Uves Sareshwala

Themes

Education & schools

Also spelled schools, curriculum.

His writing

Talk · Education & Parenting

My Address to the Teachers of Shama School, Ahmedabad

A talk urging teachers to treat their work as building the Ummah, not merely a job, and to withstand pressures at work and home by strengthening heart and mind through daily Iman renewal, Zikr, Durood and Istighfar, with lessons from Salama ibn al-Akwa, Yusuf’s Taqwa, and Tawakkul as effort followed by contentment.

20 min read

Writing · Education & Parenting

Nurturing the Next Generation

Spiritual Resilience and the True Calling of a Teacher

Presents teaching as a sacred trust and the work of building the Ummah, not merely a career, and offers three daily practices (reviving Iman through La ilaha illallah, Zikr of the Third Kalima, Durood and Istighfar) to withstand classroom stress, alongside Taqwa and Tawakkul as utmost effort with the result left to Allah.

3 min read

Writing · Understanding the Deen

The Forgotten Half of Deen

When Muslims Are Taught How to Worship but Not How to Deal

Argues that much wrongdoing in Muslim homes and businesses reflects a Deen taught by halves: ʿIbādāt in detail, Muʿāmalāt, Muʿāsharat and Ḥuqūq al-ʿIbād rarely with equal seriousness. Invoking Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi, it faults curriculum and pulpit, and offers sourced rulings on in-laws, inheritance and speech as a model for teaching.

19 min read

Writing · Understanding the Deen

Super-Specialism in Islamic Knowledge

A Need of the Hour — A Comprehensive Analytical Guidance for Students, Educators, Institutions & Community Leaders

Argues that the Ummah needs scholars who super-specialise in one sub-domain of Islamic knowledge, combining classical depth, a contemporary professional qualification and supervised practice, and uses India’s halaal investment collapses (IMA, Heera Gold) to show the cost of generalist Shariah certification. Proposes seminary reform, dual qualifications, centres of excellence and licensing.

25 min read