Several students of Shaykh Salek bin Siddina are helping him to promote the shaykh’s school project: Dar es Salaam. Please read their message and consider contributing to this noble and important cause.
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I want to introduce you all to an opportunity to get involved in a very noble endeavor to preserve our Islamic tradition. One of our local shuyukh, Shaykh Salek, who has been teaching and residing in the Bay Area for a number of years, has developed the Dar es Salaam school project in Mauritania for the teaching of sacred Islamic sciences (Aqeedah, Ihsan, Tajwid, Tafsir, and many more) in an effort to preserve Islamic texts and traditions. The importance of this project can not be understated
Imagine being asked by Allah, “What did you do to preserve Islam and to call others to it?”
Alhumdulillah, we, living in America, are being presented an opportunity to preserve our religion and allow for it to be conveyed to others around the globe. A number of our local scholars in the Bay Area were students in Mauritania and the benefit they have brought not just to our community, but throughout the world, is immense.
Syeda Aisha (RA) said, in close meaning, “If I saw hungry people in Medina, but heard of a student of knowledge in Morocco, I would send my money to give in charity to the student of knowledge in Morocco”.
In order for this project to continue it is vital for us to provide financial support. Students at Dar es Salaam have all their living and learning expenses covered for $200 a year (that is less than $1 a day!). Although we welcome one time donations, we are hoping to get as many consistent donations, of small or large amounts as possible. If we have 60 people pledging just $10 per month, we are covering three students for a whole year in just one month. Please spread the word to others so we can increase this number greatly, insha’Allah.
If you have any questions please send me an e-mail at bahmed05@gmail.com. I will respond to you ASAP to answer any questions you may have.
Please feel free to pass this on to others who may be interested in assisting with this project. The Prophet (SA) said: “Whoever guides (another) to a good deed will get a reward similar to the one who performs it.”
JezakAllah Khayran!
Bilaal Ahmed
Mauritania School Project
If you are interested in helping out with this project please send checks to “The Alalusi Foundation” and be sure to put “Mauritania School Project” in the memo. The mailing address for the Alalusi foundation is below. If you want to give me checks/cash in person that is fine as well. For those who have Bank of America, I have set up an account which you can transfer/deposit directly into (just ask me for the account information via e-mail). For the time being we will send monthly reminders to those who would like to support this project. Donations are tax-deductible. Imagine the five minute inconvenience in writing a check and sending it as a Sadaqa Jaariyah (ongoing charity) that will bring you benefit long after you pass from this life. Additionally, for your convenience we have set up a Paypal account through the following link. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=4672524 As a disclaimer, Paypal takes a 5% cut of every transaction so we encourage people to write checks in order to ensure the full amount makes it to Mauritania.* Although we are hoping for small monthly donations, if you would like to write out a single large check we would appreciate it immensely. Our Beloved Prophet Muhammad (SA) said, “The best loved deeds to Allah are the ones that are continuous even if they are not many.”
Please mail checks to:
Alalusi Foundation
631 Jackson St.
Hayward, CA 94544
* For Paypal users, because Paypal deducts a large amount, in order to send $5 to Mauritania please make a donation of $5.55. For $10 please donate $10.80 and for $20 please make a donation of $21.30.
