Project
Shop rooms, sustainable income
Building rentable shop rooms on the madrasa's street frontage. Rental income becomes a perpetual endowment for teacher salaries.
Building a sustainable income for the madrasa
Anwarul Uloom currently runs on donations alone: every electricity bill, every teacher's stipend, every meal for boarding students depends on the next gift arriving. We want to change that.
This project builds a row of six small shop rooms on land we already own, fronting the main road outside the madrasa. The rental income, modest by UK standards but meaningful in rural Sylhet, will cover approximately 40% of the madrasa's monthly running cost in perpetuity, freeing donor funds to go to scholarships, books, and direct charitable work.
Sadaqah Jariyah: the gift that keeps giving
Because the income from these shops will fund religious education for years to come, every contribution to this project counts as sadaqah jariyah continuing charity. The Prophet ﷺ taught that three deeds continue to benefit a person after death: ongoing charity, useful knowledge, and a righteous child who prays for them. This project is the first of those.
When a person dies, their deeds end except for three: a continuing charity, knowledge benefited from, or a righteous child who prays for them.
The numbers
- Total project cost: £42,000
- Expected monthly rental: £280–£340
- Expected payback to madrasa: £3,400/year
- Effective coverage: ~40% of running costs
On the ground
