Kelantan PAS Youth has suggested that Pakatan Harapan sit out the state election if it truly respects the words of Syeikh Wazir Che Awang Al-Makki, who said that attempting to unseat a just government was forbidden (haram) in Islam.

Never mind that Harapan, with or without the blessings of the ulama, has made little headway in the PAS stronghold, holding just one of the 45 seats in the Kelantan state assembly.

State PAS Youth chief Firdaus Nawi now argues the coalition should make an even smaller electoral footprint - by not contesting at all.

"If it is true that PMX (Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim) and Harapan take Sheikh Wazir's recommendation seriously, now is the time to translate that respect into tangible political action.