Ruling on Putting Muslim Children in the Schools of the Kufaar or Ahlul-Bid'ah
QUESTION:
Is
it permissible for Muslims to put their children in the schools of the
non-Muslims, knowing the many contradictions to the the Islaamic Sharee'ah that are found in their schools and the effects they have on our children? Specifically for:
(a) those who have a proper Islaamic school in their city, but it is expensive
(b)
those who do not have a proper Islaamic school in their city, rather
there are "Islaamic" schools run by people of innovation
(c) those who do not have any kind of Islaamic school whatsoever in their city
ANSWER: by Shaykh Muhammad 'Umar Baazmool, instructor at Umm Al-Quraa University in Makkah
What
is apparent to me, and Allaah knows best, is that it is not permissible
under any circumstances for the Muslims to put their children in the
schools of the non-Muslims. This is not permissible, expecially when
these schools teach things that are foreign to the Deen, like the
beliefs of the Christians or the Jews, or other impermissible things.
This
is the case whether there is an Islaamic school in the city or not. No
doubt, when one puts his children in the non-Muslims' school while there
is an Islaamic school in the city, this is even more severely
prohibited than the one who does so and does not have an Islaamic school
in his city.
[
This was the end of the shaykh's answer on the cassette. When asked
over the telephone about the issue of Muslims putting their children in
the schools of the people of bid'ah, the shaykh requested that the following be added to his answer: ]
And
it is not permissible for the Muslims to put their children into
schools where innovation is being taught, or things that are in
contradiction to the Sunnah. The scholars are preventing students of knowledge from reading the books of the innovators, so how can it be permissible for little children to study in schools where innovations are taught?! Especially when they are not able to distinguish between Sunnah and bid'ah,
their hearts may become attached to innovations, and Allaah's Refuge is
sought. So it is not permissible to put children in schools where
innovation is taught.
SOURCE
This was translated exclusively for www.bakkah.net from a cassette recording with the knowledge and permission of the shaykh, file no. AAMB010, dated 1423/6/25.
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