غرف gurfa / Sacred Quarter

غرف gurfa; means 'a room' is a dedicated blog to moot & criticize moslem's prayer room/space inside mall around big cities. / any question & suggestions please email to: [email protected]

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Maghrib di TSM Bandung

TSM (yang dulunya bernama BSM -Bandung Supermal) merupakan salah satu mal terbesar di Bandung dan paling ramai, dan tujuan utama pelesir warga Bandung (sebelum ada PVJ ya..hehe). TSM ini lebih cocok dibilang kawasan supercomplex, karena terdiri dari mal, hotel, dan memiliki sebuah mesjid sendiri.

Namun sayangnya kemarin saya tidak sempat ke mesjidnya, tapi mengunjungi musholla nya yang ada di lantai 3 (paling atas). Berikut foto-fotonya.

Suasana di depan pintu masuk cukup ramai saat Maghrib, mungkin juga karena bersamaan dengan bulan Ramadhan ya.. 

Masuk ke area dalam, ada tempat penitipan alas kaki, kemudian di bagian dalam musholla sendiri, area bagi pria dan wanita dipisah oleh sekat. Untuk luas ruangannya sendiri, menurut saya sendiri dirasa cukup kecil dibanding supermal lain, tapi mungkin kekurangan ini bisa ditutupi oleh kehadiran Mesjid Jami yang ada di area depan mal TSM. Sampai jumpa di kesempatan selanjutnya! Salam, D.

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Ba’da Ashar di Kota Kasablanka

Kota Kasablanka, merupakan salah satu mal yang sudah cukup lama menjadi sentra perbelanjaan dan hiburan di daerah Tebet, Jakarta Selatan. Ciri khas bangunan dengan fasad mozaik nya memang terinspirasi dari arsitektur Maroko. Bagaimana dengan suasana musholla yang ada di dalamnya? Yuk mari kita lihat..

Musholla di mal ini terlatak di Lantai 1, cukup naik satu lantai dari Ground Floor, letaknya persis di lorong antara toko Nike dan Clarks. Lokasi bisa dengan mudah dilihat dari papan signage di koridor mal. Musholla bagi pria dan wanita dibuat terpisah.

Tersedia loker bagi mereka yang hendak menitipkan sepatu atau barang bawaannya. Tidak perlu menukarkan identitas, pengunjung yang menitipkan barang bawaan akan diberikan kunci dan nomor. Tempat wudhu yang tersedia dirasakan cukup. Namun di bulan ramadhan ini ramadhan seperti ini tentu jumlah jamaah akan lebih banyak dari biasanya.

Bagian dalam musholla sendiri dirasa cukup lapang dan leluasa untuk menjalankan shalat. Karpet yang empuk, dan ruangan yang dilengkapi AC memanjakan setiap jamaah yang ingin melaksanakan ibadahnya disini. Salam, D.

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Executive Musholla di Senayan City

Sebagai salah satu mal paling prominent di selatan Jakarta, tentunya penasaran melihat bagaimana bentuk tempat beribadah yang disajikan bagi kaum Muslim di dalamnya. Saya pernah me review musholla nya tiga tahun lalu, yang terletak di basement, namun kali ini saya mencoba menjajal Executive musholla nya, yang terletak di lower ground. Mari..

Pertama, akses menuju executive musholla ini sangatlah mudah, jika sungkan menenyakan bagian informasi, langsung saja menuju lantai LG (lower ground) dan menuju ke arah restoran jepang Abura Soba, persis di lorong samping nya ada akses menuju executive toilet dan musholla. Arahan pun dapat dilihat jelas pada signage sepanjang koridor lantai LG ini.

Pintu akses pria dan wanita dibuat terpisah, termasuk tempat wudlu, jadi para makmum tidak perlu kuatir atau sungkan akan kualitas wudhu nya. Kemudian bisa dilihat loker yang berjejer di sepanjang dinding lobby musholla, yang surprisingly dilengkapi dengan gelang akses infra red untuk buka-tutupnya, sehingga kita tak perlu repot soal kunci, cukup dengan mengaitkan gelang di pergelangan saja. Untuk mendapatkan gelang ini, kita cukup menukarkan kartu identitas ke bagian penitipan, tanpa dipungut biaya.

