MASJID SUNGAI CHINCHIN

GOMBAK, SELANGOR DARUL EHSAN

Asst. Prof. Dr. Zuraini bt Denan

Not far from the hustle and bustle of the busy Kuala Lumpur city, lies a tranquil and peaceful village named Kampung Sungai Chinchin, where the evidence of early Islamic development is still preserved. Located close to river, surrounded with green and hilly topography, hence the Masjid complex is fairly hidden from Jalan Gombak and tucked in the central of Malay residential background. Majority of the residents are from Malay ethnics which originally came from Maindailing and Minangkabau ethnics in Sumatera, Indonesia. These Masjid Sungai Chinchin complex, which is more than hundred years old inclusive of masjid, madrasah (religious school) and makam (mosoleum). The masjid is erected at the most significant site; where two rivers (Sungai Gombak and Sungai Semampus) are converged. Through its establishment the Masjid complex not only popular among the villagers, but also received great acceptance from the Sultan of Selangor at that time. The oldest building is the Madrasah Nurul Muhammadiyyah was built in 1894 on a wakaf land given by the Sultan of Selangor. This is the place where the teaching and learning of Islam took place. The royalty also has visited and inaugurated the new and extended praying hall in 1968. The development of the Islamic complex and spread of Islamic belief among the communities of Kampung Sungai Chinchin was a responsibilities of pious man named Syeikh Muhammad Nur. He has guided the villagers on Islamic teaching both from the basic teaching of Islam to the knowledge of tarekat.