Last night after the Isya prayers at the surau, I went for a Tahlil session for somebody who had passed away earlier in the day due to diabetes. He was eighty years old. When I got home, it was almost 10pm. That's how it is living in a village. Everybody seems to know everybody. If you are a regular at the surau, you get to attend to these things. Off course the Tahlil session is a matter of contention. It was never a practise in the holy prophet's time. It is not in the Quran nor in the Hadis but it is widely practise in this country. How it all started I do not know. I used to avoid attending them but I found it impossible to keep avoiding. So, nowadays, I attend them and once in a while, I even have to be the lead.
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