MESJID WANITA DI SUNGAI LIMAU KABUPATEN PADANG PARIAMAN (Kajian Sejarah Sosial)

Abstract

This paper is intended to reveal the existence of a mosque in Sungai Limau, Padang Pariaman, the so-called
"female mosque". This naming seems unusual, because the trend of naming mosques usually uses Arabic words.
Not just naming, but the mosque is actually being used by women, from its founders, managers, until the
congregation. On Friday, the mosque does not conduct Friday prayers, but the congregated noon prayer for
women. recently, this mosque holds Friday prayers. Above this reason, it is important to do further study on the
mosque. By using historical-sociological approaches, this study reveals that female mosque originated from a
house for gathering elderly women to chatt, then it turned into the mosque where they pray, study Islam, stay,
and do business. This mosque later changed its name to the Female Mosque to deal with the help of an Arab
government at the time. Several years after the change of the name of the Female Mosque, there was a transfer
of function: the mosque is no longer for women only, but also to the public (men and women)