Rooted in Faith. Living Lightly. Growing Together

A Question Before a Project

Not comfortably.
Not successfully.
But well — in the sight of Allah, with the Earth beneath our feet, and with one another.

This website does not present a finished place.
It presents a pause.

A pause to reflect on how we live, what we consume, what we inherit, and what we will one day leave behind.

We are a small group, still searching for land, still forming community, still learning how to align intention with action.

We are not building an eco-village yet.
We are asking whether we are ready to live differently.

ABOUT

This began not with land, but with unease.

A sense that something feels fractured:

• between worship and work
• between knowledge and daily life
• between progress and purpose
• between human beings and the land that carries them

We found ourselves asking:

• Can Islam still be lived as a complete way of life?
• Can community exist without control or coercion?
• Can land be stewarded without ownership becoming domination?
• Can we educate children without severing them from nature and meaning?

This project is our attempt to sit with those questions, together.

WHERE WE ARE NOW

There is no village yet.

There is:

• conversation
• shared reading and study
• visits to farms and communities
• slow relationship-building
• careful discussion about governance and ethics

We are intentionally unhurried.

The Prophet ﷺ spent years forming hearts before permanence.
We believe that order matters.

A DIRECTION, NOT A PROMISE

What follows are not claims

They are directions — ideas we return to, question, refine, and measure ourselves against.

1. 🕌 A Place of Prayer, Built Together - The spiritual heart of the village

   What happens when worship is not an event, but a centre built collectively, that reminds us that all work returns to worship.

   We imagine a simple prayer space — not as architecture, but as an anchor.
   A place where ego softens, voices lower, and intentions realign.

   Not yet built.
   But already shaping our conversations.

2. 🌱 Learning That Touches the Hands

   What if knowledge did not end in certificates?

   We reflect on an academy that does not separate Qur’an from soil, or ethics from economy.

   Knowledge that unites revelation and creation.
   Learning that is lived.
   Not yet formal.
   But already being practiced in small ways.

3. 🏡 Living With Less, Living With Care

   How much is enough?

   We question homes that demand lifelong debt,
   work that consumes the soul,
   and consumption that quietly erodes gratitude.

   We imagine living spaces that shelter without burden
   and rhythms of life that leave room for prayer, rest, and family.

   “Contentment is a treasure that never ends.”

   
   (Hadith)

4. 🌾 Growing Food as Worship

   What if farming was not extraction, but service?

   We reflect on land as amānah — a trust, not a possession.
   Something to be cared for, not exhausted.

   Before planting, we learn.
   Before shaping, we listen.

5. ⚖️ Trade Without Harm

   Is an economy possible without winners and losers?

   We imagine exchange rooted in fairness,
   trust without manipulation,
   and restraint without deprivation.

   This remains a question we continue to hold —
   not a system we claim to have perfected.

6. 👥 Community Without Uniformity

   Can difference exist without fragmentation?

   We hope for a community guided by Islamic ethics,
   yet spacious enough for diversity of culture, background, and temperament.

   Unity without erasure.
   Belonging without compulsion.

7. ⚰️ Remembering the End

   What changes when death is not hidden from daily life?

   We imagine a simple resting place among trees —
   a quiet reminder that the Earth receives us all, equally.

   A return that reshapes how we live.

   “Every soul shall taste death.”

   
   (Qur’an 3:185)

Islam does not separate worship from living, nor spirituality from land, nor faith from justice. These seven elements reflect that unity.

OUR VISION

Our vision is to establish a self-sustaining Islamic eco-village where:

• worship is woven into daily life
• knowledge unites revelation and nature
• housing is dignified and debt-free
• food is grown with mercy and care
• trade is honest and humane
• diversity is respected
• death is remembered with humility

We seek to revive an integrated Islamic way of living — one that nurtures the soul while regenerating the Earth.

LAND & PARTNERSHIP

We are currently looking for land, but more importantly, for right relationship with land.

If you are a landowner who:

• feels the weight of unused land
• seeks lasting benefit beyond profit
• is open to wakaf or shared stewardship

We would welcome a conversation — without pressure, without haste.

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WHO CAN JOURNEY WITH US (FOR NOW)

At this stage, we welcome:

• individuals interested in learning and contributing
• families aligned with simple, ethical living
• landowners open to partnership or wakaf
• scholars, farmers, builders, educators willing to advise
• donors and supporters who value long-term impact

This is not about moving in yet.
It is about walking together in preparation.

CLOSING STATEMENT

We are not rushing to build structures.
We are taking time to build hearts, trust, and intention.

Our Eco-Village Cooperative is not merely a development project.
It is an Islamic way of life made visible—where worship, work, learning, land, economy, and death itself are aligned with divine purpose.

This model draws from the Qur’an, the Sunnah, and the Prophetic community of Madinah, re-expressed for our time and place.

We are not asking people to join a village.

We are inviting them to help form a community worthy of becoming one.