Oya, loker ini cukup lebar untuk bisa menampung sepasang sepatu dan tas kecil. Setelah merasa aman, saya pun berlanjut menuju bagaian dalam musholla. Di area wudhu, space cukup luas dengan keran waterfall yang menurut saya alirannya sangat menyamankan wudhu. Berlanjut ke interior dalam musholla, tersaji karpet yang cukup tebal juga sajadah dan sarung bagi yang membutuhkan. Ruangan yang dilengkapi AC membuat ibadah terasa sejuk meski barisan makmum penuh sampai ke belakang. Overall, saya sangat puas dengan keberadaan musholla ini, lengkapnya fasilitas yang disertai dengan kebersihan yang terjaga membuat orang dapat beribadah dengan nyaman dan khusyuk. Thanks, Senayan City! Salam, D.

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Pombensin Shell Daan Mogot

Assalamualaikum! Hello Hai! Jumpa lagi di Ramadhan 1437 Hijriah, atau 2016 masehi ini. Cukup lama memang Gurfa vakum, terakhir kali diupdate hampir tiga tahun lalu! Mungkin Ramadhan memang momen yang tepat untuk memulai lagi review musholla di blog ini, dan mulai sekarang mungkin penulis akan mereview selain dalam bahasa Indonesia juga.

Oke, foto di atas adalah pombensin Shell yang terletak di jalan Daan Mogot, Jakarta Barat. Pombensin ini dekat dengan Grogol, dan lebih dekat lagi dengan studio Indosiar di jalan Damai. Kebetulan kantor penulis dekat dengan pombensin ini, jadi sekalian deh..

Letak musholla ada di belakang bangunan utama, di depannya ada Circle K. Untuk kebersihan dari musholla sendiri cukup terawat, dan akses ke tempat wudhu nya sendiri mudah. Untuk ruang beribadahnya sendiri cukup rapi, sayangnya tidak ada sekat antara pria dan wanita.

Overall, setelah mengisi bahan bakar di pombensin ini, jangan ragu untuk menanyakan akses ke musholla, karena keadannya pun cukup menunjang dan higienis, tidak kalah jika dibandingkan dengan pombensin lokal (malah mungkin lebih bersih pombensin swasta??) , selanjutnya mungkin saya akan coba mengunjungi pombensin swasta lain macam Total atau Petronas..

Sampai jumpa di review berikutnya! Assalamualaikum! Salam, D.

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Plaza Indonesia's Praying Space

What more can I say about this place? Located in central Jakarta, on the prominent corner of Jakarta's famous landmark'Patung Selamat Datang', often referred as "PI". Plaza Indonesia is the first high end shopping centre in Indonesia which opened its doors in mid-1990.

Still leading as one of the finest shopping centres in the country, even in South East Asia, Plaza Indonesia received continuous commercial success since its opening, more than two decades ago. Now let's move to it's praying room..

Located in second floor, perhaps not the biggest, but I think this is one of the tidiest praying room in Jakarta, the ambience and smell is good too, very relaxing, really a conscious-friendly space.

pictured above, detailed pic from one pattern on its wall.. reminds me of some Islamic / old Persian pattern, geometrical shape.

Nearly forgot to mention, there's an extension building on the northern side of PI, it's called EX (entertainment x'enter) -sounds familiar with f'X right? I'll check & report if there's any praying room from there.. Until next time! Wassalam.. -Ditto Adjie

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Praying Room in Grand Indonesia

Grand Indonesia, one of the largest upscale shopping centres in Southeast Asia , spread over two main buildings, the West and East Mall, and linked by a multi-level bridge. Sometimes when you're walk inside the building yo'd get confused, lost, because yes it is really big~

Okay now we're going to the praying room, which is located in 3rd floor in East Mall, quite hidden behind stores and retails, you may have to ask security / information section to find the place.

above is the sign for male prayers..

