The Role of Present Day Madarsa in the Historical Perspective

Abstract

The history of Islam assures us that the role of Madrasa is like the role of Sufia
for spreading the teaching of Quran and Sunnah. The first Madrasa suffah was
established by the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) himself in his
Mosque in Madina. The Ashab e Suffah used to spend the whole time in the
presence of prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) for getting the preaching of
Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and teaching of Quran.
Hazrat Abu huraira was one of them who narrated 5374 ahadith while he spent
just 3 years with Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Later on with the
passage of time similar Madaris were established in Bukhara, Kufa, Baghdad and
in subcontinent. In fact Madaris were built against the educational system in
India subcontinent, the Muslim scholars were in the front line of struggle against
the British Colonialism in India. When Pakistan got independence in 1947, the
Madaris tradition was shifted into Pakistan, in the beginning there were few
Madaris but with the passing of time the number of Madaris increased and it is
very difficult to get the number of these Madaris in Pakistan, because there are
thousands of Madaris which are providing the services individually in Mosques
and shelters but they are not affiliated to any of the five Madrasa boards. These
Madaris plied the key role to eliminate of injustice, indigence, poverty, illiteracy,
atrocity and arrogation, and they can play the same role nowadays but with
changing in curriculum.