Keramat Habib Noh
| Masjid Haji Muhammad Salleh & Makam Habib Noh مسجد حاج محمد صالح دان مقام حبيب نوه Haji Muhammad Salleh Mosque & Maqam Habib Noh |
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| Basic information | |
| Location |
 37, Palmer Road, Central Area, Singapore 079424 |
| Geographic coordinates | 1°16′22″N 103°50′50″E / 1.2728°N 103.8473°ECoordinates: 1°16′22″N 103°50′50″E / 1.2728°N 103.8473°E |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| Website | http://www.hjmuhdsalleh.org.sg/mosque/ |
| Architectural description | |
| Architectural type | Mosque |
| Completed | 1890 (Mausoleum) 1903 (Mosque) |
| Capacity | 1,200 |
Masjid Haji Muhammad Salleh & Makam Habib Noh (Jawi: مسجد حاج محمد صالح دان مقام حبيب نوه; Malay for Haji Muhammad Salleh Mosque & Maqam of Habib Noh) is a mosque and Muslim mausoleum respectively in Singapore located at top of Mount Palmer. Today the mausoleum and its adjacent mosque are under the purview of Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura. The mosque is not to be confused for another mosque with a similar name along Geylang Road.
The makam originally sat at the bottom of Mount Palmer, but following an 1890 refurbishment by Syed Mohamad bin Ahmad Alsagoff, it was rebuilt at the top of a flight of 52 stairs.
A merchant from Batavia and a good friend of Habib Noh, Haji Mohammad Salleh had wanted to build a surau for Habib Noh. Unfortunately, Noh died before it was completed. The prayer hall was finally completed in 1902 and originally faced the tomb of Habib Noh. It was demolished and replaced with the present-day Masjid Haji Muhammad Salleh, in 1903.
Sayyid Habib Noh bin Muhamad Al-Habshi (1788 – 27 July 1866 [14 Rabiulawal 1283 AH]) was an Islamic sufi and one of the seven Islamic saints (wali) of Singapore. Born in 1788 into a family of four brothers onboard ship en route from Penang to Palembang, sources suggest that he arrived in Singapore around 1819, just prior to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, the founder of the island colony. Habib was a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad and was named after the Prophet Nuh (Noah). He came to be held in high regard by the Muslim community and seafarers as well as renowned for distributing cash to local children. According to some sources Habib Noh's father, Syed Mohamad Al Habsyi (also spelled as Al Habshee) worked as a palace official under Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Halim Shah II. The seat of the Kedah government then was at Kota Kuala Muda. When his wife died Syed Mohamad married Ku Pahmah, widow of Syed Yassin Al Anggawi who was killed at Limbong Kapal when Siam attacked Kedah in 1821. After the marriage, the family moved to Penang. Habib Noh also has a sister by the name of Sharifah Aloyah whose descendants still reside in Penang.
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