FatwaKedahPrayer (Salah)
(SIRI 1/2020) ”PENANGGUHAN AKTIVITI KEAGAMAAN DI MASJID DAN SURAU NEGERI KEDAH DARUL AMAN KETIKA WABAK COVID-19 DAN PENGURUSAN JENAZAH COVID-19
How are religious activities at mosques and suraus in Kedah to be conducted during the COVID-19 outbreak, including Friday prayers and funeral management?
Short answer
To protect life, the Friday prayers on 20 and 27 March 2020 are replaced with the Zohor prayer at home, to avoid large gatherings.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Kedah State Mufti Department
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Irsyad Al-Fatwa
- Topic
- Prayer (Salah)
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
To protect life, the Friday prayers on 20 and 27 March 2020 are replaced with the Zohor prayer at home, to avoid large gatherings. Only mosque officers, the congregation committee and surau committee may call the azan and perform the obligatory congregational prayers, while observing hygiene and safety and carrying out cleaning operations as advised by the Ministry of Health. Other worshippers pray in congregation at home, and the azan wording includes a call to pray at home. The fatwa also recommends Qunut Nazilah, and COVID-19 deaths are handled according to the 107th National Fatwa Committee decision on Ebola-infected deceased.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Solat Jumaat pada 20 Mac 2020 dan 27 Mac 2020 hendaklah digantikan dengan solat fardhu Zohor di kediaman masing-masing
Read the full fatwa on the Kedah website (new tab)
How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
Kedah State Mufti Department. “(SIRI 1/2020) ”PENANGGUHAN AKTIVITI KEAGAMAAN DI MASJID DAN SURAU NEGERI KEDAH DARUL AMAN KETIKA WABAK COVID-19 DAN PENGURUSAN JENAZAH COVID-19”, date not stated. https://ifatwa.kedah.gov.my/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/3-PENANGGUHAN-AKTIVITI-KEAGAMAAN-DI-MASJID-DAN-SURAU-SIRI-1.pdf. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/religious-activities-mosques-kedah-covid-19/