Banjir yang kini melanda enam negeri menyebabkan jumlah mangsa yang dipindahkan terus meningkat kepada 28,457. Salurkan bantuan anda supaya dapat kita sama-sama membantu meringankan beban mereka yang mengalami bencana banjir.
Kepada Badan-badan Koperasi, Syarikat, Organisasi dan individu dipelawa untuk membantu mereka yang dalam kesusahan melalui Muslim Aid Asia. Sadaqah diterima dalam bentuk wang atau barangan seperti lampin pakai buang, tuala wanita, peralatan mandi seperti ubat gigi, sabun, syampu dan sebagainya.
Providing Qurban Meat To Those In Need By Rosliwaty Ramly
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 (Bernama) -- Muslim Aid Asia (MAA), an international aid and development organisation, invites Muslims in the country to participate in "Qurban For Life" (Q4L) programme to help Muslim brothers and sisters all over the world who simply cannot afford to buy meat.
The Q4L programme initiated 18 years ago by Muslim Aid network distributes meat to almost every part of the poor, drought-stricken and war-torn places in Muslim world such as Afghanistan, Africa, Indonesia, Iraq, Kashmir and Palestine. It even distributed Qurban meat to the Malaysian hardcore poor.
QURBAN MEAT... Slaughtering of sheep is done at the Fletcher
International Exports, Albany, Perth, Australia before being shipped to
Pertima factory in Terengganu for processing. Pix: Bernama
With the theme `Offerings From Malaysians to the World Society', MAA distributed Qurban meat efficiently to the global Muslim society in accordance with Islamic obligation.
Based in Kuala Lumpur, Muslim Aid has a network of offices that generate funding in London, Munich and Sydney. It also has offices in Indonesia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan and Iraq. It has established close cooperation with non-governmental organisations (NGO) in Nigeria, Cameroon, Iran, Cambodia, Thailand and China to arrange and provide aid.
MAA director Wan Rusli Wan Muda who is in charge of the programme explained that it's the best method to assist Muslims in performing Qurban and most importantly to ensure that their Qurban or donation actually reaches the target group, the poor and destitute.
He said the Muslim Aid network started to donate canned sacrificial meat since 1989 where the slaughtering of sacrificial animals are carried out at established facilities approved by the Department of Islamic Development (JAKIM) and the Australian Federation of Islamic Council.
Slaughtering were carried out at chosen halal-certified facilities and most of the livestock were sourced from Muslim Aid's own farms, he explained.
"What MAA did was interesting because the canned Qurban meat is ready-to-eat and has longer shelf life. This would enable us to send the meat to poverty-stricken Muslims around the world," he said. Canned meat is the best method when it comes to sending the sacrificial meat to poor regions that lack the basic infrastructure such as electricity, said Wan Rusli.
He said MAA also distributes frozen meat where it's possible so that recipients could use fresh meat for food preparation.
Normally, the needy can only enjoy the meat during Aidiladha and sometime it ends up wasted because of oversupply and the lack of proper storage facilities.
MAA's Qurban concept won't affect food stocks and supply because the distribution was not restricted to a certain time frame, he said.
THE BENEFIT OF QURBAN MEAT
Through Q4L programme, those who are interested in performing the religious obligation can donate RM350 for one sheep and the cost includes slaughtering, processing, distribution and delivery of the meat to the targeted groups.
A sheep can be processed into 24 cans of meat each weighing 454gm and one can is enough to feed a family of five at a time.
"This means that with one sheep, we can feed more than 100 people. Last season, a total of 3,000 sheep were slaughtered at Fletcher International Exports, Albany, Perth, Australia and two containers of frozen meat weighing 33,000 kg were sent to Pertima factory in Terengganu to be processed," he added.
QURBAN CONTRIBUTION
According to the report by World Food Programme, one in every seven people in the world live in hunger while 24,000 people die every day due to hunger. Ironically, this phenomenon happens in Muslim-majority countries where war or natural disaster occurred.
Wan Rusli said during the 1427H season, at least 500,000 needy Muslims all over the world benefitted from the Qurban donation.
For the upcoming Aidiladha, slaughtering is expected to be carried out from 20 to 23 December 2007 at facilities approved by JAKIM. Cooking and canning process would be done at Muslim-owned factories before shipping to the chosen destination.
WHY AUSTRALIA
Wan Rusli explained for the time being the slaughtering process are being carried out in Australia with the meat frozen and sent to Malaysia for canning process.
When asked why slaughter in Australia, he explained that Malaysia still lacked breeders who can supply sheep in large numbers.
