The Zawiya Thaalibia ( ar, الزاوية الثعالبية) or the
Sidi Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi
Abdul-Rahman al-Tha'alibi ( ar, أبو زيد عـبـد الـرحـمـن بن مـخـلـوف الـثـعـالـبـي, Abū Zayd ‘Abd al-Raḥmān ibn Makhlūf ath-Tha‘ālibī) (1384 CE/785 AH – 1479 CE/875 AH), was an Arab Schol ...
Zawiya ( ar, زاوية سيدي عبد الرحمان الثعالبي) is a
zawiya in the
commune
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of the
Issers
Isser, formerly spelled Issers ( ar, يسر, kab, ⵉⵙⴻⵔ) is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 27,990. As of the latest census it has 32,580 residents.
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in
Algeria
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. The name "Thaalibia" relates to
Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi
Abdul-Rahman al-Tha'alibi ( ar, أبو زيد عـبـد الـرحـمـن بن مـخـلـوف الـثـعـالـبـي, Abū Zayd ‘Abd al-Raḥmān ibn Makhlūf ath-Tha‘ālibī) (1384 CE/785 Hijri year, AH – 1479 CE/875 Hijri year, ...
.
Missions
The zawiya of Sidi Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alabi in the
Issers
Isser, formerly spelled Issers ( ar, يسر, kab, ⵉⵙⴻⵔ) is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 27,990. As of the latest census it has 32,580 residents.
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is considered a prominent religious teacher in memorizing and indoctrinating the
Quran
The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Classical Arabic, Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation in Islam, revelation from God in Islam, ...
and its basic rulings for young people and providing the various mosques of
Boumerdes Province during the month of
Ramadan
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every year with a preservation that leads to
Tarawih
''Tarawih'' ( ar, تراويح, tarāwīḥ), also rendered in English as ''Taraweeh'', is derived from the Arabic root ر و ح related to rest and relaxation. Tarawih prayers are special Muslim prayers involving reading long portions of the ...
prayers by reciting the Quran with the
Warsh recitation
Abu Sa'id Uthman Ibn Sa‘id al-Qutbi, better known as Warsh (110-197AH), was a significant figure in the history of Quranic recitation (''qira'at''), the canonical methods of reciting the Qur'an. Alongside Qalun, he was one of the two primary ...
.
This zawiya, which opened its doors in 1994, has an important place in its fields of formation, as it has annually graduated about 70 male and female
Hafiz of the Quran with its rulings and the
Hadith
Ḥadīth ( or ; ar, حديث, , , , , , , literally "talk" or "discourse") or Athar ( ar, أثر, , literally "remnant"/"effect") refers to what the majority of Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approval ...
that he depends on in framing the various mosques of the province.
It is a place to study and teach the Quran, as well as providing aid to the needy and those about to get married and organizing circumcision ceremonies.
It is one of the
Zawiyas in Algeria
The Zawiyas in Algeria are religious buildings located in Algeria honoring the memory of patron saints and dedicated to Quranic and religious education. They are affiliated with Sufi Torouq brotherhoods under the supervision of the Ministry o ...
that plays an important role in social life in the
Issers
Isser, formerly spelled Issers ( ar, يسر, kab, ⵉⵙⴻⵔ) is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 27,990. As of the latest census it has 32,580 residents.
Isser is locate ...
region, and it is considered a modernized corner, as it is based on the traditional and modern way of teaching the Qur'an and Sunnah as well. And that the learner intends to write the verses by himself using the traditional ink, which is a special ink that the learner makes from sheep's wool, where he melts it on fire until it becomes black, then mixes it with water, and the characteristic of this ink is that it does not disappear from the written tablet except by rubbing it with clay and water.
Headquarters
In the year 2000, the zawiya benefited from a new headquarters that befits its position as a scientific edifice and attracts the attention of various visitors to the city of
Issers
Isser, formerly spelled Issers ( ar, يسر, kab, ⵉⵙⴻⵔ) is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 27,990. As of the latest census it has 32,580 residents.
Isser is locate ...
due to its enormity and its good location in the city center adjacent to the Grand Mosque.
