Muhabbat ul Deen

At the Madrasa there are many courses and other activities you can be involved in, they have excellent teachers who have studied extensively in Syria and I got to know the brothers who teach there quite well.

It is such a good environment to learn and the brothers and sisters that were there to learn definitely benefited from their experience.

The imam of the Masjid there was an inspiration to me. He is a 29 year old Moroccan, alim, hafiz of Qur’an and has travelled the world in pursuit of knowledge and Tabligh. After every Asr salah he would give us all a copy of the Qur’an and together we would recite 1 para. His qirat was amazing and it was an absolute pleasure to stand behind him or sit next to him and listen.

Apart from the Arabic lessons, the Madrasa is situated on an extremely large area of land, much of which is farm land. It is quite something when you have just finished a group dhikr of Qur’an in the Masjid and then take a walk through this amazing scenery. You get a real sense of closeness to Allah (swt) and peace of heart.

There is a growing community of Muslims in Granada and especially in Puebla de Don Fadrique the town next to the Madrasa. Many people have converted and many people are planning to move there. I was told by the owners that houses are being built on land nearby which has received great interest from people all over the world. To pluck two names out, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf and Abdul Hakim Murad are purchasing houses there.

After the disaster of the inquisition and subsequent holocaust the Muslims are slowly returning, but overlooking the Madrasa is a beautiful but stark reminder of how things can change. A large hill/mountain dominates the skyline that was where thousands of Muslims were slaughtered whilst fleeing the Catholic armies.

tag: islam, the madrasa, spain, the retreat, holocaust, inquisition