It's not too big, but still gave us conformity to praying. Until next time.. Wassalam! -Ditto Adjie

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Pacific Place Praying Space

Nestled in the heart of SCBD, Pacific Place is set to become the notions benchmark development. Boasting modern architecture with excellent access, Pacific Place will be the foremost destination for shopping and lifestyle. Offers exciting upscale shopping center, luxurious apartments, office tower, 5-star boutique hotel and 5-star serviced apartments. In addition to that, a grand multifunction hall which can cater fo opera, concert, live performance and social events.

Such wealth of irresistable of attractions for those who demand elegance & luxury, now how about the praying room itself?

Located in 3th floor, near Times bookstore, we can see this spacious, clean, and tidy place for praying. One thing that caught my eyes is a shoe rack, with a set of one-stop-solution, a set of shoe cleaner which can be used, for free!

As you could see, you can pray here without worrying anything. Until next time! Wassalam.. -Ditto Adjie

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A Visit To Masjid 'Jami' in Ciamis

I visited this mosque back a couple months ago, when I did 'Mudik' -this is the term/slang for 'annual trip for returning to your hometown/village'- in Central Java, last Eid Mubarak. The mosque is located in Ciamis, well if you take a 'southern route' rather than going north, you will pass this city. And you'll find a lot of mosques within the road, from small to big mosques, like this one: Masjid Jami Nurul Hidayah, but what exactly is 'Jami' means? From "Tafsir Al-Azhar, Juzu 'V, Prof. DR. Hamka ", I found the explanation of the mosque jami '. Apparently, the mosque jami 'isn't name of a mosque. But it is a term for a particular mosque. as Sayyidina Umar advise us, to build a space for praying, even it's small: 'surau', 'langgar' , as long as small number of people can gethered and praying there, then it will be fine. But on every Friday, the jamaah will going to Masjid Jami' to do the Friday prayer, because its greater space can accomodate more people. So the signification of 'Jami' is the mosque which gathers surau, langgar, and any small mosques/praying space into one.

even our dirts, is another creature's gain..

I like this idea of hanging-comb..

space for womens is separated by curtains..

a very important advise, never leave your items behind, even in a saintly place there's always a room for evil..

Unusual checkered patterns, rather than usual sajadah-patterns. Beautifully done.

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Praying in Setiabudi One

I live in Jakarta, not too far from Setiabudi One building, a small strip mall in the Karet-Setiabudi area. I took myself to pray in its prayer room. The location of this prayer room happens to be on the right wing, east of the building, llocated in the basement of the building. Apart from the shopping & food counters. We have 2 lines down the stairs to the bottom, before we encounter this prayer room.

We can find a locker, complete with a keys in each compartement. We can bring this key within our prayer, so our goods or shoes are safe & locked. This is one of good point of Setiabudi One's prayer room. Inside, we can see a large and comfy area and, where men and women can get in, and separated by a curtain / screen. So the prayer going more orderly.

Finally, prayers room in Setiabudi One is considered spacious, comfortable and feasible to used as worship space for moslems.

See you around. Wassalam, Ditto Adjie.

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an Ashar Pray in fX

fX Sudirman or shortened by fX is a shopping mall located in the Sudirman, South Jakarta. The Lifestyle X'nter at the beginning was known as 'Sudirman Place', later taken over by the management of Plaza Indonesia. fX is different from other shopping centers because they do not have a Department Store. The market share is the young, modern, urban and hippies people.

Yesterday I decide to do my Ashar pray there, the prayers is located on the 4th floor, it's quite large, it can accommodate about 20 worshipers, the place is reasonably neat and clean, and safe as administered by mosque guards. Actually there is one more (temporary) prayers room on the 6th floor, which was made to anticipate the numbers of pilgrims, exceedingly during the month of Ramadhan.

In addition, the temporary room is also anticipated the mall visitors which re often fluctuating, especially when there are events at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium (I found it's hard to find a prayers room, the mosque is quite far away, and the quality of hygiene is bad, very low), the events often held at JCC Senayan too, besides the mall is also vicinal to the Hotel Atlet Century Park, which is often visited by foreign tourists and athletes.

