Kelebihan Khatan

Kelebihan Khatan

Kulit yang berlebihan pada hujung zakar mempunyai iklim yang amat sesuai untuk pertumbuhan kuman kerana ia sering cedera, lembap dan bersifat menakung. Ia menakung kotoran saki baki air kencing dan menghasilkan longgokan putih dan berbau busuk yang dikenali sebagai ‘smegma’. Smegma ialah najis yang membatalkan air wuduk dan sembahyang. Smegma juga menjadi faktor penyebab jangkitan kuman pada zakar seperti phimosis, paraphimosis atau balanitis. Dalam keadaan yang serius, ia menyebabkan kesakitan yang teruk dan kesukaran membuang air kecil.

Kajian telah membuktikan bahawa bayi yang berkhatan mempunyai 10 kali lebih rendah kadar risiko jangkitan kuman salur kencing berbanding mereka yang tidak berkhatan. Jangkitan kuman salur kencing pada kanak-kanak kecil adalah serius kerana tanpa rawatan ia akan merosakkan fungsi buah pinggang dan mengakibatkan kuman tersebar ke seluruh tisu badan.

Berkhatan juga mampu mengurangkan risiko penyakit kanser terutama kanser zakar, prostat, serta kanser serviks (pangkal rahim) dan payudara kepada wanita. Telah dibuktikan bahawa kuman yang dinamakan Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) adalah antara faktor pencetus kanser serviks di kalangan wanita. Kuman ini didapati berlindung di bawah kulit hujung zakar dan dipindahkan kepada wanita semasa persetubuhan. Terdapat kajian menunjukkan jika semua lelaki berkhatan, maka sebanyak 20 peratus kadar kejadian kanser serviks boleh dielakkan. Virus sama juga boleh mencetuskan kanser payudara.

Kajian pemerhatian turut menunjukkan risiko kanser zakar rendah di kalangan mereka yang berkhatan, lebih-lebih lagi bagi mereka yang berkhatan pada umur kurang dari satu tahun. Hasil dari kajian ini, ramai orang bukan Islam juga mengamalkan khatan. Kajian di beberapa negara Eropah menunjukkan lelaki yang berkhatan mempunyai kadar risiko kanser prostat dua kali lebih rendah. Kejadian kanser ini ada hubung kait dengan penyakit kelamin di mana lelaki berkhatan mempunyai risiko yang rendah untuk mendapat penyakit tersebut.

Para peserta khatan yang terlah di'khatan'kan

Pada 28 Mac 2007, Pertubuhan Kesihatan Sedunia (WHO) telah mengeluarkan kenyataan penting berkenaan kaedah pencegahan kuman HIV. Kenyataan itu berbunyi, ‘kajian saintifik telah membuktikan tanpa sebarang keraguan bahawa lelaki berkhatan mengurangkan kadar perpindahan kuman virus HIV kepada wanita atau isteri. Seeloknya, berkhatan dilakukan sewaktu berumur lebih kurang satu tahun kerana kadar risiko dan komplikasi prosedur lebih rendah’. Berkhatan juga telah mula diamalkan di negara yang berisiko tinggi akan jangkitan HIV seperti di beberapa buah negara di benua Afrika.

Sumber :http://mdspsjaipp.wordpress.com/2010/11/22/khatan-tradisional-mdsps-2010/

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Berkongsi Ilmu

Salam sejahtera kepada semua pembaca...

Sudah masuk dua bulan saya tidak mengemaskini blog saya. Tapi saya akan cuba sedaya upaya untuk pastikan blog ini tidak ditelan arus begitu sahaja...insyaallah. Baiklah..sekarang sudah masuk bulan Oktober 2011..kalau tak salah saya, blog ini secara rasmi sudah 2 tahun ditubuhkan. Memang rasanya macam sekejap sahaja...pejam celik, rupanya dah 2 tahun.

Dikesempatan ini, saya ucapkan terima kasih daun keladi kepada mereka yang datang singgah dan membaca blog ini. Secara kasar, apa yang saya tulis di dalam blog ini adalah dari pandangan saya sendiri. Ia bukanlah hasil tulisan orang profesional ataupun pakar. Jadi, saya hanya tulis berdasarkan apa saya dengar, baca, lihat dan rasa .....

