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Penyem village Gambia

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       Penyem village is located about 35 minutes drive from the River Gambia and 46 minutes drive from the Atlantic ocean on the west coast of Gambia. Penyem is also conveniently located 4 miles from Brikama where villagers buy and sell food. In addition, schools, household items, construction hardware, and pharmacy are easily accessible by taxi and van transport. The roads are level so bicycles are a popular mode of travel for young and old. The village has a population of approximately 3500 inhabitants who are mostly Muslims . The ethnic groups that live in Penyem village are majority Jolas including the village Alkali. Fulas are the second largest community and a few mandinka families as well. The village is peaceful and people live in harmony which is the case across Gambia. People, especially the elderly and children are easy to talk to while sitting under a tree, and English is widely spoken. Moreover, the village is w...
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Al Huda Masjid

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 Al Huda Masjid will open for the five daily prayers and Friday sermon, accommodating at least 150 to 200 people in the prayer hall. The male's prayer section on the ground floor and the female's prayer section on the first floor. Al Huda Masjid will also reduce the walking distance by ten to fifteen minutes for many people living in Penyem Village. This shortened walking time will help the community as many people do not pray in the masjid except after walking 20 or 15 minutes which leads to men praying in their houses, hence the masjid will alleviate this big problem. Moreover, Al Huda Masjid will be accessible all day long, having scheduled lessons and lectures with scholars and students of knowledge insha Allah.          In addition, Al huda Masjid, a place of worship and gathering, will be on the path of the salaf-us-saalih, the manhaj (methodology of understanding Islam) of the pious predecessors, the first three generations of the islamic ummah. Ther...
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Build A Mosque

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The reward is truly immense, Allaah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said:   “Whoever builds a Mosque for the sake of Allaah, Allaah will build for him a house in Paradise.”   (Reported by Bukhaaree and Muslim). On an occasion, the noble Companion, Uthmaan (may Allah be pleased with him) addressed his companions saying:   “I ask you by Allaah and Islaam! Do you know that the Mosque of the Prophet ( ﷺ ) was too small for its people, so the Messenger of Allaah ( ﷺ ) said: ‘Who will purchase the land of the family of so-and-so and add it to this Mosque in exchange for better than that in Paradise?’ So I bought it with the core of   my wealth and presented it to the Messenger.”   (Reported authentically by at- Tirmidhee, no. 3703)  And there are lot more rewards and benefits in helping to build a masjid, with the great benefits that it is going to bring a tremendous impact on the community because insha'Allah, the masjid will be connected with scholars and the elderly students ...
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Life in Gambia as a Muhaajir

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 The Gambia walhamdulillah is a muslim country and its very welcoming to all foreigners, for instance a muhaajir in the country can buy and own his property and build as he/ she pleases.    As a muhaajir ( immigrant) the most important issue is to make sure that you  are dealing with a trustworthy somebody and get in contact before coming and try to get a genuine information before embarking on the journey. 
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