“Worship of the Creator; Service of the Creation“

The Leeds Grand Bilal Mosque mission is summed up in the simple yet eminent statement “Worship of the Creator; Service of the creation.” We recognise and worship Our Creator, the One, the Eternal, Who begot no one nor was He begotten, Who has none comparable to Him, the Lord of Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him. The measure of our worship is in taqwā – a fear and consciousness of our Lord. We endeavour to manifest this worship through the service of His creation. This is the Sufi path we adhere to, a path with an authentic unbroken chain of instruction from the Best of creation, the Beloved of Allah and Mankind, the Mercy for Mankind, Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him.

The service is our Jihad, our struggle, in this world. We look to invite our local and world community to appreciate and familiarise themselves with our faith, recognising that there is no force or compulsion in religious conviction. We look to put into practice the age-old Sufi teaching of “whomsoever behaves excellently toward you, has behaved in the Sufi way”. This excellence in service to the creation is furthered beyond humankind to the animal kingdom, and to our entrusted environment. Without excessiveness, we endeavour to apply a balanced approach where necessity dictates use: without reason no tree is to be felled, nor an animal slaughtered or hurt. Our worship and service is pinned to the laws of our country. As citizens of the UK we are religiously party to agreements and covenants made by and on behalf of our great land. Those that share these sentiments are welcome with open arms to our age-old traditional form of worship and service. We invoke Allah Almighty through His beautiful name of as-Salām in all our undertakings: “Lord! You are as-Salām and from You is peace. Glorified are You, O Most Lofty and Most Honoured”.*

*In association with the Bradford Grand Mosque