مسجد Al Solehin Mukim Kebun Kuala Pertang

Within the Mukim Kebun Kuala Pertang area of Tanah Merah in the Malaysian state of Kelantan, Masjid al Solehin, the Mosque of the Righteous, serves a cluster of agricultural villages along the Kelantan river basin. Kelantan is celebrated across Malaysia for its strongly traditional Malay Muslim character, its fine batik and songket textiles, its kite festivals, and its great regional mosques such as Masjid Muhammadi in Kota Bharu, whose heritage stretches across generations of learning. Tanah Merah district lies inland along the road toward the central highlands, a landscape of rubber smallholdings, paddy fields, and small family owned orchards fringed by jungle trees.

The name al Solehin, drawn from the Qur'anic description of the righteous servants of God, reminds every worshipper of the verse in which Ibrahim, peace be upon him, prays to be granted righteousness among those whom God loves. The Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, taught his Companions, may God be pleased with them, that companionship of the righteous is among the greatest blessings of this world and the next, and that building a mosque with sincere intention plants its founder in the shade of that same company. Carrying this name places the village congregation under a gentle daily reminder.

Architecturally, the mosque follows the Malay Kelantanese tradition. A tiered tiled roof rises over a timber and masonry prayer hall, louvred wooden windows admit the river breeze, ceiling fans turn steadily under a high ceiling, and a tiled mihrab faces the qiblah. A carved wooden minbar stands beside the mihrab, a small courtyard with a fountain offers space for ablution, and a raised area at the rear, screened by carved panels, accommodates the women of the villages for daily and Friday prayers.

Paddy farmers, rubber tappers, small traders, and schoolteachers gather here for the five daily prayers and for Jumaat prayer, and during Ramadan the mosque committee prepares bubur lambuk for distribution to worshippers and passers by along the road. On this page visitors travelling across Kelantan will find the current prayer times, address, and helpful notes to assist every pilgrim, relative of the Mukim Kebun Kuala Pertang families, student, or passing traveller in locating Masjid al Solehin and joining its steady, welcoming, and traditional Kelantanese congregational life beneath the humid skies of the Malaysian east coast during any month of the year.