S’gor ruler orders Mais to aid students hit by Putra Heights fire

Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah says financial assistance should also be channelled to non-Muslim students.

S’gor ruler orders Mais to aid students hit by Putra Heights fire

PETALING JAYA: Selangor ruler Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah has ordered the state Islamic religious council (Mais) to channel aid to all students affected by the Putra Heights fire through the Darul Ehsan Islamic Foundation (Yide).

According to a Facebook post by the Selangor Royal Office, the ruler also decreed that the Selangor Islamic Community Infak Fund be used to enable the foundation to channel aid to the affected students, including non-Muslims.

“His Royal Highness has ordered that mosques, especially those near the area, be prepared to be used as temporary relief centres for the victims involved.

“His Royal Highness also ordered that obligatory congregational prayers be carried out as usual in mosques and not be postponed as long as the mosques are used as these centres,” said the office.

Sultan Sharafuddin also instructed the Selangor zakat board to tally those whose properties were destroyed or damaged for the purpose of channelling appropriate aid.