PRAISES and prayers for the Prophet filled Rantau Bais, a village located by the river. A man was heard chanting the Taharum prayer from a suluk (seclusion) house especially designed to remind the residents to perform prayers.

Unlike previous days, on that particular day the local residents packed the Rantau Bais suluk house. The village women were busy preparing food in the front yard; some stirred the rendang and others prepared mutton soup an