Zakir Naik – Can We Admit Our Kids in Covenant Schools

Zakir Naik
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A representative from Bangalore, India talks about the safety of sending young children to Islamic schools, as it is close to their home. They suggest that it is safer to send children to school in a Convent School rather than a traditional Islamic school. The representative also emphasizes the importance of having a strong faith in Islam and not being discouraged by young children going to school.
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As-salāmu ʿalaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuhu.

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Wa-alaykum as-salāmu ʿalaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa

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-barakātuhu.

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My name is Umair.

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I'm from Bangalore, India.

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I work as an operations manager.

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I have a young daughter whom I want

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to admit into an Islamic school.

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The Islamic school is very far from my

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home.

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We have a convent school right beside our

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home.

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My wife argues that we put her in

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the convent school as it is close to

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our home.

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She cites reasons such as it is unsafe

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to send a girl child far nowadays.

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But I want to put her in an

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Islamic school so that she can stay away

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from shirk, have an Islamic environment and at

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the same time gain worldly progress.

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I do not mind risking her sending far

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away.

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I have faith in Allah that He will

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protect her if I strive in His way.

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How do I convince my wife?

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Brother Umair has asked a very good question

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that he wants to send his young child,

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the young daughter, to an Islamic school.

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But the wife is insisting that since the

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Islamic school is very far, better put in

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a school which is close by even though

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it's a convent because it's not safe to

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put the child in a school which is

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far away.

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Basically, let me tell you that Bangalore is

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a safe city.

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Bangalore is not like Manhattan or New York

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or Bronx or you know, it's a safe

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city.

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I've been to Bangalore many times, I have

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many friends.

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So, if your child is going to school,

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she's going to go at daytime, so I

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don't think so it is unsafe to send

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your daughter to a school which is far

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away.

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It may be half an hour, it may

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be one hour.

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See to it that you arrange a proper

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transportation, whether it be a school bus, whether

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it be a proper vehicle which is secure,

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I don't think so.

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It is risky.

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But, what you have to realize that I

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do agree with Omer, your husband, because he

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is striving for the Akhira.

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Imagine, if you're putting your daughter in a

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convent school and she starts believing that Jesus

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is God or she starts worshipping Jesus Christ,

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peace be upon him, will you be able

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to forgive yourself?

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You know, many a time people give the

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excuse that the school is far, therefore, I'm

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not sending.

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Maybe they are more impressed by the standard

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of the convent school as compared to Islamic

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schools, but I'm aware that Alhamdulillah in Bangalore,

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there are many Islamic schools.

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You have a lot of options.

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You can surely choose the school you feel

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has a better standard which is more close

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to Quran and Sunnah.

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And even if hypothetically, if the standard is

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less than the convent school which is close

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to your house, it is preferable and safer

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to put your child, whether a daughter or

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a son, in Islamic school rather than a

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convent school because there are high chances that

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your child may go away far from the

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Deen.

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So, I do agree with Omer that, and

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I completely support him, and I would like

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to remind the sister that please don't be

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so much relaxed and not at all worried

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about putting your child in a convent school.

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There are high dangers that they may go

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far away from the Deen.

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It is more dangerous than the danger you're

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thinking that's unsafe for a girl to travel

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because if she goes far away from the

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Deen, that is multiple times more dangerous, more

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harmful, more un-Islamic than talking about the

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safety of your child.

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So, please I request sister that see to

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it that and Allah is there to protect

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you.

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If you, and I do agree with the

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statement of Omer, that if he's striving in

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the way of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,

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surely Allah will protect and Bangalore is a

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safe city.

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How many cases have you heard that young

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girls going in Bangalore to school which are

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far, they have got problem?

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Hardly any cases.

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So, and even if it's far and if

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it's tiring, Allah will support you.

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You'll get a better ajar and one more

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thing.

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It's good for you also because the beloved

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Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said that

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when a person dies, only three things continue

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as sawabichariya.

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One is the wealth that you have spent

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in his way.

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One is the knowledge that you spread about

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him, about the Deen.

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And the third is pious children praying for

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you.

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So, if a child is pious and prays

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for you, you will benefit.

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If your child is not pious, then it

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will get no benefit for you in the

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akhira.

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So, it will not only benefit the child,

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it will benefit you also if you put

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in a good authentic Islamic school.

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Hope that answers the question.

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