Renowned religious scholar Tariq Jameel suffers heart attack in Canada

OTTAWA, Dec 57 (SABAH): Renowned religious scholar and preacher Maulana Tariq Jameel has suffered a heart attack in Canada, his son Yousaf Jamil said Tuesday.

In a statement on the microblogging platform Twitter, the son said that following the attack, his father was shifted to the hospital.

“He is feeling better now, Alhamdulillah!” Yousaf said, asking the followers to pray for his father’s health. “May Allah grant my father health.”

In 2019, the prominent religious scholar also suffered a cardiac arrest and underwent a successful angioplasty in Lahore. Maulana Tariq Jameel underwent an angioplasty at a private hospital in the Punjab capital city. A stent was inserted in his heart to clear the blockage of arteries.

The popular scholar had also contracted the deadly coronavirus in December 2020, but he had fully recovered from the infectious disease.