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THE MAKTAB STRUGGLE There is a need to urgently reflect on what the consequences are for hundreds of thousands of Muslim children growing up without ever having read or seen the Qur’aan Shareef, Tahaarat, Salaat and Saum. When such children grow up they are ignorant of the basic teachings of Imaan Children grow up, lacking in entirety in every aspect of Islam, and are then admitted to secular schools with their programmes of material indoctrination, there is then no need for missionaries to step into the field to convert these lost souls. They have already abandoned Islam as a consequence of the childhood process of alienation. THE BLAME Lost to Islam and lost to the Ummah are these countless unfortunate souls who have been abandoned by the affluent members of the Ummah. While everyone is engrossed in his own pursuits of the dunya, the Ship of Islam is sinking. But those on the upper deck are blissfully oblivious of the danger that threatens to engulf the whole ship. The blame for the ruin of the millions of Muslim children all over the world and their alienation from Islam lies squarely on the shoulders of the Muslim community —of those of its members to whom Allah Ta’ala has bestowed bounties in abundance. And, above all, the struggle in the field is the responsibility of the Ulama who are equally turning a blind eye to this momentous jihad. THE MAKTABS By the fadhl of Allah Ta’ala, the Mujlisul Ulama has embarked on this struggle in its own small way. More than a thousand Maktabs (small Madrasahs) with a role of approximately a hundred thousand children have been established in a number of countries. More than 600 of these Maktabs are located in Bangladesh. This number is only a drop in the ocean. In Bangladesh alone there is an urgent need to establish another thousand Maktabs in such villages where the forces of the kuffaar are operative and where there are absolutely no facilities for providing elementary Deeni education to the children. INIMICAL In Muslim countries, the authorities are generally pro-kuffaar and as such are very inimical towards Islamic institutions. Far from assisting this struggle, obstacles are created to block this momentous Deeni effort. The onus and duty of shouldering this Struggle therefore are the incumbent (Waajib) responsibility of the Ummah at large. It is the imperative obligation of all Muslims to assist this noble and necessary Project so as to ensure that the Imaan of the growing up generation of Muslims is safeguarded and the onslaught of kufr in the Islamic homelands is neutralized. This could be achieved in this age only through the means of intensive and extensive Deeni ta’leem and tarbiyat. There is no other way of combatting the shaitaani menace of proseletyzing kufr which is exported to Muslim countries via the aegis of the relief agencies—the myriad of NGOs. EDIFICES OF WASTE Instead of assisting the vital Maktab Struggle, Muslims all over the world are squandering colossal sums of money in the construction of wasteful edifices. Millions are being spent in building elaborate and stylish Musjid and Madrasah buildings in places where there is no need for such structures. Mutual rivalry and competition in communities are the underlying factor for such edifices of waste. There can be no permission from the Shariah for the construction of unnecessary and wasteful monuments when the Ship of the Ummah is sinking —when millions of born Muslim children are deprived of the very basic Deeni ta’leem. While millions are spent on monuments (unnecessary Musjid and Madrasah buildings), thousands of villages throughout the Muslim world lack even a hut to act as a Madrasah class for the children of the village. While millions are wasted on monuments and unnecessary administrative activities, thousands of village communities lack the funds to pay even one Ustaad to teach their children how to recite the Qur’aan. CONSCIENCE Muslims should examine their conscience and do some soul searching. They should fathom their hearts to ascertain the degree of neglect and abandonment of the Ummah they are guilty of. We cannot escape the consequences of this neglect, in fact betrayal of Trust. Besides wasting millions on unnecessary building structures, more millions are squandered in a variety of unlawful luxuries and haraam activities. But, Muslims are not prepared to open their eyes and their hearts to see and understand what exactly is happening to the young segment of the Ummah. We call on the Ummah to become alert and assist this Sacred Programme. Aid the Maktab Struggle and fight kufr with the bounties Allah Ta’ala has bestowed to you. COST OF A MAKTAB The cost of operating a Maktab which caters for up to 100 children is approximately R7000 ($600) for a year. This includes the wage for the Ustaad. We can say with certitude that in this era there is no better avenue of Thawaab-e-Jaariyah (Perpetual Reward)—thawaab to accrue for you continuously even after your death. The benefits of this Ta’leem will extend into the Aakhirah where it will be most needed. There is tremendous affluence in the Muslim community, but the hearts are constricted, hence huge sums are available for waste and luxury while parting with paltry amounts for gaining Allah’s Pleasure seems to be like carrying a mountain. This is the extent of Deeni apathy which is gripping the Ummah. Allah Ta’ala has given the wealthy ones a wonderful opportunity to utilize the wealth placed in their custody, constructively for their own everlasting benefit in the Aakhirah. This call to aid the Struggle in this Field is a Shar’i command which has to be answered. It is not an appeal for funds to erect a monument of pride and show. It is a directive from the Shariah for erecting straw huts, tin shacks and mudhuts and to pay a paltry wage for Ustaadhs so that the Ummah’s millions of children sliding into the abyss of ignorance and kufr could be saved. It is your duty to salvage what can be salvaged. May Allah Ta’ala give all Muslims the taufeeq to firstly understand the gravity of the problems, the urgency of the issue and the heart to step forward and aid in this Noble work of Allah’s Deen. SEND YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO: Mujlisul Ulama of South Africa Please notify us of your contribution deposited into any of our banking accounts. A copy of the deposit slip will be appreciated. Post or fax it to us. Our fax number is 041 - 4513566 FOREIGN CONTRIBUTORS Foreign contributors who wish to aid this vital Project of Islam, may deposit their contributions into the undermentioned account: SERVANTS OF SUFFERING HUMANITY Bank: Girobank plc, Bootle, Merseyside, England GIROAA Sorte Code 720000 Swift code GIRBGB22 Important: Do notify us if a deposit is made into our banking account. Please let us know the designation of the contribution, whether it is Zakaat, Lillah, Majlis contribution, etc. Allah Ta’ala says in the Qur’aan Shareef: “When you (men) ask them (women) something, then ask them from behind a screen.” The Qur’aan and the Sunnah are emphatic on the issue of segregation of the sexes. The separation of the sexes has been totally eroded by the western life style in which we all are caught up. But it does not follow from this corrupt system in which we are living that Muslims should wantonly abandon the Hijaab Laws commanded by Allah Ta’ala. Wherever |