Masallaci mai Shekara 400; Gado mai daraja ta wayewar Musulunci a Oman
A cewar muscatdaily, Masallacin Al-Alayya da ke Rustaq, wanda ke cikin lardin Batinah ta Kudu a Oman, ana daukarsa a matsayin daya daga cikin fitattun wuraren tarihi na addini da na tarihi a masarautar Oman. Masallacin yana da matukar muhimmanci na ruhi, hankali da kuma tsarin gine-gine, wanda ke nuna zurfin gadon Musulunci da ya bambanta yankin tsawon shekaru aru-aru.
Masallacin ya samo asali ne tun zamanin Imam Nasser bin Murshid Al-Arabi a karni na 17.
Masallacin yana tsakiyar ƙauyen Al-Alayya, mai tazarar mita 800 daga Rustaq Fort, masallacin ya kasance babban matsayi kuma yana hidima ga mazauna wurin don addu'o'i da tarukan gida. Masallacin wanda aka gina shi a wani kasa mai tsayi kimanin mita shida daga saman Falaj (magudanar ruwa na gargajiya), masallacin yana kewaye da lambuna daban-daban, wasu daga cikinsu na kayan ado ne, kamar lambun Al-Farood a kudu da lambun Al-Jahl a gabas, wanda ke nuna muhimmancin tattalin arziki da zamantakewar masallacin a cikin al'umma.
Ahmed bin Saif Al-Mazroui, daya daga cikin amintattun layukan masallacin, ya bayyana cewa masallacin yana da muhimman kadarori na alfarma, wadanda suka hada da hannun jari 47 na Falaj Al-Masar, kimanin Riyal Omani riyal 94,000, da kuma lambuna masu dauke da dabino sama da 553 da filayen noma, kimanin 166,000.
Al-Mazroui ya kara da cewa masallacin a tarihi yana amfani da shi wajen raba zakka da abinci ga mutanen kauye da suka cancanta a lokutan bukukuwan addini kamar Idin karamar Sallah da Idi. Haka kuma an yi amfani da ita a matsayin wurin daurin aure da jana’iza har zuwa kwanan nan, inda aka kai wasu shagulgulan zuwa masallacin Sablah Al-Alia.
Masallacin ya kasance wurin taro na shugabannin al'umma, wanda aka fi sani da "Ahle Hal wa Aqd," don tattaunawa akan al'amuran kauye da kuma karbar bakuncin limamai da hakimai. Ya kuma kasance wurin zaman sulhu da shari'a. Wani wuri da aka kebe a cikin masallacin ya samar da ruwan sha ta cikin tukwanen yumbu (jahal) da aka cika da ruwa daga Falaj al-maysar da kuma rataye a wuraren da aka kebe.
Al-Mazroui ya jaddada cewa, masallacin ba wurin ibada ne kadai ba, har ma ya kasance sanannen cibiyar ilimi da zamantakewa. Manyan malamai da shehunai da dama sun yi karatu a wurin, wanda ke nuni da matsayinta na tarihi a matsayinta na jagorar cibiyar ilimi da zamantakewa a Rustaq.
Masallacin yana da tsayin mita 21 da fadin mita 12, tare da ginshikai 10 da suka raba dakin sallar zuwa sassa shida na tsayi da kuma sassa uku. An yi amfani da wani fili na tsakiya (4 by 3.5 meters) don yin alwala da dumama. Wata rijiya da ke karkashin masallacin, mai yiwuwa tana hade da magudanar Falaj, ana iya yin alwala.
