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Bayt Muhammad Academy is a centre of knowledge and light, a place for all to connect with Allah and His Messenger ﷺ. Operating for over ten years in the UK, we provide essential courses and services to the community at large.
Since 2010, the Academy has resided in a small rented property, which does not fully cater for its daily activities or demand, with numerous men, women, children on the waiting list deprived of the sacred light they yearn to seek. Alhamdulillah after a decade of struggle we have purchased a piece of land through Qardh Hasanah which must be paid off by September 2020, and thereafter implement the vision and plan for a new centre that will become the UK’s first Shaafi’i Darul Uloom as well as a centre for one and all to seek sacred knowledge. We sincerely request your support. These funds will be your legacy, your Aakhirah – Insha Allah – as you become part of the foundations that reap the reward of every other structure, project, service and person that follows and rests upon it.
We have operated over ten years, running numerous daily classes of Qur’aan, Hadith, Seerah, Fiqh, Aqeedah, Tajweed, Arabic and more, as well as Dhikr majaalis, courses, events, prophetic sports, counselling, revert programmes and much, much more… all from a 2-bedroom terraced house on rent! Bi Tawfiqillaah!
“If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astounding results are the three criteria of human genius, who could dare to compare any great man in modem history with Muhammad? …the founder of twenty terrestrial empires and of one spiritual empire, that is Muhammad. As regards all standards by which human greatness may be measured, we may well ask, is there any man greater than he?”
These were the deep words by which the mission, vision and reach of the Prophet ﷺ was being described. With limited worldly resources he ﷺ began his mission in the humblest manner: A handful of students quietly whispering in darkest night, enclosed in the small house of Al-Arqam in the Makkan vicinity. Today His ﷺ Ummah congregates to form the largest annual gathering in the world, glorifying their Lord in brightest day, in the open expanse of the Masjid Al-Haram, the largest structure in Makkah.
Following in His blessed footsteps, we have operated from a small enclosed space on Cherry Street, Blackburn, with limited resources and no funding for over ten years. During which over:
… all from a rented space in a 2-bedroom terraced house, Alhamdulillah! Bi Tawfeeqillah!
Our current site is heavily restricted and can no longer cater for ourdaily activities or cope with the demand. We have numerous men, women and children on the waiting list, deprived of the sacred light they yearn to seek.
YOU can help us change that!
With only a handful of rooms, and a rented, temporary space, it is becoming increasingly difficult to continue. With countless people deprived due to the limitations of the current building. The nature or the property restricts us from expanding further, and renders multiple projects and initiatives on hold or cancelled indefinitely in the wait of a new space.
As the only higher education institution for the Shaafi’i madhab in the region, an entire community is forced to share a 2-bedroom house for the spiritual preservation and development of their future generations. Thus, hundreds of people are left with no space to come and learn how to perform their daily obligatory Salaah, how to fast in Ramadhan or perform Hajj according to their Madhab.
Alhamdulillah, after almost a decade of struggle we have managed to acquire a piece of land for the upcoming future of the academy, for which we urgently require funds from those whose names have been selected in the heavens, etched in the preserved tablets as those whom Allah blessed to be part of this legacy that will expand the possibilities and elevate the remembrance of Allah and His Messenger ﷺ
With a new, expanded space we can open the door to hundreds of people yearning to connect with Allah and His Messenger ﷺ, to learn their religion, to rectify their spiritual states. We can help preserve an entire community that has been long deprived. We can provide additional services that are currently not possible. We can dream to please Allah even more, increase in His remembrance and deliver even more knowledge. A new space would allow us to have:
The UK’s first purpose-built centre providing a full higher
education curriculum in the Shaafi’i madhab, including the only
Shaafi’i Aalimiyyah Progamme in the western hemisphere.
A centre that preserves the light of the knowledge of Allah, His Messenger ﷺ, His Deen and His Commandments through the sound and accepted understandings that were formed and transmitted through the endeavours of the great Imaam Shaafi’i, who was the founder of one of the four primary Madhaahib (Schools of Thought) of Ahlus-Sunnah Wal Jamaa’ah . A legacy that enables millions across the globe to know how to worship their Lord and uphold His commandments.
A living link that connects us to the likes of great luminaries through the ages such as:
An-Nawawi
Al-Ghazaali
Ibn Hajr
Ar-Ramli
As-Suyuti
Be it through Worship, remembrance or study. Be it through
committed programmes, seasonal events or one-day intensives.
Beginner, intermediary or expert. Man, woman or child. This is a centre
where one and all can connect to Allah and Our Master Muhammad ﷺ.
From the humbling simplicity of traditional floor-seating classrooms elevated by the study of a heavenly word, to the comfort and facility of modern table-seating and digital classrooms, providing access to a world of scholars and saintly tradition across the blessed Muslim lands. State of the art classrooms designed for all types of students and discourses.
Every lesson has its specific requirements, and every student has a special environment within which enhances their level of study and concentration. The purpose of a classroom is not only to provide a space, but a space that facilitates the purpose of the lesson.
No two students are the same, everyone learns and benefits from different aspects of teaching. A classroom is perhaps one of the most important aspects of the student experience, and has a great impact on the development of the student.
A purpose-built centre with complete facilities equally dedicated for women. A place where every Muslimah can pray, study, teach and worship in peace. Where they can be inspired to grow and walk in the blessed footsteps of Sayyidah Khadijah, Sayyidah Fatimah, Sayyidah Aisha, Sayyidah Maryam and Sayyidah Asiya Radhiyallahu Anhunna
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إِنَّ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمَاتِ وَالْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَالْقَانِتِينَ وَالْقَانِتَاتِ وَالصَّادِقِينَ وَالصَّادِقَاتِ وَالصَّابِرِينَ وَالصَّابِرَاتِ وَالْخَاشِعِينَ وَالْخَاشِعَاتِ وَالْمُتَصَدِّقِينَ وَالْمُتَصَدِّقَاتِ وَالصَّائِمِينَ وَالصَّائِمَاتِ وَالْحَافِظِينَ فُرُوجَهُمْ وَالْحَافِظَاتِ وَالذَّاكِرِينَ اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَالذَّاكِرَاتِ أَعَدَّ اللَّهُ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةً وَأَجْرًا عَظِيمًا –
“Indeed, the Muslim men and Muslim women, the believing men and believing women, the obedient men and obedient women, the truthful men and truthful women, the patient men and patient women, the humble men and humble women, the charitable men and charitable women, the fasting men and fasting women, the men who guard their private parts and the women who do so, and the men who remember Allah often and the women who do so – for them Allah has prepared forgiveness and a great reward.”
SURAH AL-AHZAB 33:35
Living in a world where women are desperately in need of an equal avenue, and a central space to grow and be nurtured in a pure environment, we dream for a future where this space can become a living experience for the Muslim sisters in our community who have for so long been confined to a world that disconnects them from the remembrance of Allah.
A space that drives them with a passion to revive the legacy of the great female luminaries found in our past, to become a beacon of light for the entire Muslim Ummah, to become mothers like Khadijah Radiyallahu ‘Anha, to become daughters like Fatimah Radiyallahu ‘Anha, to become wives like Aisha Radiyallahu Anha and to become pure, chaste role models like Maryam Salaamun Alayhaa.
This is the dream; a dream of a centre that is built for the Muslim men and Muslim women, the believing men and believing women, the obedient men and obedient women, the truthful men and truthful women, the patient men and patient women, the humble men and humble women, the charitable men and charitable women, the fasting men and fasting women, the chaste men and the chaste women, the men who remember Allah often and the women who do so!, for whom Allah has prepared forgiveness and a great reward! Ameen!
