For the people who obeyed, a number of ways can be done to glorify the Creator, The, including the established places of worship that may seindah. A course, the mosque Golf Gold Dian Al Mahri in Jakarta or the famous Al-Akbar Mosque in Surabaya.
However, there is also a mosque built with unique, so make this place become extraordinary. Sultan Mosque in Riau Penyengat Island, Riau Islands, is one of them. They say, building this mosque is made with egg white as glue.
This mosque was built around 1761-1812. Initially, this mosque is only a simple wooden building mud bricks that are only equipped with a tower at approximately 6 meters. However, over time, the mosque is no longer able to accommodate the number of members of the congregation is growing so Dipertuan Sultan Abdurrahman Raja Muda Riau Kingdom in the 1831-1844 initiative to improve and enlarge the mosque.
To create a large mosque, Sultan Abdurrahman cried to all the people to do and share work in the way of Allah. Historical events that occurred on 1 Syawal 1248 Hijriah (1832 M), or coinciding with the holiday Idul Fitri. The call was in fact move all residents to contribute to the development of the mosque.
People from all over the bay, inlet, and the island in the Riau Lingga Penyengat came to the island to deliver building materials, food and energy, as a sign of a sincere love of the Creator, and the Sultan. In fact, women also participate in the development of the mosque so that the development is completed in a fast time. Terbukti, foundation at about 3 meters can be completed in just 3 weeks time.
Perhaps, because many of the food donated, such as rice, vegetables, and eggs, the workers are fed up to eat the eggs so that only eaten yellow eggs only. Because so many spare white eggs terbuang, the architects use as building materials. Remains of the egg white and then used as the adhesive material, mixed with sand and lime, so that can make building the mosque stood firm, even to this day.
With the mosque wall thickness reaches 50 cm this is the only holdover Riau-Lingga Kingdom are still intact. In fact, until now the mosque is still used by residents to worship. Overall width is around the mosque complex, 54.4 x 32.2 meters. Building parent-sized 29.3 x 19.5 meters, and ditopang by the four pole. Floor building composed of bricks made of clay. In the mosque there are two houses sotoh is for the traveler and the conference organizing. In addition, in the mosque, there are two hall, put the food when there are banquet and berbuka for fasting month of Ramadhan when arrived.
Length of Art and Sri Bintan Pura Harbor, Tanjung Pinang, the Riau Istana Sultan of bright yellow light in the visible between the other buildings on the island Penyengat, a small island covering 240 hectares of it. Thirteen and four domed mosque spired tower at 18.9 meters, which was used by muadzin to carry a call to pray in the building make it look majestic as the palace-king's palace in India.
Order kubahnya vary with the number of groups three and four dome. When the dome and the tower is note, he refers to the number 17. This can be defined as the number of rakaat in prayer must be done by Muslims in every day.
Distinctive and unique mosque can also be viewed from the objects within it. Near the main entrance, visitors can see Al-Quran Mushaf hand placed in a glass case in front of the entrance. Manuscripts were written by Abdurrahman Stambul in the year 1867, M.
In fact, there is still one more Mushaf Al Quran hand is there in the mosque, but not shown to the public. Age older than Manuscripts that are made only because the year 1752, M. Manuscripts in the frame that is not known who the author is there are interpretation-interpretation of the verses of Al Quran. This indicates that the Malays are not only re-write the Manuscripts, but also try to translate it. Unfortunately, Manuscripts can not be shown to visitors because conditions have been damaged. Manuscripts saved with this book of about 300 in the two cupboards that are in front of the mosque right wing. Visitors are also forbidden to take photos in the mosque.
The other interesting things to see is a platform made of teak. This particular platform shipped from Jepara, a small town in the northern coastal area of the famous craft with ukirnya long. In fact, there are two podium ordered at that time, one that is placed on the pulpit of Masjid Sultan Riau, while the one, the smaller size, placed in a mosque in the area Daik.
Near the pulpit, Masjid Sultan Riau saved this plateful of sand that seems derived from the land Mecca al-Mukarramah, complete objects, such as carpets from Turkey and crystal lamps. This sand was brought by Raja Haji Ahmad Engku Tua, Riau nobleman who fulfill the Hajj, which is in the year 1820, M. Sand is usually used in the ceremonies of the local community impressions of land, a land of tradition tread for the first time for children.
In addition, the mosque which has seven doors and six windows are also equipped with several support buildings, such as the wudhu, sotoh home, and where do musyawarah hall. Building a water wudu is located on the right and left of the mosque. The hall houses sotoh and meeting place located on the right and left front page mosque.
Central-hall shaped like a house is not a wall was used as a place to wait for berbuka time of prayer and fasting the month of Ramadan, while the home sotoh, the building resembles the style of architecture in the Arab houses roofed but this tense, the past is to learn and reason science of religion. Some scholars Riau famous at that time, such as sheik Ahmad Jabrati, Banjar Arsyad sheik, sheik Ismail, Haji Shahabuddin and, once taught theology in this place.
Masjid Raya Sultan Riau is located in the Penyengat Island, Tanjung Pinang, Kepulauan Riau. From the dock Sri Bintan Pura, Tanjung Pinang, pompong visitors can climb to reach the island. To enter this location, visitors are free of charge. However, for visitors who want to do, in the main door of the mosque there is a charity box, or can be given directly to the mosque.
Penyengat on the island, visitors can also see quite a lot of restaurants selling typical Malay cuisine and lodging house, managed the local people. (Source: Kompas)
