Assalaamu Alaykum Wa Ragmatullahi Wa Barakaatuh
The Ibaadur Raghmaan Islamic Society greets you with the universal greeting of peace.
Ibaadur Raghmaan Islamic Society “Slaves of the Merciful” is a self-funded community organisation previously based in the Crawford area. It was established in 1994 by the late Imam Ebrahiem “Sep Davids” and was run by his son Imam Mogamat Isma-eel Davids, after his dad’s passing in 1998 who subsequently resigned in 2025 to pursue his academic career to acquire his masters.
Imam Davids introduced ML Abdullah Forbes as his successor, to assume the role as resident Imam as of 01 May 2025, as he felt that ML Forbes would bring a new dynamic to the masjid.
Before 1994 it was run as a madressa teaching children Quran and Fiqh in the Crawford area. This was run from the late Imam Sep’s house in Limerick Road.
Since then it has grown to encompass:
- Hadj classes
- Marriage classes
- Fiqh classes
- Revert classes
- Marriage Counselling and mediation of family disputes
- Thikr Jamaah
- Allocation of Fitra and Zakaah donations
- Financial assistance and sponsorship granted to underprivileged communities such as
- Social upliftment projects
- Annual school fees to under privileged
- Stationery packs to learners
- Monthly grocery packs
- Food Parcels, Pre-Ramadaan and Eid. Making up and distributing
- Activities also includes the following:
- Monthly Tasbeeg Salaah
- Muharram programme
- Rampies & Moulood un Nabie programme,
- Laylatul Miraaj & Laylatul Barah
- Taraweeg salaah in Ramadaan
All of the above was organized and coordinated by a committee and volunteers using Isma-eel’s house as the operational base, prior to acquiring the masjid.
For example:
- The madressa classes have grown.
- Fiqh class attendance has increased.
- Taraweeg: Prior to 2019 was held at different local masjid’s due to premises being inadequate for the amount of musalee’s.
- Fitra parcels made up and distributed on the premises have also grown.