Saya mendapat beberapa email dari rakan-rakan bukan melayu yang ingin mengetahui mengenai berkhatan. Terima kasih. Mungkin ini juga cara terbaik untuk saya memaklumkan kepada rakan-rakan 1 Malaysia yang lain mengenai kelebihan berkhatan. Insyaallah, saya akan cuba tuliskan beberapa artikel ringkas mengenai adat berkhatan, kelebihan dan pandangan saya mengenai berkhatan di dalam bahasa inggeris pula.

Jadi, blog yang saya tuliskan ini bertujuan untuk pendidikan dan rujukan. Mungkin ada yang kurang selesa, tulisan saya sedikit sensitif...tapi saya rasa ramai pembaca di sana sudah maklum..ia hanyalah bertujuan untuk memberikan pendidikan dan informasi kepada umum.

Insyaallah...bulan November dan Disember sudah mula tiba. Jika ada para pembaca yang ingin berkongsi mengenai majlis berkhatan disini...amatlah dialu-alukan.

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Ramadhan datang lagi...

Salam buat semua pembaca,

Dalam diam tak diam, tak sangka rupanya blog saya kini berusia 2 tahun. Saya ucapkan terima kasih kepada semua para pembaca yang sudi menjenguk blog saya ini. Mungkin maklumat yang ada di dalam blog ini masih belum lengkap, tapi sedikit sebanyak boleh memberikan informasi kepada kalian semua.

Sebagaimana diperkatakan dahulu, blog ini diasaskan untuk berkongsi ilmu dan maklumat. Saya hasilkan blog ini atas usaha untuk mempertahankan tradisi yang semakin lama dilupakan. Jadi, ia boleh dijadikan bahan arkib untuk generasi akan datang kelak. Sedikit sebanyak, generasi akan datang masih lagi tahu apa itu berkhatan secara tradisional.

Baiklah, bulan Julai sudah hampir sampai ke penghujungnya. Bulan hadapan adalah bulan Ogos dan tahun ini Insyallah, kita akan berpuasa pada bulan Ramadhan. Jadi, dikesempatan ini saya ucapkan selamat berpuasa kepada semua muslimin dan musliman, dan semoga amalan ibadat kita diterima oleh Nya.

Blog ini mungkin sedikit kurang aktif dalam 2 bulan ini, kerana saya terpaksa mengehadkan masa menulis saya, dan juga lazim mengetahui sekarang bukanlah musim berkhatan. Jadi, mungkin ada beberapa entri saya akan lampirkan dari laman-laman web lain sebagai rujukan kalian semua.

Saya masih berharap kepada para pembaca yang mempunyai apa sahaja makluman mengenai amalan berkhatan tradisional untuk berkongsi bersama saya. Tidak kira lah amalan masyarakat melayu, Jawa, Bugis atau apa sahaja. Semoga ia bermanfaat untuk generasi akan datang. Baiklah, kita berjumpa dalam entri akan datang, dan anda dialu-alukan untuk "add" Facebook saya di jariemas84@gmail.com.

Kali ini blog saya ditampilkan dengan wajah yang baharu. Sekadar beralih angin dari wajah lama.

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When is the best time to circumcise ?

This is a copy article from Ismail Clamp, It useful as a reference for parents who plan to circumcise their sons:

Circumcision can be done on any age group. Infant circumcision is cheap and convenient, but as outlined below age group between 5 years to puberty is the best time to carry out circumcision

a. Infant circumcision (form birth to 3 months)

Practiced by certain group of Muslims mainly in Arab countries. In some Western countries

particularly in The United States of America, routine infant circumcision is the norm.

For Jews , the 8th day is a must.

b. 3 months to 5 years

Circumcision in this age group should be avoided because

i. Child can localize and feel pain, and can remember it too.

Ii. Child may not understand the reason for his circumcision

c. 5 years to puberty

This age group forms the majority of circumcision practiced by Muslims. In certain

countries (Malaysia, Indonesia), group circumcision (form five to a few hundred

participants) with elaborate ceremonies are still being held. For reasons outlined below,

this age group seems to be the best time to conduct circumcision.

i. The child understand reasons for undergoing circumcision and will also be able to

face the pain and discomfort of

circumcision.

