Masjid Tour Guide Program

30th August 2018, 18 Zulhijjah 1439H


Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah will give shade, to seven, on the Day when there will be no shade but His. (These seven persons are) a just ruler, a youth who has been brought up in the worship of Allah (i.e. worships Allah sincerely from childhood), a man whose heart is attached to the mosques (i.e. to pray the compulsory prayers in the mosque in congregation), two persons who love each other only for Allah's sake and they meet and part in Allah's cause only, a man who refuses the call of a charming woman of noble birth for illicit intercourse with her and says: I am afraid of Allah, a man who gives charitable gifts so secretly that his left hand does not know what his right hand has given (i.e. nobody knows how much he has given in charity), and a person who remembers Allah in seclusion and his eyes are then flooded with tears." [Hadith: Sahih Bukhari]

Masjid Tour Guide (MTG) Program

There are several NGOs in Malaysia and worldwide that offer free guided tour at the masjid (mosque).


ETIQUETTES OF VISITING A MASJID


Dress code


FEATURES OF A MASJID
  1. Mihrab (Direction facing Masjidil Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia)
  2. Minbar (A pulpit that facing and higher than the audience for the imam to deliver the sermon)
  3. Prayer hall (for men and women separately)
  4. Ablution room (for men and women separately)
  5. Minaret and/or speaker
  6. No statue and image of idols


MTG IN MALAYSIA

NGO: Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (ABIM) - Islamic Outreach ABIM Centre (IOAC) 



Masjid Tour Guide Program under ABIM-IOAC

1. Masjid Negara in Kuala Lumpur




MTG IN TURKEY

1. Süleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul
References:
  1. Islamic Tourism Malaysia, http://www.itc.gov.my/tourists/discover-the-muslim-friendly-malaysia/mosque-trails-in-malaysia/, viewed 30th August 2018.
  2. Beautiful Mosques Gallery, https://www.beautifulmosque.com/, viewed 30th August 2018.
  3. Etiquettes of Visiting a Mosque, http://www.itc.gov.my/article/etiquettes-of-visiting-a-mosque/, published 24th December 2013.
  4. Accurate Prayer Times, https://www.islamicfinder.org/, viewed 30th August 2018.
  5. Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (ABIM), http://www.abim.org.my/, viewed 30th August 2018.
  6. Islamic Propagation Society International (IPSI), http://www.ipsi.com.my/, viewed 30th August 2018.
  7. 7 Golongan Yang Mendapat Naungan (Perlindungan) Allah S.W.T. di Hari Kiamat, https://shafiqolbu.wordpress.com/2014/01/09/7-golongan-yang-mendapat-naungan-perlindungan-allah-swt-di-hari-kiamat/, published 9th January 2014. 
  8. Centre for Islamic Studies,  http://ceylonmosque.lk/, viewed 9th November 2018.

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