Sunday 15 May 2022

Muis arranges qurban to be performed in Australia for 2022

A total of 54 mosques in Singapore will offer their services to facilitate qurban in 2022, the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore has announced.

For the third year running, no livestock will be imported into Singapore. However, the SalamSG Korban – a committee under the SalamSG Movement (SSGM)* – will be working closely with local mosques to arrange for the ritual to be performed in Australia and for the chilled meat to be flown to Singapore and distributed to sohibul korban**.

To better facilitate booking and payment for qurban this year, the SalamSG Korban team will introduce a one-stop registration portal for prospective sohibul korban to book and pay for their qurban at any of the participating mosques.

At the portal, sohibul korban can select the mosque which they intend to book and purchase their qurban from and view pricing – ranging from S$350 to S$370 this year. They can then determine the portion which they intend to collect (either 1/3, 2/3 or the full portion)***, and see the remaining qurban availability at each participating mosque****. Sohibul korban may also walk-in to participating mosques to make their booking and payment via physical counters.

Booking and purchase of qurban meat closes on 1 July 2022, subject to availability on a first-come, first-served basis. Payment can be made online via PayNow, debit card or credit card. An e-receipt will then emailed to the individual. Cash payments can only be made via physical counters at participating mosques.

Distribution for the qurban meat will begin on 14 July and end on 7 August 2022. Sohibul korban will be informed of their qurban meat delivery by the mosques which they made their booking from. They may also contact the mosques directly to enquire on their purchase.

As part of the SSGM’s theme of Reinvigorate Salam. Radiate Blessings. (Suburkan Salam. Sebarkan Rahmah.), qurban this year aims to manifest the spirit of gratitude projected by the community during Ramadhan to Dhulhijjah by distributing qurban meat to the less privileged. This act also illustrates the joy of gifting and spreading hope and happiness to all families and individuals, including the underserved.

As such, the beneficiaries of qurban meat this year will go beyond zakat beneficiaries such as the poor and needy and will include families of inmates as well as transient workers. As per last year, mosques will mobilise their befrienders and volunteers to distribute qurban meat following prevailing safe management guidelines.

*The SSGM is a new initiative put together by Muis and the mosques to rejuvenate mosque programmes and rally the Muslim community to enliven their religious life, both physically and virtually. This year, the movement will be piloted from Ramadhan 1443 until the religious ritual of qurban in Dhulhijjah. SSGM was launched at Masjid Mujahidin on 2 April 2022 by Minister, Prime Minister’s Office and Second Minister for Education and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr Mohamad Maliki Osman.

**Sohibul korban refers to Muslims who opted to perform the korban ritual.

***This refers the portion of qurban meat which the sohibul korban intends to collect. Uncollected meat will be pooled and distributed to beneficiaries.

****Mosques and appointed vendors participating in this year's modified Korban, must comply with the food safety requirements of SFA for the importation, storage and distribution of meat products. Standard operating procedures will be adopted, observing high hygiene standards, staggering distribution and collection slots, strictly following prevailing national safety measures and guidelines.

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Check the process flow for qurban 2022, or view the list of participating mosques here.