Good News for the people of Bengaluru !

AL- BASHEER International School is opening this year, to give the young children a Moral and Sound upbringing. The School strives towards providing the foundation of skills, with the canopy of Etiquettes.

AL- BASHEER International School intends to strike the perfect balance to inculcate the spiritual development with the academic excellence.

The Features of AL- BASHEER International School:

•  It’s Office located in the heart of the City of Bengaluru.

•  Providing Montessori system of Education.  

•  NIOS Syllabus Recognized by the Government of India.

•  English language as a Medium of Instruction.       

•  Islamic Studies and Moral Science.

•  Vans plying within the city limits.

•  The Teaching faculty that aspires to build a Moral Nation.

•  Research team working on historical sciences and creative technology.

•  The Management that strives to make quality the middle name of AL- BASHEER.

•  Cleanliness as a way of Life

•  While connecting knowledge with the purpose of life.

Admissions will open soon after the inauguration of the School this Month.

For details contact Mr. Sameer Abdullah on 0091 9880246150.

AL – BASHEER International School

D – 01, Brigade MM Complex, K.R. Road,

Yediyur Post, Bengaluru – 82

Land Mark: Near Jayanagar 7th Block.

Contact Number: 0091 9886109345 , 0091 9845041234 , 0091 8065702549

Email : contact@albasheer.org

Website: www.albasheer.org

Is it permissible to use zakat money which has been collected by a Muslim organisation for dawah purposes in a non-Muslim country like Australia where most of the zakat goes overseas to needy Muslims while money is desperately needed for dawah activities in Australia?.

Praise be to Allaah.

Allaah has explained the categories on which zakaah may be spent in the verse in which He says (interpretation of the meaning): 

“As-Sadaqaat (here it means Zakaah) are only for the Fuqaraa’ (poor), and Al‑Masaakeen (the poor) and those employed to collect (the funds); and to attract the hearts of those who have been inclined (towards Islam); and to free the captives; and for those in debt; and for Allaah’s Cause (i.e. for Mujaahidoon — those fighting in a holy battle), and for the wayfarer (a traveller who is cut off from everything); a duty imposed by Allaah. And Allaah is All-Knower, All-Wise”

[al-Tawbah 9:60] 

It is not acceptable to spend zakaah funds on anything other than these eight categories. 

Ibn Qudaamah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in al-Mughni (2/280): It is not permissible to spend zakaah on anything other than what Allaah has mentioned here, such as building mosques, bridges and aqueducts, maintaining roads, shrouding the dead, providing hospitality to visitors and other acts of charity that Allaah did not mention here. End quote. 

What is meant by “for Allaah’s Cause” is jihad for the sake of Allaah. 

Some contemporary scholars are of the view that jihad for the sake of Allaah includes jihad of knowledge, establishing proof, explaining and calling people to Allaah, so they regarded it as permissible to spend zakaah on da’wah to call people to Allaah, on the basis that this comes under the heading of “for Allaah’s Cause”. 

We have quoted the fatwa of Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibraaheem Aal al-Shaykh (may Allaah have mercy on him) and the statement of the Islamic Fiqh Council, please see the answer to question no. 121551. 

Here we are referring to the fatwa of Shaykh Ibn Jibreen (may Allaah preserve him) which says that it is permissible to donate zakaah to da’wah efforts. 

He was asked about donating zakaah to circles (halaqahs) for Qur'aan memorization, so that prizes may be given from zakaah to the students, as well as salaries for the teachers and drivers. He replied: 

Because zakaah has been prescribed to meet the needs of the poor and weak, and it has also been prescribed to support charitable causes such as giving to mukaatibs (slaves who have contracts of manumission with their owners), mujaahideen, those who are cut off and those whose hearts are to be softened towards Islam, this indicates that it is prescribed for charitable causes which lead to good outcomes and will bring benefits, goodness and blessing to the Muslims. Our Shaykhs have issued fatwas stating that it may be spent on da’wah and calling people to Allaah, and the means of da’wah such as essays, tapes and salaries for full-time daa’iyahs. That also includes spending it on charitable schools for Qur’aan memorization, because of the good effect and outcomes that they have, and to encourage people to memorize and follow Qur’aan. I think it is permissible to give zakaah to these people if there are no other organizations who are doing that, so that these religious activities will not cease. End quote from the Shaykh’s website:

http://ibn-jebreen.com/ftawa.php?view=vmasal&subid=13108&parent=786

And Allaah knows best.

Islam Q&A

Assalamu alaikum Dear Parent,

Greetings from AL-BASHEER International School.

As our academic year 2013-14 is going to commence, here are some important proceedings we would like to share with you.

• Books, Uniform and shoes will be available from 1st of June to 9th of June, 2013, between 9:00 am to 1:00 pm in the School, Sakalavara.

• Quarterly School fees and 6 months van fees for the academic year 2013-14 to be paid on or before june 9th.

• ‘Open House Meet’ on 8th of June, 2013. Timing : 9:30 am to 11:30 am. Venue : Sakalavara

• School will reopen on 10th of June, 2013 Insha’allaah.

Note : Parents who need pick and drop facility on 8th of June, 2013, ‘should assemble at Al Basheer, Brigade MM Office, Yediyur post, before 8:30 am. Vans will start on time at 8:30 am Inshaallaah.

For more details please feel free to reach us on 9886109345, 9686258645, 27837127.