Religious scholars have criticised the action of opposition MPs in reading the qunut nazilah prayer after Machang MP Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal was suspended from the Dewan Rakyat for six months as making a mockery of the practice.

A scholar from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Abu Hafiz Salleh Hudin, said the opposition’s use of qunut nazilah was alarming as it deviated from the original purpose of the prayer.