Ash Shaliheen Mosque, Bandar Seri Begawan

Ash Shaliheen Mosque, Brunei Overview

Located beside the Prime Minister’s Office Complex in the capital town of Bandar Seri Begawan lies the magnificent Ash Shaliheen Mosque. The mosque’s architecture is influenced by the Moroccan-styled structures.

While certainly justifying its religious purpose, the mosque is more like a gallery displaying essential phases of life of the current Bruneian head of state, his Majesty Paduka Seri Baginda Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah, such as his childhood, training, marriage, crowning ceremony and other journeys. The mosque embraces quite a lot of copies of the personal possessions of the Sultan including his crown, outfits, weapons and other tributes made to him.

Architecture of Ash Shaliheen Mosque

The roof of the mosque is custom designed and is a motorized retractable glass unit which provides indoor and outdoor freedom to the structure. This makes it the first mosque to have this feature.
The mosque is surrounded by an array of fountains and embraces a mosaic of hand-chiselled tiles and chandeliers.
The turquoise domes of the mosque serve a contrast the sandstone-coloured walls which make the mosque's design unique.
To exemplify the religious purpose of the monument, there are engravings of Arabic calligraphy on the walls and floor of the mosque which are hand-chiselled and are carved in black ink.
The mosque is separated into two prayer halls one for men and another for women. These halls are fully air-conditioned, are styled with Moroccan style columns and can accommodate around 1000 people during religious meetings.
The mosque is also divided into three separate rooms with projectors installed into them for educational purposes and also house shower rooms for both genders if the need be.