Haron Din

Haron bin Din (Jawi: هارون بن دين‎; 18 August 1940 – 16 September 2016) was a Malaysian politician and Muslim cleric. He was the 3rd Spiritual Leader of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) from March 2015 after the death of his influential predecessor Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat to his own death in 16 September 2016.

Education Klang Islamic College (1962-1965) - Sijil Tertinggi Kolej Studies Diploma from Al-Azhar, Cairo (1966-1968) M.A. in Sharia from Ain-Shams, Cairo University (1972-1974) - Ph.D. in Sharia National University of Malaysia (UKM) bestowed upon him Professorship in the year 1986.

Politics PAS active member from 1974 PAS central committee member (1975-1983) Central Committee Chief PAS Scholar council Vice spiritual leader of PAS

Controversies

Allah word issue This particular issue tests the consensus of the ulema based party. Their top leaders including the likes of Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat and Abdul Hadi Awang, were supporting the word be used by Malaysian Catholics in their Malay version of the Bible. Haron however, opposed this idea by saying that it is an abomination for permitting such action. This caused a split in PAS as Haron was deemed as a prominent Islamic scholar. Haron stated that he did not agree to allow non-Muslim to use the word Allah.

Death Haron died on 16 September 2016 at the Stanford University Hospital in San Francisco, California, United States at the age of 76 after being in a coma.

Election results

Award Haron Din was awarded Darjah Kebesaran Dato Paduka Mahkota Selangor (DPMS) from Sultan of Selangor in 2016. However, his son received the award, on behalf of Haron Din, from Sultan of Selangor. He was also awarded posthumously special 'Maal Hijrah' award from Yang Di Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah for his contribution to Islam at national and international levels.

Other references Darussyifa