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Safir Mosque
Safir Mosque ( or ) is an old mosque in the city of Algiers, Algeria. It is located inside the UNESCO World Heritage inscribed medina quarter Casbah of Algiers. The design follows the Ottoman architecture, Ottoman architectural style. Etymology The mosque was initially called as Jami Caid Safar bin Abdullah, but later it was renamed to Safir Mosque or Jami Safir after around 18th century. Safir of the name is considered as Safar bin Abdullah. Safar was originally a Christian slave who converted to Islam, learned Arabic and Hafiz (Quran), memorized the entire Qur'an; then freed and promoted general by Hayreddin Barbarossa. History The mosque was completed in 1534, in the place few meters away from the Mosque-Zawiya of Sidi Muhammad Sharif. The mosque was constructed on a land where was newly included into the medina after the establishment of new city walls in order to expand the quarter. The construction date is recorded in the book available in the mosque; the groundbreaking was ...
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Sunni Islam
Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word '' Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagreement over the succession to Muhammad and subsequently acquired broader political significance, as well as theological and juridical dimensions. According to Sunni traditions, Muhammad left no successor and the participants of the Saqifah event appointed Abu Bakr as the next-in-line (the first caliph). This contrasts with the Shia view, which holds that Muhammad appointed his son-in-law and cousin Ali ibn Abi Talib as his successor. The adherents of Sunni Islam are referred to in Arabic as ("the people of the Sunnah and the community") or for short. In English, its doctrines and practices are sometimes called ''Sunnism'', while adherents are known as Sunni Muslims, Sunnis, Sunnites and Ahlus Sunnah. Sunni Islam is sometimes referred ...
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Mohamed Charef
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List Of Mosques In Algeria
This is a list of mosques in Algeria. According to the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowment in 2006, there are around 15,000 mosques in Algeria as a whole, of which 450 are in the capital city of Algiers. 90% of which are built after the independence of Algeria in 1962.15 ألف مسجد في الجزائر
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List Of Mosques In Africa
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Lists Of Mosques
Lists of mosques cover mosques, places of worship for Muslims. The lists include the most famous, largest and oldest mosques, and mosques mentioned in the Quran, as well as lists of mosques in each region and country of the world. The major regions, Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania are sorted alphabetically. The sub-regions, such as Northeast and Northwest Africa in #Africa, Africa, and Arabia and South Asia in #Asia, Asia, are sorted by the dates in which their first mosques were reportedly established, more or less, barring those that are #Named in the Quran, mentioned by name in the Quran. General *List of mosques, a selection of mosques among the most famous, worldwide *List of largest mosques *List of the oldest mosques **List of the oldest mosques#Mentioned in the Quran Asia *List of mosques in Asia *List of mosques in the Arab League **List of mosques in Afghanistan **List of mosques in Bangladesh **List of mosques in China ***List of mosques in Hong Kong ***Ma ...
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Salka (Sufism)
The ''salka'' ( ar, السلكة) is a collective recitation of all sixty '' hizbs'' of the Quran done by ''murids'' and ''saliks'' in Islamic Sufism. Presentation The ''salka'' is a ''tilawa'' during the meeting of the ''murids'' in a zawiya or a mosque to continuously recite the entire Quran. ''Saliks'' and ''tolbas'' recite the ''salka'' periodically in order to demonstrate their memorization in the zawiyas and madrasas. Muslims used also to perform the ''salka'' in order to psalmody the whole Quran either for death, childbirth, marriage contract, or moving to a new residence. While the Hizb Rateb consists of reciting a ''juz''' of the Quran before or after one of the obligatory Islamic ''salawate'' (prayer), the ''salka'' consists of meeting in a place where believers continuously recite all of the sixty ''hizbs'' of the Quran from Al-Fatiha to An-Nas. Variants Depending on the season of the year, the ''salka'' can take two forms: * The ''Diurnal Salka'' ( ar, الس ...
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Bash Hezzab
The Bash Hezzab ( ar, بَاشْ حَزَّاب) is the senior Hezzab supervising the Hizb Rateb and Salka in mosques and zawiyas in Algeria according to the Algerian Islamic reference under the supervision of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowments. History The mosques in Algeria contain many Hezzabine supervised by the ''Bash Hezzab'' along with other employees who take care of these buildings of Muslim ibadah. Historically, the Djamaâ Sidi Ramdane in the Casbah of Algiers housed one ''Bash Hezzab'' which supervised five ''Hezzabine''. The mosque of Djamaa el Kebir was served by the mufti of Algiers, assisted by two ''Imams'', under their authority are placed a '' Moudaris'', explicator of the Quran, a ''Bash Hezzab'', head of the readers, six ''Hezzabine'' of first class, and twelve ''Hezzabine'' of second class. Characteristics The ''Bash Hezzab'' should be a senior hafiz of the Quran as a whole, with the narration of Warsh recitation. As for the ''Hezzab'' ...
