Transcript Welcome to Faizan E Madina Mosque Peterborough

Welcome to
Faizan E Madina Mosque
Peterborough
169/175 Gladstone Street
Peterborough PE1 2BN
01733 567285
Completed 2006 at a cost of £3
Million
Activities
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Five Daily Congregational
Prayers
Funeral Services
Nikkah / Marriage
Ceremonies
Meetings / Lectures
Social Networking
Distribution /
Dissemination of
information
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Pre-School Education
Teaching of Quran /
Hadith
Arabic Classes
School / Homework Club
Library / Study Room
Children’s Activities
Faizan E Madina
Capacity 3,000 Worshippers
at any given time, catering
for 25% of City’s Muslims
Muslim Population in city
12,000 out of a total
population of 160,000
Faizan E Madina is the
First recorded Muslims to
largest purpose built Mosque arrive in the city 1956/7
in East Anglia
Mosque Originally based at
60, Cromwell Road,
Peterborough
Currently 5 Mosques in the
City
First place of Worship in the
City for Muslims established
1967 Detached House
5 Separate schools of
thought represented
Other Mosques in The City
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Jamia Ghousia Mosque,
406, Gladstone Street
Khadeeja Mosque,
311,Cromwell Road
The Hussaini Mosque,
4,Burton Street
Dar As Salaam Mosque,
80,Alma Road
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Second Largest purpose Built
Mosque in City
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Converted terraced houses No4 in
size and capacity
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Currently No3 in size purpose built
catering for Shia Congregation
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Currently under construction, will
be No3 in size once completed
The Most Holiest place in Islam
Kabah Makkah Saudi Arabia
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First built by Prophet
Adam (May Allah be Pleased with
Him)
Re-Built by Prophet
Ibrahim (May Allah be Pleased
with Him)
Muslims are required
to face the Kabah
when Praying
The 2nd Most Holiest place in Islam Masjid E
Nabvi (also known as the Prophets Mosque)
Madina, Saudi Arabia
Third Most Holiest place in Islam
Masjid Al-Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
Five Pillars of Islam
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Shahadah: ‫( إالَّ هللا أشهد أن ال إله و أشهد أن محمد رسول هللا‬testimony/declaration) To
bear witness that is none worthy of Worship except Allah SWT
(The Creator) and that Muhammad (PBUH) is His Messenger
Salah: The performing of the Five Daily Prayers to strengthen and
commit ones life in the way of Allah SWT and leads one’s life
according to The Holy Scriptures (Quran & Sunnah) by seeking
forgiveness and guidance from the creator five times a day, 1)
Fajr (between dawn & sunrise) 2) Zohr (said after mid-day & late
afternoon) 3) Asr (late afternoon & just before sunset) 4) Maghrib
(straight after sunset) 5) Isha (late evening to just before dawn)
Zakah: (Charity) The meaning of Zakah is to purify, that is to say
purify ones earnings and give in charity 2.5% of ones net savings
annually and distribute among the poor, needy and destitute
Sawm: (Fasting) To abstain from food, drink sexual intercourse as
well as evil intentions and desires from Dawn to Sunset during the
month of Ramadan
Hajj: (Pilgrimage to Makkah) Compulsory once in a lifetime if one
has the means financially and can physically endure the journey
Benefits
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Shahadah, We learn to commit ourselves not merely with words but
with the heart, mind and soul
Salah, Five times a day we remember and submit ourselves to the
creator, seeking forgiveness & mercy for our sins and look for divine
guidance
Zakah, by giving charity we accept socio and economic responsibility
for our fellow human beings
Sawm, Fasting teaches us self-restraint, obedience of our creator,
we learn about hunger, thirst
Hajj, One of the world’s largest religious gathering annually, Hajj
teaches us to break down the barriers of class, social & ethnic
backgrounds, colour, creed by bringing together people across the
world where everyone has to perform the same duties, go through
the same motions as well as dressing the and behaving in the same
way and manner because as far as our Lord and Creator is
concerned we are all equal