and it is only he himself who is above reproach. Having permitted himself the dubious indulgence of painting his opponents in the worst possible colours, he proceeds to ride roughshod over the ijtihad of the venerable Imams of Fiqh by dismissing their treatment of exceptional circumstances as both irrelevant and a negation of the Sunnah. With everyone else thus disqualified and dismissed, there remains for the entire Ummah only one single authority pious, learned and venerable enough to have his diktat enforced without question, and that (no surprise) is Molvi AS Desai of the Majlis.

At the crux of this issue lies one simple issue: When one particular component of a deed has been identified by the Fuqaha, or one of them, as sunnah (as opposed to fard or wajib), then the omission of that component entails two separate issues:

•Firstly, the reason for the omission

•Secondly, the status of the deed on account of the omission

The author of this pamphlet, for psychologically transparent reasons, focuses only on the first aspect, and in doing so, insists with all the force of his loutish vocabulary that the omission can only be on account of most despicable of motives. Looking at the second aspect, which is the status of the deed on account of the omission, is something that requires balance and objectivity—qualities which he very obviously has not been blessed with. However, so pronounced is the degree of his audacity that he simply cannot tolerate the fact that the greatest of the Fuqaha of the past could objectively assess what he himself could not; hence his dismissal of their assessment as “fiqhi technicalities that have no place in practical Islam”.

Authored by Moulana Taha Karan
Member of the MJC Fatwa Committee

http://www.mjc.org.za/index.php/home/49-mjc-statements/112-whos-fooling-who

Eja & Ismael

SELAMAT PENGANTIN BARU

1 Oktober 2009 

Hari yang ditunggu-tunggu akhirnya tiba juga. Sekitar jam 3.15pm, 25hb. September 2009, akhirnya pasangan Eja atau nama penuhnya Elzahwati bte Hj Mohd Elham dan Abdul Mutalib @ Ismael bin Hj. Aris dari Muar Johor menjadi pasangan suami isteri yang sah. Pasangan yang ditemani ahli keluarga terdekat telah diakadnikahkan di Masjid Daerah Kota Belud. Jika sewaktu majlis pertunangan dahulu, keluarga Mael dari Johor tidak dapat hadir, kali ini berbeza sekali. Kehadiran keluarga terdekat beliau dari Tanah Besar Semenanjung semata-mata untuk menyaksikan hari yang bersejarah itu tambah menyerikan lagi majlis pernikahan tersebut. 

Majlis akad nikah yang bermula seawal jam 2.00pm itu berjalan lancar mengikut perancangan. Setinggi-tinggi penghargaan kepada Ahli Jawatankuasa Masjid Pekan Kota Belud yang memberi ruang untuk majlis ini dilaksanakan di Masjid berkenaan. Menariknya, akad nikah dilaksanakan sendiri oleh Wali Pengantin Perempuan, Hj Mohd Elham bin Hj Mohd Yussuf di hadapan Imam Daerah Kota Belud, Hj. Madli Hj Mansur. Acara menjamu selera kemudiannya diadakan di Dewan Makan Masjid Daerah Kota Belud selepas majlis akad nikah. 

Tahniah juga diucapkan kepada semua pihak yang telah menyumbangkan tenaga dan masa mereka untuk memastikan kejayaan majlis berkenaan. Penghargaan juga tidak lupa ditujukan kepada para jurugambar berpengalaman yang terdiri dari Sri Andaman, Umu (Semut), Nurjannah (Adek) dan Mohd Arif selaku Videografer yang bertungkus lumus menjalankan tugas mereka. Acara malam pada 25 September 2009 itu diserikan dengan bacaan berzanji dan berinai yang dihadiri keluarga terdekat pengantin di rumah Pengantin Perempuan dan seterusnya diiringi bacaan doa kesyukuran dan keselamatan.

Jemputan untuk Majlis Perkahwinan pula diadakan pada keesokan harinya, 26hb September 2009 (sabtu) bertempat di rumah keluarga Pengantin Perempuan di Kg. Butong, Jln Komplek Sukan, Kota Belud. Jemputan bermula jam 9.00am dan berakhir kira-kira jam 2.30pm. Kedatangan Pengantin Lelaki yang ditunggu-tunggu sekitar jam 1.00pm ke rumah keluarga Pengantin Perempuan benar-benar mengujakan hati. Siapa sangka LELAKI BERTUAH dari Muar Johor ini akhirnya merasai NIKMAT menunggang seekor KUDA BAJAU sambil memakai pakaian Pahlawan Suku Bajau penuh tradisi yang berjalan menuju ke rumah Pengantin Perempuan. 

Ketibaan Pengantin Lelaki sambil diiringi paluan kompang disambut oleh Pengantin Perempuan yang lengkap dengan pakaian penuh tradisi iaitu pakaian Puteri Bajau. Acara yang julung-julung kali diadakan ini sememangnya mencuit hati dan istimewa. Acara petang yang penuh tradisi itu diakhiri dengan majlis memotong kek dan seterusnya sesi bergambar antara pasangan pengantin dan ahli keluarga terdekat. 

Penghargaan tak terkira untuk Ketua Kg. Siasai, Kota Belud, Tuan Hj. Asun yang juga merupakan keluarga terdekat kepada Pengantin Perempuan kerana sudi menyumbangkan KUDA BAJAU untuk acara gilang gemilang itu. Tuan Hj. Asun yang sememangnya dikenali ramai oleh penduduk sekitar Kota Belud merupakan Ketua Kuda Bajau, Kota Belud. Inilah antara keunikan dan keistimewaan yang ada di Sabah, sebuah negeri yang dilimpahi lebih 30 suku atau etnik bersama kepelbagaian adat dan budaya. Tidak keterlaluan jika ciri-ciri ini dikatakan sudah memenuhi kriteria dalam Konsep One Malaysia yang dicanangkan oleh Perdana Menteri Malaysia kita yang baru. 

ERAKITA mengucapkan SELAMAT MENEMPUH ALAM RUMAHTANGGA. Semoga perkahwinan ini mendapat keberkatan dari Allah SWT. Tiada lain yang lebih mahal dari kebahagiaan yang berkekalan untuk pasangan ini dari dunia hingga ke akhirat. Tidak lupa juga ERAKITA mengucapkan Selamat Hari Raya kepada pasangan pengantin serta keluarga. 

Untuk tatapan anda semua, ERAKITA dengan sukacitanya memaparkan beberapa gambar menarik sepanjang majlis pernikahan pengantin baru tersebut di bawah ini.

Nurjannah Adenan (Adek) dari kiri & UMU (kakak Eja) bertindak sebagai photographer sepanjang majlis pernikahan

Pengantin Bersama keluarga

Saat-saat manis dan bersejarah. Kelihatan Pakcik Jaafar (Tengah) dengan wajah ceria meyaksikan detik bersejarah itu

Pengantin bersama ahli keluarga. Siapa tahu detik bersejarah ini juga bakal ditempah oleh 2 gadis di belakang (sebelah kiri) pengantin dalam jangkamasa terdekat. Hanya Allah yang Maha Mengetahui

 TAHNIAH & SELAMAT PENGANTIN BARU

SELAMAT PENGANTIN BARU

26hb. September 2009 

Tepat jam 7.50pm, 25hb. September 2009, bertempat di kediaman Cikgu Mohd. Jeffrin Abdulman di Kg. Tanah Merah, Keningau, pasangan bertuah, Muhammad Shahfyezan Abdullah Risit, 27, dan Suzieyanti Mohd Jeffrin, 22, akhirnya sah sebagai suami isteri. Majlis akad nikah yang dihadiri keluarga terdekat kedua-dua pihak berjalan lancar sepertimana yang dirancang. Pasangan diakadnikahkan oleh Imam Hj Hamzah bin Baba, Jurunikah bertauliah dari Jabatan Hal Ehwal Agama Islam Negeri Sabah (JHAEINS). Saksi pernikahan pula adalah En Arinin bin Ibon dan En Rosli bin Zaini. 

Muhammad Shahfyezan yang kini bertugas sebagai anggota tentera di Bahagian Bomba dan Penyelamat, Sungai Buluh, Selanggor sejak 5 tahun lalu berasal dari Kg Tuntumulud Keningau. ERAKITA yang sempat menemuramah Muhammad Shahfyezan selepas majlis akad nikah diberitahu bahawa mereka mula berkenalan sejak bulan Disember 2008 di Keningau. Perkenalan tersebut akhirnya membawa kepada pertunangan pasangan ini pada 18hb, Jun 2009. Menurut Muhammad Shahfyezan lagi, beliau sebenarnya masih baru dalam Agama Islam. Sebelum mengenali isterinya, beliau telahpun memeluk Islam atas kerelaannya sendiri di Masjid Sungai Buloh, Selanggor pada 24hb. Oktober 2008, semasa umat Islam masih sibuk merayakan Aidilfitri. 

Menurut beliau lagi, ia mula tertarik dengan Agama Islam apabila mendengar alunan suara azan yang berkumandang dari masjid yang berdekatan dengan tempat tinggal beliau di Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan pada tahun 2004. Hasil dorongan rakan-rakan Muslim serta kajian yang dilakukan ke atas agama Islam, beliau akhirnya mengambil keputusan untuk memeluk Islam pada tahun lepas. Tambahan lagi, terdapat juga ahli keluarga terdekat beliau di Sabah yang telah memeluk Islam sebelum itu. Beliau mengakui bahawa walaupun berat untuk diterima oleh ahli keluarga, namun keputusannya memeluk Agama Islam tidaklah pula mendapat tentangan dari kaum keluarga. Nama beliau dalam agama asal (Kristian) ialah Larry Risit. 

