An Evaluation on the Roots of Free Education in the Tradition of Islamic Education

Abstract

This paper is about the financial roots of education, and its main subject is the education designed by the Muslims. The Muslims have created education as a charitable institution that wherever they are located, all geographies are included in this. Because they have accepted education as one of their social duties and basic responsibilities so that knowledge can be transferred from generation to generation. Undoubtedly, this approach resulted in education being free. In this respect, it has been at the basis of free education, which is based on both religious reasons and practices. Thus, free education of good quality has been maintained since the first practices [from the first Muslim educational institutions], which is related to the first period, which continues until the Seljuks and Ottomans. In this study, it will be shown that the Muslims’ tradition of free education is based on the orders of the Holy Qur’an and the Prophet’s life. It is also shown how this foundation was shaped in the first Muslim states. In the justification of the study, the information contained in the books of siyer and hadith corpus was used. It was also benefited from the information in the sources included in the secondary value. The following result was obtained from the research that the free education among the Muslims is associated with the Holy Qur’an and the Prophet. It stems from the practices of the Prophet. This situation showed itself in the Seljuks and Ottomans, so it found an application area in the Muslim states that emerged in the next period.