tandas masjid

Chatted with kakteh not so long time ago about this. somehow forgotten about it until reading anedra's blog today. One thing that really pissed me off - filthy toilets in the mosques around the country. Travelling around the country recently gave me the perfect glimpse of the condition of the toilets in the mosques, surau or madrasah from Perlis to Johor.

I simply can't understand while we preached to 'mengimarah' the masjid, asking people to berduyun-duyun datang bersolat berjemaah, yet at the same time we forget the very simple task of looking after the cleanliness of the toilets in the holy places like this. Susah sangat ke nak cuci tandas tiap tiap hari? Berapa minit nak ambil? busy sangat ka?

I dropped by at a mosque near Kubang Rotan, Kedah during my recent trip to Kedah( no discount - i will reveal the mosque that comes last in the list) wanting to use the toilet and as I walked toward the men's toilet, the overpowering smells just had made me to walk away. Same goes to that small masjid in Kuala Linggi, Melaka. Tak berjaga! Kenapa?

Looking into my own backyard, I prayed jumaat once in a small mosque in Kg Kerambit, and noticed how the carpet in the prayer hall was peppered with that tiny black white top missiles ( tahi cicak). Hallo? No need to go further to the toilet's condition if the floor is dirty, right?

I am so disgusted really. Nak blame sapa ya? Jawatankuasa masjid? makmum? imam? bilal? Ntahlah.

I pondered. How can we want the young people or just people to embrace the mosque if the mosque itself does not shine the lights of purity? We should be ashamed with ourselves.

Perhaps now. I feel that to go to the mosque is becoming ritualistic rather than to nurture the concept of wholeness of life.

Oh by the way, dont' despair...there still clean toilets you can find in many mosque. Try pi masjid Putrajaya....nice..