The DIRECTOR of Sheikh Ibrahim Musaddad Islamic School keffi in this interview xrayed the impact of the school towards societal upliftment.The institution had a successful graduation ceremony in keffi, Nasarawa State Nigeria.
LETS MEET YOU?. I am Dr. (Amb.) Aliyu Ibrahim Musaddad, a lecturer in the Department of Islam and Development Studies, Faculty of Arts, Nasarawa State University Keffi-Nigeria. And the Director of Keffi Branch of Maulana Sheikh Ibrahim Musaddad Memorial Foundation Jos. The College of Qur’anic Memorisation, I am 38 years old, married…
The school has its headquarters in Jos, founded in 1950’s by Sheikh Ibrahim Musaddad as Islamic school and after his death in 2004? it was renamed to his Name as Memorial Foundation. It has some branches. In 2021 Khalifa Muhammad Salisu maiwada keffi established a keffi branch and it was commissioned on October 2021 under the leadership of Grand Khalifa and world wide Director of the foundation Khalifa Dayyib Ibrahim Musaddad Jos.
WHAT MOTIVATED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS SCHOOL?. Sheikh Ibrahim Musaddad established it for the purpose of teaching Quran and Islamic knowledge. And for the keffi Branch; the Proprietor’s established the branch to develop Memorisation of the Quran and Exapnding and Islamic knowledge for the sake of Allah as non-profit charity organisation.
HOW MANY GRADUANDS HAVE YOU CHURNED OUT?. For the first year we couldn’t organize a Walima graduation so we joined two set this year with total Number of 89 students out of which 4 memorized the Glorious Quran and 85 completed the course of Quranic recitations.
COMMENT ON YOUR KIND OF CERTIFICATE?
Yes, as College of Quranic Memorization, we are issuing two types of certificates:
A. Certificates of Qur’anic Memorization and
B. Certificates of Qur’anic Recitation.
TELL US YOUR GOAL AND MISSION?. The goal is to teach the children of the Ummah towards Islamic way of life. The mission is to make the children of the ummah memorize or at least be able to recite the glorious Quran
WHO ARE YOUR NIGERIAN AND FOREIGN PATRONS?. Our patrons are any Muslim scholars in the world specially: Grand Khalifa Sheikh Mahi Nyas Senegal, Khalifa Dayyib Musadddad Jos. Prof. Ibrahim magari National Mosque cheif Imam Abuja.
WHAT ARE YOUR MESSAGE ON ISLAMIC TEACHINGS? Let us build the ummah on the real teachings of Islam
WHEN WAS THE SCHOOL ESTABLISHED?
Keffi Branch established in on Oct 2022. To have a centre of Qur’anic Memorization and studies.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR ENROLLMENT? Enrolment is at beginning of each of 3 terms. And the school fees is N3000 only par term