Hari ini, 26hb. September 2009, keluarga pengantin Perempuan mengadakan majlis undangan perkahwinan yang di rumah kediaman mereka di Kg Tanah Merah, Keningau bermula jam 1.00pm. Jemputan pula datang dari pelbagai lapisan masyarakat dari kampung-kampung yang berdekatan. Beberapa orang kenamaan dan pemimpin masyarakat juga turut dijemput ke majlis berkenaan. Jamuan pada hari ini disediakan menggunakan perkhidmatan Katering dari Restoran Azam Fast Food yang mempunyai cawangan perniagaan kedai makan di Wisma MUIS dan Sadong Jaya di Kota Kinabalu, Puncak Azam Resoran di Jalan Penampang Tambunan, Batu 54 (berdekatan Gunung Emas Resort) dan Kantin SMK Tambunan. Untuk tempahan Katering, urusan boleh dibuat melalui talian 0128298372 (Pn. Siti Hafsah), 0126910178 (Pn. Khadijah), 0123055526 (En. Shahrul Anuar) dan 0146555207 (Pn. Suriati). 

Pasangan ini dijangka bertolak ke Sungai Buloh Selanggor pada 7hb. Oktober 2009. ERAKITA mengucapkan SELAMAT MENEMPUH ALAM RUMAHTANGGA. Semoga perkahwinan ini mendapat keberkatan dari Allah SWT. Tiada lain yang lebih diharapkan selain kebahagiaan yang berkekalan untuk pasangan ini dari dunia hingga ke akhirat. Tidak lupa juga ERAKITA mengucapkan Selamat Hari Raya kepada pasangan pengantin serta keluarga.

Beberapa gambar sempena Majlis Akad Nikah pasangan ini yang sempat dirakam sayugia dipaparkan di bawah ini untuk tatapan anda semua. 

Bapa kandung Suzieyanti, En. Mohd Jeffrin Abdulman (kiri) sedang membacakan wakalah (perwakilan) untuk akad nikah kepada Imam Hj Hamzah Baba

Saat penuh debaran lagi mendebarkan. Muhd Shahfyezan menggenggam erat tangan Tuan Imam untuk menerima amanah besar sebagai suami. Inilah suasana akad nikah yang bersejarah itu

Suzieyanti dan Muhd Shahfyezan kini sah sebagai suami isteri. Selamat melayari bahtera rumahtangga

Uji dengan wajah ceria selepas akad nikah. Anda anda kini bergelar isteri. Tahniah

Pengantin di atas pelamin berpakaian hijau. Warna yang cantik dan sesuai untuk pelbagai suasana. Semoga berbahagia dunia & akhirat

para tetamu tidak melepaskan peluang untuk bersalaman dengan pengantin

Mohd Jeffrin berbaju melayu kuning dan besannya En Risit, bapa kepada pengantin lelaki sedang melakukan renjisan kepada anak tersayang di pelamin. Kini sudah berbesan rupanya Cikgu jeffrin sekarang.

YB Datuk Rizalman Abdullah, antara orang kenamaan yang hadir. Terimakasih Datuk

kumpulan marhaban dari Kg Meninipir Keningau yang turut memeriahkan Majlis

Keluarga ERAKITA Uyie & Rina duduk di bawah juga Insyaa Allah bakal melangsungkan perkahwinan pada Disember 2009 ini.

TAHNIAH & SELAMAT PENGANTIN BARU

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ADAB TETAMU DI RUMAH TERBUKA 

21hb. September 2009

Suasana kemeriahan Hari Raya yang kini memasuki hari kedua semakin dirasai. Jika kelmarin, umat Islam menunaikan solat sunat aidil fitri bersama pakaian baru raya yang pelbagai corak dan warnanya, kini hari raya kedua bakal diisi dengan program kunjung-mengunjung dan rumah terbuka. Pendek kata, siapa sahaja tetamu yang datang berkunjung ke rumah kita akan dilayan samada dikenali atau tidak dikenali. Inilah tradisi hari raya sejak dahulu lagi. Tidak kurang juga yang mengadakan majlis perkahwinan di minggu pertama atau kedua syawal atau kenduri seperti menggunting rambut anak, doa kesyukuran, doa selamat dan lain-lain lagi. 

Dalam keghairahan mengadakan rumah terbuka dan kunjung mengunjung sempena aidil fitri, ERAKITA ingin berkongsi dengan anda semua beberapa adab yang wajar diambil perhatian oleh para tetamu atau pengunjung di rumah terbuka. Maklumlah, namanyapun RUMAH TERBUKA. Menitikberatkan adab sebagai tetamu akan lebih mencantikkan suasana kemariahan aidil fitri di samping memperlihatkan kecantikan Islam itu sendiri di mata masyarakat bukan Islam. Antara adab sebagai tetamu ialah: 

1.         HORMAT KEPADA TUAN RUMAH. Apabila tiba di rumah yang dikunjungi, elakkan dari terus ke meja hidangan. Sebaiknya, carilah Tuan Rumah terlebih dahulu atau kalau kebetulan tidak ada ketika itu (mungkin sibuk di dapur atau melayan tetamu lain), bersalamlah dengan para tetamu yang berdekatan ketika itu. Sementara menunggu arahan Tuan Rumah, ambillah kesempatan untuk berbual-bual mesra dengan para tetamu yang ada. 

2.         KAWAL SUARA KETIKA BERBUAL. Keseronokan berbual terutama bertemu rakan-rakan juga ada kalanya membuatkan kita tidak sedar bahawa kita mengeluarkan suara yang kuat. Kadang-kadang, ia juga boleh mengganggu orang lain. Lebih parah, andai perbualan tersebut berkisar kepada umpatan atau perkara-perkara yang boleh menyakitkan hati Tuan Rumah atau orang lain. Keseronokan berbual-bual pasal perkembangan politik tanah air adakalanya agak sensetif bila terdapat orang-orang politik pihak lawan yang hadir ketika itu. Sebaiknya, sebagai tetamu, kita kenalah kawal suara kita dan berbuallah pada perkara-perkara yang dirasakan boleh dikongsi bersama tanpa menimbulkan sesetiviti. 

3.         ADAB MAKAN. Kesopanan amat penting ketika makan. Elakkan dari berebut-rebut. Jika perlu beratur, beraturlah mengikut giliran. Ambillah makanan ketika dipelawa Tuan Rumah. Mengambil makanan dengan kadar sederhana juga menunjukkan adab yang baik. Oleh itu, mengelak dari mengambil makanan berlebihan sehingga kelihatan berlonggok di pinggan satu cara yang amat baik. Lebih tidak manis sekiranya masih banyak sisa yang tinggal dalam pinggan kita sedangkan pada awalnya, kita melonggokkan makanan dalam pinggan kita tidak ubahnya seperti GUNUNG KINABALU. Kadang-kadang sampai ada makanan yang terjatuh dari pinggan gara-gara TIADA RUANG dalam pinggan. Pernahkah anda melihat suasana ini? Atau pernahkah anda mengalami peristiwa sebegini? 

Kadang-kadang, tanpa disedari perbuatan atau tingkah laku kita sepanjang majlis berkenaan diperhatikan orang, apath lagi jika kita mempunyai kedudukan tertentu dalam masyarakat. Persepsi orang terhadap diri kita penting sekali untuk diambil perhatian walaupun dalam suasana majlis rumah terbuka. Orang mungkin mempunyai tanggapan bahawa orang yang makan secara sederhana adalah orang yang sederhana sifatnya, tidak tamak, tidak haloba, tidak gelojoh, sabar dan mempunyai disiplin yang tinggi. Jika begitu, bagaimana pula tanggapan orang kalau kita mengambil makanan pada kadar yang banyak dan selepas itu tinggalkan sisa yang masih banyak di pinggan yang sama? 

4.         MEMELIHARA PANDANGAN. Sebagai tetamu, sebaiknya elakkanlah dari memandang ke sana ke sini. Sekali sekala itu wajar juga. Cuma, pandanglah yang perlu sahaja seperti memandang wajah para tetamu baru yang datang dengan pandangan ikhlas bersama senyuman. Memandang tetamu yang lain berkali-kali sambil berbisik-bisik dengan rakan sebelah kita juga perlu dielakkan. Ia mungkin menimbulkan rasa tidak selesa pada orang yang berkenaan. Lebih teruk jika melibatkan umpatan kepada orang lain. 

5.         HADKAN MASA. Kadang-kadang keseronokan bertemu kawan-kawan lama membuatkan kita tidak sedar bahawa kita telah berada di rumah Tuan Rumah agak lama. Kunjungan yang sepatutnya berlangsung dalam 20-30 minit akihrnya berlangsung sehingga 2-3 jam. Rasanya, tempoh itu TERLALU LAMA untuk majlis seumpama itu. Ia mungkin menumbulkan rasa tidak senang atau tidak selesa kepada Tuan Rumah. Lebih malang andai ruangan rumah atau kerusi tetamu yang disediakan begitu terhad. Kehadiran kita yang begitu lama dalam majlis itu menghalang orang lain dari mendapat tempat duduk. Tuan Rumah mungkin akan merasa tidak selesa apabila “TERPAKSA” berulang-ulang kali melayan kita dengan perbualan atau layanan yang sewajarnya diberikan kepada tetamu baru. 

6.         BILANGAN ROMBONGAN YANG SEDERHANA. Membawa ahli keluarga dan rakan-rakan ke satu majlis rumah terbuka memang seronok. Namun, kedatangan rombongan kita yang ramai mungkin akan menjadi satu KESULITAN kepada Tuan Rumah apatah lagi kehadiran kita di majlis tersebut tidak diberitahu lebih awal kepada Tuan Rumah. Manalah tahu jumlah makanan yang disediakan Cuma ala kadar untuk beberapa kepala sahaja. Lebih parah, jika tetamu lain yang diundang belum tiba. Hal-hal sekecil sebegini wajar diambil perhatian untuk mengelak kesulitan Tuan Rumah. 

