The Role of the Mosque In Islam - Softcover

Darsh, S.M.; Islam, Yusef; Hassan, S.; Khan, M.; Tamimi, M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9960740609 ISBN 13: 9789960740607

Publisher: Dar-us-Salam Publications, 1996

Synopsis

The mosque has continuously played an active role in the guidance of the Muslim community, teaching both the younger and older generations as well as producing a venue for Muslims to meet each other on religious occassions. But the Mosque has much more potential than this, and we need to utilize it fully so that many more areas of the lives of Muslims may benefit from it. We hope this book, which is a collection of four papers, will help Muslims re-discover the immense potential of the Mosque, so that once again it can become the heart which pumps life and energy into the Muslim community.

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The Mosque is the most important institution in Islam. After the home and workplace, it is the most frequented place. The Muslim visits it at least twice, if not three or five times a day. There, he rekindles his spirituality, strengthens his relationship with his Creator, meets his fellow Muslim brothers and renews his sense of belonging.

Places of worship are known from the time the history of man was recorded. This is a confirmation of the fact that man is created as a religious creature. He had to satisfy his religious craving to establish a relationship with his Creator. He built the temple, the shrine, the synagogue, the church, and the mosque for that purpose. These places fulfilled, in one way or another, this basic task, in accordance with the vision of the role of religion in the life of given religious tradition.

Islamic Concept: Al-Islam is the final religion to have been revealed by Allah. Its Book is the final revelation. Its Messenger is the seal of all Prophets and Messengers. As such, it dealt with the affairs of this life in a comprehensive way. It is a religion, spiritual force, and a way of life. It aims to produce the type of man who is described in its Book as the best man, the community as the best community to be brought forward to human beings. To evolve and bring about such pioneering personality, there should be the instrument capable of achieving this goal. It was not a school, nor an educational institution. For education is conceived, to a great extent as a means of handing over a skill or a profession. It was not a place of meditation, for a place of meditation caters for the spiritual dimension. It was the Mosque....

Edition details

• Publisher: Dar-us-Salam Publications
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9960740609
• ISBN 13: 9789960740607
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 40