SHAH ALAM – The imam of Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Mosque, Abdul Karim Omar, has tested positive for Covid-19.
He announced the news during an Instagram live session with celebrity and humanitarian activist Nur Heliza Helmi and her sister Nur Hazwani Afiqah yesterday.
Karim, also a renowned qari, said he was currently being treated at Sg Buloh Hospital, while his other family members who also tested positive for the illness are being treated at the Covid-19 quarantine and low-risk treatment centre at Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang.
He said that he went for the screening test upon receiving information that a friend whom he met recently was unwell and confirmed positive for Covid-19.
He was also experiencing breathing and sleeping difficulties, as well as a dry cough, before he tested positive for the virus.
Karim advised Muslims not to take the pandemic lightly, maintain compliance with the standard operating procedures stipulated by the government, and continue to recite zikir to remember Allah.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Seri Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri prayed that Abdul Karim would quickly recover.
“I humbly pray to Allah to grant my beloved brother a quick recovery, protection, and blessings,” he said in a video uploaded to his Instagram account today. – Bernama, January 19, 2021
