Hard Rock Moslem
I'm your brother
Assalamu'alaikum.
Please allow me to share my problems with you.
I like to take my whole family to the mosque to listen to some religious talks. Regardless the distant, I will take them to any mosque if I know there is religious talk especially when one of my favourite local sheikh delivering the lecture.
In the last ramadan during the Tarawih, one ustaz screamed and threaten to beat those kids running in the mosque. He was screaming with the mike and speakers on. So just imagine how audible it was. The parents was stunned, all were speechless in disbelieve. It should not come from an ustaz.
My wife encounter not less than 3 incidents, but with some sisters. It happened in another mosque. One sister even boldly told my wife not to come to the mosque anymore until my son grown up. My wife suspect she is one of the mosque committee. I've complained the matter to one of the mosque imam and also clarified not less than 3 sheikh about sisters coming to mosques and taking kids to the mosques. All are in favour sisters and kids going to the mosque. Then another ustaz had made a general comments and advised the sisters present not stop other sisters from coming to the mosque. He also told the Prophet (blessings and peace be upon him) love kids coming to the mosque. Yet, there are still sisters and few ustaz are not happy kids coming to the mosque. In another case, one sister confronted and scolded my son for running in the mosque, my wife was very angry that she beat my son in front of her. I told my wife that what she did was wrong. There were few other incidents especially when we are on long distance journey, we have to stop at mosque to pray. So the kids have to follow and again my youngest hyper active son he likes to run in the mosque. My son really like the mosque environment, often he will cry and beg me if I don't take him to the mosque.
Not sure why, I'm not generalizing, I'm sad that some sisters happened to be not happy with kids at mosques. By right as mothers they should understand more my wife's problem and the kids. Maybe it is isolated case which not happening elsewhere. I hope so. I'm now in dilemma, my wife since having phobia. She reluctant to follow me to the mosque. I don't take her to mosque to pray but also for her to listen to the bayan. Now if we are travelling, we will take turn to pray, so the kids will remain in the car.
Dear brothers and sisters, I'm sorry if I said anything wrong. I'm very sad with all this happening in our community. I hope you can give me some consolation. I begin to distant my self from all these mosque or I will only go alone.
Please allow me to share my problems with you.
I like to take my whole family to the mosque to listen to some religious talks. Regardless the distant, I will take them to any mosque if I know there is religious talk especially when one of my favourite local sheikh delivering the lecture.
In the last ramadan during the Tarawih, one ustaz screamed and threaten to beat those kids running in the mosque. He was screaming with the mike and speakers on. So just imagine how audible it was. The parents was stunned, all were speechless in disbelieve. It should not come from an ustaz.
My wife encounter not less than 3 incidents, but with some sisters. It happened in another mosque. One sister even boldly told my wife not to come to the mosque anymore until my son grown up. My wife suspect she is one of the mosque committee. I've complained the matter to one of the mosque imam and also clarified not less than 3 sheikh about sisters coming to mosques and taking kids to the mosques. All are in favour sisters and kids going to the mosque. Then another ustaz had made a general comments and advised the sisters present not stop other sisters from coming to the mosque. He also told the Prophet (blessings and peace be upon him) love kids coming to the mosque. Yet, there are still sisters and few ustaz are not happy kids coming to the mosque. In another case, one sister confronted and scolded my son for running in the mosque, my wife was very angry that she beat my son in front of her. I told my wife that what she did was wrong. There were few other incidents especially when we are on long distance journey, we have to stop at mosque to pray. So the kids have to follow and again my youngest hyper active son he likes to run in the mosque. My son really like the mosque environment, often he will cry and beg me if I don't take him to the mosque.
Not sure why, I'm not generalizing, I'm sad that some sisters happened to be not happy with kids at mosques. By right as mothers they should understand more my wife's problem and the kids. Maybe it is isolated case which not happening elsewhere. I hope so. I'm now in dilemma, my wife since having phobia. She reluctant to follow me to the mosque. I don't take her to mosque to pray but also for her to listen to the bayan. Now if we are travelling, we will take turn to pray, so the kids will remain in the car.
Dear brothers and sisters, I'm sorry if I said anything wrong. I'm very sad with all this happening in our community. I hope you can give me some consolation. I begin to distant my self from all these mosque or I will only go alone.