Welcome to Faizan E Madina Mosque Peterborough

1. Welcome toFaizan E Madina Mosque Peterborough 169/175 Gladstone Street Peterborough PE1 2BN 01733 567285

2. Completed 2006 at a cost of £3 Million

3. Five Daily Congregational Prayers Funeral Services Nikkah / Marriage Ceremonies Meetings / Lectures Social Networking Distribution / Dissemination of information Pre-School Education Teaching of Quran / Hadith Arabic Classes School / Homework Club Library / Study Room Children’s Activities Activities

4. Faizan E Madina

5. Jamia Ghousia Mosque, 406, Gladstone Street Khadeeja Mosque, 311,Cromwell Road The Hussaini Mosque, 4,Burton Street Dar As Salaam Mosque, 80,Alma Road Second Largest purpose Built Mosque in City Converted terraced houses No4 in size and capacity Currently No3 in size purpose built catering for Shia Congregation Currently under construction, will be No3 in size once completed Other Mosques in The City

6. The Most Holiest place in Islam Kabah Makkah Saudi Arabia • 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

7. The 2nd Most Holiest place in Islam Masjid E Nabvi (also known as the Prophets Mosque) Madina, Saudi Arabia

8. Third Most Holiest place in IslamMasjid Al-Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem

9. Five Pillars of Islam • Shahadah: إلاَّ الله أشهد أن لا إله و أشهد أن محمد رسول الله (testimony/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

10. Benefits • 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