http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_500931.html
after a long wait since 2000, 10 years to be exact. and today Allah bestow upon us the great news. Alhamdulillah. that a masjid is going to be built in the Jurong West area.
i wanna do a little flashback, may I? hehehehe.... when my family moved into Jurong West 15 years ago, we were very pleased to know that in that area, there was a little kampung masjid - Masjid Jalan Majapahit - where the roofs were still made of zinc. can you imagine how humbling it was, living in a concrete pigeon-hole and suddenly entering a masjid so kampung-like that it made me feel that i was transported to the fifties or sixties era? i loved it when it rained. back then the pitter-patter of the rain on the zinc roofs were music to the ears.
the dad was a masjid volunteer back then. slowly, he became the head of dawah affairs. so the masjid was like our 2nd home. i remember every Tuesday was our fiqh for muslimah class, then Wednesday was our tasawwuf class, then Sunday morning was our Kuliah Subuh, then Sunday afternoon was our tauhid class. I think Dad had another class in one of the other days. His Arabic class.
and mum used to bake cakes, little kuehs and what nots for every class that we went. fikir balik, wah rajin mak aku mwahahahaha...!!! and, mum even sold packed rice every friday. it was brought up in a meeting that the men who came to pray jummah usually dont have time to eat outside before returning back to work. so they usually returned back to office hungry after jummah. so mum offered to cook food and pack them and a full-timer at the masjid will collect them from our home which was, by the way, a walking distance from the masjid. and the men will finish their jummah prayers, buy food from the little makeshift stall, and sat around in the masjid eating packed food. that was a sight to behold, coz you have men in office clothes, men in uniforms, men in jubahs, men in all sorts of attires, sitting on the floor of the masjid, eating together. amazing,subhanallah. *i wish digital cameras were around back then, or maybe they were, but i had no money to buy hahahaha!!!*
and i think that was the cheapest packed rice those men ever ate for lunch hehehehe...!! it's for the masjid anyway, so mum didn't even think abt profits and all but no, no, mum never compromised on food quality. the main thing is, the men had their food, good food, Alhamdulillah.
and CATS! the masjid had a lot of cats. big cats, fat cats, small little kittens, you name them, you have them. AND I LOVE THEM. i used to take a permanent spot while in class, coz we used to sit on the floor, no tables and chairs ok. and when i sat there, automatically all these cats will come to me, coz that's the time they know i'll be there. and the mums who brought their little kids along to class, will safely let me handle their kids and the cats. can you imagine a 17-18 year old, playing around with kids and cats mwahahahaha...!! and back then, the kids called me "kakak kucheng". *ok this is freaky, the word 'kucheng' reminds me of someone*
but aniway, the masjid was demolished in year 2000, sob sob, to make way for new buildings. I remember when the masjid was demolished, I was in hospital. I really wanted to see the last of the masjid, but alas, I couldnt. Maybe I would have been a freak if I saw the masjid being demolished, so maybe Allah put me away. Don't see, you'll freak out. Hehehehe...!!
But you know what's the amazing thing? The site of the original masjid, is still untouched. It's still vacant. The Banglas and Indians play cricket on the ground whenever it's a holiday. So isnt that nothing short of a miracle? They demolished the masjid but the ground is still there. You can actually imagine the whole masjid still standing there. Subhanallah.
SO, I have an inkling, it is still that ground that they are going to build this new masjid on. I hope, Inshallah. I dont mind waiting for a lot more years for the masjid to be build coz hearing the news of it is already something to be thankful about. Alhamdulillah. Tak sesia perjuangan orang-orang yang keep on requesting for a masjid. Allah has answered our prayers. Thank You Allah.
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