The difference between Zakat and Sadaqa lies in the nature of these actions. While Zakat is a tax obligation for every eligible Muslim, Sadaqa is a voluntary gift that any Muslim can give in any situation and can range from a smile or a good word, as the Hadith tells us, to any other kind of help, financial or otherwise. …
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Qur’anic Tafseer Class – Surat al-Waqia, Part 3 (11-02-19, audio)
Tafsir class (commentary and explanation of the Qur’an), given by Imam Hajj Abdel Ghani Melara, in which he explains the tafsir, based on several of the recognized commentators. (15) Estarán sobre divanes tejidos de oro, (16) recostados unos frente a otros. (17) En torno a ellos irán pasando muchachos eternamente jóvenes (18) con copas, vasijas y vasos de un vino …
Read More »Khutba: On Zakat (audio, English/Arabic 15-02-2019)
Jutba of Jumua: On Zakat 103: Take from their wealth sadaqa, with it you will cleanse them and purify them. And ask for them, for indeed your prayers are for them a guarantee. And Allah is the Hearer and the Knower. 104: Know they not that Allah accepts the return in repentance of His servants and takes account of the …
Read More »Presentation of ‘Zakat Sevilla’.
Zakat Seville is an initiative of the Seville Mosque Foundation so that, in a transparent and responsible way, a platform is established to facilitate that those who have to receive Zakat know where and how they can do it and those who have to pay it know how and how much. Zakat is the third pillar of Islam and an …
Read More »Khutba: The Life of This World as the Water We Bring Down (audio, English/Arabic 08-02-2019)
Jutba del Jumua: The life of this world as the water that we bring down from the sky (24) La vida del mundo se parece al agua que hacemos caer del cielo y se mezcla con las plantas de la tierra de las que comen hombres y ganado. Y cuando la tierra ha florecido, se ha embellecido y sus habitantes …
Read More »The crisis of metaphysics
Modern philosophy, in general, has abandoned the goals of earlier metaphysics for several reasons. At the heart of the matter is the age-old debate over universal principles, a conflict between the essentialist approach of the “realists” or the “moderate realists,” committed to what became known as the old way (the “old way”), and the nominalist approach committed to the modern …
Read More »Turkiye Diyanet Foundation Scholarships for Secondary Education and University
The Turkiye Diayanet Foundation offers scholarships for both high school and university studies. The scholarships are to carry out studies in Turkey, having the option of doing it in different cities. Secondary studies include all subjects in human and natural sciences and complement this curriculum with studies in Islamic sciences. The degree offered is at the university level is to …
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