PAS will no longer remind its members who decide to quit and join Amanah about their bai'ah (loyalty oath).

The Islamist party’s secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan said PAS wants to forget about the whole thing and said it is leaving it to those who quit to be accountable for breaking their oath.

"PAS will close the book on the bai'ah issue; we don't want to prolong it.

"They (PAS members who jump ship) have sworn to Allah, witnessed by men. If they feel the bai'ah is not applicable, then we (PAS) leave it to Allah," he told reporters at Kongres Rakyat today.

He also said lawmakers or assemblypersons who quit PAS need not vacate their seats as they swore to do, as they could not be legally compelled to do so.

"It’s ok if they don't resign. No one can force them to, even though they have made a promise, but in terms of morals, they will be affected," the Kota Bharu MP said.

Takiyuddin said PAS will also not drag any of its members who leave the party to court.

PAS parliamentarians and assemblypersons are required to swear an oath of loyalty after each election.

It varies from state to state, with Kelantan and Terengganu PAS’ oath being the most controversial due to the inclusion of a divorce clause.

The clause states that those who betray the party by jumping ship are divorced by their wives with ‘talak tiga’, a situation in which the couple cannot easily remarry.

However, Amanah man Mujahid Yusof Rawa ( photo ) argues that the whole oath can be rendered null if it is PAS who betrayed its members.

Amanah was set up by progressive former PAS leaders who were booted out from the party's leadership in this year's muktamar (general assembly).