Prominent preacher Ismail Kamus buried in Taman Lembah Keramat

Prior to that, the body was brought to the As-Sobirin Mosque in Lembah Keramat at about 10 am for the funeral prayer, which was led by Minister of Environment and Water, Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man, who is also Pas vice-president.

Tuan Ibrahim, when met by reporters, advised those who could not attend the funeral prayer because of the Conditional Movement Control Order (MCO) to perform the “solat jenazah ghaib” (funeral prayer in absence of the dead) at their respective places.

“I I believe that friends in Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore, some places in Europe and the United States, who received information (on Ismail’s death), they too will perform the ‘solat ghaib’,” he added.

Tuan Ibrahim said he had a “very long' personal experience” with the preacher and regarded his death as a big loss to the Muslim community.

Meanwhile, Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister, Datuk Dr Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali, who was Ismail’s student in Islamic medicine at Darussalam, admitted to feeling lost with the passing of his teacher.

Ismail, 72, a Pas veteran, was admitted to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital on April 26 and on the same day, transferred to the Intensive care Unit (ICU) due to lung infection.

In May last year, the preacher, also the founder of of the Malaysian DarusSalam Islamic Medical Association, underwent heart surgery at the National Heart Institute.