Let us ask ourselves a question:
If I have some money, what is the best way to spend it:
- give it to those who strive for the sake of Allah,
- give it to the poor,
- or pay for my family’s needs?
To answer this question, let us consider the following verses & narrations:
verses from the Quran
- Allah says “Let the rich man spend according to his means; and the man whose resources are restricted, let him spend according to what Allah has given him”. [al-Talaaq 65:7]
- Allah says “and whatsoever you spend of anything (in Allaah’s Cause), He will replace it. And He is the Best of providers”. [Saba’ 34:39]
narrations from the Sunnah
- Abu Huraira
reported: The Messenger of Allah 
said, “A dinar you spend in Allah's way, or to free a slave, or as a charity you give to a needy person, or to support your family, the one yielding the greatest reward is that which you spend on your family”. [Muslim] - Thawban, the Prophet’s servant, narrated that Prophet Muhammad said: “The most rewarded expenditure is what a man spends to support his family, on his horse that he uses to fight in the way of Allah, and on his friends for the sake of Allah.”. The narrator commented: “Notice that the Prophet started with the family.” [Al-Bukhari]
- Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas narrated that the Prophet said: “Everything you spend for the sake of Allah gets you a reward, even when you feed your wife with your hand”. [Al-Bukhari]
- Abu Mas`ud Al-Badri narrated that the Prophet said: “If a man supports his family with the intention to get a reward from Allah, he will be rewarded the reward of charity”. [Al-Bukhari]
- Al-Miqdad Ibn Ma`d Yakrib narrated that the Prophet said: “When you feed yourself, it is a charity. When you feed your children, it is a charity. When you feed your wife, it is a charity. When you feed your servant, it is a charity”. [Al-Bukhari]
what are the maximum tuition costs?
Annual Tuition:$6,000.00 per student (Payable in 12 or 10 monthly installments.)One-time Fees per student All fees are mandatory and non-refundable.
- Application Fee: $50.00 due with Application(new students only)
- Textbook Rental Fee: $250.00 due with Enrollment
- Standardized Testing Fee: $50.00 due with Enrollment
- Technology Fee: $25.00 due with Enrollment
what if I cannot pay in full?
To date, no child has been turned away due to a family’s inability to pay.
At Ummati we continue to strive to make our educational experience accessible to all. As operational costs continue to rise, our current financial aid pool is simply not enough to support the multiple types of diversity that we cherish at our school. In an attempt to attract more families with varying socio-economic means, and to further close the gap between tuition and true operating costs, Ummati uses a sliding-scale tuition.Ummati School is among the first schools in Tampa to adopt this model, which has been successfully used to promote diversity in schools around the world.
Below are some common FAQ’s about Ummati’s Tuition Policy.
Ummati seeks to provide an environment for learning and growth, whereby students are introduced to, welcome, embrace, and celebrate differences. Diversity is essential to that end. And our new sliding scale tuition policy demonstrates our commitment to cultivating such a space.
Sliding-scale tuition enables all Ummati families to educate their children as equal members of an economically, racially, and culturally diverse community.Tuition FAQs
Why sliding scale tuition?
