Knowledge

Friday Khutba: The Fear of Poverty 2 (267) O you who believe! Give alms of the good things that you have acquired and of what we have brought out of the earth for you! 2 (271) If you give alms publicly, it is a fine thing. But if you give it secretly and to the poor, it is better for …

One of the most important elements to create a collective identity in a human group is a common story that narrates the past to give meaning to the present and project a future. Sharing this story, this story, is what creates the narrative of ‘us’; It defines where we come from, who we are, and where we are going. When …

Talk given at the Three Cultures of the Mediterranean Foundation on May 30, 2019 – 25 Ramadan 1440, by Hafith Luqman Nieto, vice president of the Seville Mosque Foundation . — As-salamu alaykum. Peace be with you. When we extend this greeting, we are making a supplication, a dua: that peace and contentment with reality be with you. The word …

In these last few days I have been remembering a lot of one of my teachers, a man with whom I shared a lot and from whom I learned even more, a man of a unique character, of a high behavior, far from evil and close to good, whom I always remember with a smile ready to explain things to …

We are in the last ten days and nights of Ramadan, the last third, the third of the Deliverance from Fire. These are probably the most important days of the month of Ramadan, the days of greatest baraka and blessing; although I have to confess that these days are especially difficult for me and that I am almost counting down …

We are already close to completing the first week of the month of Ramadan; This first week is the week to get used to fasting, it is a complicated week for many, the week to change schedules and get used to it; probably one of the most complex aspects is lack of sleep or having disrupted sleep; but that is …

They say that prevention is better than cure, so as we are only a few days away from the arrival of the month of Ramadan, we are going to try to clear up the doubts that exist about a matter that really should not have been too important, but unfortunately it is. It is the matter of the coming of …