بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Asalaamu Alaykum,

As you’ll be aware, in the last 6 months, our family lost 2 grandfathers who returned to their Lord within the space of 12 weeks. May Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى‎) grant them Jannah-tul-firdaws.

Haji Mohammed Rafiq and Haji Rashid were brothers who embodied the love of the Masjid & The Quran and strived throughout their lives to maintain the ties of love and brotherhood between the wider family and network of friends.

This Sadaqa Jariah campaign originally started after we lost our first grandfather & we were absolutely overwhelmed with your support which saw us hit the £10k target within a matter of days. May Allah reward you all for your donations and righteous intentions.

Please help us in this sadaqa jariah project so we can elevate the rank of our dear grandfathers, no amount is too small!

أمين

This project is being led by Shaykh Aboulaye Sawadogo. He began his studies at the age of 7 in Burkina Faso, acquiring the Arabic language for a period of 10 years. At the age of 17, he travelled to Tunisia to memorise the Qur’an at Madrasah Umar Ibn al-Khattab. At the age of 23, he decided to further his studies in Damascus, Syria at University Shaykh Ahmad Kaftaro Academy. Here he received a degree in Arabic after 4 years of study. Here Shaykh studied under Shaykh Bassam Ijik, Dr Sulayman Wahabi, Shaykh Umar Sabbagh rahimahullah and Shaykh Muhammad Adnan Afyouni rahimahullah.

The next four years, Shaykh furthered his knowledge at Masjid Shaykh Muhiyideen ibn al-Arabi in Damascus, under the tutelage of Shaykh Samir al-Nass, Shaykh Anas Hibri and Shaykh Mahir Munajjid. He received ijazah and a chain of transmission back to the Prophet (ﷺ) in all of the ten styles of recitation.

He didn’t stop here, Shaykh continued his drive for knowledge and studied Hadith under Shaykh Na’eem Arksusi in Jamia al-Imaan in Damascus. Shaykh Abdoulaye also benefitted immensely from Shaykh Hassan al-Hindi, Shaykh Ramadan al-Bouti rahimahullah, Shaykh Muhammad Khayr Sha’al. He received ijazah in Sahih Bukhari.

The aim is to provide a permanent Education environment and Masjid that will be vital role in bringing the community together and improving the lives of future generations. The School will provide Formal Education facilities, Quranic and Arabic studies. They aim to offer people from all social and religious backgrounds to benefit from this safe, inclusive environment especially orphans and destitute children who will require regular support through sponsorship programmes

The name Burkina Faso, which means Land of Incorruptible People. Islam came to prominence here via traders and later through soldiers returning from World War I who had joined North African conscripts to fight under French Forces.

Sacred Giving has already been actively involved for several years in Burkina Faso, supporting regular charity programmes. These have been Water Well projects, Qurbani organising and regular food distribution, building small classrooms, and Eid Gift projects. The charity are also looking at providing sustainable development projects for local communities to become self-sufficient regarding food and water resources.