Siapalah tahu, disebabkan kehadiran kita yang ramai, Tuan Rumah (suami isteri) boleh bergaduh disebabkan keadaan dah jadi kelam kabut. Sebagai tetamu, manalah kita tahu apa yang berlaku kepada pasangan Tuan Rumah ini di belakang dapur sana. Siapa tahu, isteri Tuan Rumah hanya muncul melayan tetamu setelah beberapa lama, mungkin disebabkan hanya setelah air matanya telah reda dan mukanya merahnya telah hilang gara-gara bergaduh dengan suaminya di belang dapur gara-gara kita sebagai TETAMU ISTIMEWANYA? Siapa tahu? 

Mana lagi nak layan tetamu, mana lagi nak masak baru, mana lagi nak memikirkan apa akan dilakukan untuk menyambut kehadiran tetamu lain yang yang telah diundang yang tidak lama lagi akan tiba, mana lagi nak bersabar dengan kerenah anak-anak tetamu yang ramai dan bagitu ”JAJAL” atau nakal dan tak terkawal. Kadang-kadang anak-anak tetamu sukar dikawal, sehingga ada yang berlari-lari keluar masuk rumah, masuk bawah meja, naik atas meja makan, masuk bilik Tuan Rumah yang kebetulan mungkin tak berkunci, masuk dapur, menangis-nangis atau tertumpah air dilantai dan pelbagai lagi karenah semulajadi mereka. Di sinilah peranan kita sebagai tetamu untuk menjaga adab kehadiran kita. 

Siapa tahu, kehadiran kita di majlis tersebut sebenarnya bukannya menggembirakan Tuan Rumah tetapi MEMENINGKAN kepala Tuan Rumah? Siapa Tahu? Di sinilah peri pentingnya kita memberitahu lebih awal kepda Tuan Rumah akan kehadiran kita dan bilangan anggota yang akan dibawa bersama. Namun, prinsip asas ialah, hadkanlah bilangan anggota keluarga atau ahli rombongan yang akan dibawa ke rumah terbuka. Lainlah halnya sekiranya hanya keluarga kita saja yang dijemput pada ketika itu. Bilangan tetamu yang dibawa dalam jumlah yang agak ramai mungkin menjadi lebih baik dan MENGGEMBIRAKAN Tuan Rumah berbanding bilangan sedikit. Siapa Tahu? 

Demikianlah sedikit sebanyak tips-tips mengenai adab dan kaedah-kaedah sebagai Tetamu di majlis RUMAH TERBUKA untuk mana-mana majlis, terutama sekali sepanjang menyambut HARI RAYA AIDIL FITRI. Semoga panduan ringkas ini memberi menfaat kepada kita semua. Bagi ERAKITA, apa yang penting ialah kehadiran kita di majlis tersebut benar-benar MENGGEMBIRAKAN Tuan Rumah dan bukannya MEMENINGKAN Tuan Rumah.

AYUH KITA CERIAKAN RUMAH TERBUKA

 &

 JAGALAH ADAB SEBAGAI TETAMU

SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI DIUCAPKAN KEPADA SEMUA GURU, STAF DAN MURID DI SK BUKIT NIBONG KHASNYA SERTA SELURUH WARGA PENDIDIKAN YANG BERAGAMA ISLAM AMNYA.

MAAF ZAHIR DAN BATIN

THE TWO VIOLATED FUNDAMENTALS OF THABAH RAINBOW, EARLYBIRD AND ALL COMMERCIALLY KILLED CHICKENS AT NON-MUSLIM KILLING FACILITIES AND ALL FRANCHISE OULETS PREPARING THESE CHICKENS ARE HARAAM BECAUSE THE FOLLOWING TWO FUNDAMENTALS FOR THE MEAT TO BE HALAAL ARE GROSSLY AND TOTALLY VIOLATED AND DISREGARDED:

(1) TASMIYAH: OMISSION OF ALLAH’S NAME IS THE NORM AND IS PRACTISED ON A MASSIVE SCALE (2) NECK-CUTTING IS EXTREMELY HAPHAZARD. A SIGNIFICNT FACT OF EVIDENCE FOR THIS CLAIM IS THAT THE NIHT HAS ESTABLISHED BY ITS INSPECTION OF SANHA’S CERTIFIED ANCA CHICKEN PLANT THAT DESPITE THE LINE SPEED BEING ‘ONLY’ 16 BIRDS PER MINUTE, THE END RESULT WAS 87% HARAAM CHICKENS. 1

INTRODUCTION

RESPONSE TO THE LIES OF SANHA’S LACKEY

In response to a concerned Brother, one Mr.Siraj Desai of Port Elizabeth, deeming it appropriate to align himself in defence of SANHA, the flag-ship of the halaalizer of haraam carrion chickens, structured his letter on the basis of lies, fabrications and pure slanders. For the claims of slander and baseless suppositions which he has advanced in defence of SANHA, he is not able to present a single valid, rational substantiation.

This traitor, like all traitors has acquitted himself treacherously by coming out in defence of SANHA in total denial of the Haqq, and in opposition to his Shafeeq (affectionate) Ustadh who led him from the tender age of 15 most affectionately by the hand from the kindergarten level of Deeni Ilm through the labyrinthal pathways of Uloom to the brink of the achievement of the Aalim Fadhil qualification. This lost soul, Siraj Desai, in his insane desire for cheap publicity and self-aggrandizement, is the character who was expelled from the Mujlisul Ulama of S.A., expelled from Jamiatul Ulama Eastern Cape, and dismissed from the Imaamate post of Musjidul Fuqara, the Jamiah Musjid in Port Elizabeth. He has been effectively ‘defrocked’ and ‘deturbaned’ by his Ustaadh, The Editor of The Majlis.

We remind this notorious character as well as others of his ilk that one can become an ex-wife, ex-husband, ex-mureed, but never an ex-student and an ex-son. The relationship of parenthood and the relationship which Ilm-e-Deen creates between the Ustaadh and his shaagird (student) is everlasting and endures beyond the grave, hence Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said that “He who taught you one word of the Qur’aan, is your master and you are his slave’. The Ustaadh’s rank and Haqq over his shaagird are next after the rank and right of

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parents. The traitor’s and the ingrate’s treachery against his Ustaadh is an unforgivable crime of the worst kind. Precisely for this reason are all spiritual (roohaani) channels closed and blocked for this miserable supporter of SANHA’s carrion industry. But we have to concede that “Birds of a feather flock together”. That is this stercoraceous and SANHA.

Since the haraam drivel of his letter was circulated on the internet, our response will, Insha’Allah, dispel the stercoraceous stench created by this stercoraceous organism (ju’al in Arabic) who, by virtue of his intentionally designed lies in defence of the haraam SANHA carrion outfit, comes fully within the glare of the Rasulullah’s stricture:

“VERILY, THE MOST FALSE (I.E. THE WORST OF

SLANDEROUS) TALK IS CONJECTURE.” Even a genuine suspicion, not based on facts, is described as ‘akthabul hadeeth’(THE WORST OF LIES). But, this molvi who has deviated from the Haqq has conjectured and conjured his fabrications with nothing but intentional and calculated LIES.

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ASSALAMU ALAIKUM

15 Rajab 1430 (10-07-2009)

Molvi Ahmed Saeed Adam (Barbados), P.O.Box 9786 Azaadville 1750

Muhtaram Molvi Saheb,

Your letter dated 15 Jamadil Aakhir 1430 refers. If you had followed this chicken saga properly and carefully read all the pamphlets and Majlis articles, and studied the facts, you would not have experienced any difficulty in sifting the admixture of

are four slaughterers on the line, the four Ulama inspection team can vouch and take an oath in Allah’s Name that with their own eyes they saw only THREE slaughterers on the line. This is corroborated by ALL the slaughterers. In addition it is corroborated by letters of the MJC and of Earlybird. In these letters following condition for the Halaal standard stipulated by the MJC and SANHA, and accepted by Earlybird is unequivocally stated:

“The South African National Halaal Authority (i.e. Sanha) has laid down clear guidelines regarding what they require in terms of Halaal Rules and Regulations: (1)Three slaughterers on the line at all times.” (Earlybird’s Memorandum, dated 30 October 2000, “To All Halaal Slaughterers and All Halaal Supervisors”.

“However, I wish to confirm further that the following should be adhered to at all times:-Three slaughterers should be on line at all times” (Imam Yasin Harris, Director of the MJC, in a letter dated 31 October 2000 to Early Bird Farms).

Tomorrow there is a Day called Qiyaamah and a Divine Court where all this rot of SANHA and Maulana Patel and the whole gang will be exposed. May Allah Ta’ala save us from the evil of our nafs and the snares of shaitaan.

Was-salaam

A.S. Desai for

MUJLISUL ULAMA OF S.A.

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alerting the Muslim community about the carrion they are being fed by SANHA and miscreant, deviated ‘molvis’. Did those Ulama too bribe the slaughterers? Can this evil molvi come forward to take an oath in Allah’s Name that we had bribed the slaughterers? The miserable deviate conveniently forgets that it is SANHA and his own likes who are being bribed by the chicken plants with riba money to sustain the haraam ‘halaal’ certificates. It is SANHA and the likes of the deviate who are being bribed with millions of rand to sweep under the carpet the numerous haraam malpractices plaguing the carrion chicken plants.

According to the lost ‘molvi’, the slaughterers “will sing your tune” for money. So let SANHA who had fraudulently attempted to get Earlybird’s slaughterers to sign a fraudulent and criminal affidavit, pay the slaughterers some riba bucks to induce them to sing their tune of ‘halaal’. If bribery could have achieved SANHA’s goal, then the vile SANHA molvis would have a long time ago bribed the slaughterers for their silence, and for refuting us.

