MUI's Latest Fatwa: Animals Affected By FMD With Mild Symptoms Legit For The 2022 Eid Al-Adha Sacrifice

A number of cattle cattle in the middle of the Medan-Banda Aceh road in Krueng Sabee District, Aceh Jaya, in May 2019. (Antara)

SUMUT - The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) of Medan City, North Sumatra (North Sumatra) appealed to the community, especially Muslims in the region to be more careful in choosing animals to be sacrificed on Eid al-Adha 2022. )," said Medan City MUI chairman Hasan Matsum, quoted from Antara, Tuesday, June 21. The MUI has issued Fatwa Number 32 of 2022 regarding guidelines for the implementation of sacrificial worship during PMK epidemic conditions. mild clinical symptoms, such as mild blisters on the nail crevice, sore conditions, no appetite and drooling more than usual, the law is valid as a sacrificial animal.

"Although in terms of the validity of the qurbani according to the fatwa, it is still legal, but we urge the Medan MUI to avoid it. Because mild symptoms are symptoms of disease," he said. "In addition, it must also meet the requirements in accordance with the fatwa that we issued related to the PMK fatwa," he said.

According to him, the Medan City Government also needs to give an appeal to the public not to make animals infected with FMD even with mild symptoms, as sacrificial animals, in anticipation of the spread of FMD in the Medan City area. Therefore, the Medan City Government should advise not to be used as sacrificial animals," he said.