With the three motives of education, service, and Dawah, all connected to Islamic values, As-Sunnah Foundation became one of the most prominent Islamic organizations for Bangla speakers of all ages through various social media platforms.

It was established by the renowned Islamic scholar,  Sheikh Ahmadullah in 2017. He is the current chairman of the foundation.

According to its website, “This organization, following the footsteps of  Prophet (s) is working towards service to the community, social work…through various programs.

The foundation is working its best toward building an ideal welfare society. As-Sunnah Foundation aims to build a Quran and Sunnah-based social and personal life and spread accurate Islamic knowledge among people”.

Some of their notable works and campaigns in the past and present include Qurbani for all,  Iftaar distribution, the Seerat competition, Warm clothes distribution, the Plantation program, etc. 

It is also working hard in creating Islamic videos as its Dawah works. As-Sunnah Foundation’s youtube channel has hit more than a million subscribers. Their contents are widespread among all classes of Bengali-speaking Muslims. 

Sheikh Ahmadullah was born in the year 1981, in the district of Lakshipur. After studying in various qawmi madrasahs, he was admitted to Bangladesh’s most prestigious and largest qawmi madrasah, Darul Uloom Hathajari.

He obtained second in the combined merit list of dawra hadith(Masters) in 2001before completing the ifta (Islamic Jurisprudence) from Darul Uloom Khulna.

After completing his student life, he worked as a teacher and in 2009, he worked at an Islamic Centre in Saudi Arabia. Currently, Sheikh Ahmadullah is working as the chairman of the Foundation and also as a khatib in a local masjid.

Ongoing and Future projects

The foundation has recently started a sub-institute named “As-Sunnah Foundation Skill Development Institute” to educate and develop different skills among local Imams.

They have successfully organised workshops on Dawah, accounting management, and garments. According to Sheikh Ahmadullah, they hold a project to build the As-Sunnah complex, a mosque that will be a religious, social, and community center for Muslims of all ages and statuses.

As a part of its Education goal, the foundation launched a madrasah, named “Madrasatus Sunnah” .  Its vision is to shape the next generation as proper Muslims with traditional Islamic knowledge and etiquette; to prepare them for the changing world by introducing them to modern education.

Some of the foundation’s notable future projects are higher Islamic education and research center, Islamic knowledge courses of different levels and establishing Islamic schools, college, and university.

Also they plan to establish scholarships for the poor, professional training center, Dawah training courses, libraries, ifta (jurisprudence) center, and many more.