A junior when we are in boarding school, came to me and ask a challenging question, can an Islamic Foundation spread nation-wide, having many branches and representative like mass-organization? My answer is definitely yes. But when asked whether there is an example for this case, honestly I cannot provide a good answer. Probably we are the first example if we can realize the dream.
Many traditional Islamic boarding school, popular as pondok or pesantren, build by an Islamic scholar who firstly build a mosque, helped by people around him. Since there are more people coming to the mosque to learn religious knowledge, many of them from remote areas and distance places, therefore they need places to sleep at, the scholar then use houses around mosque for the purpose. Later, some benevolent people come and contribute part of their wealth to build a dormitory/hostel for the pupils/students and teachers as well.
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