Lies, fraud, deceit and malice have become the salient weapons of the SANHA gang which the molvi is supporting. He has his own corrupt hubb-e-jah agenda. This vile ‘molvi’ is a silent and a dumb shaitaan.

(18) Before MJC and SANHA, the then Jamiatul Ulama Transvaal operated by Mia’s Farm, had issued Earlybird a halaal certificate. After some time they withdrew their halaal certificate. The reasons were never made public. (19) While the evil molvi who had never set foot in the Earlybird chicken plant, brazenly lies with his claim that there 3

truth and falsehood thereby separating haqq from baatil, and at the same time you would have saved me valuable time which I was constrained to devote to responding to the lies and fabrications of the miserable character who is out to confuse the Muslim community in his nefarious and haraam bid to support SANHA’s carrion industry.

Before answering the deceptive arguments of the writer, I too shall enlighten you with some background information to assist you to understand this issue better. The chicken saga did not begin last year when The Majlis took up the matter of Rainbow and Earlybird. The chicken corruption began way back in the early 1970’s. I personally inspected some chicken plants certified by the MJC who is presently certifying Earlybird. At three of the largest MJC certified plants in Cape Town, which included Rainbow, I together with others who had accompanied me established the following facts:

(1) The line speed was 180 chickens per minute. This was handled by only three slaughterers. The net result is 60 chickens per minute per slaughterer. Now if all the people of the whole world testify that the line speed is or was 135 per minute, then even if they all stand on their heads and testify, then I shall smile and reject them all and brand them liars because I myself together with the others established this fact. Furthermore, I published these facts in The Majlis. No one – not the MJC nor Rainbow or anyone else had ever refuted this contention. (2) Not a single slaughterer was reciting Tasmiyah at all. In those days they did not wear face masks as they do today. I saw with my own eyes, slaughterers smoking and talking while cutting. 4

(3) When I questioned them about Tasmiyah, they said that when they begin, they recite Tasmiyah once and that covers all the chickens they slaughter. Others said that Tasmiyah was in their hearts. Some said that the MJC sheikhs said that Tasmiyah was not necessary. No one disputed the irrefutable fact that Tasmiyah was NOT being recited. Near to Port Elizabeth is the Rocklands chicken plant also certified by MJC. Three Ulama (I was not among them) who were also opposed to my methodology, and who had become part of the Eastern Cape MJC, went to inspect the plant. They discovered the very same haraam irregularities mentioned above. Despite their differences with me, they nevertheless, were not SANHA type molvis. Alhamdulillah, they issued a public statement declaring the chickens haraam. This was published.

Soon after these three Ulama had made their inspection, I paid a surprise visit to the same plant. As I entered, I saw the MJC’s ‘chief halaal inspector’ slaughtering chickens. One metre from him a black non-Muslim was also slaughtering chickens on the same line. When I queried this with the inspector, he stupidly said that the chickens which the non-Muslim was slaughtering would be separated and sold to non-Muslim hotels. Now imagine the degree of jahaalat and the attempt to cover up the haraam corruption and the carrion chickens when there was no way of differentiating between the chickens killed by the inspector and the non-Muslim. Yet, they continued, like SANHA, to market the chickens ‘halaal’.

We published all these facts, and no one from MJC refuted the facts. It is essential to remember that this happened almost 45 years ago. At least at that time even the MJC sheikhs were not

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In making this sweeping statement of buhtaan, this kath-thaab (chief of liars) has slandered many Ulama without him having the slightest semblance of evidence for his bribery slander. What is his evidence for this slander? Who had paid the bribe and to whom, and when? From whom did this LIAR get any information in this regard? From the slaughterers? If so, why does he not assist his SANHA bosom friends in his bid to bail them out of the rotten quagmire of haraam carrion?

It devolves upon the molvi as an incumbent obligation to pursue the bribery matter to establish the truth or falsehood of it. But without the slightest evidence, this miserable molvi of soo’ (evil) deems it proper and an act of Taqwa to smear honest Ulama with his buhtaan-najaasat of bribery.

How many slaughterers were bribed? How much money did they get and who paid the money? Were only Rainbow’s slaughterers ‘bribed”? Or were Earlybird’s slaughterers also bribed? So far, 16 Rainbow slaughterers and 15 Earlybird slaughterers have signed sworn affidavits. Have all of them been bribed? In our opinion the only atonement for this colossal buhtaan is that the miscreant should himself cut out his tongue and give it to dogs for raw meat to devour. While carrion chickens are haraam for dogs, this molvi’s tongue in our opinion will be halaal for dogs. Indeed this man of baatil is Iblees incarnate, for it is only devils who are capable of such slander for which there exists not the slightest shred of evidence.

Furthermore, slaughterers have complained to Ulama of the KZN Jamiat years before we came on board this rotten carrion chicken saga. But those Ulama contained the information within their ranks. They did not adopt our methodology of

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Monkey, donkey, hedgehog, wild rats, reptiles, lizards, hyena, fox, squirrel, worms, non-poisonous snakes, insects and many other kinds of animals haraam for us are all halaal for Maalikis. Does it mean that because Maalikis are Muslims following a Math-hab of Haqq, we are allowed to freely eat in their homes when we know that the norm among them is to consume all such forms of meat which are haraam for us? Perhaps the miscreant molvi has tasted rat and snake meat, hence he cannot find any objection to haraam carrion chickens.

And what is the position when it is known that Shaafis, especially in poor countries, consume weasel meat, hedgehog, hyena, lizard, fox, etc., etc.? Shall we Hanafis simply eat any meat in their homes merely because they are Muslims? Similarly, when it is an established fact that the entire community is addicted to haraam carrion chicken, then it is haraam for those who believe these chickens to be carrion to eat the chicken-food served in these homes.

As for the deviate molvi’s private principle, he may continue corrupting his heart and deranging his brains with haraam diseased, rotten carrion chickens. His private principle of advertised ‘taqwa’ is laughable and it speaks volumes for his

hubb-e-jah.

(17) Reverting to the liar’s ‘bribery’ slander, he states: “Slaughterers are not paid very well, so they can be bribed. They will sing your tune if they know there is something in it for them. This too, has happened recently. Certain slaughterers were promised aid for themselves and their families, so they started attacking the system.”

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so brazen as today’s SANHA’s molvis who speak blatant lies without having the slightest Khauf-e-Ilaahi in their hearts. They maintained silence, but continued to certify the haraam carrion chickens.

In 2002, the Jamiatul Ulama KZN who at that time was still a member of SANHA, made more than one inspection of Rainbow chickens. They too established that the chickens were haraam. Maulana Moosa Olgar informed SANHA in unambiguous terms that the chickens were haraam. Even Mufti Ibrahim Desai of Camperdown did so. However, the Jamiat KZN committed an unforgivable act by maintaining silence and not informing the Muslim public, and knowingly allowing the community to consume chickens which they believed were haraam.

Nevertheless, the Natal Jamiat persisted internally to raise the issue. Then at a meeting between the KZN Jamiat and the NNB Jamiat in the Jamaat Khaanah at the Johannesburg airport, this matter was discussed. It was clearly mentioned that Maulana Olgar had branded the chickens haraam. A decision was taken to immediately conduct further inspections of Rainbow. But nothing was done. The matter was swept under the carpet by SANHA and the NNB Jamiat while the KZN Jamiat was simmering. And, this ultimately led to the Jamiat KZN resigning from SANHA. The ostensible reason for the resignation was SANHA’s support for the Sunday Times.

A Mufti/Maulana of the NNB Jamiat who was present at the airport meeting, sent me a copy of the minutes of this particular meeting. His conscience could not tolerate the cover- up. But at the same time he lacked the courage to make a

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public announcement to save Muslims from consuming carrion.

In 2002, SANHA who was engaging in a controversy with the MJC, inspected ten MJC certified plants and prepared a 233 page document highlighting all the haraam irregularities prevailing at the plant. The haraam irregularities were so intense and corrupt that Maulana Yunus Patel of the then Jamiatul Ulama KZN and a staunch supporter of SANHA to this day, commented:

“Wallaah! My stomach churned and my heart seemed to skip a beat when I read the comprehensive report submitted by SANHA.”

Among the haraam irregularities submitted to Maulana Patel by SANHA were the following:

* Well-documented evidence was presented of severing just one vein rendering the chicken totally haraam according to all mazhabs. * Confirmed slaughtering by non-Muslims * Non-Muslim inspector and staff. I am enclosing herewith a copy of Maulana Y.Patel’s letter for your perusal and evaluation.

I must add that Maulana Yunus Saheb had at that time made public his revulsion against MJC to support SANHA. He did not do so for proclaiming the Haqq. SANHA and MJC were having a protracted and an intense fight, hence Maulana Patel came out in support of SANHA. He blindly accepted

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when eating at their homes. But in a scenario where it is known with absolute certainty that 99% of Muslims devour Rainbow and Earlybird carrion chickens, then it is HARAAM to eat at their homes.

Hadhrat Maulana Ashraf Ali Thaanvi (rahmatullah alayh) has emphatically stated that in this era the principle is no longer, Al-Aslu fil ash-yaa al-ibaahah. On the contrary, the governing principle in this age is Al-Aslul fil ash-yaa al-hurmah. That is, the rule nowadays is no longer one of general permissibility. Rather it is one of prohibition until permissibility has been clearly established. When I read this fatwa of Hadhrat Hakimul Ummah some time ago, I was under the impression that Hadhrat Thaanvi (rahmatullah alayh) was the first to propound this ‘new’ rule. However, recently I read somewhere that other Fuqaha had adopted this same principle centuries before Hadhrat Thaanvi (rahmatullah alayh). Right now I cannot recall the reference. Insha’Allah, I shall stumble on the reference again.

