SHAH ALAM, 24 Sept: The Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, performed the sacrificial slaughter and the aqiqah 1436H at the Tengku Ampuan Jemaah Bukit Jelutong Mosque.
He arrived at the mosque at about 8.15 am while wearing a green Baju Melayu and yellow Samping to carry out the Aidiliadha prayers led by the Selangor Mufti, Dato’ Seri Utama Diraja Mohd Tamyes Abd Wahid.
Also present was the Chief Minister, Mohamed Azmin Ali, the Director of the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (JAIS), Datuk Haris Kasim and state Exco members and Assemblymen.
Soon after the prayers and sermon titled “Sacrifice with sincerity” delivered by the Selangor Mufti, His Royal Highness met the people before leaving for the slaughter site before departing.
In similar developments, the Aqiqah and Sacrifice Project Director, Hadarul Haswat Abdul Ghani, 53, was honoured that the Sultan was willing to perform the sacrifice this time at the Bukit Jelutong Mosque.
He said that the mosque-goers were pleased to welcome His Royal Highness by making preparations before the arrival of Aidiliadha with the participation of 200 volunteers to skin the meat.
“His Royal Highness’s cow was chosen and bought from Malacca. We estimate that we can get 200 to 300 kilogrammes of meat and HRH was happy to see this,” he told Selangor Kini.
This year, 24 cows were slaughtered and 22 of them were sacrificed while 2 were used for Aqiqah.
The participation of over 100 parishioners at a price of RM600 per portion and RM4,000 per cow.
He added that this is the third year that the mosque is holding the sacrifice ritual and the Aqiqah.
“The previous year, there were 27 cows, but this year we limited it because of lack of time.
“We are still accepting applications, but had to refuse and advise them to perform the ritual elsewhere,” he said.
NS
