Keramat Habib Noh

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مسجد حاج محمد صالح دان مقام حبيب نوه
Masjid Haji Muhammad Salleh & Makam Habib Noh
Haji Muhammad Salleh Mosque & Maqam Habib Noh
Makam Habib Noh.JPG
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Location
Location37 Palmer Road
Singapore 079424
Geographic coordinates1°16′22″N 103°50′50″E / 1.2728°N 103.8473°E / 1.2728; 103.8473Coordinates: 1°16′22″N 103°50′50″E / 1.2728°N 103.8473°E / 1.2728; 103.8473
Architecture
TypeMosque
Completed1890 (Mausoleum)
1903[1] (Mosque)
Construction costS$1.46 million (2017 Upgrading)
Capacity1,200
Website
http://www.hjmuhdsalleh.org.sg/mosque/

Masjid Haji Muhammad Salleh & Makam Habib Noh (Jawi: مسجد حاج محمد صالح دان مقام حبيب نوه; Malay for Haji Muhammad Salleh Mosque & Maqam of Habib Noh) is a mosque and Muslim mausoleum respectively in Singapore located at top of Mount Palmer. Today the mausoleum and its adjacent mosque are under the purview of Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura. The mosque is not to be confused for another mosque with a similar name along Geylang Road.

History[]

The makam sat on top of Mount Palmer, but following an 1890 refurbishment by Syed Mohamed bin Ahmed bin Abdul Rahman Alsagoff (Nong Chik), it was rebuilt with 52 stairs.[2]

A merchant from Betawi (now Jakarta) and a good friend of Habib Nuh, Haji Muhammad Salleh had built a surau for Habib Nuh before the 1860s. The surau known as Surau Kampong Sambau, was demolished and replaced with the present-day Masjid Haji Muhammad Salleh in 1903.

In July 2017, the mosque and mausoleum have been upgraded with better facilities and greater accessibility to the hilltop shrine. Key architectural features are still preserved.[3]

Folklore[]

After Habib Nuh died in 1866, folklore tells of how on his body's journey to Telok Blangah Muslim Cemetery, the pallbearers could no longer bear the weight of the coffin. When the mourners remembered Habib Nuh had wanted to be interred on Mount Palmer, they could once more lift the coffin.[2]

After Habib Nuh's death a keramat or shrine was built over the grave, which became a place of Muslim pilgrimage and attracted Haj visitors from afar afield as the Dutch East Indies and China on their way to Mecca.[4]

Administration[]

Habib Nuh's family (from his only son, Syed Ahmad) at first administered the makam through a trust fund known as Habib Nuh Trust Fund, with responsibility for the tomb's upkeep later transferred to the Muslims And Hindus Endowment Board in 1936, and finally in 1968 to the Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura.[2]

In providing Muslim office workers a convenient location for prayers, the institution continues to play a major role in the community. In addition to the upkeep of visitors to the mausoleum, it also receives high-profile scholars for lectures and Khutbah and other religious services.

Transportation[]

The mosque is accessible from Tanjong Pagar MRT station.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Mosque". www.hjmuhdsalleh.org.sg.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Bonny Tan & Marsita Omar. "Keramat Habib Noh". Singapore Infopedia, National Library Board of Singapore. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Haji Muhammad Salleh Mosque reopens after $1.46m revamp". The Straits Times. July 21, 2017.
  4. ^ "Ceremony at Singapore's Most Famous Muslim Shrine". Straits Times. 23 April 1940. p. 11. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
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