A CONDOLENCE message from the Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah’s Student Representative Council (MPP UMPSA) for one of its fellow students who recently passed away found itself in hot soup on Threads.
R. Kesavaraaj, a third-year student from Chemical Engineering Technology and Process Faculty in Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah passed away on Nov 10.
The council (MPP UMPSA) posted a poster with its condolence message described his death as ‘kembali ke rahmatullah’. The Malay phrase means return to the mercy of Allah.
Another line in the message reads: ‘Semoga rohnya dicucuri rahmat, ditempatkan di kalangan orang yang beriman dan beramal soleh’. In English, it means: May Allah shower His mercy upon his/her soul and place him/her among the believers and the righteous.
A Thread user who used the handle @monolog.kopi tagged the university and highlighted that the MPP UMPSA was slow in removing the post.
Responding to this, one @taufiksharipp suggested that MPP UMPSA prepared two condolence templates, one for Muslims and another for non-Muslims.
Threader @capella_adhara83 described those who posted the message as a lazy person who copy pasted to get their job done.
Hajah Geena Samin (@sheislladyg) pointed out that the error was probably due to lack of proofreading. She also provided an alternative text that can be used on a condolence message for non-Muslims.
Mr. Sol (@solihynramly) casted doubts over the quality of the students’ assignments and theses due to the error in the condolence message.
Two Threads users Aqil Pasha (@m.aqilhanidi_04) and AA (a.azt86) questioned the usage of the term ‘rahmatullah’.
Preacher Khairudin Hassan (@ustadkhai) and another Threader (@fp.exe_) questioned whether the deceased is a Muslim. The latter pointed out that there were Indians who converted to the Muslim faith but retained their Hindu names.
Threader @monolog.kopi confirmed that the deceased was not a Muslim.
A representative from MPP UMPSA (@mryamjais) meanwhile took note of the matter. – Nov 13, 2026
Main image credit: Threads/@monolog.kopi
