Sheikh Arsyad al-Banjari
The famous Banjar scholar.
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Banjarmasin's congregational mosque and emblem, opened in 1981 on the bank of the Martapura River at the heart of the city, named after Sabilal Muhtadin, a work of Islamic jurisprudence by Sheikh Muhammad Arsyad al-Banjari, the most famous Banjar scholar of the eighteenth century, who studied for many years in Mecca and Medina. The mosque is known for its large copper dome and slender minarets, a broad prayer hall decorated with Arabic calligraphy, and the wide garden and courtyards around it. The Banjar are among Indonesia's most devout peoples, and the mosque fills for Friday prayer, tarawih and Eid. Entry is free. Non-Muslims visit outside prayer times in modest dress. Pray here, then walk to the nearby Siring riverside promenade and viewing tower. In Ramadan the neighbourhood fills with evening food markets.
The famous Banjar scholar.
The city's emblem.
Near the Siring promenade.
On the Martapura riverbank, central Banjarmasin
An eighteenth-century scholar who studied for decades in Mecca and Medina, then taught in Banjar; his Shafi'i fiqh work Sabilal Muhtadin is among Southeast Asia's best known.
