Posted on 04/01/2024 11:03:19 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A mosque in the town of Kajang has issued an apology to its congregants after sounding the evening azan (Islamic call to prayer) four minutes early.
During the month of Ramadan, Muslims refrain from eating and drinking from dawn to dusk, and break their fast once the azan for mahgrib prayers is sounded.
The mistake at Prima Saujana mosque on March 30 meant that some of the residents in the township in the Malaysian state of Selangor broke their fast prematurely.
The mosque's administrator, Mohamad Asri Harun, explained in a statement on March 31 which was reported by Malaysian media that the blunder was a result of a "technical error".
He added: "We have referred this matter to the Selangor State Department of Islamic Religion and have been informed that those who (relied) solely on the Maghrib call to prayer from the Prima Saujana Kajang Mosque to break their fast on that day that their fast is void and needs to be replaced."
Muslims who are judged to have invalidated their fast have to make up for the day of the fast before the next Ramadan arrives.
Apparently, if you don't perform the fact during Ramadan, you have to make up the fast day after Ramadan.
Pagans
In apology the mosque held a feast of Carolina barbecued pork to break the fast.
Pretty bad when they have to call them to prayer
Oh please, fast my ass, they pig out all night and sleep all day. That’s the gaping loophole the press never mentions. They were most likely still stuffed and groggy when the “prayer” noise started. The prayer times change every day anyway so what’s 4 minutes?
Their moon god will be very angry. Very angry indeed.
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