UMNO AGM | As rising costs of living continues to bear down on the people, an Umno minister has sought to temper the situation by citing history.

Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Hamzah Zainuddin said "the issue of rising costs of goods has been ongoing since Prophet Muhammad's time."

He cited a hadith recorded by Abu Daud, in which the friends of the Prophet beseeched him to fix the price of goods.

Muhammad then responded: "Allah is the One who decrees prices, Who takes and gives, and He is the provider. I hope that I will meet Allah with no one among you making any claim against me concerning issues of blood or wealth...