JAKARTA - History today, nine years ago, February 25, 2017, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) emphasized that a village could be guilty of refusing to bury the bodies of fellow Muslims. MUI also asked for the banners not to bury the bodies of supporters of religious blasphemy to be removed.
Previously, the 2017 DKI Jakarta gubernatorial political contest was heated. This condition was because Ahok slipped his tongue using the letter Al Maidah 51. He was then considered a blasphemer. A thing that later made his supporters condemned.
The 2017 DKI Jakarta gubernatorial election is considered full of drama and political tension. All because Basuki Tjahaja Purnama's (Ahok) desire to lead Jakarta again is considered a step closer to reality. Ahok is seen to have excelled in various survey series.
All of this is because Ahok's achievements in leading Jakarta are considered outstanding. Ahok was able to improve the bureaucracy of the government. He was also able to make the government more sensitive to the interests of Jakarta residents.
The problem arises. Ahok made a blunder. He once invited the people of the Thousand Islands to choose according to their conscience. The problem is that Ahok actually slipped the sentence not to be lied to with the letter of Al Maidah 51. A letter that confirms to Muslims not to choose leaders from non-Muslim circles.
Ahok's video clip went viral everywhere. Ahok is considered to have disrespected Islam. This condition makes Ahok like a common enemy of Muslims. Many Islamic defense actions are held everywhere. In fact, the movement of resistance against Ahok also encroached on political affairs.
Ahok's supporters in the DKI Jakarta gubernatorial election were hit by the rubber. The narrative emerged because banners containing messages rejecting the salat of the bodies of Muslim supporters of religious defamation appeared in various areas of Jakarta.
The problem with the banner then became a polemic. Many regretted that political affairs were dragged into the religious realm.
"Even if there are banners, we regret the existence of the banner. Yes, politics, it must be political. If you want to talk about education, education is good in the mosque. If it is for political practice, it is not good. The mosque, if it has sided with one (candidate), it is not funny, it is not called a mosque," said the Head of the Protocol and Public Relations Section of the Istiqlal Mosque, Abu Hurairah Abd Salam, as quoted by lamansuara.com, February 24, 2017.
MUI also spoke out on February 24, 2017. They asked the public not to immediately link a person's political choices with religious issues. MUI also regretted the existence of banners rejecting the salat of Muslim people.
MUI revealed that the matter of salating the body for Muslims is a fardu kifayah. The narrative is because if there is no one who salates the body of Muslims in a residential area, then one village will be guilty.
"Taking care of the dead, which includes bathing, shrouding, praying, and burying, for a Muslim is a fardu kifayah. This means that if no one carries it out, all people who are mukim or living in the area are guilty," said Deputy Chairman of the MUI Zainut Tauhid Sa'adi as quoted by lamandetik.com, February 25, 2017.
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