Before Anything Else, A Word
مُعَلَّق
Mu'allaq · Transliterated from Arabic
Attached · Suspended · Connected
The Hadith Behind Our Name

A heart attached to the Masjid - named by the Prophet ﷺ himself.

سَبْعَةٌ يُظِلُّهُمُ اللَّهُ فِي ظِلِّهِ يَوْمَ لَا ظِلَّ إِلَّا ظِلُّهُ: … وَرَجُلٌ قَلْبُهُ مُعَلَّقٌ بِالْمَسَاجِدِ
"There are seven whom Allah will shade on a day when there is no shade but His... a man whose heart is attached to the mosques."
Sahih al-Bukhari 660 Sahih Muslim 1031 Narrated by Abu Hurairah ؓ

Among the seven people the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ described as being shaded by Allah on the Day of Judgement - a day with no shade except His - is "a man whose heart is attached to the mosques." Not a man who merely attends. A man whose heart stays there - in thought, in longing, in belonging - even when his body has left.

That single Arabic word in the hadith - مُعَلَّق - is where our name comes from.

Reading The Word

Three ways مُعَلَّق speaks to what we're building

01
مُعَلَّق

Attached

Not visiting. Not affiliated. Attached - the way the hadith describes a heart that belongs to the Masjid even outside its walls.

02
مُعَلَّق

Suspended

Like something held mid-air by a single thread of connection - fragile if neglected, unbreakable if tended. That's what community around a Masjid requires.

03
مُعَلَّق

Connected

To a place, and through that place, to the people who share it. The Masjid was always meant to connect - MUALAQ simply rebuilds that thread for a distracted age.

Now You Know Our Name

The question is whether your heart is attached too.

MUALAQ exists to help you answer that question with your actions, not just your intentions.