Knowledge Is Not a Luxury
We treat religious education as optional in a way we would never treat mathematics or language. A child who cannot read is considered to have a serious problem. A child who reaches adulthood not knowing who Imam Hussain (عليه السلام) was, or what the event of Ghadir means, or why we follow Ahlulbayt — that is somehow considered normal. It is worth sitting with that for a moment. The first word revealed to the Prophet ﷺ was Iqra — read, learn, engage with knowledge. This was not incidental. Islam arrived with a command to think, to seek, to understand. And yet for many of our families, Islamic learning occupies a distant place in the weekly schedule — if it appears at all. ...