Siti: It was a real challenge to have a baby
SONGSTRESS Datuk Seri Siti Nurhaliza Tarudin said one of the biggest challenges in her life was trying to conceive a child, reported
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Siti Nurhaliza, who is now mother to five-month-old Siti Aafiyah, said that she and husband Datuk Khalid Mohd Jiwa tried for 11 years for a child.
“I tried everything to get a child, modern medicine, traditional ways, and lots of prayers. I had to also stop working while pregnant and that was one of the sacrifices I had to make,” she said.
She said that she was grateful that her wish for a child was finally granted and added that the Hari Raya Haji celebration yesterday was more meaningful due to the presence of her child.
“For this year, I was able to share my earnings (rezeki) and distribute
korban (sacrifice) to a few places.
“And this year is special because I can provide a few sections (of the korban) for Siti Aafiyah,” she added.
> Harian Metro reported that unsuspecting customers had purchased gold jewellery mixed with other metals instead of pure gold.
They only found out they had been duped when trying to pawn their jewellery.
A woman, who only wanted to be known as Fatin, 38, said she exchanged a pair of gold bracelets and necklace, priced at more than RM2,000, at a shop in Kepala Batas, Penang.
When she pawned the gold a few months later, she was shocked to be told that it was not pure gold.
“I did not suspect anything as I had bought them at a well-known shop,” she said.
Malaysian Islamic Economic Development Foundation (YaPEIM) director-general Datuk Abibullah Samsudin said its Ar Rahnu YaPEIM pawnshops nationwide had encountered some 400 cases from 2000 to June last year, with com- bined losses of RM400,000 to the customers. Many customers were deceived because fake gold resembles pure gold, he said.
Fake gold is gold mixed with other metals, he explained.
“There is a syndicate behind it and it targets people who do not have sufficient knowledge about gold,” he added.