A Muslim cleric in Bareilly has issued an advisory that cleng of mosques should not be done with an alcohol-based stizer.
Maulana Shahabuddin, the General Secretary of All India Tanzeem Ulama E Islam on Thursday issued an advisory to all the mosques under its wing against the use of alcohol-based stizer for cleng the holy place.
"The cleanness of the mosques hold great importance for us. Government has issued a guideline to stize the place. Stization means washing. With respect to the order we have issued advisory to ensure cleanliness of the mosques using surf (detergents) and other means," said General Secretary of All India Tanzim Ulema E Islam.
"Cleng of mosques should be done using proucts like detergents, shampoos, certain chemicals etc. as the use of alcohol (alcohol-based products like stiser) is forbidden in Islam," Shahabuddin said.
People who are coming to mosques should take all precautions for the prevention against coronavirus, Shahabuddin added.
( With inputs from ANI )