Korban to be held on Feb 3
By Rosli Abidin Yahya

Due to the announcement made by the Religious Affairs Ministry that Hari Raya Aidil Adha will fall on Monday February 2, the Masjid Kg Sungai Hanching Takmir Committee said that its Korban religious activity will now be moved forward a day where it will now take place on February 3 and not on February 2.

The secretary of the Takmir committee, Hj Mohd Zaide bin Hj Damit said the Korban ceremony would take place at the compound of the Masjid Kg Sungai Hanching.

It will be officiated by the adviser of the Takmir committee, Dato Paduka Hj Suyoi bin Hj Osman, the Deputy Minister of Education.

He said livestock such as goats, cows and buffaloes will be slaughtered and distributed to relatives and friends of the Korban participants as well as Muslims attending the ceremony.

Able Muslims all over the world perform the Korban rites as an act of worship on specific days, the first, second, third and fourth days of Hari Raya Aidil Adha.

More than 1,400 Bruneians joined an estimated 2 million haj pilgrims from all over the world to the Holy Land for what is considered as a journey of religious duty required to be performed by able Muslims once in their lifetime.

The first batch of the pilgrims is expected to return home from February 8 onwards.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin