..With the expiry date for the construction permit approaching soon at the end of 2022, we are still short in finance to begin the first stage of this project. This is the main cause why we are raising the funding this Ramadhan. We invite everyone to make the generous wakaf in this special month of Ramadhan to help this centre start the construction this year. InsyaAllah your investment in Islamic education for the young Australian generations will be an everlasting amal jariyah for the hereafter.

ABOUT THE CENTRE

Ashabul Kahfi Islamic Centre (AKIC) is a non-profit religious organization in Sydney that supports the welfare and education of the children, families, and other Muslim communities in Sydney with various Islamic events for dawaa, and performs the cultural exchange between Muslims and the Australian community in Sydney. Since its establishment (1998) in the Lakemba area, Sydney, New South Wales, the Ashabul Kahfi Islamic Center (AKIC) has grown rapidly.  Starting with only 6 students who wish to learn to read the Quran, Ashabul Kahfi has served more than 500 students to study Al Quran, Islamic studies, Arabic, and culture classes. The main purpose of the Ashabul Kahfi Islamic Center is to take an active role in organizing educational and cultural activities following the Islamic teachings and to show the beauty of Islam to the people of Sydney and its surroundings, where the majority are non-Muslims.

Currently, AKIC has owned two properties which are located at 10 – 11 Edge St, Wiley Park. These two properties have not been maximally used for AKIC activities due to the building permit being categorized under residential area status. These permit constraints, more or less, have an impact on the operation of AKIC religious teaching and learning activities. For activities such as Friday prayers, tarawih prayers, Eid prayer, and Eid al-Adha; AKIC is still renting or using other buildings in the Wiley Park area. The organization of Eid al-Fitr or Eid al-Adha prayers often changes locations and the AKIC Quranic School still uses public school buildings with the permission of the council. 

This lack of integration of the locations for many of AKIC activities made it difficult for the member to participate in religious activities held by AKIC. Therefore, with the approval of the permit to build the Center building in 2017, we hope that AKIC can concentrate all its religious activities in one location.  

With the expiry date for the construction permit approaching soon at the end of 2022, we are still short in finance to begin the first stage of this project. This is the main cause why we are raising the funding this Ramadhan. We invite everyone to make the generous wakaf in this special month of Ramadhan to help this centre start the construction this year. InsyaAllah your investment in Islamic education for the young Australian generations will be an everlasting amal jariyah for the hereafter.