Students
There are about 160
talibe
A talibé (also spelled ''talibe'', plural ''talibés''; ar, طالب, ṭālib, seeker, 'student'; pl. ) is a boy, usually from Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Chad, Mali or Mauritania, who studies the Quran at a daara (West African ...
s (students) who are currently studying at this zawiya coming from different regions of the Algeria.
The affiliates of this open corner for male and female students between the ages of 8 and 25 years benefit from the internal and external system.
There are 12 groups of Qur'an students in Al-Zawiya, and each group includes 80 students who come from different regions of the country, whose ages range from 8 to 25 years.
Each student must preserve the sixty parties for a period of up to two years or more, and since 2001, 263 students have graduated, and some of them joined the Islamic institutes in Hijaz, Syria, Mauritania and Yemen to complete the study of Sharia, or to practice the imamate, and some of them lead worshipers in mosques here In the homeland.
Among the students of the zawiya are those who lead the worshipers in the Tarawih prayer, and this is the true test of the lessons of recitation, intonation and memorization of the Qur'an. This is done in the provinces of Tizi Ouzou, Bouira, Boumerdès and Algiers.
The student's day begins at the zawiya after the
Fajr prayer
The Fajr prayer ( ar, صلاة الفجر ', "dawn prayer") is one of the five mandatory salah (Islamic prayer), to be performed anytime starting from the moment of dawn, but not after sunrise. As an Islamic day starts at sunset, the Fajr praye ...
, which is the period of memorization of the panels, where each student memorizes the painting he wrote and recites the verses or provides them, depending on the techniques and judgments he learned.
Means
The zawiya obtained by this educational edifice from the state Algerian budget, as well as with the aid of the benefactors, has allowed the modernization of the various wings that this edifice includes, re-equipping them with the latest educational means, such as electronic media, and improving the various daily services it provides to male and female students.
Diplomas
Talibe
A talibé (also spelled ''talibe'', plural ''talibés''; ar, طالب, ṭālib, seeker, 'student'; pl. ) is a boy, usually from Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Chad, Mali or Mauritania, who studies the Quran at a daara (West African ...
s are integrated after obtaining an
Idjaza
An ''ijazah'' ( ar, الإِجازَة, "permission", "authorization", "license"; plural: ''ijazahs'' or ''ijazat'') is a license authorizing its holder to transmit a certain text or subject, which is issued by someone already possessing such au ...
(certificate of proof of level) according to the specializations followed in the religious affairs sector, such as Imams of mosques, teachers of the Noble Quran, and
Murshid
''Murshid'' ( ar, مرشد) is Arabic for "guide" or "teacher", derived from the root ''r-sh-d'', with the basic meaning of having integrity, being sensible, mature. Particularly in Sufism it refers to a spiritual guide. The term is frequently use ...
ates, while other students continue to study by correspondence to prove the level.
Celebrations
The most important annual activities that the zawiya administration ensures to establish regularly and at a fixed date annually on the occasion of commemorating the
Mawlid
Mawlid, Mawlid an-Nabi ash-Sharif or Eid Milad un Nabi ( ar, المولد النبوي, translit=mawlid an-nabawī, lit=Birth of the Prophet, sometimes simply called in colloquial Arabic , , among other vernacular pronunciations; sometimes , ) ...
, on the academic and scientific day around
Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi
Abdul-Rahman al-Tha'alibi ( ar, أبو زيد عـبـد الـرحـمـن بن مـخـلـوف الـثـعـالـبـي, Abū Zayd ‘Abd al-Raḥmān ibn Makhlūf ath-Tha‘ālibī) (1384 CE/785 Hijri year, AH – 1479 CE/875 Hijri year, ...
, during which graduates from zawiya are honored and graduation certificates distributed to them.
This is because the zawiya is a place to establish the remembrance and memorize the Quran, and it is similar to a boarding school for teaching the Book of Allah.
See also
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Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowments
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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
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Zawiyas in Algeria
The Zawiyas in Algeria are religious buildings located in Algeria honoring the memory of patron saints and dedicated to Quranic and religious education. They are affiliated with Sufi Torouq brotherhoods under the supervision of the Ministry o ...
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Zawiyas in Algeria
Buildings and structures in Boumerdès Province
20th-century establishments in Africa