🔷The Grand Mosque of Chefchouen.

If you want to see a old Mosque that became one of the first places of worship for the Andalusians coming into North Africa then this one of them.

The Mosque was helped built in the 9th Century Hijra (15th century) by the ruler at the time, Moulay Ali ibn Rashid who helped also founded the city of the mosque, Chefchaouen.

The city, Chefchaouen was founded as a purpose of defending the northern coast of North Africa from growing European powers from invading.

This was also a very critical era for the Muslims because of Andalusians started to migrate out of al-Andalus and into other Muslim lands after fall of Granada in 897AH (1492).

Many Muslims started to migrate to North Africa to rebuild their lives and help establish new cities, villages, buildings, etc. such as Tétouan, Fes and Chefchouen. They helped build their new lives based upon their Andalusian European culture as we can still see today.

It wasn’t untill the 17th century when the final migrants started to settle in Chefchouen after the exile of Muslims from Spain.

📸Taken in Summer 1440H.

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🔷The secret world beneath Alhambra

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0832g29/the-hidden-world-beneath-the-ancient-alhambra-fortress

Hundreds of people (daily) visit the former rooms of the castle on top, but have no idea about the hidden rooms that lie beneath them.

Such as: Secret escape routes, secret tunnels that guards will stand near and protect from danger, dungeons,etc.

As mentioned in the video from one of the Spanish archeologists, “There is still much to discover.”

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🔷Ibn Hazm al-Andalusī:

The sign of sorrow is a flame.

That strikes the heart,
and burns the same,

As too the tears that freely go

Adown the cheeks in ceaseless flow.

Ring of the Dove 🕊

📸Taken in Marrakesh, Summer 1440H.

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🔷Very useful map of the cities of al-Andalus in Arabic.

Zoom in to see more.

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🔷 A book about the Nasridyyah or Bani Nasir. The last rulership family of al-Andalus by Lisān ad-Dīn ibn al-Khatīb

Forget fake fairy tale stories with dragons and zina. This is a real family that suffered a lot of trials.

When you read about them you fill find lost stories of mystery and adventures that you can’t find in those fake fairy tale stories of kings and queens.

Some of their family members are still alive.

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Here in an old post, Shaykh Saīd al-Kamalī says a Poem from a famous well known poet from al-Andalus, Lisān ad-Dīn ibn al-Khatīb. In this poem it speaking highly of one of the Kings of Al-Andlaus, Garnāda, Abu Hajāj Yusuf ibn Nasir. -
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طابَتْ بوجودِكَ أنْدَلُسٌ
‏حسُنَتْ بجوارِكَ مُرتَفَقا
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‏إنْ طافَ بها شيْطانُ عِدىً
‏يبْغي بسَمائِكَ مُسْتَرَقا
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‏أو جاسَ خِلالَ منازِلها
‏قذَفَتْهُ سُعودُكَ فاحْتَرَقا
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🔷My brothers and sisters, don’t be afraid if you are not married and don’t have much money or you are already married and in need for some money.

The promise of Allah is true. Don’t feel sad nor let others put you down.

Patience is the Key. It will come,In’Shā’Allāh.

‎وَأَنكِحُوا الْأَيَامَىٰ مِنكُمْ وَالصَّالِحِينَ مِنْ عِبَادِكُمْ وَإِمَائِكُمْ إِن يَكُونُوا فُقَرَاءَ يُغْنِهِمُ اللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِ وَاللَّهُ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ

And marry off the unmarried among you and the righteous among your male slaves and female slaves. If they should be poor, Allah will enrich them from His bounty, and Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing.

Surah an-Nūr: Verse 32

🔷 Look what Imām Qurtubī says in his Tafsir on the Ayah:

“Do not refrain from giving in marriage (or marrying off) because the men or the women is poor.

If they are poor, Allah will make them independent of means by His bounty.

This is a promise of independence of means to those who get married, seeking the pleasure of Allah and seeking to protect themselves from Sin.”

➡️Tafsir al-Qurtubī: Surah Nūr, Verse 32.

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🔷Recently there was an event in Tetouan, Morocco about the knowledge and training of manuscripts.

Many of these manuscripts are recovered from Andalusian and North African scholars and are continued to be published until this very day.

Those who took part in the share of this event was Shaykh Doctor Abd Allah at-Tourātī at-Tetuanī (https://twitter.com/taourati1), Shaykh Doctor Badr al-Imrānī, Shaykh Doctor Abd ar-Rahmān al-Ajāwī and others.

🔷The event was held by: Islamic West Institute for Training and Scientific Research Tetouan.

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🔷Due to the recent events involving the Corona virus many people have rushed to their markets to stock up in household items. We see many people all over the world panicking on what to do next.

People have been so paranoid about the virus that there has been fighting and chaos just to take items of the shelves in the markets.

This reminded me that even though we are in the Dunya, the events that will happen on the Day of Judgement will be far more serious and terrifying.

يَوْمَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِ

It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about (Surah al-Qāriah 101:4)

🔷Ibn Juzayy al-Andalusī mentioned in his book of Tafsir on Surah al-Qāriah that some scholars have said:

The people when standing from the grave (on the day of judgement) firstly, will be like scattered moths.

This is because they (the people) will go around without any orderly conduct, disorderly.

Then a caller (from the angels) will call the people to be directed for the place to be judged.

And they will become during that time like scattered locusts because locusts tend to one direction (when they move).

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