Make education possible
Meet the infrastructure and staffing needs required to provide education to all Muslim brothers and sisters seeking it within our service region.
OUR MOSQUE · OUR COMMUNITY · OUR PURPOSE
Serve.
Educate.
Inspire.
A place of worship, a home for learning and a community in the heart of Hackney. Discover the story, values and purpose of Suleymaniye Mosque London.
212–216 Kingsland Road · London E2 8AX020 7684 9900
Rasûlullah (sallallâhu alayhi wa sallam) said: “The best of you are those who learn the Qur’an and teach it.”Sahîh al-Bukhârî
01 / OUR STORY
Rooted in faith.
Here for our community.
Suleymaniye Mosque London stands in the heart of Hackney, a diverse borough with a rich history and home to one of the UK’s largest Muslim communities. We believe our primary concern should be to serve the needs of the local community and work towards the common good. Our mission is to serve, educate and inspire.
Construction of the mosque began in 1992, and it opened in 2000 to provide lasting solutions for the religious needs of Muslims in the UK—especially appropriate places of worship and Islamic education for young people.
The six-floor building includes two floors of prayer space, including the women’s section, classrooms, a library and accommodation for Marathon boarding students and hifz students. The mosque also has a minaret.
In recognition of the importance Islam places on all types of education, Suleymaniye Mosque strives to convey knowledge to Muslims of every age, language, race and gender.
02 / OUR VISION
A lasting place.
A shared future.
Suleymaniye Community Association pursues two complementary ambitions:
Belong and contribute
Strive to be an exemplary institution in our region, proud of our belonging and affiliation in the United Kingdom.
03 / OUR VALUES
The principles we live by.
Our values guide how we teach, serve and work with our community.
The Qur’an and Sunnah
Complete adherence to the Qur’an and Sunnah.
Responsibility
A strong sense of responsibility in everything we undertake.
Transparency
Openness and transparency in our processes.
Brotherhood
An embracing spirit of brotherhood.
Faithfulness
Loyalty to our fundamental principles.
Ikhlas
Sincerity and purity of intention.
Equal service
Serving everyone equally, regardless of language, race, gender or culture.
04 / OUR MISSION
Knowledge that reaches
from minds to lives.
Suleymaniye’s mission is to provide quality education to students in the UK while preserving their worldly and moral values. Suleymaniye Community Association focuses on two main areas of activity:
Teaching faith and character
Teach Islamic knowledge, faith, Islam and Akhlak-i Muhammadiyyah to every Muslim without exception or discrimination, remaining faithful to Ahl al-Sunnah.
Creating places to flourish
Create the physical environments—classrooms, schools, mosques, masjids, kindergartens and halls—where Muslims can fulfil their educational and religious duties fully and consistently.
Suleymaniye Community Association believes that a liveable world is possible through people who possess knowledge and sincere commitment (ikhlas). Bringing the religious knowledge and practice that every Muslim should have to the wider community is the first step in our educational goals.
We seek to raise future generations with a high level of knowledge and culture. Providing high-standard living conditions for our students is a central goal. Through the qualified people within Suleymaniye Community Association, we offer access to quality education for humanity and seek to reach disadvantaged groups around the world.
“Every Muslim should be raised in a beautiful way to benefit his environment and humanity by living an exemplary life.”
05 / OUR PRINCIPLES
A responsibility we hold in trust.
Faith and human dignity
All organisational activities must comply fully with the words of Allah and the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). No activity may be conducted with an attitude, approach or language contrary to human dignity and honour.
Respect for your intention
Donations collected for our organisation can only be spent within the limits set by our donors and for the purpose they specify.
Accountability to our community
We recognise a clear responsibility for transparency in the association’s activities towards our community, and especially our donors.
A place for you, too.
Explore our education programmes, arrange a mosque visit or speak with our team. We welcome your questions.
Founder of our Foundation
Abu'l-FâruqSulayman Hilmi TUNAHAN
(Q.S.) (SILISTRAWI) Hazrat
Hazrat Sulaymān Efendi (Q.S.) was a Hanafī in matters concerning āmāl (deeds), a māturīdi in matters concerning I’tiqād (faith) and a Naqshī among the spiritual orders. He was an exceedingly devout member of Ahl-e Sunnah wal Jamā’ah. He strongly advised people to adhere to the tenets of Ahl-e Sunnah wal Jamā’ah, including his disciples, who spiritually benefitted from him and regular followers of his discourses.
In accordance with the divine decree, Hazrat Sulaymān Efendi (Q.S.) was privileged to be the 33. and final ring of Silsilah al-Sādāt after completing his sayr-al sulūk (spiritual Journey) under the supervision of Salāhuddin Ibni Mawlāna Sirāyuddin (Q.S.) who was the 32nd chain in the Silsilah. The tajalliyāt which he experienced was so high that Hazrat Salāhuddīn (Q.S.) had to entrust him to the spiritual hands of Imam Rabbāni Mujaddid-e Alf-e Thāni Ahmad Fārûqi al-Sirhindī (Q.S.) for the rest of his journey.
While approaching the end of time, he became a means for the salvation of people through his endless efforts, taking them from the pits of disbelief and placing them to the heights of īman (faith) and ikhlās (sincerity) and he continues to do so.
The great Ālim-u Dīn, Hazrat Sulaymān Hilmi Tunahan (Q.S.) struggled against every type of Kufr (disbelief) by means of his knowledge and actions. He became the defender of Ahl-e Sunnah at every platform, strived against the firaq-al dāllah (corrupt sects) and eliminated the frictions among the Muslims. He once addressed the public in the following words:
“O Muslim world, do you think that lies and slanders can be attributed to Rasulullah (saw) and his Ashāb (companions). (Don’t even make such an assumption) We (Ahl-e Sunnah) are alive.”
Hazrat Sulaymān Efendi (Q.S.) did not write many books. When asked about the reason for that, he explained in this way:
I have regretfully seen the treasure like, priceless works of predecessors, which were written in candle light, being buried to decay, sold to grocery shops, dumped into bins and abandoned on the library shelves to rot and get dusty. In such a time when the madāris of a nation were shut down, their scripture changed and religious sciences tended to disappear, instead of writing new books, I found it more urgent and necessary to educate ‘living books’ (student) who could understand and explain the content of those scholarly works and transfer the knowledge from lines to the hearts and keep them alive.