Jais issues new rules for Friday prayers

The Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) has allowed the full use of the main prayer area and other available spaces in all mosques and surau which receive permission to conduct Friday prayers, following the consent of the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah.

Its director, Mohd Shahzihan Ahmad, said that the Selangor sultan also consented to the space between congregants being set at one metre apart.

“Following the latest consent of...