.:Tuesday, December 07, 2004:.
:O
I always have know “muslims” ones that call themselves muslims but don’t act like it.. I just never thought I would see a masjid that was totally nothing but these type of Muslims. I’ve been to a lot of masajid, and not all of them were great, but every single one of them had at least some practicing Muslims and it was segregated, that is until I went to Richland the other day…
We had been planning on going for a while now but never had the time, this past Sunday we decided we’d go couse when my dad called they told him they had Sunday school and some other stuff on Sundays. So we go and we’re all excited since at least on the phone they sounded pretty nice. Get there and the masjid looks nice, well built and stuff. So we go in and all the kids are in the classrooms in class, one of the doors were open so my mom asks the lady teaching (who is wearing pants a shirt and a “hijab”) where the musalah is so she point in the other direction and we go that way. Over there, there is a biggg like activity room? with chairs and stuff, its maybe double the size of the musalah, and then the musalah..
*editted* the diagram dont look right when I publish the post.. so ya whatever.. I'll paste it on msn or something..
That’s pretty much how the masjid looks. On the right is classrooms, then there is the musalah up and the activity room is the down one, and its all one story btw..
Anyways, the masjid is like mixed, the women pray with the men same room no barrier or anything, and they don’t want one. My mom was talking to a lady and she was like “there is no curtain or anything” and she gave her this like disgusted look and said “well there is a small room you can pray in if your not comfortable praying with the men” my mom was just like woww..
My dad who had came in from a different door, opened the musalah door to go in and found a lady laying down in there, so he turns to go out and she goes “no no come in” and my dad was like how about not? And he walked out came looking for us and was like “khalaas we’re leaving”.. and we did.. it was just so like weird.. Allahu ‘aalam.. maybe I’m just to used to Corvallis? Like the feeling you got when you walked in, wasn’t even a welcoming feeling no one even thought about saying salaams.. but when you go to masjid salman, or masjid assaber in Portland or masjid bilal or any of these masajid people run up to great you and stuff..
My parents where like they don’t know better, we should do da’wah. So we’ll see if we end up going back or not. My idea, that my parents think I’m half crazy for having, is to get a biggg group of people from Corvallis and take the masjid by storm :D. lol yes I know Im crazy.
After going to that masjid, I realized why the group in Kennewick, when my dad called them and talked to ‘asim and he said “as for the masjid in richland, we have NOTHING to do with them’. Ahh anyways..
On another note, I had an awesome awesome awesome Friday/Saturday in Corvallis alhamdulilah. With each time I go, my love for the people there goes up.. May Allah swt bless all the muslimeen there aameen..
chotu-meyeh
@ 12/07/2004 04:00:00 PM
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