Re: Why are Imams and Masjids the way they are? a split from: Tough Decisions in lif
First of all, excellent excellent topic.
Speaking of our local imams and local mosques, a question comes to mind: why is it that our Uni’s MSA have wayyyyy better khateebs for Friday prayers than local mosques? I have always always enjoyed praying Jummah at Uni as we all get to hear “real khutbahs” about real/practical/relevant issues with adequate communicational skills.
Local mosque on a Friday talks about how to perform wuzu. One would think that people who are coming to pray might know how to perform wuzu by now. :halo:
Anyway, once a whole bunch of us girls were complaining about our local mosque and a friend of mine brought up an excellent point (from Khalid Yasin’s lecture, actually) saying that if we, women, have issues with our prayer space in a local mosque, then we should go and fix the problem ourselves! If we think the carpet smells and the bathroom is dirty, why don’t WE go an clean it? If we have a problem with the paint, or that it’s too hot in the room, not enough lighting etc, then we need to play our part and fix these problems.
Anyway, this is quite powerful - now what us girls are planning on doing is seeking the imam’s permission and re-painting the women’s room - have weekly schedules to go and vaccuum the carpet, etc etc.
Point being: unless you don’t actively do something about the problem, you have no right to complain.