MUFTI, JAKIM ETC ETC AND FINALLY YAPIM TO ENDORSE "SUMPAH LAKNAT"

On Aug 15 2008, Saiful's "SUMPAH LAKNAT" was witnessed by several people including reporters and media photographers. That fulfills the criterion for presence of witness according to Nakhaie Ahmad, head of Yayasan Dakwah Islamiah Malaysia.




No need for special witness at Saiful's swearing rite, say Yadim head

BUKIT MERTAJAM( Aug 25, 2008) : The "sumpah laknat" (swearing in the face of divine retribution) by Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan was valid and there is no need for any quarters to raise trivial and technical issues with regard to the rite like the need for a special witness, says the president of the Yayasan Dakwah Islamiah Malaysia (Yadim), Datuk Mohd Nakhaie Ahmad.

He said Mohd Saiful's willingness to make the "sumpah mubahalah" (swearing in the name of God) indirectly showed that he was in the right and that the accused should do the same to prove that he did not commit the offence as alleged.

Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim who was accused by Mohd Saiful in June of sodomising him, has until today not taken up the challenge from his 23-year-old former aide, to swear whether the allegation was true or not.

Anwar, instead, has given various excuses, including claiming that the swearing rite was not in accordance with Islamic teachings.

Nakhaie, however, said the presence of Mohd Saiful's father, Azlan Mohd Lazim, when he took the oath was sufficient.

"They didn't need to appoint a special witness to hear the oath because even during the time of Prophet Muhammad, the Prophet took along his family when he made a 'sumpah mubahalah', not as witnesses but to prove a truth," Nakhaie who was in Sarawak, said when contacted by Bernama today.

"The Prophet did not go alone but had brought along his loved ones because if what he swore was untrue, divine retribution would befall his family," he explained.

He said Mohd Saiful's way of making the "sumpah laknat" was in order and complete, and should not be disputed by any quarters by bringing in trivial matters which did not affect the rite in the first place.

Furthermore, he said, when Mohd Saiful took the oath at the Federal Territory (FT) Mosque in Kuala Lumpur on Aug 15, it was witnessed by several people including reporters and media photographers.