Ii. Unlike infants, child is already toilet trained, and problem of fecal matter soiling

circumcision wound does not arise. Child also able take care of circumcision wound.

iii. Sociologically ideal, because after circumcision, the child will acquire adult status,

and will be rewarded and welcomed within the adult circle.

iv. Medically, this is the best time to perform circumcision, because the size of penis is

not too small, easier to judge where to make the cut, and the growth spurt of

puberty will further tighten the penis.

D. Adult and adolescent

Circumcision for this age group, doesn’t pose much problem because patient understand

the reason for undergoing circumcision and circumcision is usually done voluntarily. The

main drawback is awkward feeling of genital being handled, and to explain long duration of

absence from work. If news of the circumcision leaks out. It may cause embarrassment to

some.

Conclusion : Most of the people circumcised during their childhood. My opinion, during child hood, they can understand what is circumcision about and of course, it is symbol for them to enter adulthood life. For those who are against circ, they think that this is child abuse. But, for Malay, circumcision is a culture & related with the Islamic religion. We can accept child circumcision...

For me, circumcision is not abusing. It is a step for boy to understand how life is. Beside on healthy reason, circumcision is more than that. As a world members, we need to understand other people culture and respect each other! I'm sure we can have better life in the future.

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Cuti sekolah kembali

Salam sejahtera buat semua pembaca...

Sebenarnya saya tak pasti blog yang saya tulis ini mempunyai pembaca ataupun tidak. Jika dilihat dari bilangan pembaca, jumlahnya agak ramai. Tapi dari segi komentar, rasanya macam tiada pula.
Tapi itu semua tidak penting. Sedikit sebanyak apa yang saya tuliskan di dalam blog ini boleh dijadikan "arkib " saya, yang mana dapat saya gunakan untuk pada masa akan datang.

Baiklah para pembaca budiman, agak lama jari jemari saya tidak menaip blog ini. Bukan tidak mahu, cuma agak sibuk dengan urusan kerja. Ada juga yang bertanya, apakah kerjaya saya? Saya ini kerja "makan gaji" sama dengan majoriti masyarakat Malaysia yang lain. Cuma, jika ada kelapangan, saya akan menceburkan diri dalam bidang penulisan buku yang mana sudah sinonim dengan saya sejak saya kecil lagi.

Mungkin pertanyaan diatas lebih bersifat peribadi. Kembali ke topik utama, nampak gaya cuti sekolah sudah bermula. Ya, cuti pertengahan tahun. Lazim mengetahui, apabila cuti menjelma, sudah pastinya akan ada banyak keraian yang dibuat seperti majlis perkahwinan, doa selamat, kenduri arwah, hari ulang tahun serta tidak terkecuali majlis berkhatan.

Jadi, dikesempatan ini saya ucapkan selamat berkhatan buat adik-adik yang akan menempuhnya. Buat ibubapa, jadikanlah ini satu pengalaman menyeronokkan - menjaga anak-anak yang baru berkhatan. Mungkin anda boleh kongsi pengalaman anda melalui blog saya atau di dalam Facebook saya.

Oh yer, ada juga teman-teman blogger bertanya, tidak ada kajian ke untuk cuti kali ini. Jawapan ringkas saya, tiada. Bukan apa, cuti pada bulan Jun ini hanyalah 14 hari. Tidak banyak organisasi yang ingin mengadakan majlis secara besar-besaran. Kebetulan pula, saya mempunyai beberapa undangan kenduri perkahwinan rakan karib yang tidak dapat dielakkan.

Baiklah, buat semua yang bercuti, selamat bercuti!!

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Headline: I turned from boy to man

CIRCUMCISION is a rite of passage for boys in the kampung. DR ZULHISHAM GHAZALI recalls the day he faced the Tok Mudin. IT was November 1972, exactly 37 years ago during the year-end school holidays. Our father came home one day and told us we would be going back to our hometown the next day, and with that I began my journey to becoming a man. I had always loved going back to the kampung to meet our grandmother, Tok Chah, and the cousins. We could play amongst the rubber trees and help our aunt, Mak Andak, tap rubber, or go to our grandmother's padi field. We could climb manggis (mangosteen) trees and swim in the tandop (water locks). There were so many things to do.

