Supporting Syrian Scholars, Students of Knowledge & Orphans (Zakat & Sadaqah)

Organised by Al Medina 313

We will be financially supporting Syrian scholars so they can maintain themselves, their families, their students, their institutions, and the needy refugees in Istanbul. (Zakat & Sadaqah)

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Your donations will help to cover rental fees for a building which lodges more than 30 students of knowledge for an entire year in Istanbul, support the living cost of scholars, help in producing future 'ulema, aid young orphans who are studying the religion, maintain refugee families who have given up everything to study the deen, and assist males and females from very difficult backgrounds to memorise the Quran at an extremely high level - with chains of the narration back to the Messenger of Allah .

"Istanbul has become a mini Damascus. We have some of the greatest scholars from the lands of Shaam living in the city. I seriously can't believe I'm not living there! If it was not for my responsibility of teaching here I would definitely be studying there right now. You know what Tasawwuf is? Some of them have nothing. No money, no sustenance and no help. They can barely afford food and drink, and can barely sustain their families. They work day and night teaching, advising, revising and producing the future scholars of this religion without even earning a single penny. Many of them spend days in simplicity and hunger, yet they withstand the urge to give up because they have a mission and a task.

They have taken oaths to pass on this religion so with empty pockets and pain in their lives, they leave home every day with smiles hiding their tears because they want to inspire a new generation. They exit from their houses with tranquility because they've been blessed with another day to teach. They lost their homes, their families and friends, they are in debt, have little to eat and can't place any money in to their banks for a rainy day or for basic shopping for kids, yet they continue; they never stop, they never pull out their hands to humanity, they never complain because they know that they have Allah who listens to their tears and their calls. I've never seen a people greater than them. They give up the world just so the earth can have scholars who teach this religion."

Dar al-Quran is under the leadership of our teacher, Shaykh Muwaffaq al-Murabi, who was the Head of all the years in Fath al-Islami and he was the Khalifa of Shaykh Salih al-Hamawi. Dar al-Quran have run 7 Hifdh intensives which have lasted 6 months each and 60 people have memorised the Quran. In the 8th Dawra which is currently running right now - there are 35 students from 11 nationalities. 10 students are currently memorising the 10 Canonical Recitations. 6 female students have memorised the Quran at at Dar al-Quran and are currently teaching 40 female students. Amongst the students studying in our Madrassah are orphans and those who were made to flee Syria.

Dar al-Quran is working in partnership with Shaykh Mohammed Aslam's City of Knowledge Academy and we will ensure that every penny reaches the scholars and their respective institutes.