And, what is the verdict when visiting North and West Africa where Maalikis predominate and generally consume a variety of animals which are all haraam for Hanafis? Does it mean that if a Maaliki friend invites a Hanafi, the latter should simply eat the meat the Maaliki serves? Perhaps the Yahudi ‘molvi’ is unaware of the following formidable list of permissible meat for Maalikis: eagle, vulture, falcon, hawk and all this kind of birds of prey. In West Africa it is said that the cooked hawk meat is ‘extremely delicious’. We are sure that the Yahudi ‘molvi’ who halaalizes rotten, diseased carrion chickens will be in position to endorse this claim of extremely delicious hawk and vulture meat.

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THIS ANIMAL”, yet the miscreant ‘molvi says that you “can consider it to be haraam”. !!!

Secondly, all the slaughterers are claiming precisely what the molvi has spat out. They all point to all the carrion chickens and proclaim: “We did not recite Tasmiyah on all these thousands and hundreds of thousands and millions of chickens which we have slaughtered and which we are slaughtering”.

(16) The molvi who has joined the league of evil molvis, continuing with his rubbish observations, says in his letter: “As far as eating at other Muslims’ homes, one does not need to ask where they obtain their meat and chicken from. It is clearly written in the books of Fiqah that when invited by a Muslim, one does not need to query the halaal status of his or her food. And this is my principle when eating at other Muslims’ homes.”

This molvi with blinded soul knows extremely little of ‘Fiqah’ books. He only understands the ‘fiqah’ of his nafs. If it is known that Muslims in general are consuming pork, rats, lizards, snakes, donkeys, etc., will such Muslims who understand that they are Muslims ever eat at such homes? We can understand when a molvi devours carrion, but it is never expected of a true Muslim to answer an invitation or to eat food at a Muslim’s home when it is known that the norm is for the overwhelming majority of Muslims to eat carrion and all sorts of haraam animals.

When the condition of Muslims as a whole is Islamic, and they are aware of what they are expected to do as Muslims, and what they can eat and what they can’t eat, then in such a healthy Deeni environment, one does not generally question

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SANHA’s report to be the gospel truth. Yet when 25 years before SANHA’s report I informed them and the whole country of the haraam chickens certified by MJC after my personal inspection, Maulana Patel and the whole lot of miserable men who sold their souls for the dunya, continued to devour MJC chickens and not one of them was prepared to stand up for the Haqq. Maulana Patel mentions in his letter that he used to eat MJC certified products.

Now when we have exposed SANHA committing the very same haraam corrupt irregularities which render the chickens “totally haraam in all mazhabs”, Maulana Yunus Patel has taken refuge in a fortress of ambiguities, silence and gheebat criticism of us.

Last year (2008), another halaal certifying body NIHT who competes with SANHA, made an inspection of the SANHA- certified Anca Chicken plant in Stutterheim near to East London. You may have seen our pamphlet in this regard about two weeks ago. Just in case you have not, I shall briefly outline the Anca Chicken Sanha-corruption.

The NIHT is a modernist/bid’ati, anti-Majlis body. The NIHT’s inspection established that 87% of the chickens were haraam. Of the 30 chickens they examined 26 were cut improperly – some with one neck vessel cut, some with two partly cut and so on. They removed some chickens from the conveyor belt and found that they were dead – killed by the stunning. In a two page Inspection Report, the NIHT enumerated all the corruptions which rendered the chickens haraam.

An interesting and very surprising fact established by the ANCA chicken plant inspection is that at the time when the

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inspection was done the line speed was only 16 chickens per minute. The experienced slaughterer had to cut only 16 chickens in a minute. Despite this relatively ’slow’ speed, 87% of the chickens were haraam. What can you now understand if the speed is 140 or 150 or 180 chickens per minute? That is between 40 to 60 chickens per minute per slaughterer.

When NIHT sent its report to SANHA, the reaction of SANHA was quite interesting to say the least. SANHA, without responding to NIHT, made a quick and sudden inspection of one of NIHT’s certified plant, and as true as the existence of Iblees, SANHA found similar irregularities at the NIHT certified haraam plant. SANHA promptly notified NIHT. The result? Both decided to sweep each other’s haraam stinking najaasat under the carpet. The one was able to blackmail the other, hence they decided on silence and concealing the rot of the enemy. At this stage I have no documentary proof for this black-mailing act. Nevertheless I was apprized of this evil development by an uprighteous Mufti Saheb. But for all the other evils and malpractices of SANHA mentioned above and which I shall mentioned hereafter, I have documentary evidence.

It is well documented in the minutes of a meeting that SANHA had declared that it had investigated 10 MJC certified plants and had discovered gross irregularities which rendered the chickens “totally haraam” according to Maulana Yunus Patel and SANHA. But these miserable betrayers of Islam and the Ummah have concealed that 233 page report and have not notified the community of the status of MJC chickens. And how is it possible for SANHA to proclaim the Haqq about MJC haraam chickens when SANHA has approved MJC certified Earlybird chickens? It is a massive, dirty, filthy

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chickens are mixed up with the other supposedly ‘halaal’ chickens.

Secondly, this miserable character who pretends to be a man of learning, conveniently and deceptively ignores the claim of his adversaries who say that ALL the slaughterers are saying under oath that they do not recite Tasmiyah, they can’t recite Tasmiyah on all the birds, hence they have adopted a defeatist attitude which has constrained them to refrain from making a mockery of Allah’s Name. They simply abstain from Tasmiyah. When all the slaughterers are speaking with one tongue – all the slaughterers of Rainbow and Earlybird – then by what stretch of logic and honesty could it still be argued that the carrion chickens are ‘halaal’? It is precisely for this reason that several slaughterers at Rainbow said that they do not eat Rainbow chickens notwithstanding the fact that they themselves are doing the slaughtering.

It is not an isolated chap who says that he does not recite Tasmiyah. The whole lot of them are making this claim.

(15) Then the deviated molvi says: “According to Shariah, if a person points to an animal and says that I slaughtered it without tasmiyah, then one can accept his word and consider that particular animal as haraam.” Firstly, the miserable molvi speaks plain rubbish. If a person says that “I did not recite Tasmiyah on ‘this animal”, then the issue of ‘can and consider’ does not feature. The animal is quite simply ‘maitah’ and haraam. Only a jaahil like this lost soul sees scope in regarding this openly haraam carrion to be ‘halaal’. What utter rubbish he gorges out!!! The slaughterer himself says that “I DID NOT RECITE TASMIYAH ON

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At the same time they criminally deny this fact. I do not know if the Christian has been changed subsequent to our pamphlet on this issue.

(14) The miserable molvi who has lost his Imaani bearings, writes in his letter the following drivel: “However, if he (i.e. the slaughterer)makes a general and vague statement, such as ‘I don’t read tasmiyah when I slaughter’, etc. then we will not declare any specific animal haraam, especially when we are not sure which animal he had specifically slaughtered and the fact that there are other Muslim slaughterers doing the same job.”

This poor fellow argues typically like the ‘molvis’ of the Yahood and Nasaara who were experts in the art of treacherously compromising the Deen for worldly and nafsaani motives.

If a man says that he does not recite Tasmiyah when he slaughters, then it shall be accepted that in fact he does not recite Tasmiyah, and all the animals he slaughters will be declared haraam. In the context of the carrion chicken-killing facilities, even if we assume that only one slaughterer made this declaration, then at least the 20,000 chickens which he had slaughtered for the day are haraam carrion. In which way will these 20,000 haraam carrion chickens be differentiated from the other supposedly ‘halaal’ chickens? Any Muslim whose brain and heart have not become corrupted and deranged with carrion consumption and who have not adopted the profession of halaalizing almost every haraam act, not only carrion, will undoubtedly never believe that it could ever be permissible to devour any of the chickens when in one week 100,000 carrion

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haraam money racket which condones the promotion of carrion-consumption.

On 25 May 2009, Molvi Navlakhi and another two SANHA molvis went to the Earlybird plant in Olifantsfontein. They gathered the 12 slaughterers and tried to persuade them to sign affidavits stating:

? That the four Ulama inspection team which Jamiatul Ulama Gauteng claimed had inspected Earlybird on 2nd April, had not visited the plant and that this claim was a blatant lie.

? That not a single slaughterer had ever spoken to the Ulama of Jamiatul Ulama Gauteng as the Jamiat was claiming.

Alhamdulillah, by Allah’s fadhl, all the slaughterers refused to sign the criminally false affidavit. In fact one slaughterer stood up to assault Molvi Navlakhi but was restrained by the others. We have signed affidavits in which the slaughterers declare this haraam attempt of Maulana Navlakhi to besmirch the name and to slander the Ulama of Jamiatul Ulama Gauteng, in his plot to sustain his carrion industry.

Now in the backdrop of this vile scenario, shall I proceed to respond to the allegations in the article you have sent.

(1) I shall bypass the writer’s background comments because, firstly, they are not factual and have no bearing on the facts which are our grounds for criticizing Sanha, and secondly, because the writer does not know what he speaks in his background comment. It is therefore futile to respond on a diversionary tactic of the writer. 10

(2) Zaahid’s Lament: Zaahid’s registered name is Eric. A copy of his affidavit is enclosed herewith. He lists the irregularities. The two fundamental irregularities stated by the two slaughterers in the affidavit are: (i) Mass omission of Tasmiyah (ii) Due to line speed, the necks are improperly cut rendering the chickens “totally haraam” in Maulana Patel’s words when SANHA pointed out the very same irregularity in relation to SANHA’s enemy, the MJC. There is one very important irregularity which Zaahid has failed to record in his affidavit. This irregularity escaped him at the time of preparing the affidavit. The third fundamental irregularity is the fact that Earlybird’s management has been persistently applying pressure on the slaughterers to refrain from cutting all four neck vessels. SANHA and MJC are well aware of this fact, and we have documentary evidence to prove it.

