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Lecture given by Ustadh Abdelgani Melara on the fifteenth anniversary of the Great Mosque of Granada. The lecture is a tafsir of ayat 21 of the Surah of the Covenants: Verily, in the Messenger you have a beautiful example for one who has hope in Allah and in the Last Day and remembers Allah very much. (21:33)

The Muslim and the mosque. One man and one building. A man who submits to his Creator and a building where he submits. The primary act of the Muslim, and therefore of the human being, is to prostrate himself before his Lord. It is the moment and the position in which man is closest to the Merciful and to his …

The wakf consists of a donation made by an individual or a group, with the intention that the income it generates will finance what they determine. The details of its operation and the mechanisms for its continuity over time are written in a document that endorses a cadi. I am not going to go into all the regulations that regulated …

Story by Hafiz Luqman Nieto, vice-president of the Seville Mosque Foundation, about Cairo, the city where he has been perfecting his Arabic and Taywid of the Koran for months. This story is published on his blog, www.luqmannieto.com It is originally written in English. (Translation by Fundación Mezquita de Sevilla.) Cairo: the inconsiderate friend you can’t help but love. Hafiz Luqman …

Ders of Imam Hajj Abdel Gani Melara, during the celebration of Mawlid An Nabi. In which he explains the importance of sticking to the middle way, and how real love for the Messenger, saw, should be reflected in following his example.

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 …