KUALA PILAH: Hari Raya Aidilfitri comes early for some 24 asnaf (eligible recipients of tithe) under the Senari Kariah Mosque here, when they received RM300 each from Negri Sembilan Baitulmal, yesterday.
Single mother, Roziah Bahaman, 50, said she was thankful for the assistance which she said would eased the burden of preparing for Raya celebration.
“I am grateful and overwhelmed by the kind gesture from people out there who are willing to help us, especially since Ramadan month has just started. This will definitely ease our burden.
“I plan to use the money to cheer up my three children by buying them new clothes for Raya. I will also allocate some of it to buy other items needed for Aidilfitri,” she said when met at the 'buka puasa' (breaking of fast) function at the mosque.
The aid was delivered by Yang di-Pertuan Besar Negri Sembilan, Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir.
At the function, 24 mosques - 17 under the Juasseh state constituency and seven under Senaling - also received RM2,500 financial aid each.
Apart from that, seven surau under Senaling Kariah Mosque also received RM500 assistance to be utilised throughout the month of Ramadan.
Also present were Tunku Ampuan Besar Negri Sembilan, Tuanku Aishah Rohani Almarhum Tengku Besar Mahmud and his majesty's two princes, Tunku Besar Seri Menanti Tunku Ali Redhauddin and Tunku Datuk Seri Zain Al-'Abidin, Negri Sembilan Islamic Religious Council secretary (MAINS) Datuk Kamal Amran and Kuala Pilah district officer, Syahrul Nizam Saleh.
Meanwhile, Kamal said more than RM70,000 have been distributed to asnaf in the state to help them with the preparations for Ramadan and Aidilfitri.
“For mosques and surau, we hope the aid will be used to organise various programmes throughout Ramadan such as Tadarus Al Quran and so on.” he said.