Grand Mufti moots fund to support soldiers serving on border

RIYADH – Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti and President of the Council of Senior Scholars Sheikh Abdulaziz Al-Asheikh urged private firms, banks and businessmen to donate generously to support the soldiers who are safeguarding the Kingdom’s southern borders. He called on financial firms to create a fund in order to support the soldiers as well as families of the armed forces personnel who were martyred on duty, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Speaking in a weekly radio program, Asheikh issued a religious edict (fatwa) that jihad with wealth is virtuous than jihad with soul. He also called on all universities and higher education institutions in the Kingdom to follow the example of Imam Muhammad Bin Saud Islamic University, which announced giving admission to all children of the martyred soldiers without any conditions or restrictions.