Dawat-e-Islami’s Education Department

The fate of a nation is dependent upon the upbringing of its youth. Countless stories of progress and regression highlight how authority remained in the hands of a nation whose youth possessed noble conduct and behaviour, and the downfall of a nation occurred when its youth wasted their time in futile activities. Our condition today is similar. The amount of young people offering salah has dwindled. This is because our educational standards have fallen dramatically. The condition of our learning institutes and state of our education systems leave much to be desired.

Dawat-e-Islami established the Education Department in order to spread its message to those affiliated with schools, colleges, universities and other educational institutes. The main purpose of this department is to invite students and teachers to the religious environment of Dawat-e-Islami, and encourage them to live their lives in accordance with the sunnah.

It also makes every effort to provide religious and moral training to these future leaders by distributing the Pious Deeds booklet to educational institutes, and by initiating Madrassat al-Madinah services for adults. اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـهِ Countless non-practicing students have repented from their sins, started to offer salah and adopted the sunnah.

7. Importance of Knowledge

The Companion ʿAbd al-Raḥmān bin Abī Bakrah رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ reports that the final Prophet of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, “Become a scholar or a student of knowledge. Become someone who listens to religious knowledge or someone who loves scholars. Do not become the fifth, or you will be destroyed.”^[1]