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The Prophet’s birth commemoration in Singkawang

Monday, 06 February 2012, 00:02 WIB
Antara/Fikri Yusuf
The Prophet’s birth commemoration in Singkawang
Madiun in East Jawa, also commemorates maulid or the birth of the Prophet Muhammad PBUH on Sunday, by holding a parade.
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REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SINGKAWANG - A great number of people reaching tens of thousands participated in a parade to commemorate the Prophet Muhammad`s birthday in Singkawang on Sunday morning. The estimated three-kilometer long parade started the activity from Singkawang grand mosque in the Merdeka road and passed through several major roads in the city which is known as the "thousand-pagoda" city.

The parade was conducted by the Islamic-holiday committee in cooperation with the local government. The Prophet Muhammad SAW (Peace be Upon Him) was born in the year 610 A.D. in Mecca in a noble Quraish family and known to his compatriots as Al Ameen (the Truthful).

In the meantime, thousands of Muslims in Pontianak, capital of West Kalimantan province also carried out a parade in commemorating the Prophet Muhammad`s birth day on Sunday.

The city`s Muslim Defenders front chairman, Ishak Almuntahar said that the parade was participated in by around 40 Islamic organizations including some Islamic boarding schools.

Editor: Yeyen Rostiyani
Source: Antara
Ibnu Abbas r.a. berkata, "Rasulullah telah menetapkan miqat (tempat mulai berihram haji atau umrah), yaitu bagi orang Madinah di Dzul Hulaifah, bagi penduduk Syam dari al-Juhfah, orang Najed dari Qarnul Manazil, orang Yaman dari Yalamlam, itu semua bagi mereka dan bagi orang-orang yang dari tempat-tempat itu walaupun bukan penduduk tempat itu, yang akan ihram haji atau umrah. Adapun orang-orang yang tempatnya lebih dekat ke Mekah dari tempat-tempat itu, maka ihramnya dari tempat tinggalnya (dalam satu riwayat: dari mana saja ia datang). Begitulah, sehingga penduduk Mekah berihram dan talbiyah dari Mekah."(HR Bukhari)
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