But this time, our father also had something planned for me. We took a taxi from our Taiping home the next day for Kg Bujang. The first night in Kg Bujang, mother told me. "Lusa hang masuk jawi tau! (You are going to be circumcised the day after next)." I nodded in agreement. I often heard stories about how people masuk jawi but I didn't know what it was all about. "Bapak! Masuk jawi tu lagu mana bapak? (Dad, how were you circumcised?)" I asked father. "When you masuk jawi that means becoming a big person... we Muslims must masuk jawi," he said. "Depa buat lagu mana bapak?Ada kawan cek kata depa kerat kote kita.Ya ka bapak?" (How do they do it, father? My friend said that they cut our penis. Is it true, father?) "Nah... the Tok Mudin will just cut a bit of skin of the front of your penis," father reassured me. "Does it hurt?" "Just a bit. Just for a while... then everything will be fine." I nodded slowly. But in my mind, all sorts of thoughts went racing by. They were going to cut it? A lot of it or just a bit? What would they use? A knife? Parang? Scissors? I started feeling a bit scared. What if I cried and embarrassed myself in front of the kampung folk? My uncle Pak Tam smiled at me, displaying a row of white teeth against his dark skin. Pak Tam was a soldier, just like my father. He had just come back from serving in the Congo. "You are in for it Sham," he said with a smirk. "I'm going to ask the Tok Mudin to cut the whole thing off and throw it to the chickens to be eaten," he said. "I'm not scared Pak Tam," I retorted. "My friend already masuk jawi and he said they don't cut the whole thing off... you are trying to scare me, aren't you?" Pak Tam let out a huge guffaw, slapping his thighs. My other older relatives burst out laughing as well.

Later, my aunt, Mak Cik Jah, and uncle Hashim arrived from Alor Star, my two cousins in tow. Grandfather's house became noisier with children playing all over the yard. On the third day, mother woke me up early in the morning. Father, Pak Tam and Uncle Hashim were having coffee and kuih. They asked me to take a bath at the well outside. It was bone-chillingly cold. At 8am, Tok Chah's entourage stepped out. All the girls were left behind. We headed to the house of Tok Ngah Arop, Tok Chah's brother. The ceremony would be held there because three of his grandsons would be circumcised. There were a lot of people there. There were three sheds with wooden floors to serve food to the visitors. It would also be used for the berzanji and marhaban readings. Beside the house was the gedohoak (cooking tent) and I saw rubber wood fires burning. White rice was being cooked and I saw villagers cutting up beef and mutton for the kenduri. The khatan ceremony was often as grand as a wedding ceremony. The women would be in the kitchen sorting out the cakes given by the neighbours. The whole place smelled of home-brewed coffee made from freshly roasted coffee beans. I was carried up to the house. We gathered in the living room.

There were two banana trunks placed there. In the background were five mats for us to lie down on after the ceremony. Above them were five rafia string hanging from the ceiling. This was where we would be staying for the next two to three days. As we entered the house, two old timers sitting there had to have their say. "You guys are in for it. The Tok Mudin is coming with his axe to cut off your little birdies," one said. "No... actually not an axe, he'll be using a wood saw," said the other. The whole house erupted in laughter. We five skinny boys turned pale. We were on the verge of tears. For an hour there was some tension. Then we heard cries from the compound. "The Tok Mudin has arrived... the Tok Mudin has arrived. Let's catch whoever has not been circumcised and circumcise them together with the five." The children who had been making a ruckus in the yard scattered. We saw the figure of the Tok Mudin from where we sat. He was a tall man with a big moustache He wore a kain pelikat with a green money belt, the kind pilgrims use when they go for the haj. He had on a tall songkok and a blazer and walked like a Panglima Perang. Behind him was a younger man carrying a bag filled with the tools of his trade. As he stepped into the living room, the five of us cowered. "So who's going first?" asked the Tok Mudin. There was silence. Then Tok Ngah Arop said, "Bani will go first, then Sham. "OK. Bani come here. Come and sit on this banana trunk. The others turned and looked the other way. All of us hoped that Bani wouldn't scream. "Sham, it's your turn now," said Pak Tam. I thought to myself. How could it be so fast? I didn't even hear Bani cry out. "Sit on the trunk," said the Tok Mudin. Pak Tam held me from behind and asked me to look up. Pak Tam asked me to read a prayer and he whispered a prayer in my ear. "What standard are you in?" "Standard Four, Tok," my voice trembled. Suddenly I felt a sharp pain. Pak Tam tightened his grip on me. "Bear with it. It's almost done," said Pak Tam. "It's done. Carry him to the sleeping place," said Tok Mudin. It was over in two minutes. Bani was smiling as I was laid down next to him, his kain pelikat suspended like a tent with the string from the ceiling. When all five had been circumcised, the Tok Mudin took his leave. There were other kids to be circumcised in the next village. The five of us were starting to feel the pain. Our penises were wrapped in a bandage known as a kundang, which was a gauze of coffee powder, spices and honey. The worst part was taking off the bandage.

