September 1, 2023

The imam in Kampung Perupok, Wakaf Bharu, here, had time to tell his son to continue serving the mosque if he is invited by God one day.

Those words were voiced by the late Ismail@Yunus Yusof, 73 who is also the imam of At-Taqwa Mosque, yesterday morning to one of his children before he died in a road accident in Kampung Delima, Wakaf Bharu, last night.

His wife, Harison Mahat said, her husband also apologized many times to another imam who served in the mosque as if he knew the time had come.

"Yesterday morning, my late husband had a message to his daughter to always keep this private mosque of ours in case one day she is called by God and I didn't think that was his last message.

"This mosque was inherited from my husband's late father and many activities are carried out here including lectures, al-Quran study classes for children and adults and many other religious things," he said when met at his home here today.

In the incident at 9.30 last night, the deceased was riding a motorcycle on his way to his nephew's house not far from the residence to participate in Hajat prayers.

He was said to be riding a motorcycle on the side of the road against the current before being hit by a car and died at the scene.

Harison said, at the time of the incident, he was at the children's home in Melaka and found out about the news through a family member who contacted him before continuing to leave last night.

"The last time we met and talked was last Wednesday morning before I left for Melaka and after the morning prayer that day, I greeted him and asked for forgiveness.

"I felt moved to apologize that day and jokingly told forgive my mistake because I didn't know who would 'go' first and my husband just smiled.

"In the evening before leaving for Melaka, I also had time to cook lamb leg soup for him and saw him eating it with relish," he said.

The deceased was safely buried at the Mukim Waqf Delima Islamic Cemetery, here, at 11.30 this morning.

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