MURTAD: Selimah Mat buried according to Buddhist rites

KANGAR: A Malay woman who died in Kampung Guar Musang, near here, on June 12 was buried according to Buddhist rites in the village.

This followed the Perlis Religious Affairs Department’s decision that the woman, Selimah Mat, 78, was no longer a Muslim at the time of her death although her identity card states her religion as Islam.

Perlis Syariah High Court judge, Zaini Abd Rahim when met by Bernama today, confirmed that the woman did not profess the Islamic faith and could be buried according to Buddhist rites.

The younger sister of the deceased, Kiah @ Rokiah Mat, 75, claimed that when Selimah was 16, she was taken to Thailand by someone and returned eight years later with a three-year-old son.

Rokiah said her sister admitted to her of having married a Buddhist man.

“I had asked her to return to Islam but she remained non-committal,” she said.

Rokiah also claimed on having seen Selimah entered the Buddhist temple in the village to engage in religious activities like the other Buddhists in the village.

She said she had also seen a photograph of her sister and her husband in a Buddhist initiation ceremony for the couple’s son, Aisok a/l Elan, when he was 20.

Last Thursday, Aisok sought permission from the Mata Ayer police station, near here, to bury his mother according to Buddhist rites.

Aisok said his mother had before asked that she be buried and not cremated in the event of her death.
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Versi Bahasa Melayu:-

MURTAD: Selimah Mat dikebumi ikut amalan Buddha
KANGAR: Mahkamah Rendah Syariah di sini, semalam memutuskan mayat warga emas berketurunan Melayu dikenali Selimah Mat dikebumikan mengikut amalan Buddha selepas mendapati si mati tidak lagi mengamalkan ajaran Islam selepas berkahwin sejak 62 tahun lalu.

Mengikut laporan, Selimah, 78, adalah berketurunan Melayu berdasarkan identiti pada kad pengenalannya yang beragama Islam. Identitinya itu dikesan apabila anak lelakinya, Aisok a/l Elan, membuat laporan polis mengenai kematian ibunya di Balai Polis Mata Ayer, dekat sini, 12 Jun lalu.

Selimah dari Kampung Panggas, Chuping, dekat sini dikatakan dibawa lari ke Thailand dan berkahwin dengan seorang lelaki Thai berketurunan Buddha dikenali sebagai Elan ketika berusia 16 tahun serta menetap di negara jiran.

Bagaimanapun, si mati dikatakan pulang semula ke kampung halaman suaminya di Kampung Guar Musang, di sini dengan membawa pulang seorang anak perempuan berusia tiga tahun pada 1954 lalu.

Pasangan itu mempunyai dua anak iaitu Aisok, 53 dan seorang perempuan berusia 58 tahun.

Hakim Mahkamah Syariah, Zaini Abdul Rahim, menyatakan mahkamah berpuas hati dengan keterangan daripada pihak Jabatan Agama Islam Perlis (Jaips) berhubung status si mati yang sudah tidak mengamalkan ajaran Islam dan membenarkan pengebumian mayat wanita itu dilakukan mengikut amalan Buddha.

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