‘No need to go to such extremes’: Azalina tells Hadi to drop ‘Dajjal’ label in CSA criticism

‘No need to go to such extremes’: Azalina tells Hadi to drop ‘Dajjal’ label in CSA criticism



Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said said there are many other words one can use to express disagreement. — Bernama pic


Summary

• Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said criticized PAS president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang for using the term "Dajjal" to describe the confidence and supply agreement (CSA) between Bersatu MPs and the government, suggesting that milder language could have been used.
• Hadi likened the agreement to a Dajjal, a deceiver in Islamic belief, for its potential coercive power, prompting concerns about national unity from Langkawi MP Suhaimi Abdullah.
• The CSA, signed by Bersatu MPs and Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's government, grants access to development funds and commits to reforms limiting the prime minister's tenure and separating legal roles.

First Published: Wednesday, 04 Nov 2026 3:03 PM MYT



KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 4 — Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said said PAS president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang could have found better words than “Dajjal” to voice his opposition to the confidence and supply agreement (CSA) between Bersatu MPs and the government.

The Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) said this when asked about Hadi’s statement yesterday, in which he likened the CSA to the Dajjal, The Star reported.


“There are many other words one can use to express disagreement. There is no need to go to such extremes,” she was quoted as saying after officiating a forum on Asian insolvency reform here today.

“From what I understand of the definition of the Dajjal, it is a figure who will appear towards the end of times, before the Day of Judgment.

“Does he know when the Day of Judgment will come? God knows best. I certainly do not know,” she was quoted as saying.

In Islamic belief, the Dajjal is a great deceiver whose appearance is regarded as one of the major signs that the Day of Judgment is near.


Separately, Langkawi MP Suhaimi Abdullah told the Dewan Rakyat today that the comparison was grave and harmful to national unity. Suhaimi is one of six Bersatu MPs who signed the CSA.

“How can we (as a nation) foster unity if opposition MPs are labelled ‘Dajjal’? This is unfortunate,” he said while debating Budget 2027, Free Malaysia Today (FMT) reported.

Suhaimi added that his children had asked him about the Dajjal.

“I said I wasn’t sure and that I was looking into it,” he reportedly said.

In his statement yesterday, Hadi said Prophet Muhammad had warned that several lesser Dajjals would appear around the world before the great Dajjal emerged, FMT reported.

“A CSA is Dajjal-like as power is no longer regarded as a trust that must be upheld for the benefit of all, but instead becomes a means of coercing others to ensure the government remains in power,” the Marang MP was quoted as saying.

Bersatu MPs led by party president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin signed the CSA with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s government on October 29. Independent Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman also signed it.

Under the agreement, the signatories gain access to the constituency development funds that government MPs have received for the past four years, FMT reported.

In return for their support, the government commits to two reforms before the end of the parliamentary term: limiting the prime minister’s tenure and separating the roles of the attorney-general and public prosecutor.