What is the Kedah State Mufti Department's ruling on religious activities in mosques and suraus during the second Movement Control Order amid COVID-19?

Summary

The Kedah State Mufti Department ruled that only one mosque officer or Community Committee member may attend the mosque at each prayer time to call the azan. Other community members are to perform congregational prayers, remembrance and supplication at home. Friday prayers and obligatory congregational prayers in mosques and suraus are not permitted, and missing them under these circumstances is not sinful. The ruling rests on the duty to obey government directives, the preservation of life, and the fiqh maxim that preventing harm takes precedence over securing benefit.

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