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Are you looking for prayer times in Medellín with mosques? Here's a list of mosques around Medellín with congregational prayers! Medellín, officially the Special District of Science, Technology, and Innovation of Medellín, is the second-largest city in Colombia after Bogotá and the capital of the department of Antioquia. The city has developed and advanced tremendously in the past several decades, moving on from its past of unrest.
Islam was fairly recently introduced to the city by immigrating Muslims and has since gained popularity among the locals. More and more families have converted in recent years, with some estimates going up to a thousand this year. Here are some mosques built in recent years to fulfill the growing need of Muslims to have a designated space to congregate their prayers. They welcome all tourists and travelers, so be sure to visit them while you are in the city!
Seeing the growing Muslim population, Mezquita de As-Salam Medellin was built by the local Muslim community to create a space for worship and gatherings. It is revered in the community as well as internationally for being an active mosque, educating and organizing the Muslims of Medellín. It is the only purpose-built mosque in the city of Medellín, serving as the designated place for the Muslim community to congregate. It is a clean and calm facility, impressing those looking for peace and tranquility from busy city life. The Imams at the mosque are well-respected for being kind and welcoming. Travelers from across the world visit the mosque for Jummah (Friday) prayers, taking with them warm memories from the mosque. There is a Halal restaurant beside the entrance of the mosque, facilitating traveling Muslims.
Mezquita de Medellin is a humble mosque located on the second floor of a residential building. The mosque organizes educational events and programs for young Muslims and women in the community. The Friday sermon and Islamic education are provided in multiple languages, including Spanish, English, Malay, and Arabic. The mosque is a lively facility, recommended by locals to those looking to belong somewhere.
Musala Calasanz Islam Medellín is a humble mosque with around 20-40 regular worshippers coming together to congregate for their daily obligatory prayers. It is frequented mostly by the Indonesian diaspora living in the area.
With recent reversion, as more and more people of Colombia have received the message of Islam, Muslims have found the need for educational and community organizations more imminent. El Encuentro is an organization that was formed to fulfill that need. The organization aims to seek and develop "a healthy, centered, and spiritually grounded community" living on the foundations laid in Islam. They have successfully organized and brought together the Muslim community in the city of Medellín, Colombia.
With a considerable Muslim immigrant population residing in the city, Halal dining and food options cannot be missed. There are several restaurants specializing in Middle Eastern/Arab cuisine as well as South Asian cuisine, serving warm and delicious halal food to the locals as well as tourists or travelers. The following are the most popular and most recommended halal restaurants.
Chapati Halal
Tandoori Halal
Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) emphasized to his companions and all followers of Islam to pray with the congregation for obligatory daily prayers. Multiple hadiths report the Messenger of Allah discussing the importance of congregating prayers. It was narrated that 'Uthman bin 'Affan (رَضِيَ ٱللَّٰهُ عَنْهُ) said he heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say, "Whoever does wudu' properly, then walks to (attend) the prescribed prayer, and prays with the people or with the congregation or in the Masjid, Allah will forgive him his sins." (Grade: Sahih (Darussalam) Sunan an-Nasa'i 856)
Abu Huraira (رَضِيَ ٱللَّٰهُ عَنْهُ) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying, "A man's prayer in congregation is more valuable than twenty degrees and some above them as compared with his prayer in his house and his market, for when he performs ablution doing it well, then goes out to the mosque, and he is impelled (to do so) only by (the love of congregational) prayer, he has no other objective before him but prayer.
He does not take a step without being raised a degree for it and having a sin remitted for it till he enters the mosque and when he is busy in prayer after having entered the mosque. The angels continue to invoke blessings on him as long as he is in his place of worship. Saying: O Allah, show him mercy, and pardon him! Accept his repentance (and the angels continue this supplication for him) so long as he does not do any harm in it, or as long as his ablution is not broken." (Sahih Muslim 649f)
We hope this list of mosques will help you catch your prayers with the congregation while you are in Medellín.
Fajr | Duhur | Asr | Maghrib | Isha |
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05:10 | 12:05 | 15:27 | 17:58 | 18:59 |