KOTA BARU – Issues regarding the teachings of “Asmaul Husna Wan Maseri”, which is alleged to be deviant from Islam, will be referred to the National Fatwa Council for further evaluation and decision, said Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Ahmad Marzuk Shaary.
Marzuk said the matter had been raised and discussed several times during the department’s post-cabinet meetings.
He said initial information found that the teachings of Asmaul Husna Wan Maseri deviated from the beliefs of Ahli Sunnah Wal Jamaah.
“As we know, each state government has the power to issue a fatwa on a teaching, whether it is misguided or not.
So far, the teaching is alleged to have surfaced in Pahang, and a fatwa on it has been issued as a deviation from Ahli Sunnah Wal Jamaah,” he told reporters here today.
It is understood that the teachings allegedly founded by Professor Dr Wan Maseri Wan Ahmad has been declared as heretical and misleading in Terengganu, Negri Sembilan and several other states.
Marzuk said his ministry wanted to advise communities, which are not aware of any such teaching being taught, to be careful.
“The individual who is said to be spreading this teaching is also no longer a PAS member. She has been sacked even though she had been a candidate in the previous general election.”
He said the Federal Territories Mufti Department and Malaysian Islamic Development Department’s faith division has been entrusted to obtain more information from the individual concerned. – Bernama, December 12, 2020
