The Muslim Scholarship Fund in Nigeria (MSFN) was established in 1999 to assist financially handicapped but academically sound Nigerian Muslims from poor home to realize their educational goals at senior secondary school (SSS) and undergraduate levels with the country. The coverage is for students originated from Edo, Ekiti, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun and Oyo states.
The Prophet (PBOH) was reported to have said, "He who removes from a Muslim one of his/her difficulties from this world, Allah (SWT) will remove one of his/her difficulties on the Day of Resurrection." (Sahih Muslim).
MSFN scheme serves the following main purposes among others.
- • Upgrade educational status and expertise among Nigerian Muslims in all fields of human endeavor.
- • Seek knowledge to fulfill worship as vicegerent of Allah (SWT).
- • Moral and economic upliftment of Nigerian Muslims youths.
- • Encourage participation in community service by young Nigerian Muslim students.
A Muslim should safeguard his/her dignity, develop self- reliance, and be far removed from dependence on others. Essential industries and professions are not merely permitted by the Islamic Sharia; they are in fact an obligation on the Muslim community. Such obligations are termed "obligations of self-sufficiency" (fard kifaayah). This implies that the Muslim community must include among its members, people engaged in every essential profession in numbers sufficient to meet the need of the society in general.
If there is a shortage of qualified persons in some field of essential need, the entire Muslim community is blameworthy, especially those in positions of authority. The MSFN scheme is geared towards inculcating a greater community spirit in the recipients, fulfill our duties as the vicegerent of Allah (SWT), and hopefully in the society at-large.