My final words are never hesitate to do pray in fX because it's overall a nice space and comfy. Until next time! Wassalam,

Ditto Adjie

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Prayers Room in Senayan City

Assalamualaikum,

In this occasion I visited Senayan City, a quite magnificent mall, placed directly opposite the Plaza Senayan. Actually, at first glance, from the overall look & silhouette of a mall we can know who the developer behind it, because I think they're using same template for their malls. :) Senayan City, often called 'Senci' is one of the largest shopping center in Jakarta, which was established by the developer Clover Plaza in 2003. Senayan City have 2-tower within the building: Panin Tower & Tower SCTV. Okay, let's get into this 28,000 m2-large mall..

Prayers for the ladies was on the 1st floor, while the men were on the 6th floor, pretty far, I just visited the mosque on the 6th floor only. I remember I had my Friday prayers at this 6th floor, its located adjacent to the car parking area, so it can accommodate many men worshipers.

The room itself is quite roomy, with a standard floor plan, a tight entrance hall with shoes shelf on the edge of it, extends up to the ablution and toilet area.

There is a pulpit inside the prayers room, which is used for sermon on Friday prayer, or when tarawih pray time. My only disappointment is the sejadah / praying mat provided is a little bit dusty, and access to here pretty much far, there is a direct lift instead elevators, but it takes time to wait. But above all, in terms of the area, this prayer room does not disappointing at all. :)

Until next time! Wassalam, Ditto Adjie

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Prayer Room in Plaza Senayan

Today I went to a mall in Senayan district, the 'Plaza Senayan', this mall os one of the oldest in Jakarta. I think the shape of the building is the most unique among the others. Opened in 1996, with an area of ​​130.500 m², the mall is popular among Jakarta's expatriate community, because of its excellent facilities and proximity to the city center. A distinctive feature of this mall is a Marygold Clock, made by Seiko, which always goes off every hour.

We're not gonna talk about the infamous clock, but its prayers room. The praying room here is located on the 2nd floor, in the outside area near the carpark. It's not difficult to get there, we just need to go straight from the entrance to the exit door on the 2nd floor.

The first impression when seen from the outside: the area is not too big, it even looks like a usual toilet. The prayer area divided into two different buildings side by side.

When I entered, I can see a clean, and fragrant corridor, with a shoe deposit counter near the entrance. The ablution space is on the left area, fused with small toilet and urinoars, with hardwood floors, while the right wing of corridor leads to entrance of mosque, there is a mirror on the wall along this corridor that can be used by people to freshen up their look.

The praying area could accommodate enough of worshipers, fortunately today is the third day of Ramadan month, so pilgrims who came were more than usual. :) The praying mat which provided was neat and fragrant. With a total area of approximately 18 m2, the prayers room in Plaza Senayan in my opinion is pretty ideal. Its clean, spacy, and safe.

  See you in another journey! Feel free to ask and make a suggestion, mail me at [ [email protected]]

  Wassalam,

Ditto Adjie

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Preliminary

Assalamualaikum,

Indonesia is the largest Moslem country in the world; this is a classic statement. As time advances, years over years, major cities in Indonesia is also experiencing a rapid development, including the field of retail and trading, more and more malls and shopping center are built, along with public interest and demand, as well as the rising of society's economic and wealth level. Indonesia is now part of the global retail market. The current technology, building structure are getting increasingly sophisticated, taht's the good side. But the negative side, this development is not followed by the progress of humanity: religious and spiritual, therefore it's all seemed the worldliness shaft is the heavier part. We're all become Godless.

For example, in a mall which covers 360,000 m2, the space for prayer room might just be a 20 , 1: 18,000 times compared to the total area of ​​the mall. This is very strange, when we counting the number of workers and thousands of mall visitors who could attend each day, -of course they need to perform prayers. We're talking outside the context of their faith certainly, that we can not judge nor take an average. I try to review some prayer room in shopping malls that I've encountered, it is not much initially. But hopefully in the future it will be growing, and can be used as a reference, also motivation, so people will not hesitate to pray inside the mall while they're go shopping. This blog is also expected to be a reflection of the importance to mall developers, that a prayer room needs a space and convenience. Regards & wassalam, -Ditto Adjie