As we’re all very familiar with, part of Eid al-Adha’s proceedings is to sacrifice either a sheep, cow, goat or buffalo.
With cows being the most common animal to sacrifice in Malaysia, we’re used to seeing normal-sized cows.
However, this year, a 1.2-tonne bull was recently chosen for sacrifice as its meat will be donated to 1,000 underprivileged residents of Bukit Kerinchi.
According to BERNAMA, the bull, affectionately known as ‘Gemuk’, was chosen for the sacrificial rites because it was the best, said Ikhlas Sdn Bhd chief executive officer, Ikhlas Kamarudin.
He said that Gemuk, of the Charolais breed, was estimated to have a market value of more than RM30,000 and was raised by Muhammad Bakri Bukhari, a farmer from Bera, Pahang.
“When Muhammad Bakri brought Gemuk home, he weighed only 600kg, but 4 years later he weighed a whopping 1.2 tonnes.”
“We chose Gemuk for the sacrificial rites this year because he is the best bull. The act of sacrifice is not just about the act of giving. It is also about giving our best,” he said after the sacrificial rites at the Ikhlasiah Mosque, Pantai Dalam.
Gemuk was named the King of Sado 2022 in the East Coast Sado Cattle Gathering 2022 earlier this month and was donated by an individual through Ikhlas, a digital Islamic lifestyle platform, to Ikhlasiah Mosque.
MAF Religious Corps (KAGAT) deputy director (Management), Brig-Gen Mohd Hamzah Adam, said that 26 cattle and four goats were sacrificed in the programme.
“Previously, during the Movement Control Order (MCO) last year, the sacrificial rites were only performed at abattoirs involving 18 cattle.”
He said this to reporters after the symbolic opening ceremony by the Chief of Staff of the MAF headquarters, Datuk Mohd Zakaria Yadi, who handed over a slaughtering knife to Mohd Hamzah.
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