"In terms of slaughtering facilities, we still cannot beat Australia which can slaughter 8,000 livestock a day at any one facility," he said.
There was also shortage of facilities to store the meat while waiting to be processed, cooked and canned, he added.
In terms of cost, sheep in Australia was far cheaper and this allows the Muslim Aid's objective to help as many Muslims as possible.
Wan Rusli said MAA has not set any target but hoped that more people would perform the Qurban and donate so that it can help more Muslim brothers and sisters.
Those keen to participate in the programme can contact 03-2288 1996 or log-in to www.muslimaidasia.com for more information.
HIKMAH AKIKAH
Akikah mengandungi beberapa hikmah,
antaranya:
-Sebagai tanda kesyukuran kita kepada Allah kerana telah mengurniakan anak.
-Untuk mengisytiharkan kepada masyarakat umum tentang anugerah yang dikurniakan oleh Allah.
-Untuk memulakan kehidupan anak dengan perkara-perkara kebaikan.
-Mengeratkan hubungan silaturrahim antara ahli-ahli masyarakat dengan keluarga yang dikurniakan anak.
-Melahirkan rasa kegembiraan kerana mendapat zuriat yang menepati sunnah Rasulullah.
PENGERTIAN AKIKAH
Pengertian
akikah ialah sembelihan binatang an'am yang dilakukan kerana menyambut
kanak-kanak yang baru dilahirkan sebagai tanda kesyukuran kepada Allah.
Hukum akikah ialah sunat muakad bagi orang yang menanggung sara
hidup kanak-kanak tersebut. Jika anak itu lelaki disunatkan menyembelih
dua ekor kambing, manakala jika anak itu perempuan disunatkan
menyembelih seekor kambing. Binatang seperti lembu, kerbau atau unta
boleh dibahagikan kepada tujuh bahagian.
Aqiqah bersama Muslim Aid Asia
Muslim
Aid mempunyai rangkaian hampir di seluruh dunia dan mudah untuk
menyaring bakal penerima bantuan demi memastikan perlaksanaan bantuan
sampai kepada sasaran. Peserta hanya perlu mengisi borang yang
disediakan berserta kosnya, InsyaAllah langkah seterusnya pihak Muslim
Aid akan uruskan.
Dengan kos sebanyak RM350 untuk seekor
kambing, pihak Muslim Aid akan melakukan penyembelihan di tempat-tempat
terpilih, dimasak dan diagihkan kepada penduduk miskin setempat. Muslim
Aid menawarkan perkhidmatan aqiqah untuk perlaksanaan di Bangladesh,
Indonesia dan Kemboja.
Setelah segala proses aqiqah selesai,
pihak MAA akan mengeluarkan sijil yang tertulis nama anak beserta
gambar penyembelihan aqiqah. Pada yang berminat untuk melakukan ibadah
aqiqah ini, boleh hubungi pihak Muslim Aid ditalian 03-2288 1996 (Ida)
The following is a report received from the Muslim Aid office in Dhaka, Bangladesh:
The catastrophic
Cyclone SIDR hit the mainland around 7.30pm on Thursday, Nov 15. Along
with it came a tremendous storm surge, high waves, flooding, and
destructive winds. SIDR arrived in the darkness of the night and the
hours of high tide, making the storm surge to be more than potentially
devastating.
Electricity
supply was badly affected with widespread power outage in Southern
Bangladesh (Dhaka city since 11pm, other areas include Barisal and
Khulna). It is also difficult establishing contacts as mobile phone
network was down as well. Almost the whole of Dhaka was without power
until Friday, Nov 16.
As of Nov 16,
the media reported 1,000 deaths while damage to properties,
infrastructure and homes was equally large. The casualty list is
expected to be higher as reports began to trickle from remote areas.
The affected
upazilas/districts are Mehendiganj, Hizla,Barguna, Golachipa,
Pathorgatha, Betagi, Jhalokathi, Bakerganj in Barisal; Bhola, Char
Fashon in Bhoa and Dacope; Bathiagatha, Paikgacha, and Koyra in Khulna;
Mongla, Hiron and islands like Dublar Char; Mathbaria and Pirozpur. One
union in Moheshkhali (Dholghata) and one union of Kutubdia were also
affected. A detailed list of the affected areas will be issued soon.
MA Bangladesh field
office responded to the emergency by sending out a 3-man on Nov 16 to
Barisal, Patuakhali and Mongla. They were given directives to purchase
food and other necessary items for distribution in the affected areas.
The selection of the upazila/areas where emergency aid is to be given,
if required, would be done jointly by the government authorities and
our partner organizations there.