On 16 March 2007, Molvi Ismail Khan, the supervisor at Earlybird, wrote to Imam Harris of the MJC: “It’s been an ongoing problem with management since the inception of the Halaal operation approximately 20 years (both plants). The issue of loss of heads due to manual slaughter – we have the Shariah to adhere to and cannot accommodate the company by slaughtering in such a manner by not severing the required veins so the heads can be intact after the plucking of feathers. It’s either the Halaal intact or the heads. We do try our utmost to slaughter in a manner that is Shar’ee compliant and the company can capture maximum heads.”

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3. Then we also have your value-added Plant which is not certified. We are not aware of the ingredients used and who is in charge of the production. 4. As previously stated, our supervisors for whom we have great respect and trust, have also become very unhappy in that there is no communication with them. Therefore we sincerely hope that you can realise the seriousness of the situation and attend to it immediately.”

From this letter you will realize the extent of the complaints, grievances and corruption. You will now understand why Doba and Khan had resigned. You will also note the lies SANHA had all along been peddling regarding the resignations, and the other issues. You will also note that despite the MJC and SANHA having absolutely no control and supervision of the ‘value-added’ plant where they inject the pork-beef waste substance into the meat, they continue certifying the chickens. On their own admission they are not aware of the ingredients nor of any supervision, etc. Will it now not be jaaiz to put all of these treacherous sellers of the Deen in front of a firing squad and eliminate them, or bury the whole miserable lot alive, covering them up with stones and thorns, not sand!!!!

(13) In Maulana Yunus Patel’s letter you will observe that SANHA had reported that the MJC certified plants even had non-Muslim supervisors in charge of ‘halaal’ operations. A few weeks ago when Yunus, the acting Muslim supervisor at Earlybird resigned because of the malpractices, Earlybird promptly appointed a Christian, Mr.Noah, to be the supervisor. While SANHA and Maulana Yunus Patel had crowed much when the MJC certified plants had non-Muslim supervisors, they accept Earlybird’s appointment of a Christian supervisor. 26

community. Insha’Allah, these letters will be published verbatim so that the Muslim community may understand what filth they had been fed by SANHA under guise of the najaasat being halaal. For your better understanding, I reproduce here just one letter written by the MJC in response to all the complaints made by the supervisor, Molvi Ismail Khan. The letter is addressed to Earlybird management, and is dated 30 May 2007. Imaam Harris of the MJC wrote:

“Respected Mr.John MacKay,

Re: Slaughtering Operations at Olifantsfontein/Standerton

Further to our meeting in Cape Town on 16th March 2007 when we raised certain concerns about your slaughtering operations.

Thus far, we have had no responses from you with regard to our grievances. As indicated to you, our supervisors at both Plants are very unhappy and have threatened to resign because of various factors, viz.

1. Interference in the manner of slaughtering and loosing of heads. May we respectfully remind you that the method of slaughtering has to be in terms of Islamic laws. Any changes to the slaughtering methods, might create Haraam and not Halaal birds. This will seriously affect your sales. May we also remind you that the Standerton Plant was formerly certified by SANHA. When we took over the certification, we took over all the structures and personnel of SANHA. By bringing about new changes, might also bring on to you unnecessary and adverse propaganda. 2. The same goes for trying to decrease the amount of Slaughterers at both Plants. This is not acceptable and we are not going to compromise on standards. The issue of County Fair is a different matter and must never be compared with Early Bird. Over the years, we have also had numerous problems with County Fair over their Slaughtering teams and have occasionally informed them of our dissatisfaction. But we will deal with County Fair at some other time. 11

While the slaughterers were perhaps “trying their utmost to slaughter in a manner that is Shar’ee compliant”, this has not been possible.

In a letter dated 16 May 2007, the supervisor, Molvi I.Khan, wrote to SANHA:

“Another issue which they are putting a lot of pressure on us is the loss of heads due to the halaal method of slaughter……Make dua we have closure to this ongoing battle of labour standards and loss of heads.”

Let me explain the story of the ‘heads loss’ as this has a direct bearing on the improper and haraam neck-cutting which leaves the veins uncut. When all four neck-vessels are severed, the head dangles very loosely. In the de-feathering machine, the heads come off and are lost in the drain. This is a huge monetary loss for Earlybird where the production at its two plants is more than half a million chickens daily. This equates to 120 million heads a year worth more than R50 million. Hence, management has persistently over the years pressurized slaughterers to make superficial incisions and not cut the four neck-vessels. Molvi Khan’s letters bear ample testimony to this fact. We thus find slaughterers due to this pressure making slight nips/cuts which leave the four arteries uncut or partially cut or some uncut.

(3) The writer of the article is either too naïve and slow in mental grasp to grasp the implications of the line speed or he has deliberately misled you in his endeavour to support SANHA. There is no doubt regarding the line speed. It is only SANHA and its cronies who are trying to confuse people with blatant lies in this regard. Bear in mind the following facts: 12

(a) The first person who had initiated the Earlybird controversy which began last year was Molvi A.S.Doba, the supervisor at Earlybird. Molvi Doba in a telephonic discussion with his wife’s relative informed that he had resigned because Earlybird was demanding 48 birds per minute per slaughterer. Since this was excessive, he had objected. Besides this, there were other irregularities as well, which I shall explain further on. Since Molvi Doba’s discussion had been taped, he has simply gone off the radar screen. He has not come out in support of SANHA nor has he denied what he had said. The denial is only from Molvi I.Khan who also was a supervisor at Earlybird. Molvi Khan felt reasonably snug to deny because he knew that he was not taped when he spilled the beans to others in Standerton. Molvi Abdullah who operates a small madrasah in Standerton informed attorney Zehir Omar of the reasons for the resignations. However, Molvi I.Khan who hitherto has been unaware that we have copies of his letters in our possession has been in denial of the truth and has falsely claimed that the reasons for his resignation were ‘personal’. I shall revert to Molvi Khan soon, Insha’Allah.

(b) I had personally inspected several plants over the years and had established the line speed to be 180 birds per minute. (c) At the SANHA pre-arranged inspection of Rainbow last year when 14 Sanha-handpicked Molvis participated, Mufti Afzal Husain Elias in his report mentioned that the line speed was 150 per minute. He further mentioned in his written report which no one to this day has refuted, that Rainbow claimed that they are allowed 50 birds per minute per slaughterer. 45 is the norm, but they (Rainbow) function at 35 per minute. This last claim of Rainbow is a lie as more than a dozen slaughterers in their affidavits maintain. In fact, Rainbow in 25

(11) The evidence is overwhelming to substantiate that Tasmiyah is NOT being recited and that the neck-vessels are not cut according to the requisites of the Shariah. The possibility of doubt is totally precluded. Ask Maulana Yunus Patel Sahib who had based his “totally haraam according to all Mazhabs,” fatwa solely on the basis of SANHA’s inspection and claim that Tasmiyah was not being recited and that the necks were not being properly cut. What is sauce for the goose…..applies to Maulana Patel and SANHA as well. They should bury themselves with shame for this duplicity, double standards and using the Deen for nafsaani and worldly motives. MJC chickens are haraam according to SANHA and Maulana Patel when it suits their nafsaani agenda. But when the very same irregularities prevail at SANHA certified plants, then the chickens are halaal and tayyib!!! (12) It will be appropriate at this juncture to mention the reasons why Molvi A.S.Doba and Molvi Ismail Khan, the two Earlybird supervisors had resigned. When The Majlis had published the resignation and the 48 bird per minute demand of Earlybird, SANHA vehemently refuted this. SANHA and Molvi I.Khan alleged that the resignations were for personal reasons. As mentioned above, Molvi Doba neither confirmed what The Majlis said nor refuted it. He simply disappeared from the scene and went into strict purdah, and to this day his hijaab is impregnable. While SANHA had repeatedly alleged that there NEVER were any problems or complaints regarding the slaughtering process at the haraam carrion chicken plants, several letters of Molvi Ismail Khan, SANHA and MJC, in our possession , unequivocally confirm the very serious irregularities which SANHA has vainly endeavoured to conceal from the Muslim

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of “bribery”, no more the slander of us speaking ‘lies’ about having affidavits.

The slaughterers have gained one thing from this saga: nine slaughterers have been fired and are currently without work. Why did they have to lose their jobs with ‘lies’? Navlakhi sits snug, getting tens of thousands of rands of riba money to feed himself and his family. SANHA nets millions of rands for the pockets of its officials and directors while these poor slaughters earning about R3000 a month are sitting without jobs. They were fully aware that their jobs were on the line when they made the exposure.

We are making known the affidavits of the dismissed slaughterers only. We have multiple affidavits of current slaughterers who are still working at Earlybird. But at this stage we shall not divulge their names because they too will be fired.

(10) “The system is totally conducive to halaal rendering of poultry”. Perhaps the writer has lost all his Imaan or perhaps he was born without Aql. In making this statement he implies that the Islamic system is redundant and inferior to the kuffaar system of brutality which Hadhrat Thanvi (rahmatullah alayh) described “akin to kufr”. How on earth and how in Hell can this kaafir brutal system of torture and haraam ever be “conducive to halaal slaughtering” when the process is haraam from A to Z, from even before the chickens are brought to the killing facilities? Everything is haraam in the kaafir system. The writer’s mind is clearly deranged with the carrion corruption hence he is capable of such a corrupt claim. Cape Town where I personally had done the inspection has a speed of 180 per minute, and this is the same at County Fair which belongs to the same company running Earlybird.

