Zahid had expressed the request to the mosque committee to name the mosque after his mother-in-law Salmah Yahya and father-in-law Khamis Dalip, who have both passed away.
“This month we will witness the floating mosque being built,” he said.
He said Malacca chief minister Idris Haron and others had asked about what name to give the mosque. “I have never discussed this or mentioned it to my wife (Hamidah Khamis),” he said. “I have asked the committee to name the mosque the Salmah Khamis Floating Mosque.”
Zahid was speaking at a graduation ceremony for the 2015 Sekolah Menengah Imtiaz Ulul Albab Huffaz Aqso Programme. The mosque is located close to the school. Construction is expected to be completed in 30 months.
He thanked former chief minister Mohd Ali Rustam and others who had helped his family in the effort to have the mosque built.
— BERNAMA