First Prayer.

Early arrival.

Muslimah at the rear.

The Ketua Kampong in Blue.

Sabirin in light orange and Capt Fauzi to his right.

More coming in.

Jemaah waiting for Maghreb.

Solat sunat pre Maghreb.

Jemaah filling up.

Imam Khairuddin led the Maghreb prayer.

Doa after Maghreb.

The Muslimah.

Yaseen & Tahlil.

Tazkirah by Ustaz Samsuddin Sidek.

Relaxing outside the Main Prayer Hall.

Haji Bilal Ismail.

YM Raja Zul.

Haji Mahmud.

Malek Ahmad.

Haji Ariffin Sarip (Internal auditor).

Haji Hamzah the Lawyer..

Yours Truly.

KRU New Mosque was inaugurated on 14 June 2012, Maghreb prayer. Majority of the kampong kariah from various corners of the Kampong came in full force (above shots illustrated) in spite of the normal Thursday night Pasar Malam. There were several Outsiders from the surrounding Kampong who also wanted to share the historical event.

The Bilal who recited the first azan was Tuan Haji Rahman and the Maghreb prayer led by Imam 1 Tuan Haji Khairuddin. Thereafter was the normal welcoming speech by the newly appointed Nazir and he did mentioned, the first planning to build this Mosque was thirteen (13) years ago. He acknowledges the various setbacks and require in the region of RM 100, 000 to fully equip the New Mosque. He pleaded for donations and wakaf from the Kampong residents. Shocked me, who was talking? Being the YDP PAS Klang and Chairman of Kampong PAS, he was also a party hijacking the New Mosque Protem Committee and ignored, failed to give sensible advice within the context of Islam when the New Mosque Donation Save was locked by the former Mosque Nazir. The bird of the same feather flocks together. Whatever…..this Nazir was not the kariah’s choice as he got only 66 votes compared to the favourite who got 99. In the meantime, the kariah accept the Ketua kampong choice but within, only Allah knows. 

Next agenda was the recitation of surah Yaseen and tahlil, led again by Imam Khairuddin. The doa tahlil was led by Imam 2, Encik Ali Termizi. A tazkirah followed suit by Tuan Haji Samsuddin Sidek. Among other things that he emphasized was, Mosque Committee Members must abide to decisions derived from committee meeting. I hope the Mosque Adviser, the Ketua Kampong who happened to be presence this time around, got the message straight. If he doesn’t, then it’s no surprise. He only listens to his own people and party fanatic.  

  

Tuan Haji Ismail (ex Bilal) was invited to call for the Isyakh azan and the prayer was led by Tuan Haji Samsuddin Sidek.

The occasion ended with packed “nasi lemak” and mineral water to those presences. My clique chose to go to the nearest Food Stall at the Pasar Malam as we anticipated the “nasi lemak” would not be enough to go around.

What I saw: The Mosque PA system is still “chacha marba”. Perhaps it would take sometimes for those handling the system getting familiarize to all the switches and the knobs. It was bloody warm inside the New Mosque; stand fans imported from PAS Markas was inadequate. The Mosque stand fan is still in the Workshop under fabrication. Ventilation system in the New Mosque should have been top priority for Jemaah’s comfort. There was no provision for the divider screen to segregate the Muslimin and the Muslimah. This could have been planned a year ago by the Hijacker Committee.

My frank and personal opinion: The New Mosque would have be fully equipped if the Protem Committee from the BN era was not hijacked. My opinion is also being shared by most of the Kampong residents including hard core PAS followers.