Sunday, May 9, 2010

Invitation To Memorize The Qur'an (for Youth)/Cash$$$ Award

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

In The Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate

Assalaamu alaykum

Program: Project Qur'an Memorization for Youth/Cash $$$ Award

"The best among you is one who learns the Qur'an and teaches it." (Bukhari)
"Someone without Qur'an in the heart is like a ruined house." (Tirmidhi)

Goals:
1) to bring youths and their families to the masjid regularly
2) to liven the masjid
3) to instill the love of the Qur'an and Islam
4) to fulfill the communal obligation of having local Qur'an memorizers for the community

Venue: Masjid al-Ittehad, 925 S Anza Ave, Vista, CA

Orientation and Launching: May 21, 2010 at 6pm

All conditions stated below apply:

1) The participant must be a San Diego county resident, between 7 and 23 years old and must be able to read the Qur'an at time of enrollment.

2) The participant must attend the program at Masjid al-Ittehad. Attendance is required 60 minutes before Maghrib until 'Isha everyday (no more than 1 absence or tardiness per week is allowed). Subject to change based on daylight savings time/season.

3) Program will be launched on Friday May 21, 2010. All participants and their parents/guardians must be present at the orientation on May 21, 2010 at 6 pm.

4) The participant is given 2 years to memorize the entire Qu'ran.

5) The sponsors have the right to limit the number of participants.

6) The participant must obey the rules of the masjid and the program.

7) The sponsors have the right to exclude or remove any participants at any time without notice.

8) Awards and Prices:
First top memorizer will receive $3000
Second top memorizer will receive $2000
Third top memorizer will receive $1500
Remaining memorizers will receive $500 per person
Remaining participants who have memorized over 10 chapters of the Qur'an will receive $100 per person.
Decisions will be based on attendance, attitude and ability to memorize the Qur'an with proper tajweed. Knowing the translation of the Qur'an is a plus.

Note: More awards will be given based on future sponsorships.

9) All awards will be presented in June 2012.

10) All decisions are final.

11) Enrollment is free.

12) Parents' participation: As an encouragement for your child, we encourage you to contribute $50 after each time your child completed half a chapter of the Qur'an (which is about 10 pages). This will all go to your child as a gift.

13) Community participation: If you have any generous or resourceful friends, we encourage you to seek contributions from them for this program so we can increase the prices and structure some other incentives.

14) To participate, please send request to aishaothman@gmail.com before 5/21//10.
Please provide the following information in your request:

Name of participant and date of birth
Parents' names
Address
Telephone number
Masjid attended, if any

May Allah accept our worship and grant us tawfiq. Ameen.

Amazing example: http://www.mashahd.net/view_video.php?viewkey=4773aeffd7f7067784d5

Wassalaam

P.S. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE AWARD, PLEASE CONTACT ME AT: aishaothman@gmail.com

revised 5/14/10