Discipline please - we are Muslims

Can we Muslims be a bit more discipline please?

The picture above was taken two Fridays ago at Masjid Wilayah at Bandar Tun Razak. The road is wide enough, and typically during Friday prayers, cars would double park but still one lane each way would be available for traffic.

What I saw last week was a blatant disregard of traffic rule by this car owner who parked his car right in the middle of the street, blocking traffic. You can see the three students standing in front of the car since it is not moving; while there is a long queue of cars behind trying to pass, which would then block the cars coming from the opposite side.

The car was tripled parked!

I was there going to my car park futher away after going through my doa after the prayer; so the car owner would have ample of time to remove his car immediately after the prayer. Then again, he may be doing his two rakaat sunat after the Friday prayer, which I didn't.

I remember many moons ago, a sermon at Masjid Kuning in Cheras calling for discipline amongst the jemaah in term of parking car. On one hand, of all thing befalling the ummah, we had to be reminded of this thing that should be part of our culture and psyche. But on the other hand, I guess we have to be reminded.

In the case of Bandar Tun Razak, there are ample of parking space along the road, if one is willing to walk a bit. And I thought that with every step that we take walking to a mosque, our sin would be forgiven; hence the further we walk, more of our sins will be forgiven. No?