Viral: Young Man from Lebak Banten Becomes the Grand Imam at the Dubai Mosque, His Beautiful Voice Makes the Congregation Cry

Dream - Netizens are amazed by the beautiful voice of a young man from Lebak, Banten, who became the grand imam at the Al-Akhyar Mosque in Dubai. The melodious voice of the imam even made the congregation cry when reciting prayers.

His name is Asep Ismatullah, who has been the grand imam in Dubai for six years. In a video on the Iyan Vlog YouTube channel, Asep Ismatullah tells the story of his journey to become the grand imam at the Al Akhyar Mosque.

Initially, he was asked by his uncle to take a test to become an imam at a mosque in Dubai. At that time, Asep Ismatullah admitted that he was not prepared at all, including memorizing.

But because his childhood dream was to become an imam in Saudi Arabia, he finally took the courage.

“To get here (Al Akhyar Mosque, Dubai), there was actually no intention at first. At that time, I was called by my uncle to take the imam test. Since my uncle is also a teacher, I decided to participate and alhamdulillah, I passed. Previously, I stayed at Al Fallah 2, Nagreg,” said Asep.

Tested Directly by the Abu Dhabi Ministry of Religious Affairs

After going through a series of processes, Asep then took a test that was directly examined by the Abu Dhabi Ministry of Religious Affairs, who came to Jakarta.

At that time, Asep Ismatullah only tried his best without aspiring to become the grand imam. Who would have thought, Asep successfully passed and defeated 99 other participants.

When he passed, Asep was immediately quarantined at the King Faisal Mosque in Sharjah. Asep then went through a series of adjustments there.

“When I passed, I was not immediately assigned, I was quarantined first around August 2017,” he said.

Became an Assistant Imam in Sharjah

Asep mentioned that he had been an assistant to the grand imam in Sharjah. At that time, he claimed to have had an extraordinary experience while accompanying the grand imam from Morocco in Sharjah.

He was even picked up directly by the imam and immediately made an assistant. Previously, the grand imam from Morocco had been recommended by imams from other countries.

But he immediately chose Asep after knowing that he was from Indonesia.

“At that time, there was also an interesting story. At that time, I was made an assistant to the imam from Maghribi (Morocco), even though previously imams from other countries had been recommended, but after knowing that I am from Indonesia, he immediately agreed. He said he had a friend who was Indonesian, and he was kind,” he explained.

In an interview, Asep's brother, Abdul Basit, expressed his pride in his brother's achievements.

"When he was declared to pass, our family was very proud. We didn't expect it, it was unpredictable, we were just joking around," he said.

Although proud, their mother wants her son to remain ordinary and not go viral like now. The woman is worried that her son will be affected by the disease of arrogance and pride.

"We are proud, of course, but we want him to remain ordinary (not go viral). We're afraid he will be affected by the disease of arrogance," said Asep's mother, Mamnu'ah, as quoted from liputan6.com.