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Figure 2: Physical (seen) and Spiritual (unseen) Dimension.

3.2 Guidelines for building a house according to Ahmadi (2016)

Light indicates such as orientation, site location, and date or time. Then follow by space
requirement, such as the measurement system, the plant space, finding the site, as well as the door. Yet,
it has a connection between light, because the light gives a direction to shape and built the house space,
such as the holes in the wall and the position of the direction of the house. With the advent of Islam, the
direction of the house was determined to face east, where the sun rises, the house should not face north
or south. The direction of the house must face the sun falling to the west, which is facing the qibla
according to the Islamic concept. The door should face south or north.

Table 4
Eleven things to build a traditional Malay house. (Al-Ahmadi, 2016)

Eleven things to build a traditional Malay house

1. Land position This sloping land in terms of location is to give rainwater down
in one direction.
2. Direction of the house The house must face the sun falling to the west, which is facing
the qibla according to Islamic concepts.
(orientation)
3. Soil Type Soil needs to be evaluated in terms of type, as well as the
physical strength of the soil such as hard, clay, or sandy soil to
hold the house structure well and strong.
4. Cleaning the Land Process before starting the construction and having certain
rules such as starting the salam to the target jinn who inhabit
the earth and Prophet Hukam reading Al Fatiha to Prophet
Muhammad (S.A.W)
5. Measurement System The Malay natural measurement system is based on the
happiness of the human body anthropometrically. Such as a
cubit, a cubit, a cubit, a cubit, a foot, a foot, two fingers, a book
and a box. Good numbers three, five and seven.

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