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