Even if the line speed is 135, the claim that four slaughterers do the killing is false. On 2nd April when the Ulama of Jamiatul Ulama Gauteng made their inspection, three slaughterers were on the line and when they took a count, it transpired 44.6 chickens per minute. And even if the line speed is 120 per minute, then with three slaughterers it means 40 per minute. This fact is confirmed by Molvi I.Khan, himself. In a letter dated 16 March 2007 to Imaam Harris of the MJC, Molvi Khan wrote:

“Currently there is an increase in production. We have a slaughter/bird ratio maximum which is at 40 birds per minute. With the increase in production, we are on maximum, i.e. 40 birds per minute per slaughterer. Any further increase in production which is planned for the near future should warrant additional slaughterers. Please negotiate for both plants as the excess workload is also becoming a major problem. We should stand our ground by putting pressure on Earlybird to adhere to our Shar’ee requirements fully.”

In Molvi Khan’s opinion the maximum is 40 per minute. However, when Earlybird insisted on 48 birds per minute, he and Molvi Doba threw in the towel and resigned. It was too much for even these two ’stalwart’ supervisors whose hearts had been hardened by years of carrion halaalizing. With 40 per minute they somehow succeeded in deceiving themselves. But with 48 per minute, it was beyond their power of deception to perpetrate self-deception.

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Production has increased while the number of slaughterers has not increased. On the contrary, Earlybird wants to reduce the number of slaughterer, hence in a letter dated 28 March 2007 Earlybird wrote to the supervisor, Molvi Ismail Khan:

“During the bench making between County Fair and Earlybird Standerton, it came out that we have 13 slaughterers per shift. County Fair has 13 slaughterers in total for both shifts. We need to discuss this urgently.”

In a letter dated 17 May 2007, Molvi Ismail Khan wrote to SANHA as follows: “Unfortunately the MJC is allowing the County Fair operation which has about the same production as us to operate with half the amount of slaughterers. We have addressed the issue to Imaam Yaseen who acknowledged that the County Fair operation has insufficient slaughterers.”

This is indeed an interesting revelation of massive corruption which SANHA has swept under the carpet. Molvi Khan has emphatically declared that County Fair has the same production as Earlybird, which is achieved with half the number of slaughterers. It follows that at County Fair the speed is 80 birds per minute per slaughterer since it is 40 per minute at Early bird with double the number of slaughterers.

The supervisor’s letters to SANHA and MJC are full of complaints and grievances. But over the years SANHA has persistently alleged that everything is in fine order, there being no irregularities, no complaints, no grievances, and that every carrion chicken was halaal tayyib.

Furthermore, if there are four slaughterers, then according to SANHA’s recommended speed of 37 per minute, it means the line speed is 148 per minute. Referring to the system,

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slaughterers had come forward and said that they do not recite Tasmiyah, it would have been sufficient to alert the Muslim community and to proclaim the chickens haraam. When the persons who slaughter the chickens say that they are unable to fulfil the obligation of Tasmiyah and that they do not recite Tasmiyah, then only one drunk with the riba money of the carrion chicken plants will persist stupidly and intransigently to claim that the carrion is halaal.

(9) “Why did the slaughterers make the statements….” In his desperate endeavour to defend Sanha, the writer mentions four absolutely spurious, baseless, false and slanderous suppositions. He theorizes baselessly in his bid to refute and negate the declarations made by the slaughterers. Can he take the Qur’aan and take an oath in Allah’s Name that the slaughterers were ‘bribed’ to make the statements which damn SANHA and which have exposed the haraam corruption of SANHA? Can the writer come forward to take the oath? We challenge him. As for the inspectors, they are more than willing to take the oath in Allah’s Name to prove that the claim of Navlakhi and the writer is nothing but pure unadulterated buhtaan. You are an intelligent student of Deen and becoming a Mufti. Why do you not ask the writer to produce his evidence for such a slanderous allegation? Why don’t you test his honesty or his falsehood by telling him to take an oath in Allah’s Name that the slaughterers were bribed to make the statements?

At first the claim of Navlakhi was a vehement denial of any inspection having taken place and a denial of the existence of affidavits. When the truth dawned on him, then he switched his tactic from one slander to another slander. Now it is the slander

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prevailed on Maulana Haroon to accompany him for the inspection. Allah Ta’ala operates in wonderful ways unexpected and unfathomable to us. He exposes the treacherous ones.

(8) The writer alleges: “Yet, instead of conveying to the public irregularities that they were supposed to have witnessed with their own eyes, they rather relied on the statement of a slaughterer who they chose to interview.” If you had taken the trouble to read carefully the Earlybird inspection report booklet and some other subsequent pamphlets, then there would not have been a need for me to devote so much time writing this letter. But it appears that you did not read the report intelligently and with a probing mind, hence this burden of responding to blatantly false allegations by the Sanha writer.

The report clearly conveys to the public haraam irregularities which the four inspectors witnessed with their own eyes. The writer lies shamelessly by claiming that they ‘relied on a statement of a slaughterer who they chose to interview”. The ingredients of the inspection which has been fully published are:

? The inspectors witnessed with their own eyes and

reported accordingly.

? The inspectors spoke to twelve slaughterers, not to

one.

? There was no ‘choosing’. The inspectors had never met

these slaughterers before. Wallaah! The slaughterers

opened up their stories before the inspectors had even

asked them anything. Furthermore, let us assume that there was no inspection by the four Ulama and that they had not even set foot inside Earlybird as Navlakhi had initially claimed, then too, if a few

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Molvi Ismail Khan, the supervisor wrote to Earlybird’s management on 11 July 2006:

“Since the merger of E.B.F. (Earlybird Farms) and Festive Farms approximately 13 years ago we have been in constant negotiations with management in regards to the labour standards which we are totally not satisfied with…….In the interim production has increased gradually, making our task much more difficult. Our request to management in 13 years is not unrealistic……….The current system is very strenuous and the Halaal standards could be violated. Due to this we do experience a high rate of absenteeism and sick leave.”

In fact ‘halaal standards’ were daily being violated so much that nothing but haraam carrion chickens were and are being produced.

(d) When a line speed of 16 per minute (ANCA) produces 87% haraam chickens, what shall we deduce from a line speed of 120, 135, 148, 150, and 180? “Reflect! O People of Intelligence!” – Qur’aan (e) All the slaughterers without a single exception at both Rainbow and Earlybird maintain that the line speed is excessive. They have been complaining about this factor for years – many many years. They had complained to SANHA, to Jamiat KZN, MJC and to inspectors, supervisors and managements of the plants for years. We have documentary evidence besides the affidavits to support this contention. Responding to this complaint, SANHA, in a letter dated 8 May 2001, addressed to Rehmat Khan, the Earlybird supervisor, wrote: “Per your request, we hereby confirm that the line speed of the chicken conveyor must at all times be in harmony with the

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number of Muslim slaughterers engaged in slaughtering thus enabling them to comfortably utter the Tasmiyah and correctly carry out the ritual slaughter which in any event should not exceed thirty seven (37) birds per slaughterer per minute.”

That SANHA was receiving constant complaints and grievances, is undeniable. All the letters in our possession prove this irrefutable fact.

(f) Long before we came aboard this haraam chicken saga, reputable non-Muslim animals’ rights organization had published the line speed of chicken plants in Cape Town, U.K. and U.S.A. The claim has always been 180 per minute, and this has never been refuted. (g) Recently – a couple of months ago – when the non-Muslim organization, Compassion in Animal Farming, made an inspection of a MJC-certified plant in Cape Town and had threatened to go to court on account of the brutality practised, I wrote to the concerned plant and asked them to either confirm or deny that their line speed was 180 and more. They refused to commit themselves and referred us to the MJC. (h) The speed is such that even automatic slaughtering machines in plants where there is no manual killing, also miss chickens which then go alive straight into the boiling water. This is confirmed by reputable non-Muslim researchers, investigators and organizations who did not probe halaal issues. Slaughterers too say that this happens. Chickens slip by and enter the scalder without having been slaughtered. If the brains are not clouded with money issues, then all of this is extremely simple and logical to understand even without making any inspection. 21

(6) “Even the four inspectors from De Deur who visited the Earlybird plant did not comment on the tasmiyah or any major irregularity.” This is a brazen and a shameless lie peddled by the writer. Please read the report book issued by the four inspectors. They clearly and emphatically state the two abovementioned fundamental irregularities which render the chickens “totally haraam according to all Mazhabs”. Now when the writer descends to such a gutter level of lies, what do you expect me to comment on his integrity?

(7) The writer alleges: “They went there with the express intention of witnessing these discrepancies and declaring the chickens haraam.” Did this writer climb into the hearts of the four inspectors to enable him to testify that what he is alleging was in fact their niyyat? Can the writer come forward, hold the Qur’aan Majeed in his hand and take an oath in Allah’s Name that his allegation is the truth and correct? We challenge him to step forward if he has any respect for the Haqq or if he believes that he is a Muslim. All four inspectors are more than willing to take an oath in Allah’s Name that this was NEVER NEVER their intention. They were in fact ‘dragged’ to make the inspection. Earlybird was no where in their mind nor in my mind, and Wallaah! They never consulted with me prior to the inspection nor did I feature anywhere in the inspection nor did I ever suggest that an inspection be made, Wallaah, and again Wallaah, and I say Wallaah that the writer is a confounded LIAR.

Hafez Anwar Sujee is not from De Deur. He is from Laudium. He and his brother intended starting a franchise chicken business. He had first gone to Earlybird alone. Then he

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The abovementioned comment confirms what Hadhrat Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi (rahmatullah alayh) wrote in his fatwa about 70 years ago that electrical stunning while paralyzing the animal does not render it unconscious. Alhamdulillah, the roohaani idraak of Hadhrat Thanvi was remarkable. While scientists have established this fact with their scientific tests, Hadhrat Thaanvi (rahmatullah alayh) established this reality decades before the scientists discovered it.

There is much evidence from independent non-Muslim experts unconnected with ‘halaal-slaughtering’ to prove that neck- cutting is haphazard and in the majority of cases the veins are just nipped and the main carotid arteries (Wajjain) are left intact.

