MUI's Strict Criticism Of Saweran's Action To Qoria When Reading The Al-Qur'an: Haram's Acts Of Langgar The Value Of Sociality

Chairman of the MUI for Da'wah and Ukhuwah Cholil Nafis. (ANTARA / HO-MUI)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) responded to videos circulating on social media about qoriah being screened by a number of people while reading the holy verses of the Qur'an. These actions violate the values of decency. "This is a wrong way and does not respect the assembly. Acts are haram and violate the values of decency. Stop events and actions like this," said MUI Chairman for Da'wah and Ukhuwah Cholil Nafis when contacted from Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Thursday, January 5. In a video circulating on social media, when qoriah is reading the holy Qur'an, someone then goes on stage and immediately turns Qori by throwing money around. Not long after, someone came again who did the same thing. Even the second man slipped money in his qoriah veil. Cholil emphasized that this act was very contrary to the verses of the Qur'an so it was appropriate to be criticized. He encouraged the ulama and the public not to reject it and not to consider it a tradition. "Mohon ulama dan tokoh masyarakat menolak ini dan jangan menganggap ini tradisi yang baik. jelas cara ini berlawan dengan ayat-ayat yang dibacakan qoriah," katanya. He advised that qariah could take a firm stance by stopping to read as a protest against actions that undermine the values of kindness and decency. "It must be prohibited by the committee and the qariah is taking the act of stopping reading as a protest, even her family can prevent it," he said. Contacted separately, MUI Deputy General Chair Anwar Abbas said a qori or qoriah may receive money if asked to read the Qur'an. However, giving money must be done in a beautiful and custom way. "Only the question is how to give it to the person concerned is it permissible in inappropriate and disrespectful ways? Of course it is not allowed, because we are expected to be able to respect qari and qariah as well as the Qur'an they read," said Anwar. He views the behavior of a person who retaliates by throwing money showing an arrogant attitude. This act, said Anwar, clearly contradicts Islam. "In the second man, it was seen that he put and slipped the money he gave into the headscarf used by the qariah. The action was clearly inappropriate because the qariah was not his mahram," he said.