Minister of Religion Nasaruddin Umar appealed to officials, especially within the Ministry of Religion, not to use state facilities for personal gain ahead of Lebaran 2025.
"Towards the momentum of Eid, I appeal to officials not to use state facilities for personal gain. If you go home, just use a private vehicle," said the Minister of Religion in Jakarta, Wednesday, March 12, as reported by ANTARA.
The Minister of Religion explained that since he first became a state official, he had stated that he would not use state facilities for personal purposes such as official cars and official houses.
"For 12 years as an official at the Ministry of Religion, including as Director General and Deputy Minister, I have always been careful in using state facilities, such as not using official cars for personal purposes, including bringing family or relatives," he said.
"In fact, I chose not to stay in the official residence, for fear that my personal guests would use state facilities such as electricity and water," he said.
The Minister of Religion gave an example from the story of Khalifah Umar bin Abdul Aziz who turned off the lights in his office when his son came to the office with personal matters.
Because according to Umar bin Abdul Aziz, the lamp was funded by the state and he did not want to use state facilities for personal gain.
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The Minister of Religion also reminded that in this life what is actually needed is not abundant assets or high positions, but blessings. He emphasized that wealth means nothing if the family does not get blessings.
"What is the point of wealth if our family has problems, children fall into drugs, wife cheats, or lives full of disease? It's like hell before time," said the Minister of Religion.
The Minister of Religion said that there is a hadith stating that every meat that grows from illegal goods can only be cleaned by hell. It was even mentioned that anyone who eats haram food, the prayers will not be accepted for 40 days.
"If we eat what is haram every day, in vain our prayers. How is it possible for our child to become a pious child if the food he consumes comes from the haram?," said the Minister of Religion.
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