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An Appeal - Support required for Islamic education

For Islamic education in India. Assalam u aley kum wa Rahmat Allahu wa Barkathu , Raah e Hidayat Trust started 10 years ago as small institution with the aim of imparting free Islamic education. Many have benefited after  learning Quran and adopted the Islamic lifestyle. “A Book We have sent down to you so that you may bring forth mankind from the darkness into the light......”. (14:1) Raah e Hidayat students  We realized, even weekly Islamic education or Sunday schools does not fully serves the purpose. As a Muslim we are living in the age of darkness with no or very little Islamic education. The Madrasa system in my country India also lacking behind in developing intellectual thinking, development of students capabilities or deep understanding of religion. During the process of my graduation in Islamic studies from International open University (previously known as Islamic online university). I have realized that for us as a Mus

Islamic Ruling on Corona Virus Azaab or test, shutting down Masjids justified or not ?

The understanding of Islamic ruling in times of epidemic disease.  There were many epidemics broke out in the history, if you read any classical book of history that is 'tareekh at tabari'   or  much later book by ibn katheer ' yaqut al hamawi '. you will find many   treatises and history books written on this subject   if you   read a book of history you will come across a number of plagues that has occurred in past like what we are experiencing today in the name of corona virus.   For example in the year 218 hijrah,   plague affected Egypt and not a single household was unaffected, in fact it is said that all the governors and leaders and statesmen died into that. In Egypt in 228 hijrah   that same plague reached Azerbaijan resulting  many people died later they even ran out of cloth to cover the bodies and they were unable to bury the dead bodies.  death due to corona virus In Basra as well, in the year 406   hijrah the plagues becam