School and orphanage construction project.
The Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said:
“Whoever follows a path seeking knowledge, God will make easy for him a path to Paradise.”
Contributing to achieving this for a student of knowledge has a great reward with God.
In an interview with the imam of the preachers of the era, Sheikh Muhammad Metwally Al-Shaarawi – may God have mercy on him – I asked him: If a wealthy man had the choice between building a mosque and building a school, what would be the best and most rewarding one for him?
The great scholar, may God have mercy on him and forgive him, said: Building a school that erases ignorance and prepares the children of the poor to bear responsibility in the future is better with God than building a mosque.
A person who wants to worship God will not be hindered by an obstacle and does not need a building in which to worship. And the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, says:
“The earth has been made a mosque and a purification for me, so any man whom prayer catches up with him, let him pray.”
But children who cannot find a school to accommodate them with their teachers will not go out of their homes and will not learn.
We also do not forget the project of building orphanages, which is part of the sponsorship of orphans and which has a great status with God Almighty. God Almighty has preached to the orphan’s sponsor to accompany the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, in heaven, as it came in the honorable hadith: with his index and middle fingers, and he separated something between them.” Narrated by Al-Bukhari. It was also reported on the authority of Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him, who said: The Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said:
Therefore, Al-Islah Educational & Welfare Society Nepal pays special attention to orphans, and among the manifestations of this interest is the implementation of projects for the establishment of orphanages, especially in places that need this by providing a safe shelter for orphans that protects them from the harshness of life, eliminating the phenomenon of exploiting orphans because of their difficult circumstances, achieving the principle of social solidarity in Islam.