The duties of Muslims towards Deeni schools

The duties of Muslims towards Deeni schools

These Deeni schools have been opened to create in the members of the Ummah a sense of religion and to make them religious-minded, so that they may turn towards the Holy Qu;an and take care to grasp and convey the words, meanings and their importance to others. It is a great mercy of Allah and His bounty that this school is running in your area. May Allah develop it externally 2nd internally and in all aspects. The Managers of the school have told us that their institution is dedicated to the service of Deen. A11 Muslims should, therefore, cooperate with them. These people have dedicated their lives to the service of Islam. They deserve to be relieved from the disgrace of holding out their hands before the people to collect donations.

I am of the opinion that it is more important to collect donations from the Muslims for the sake of Muslim children to teach them the Holy Qur'an. It has now become a common practice to engage children in learning worldly subjects and doing other work, depriving them of the learning of Allah's Book - the Qur'an. This is deplorable. This practice must stop.

Child Education

Teach your children during their early childhood the Holy Quran and enlighten their pure hearts with its light. Thereafter engage them in any form of education, training or work. The blessings of the Holy Quran will always assist them in their later life. The seed of the Qur'an sown in their hearts in the tender age will always keep the candle of Eeman burning in their hearts, in whatever condition and profession they may be.

Instead of teaching your children the sacred words of بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ , سبحان الله , ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّٰهِ‎,etc. if you teach them in the very begining the words, "C-A-T cat, B-A-T. Bat" you impress upon their impressionable minds these useless words. If you stop the blessings and light of the Qur'an from entering their minds. How can the light of Eeman enter into their minds? How will they vlaue lslam and think of the Hereafter? wfiout the teaching of the Holy Qur'an? Without proper religious education we shall be producing the same worldly men whom we see wandering around us every day. This group does not care at all for the truth that one day they will have to appear before Almighty Allah. Devoid of spiritual light they are busy day and night in perpetrating wrongs on others and robbing their wealth.

I, therefore, appeal to all of you not to engage your children in any work unless you have taught them the Holy Qur'an. The purpose of today's meeting will be achieved if while getting up from here we firmly resolve that we shall not engage our children in any work, unless we have taught them the Holy Quran. If we do not take lessons from the speeches delivered in these meetings, then we are simply wasting our precious time:

They sat, talked and dispersed without doing anything useful.

What we heard with one ear we let it go out from the other ear. If we disperse from this gathering with the resolution that we shall teach our children the Holy Quran  and will divert the attention of our friends, acquaintances and relatives towards this pressing need, then our attendance here will be fruitful, indeed. May Almighty Allah help us in pondering over and acting upon what we have said and heard in
this gathering May Allah develop this school into a Jami bh and radiate its light and blessings far and wide. Aameen.