Reviving a Golden Legacy, Empowering Generations

We are on a mission to secure and renovate a historic 115-year-old Andalusian Alquería – Cortijo in Seville, transforming it into a dynamic campus for The Islamic University of Spain, where students can live, learn, and connect with nature. Your support will help us complete the purchase before Ramadan 2025, ensuring that this unique legacy stands as a beacon of learning, spiritual growth, and intercultural understanding for generations to come. By donating today, you become part of history, safeguarding a cherished heritage and educating future leaders of the Islamic world.

We are on a mission to secure and renovate a historic 115-year-old Andalusian Alquería – Cortijo in Seville, transforming it into a dynamic campus where students can live, learn, and connect with nature. Your support will help us complete the purchase before Ramadan 2025—ensuring that this unique legacy stands as a beacon of learning, spiritual growth, and intercultural understanding for generations to come. By donating today, you become part of history, safeguarding a cherished heritage and educating future leaders of the Islamic world.

This is your opportunity to help revive the legacy of Islamic knowledge in Spain, a land once celebrated for its Golden Age of Islam. By contributing to this Waqf project, you and your loved ones become part of a timeless effort to preserve and share this heritage for generations to come. Every donation, and every share on social media, multiplies your reward—whoever donates because of you adds to the blessing. We pray that Allah grants you the best in this life and the Hereafter. Please remember us in your duas.

Since our founding in 2013 by Sheikh Mohammad Idrissi, Al-Andalusia has grown from a small academy into a pioneering institution with over 600 students across 22 countries.

We have signed an agreement with the International Islamic University Malaysia for the recognition of our academic structure.

We are the first and leading institution offering higher studies in Spanish and Arabic, training Islamic religion teachers, imams, murshidat (female spiritual guides), and ulemas, empowering communities worldwide to lead by example and to preserve and spread the rich legacy of Islam and Al-Andalus, fostering a diverse and multicultural learning environment.

We provide diplomas, bachelor’s, and master’s degrees in Islamic Sciences, combining traditional knowledge with modern academia. Our students become imams, murshidat (female spiritual guides), educators, and community leaders, bringing authentic Islamic teachings to Spanish-speaking societies around the globe. Every program is designed to foster understanding, respect, and the revival of a heritage that unites us all.

  • Diploma in Essential Islamic Studies: A foundational program introducing core Islamic principles and knowledge.
  • Higher Degree in Islamic Education Training: Preparing educators to teach Islamic religion and values effectively.
  • Bachelor’s in Islamic Sciences and Theology: A comprehensive degree qualifying students as imams and murshidat.
  • Master’s in Islamic Sciences and Theology: Advanced studies for those aspiring to become ulemas, the scholars and thought leaders of the Muslim community.
General Funds:

This fund directly supports our academic and dawah goals, projects and programs. It is the fund that benefits us the most, since this way we can use your donations where it is most needed. From this fund we support all our funds and campaigns.

Waqf Fund:

This fund is restricted to projects related to the expansion, renovation and maintenance of facilities. With the donations allocated to this fund we are currently building the Campus for the Islamic University of Spain Al-Andalusia.

Scholarship Fund:

This fund serves as the foundation for our merit aid program; Academically eligible students may apply each academic year for partial or full scholarships, which will be awarded based on student engagement and grades.
Currently, a studying year costs €490 for a student at the Higher Institute. Our scholarships are especially intended for students and people living in Latin America. The cost for a year at the Academy is 290€, which is given to those families who can’t afford paying fees for their children.

Zakat Fund:

This fund serves as the foundation of our financial aid program and is used to cover the full cost of a zakat-eligible student’s education.
Currently, a studying year costs €490 for a student at the Higher Institute. The cost for a year at the Academy is 290€, which is given to those families who can’t afford paying fees for their children.

Al-Andalusia is a registered non-profit entity in Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States, ensuring that all operations adhere to strict legal and ethical standards. By supporting our mission, you can have full confidence that your contributions are managed transparently and responsibly.

