Opposing elementary religious schools

Question

In this age these small elementary religious schools appear to be such a treasure of the religion, in which children are acquainted with religious matters. But the great difficulty is that the Muslims themselves do not let them function and, owing to mutual discord, uproot them. Here in Shahjahanpur the foundation of a religious madrasa was laid; through the efforts of some people this work carried on, but there are a few people through whose mischief-making even its foundation has been shaken, and they have…

Answer

Mutual discord and dispute arising from base desires (love of status and the like) is severely blameworthy and abhorrent, and a severe warning has come about it in the hadiths; and if through disputes of this kind an elementary religious school and madrasa is also ruined, the evil consequence of that is very grave.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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