Luar Batang Mosque, Islamic pilgrimage site in North Jakarta, Indonesia

Luar Batang is a mosque in northern Jakarta, not far from the old harbor of Sunda Kelapa. The building comprises two main halls, each supported by twelve columns and decorated with traditional ornaments.

The mosque was established in 1739 and houses the tomb of Habib Husein, a religious scholar from Hadhramaut. In 1827, the prayer direction was corrected after a scholar from Banjarmasin noticed the incorrect alignment toward Mecca.

The name comes from the story that Habib Husein's body left its coffin three times when burial was attempted at Tanah Abang, so he was buried here: luar batang, "outside the coffin" in Betawi. Another account ties it to boats waiting outside a wooden beam (batang) that blocked Sunda Kelapa harbour. Vows made at the tomb are still believed to be fulfilled, and a black goat with gilded horns is sometimes offered.

Shoulders and knees should be covered when visiting, and women must wear a headscarf before entering the prayer rooms. The mosque is located in a densely built area near the harbor, so access may be through narrow lanes.

The qibla was corrected in 1827 by Muhammad Arshad al-Banjari, a scholar from Banjar in Borneo, while he stopped over on his way home from the Hejaz. The mosque's orientation still does not point exactly at the Kaaba, like the Kebon Sirih and Cikini mosques, which led scholars such as Abubakar Atjeh to suggest the original space was Habib Husein's residence, later turned into a prayer room.