The Musalla today, and what we are building
Our Musalla's ceilings are falling and its roof is giving in. See its condition today, the new Musalla's design and its floor plan, with separate spaces for men and women.
The CSMJC Cemetery Musalla stands at the gate of the Kabrastan. For many years it has been the place where families bring their loved ones for Salat al-Janazah and the last farewell before burial.
The building has served our community well, but it is old and it is giving way. The ceiling boards have sagged, cracked and fallen, the timber roof frame has rotted, and the roof is giving in. Parts of the ceiling have already had to be taken down for safety.
The Musalla is also too small for the community it serves. At most janazahs the congregation overflows outside, and there is no proper place for families to pay their final respects with dignity. The space for ladies is small and has no entrance of its own.
In its place we will build a new Musalla designed around the janazah: a larger prayer hall, a proper place for families to pay their final respects, and separate, private spaces for men and women.
Ladies have their own entrance from the road, their own corridor, their own wudhu area and their own prayer area, with a partition so that men and women do not mix. The men's wudhu area, washrooms and footbath are rebuilt, with a new entrance lobby and hallway leading into the prayer hall.
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