Registered Charity number:

Spain: 17979
UK: 1186426
USA: 

23.128€ of 2 million€ raised

Revive the Islamic knowledge in Spanish

We are inheritors to a tradition of hope, and therefore we trust that the world, as it has done for centuries, will once again recognize Muslims as a source of beneficial knowledge and service for all humanity. Our mission is none other than to commit ourselves to educate and train the leaders of tomorrow, offering an education based on Islamic and Western intellectual traditions, to begin transforming our world in the present, insha Allah. Support us in our projects with your donations, provide scholarships to our students and contributing to the Waqf of Al-Andalusia.

One person cannot do everything. In the same way that the Prophet Muhammad, s, needed his companions to carry out his mission, we need people who believe in our work and goals and accompany us in this mission, sharing the reward and hoping to receive the Allah’s pleasure… read more

General Funds:

This fund directly supports our academic and dawah goals, projects and programs. It is the fund that benefits us the most, since this way we can use your donations where it is most needed. From this fund we support all our funds and campaigns.

Waqf Fund:

This fund is restricted to projects related to the expansion, renovation and maintenance of facilities. With the donations allocated to this fund we are currently building the Al-Andalusia Institute, the first institution in Spain that trains teachers, imams, murshidas and ulamas, in Spanish and Arabic.

Scholarship Fund:

This fund serves as the foundation for our merit aid program; Academically eligible students may apply each academic year for partial or full scholarships, which will be awarded based on student engagement and grades.
Currently, a studying year costs €490 for a student at the Institute. Our scholarships are especially intended for students and people living in Latin America. The cost for a year at the Academy is 290€, which is given to those families who can’t afford paying fees for their children.

Zakat Fund:

This fund serves as the foundation of our financial aid program and is used to cover the full cost of a zakat-eligible student’s education.
Currently, a studying year costs €490 for a student at the Institute. The cost for a year at the Academy is 290€, which is given to those families who can’t afford paying fees for their children.

Al-Andalusia Education is a non-profit entity and your donation is tax deductible within the guidelines of the law in Spain. To claim a donation as a deduction of up to 75% on your annual income tax return, keep the donation receipt that we will send you by email once you successfully complete your donation.

Become part of the Al-Andalusia Family by donating monthly and share in the blessings of every project we undertake—be it education, training, dawah, or humanitarian aid. Your consistent support helps us shape future leaders and uplift communities, all while preserving the rich legacy of Al-Andalus. Join us in this ongoing journey of impact and growth, and let your monthly contribution become a source of continuous reward for you and your loved ones.

Example Projects From Our Students

Bank transfers details

Al-Andalusia UK

Account Name: Idrissi Foundation
Bank: NatWest Bank
Sort Code: 50-00-00
Account Number: 29874114
Registered charity no. 1186426

Al-Andalusia Spain

Account Name: Al-Andalusia Education
Bank: Triodos Bank
IBAN: ES88 1491 0001 2930 0012 3933
BIC/SWIFT CODE: TRIOESMMXXX
Registered charity no. 17979

Student Testimonials

Transmitting, in Al Andalusia has meant for me to discover the reality of how Allah Glorified Be He has been guarding the knowledge in the hearts of His pious servants keeping the chain of transmission intact generation after generation, from teacher to student, since the days of our beloved ...
Inspiration is said to be the sudden stimulation or lucidity that a person feels, thus favoring their creativity, resolution and conception of ideas that allow them to undertake a project. Summarizing it somehow; the artist begins to shape his art. We tend to think that our greatest work of art or projects…
The word empower has Latin roots and its meaning is "to make strong, powerful" and from this we can derive that everything that makes you stronger or more powerful "empowers" you. Looking at this from another perspective, we know that Allah swt. he refers to knowledge repeatedly in his Noble Book, The Qur'an...

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