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Chronicling the establishment of Masjid al-Furqaan in Minneapolis, MN.
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Masjid al-Furqaan
is an Islamic Center Based in North Minneapolis. Itis a community of brothers and sisters who have come together toestablish an Islamic Community deeply rooted in the
Qur
ʾān
and the
Sunnah
. The
Masjid
's origins can be traced back to the
Bil
ā
l
LearningCenter, which was established to provide Islamic education whilecultivating the development of the community with specific emphasisplaced on the youth.The
Bil
ā
l
Learning Center was located in the small mini mall on thecorner of Lake St. and Cedar Avenue. It functioned as a place where
Qur
ʾān
ic
lessons were administered for the children of thecommunity. Weekly lessons were also taught for the youth andadults who wished to further increase themselves in Islamicknowledge.Many of the classes taught at the center focused upon strengtheningthe basic foundations of the religion through the study of the subjectsof
Tawh
ī
d
and
ʿ
Aq
ī
dah
. The books that were taught by some of the brothers include:
Al-Mab
ā
d
ī
al-Muf
ī
dah
(Basic Elementary Principles in
Fiqh
,
Tawh
ī
d
and
ʿ
Aq
ī
dah
) by
Shaykh Ya
ḥ
yá al-
Ḥ
aj
ū
r
ī
.
Al-Us
ū
l us-Sittah
(Six Fundemental Principles) by
Shaykh Mu
ḥ
ammad ibn
ʿ
Abdul-Wahh
ā
b
.
Al-Qaw
āʿ
id al-
ʿ
Arb
ʿ
a
(Four Principles) also by
Shaykh Mu
ḥa
mmadibn
ʿAbdul
-Wahh
āb
.
Talkh
ī
s
Ṣ
ifatus-Sal
āḥ
an-Nab
ī
(Abridgement of the book ‘TheProphet’s Prayer Described’) by
Shaykh Mu
ḥammad
N
āṣir ud
-D
īn
al-Alb
ā
n
ī
as well as many other books.These classes continued on through the summer of 2008, in which aproperty was finally acquired for the brothers and sisters to establisha
Masjid
.
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Who Are We
Chronicling the establishment of Masjid al-Furqaan in Minneapolis, MN.
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