Is it permissible to establish Islamic schools in the lands of disbelief at the expense of the disbelieving state, but with Muslim supervision over their educational curricula?

The questioner : I will give you some detail: In approximately 1986 or 1987, the idea of establishing Islamic primary schools for children began, and based on that, it is possible to obtain secondary schools. They imposed some conditions, namely that the number of students must be more than fifty-six, and that we provide a dedicated teacher for religious lessons. As for the Arabic language lessons, the teacher must be qualified and have graduated from a teacher training college. Praise be to Allah, this idea began with the first school: Tariq ibn Ziyad School in the city of Eindhoven, and some other schools started as well, so their number has now reached twenty Islamic schools. The Dutch have no income from this school, meaning we spend one hundred percent on it, but the administrative supervision is by our Salafi brothers. Some issues were presented to us, and before they decide on them, they must know the ruling of the Shari'ah in them, and they accept any idea, to the extent that the school which teaches kindergarten, despite its disbelief, we tell it that it must adhere, for example, to the Shari'ah dress code so that the girls are not harmed when they see you constantly naked, or tell them to remove the hijab as is the case in France. Praise be to Allah, we found a large number of Dutch women, some of whom have embraced Islam and some of whom are still on their disbelief, who adhere to the conditions of the Islamic schools. And as I said, in other countries in Muslim societies, it is not possible to have a school in this form, and the other thing is that there are no scientific or systematic lessons there. Does this mean there is a justification in this speech?

The Shaykh : It seems to me that from your speech, the curricula you teach in these schools, you are more free in them than if these were schools in Muslim countries, is that what you intend?

The questioner : And that is the case, and the curriculum we have is the curriculum of the preparatory schools in Saudi Arabia.

The Shaykh : So here comes what I said earlier regarding those individuals who were living under a specific rule or system, and this system took an hostile stance against them. I said: the way out is that they do not enter this country, but the earth of Allah is vast. Can the same be said regarding these schools, that they can be established in other Islamic countries, and that a disbelieving system does not enter them at all? If the answer is possible, then this also does not justify it. But I felt from the folds of your speech that there is an issue that does not befit the dignity of Islam, where you mentioned, and I hope I have not misheard or misunderstood, that the state is the one that spends on these schools. Is this understanding correct?

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : This is not permissible. The dignity is for Allah, His Messenger, and the believers. The authentic hadith says: And in an old Arabic dialect: "It is the giving hand." The taking hand is the lower one, the upper hand is the giving one, the lower hand is the taking one, , so this means that you are living under the generosity of the Polish disbelievers, not the Dutch?

The questioner : The Dutch.

The Shaykh : The Dutch, yes, and all disbelief is one religion in any case, so this means: that you are living under the generosity of the Dutch. Well: are these people like, without offense, the land may be inhabited, like those who live from our Palestinian brothers on alms from? What do you call it?

The questioner : .. a word ..

The Shaykh : Is this Islam? The dignity is for Allah, His Messenger, and the believers. And therefore, I do not see in all that you mentioned any Islamic justification for remaining in those lands, even if they have these good deeds that you mentioned. Knowing that we hear, and as was said in the past, and the intention is not to compare in every aspect, the owner of the house knows best what is in it, and even if you are not the owner of the house, and the people of Makkah know best its valleys, and even if you are living in a country that opposes the land of Makkah, and so on. But the intention is: it is an aspect of this proverb. So you know, is what we hear that these lands "Poland, and the Netherlands" are among the most sinful lands in the world? Is this correct?

The questioner : Yes, correct.

The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah! How then is it possible?

The questioner : The infection has also spread to the other countries.

The Shaykh : But not to this extent, there is still good among the Muslims no matter how they have declined and no matter how they have degraded. Welcome, well, this is the answer I have.