For a week, warm water was dripped on the bandage to loosen it. It finally came off on the 10th day. I was happy it was all over. I couldn't wait to start Standard Five with my new status as a "grown up". In my 15 years of working as a general practitioner, I have circumcised 500 to 600 boys. Today, it is rare to find parents organising elaborate ceremonies like in my childhood.

Source : NST

Lain Orang Lain caranya..

Salam Sejahtera,

Sedar tak sedar sudah masuk bulan April 2011. Ternyata masa berlalu begitu pantas sekali.Oh yer, sekadar berkongsi, saya baru sahaja pulang dari Jogjakarta, Indonesia. Sebenarnya saya pergi melancong bersama rakan-rakan. Semasa dalam perjalanan saya ke Solo, saya ternampak beberapa papan tanda bertulis " Juru Supit Bogem". Mungkin ramai yang tak tahu. Sebenarnya ini adalah panggilan kepada Tok Mudim di Jogja.

Masyarakat Jawa masih lagi berpegang teguh kepada tradisi lama. Perkhidmatan Bong supit masih relevan. Ada ibubapa yang masih mahu anaknya dikhatankan secara tradisional. Saya tak berkesempatan menemuramah juru supit ini atas faktor masa.Cuma sempat melihat beberapa alat khatan ( atau khitan) di muzium Keraton. Jogja. Berkhatan di Indonesia, dasarnya masih sama. Cuma, kaedah lama di sini tidak menggunakan batang pisang, sebaliknya kanak-kanak akan dipangku oleh bapanya semasa proses berkhatan.

Jelas disini, bahawa kaedah berkhatan sebenarnya berbeza mengikut tempatnya. Ada tempat menggunakan batang pisang, ada pula tidak. Setiap tok mudim pun ada caranya tersendiri. Sepanjang kajian, saya sudah bertemu dengan dua orang tok mudim. Ternyata setiap antara mereka ada cara tersendiri. Ada tok mudim yang mengkehendaki kanak-kanak telanjang semasa proses berkhatan, ada pula hanya memakai kain pelikat. Ada juga tok mudim menggunakan cecair bius khas, ada pula yang menggunakan air jampi. Saya pernah mendengar cerita seorang kawan, yang mana beliau dikhatankan di atas tin minyak masak ( dulu kan minyak masak dalam tin). Tok Mudim yang mengkhatankan beliau tidak menggunakan sebarang bius, tetapi menggunakan bacaan tertentu ketika proses berkhatan. Ujar beliau, memang sakit, tetapi sakitnya hanya sekejap. Proses penyembuhan tak sampai pun 10 hari.

Jelas, lain tempat lain caranya. Inilah menjadikan budaya dan adat berkhatan unik sekali. Ada pandangan luar mengatakan bahawa mengkhatankan kanak-kanak adalah penderaan. Tetapi hakikatnya ia bukanlah begitu. Ini kerana budaya berkhatan sebenarnya sudah sebati dalam masyarakat kita. Berkhatan secara tradisional asasnya menjadikan kanak-kanak lebih berani menghadapi ujian pertama mereka, sebelum mereka melangkah ke alam yang lebih mencabar yakni alam dewasa.

Kesimpulannya, masih terlalu banyak lagi perkara yang saya perlu terokai. Saya amat mengalu-alukan kepada para pembaca yang mempunyai pengalaman berkhatan ( terutama dengan Tok Mudim) boleh berkongsi dengan saya. Insyallah, perkongsian ini akan menjadi permulaan bagi kita mengekalkan budaya tradisi turun temurun ini.

jariemas.