All praises and adoration be to Allah, The Lord who had made knowledge a discriminable factor among men. May His Benedictions on the Prophet and all those who follow his footstep till the day of Requital. Allah say: “…Say: Are those who know equal to those who know not?” (Az-Zumar: 9). This verse and its likes that are numerous in the Glorious Book of Allah have pointed the magnitude of education in Islam. The obligation of which is spelt out in the texts of the Kitab and Sunnah, hence the right to Education that its plinth in the sharia of Islam.

A small school-going boy if asked; what are your rights? Would conveniently mention the right to education before counting up to three of his rights. The right to education is a universal entitlement to Education. Continue reading “The Right to Education; a Path to Understanding Islam.” →