Islamic Center Düsseldorf

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Beyond prayer and teaching, we stand by the community in the questions life asks: when a marriage begins, when it falls into crisis, when people fall out with one another, and when someone is ill.

Nikah — the marriage contract

Counselling, preparation and the ceremony

وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ أَنْ خَلَقَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا لِّتَسْكُنُوا إِلَيْهَا وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَكُم مَّوَدَّةً وَرَحْمَةً

“And among His signs is that He created for you partners from among yourselves, so that you may find rest in them, and He placed affection and mercy between you.”
Sūrat ar-Rūm 30:21

In Islam marriage is not a sacrament but a covenant: concluded with the express consent of both, before two witnesses, with a bridal gift that belongs to the wife alone. Before we conclude the contract we talk with the couple about what will carry that covenant later — what each expects of the other, duties, money, the two families.

The ceremony itself is short: an address, the offer and its acceptance, the witnesses’ confirmation, the signature. Those who wish may celebrate with us afterwards.

يَا مَعْشَرَ الشَّبَابِ، مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمُ الْبَاءَةَ فَلْيَتَزَوَّجْ

“O young people! Whoever among you can afford it, let him marry.”
al-Bukhārī 5065 · Muslim 1400

An Islamic marriage does not replace a civil one — under German law it has no effect, neither for inheritance nor pensions nor residence status. We advise every couple to have both.

Separation and divorce

First the attempt to save it — then guidance

الطَّلَاقُ مَرَّتَانِ ۖ فَإِمْسَاكٌ بِمَعْرُوفٍ أَوْ تَسْرِيحٌ بِإِحْسَانٍ

“Divorce is twice. Then either keeping in kindness or releasing with grace.”
Sūrat al-Baqara 2:229

Before a separation is discussed, we try to avert it. The Quran names the way: an arbiter from his family and one from hers (Sūrat an-Nisāʾ 4:35). Remarkably often it is enough for two people to listen to one another again, in a room where nobody has to win.

Where the marriage cannot be saved, we accompany the separation as the verse requires: with kindness. We explain the waiting period, the bridal gift and the responsibility for the children, we put what is agreed in writing — and we make sure nobody is put under pressure.

لَا يَفْرَكْ مُؤْمِنٌ مُؤْمِنَةً، إِنْ كَرِهَ مِنْهَا خُلُقًا رَضِيَ مِنْهَا آخَرَ

“Let no believing man hate a believing woman: if one of her traits displeases him, another will please him.”
Muslim 1469

Here too: a religious separation and a divorce before the family court are two different things. Maintenance, custody and pension sharing are for the German court alone.

Mediation

Confidential, impartial, without a verdict

إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ إِخْوَةٌ فَأَصْلِحُوا بَيْنَ أَخَوَيْكُمْ

“The believers are but brothers, so make peace between your two brothers.”
Sūrat al-Ḥujurāt 49:10

Disputes between relatives, between neighbours, between business partners: we listen to both sides — separately where need be — and look for a settlement. What is said in those conversations stays in the room.

We pass no judgement. We put nobody in the wrong. What stands at the end is what both can carry; if both wish, we write it down.

أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَفْضَلَ مِنْ دَرَجَةِ الصِّيَامِ وَالصَّلَاةِ وَالصَّدَقَةِ؟ قَالُوا: بَلَى. قَالَ: إِصْلَاحُ ذَاتِ الْبَيْنِ

“Shall I tell you of something better in rank than fasting, prayer and charity?” They said: “Yes.” He said: “Making peace between people.”
Abū Dāwūd 4919 · at-Tirmidhī 2509

Mediation with us replaces neither a court nor a lawyer. Where law and money are at stake we expressly advise using both.

Ruqya

Quran and prophetic supplications — nothing else

وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ مَا هُوَ شِفَاءٌ وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

“And We send down of the Quran that which is healing and mercy for the believers.”
Sūrat al-Isrāʾ 17:82

Ruqya is the recitation of the Quran and the transmitted supplications over someone who is ill. The companions did it in the lifetime of the Prophet ﷺ: one of them recited al-Fātiḥa over a man who had been stung by a scorpion, and when he reported it afterwards the Prophet ﷺ asked him: “How did you know it was a ruqya?” (al-Bukhārī 5736 · Muslim 2201)

With us that means recitation, supplication, and above all showing people how to do it themselves — morning and evening, over themselves and over their children. What you will not find here: amulets, inscribed papers, number squares or remote diagnoses. And we take no money for “undoing magic”.

لَا بَأْسَ بِالرُّقَى مَا لَمْ تَكُنْ شِرْكًا

“There is no harm in ruqya as long as it contains no shirk.”
Muslim 2200

Ruqya replaces no medical or psychotherapeutic treatment. The Prophet ﷺ himself instructed: “Seek treatment, servants of Allah” (Abū Dāwūd 3855). The two belong together — not one instead of the other.

How to reach us

For all four matters a call or a visit during office hours is enough — there are no forms here.

0211-161185

Worringer Str. 63, 40211 Düsseldorf

Office hours

Monday to Thursday, 12 noon to 4 pm