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Sunday, December 31, 2006 @ 11:56 PM

aidiladha is a goat's favourite day & nasi briyani lovers

Usually before the Aidiladha Prayer, we do a thing called the Takbir. It is usually said out loud in unison.

And in most masjids, it is usually done...

a) by having one dedicated guy on the mic saying the Takbir to encourage everyone to recite together or

b) riskily pass a portable mic around to give other folks a try at it.

Its quite simple, you say ''Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar ... La ilaha ilallah. Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, Walillahil Hamd''.

That is essentially it. There are some ''bonus Sunnah'' versions of this but this is the basic one that everyone does.

Typically, when people pass the portable mic around they continue in the same melody & style as the congregation. But there is always this one guy that sounds like his vocal chords were coarsely mutated in a radioactive explosion or something because when the mic somehow lands in his hands, the nice melodic & serene atmosphere grinds to a halt and Aidiladha is turned upside down!

Masjids needs to ban people like the above right by making an official Aidiladha Takbir Blacklist. Horrible vocal chords can unnecessarily ruin Aidiladha for many people. If the person beside you is awful & its his turn to have the mic then do whatever it takes to destroy the microphone.