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IBN ABBAD OF RONDA A light in the Islam of Morocco. (1330 -1390) “Ibn Abbad umma wahdahu”. His teacher, Ibn Ashir de Salé, also from Jimena de la Frontera, pronounced these words about him: Ibn Abbad is the community alone, and with this he anticipated the future meaning that his disciple would have. All of Fez was shocked. As the …

On Tuesday, November 4, the day of Ashura was celebrated, in which during the breaking of the fast we had the honor of having the presence of a guest from the United Arab Emirates, among the many Sevillians who attended. Below is an article from Islam Today, which explains the relevance of this day for Muslims and why they fast …

At the end of 2011, agents of the Civil Guard reported that the burials that were practiced in the Muslim cemetery of Griñón did not comply with mortuary regulations, and in many cases, burials were carried out directly in the ground without a coffin. After making inquiries about this information, it can be concluded that: • L The burials were …

We bring you an excerpt from the interesting work ash-Shifa by Qadi ‘Iyad. His subject matter and the way he approaches it encourages us to share these two sections of his second chapter. We hope you enjoy them. Section 1: Concerning the necessity of loving Him Allah says. “Say: ‘If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, or your wives, or …

Zakat is the fallen pillar of Islam. Although a house can stand on four pillars, it can never reach the height for which it was conceived if its planning has not been carried out to its full extent. This is the real problem of our time. As it is a pillar that has long since fallen, and that none of …

We are all shocked and terrified by the images and news coming out of Gaza showing the burned and mutilated bodies of our Muslim brothers and sisters, men, women and children, trapped with nowhere to flee or hide, killed in their own homes with lethal bombs and missiles. The images break our hearts; and how could they not when it …

If the sahada is the gateway to a path that opens us to a new dimension of the reality of all there is, paraphrasing Ortega; and the salat is the north and constancy on the road, we could say that Ramadan is the shattering life experience that reorders the inner and outer reality according to the Sharia clarifying our spirit, …