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Hezzab
The Hezzab ( ar, حَزَّاب) is the hafiz or qāriʾ supervising or participating in the Hizb Rateb in mosques and zawiyas in Algeria according to the Algerian Islamic reference under the supervision of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowments. History Mosques in Algeria recruit several ''hezzabine'' as salaried employees responsible for reciting the Hizb Rateb on a daily basis, as well as the Salka periodically, under the supervision of a '' Bash Hezzab''. As an example, the had its employees such as ''Wakil'', '' Imam'' and ''Hezzab'' among others. Characteristics The ''hezzab'' should be a hafiz of the Quran as a whole, with the narration of Warsh recitation. When accomplishing the Tilawa, the condition of memorizing the entire Quran is due to the fact that it is not suitable and acceptable for him to read from the Mus'haf while he leads the group of readers ( ar, ناس الحضور) and directing them at the same time. It is good for him to obt ...
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Hizb Rateb
The Hizb Rateb ( ar, الحزب الراتب) is a collective recitation of Quran or dhikr or dua or Wird (Sufism), wird done by murids and saliks in islamic sufism. Presentation The ''Hizb Rateb'' is a group Tilawa (Quran), tilawa of the Quran with one voice, in mosques, Zawiya (institution), zawiyas, kuttabs and Madrasa, Quranic schools. This custom has been practised in the Maghreb countries since the tenth hijri century under the Almohad Caliphate, after Sheikh created the rules for collective reading with one tone. It has an allocated and known times, because it may be recitated after the Fajr prayer or after the Maghrib prayer. It may also be recitated before the Zuhr prayer or before the Asr prayer. Thus, in the countries of the Maghreb, the muslims used to recite the Quran together in what is known as the ''Hizb Rateb'', in line with the current custom in these states. See also *Hezzab *Bash Hezzab *Nass al-Houdhour *Salka (Sufism), Salka *Tilawa (Quran), Tilaw ...
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Algerian Islamic Reference
The Algerian Islamic reference is the fundamentalist and legal framework for the practice of the religion of Islam in Algeria within Sunnism under the tutelage of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowments. Reference elements Sunnism Algeria belongs to the Sunni world which is the Islamic community to which the vast majority of Muslims belong. The sources of its Sunni Islamic jurisprudence are the Quran and Sunnah of Muhammad in the hadiths attributed to him. Ash'arism Algeria is based in its Muslim aqidah on Ash'arism which is a theological school of Islam, founded by Al-Ash'ari (873-935). Malikism Algeria adopts Malikism, which is one of the four Madhhabs of Sunni Muslim law, based on the teaching of Imam Malik ibn Anas (711-795). Sufism The Sufism is taught and practiced in more than 1,600 zawiyas in Algeria. Quran recitation The Tilawa of the Quran in Algerian mosques takes place according to Warsh recitation in the Salah, the Hizb Rateb and the Sal ...
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Brahim Boushaki
Brahim Boushaki ( ar, إبراهيم بن علي بوسحاقي ''Ibrahim ibn Ali al-Boushaki'') (1912 CE/1330 AH – 1997 CE/1418 AH), was an Algerian Scholar, Imam and Sufi Sheikh. He was born in the village of Soumâa near the town of Thénia 53 km east of Algiers. He was raised in a very spiritual environment within Zawiyet Sidi Boushaki with high Islamic values and ethics. He had great interpersonal skills and devoted his entire life in service of Islam and Algeria according to the Algerian Islamic reference. Family Brahim Boushaki was born in 1912 in the historic village of Soumâa perched at the top of the Col des Beni Aïcha in Lower Kabylia. He is part of the 16th generation of the descendants of the illustrious Algerian theologian Sidi Boushaki (1394-1453) who was one of the colleagues of Sidi Abderrahmane Thaalibi (1384-1479) in his initiatory journey in Bejaïa and elsewhere at the beginning of the Gregorian 15th century. His father, Ali Boushaki ...
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