Akhir Zaman

An expensive ornament or a house of worship. The question is do we need to build really big mesjids or mosques. It is becoming a trend now for every Islamic governments to build the biggest and the most beautiful mosque, most are tucked somewhere for everybody to see, but unfortunately far away from any settlement area to warrant the size of the construction. These large mosques are well maintained but hardly have any people praying except for the mass Friday prayer. And yet all the other smaller but more functional mosques more often than not are neglected. So is it just an expensive ornament? Most cases these mosques are named after the political leaders in the country, regardless whether they are the dictatorial type, unfitting of a house of god. One of the poorest country in the world, Yemen, just opened a new mosque which can accommodate 40,000 worshippers. The mosque is definitely beautiful befitting a house of worship. Yet in a land of mosques , the president goes out of his way to build the biggest, most expensive and most unnecessary one. But it not just Yemen. Almost every Islamic nations race to build the biggest and the most expensive mosque.

Rasulullah pernah bersabda: "Akan datang suatu zaman di mana agama Islam hanya tinggal namanya sahaja, dan al-Quran pula hanya tinggal huruf dan tulisannya. Masjid-masjidnya cantik dan megah, tetapi sunyi daripada petunjuk......'' (Riwayat Baihaqi ).