Mufti Shuayb Rawat who was one of the four who inspected Earlybird, states: “I saw plenty of chickens with just nips in their necks.”

I advise you to read with an open mind the Inspection team’s booklet, EARLYBIRD CHICKENS – SANHA’S HARAAM CORRUPTION EXPOSED!

Both Muslims and non-Muslim experts confirm that neck- cutting is haphazard by both machine and manual slaughtering.

From the discussion so far, you will realize that besides the entire system being haraam and evil, the two fundamental factors which render the chickens “totally haraam according to all Mazhabs” are the mass omission of Tasmiyah and the haphazard neck-cutting which leaves the neck-vessels uncut.

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In a bulletin issued by United Poultry Concerns of U.S.A., the following appears: “In 1993, of the 7 billion birds slaughtered in U.S. facilities, over 3 million birds were plunged into the scald tanks alive. According to a former slaughterhouse worker, when chickens are scalded alive, they “flop, scream, kick, and their eyeballs pop out of their heads. They often come out of the other end with broken bones and disfigured and missing body parts because they’ve struggled so much in the tank.”

Is all this cruelty “conducive with halaal slaughtering”, as Navlakhi claims?

(4) “Cutting every fourth chicken”: This is a subtle attempt to deceive unwary people who do not understand what happens inside the killing facilities. The writer attempts to mislead with this statement by creating the impression that after one chicken is slaughtered, there is a pause which allows the slaughterer time to wait for the arrival of the third or fourth chicken, then he begins the cutting, then he again waits for the third or fourth chicken and so on. This impression is absolutely false and grossly misleading. Consider the speed and the positioning of the chickens on the belt. The line moves at a speed of between 135 to 180 birds per minute. This means that in one minute this amount of birds whiz pass each slaughterer. Almost the very second he cuts his chicken, the third or fourth one is on top of him because the other two/three have already passed him, and he has to mechanically continue cutting without the slightest pause. There is no waiting period of a few seconds before the third or fourth unfortunate chicken arrives to be killed. I say killed, because no thabah takes place.

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Even if the slaughterer cuts every fourth or every tenth bird, the irrefutable fact remains that he cuts 37 per minute according to Navlakhi and according to us and the slaughterers it varies from 45 to 60. At Navlakhi’s speed it means just a bit more than one and a half second per chicken and at other speeds one second per chicken. Now just imagine a slaughterer having to continuously cut for an hour chickens whizzing pass him at this tremendous speed. His hand has to move rapidly to ensure a semblance of slaughter is effected on the chickens whizzing by. It is precisely for this reason that all the slaughterers are compelled to practice what Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) described as Shareetatush Shaitaan. The veins are left uncut, or some uncut, or partly cut and the chicken is left to die an agonizing death. It is for this very reason that 87% of the chickens were Haraam at Anca chickens despite the line speed being only 16 per minute. And, it was precisely for this reason that Maulana Patel said that MJC certified chickens were “totally haraam”. SANHA’s molvis themselves had established at ten MJC certified plants that the necks of the chickens were improperly cut to render the chickens “totally haraam”, and which caused Maulana Patel’s stomach to churn and his heart to miss a beat!!!

Remember that the claim that the slaughterer has “to wait” for the third or fourth bird is a blatant falsehood. There is absolutely not a split second of waiting after having cut one chicken. The closely packed chickens on the rapidly moving conveyor belt simply whiz pass continuously. Slaughterers become disoriented as a consequence of the absolutely bizarre scenario in these killing facilities. It is just upside down hanging chickens whizzing pass at great speed, nipping with the knife (no thabah), blood and blood squirting all day long. In this miserable scenario, the slaughterers say that it is

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‘impossible’ to recite Tasmiyah — impossible to take Allah’s Name without a mockery. The killing is one continuous uninterrupted rapid cutting which exhausts the cutters physically, mentally and morally to the extent that the Tasmiyah becomes a huge mockery in the sadistic process of commercial killing and perpetration of cruelty and brutality.

(5) “Experienced slaughterers and sharp knives”: This is a deceptive argument. The line speed, the haraam upside down position of the chickens, the haraam killing in motion, etc. negate the expertise and the effect of even the ‘extremely sharp knife’. It is for these reasons that the experienced slaughterer at Anca plant, with his ‘extremely sharp knife’ was unable to cut the necks properly despite the line speed being only 16 per minute. 26 of the 30 chickens were “totally haraam” due to the grossly incorrect neck-cutting. Anyone who has inspected these plants with an open mind and with a desire to see the truth, would have seen the superficial movements of the hands of the men cutting. There is no force applied. It is simply a routine mechanical light movement of the hand which fails to cut the four neck-vessels. The United Poultry Concerns, a very reputable non-Muslim organization in America explaining the slaughtering, states:

“After being dragged through the “stun” bath, the paralyzed conscious birds have their necks partially sliced by a rotating machine blade and/or manual neck cutter. Although both carotid arteries must be quickly severed to ensure a rapid death, these arteries which carry the oxygenated blood responsible for consciousness to the brain, and which are deeply embedded in the bird’s neck, are often missed. So haphazard is neck-cutting that The Poultry Tribune refers to “hopefully hitting the jugular vein” of birds at slaughter.”

Emak (kanan) sedang melayan kaum kerabat terdekat yang datang berhari raya.

Abah (kanan) sedang berbicara dengan Pak Long yang pertama kali hadir berhari raya di teratak Kechau.

Tidak sampai setengah jam berlalu, tiba-tiba satu suara memanggil nama saya bertalu-talu. Rupa-rupanya emak yang menegur. Tanpa membuang masa, saya terus bangun dari tidur dan mengambil semua barang keperluan untuk dibawa masuk ke dalam teratak. Kelihatan Mie dan Afza serta nak-anak buah masih dibuai lena.

Pada jam 6.45 pagi, keadaan teratak yang agak sepi bertukar hingar bingar dengan jerit pekik anak-anak buah yang begitu excited untuk berhari raya. Pelbagai gelagat dipertontonkan mereka. Ada yang ghairah mempamerkan baju raya yang baru dibeli, ada juga kelihatan ‘mamai’ sebaik sahaja dikejutkan dari tidur. Geli hati saya melihatkan aksi anak-anak buah kesayangan.

Di dapur pula, adik-adik ipar, Asni dan Ani telahpun berada bersama emak manakala Mie dan Afza telah keluar ke perkarangan untuk membuat persiapan apa yang patut.

Jam 7.15 pagi, masing-masing sudah bergaya dengan pakaian baru dan bersiap sedia menuju ke masjid untuk menunaikan solat hari raya. Sebaik sahaja selesai, kelihatan ramai sekali kaum kerabat terdekat datang ke teratak termasuklah keluarga Pak Long, Pak Ngah Hassan, Mak Itam, Abah Da, Mak Chik dan Pak Uncu.

Adatlah jika sudah berkumpul ramai-ramai, suasana riuh rendah pasti terasa dan masa inilah saat-saat kami sekeluarga dan kaum kerabat bermaaf-maafan sambil menjamu selera. Paling gembira ialah anak-anak kecil yang tersenyum girang menerima duit raya.

Biarpun sudah melintasi jam 12.30 tengahari, keadaan teratak tetap dipenuhi ramai kaum kerabat dan rakan taulan yang putus-putus datang berziarah hinggalah ke lewat malam. Siapa sangka dalam banyak-banyak yang hadir, terselit abang Hashim dari Kedah beserta keluarga. Agaknya hampir 18 tahun tidak ketemu dengannya.

Apa lagi banyaklah cerita baru dikongsi bersama. Yang mengelikan hati, ada masa abang Hashim melepaskan ‘gian’ memancing di ampangan lama bila diajak Abah. Dapatlah rasa tarikan ikan lampam sebesar tapak tangan walaupun awalnya terdengar banyak jelawat, baung bersaiz besar ada disitu.

Pada pagi hari kedua raya, saya telah awal-awal pergi ke bandar Lipis yang hampir tiga kilometer jaraknya dari teratak…kemudian ketemu pula dengan Abah dan Mie di pasar baru yang datang untuk memproses ayam kampung untuk dibuat rendang dan membeli keperluan dapur yang lain. Maklumlah segala juadah utama yang disediakan pada hari pertama telah kehabisan.

Suasana pada hari kedua pun nampaknya tidak ubah macam hari pertama. Tidak berehat emak, Ani dan Asni di dapur dibuatnya. Kehadiran abang Haris dan keluarga dari Temerloh juga tidak kurang mencuri tumpuan. Apa tidaknya, sempat lagi menebang pokok tebu berhampiran teratak untuk dibuat air dikala panas terik cahaya matahari dikala yang lain memasak juadah rendang di kawasan perkarangan.

Gelagat anak-anak buah semasa menjamu selera sambil menonton TV.

Lewat jam 3.30 petang, barulah segala juadah yang dimasak sedia terhidang. Begitu juga tebu yang ditebang, diperah dan dimasukan ke dalam sebuah bekas besar dengan ketulan ais juga sudah sedia diminum. Lazatnya menjamu selera beramai-ramai apatah lagi merasai keenakan minuman tebu.

Pada hari ketiga, saya awal-awal lagi sudah bangun untuk mandi kerana terpaksa pulang ke ibukota. Manakala Mie, Afza dan anak-anak buah masih diulit mimpi indah. Ketika itulah saya sempat mencium anak-anak buah satu persatu yang langsung tidak disedari saya mahu pulang disusuli mencium tangan dan memeluk Abah dan Emak yang juga telah bangun lebih awal. Emak pun ada beritahu yang dia akan pulang ke Kedah bersama Afza sekeluarga untuk menziarah rakan taulan dan melihat keadaan rumah yang telah lama ditinggalkan.