Haron Din

Dato' Dr. Haron Din
3rd Spiritual Leader of PAS
In office 12 March 2015 – 15 September 2016
Preceded by	Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat
Succeeded by	Hashim Jasin
Personal details
Born	18 August 1940 Bohor Mali, Simpang Empat, Perlis, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Died	15 September 2016(2016-09-15) (aged 76) San Francisco, California, United States
Political party	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (1974–2016)
Spouse(s)	Khatijah Salleh
Relations	Hassan Din (brothers)
Children	Two sons and three daughters
Parents	Lebai Din
Occupation	Politician

Tuan Guru Dato' Haron Din (Jawi: هارون بن دين‎; 18 August 1940 – 15 September 2016) was the spiritual leader of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS).

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.
• He wrote a lot of books. Among them are "Man and Islam", "Islamic Education Philosophy","The Torch of Islam", "Tasawwur Islam", "Hudud in Islamic Jurisprudence" and many more.

Career

• Lecturer
• Professor
• Deputy Dean, Islamic Studies Faculty, National University of Malaysia (1977-1985)
• Syariah Advisory Panel, CIMB
• Syariah Advisory Panel, Bank Negara Malaysia
• Syariah Advisory Council, Security Commission
• Selangor Fatwa Council Member
• Assistant Director Syariah Advisory Council, Bank Pembangunan
• Chairman Syariah Advisory Council, RHB Bank
• Deputy Chairman Syariah Advisory Council, Public Bank Berhad
• Perlis Fatwa Avisory Council.
• Syariah Advisory Council, Muamalat Financial Consulting

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 for the likes of Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat and Abdul Hadi Awang, was rooting for the word to 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.^[1] Haron stated that he did not agree to allow non-Muslim to use the word Allah.^[2]

Death

Haron died on 15 September 2016 at the Stanford University Hospital in San Francisco, California, United States age of 76 due to coma. His body was buried at Five Pillars Farm, a Muslim Cemetery at 1761 Laughlin Rd, Livermore, California. Before his departure to the United States, he told his family and party leaders that he wanted to be buried in the country where he hold the last breath. Muslims believe in having a quick burial following death is the best and not putting the deceased and his family members in further suffering. His family executed to his wishes instead of flying the body on a long haul flight for customary burial on the home soil.^[3]

Award

Haron Din was awarded Darjah Kebesaran Datuk 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.^[4]. He also being 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.^[5]

Election results

Other references

• Darussyifa

References