I happen to be in Balikpapan, Kalimantan Timur last Chinese New Year and saw a good adab in a mosque there.
A few days I was there, I went to this mosque in front of the hotel only once for Fajr and after the prayer, zikir and all, everybody stand up for 'salam'.
In most mosques in Malaysia, the act of salam, while prominence is given to the imam, is still done in a random manner. Such as, if one is a bit far from the imam, one would 'bersalam' with those nearer first before going to the imam.
However there, at least in that mosque, everybody would que to salam with the imam first and those who did their salam, would stay put next to the imam and thus create a circle so that in the end, everybody would salam with everybody else. And while doing that, salawat would be recited out loud.
It was such a lovely setting that I would not doubt creates a much more brotherhood atmoshpere.
While I do not know the Malaysian scene in general, I know that the same adab is practiced by some here.
2 comments:
hmmm my lover said the locals here tak salam sesapa pun. they only salam when they know you.
my lover also said masa sembahyang raya haji kat embassy they do that too..salam in a circle.
i know!!!!
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