Thursday, November 12, 2009

Shocking Discovery - Part 1.

11.11.2009 I had a shocking discovery about the Mosque under construction in Kampong Raja Uda. For the time being I would not blog the event and the subject matter as it involve the Authorities and I may contempt.

I would revert to the subject matter once it is in the hand of the Authorities and let all actions takes it course.

Sometimes it doesn’t pay to be smart. No matter how smart the squirrel jump, one fine day it would drop.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Kereta dah Mati.

On 5th.June 2009 the Mosque newly elected Nazir with another man OTK went to Raja Nazri house and insisted that the Van Jenazah to be handed to the Mosque Committee which comprised of mostly PAS members. The Van Jenazah actually belong to the Saham Wakaf Kampong and does not expense or utilize any cents from the Mosque coffer. The first in Malaysia, a Toyota Estima was bought from donations and the sale of the previous Toyota Lite Ace Van Jenazah. Raza Nazri by himself arranged for the philanthropies and the purchase with Pantai Holdings. The Saham Wakaf Kampong got the Van Jenazah duty free and arranged all formalities with JPJ. The Van Jenazah would be park at the Mosque compound for safety and the convenient of any of the kampong residents. It is the pride of the kampong residents when it is written on the Van body as Masjid Kampong Raja Uda.

After the successful takeover, the Nazir appointed OTK to be the Driver and he was flapping his wings within the kampong that the new Mosque Committee had taken complete custody of the Van Jenazah.

The kampong residents was astonish with the takeover especially members of the Saham Wakaf. The Nazir realizing his mistake passed over the Van Jenazah to JKKK under the custody of the Ketua Kampong. Another blunder made. The Driver remains the same person and the charges were to his whim and fancy without abiding to the amounts stipulated by the Saham Wakaf Kampong. The Van normally being washed at the Petronas Station but now OTK diverted to another Wash Car belongs to a PAS member. Haji Mazlan the owner of the Petronas Station has been kindly donating all petrol expenses of the Van Jenazah. At least OTK should give Haji Mazlan due respect.

God knows where all the Van Jenazah revenue being deposited. The Van Jenazah has its own separate account and from the monthly Bank Statement that Raja Nazri still receiving indicating nil entry. They can’t even abide to simple accounting procedure. If it goes into the Mosque account then I believe it contradict to simple accounting procedure.

On 30 September 2009 during the Mosque Annual General Meeting the kampong residents brought up the issue of the Van Jenazah. The Ketua Kampong was confronted and he promised to return the Van Jenazah back to the Jawatan Kuasa Saham Wakaf Kampong. The kampong residents requested it to be minute but up to this date the Van Jenzah is still under his custody. A subject on this matter was included in the kampong residents Memorandum to the Royal Highness the Sultan of Selangor.

It was shocking that the road tax of the Van Jenazah expired on 16 October 2009 and nobody of the Mosque Committee, the JKKK, the Ketua Kampong or even the Driver himself realized. I wonder how they are going to renew the insurance and road tax. This road tax is exceptional, only JPJ can issue due to its special status as Van Jenazah. Like it or not, they still have to refer to Raja Nazri. Do they have the guts and face? Only shameless specimens would do it and the question is who? That’s the problem when one simply accepts responsibilities without considering the risks.

What if the Van Jenazah met with an accident when the insurance had expired? Who is going to bear the damage? The Nazir? The Ketua Kampong? It is most unlikely that the Traffic Policeman would stop the Van Jenazah but still it is an offence and due to their stupid overlooked, the whole kampong residents bear a very bad reputation. That’s the problem when status does not go along in tandem with knowledge and taking responsibilities. If you want to do something, does it properly otherwise don’t do it, give it to someone who can do it.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

He did it again.

He never learnt and he did it again and again he fumbled. Subhanallah. The entire three Imams was absent during the subuh prayer on 9 November 2009. The Bilal attempted to put up Ali Termizi to lead the subuh prayer but the Nazir overruled and he lead the subuh prayer instead. He is the Nazir and the highest ranking Mosque Officials available. He fumbled during the doa qunut when he read the verse only meant for himself not for the makmum that he lead. He does not know the difference between “Allah hu ma dini” and “Allah hu ma dina”. Dini when you pray alone and dina when you become an Imam. He has got a long way to learn about the simple Arabic vocabulary applicable in the daily prayer.

Syukur alhamdullillah he did not perform the sujud sahwi as he had done sometimes in August 2009 when he fumbled the surah Al Baqarah during one Maghreb prayer. On this instance he did not even know that he had made a mistake.

After the prayer, some makmum just stood up and walked off. The Nazir recited the after prayer doa, paused several times and one of the makmum had to coach him to proceed. Finally only one or two hard core follower remained to amin his doa. He just made a mockery of himself and the talk of the kampong. I wonder when he ever learnt.

Not known to many including the Nazir, Ali Termizi prefers to remain at low profile and avoid exhibitionism. In actual fact Ali Termizi is more qualified than the existing four Imams. That’s a fact and he has certificates as proof. The present Chief Imam was once his makmum and many of LPK personnel can testify.

To become an Imam is not a plaything. The responsibilities are great and one must be knowledgeable. If one is not well verse with the criteria to be an Imam, don’t try to do it. It is a question of blessing and sins of the makmum that one is leading. When it becomes an issue it creates unnecessary “fitnah” and “tohmah”, eventually a sin on the beholder. Why want to create such when one can just leave the Imam Job to someone knowledgeable?

I would never be an Imam because I know the level of my capabilities and what more the responsibilities. Some Ustaz who frequent the Mosque to deliver the “Ceramah Ugama” always leave to the local Imam to lead the prayer. These people are religiously learned but they very well know the responsibilities lies. To be an Imam especially in the Mosque is not like playing hide and seek. What if immediately after one becomes an Imam, someone requested to perform a tahlil or suddenly a jenazah appeared? As an Imam the responsibility is on you.

Two days Imam intensive course at JAIS does not qualify someone to be a capable and reliable Imam. Of late someone with long tail serban putih and kopiah tajam can claim to be an Imam. Impersonating as big time ulamak and a Haji look who frequent Mekah. These people have not even reached Bangkok what else Mekah?

An Imam must be someone receptive to the makmum, so that the Jemaah can pray in tandem for the sole sake and with pure intention to face Allah in His house. In simple term, an Imam is the Leader at any time when we face Allah during prayer in the Mosque. If the Leader screwed up, the makmum followed suit.

Before we want to be an Imam, please for goodness sake evaluate ourselves whether we meet the criteria as required to be an Imam. Do the makmum accept me? I am free of “dosa besar”? My pronunciations of the Holy verses are correct? Slight deviation of pronunciation would lead to different meaning. Most of all, we must know the “sunat” and “wajib” in accordance with Imam Shafie subject on prayer that we adapted.