SPIRITUAL OASIS PROJECT



Spiritual Oasis Project (SOP) is a secondary committee under NUSMS aimed primarily at managing and refurbishing the prayer spaces across NUS campus.


Additionally, SOP organises mass cleanups over the winter and summer breaks as a platform for the NUS Muslim community to be physically involved in maintaining the prayer spaces, in hopes that it will inculcate a sense of shared accountability for these shared spaces.​


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WHAT IS THE MAIN DIRECTION OF SOP?



SOP's values are centred around the idea of Back to Basics,


where we hope to promote the core values and tenets of Islam to the Muslim community, whilst also providing a comfortable space for people to do their 'ibaadah to Allah s.w.t.



HOW MANY MUSOLLAHS ARE THERE IN NUS?



As of AY 21/22, there are 19 active and operational musollahs in NUS (Kent Ridge Campus).


For a full list of NUS Musollahs, please visit our Musollah page.



HOW DO WE MAINTAIN THE MUSOLLAHS IN NUS?



  1. Each musollah is assigned and taken care of by an SOP committee member
  2. The musollahs are cleaned fortnightly
  3. Mass cleanups are conducted during winter & summer breaks


SOP INSTAGRAM PAGE



The SOP Instagram page was created to serve as a platform for the committee to reach out to the NUS Muslim community by providing information regarding the prayer spaces on campus. The Instagram page contains various forms of media such as images to share the locations of the different prayer spaces as well as directional videos to guide viewers to these prayer spaces.



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Level 6 staircase landing.


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Level 5 staircase landing, near the lift.


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AS4


Level 7 staircase landing.


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Lift near AS3-1 (right), Level 6 staircase landing.


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A Reconnecting Muslim’s Guide: Du’as & Supplications



A compilation of du’as and supplications commonly recited by local asatizahs and Imams, this online booklet serves as an easy guide for musolla users to browse through and recite after prayers. Spearheaded by one of our SOP committee members, Brother Adli, it was initiated as an extension to the supplications poster that can be found on the musolla walls across campus.


The booklet is a fairly comprehensive one, containing the Arabic wordings of the supplications, together with the respective transliterations and English translations. This booklet can be accessed via the supplications poster found at all musollas across campus via a QR code. Having said that, this booklet can be publicised and shared more extensively in the future to reach out to the wider community for the benefit of all.



Fortnightly Musolla Cleanups



Routined musolla cleanups have been implemented since the beginning of SOP. However, for AY21/22, a few initiatives were introduced to further improve the general conditions of the prayer spaces, and at the same time, refine the existing cleanup system that is being utilised by SOP.


Musolla cleanups were scheduled on a fortnightly basis, where members of the SOP committee will be in charge of cleaning up the prayer spaces allocated to them. With an increased number of active members within the SOP committee, this system could be implemented and maintained throughout the academic year, thus ensuring that all prayer spaces were consistently looked after.​



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AS7


Level 6 staircase landing.


(Directions)



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Level 5 staircase landing, near the lift.


(Directions)



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Level 7 staircase landing.


(Directions)



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Lift near AS3-1 (right), Level 6 staircase landing.


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Winter Mass Cleanup



The winter mass cleanup was organised primarily to refurbish the prayer spaces on campus, and to standardise the conditions of all these prayer spaces. Additionally, it also served as a platform to involve the NUS Muslim community in the maintenance of these shared spaces. An initiative that was carried out as part of the winter mass cleanup was the designing and putting up of new musolla posters.


These posters contain a variety of information regarding matters related to these prayer spaces, such as dos and don’ts at musollas, a compilation of supplications as well as access to various links and sites related to SOP (e.g. feedback form and Instagram page).


Bonding activities, following Safe Management Measures due to COVID-19, were also planned out for the committee members and volunteers to get to know one another, forging new bonds and friendships within the NUS Muslim community.



Summer Mass Cleanup



Similar to the winter mass cleanup, volunteers and committee members worked hand in hand to refurbish the prayer spaces in campus. However, the main focus of the summer mass cleanup was on repairing musollas with damaged flooring, as well as resolving any damages or issues identified.


The SOP committee conducted a recce of all the musollas beforehand to have a general sensing of the conditions of each musolla and any damages that needed rectification. Upon gathering of data, follow up actions were then proposed. These solutions were unique to each musolla in order to rectify the issues within the musolla itself.



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AS7


Level 6 staircase landing.


(Directions)



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AS6


Level 5 staircase landing, near the lift.


(Directions)



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AS4


Level 7 staircase landing.


(Directions)



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AS3


Lift near AS3-1 (right), Level 6 staircase landing.


(Directions)



WHY JOIN?





Let us all work together to keep our Musollahs clean! Musollah ICs will maintain the prayer space during fortnightly cleanups in addition to our annual Summer and Winter Mass Cleanups.



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