• Kampung Jenderam Hulu: 1910-an

Pemandangan sekitar Masjid Al-Ridha, Jenderam Hulu (Fahmi Abd Malik @ Facebook Jenderam Hill Villa, 20 Oktober 2023: "Fahmi Abd Malik").

Menurut rekod JAKIM, bangunan asal masjid ini telah pun beroperasi sejak tahun 1936. Namun bangunan masjid yang ada kini telah dibina semula sepenuhnya pada tahun 1982: “Tarikh Dibina: 01/01/1982 ….. Mengikut catatan dari kajian ole Mohd Nor bin Mohd Amin (kajian ilmiah Sarjana Muda Sastera Jabatan Sejarah Universiti Malaya 1977/78) Hj.Abdullah bin Husin. lahir di bandar Sumatera 1883 pernah ditauliahkan oleh Sultan Selangor sebagai ketua masjid kariah Jenderam pada tahun 1936. Namun dipercayai pembesaran masjid dikampung ini telah bermula lebih awal tahun lagi memandangkan pembukaan kampung ini telah dilakukan oleh Penghulu Naim bin Nak Oada tahun 1909/1910 yang datang dari Kuala Langat bersama - sama Kenton,Orang Tua Sayat dan 16 orang lagi dari Beranang.” (Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia @ Portal Masjid Malaysia: |"MASJID AR RIDHA").

“Antara tahun 1910 dan 1916, lebih daripada 65 keluarga telah ada di sini dan orang-orang dari luar masih lagi datang untuk membuka tanah. Ada juga orang-orang dari Sumatera berketurunan Minangkabau terus datang ke Jenderam kerana saudara mara mereka telah sedia ada di sana. Lebih daripada 90 peratus penduduk Jenderam merupakan orang- orang Sumatera berketurunan Minangkabau dari suku Pili, Jambak, Koto, Melayu dan Cheniaga (Chaniagor). Apabila siapnya pembukaan kampung ini, penduduknya terus mendirikan sebuah surau yang dindingnya diperbuat daripada kulit kayu Meranti, lantai papan yang bertarah dengan parang dan atapnya daripada daun Bertam yang dianyam. Surau ini juga digunakan sebagai masjid selain menjalankan aktiviti dan pentadbiran masyarakat kampung. Penghulu Naim kerika itu adalah sebagai Ketua Kampung, manakala imam ialah Kari Yassin dan bilal ialah ayah Penghulu Malim dan adiknya Mohd. Rashid.” (“Dipetik dan diubah suai daripada Mohd. Nor bin Mohd. Amin, 1977/1978, Jenderam Korban Dharurat 1948-1958, Kajian Ilmiah Jabatan Sejarah, Universiti Malaya Kuala Lumpur (tidak diterbitkan)”: Discovery Research Consultant Management Sdn Bhd, b/p Unit Perancang Ekonomi Negeri (UPEN) Selangor, 2007: Koleksi Cerita Asal Usul dan Sejarah Daerah Sepang, hlm.36-37).

“District Office,
Kajang, 9th January 1911.
Reservation of 5 acres of land for a Mosque and Malay burial ground at Sungei Jendram.

Sir,
I have the honour to seek sanction for the survey and reservation of an area of about 5 acres as shown in red on attached tracing as a Mosque and Burial ground for the Malay community of Sungei Jendram.
2. There is a large and increasing Malay settlement at Sungei Jendram (27th to 29th mile Bangi-Salak road) and the land now asked for is centrally situated as regards the reserve. A mosque and burial ground are certainly required.
3. If approved, the frontage will be used for a Mosque and tanah Wakaf and the back portion for a burial ground - an arrangement which can be assured by issuing a burial license for the back portion of land only.

I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your Obedient Servant,
?
Ag: District Officer,
Ulu Langat.”

“Resident
Submitted
?
12.1.11
approved
13.1.11. ?
D.O.U.L. [District Officer of Ulu Langat]]
To note ? 13.1.11”

“SR, Noted - thankyou - I will call in the paper when survey has been made - ? 14/1/11”

(Sumber: Arkib Negara 1957/0155553W, 09/01/1911: |"RESERVATION OF 5 ACRES OF LAND FOR A MOSQUE AND A MALAY BURIAL GROUND AT SUNGEI JENDRAM")

• Arkib Negara 1957/0171561W, 28/08/1913: |"RESERVATION OF LAND FOR MOSQUE AND BURIAL GROUND AT SUNGEI JENDRAM").

• Arkib Negara 1957/0233493W, 25/11/1924: |"APPLICATION FROM THE MALAYS RESIDING IN THE MALAY RESERVATION AT JENDRAM FOR A MOSQUE AND BURIAL GROUND. RESERVATION OF LAND :".

• Arkib Negara 1957/0245369W, 14/12/1926: |"REQUEST FOR GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE TOWARDS THE BUILDING OF THE NEW MOSQUE AT SUNGEI RAMAL AND JENDRAM".
• Arkib Negara 1957/0248259W, 13/05/1927: |"APPLICATIONFOR A GOVERNMENT GRANT TOWARDS THE BUILDING OF A NEW MOSQUE AT JENDERAM, KAJANG".

“The return to Jenderam started about eight weeks ago when the Government lifted its ban on residence there. But when the first 25 families of about 200 people came back to their town, they found emptiness everywhere. The old mosque was there but the town's 400 houses had vanished. Of the Malay school opposite the mosque, only cement posts remained. Jenderam's 1,000 acres of rubber smallholdings and 600 acres of padi land were a jungle of lallang. Today, however, a few weeks after their return, 20 wooden houses have been put up along the main road; the mosque grounds are being cleared up; a coffeeshop and grocery has been opened and acres of lalang have been cleared. Money is needed to repair the mosque, build a new school, houses and cultivate the land, and the Government has promised to help. …
…..
Raja Izam bin Raja Hussain, is not a former resident of Jenderam, but he came with the returnees as the town's new penghulu. “I have never seen a happier or more hard working people.” said Raja Izam. “They came back to desolation. Except for the old mosque, not a stick was left standing. Yet, within a few weeks, they have made Jenderam a semblance of a town. “I'm sure at the rate the people are rebuilding it, the new Jenderam will be an even better and more prosperous town.””

(Sumber: The Straits Times, 16 November 1958, Page 10: |"A ghost town comes to life").

Atas: “When the exiled inhabitants of Jenderam returned to the deserted town all their houses had vanished. Only the mosque (left) was still standing. They lost no time in clearing the land and putting up new houses (right).” (The Straits Times, 16 November 1958, Page 10: |"BANNED FOR 7 YEARS BECAUSE OF SEALED LIPS, JENDERAM IS NOW BUSTLING WITH ACTIVITY").
Bawah: Gambar-gambar yang lebih jelas (Kiri: NSTP, 7 November 1958: |"AMU00286"; Kanan: NSTP, 7 November 1958: |"AMU00288").

MAKLUMAT LANJUT: Kampung Jenderam Hulu: Kepulangan dan Pembukaan Semula (1957-1959).

+ “Masjid Ar-Ridha di Kampung Jenderam Hulu.” (2007) (Discovery Research Consultant Management Sdn Bhd, b/p Unit Perancang Ekonomi Negeri (UPEN) Selangor, 2007: Koleksi Cerita Asal Usul dan Sejarah Daerah Sepang, hlm.29).