SHAH ALAM - The late Tun Dr Hasmah Mohamad Ali spoke at length about God, the afterlife and the Day of Judgement during her final meeting with the wife of Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi at her residence last week.
Ahmad Zahid shared this when he visited the late Tun Hasmah's residence to pay his last respects.
According to Ahmad Zahid, the meeting touched on various memories from the past, as his wife, a member of the Wives of Ministers and Deputy Ministers Welfare and Charity Organisation (Bakti), had the opportunity to have a lengthy conversation and reminisce with the late Tun Hasmah.
“Coincidentally, my wife had visited the late Tun Hasmah last week. They had a lengthy discussion and, as Bakti members, reminisced about the past.
“My wife told me that she spoke a lot about God, as though she knew she would be leaving us forever,” he said on Monday.
Earlier, Tun Hasmah passed away at the National Heart Institute (IJN) in Kuala Lumpur, her son, Tan Sri Mokhzani Mahathir, said.
It is understood that Dr Hasmah, 100, died at 9.20am.
Ahmad Zahid added that his family also felt the loss of the late Tun Dr Hasmah.
“We also pray that her family will be given strength and that the late Tun Hasmah will be placed among the faithful, insya-Allah,” he said.
Commenting on her passing and the loss to the country, Ahmad Zahid described it as a tremendous loss.
“This is a great loss because she was the First Lady for 22 years. We certainly feel her loss deeply, as she contributed greatly, particularly to women and Bakti members,” he said.