KUANTAN – The Pahang government today announced several relaxations on religious activities to be held at mosques and surau, including tazkirah (religious lectures) and other educational gatherings.
Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail said that the previous regulations only permitting maghrib and subuh lectures have now been expanded to include sessions before dhuha and Friday prayers, as well Quran and Fardu Ain classes.
Apart from that, also allowed are the Tafaqquh Fid-din classes organised by the Pahang Foundation in collaboration with the Pahang Islamic Religious Department, recitation of yasin and tahlil, and serving meals after lectures and educational gatherings.
“The move has been approved by the Regent of Pahang Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and is effective today until further notice, depending on the current situation of the Covid-19 pandemic,” he said in a statement today.
He added that the relaxation also covers the number of attendees allowed at marriage ceremonies at mosques to follow capacity, compared with only 20 people allowed previously. Children aged seven and above are also allowed to perform Friday prayers and daily obligatory prayers.
Wan Rosdy added that other matters related to the existing standard operating procedures, such as wearing face masks, physical distancing, and bringing one’s own prayer mat, should continue to be practiced.
“Hopefully, with these relaxations, we can all perform worship more comfortably, further enlivening our mosques and surau,” he said. – Bernama, March 19, 2021
