Rabia Mayet | rabiamayet@radioislam.co.za

19 September 2024

2-minute read

Neither a muadhin nor an Islamic scholar, but rather a world renowned holistic healer and health face-reader, Dr Ahmed Bilal was the first person to give adhaan at a masjid in Spain after 800 years.

The masjid, constructed hundreds of years ago, was captured from the Muslims centuries ago and repurposed for use as a church. Affiliated to the Peace Medication Forum in Spain, Dr Bilal was visiting the region when he came across a masjid in Qurtuba that was also used as a church for a very long period of time. It was here that Allamah Iqbal gave the adhaan for the first time some 90 years ago. Travelling further to the city of Valencia, Dr Bilal came across a masjid that had been in use as a church for centuries. It was here that he requested his colleague to ask the caretakers to give adhaan inside the structure, to which they acceded. It wasn’t a long drawn-out process as they accepted immediately, and as Dr Bilal puts it: “It was Allah’s miracle”.

Similar to a hakim who diagnoses patients through pulse readings, Dr Bilal does patient diagnosis through face readings, figuring out people’s health issues by looking at their faces. He treats the problems he diagnoses with only natural remedies and solutions, with no chemicals being used. From reading a person’s face, Dr Bilal can see the related organ problem within the body and is able to give a “perfect natural diagnosis”. He is popular on social media and is called to conferences and workshops all over the world, seeing patients and dispensing treatment.

A Canadian citizen of Indian origin, Dr Bilal was mentored by Hadhrat Ml Ebrahim Pandor from South Africa when Ml came to Mumbai on a journey which had to be cut short due to his daughter’s eye problems. Dr Bilal treated Ml Pandor’s daughter’s cornea in the eye and cured her with the mercy of Allah. It was on this trip that he underwent a life change and learnt more about Islam when he joined the Ml Pandor on his 3-month journey through India. Dr Bilal is also married to a South African.

He says he was elated and felt “very happy” to be able to give adhaan at the former masjid after centuries, but at the same time, he felt “sad” that there were no Muslims that he came across in the church or the surrounding area. Some of the other masaajid in Qurtuba have also been transformed into churches, with statues and pictures within, and Dr Bilal plans to get permission to pray in these structures as well.

Listen to the full interview with Ml Sulaimaan Ravat and Dr Ahmed Bilal on Sabahul Muslim.