Lakemba Mosque who assist in the running and maintenance of the mosque. Currently the mosque has three official Imams: Due its influence and significance, the mosque regularly hosts and is a first stop for visiting Islamic scholars from overseas. The mosque and its operations are overseen by a committee. The mosque offers a number of religious classes, such as in Prophetic biography, Fiqh and Aqidah. The mosque gives a platform to a number of local Shaykhs to speak and teach, such as Shaykh Wesam Charkawi. Several thousand worshippers normally attend weekly prayers on Fridays. In 2015 around 30,000 worshippers attended Eid prayers
Obligatory Bahá'í prayers verse ""Glorified be God, the Lord of the kingdoms of earth and heaven"" eighteen times while the person is sitting cross-legged. Bahá'u'lláh also wrote a specific prayer for the dead, known as the "Obligatory prayer for the departed", which is an unrelated practice, despite the similarity in terminology. This prayer is to be said before the interment of a Bahá'í who has reached the age of fifteen. It is a congregational prayer: the words are read aloud by a single person while others who are present stand in silence. Obligatory Bahá'í prayers Obligatory Bahá'í prayers are prayers which are to