Posted : December 05, 2006 -
IPOH: The Rufaqa' movement portrayed former al-Arqam leader Ashaari Muhammad
as orang tuhan (Man of God) who claims to have the ability to postpone the time
of death of a dying person, said Perak Fatwa Committee chairman Datuk Seri
Harussani Zakaria.
In announcing that the committee has declared the movement as having gone
against the teachings of Islam, he said the committee made its decision after
studying the contents of the Rufaqa' teachings found in a CD and a book.
Harussani, who is also Perak mufti, said yesterday that the presenter in
the CD who calls himself Mejar Abu Zar claimed that Ashaari had the power to
transfer the illness of a person to another.
He noted that the Rufaqa' movement had similarities with the al-Arqam
movement banned in 1994.
“Rufaqa' used the same terms like Abuya, and its followers were former
members of the banned al-Arqam,” he said.
Rufaqa' members were also trying to recruit new members, he added.
“As such, the committee has decided to declare Rufaqa' as having deviated
from akidah (teachings) of Islam. The decision will be gazetted and made into a
fatwa (decree),” he said.
Harussani said the Rufaqa' movement had surfaced here and in Manjung,
where it had started several businesses.
On Sept 12, the National Fatwa Council made a decision to ban the Rufaqa'
movement.
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