Build a Maktab

Sponsor a Maktab Student in the United Kingdom

There are many families in the United Kingdom that cannot afford to pay the madrash/maktab fees of their children’s Islamic education. Ummah Hands covers the madrsah fees of those students.

You can be part of this sadaqah jariah project by paying the monthly madrasah fees a child in the UK.

The first word revealed of the Quran is “Iqra” READ! Seek knowledge! Educate yourselves! Be educated.

Children are invaluable assets of the future generations. Islam has given particular attention for their education and training as well as for their respect, love, and affection. Islam provides detailed instructions for preservation of children’s rights and emphasis for their guidance so that they could endeavour for perfection as human beings with an aim of worshipping Allah and serving humanity. “I have not created Man and Jinn but for my worship”. (Quran)

A major portion of the life of Prophet (PBUH) was spent in the founding of Makaatib. Amongst the Makaatib established was in the house of Faatima bint Khattaab (R.A.)

By virtue of the role of the Maktab (primary Islamic education), generations will become the torchbearers of Islamic values and play an effective role in the present world. The current challenges call for solidifying the structure of our Maktab system on such a foundation as to fulfil our spiritual as well as temporary obligations. Today we need an educational system, that can produce, what a famous scholar once referred to as, “Muslim philosopher, Muslim scientist, Muslim economist, Muslim jurist, Muslim statesman, in brief, Muslim experts in all fields of knowledge who would reconstruct the social order in accordance with the tenets of Islam.