An elder brother of the late Datuk Dr Haron Din who was also a freelance preacher, Ustaz Ishak Din died at 5.41pm Monday while undergoing treatment at the National Heart Institute (IJN).

A younger sibling Datuk Abu Hassan Din Al-Hafiz confirmed this when contacted by Bernama here, Monday.

According to Abu Hassan, his brother's health deteriorated after undergoing a heart surgery at IJN last Friday.

"Ishak Din, 78, went into coma after the heart surgery," he said.

He said his brother's remains was brought back to his house in Taman Keramat here last night.

"The funeral prayers will be held at Masjid Al-Ansar Taman Keramat before he is laid to rest at Taman Keramat Muslim cemetery tomorrow morning," said Abu Hassan. - BERNAMA