Habibullo-Eugene Kiselev
A Synopsis of my Life
July 9th, 2018, Monday, 08:08:55 p.m.
Yekaterinburg, Russia. GMT 05:00
This morning I have visited the cathedral mosque named “Məylid” (Tartar: Мɵселман җəмигъ мəчете «МӘҮЛИД») which is in the Voronezhsky Lane, 34. This mosque was founded on May 23rd, 1982. As I entered the yard, I saw the two women reading the advertisements. I said “As-salāmu ʿalaykum”, they replied “waʿalaykumu as-salām”, and I continued my way to the mosque building. When I entered there, I saw a saleslady in a mosque store. We found plenty to talk about with her. I told her I visited the “Ramadan” mosque and the mosque in Verkhnyaya Pyshma quite often. She told me, “Məylid” mosque was a real cathedral mosque, whereas I said some people tried to dispute this definition saying this mosque was not big enough to be called such, etc. This lady said that a mosque can be called “cathedral” if it is sacred, if it is blessed by prayers, etc. “To the contrary, “Ramadan” and the Copper Mosque were build with the financial support of rich sponsors. Our mosque is older; it is more spiritual” – she said. By the way, this lady had just found out from me, that the Copper Mosque was named after the Imam Ismaʿīl Al-Bukhārī.
Shortly after, a man came with the two women. The man entered the mosque, while the women remained at the door. This man told the saleslady that his five-month-old child had died in a hospital, and that they wanted to bury this child according to the Muslim tradition. The saleslady invited the two women, they entered the mosque having put on their kerchiefs. To be honest, I felt deeply sorry for them, however they did not show any signs of sorrow. The saleslady spent a lot of time with them.
When the ṣalāt time came, there were only four men there. Apropos, this mosque has a separate room for men to read the ṣalāt. The four of us prayed together. We have even gotten along without an azaan today! When all was finished, I went upstairs to see the prayer hall. It is very spacious and it has a lot of light there. Maybe, this lady was right when she said this mosque was “sacred”. Anyway, I really loved being there today.
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