A survey of design features and provisions in suraus at petrol stations in Klang Valley

Suraus at petrol stations along the highways in Klang Valley have facilitated Muslims in performing their obligatory prayers (salat) especially during the peak hours while commuting home from their workplace. Given that a surau is a simpler form of a masjid, whereby the later denotes a much more ela...

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Main Authors: Md Sharif, Harlina, Abdul Rashid, Khairuddin, Othman, Jamilah, Ahmad Sarkawi, Azila
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: Masjid Al-Azhar, Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor (KUIS) 2016
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spelling iium-554072017-03-02T01:11:38Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/55407/ A survey of design features and provisions in suraus at petrol stations in Klang Valley Md Sharif, Harlina Abdul Rashid, Khairuddin Othman, Jamilah Ahmad Sarkawi, Azila NK Decorative arts Applied arts Decoration and ornament Suraus at petrol stations along the highways in Klang Valley have facilitated Muslims in performing their obligatory prayers (salat) especially during the peak hours while commuting home from their workplace. Given that a surau is a simpler form of a masjid, whereby the later denotes a much more elaborate treatment to the facilitation of salat requirements, the surau has generally been accepted to provide the most basic and essential features (dharuriyat) for a Muslim prayer place. Although etymologically the word masjid only indicates the utility or place for performing salat and not the provision of a specific structure, the development of the mosque design from the time of the Prophet s.a.w. to our time today indicates that there are supplementary elements of design features that have become desirable provisions in enhancing user experience and the quality of salat. By conducting a visual survey on 13 suraus at petrol stations using non-randomised convenient sampling as an adopted methodology, this study documents three essential aspects of the surau: 1) design features, 2) supporting facilities, and 3) accessories provisions. The findings of the survey indicate the need for minimum standard requirements for design provisions of suraus at petrol stations. Masjid Al-Azhar, Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor (KUIS) 2016 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/55407/22/55407-article.pdf Md Sharif, Harlina and Abdul Rashid, Khairuddin and Othman, Jamilah and Ahmad Sarkawi, Azila (2016) A survey of design features and provisions in suraus at petrol stations in Klang Valley. In: International Conference Masjid, Zakat & Waqaf (i-MAF 2016), 1st December 2016, Shah Alam, Selangor. http://conference.kuis.edu.my/i-maf/eproceedings/2016/masjid/M1.pdf
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topic NK Decorative arts Applied arts Decoration and ornament
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Md Sharif, Harlina
Abdul Rashid, Khairuddin
Othman, Jamilah
Ahmad Sarkawi, Azila
A survey of design features and provisions in suraus at petrol stations in Klang Valley
description Suraus at petrol stations along the highways in Klang Valley have facilitated Muslims in performing their obligatory prayers (salat) especially during the peak hours while commuting home from their workplace. Given that a surau is a simpler form of a masjid, whereby the later denotes a much more elaborate treatment to the facilitation of salat requirements, the surau has generally been accepted to provide the most basic and essential features (dharuriyat) for a Muslim prayer place. Although etymologically the word masjid only indicates the utility or place for performing salat and not the provision of a specific structure, the development of the mosque design from the time of the Prophet s.a.w. to our time today indicates that there are supplementary elements of design features that have become desirable provisions in enhancing user experience and the quality of salat. By conducting a visual survey on 13 suraus at petrol stations using non-randomised convenient sampling as an adopted methodology, this study documents three essential aspects of the surau: 1) design features, 2) supporting facilities, and 3) accessories provisions. The findings of the survey indicate the need for minimum standard requirements for design provisions of suraus at petrol stations.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Md Sharif, Harlina
Abdul Rashid, Khairuddin
Othman, Jamilah
Ahmad Sarkawi, Azila
author_facet Md Sharif, Harlina
Abdul Rashid, Khairuddin
Othman, Jamilah
Ahmad Sarkawi, Azila
author_sort Md Sharif, Harlina
title A survey of design features and provisions in suraus at petrol stations in Klang Valley
title_short A survey of design features and provisions in suraus at petrol stations in Klang Valley
title_full A survey of design features and provisions in suraus at petrol stations in Klang Valley
title_fullStr A survey of design features and provisions in suraus at petrol stations in Klang Valley
title_full_unstemmed A survey of design features and provisions in suraus at petrol stations in Klang Valley
title_sort survey of design features and provisions in suraus at petrol stations in klang valley
publisher Masjid Al-Azhar, Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor (KUIS)
publishDate 2016
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/55407/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/55407/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/55407/22/55407-article.pdf
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