YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia - The bodies of Shuhada's (martyrs) do not decompose, and remain intact, this was the theme discussed in a book review event for the book titled "The Miracle of Shaheed", the miracle of the bodies of Shuhada's from the medical point of view. Taking place at Masjid Al-Mujahidin, the complex of the Yogyakarta State University Campus, on Thursday, 2nd June 2011.

Hundreds of listeners from among men and women enthusiastically followed the discussion on the theme which presented two speakers, namely Ustadz Fuad Alhadzimi, former Imam of Masjid Al Hijrah Tempe, Sydney, Australia and Dr. Wahyu Alamsyah, from the medical surgical resident of the University of Gajah Mada (UGM).

The event started at eight in the morning with the first speaker, Dr. Wahyu, who explored how a body of the dead goes into the process of decay. He described how the body of people who die will begin the process of decomposition, or the degradation of the body due to the process of autolysis and the activities of micro-organism. Maximum of five days, the body of the dead will begin to rot, followed by other processes such as inflated stomach, enlargement of the scrotum and etc. as described in the book that was reviewed.

This doctor who works at the UGM also related a little about the experience of another doctor whom he knows while treating a dead body. It was told that a doctor abroad received a body of the dead, then the doctor tried to examine it, but he heard a faint sound of the adzan (call to prayer), the doctor then took the stethoscope and placed it on the chest of the janaza, it turned out that the sound of the adzan came from the janaza. The doctor then summoned other health professionals to help him check, apparently the other health professionals also heard the same thing. After informations were sought, it was found that the corpse was someone who, during his life, served as a muadzin (caller to prayers), the man was never late for solat and always going to the masjid.

When telling this, Dr. Wahyu paused for a while and shed his tears.

Doctor Wahyu explained that the process of the decomposition of the corpse takes place through the works of the microbes, a creature named microbe which Dr. Wahyu described as the "forces of Allah" to degrade or decompose the corpse until it is destroyed."But strangely, this command on the microbes to destroy the bodies does not apply to the bodies of the Prophets, Shuhada's and the people who memorize Al-Qur'an," Dr. Wahyu explained.

The event then continued to the next session with the second speaker, Ustadz Fuad Alhadzimi. Ustadz Fuad, a former imam of a masjid in Sydney, Australia, first presented the images of people who had died shaheed on the battlefield in a short film. Footages of commander Khattab (Chechnya), Sheikh Ahmad Yassin and Abdul Aziz Rantisi, as well as Yahya Ayyash (Palestine), Sheikh Usamah bin Ladin, as well as some photos of other Shuhada's, including those from Indonesia. Ustadz Fuad began with an explanation on the virtues of those who die shaheed, jihad, as well as other explanations which he ended by the time when the adzan for Zuhr prayer reverberated.

As an additional information, the book “The Miracle of Shaheed” was authored by Dr. Abdul Hamid Al Qudhoh, he is an expert on the science of microbiology.

[muslimdaily.net]

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