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The Holy Qur’ān

‘O ye who believe! fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you,

so that you may become righteous.’(The Holy Qur’ān: Chapter 2: Al-Baqarah; Verse: 184)

August 2009

Hadrat Abu Hurairahra relates that the Holy Prophetsa said:

“He who observes the fast during the month of Ramadan out of sincerity of faith and in hope of earning merit will have his past sins forgiven.”

Hadrat Abu Hurairahra relates that the Holy Prophetsa said:

“When Ramadan arrives, the gates of paradise are opened and the gates of hell are locked up and satan is put in chains.”

(Sahi Bukhari & Sahi Muslim)

Hadīth Nabwi sa

Pearls of WisdomSayings of the Promised Messiah as

“To be moderate in eating and drinking and to bear hunger and thirst are necessary for the purification of the spirit and promote the capacity for visions. Man does not live by bread alone. To discard all thought of eternal life is to invite Divine wrath. But it should be remembered that the fast does not mean merely that a person should abstain from food and drink over a certain period. During the fast one should be occupied greatly with the remembrance of God. The Holy Prophetsa occupied himself greatly with worship during the month of Ramadan. During that month one should discard one’s preoccupation with eating and drinking and cutting asunder from these needs should address oneself wholly towards God. Unfortunate is the person who is bestowed material bread and pays no attention to spiritual bread. Material bread strengthens the body, and spiritual bread sustains the soul and sharpens the spiritual faculties. Seek the

grace of God, as all doors are opened by His grace.”(Speech at the Annual Conference by The Promised Messiahas, 1906 pp. 20-21)

Guidance from Khulafa-e-Ahmadiyyat “Again, God says, the object of fasting is that men should attain Taqwa. The word Taqwa is used in the Holy Qur’an in three senses. It signifies security from pain and suffering, security from sin, and the attainment of a high spiritual level. Fasting promotes all these. At first sight it appears paradoxical to say that fasting saves a man from suffering, for fasting itself imposes a certain amount of suffering on man. But a little consideration would show that fasting teaches men lessons which secure their national welfare. The first lesson is that a rich man, who has never suffered hunger or privation and cannot realize the sufferings of his poorer brethren who have very often to go without food, begins through fasting to realize what hunger is and what the poor have to suffer. This produces in his mind active sympathy with the poor which finds vent in measures calculated to ameliorate the lot of the poor, the natural result of which is an increase in the national welfare. It is obvious that the welfare of the nation is bound up with the welfare of the individual. Another aspect of fasting is that Islam seeks to discourage in its followers sloth and laziness and a disinclination to bear hardships. It desires them to be ready and able to accept all manner of privations and inconveniences in times of need. Fasts habituate the Muslims to bear hunger and thirst and to restrain themselves in all their desires and passions, and those who faithfully carry out this command never become lazy or self-indulgent. Fasting secures one against sin, for sin is born of inclination towards material indulgence. When a man becomes accustomed to a course of conduct it is difficult for him to renounce it. But a man who is able to give up a habit or a course of conduct at will, never becomes its slave. A man who, in order to seek the pleasure of God, gives up for a whole month, all material pleasures, and learns to exercise control and restraint, can easily overcome temptations that lead to sin. Again, as a man has to wake up during the month of fasts in the latter part of the night for his breakfast, he gets extra opportunities of prayer and worship which speed him on the path of spiritual progress. When he sacrifices his ease and comfort for the sake of God, the latter strengthens his spirit and draws him towards Himself.”

(Ahmadiyyat or the True Islam, pp. 81-82 by Hadrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmood Ahmad, Khalifatul Massih IIra)

Messagesfrom Majlis Atfalul Ahmadiyya Canada

Report of the 22nd Annual National Ijtima` 2009 of MAAC:

By the Grace of Allah, Majlis Atfalul Ahmadiyya Canada had once again the blessed opportunity to hold its Annual National Ijtima` at Baitul Islam Mosque on August 1st and 2nd, 2009. Alhamdolillah, Atfal participated with great enthusiasm and benefitted greatly from the various programs of the Ijtima`. Last year, at the 21st Annual National Ijtima`, a total of 712 Atfal attended. Comparatively, this year at the 22nd Annual National Ijtima` 2009, a total of 758 Atfal attended from 8 regions across Canada. The following is a Regional Breakdown of the Attendance: Region Attendance Total Tajnid Central East 84 132 Central West 142 219 Central South 163 194 Central North 241 286 Peel South 87 132 Eastern Canada 34 87 Prairies 6 250 British Columbia 1 79

From the 6 Atfal from Prairies, 3 are from Saskatoon, 1 from Calgary North East, 1 from Calgary South, and 1 from Edmonton. From British Columbia Region, 1 Tifl attended from Surrey East and similarly, out of the total 34 Atfal who participated from Eastern Canada, 10 are from Montreal East, 11 from Montreal West, 12 from Ottawa and 1 from Nova Scotia. In addition, 3 atfal participated in the Ijtima` from USA. Overall, 12 different educational competitions were held. While Atfal had to qualify in their regions to participate in the competitions at the National Level, 7 educational competitions were open to all Atfal. A total of 5 team sports competitions and 2 individual sports competition were held at this year’s Ijtima`. For the Mayare Kabeer Atfal, Volleyball and Kabaddi exhibition matches were held, as well as Spoon Race Exhibition and Soccer Exhibition Match for 7-8 year Mayare Sagheer Atfal.

Finally, we would like to mention that by the Grace of Allah Almighty, the total number of Majalis with 100% attendance at this Ijtima` are 15.

May Allah Almighty bless the efforts of all the organizers of the Ijtema` and also enable the Atfal to benefit positively from this blessed experience. Amin!

Contact Information:Secretary Isha’at: Hamad Ahmad MobeenE-mail: hamadahmadmobeen@gmail.com

Phone: 905-303-1727

Majalis Marathon

Then vie with one another in good works. (2:149)

Please note: The data analyzed for the “Majalis Marathon” section is directly taken from the submitted Monthly Reports of the Majalis. The “Top Majlis” is then selected after a detail comparison of its performance in the designated department with other

Majalis in the same region.

Department of 'UmumiRegion Top Majalis Details

Central East Scarborough Report on time; Held 1 Ijlas ‘Aam & 1 Ijlas ‘AmilaCentral North Peace Village South Report on time; Held 4 Ijlas ‘Aam & 2 Ijlas ‘AmilaCentral South Weston South Report on time; Held 1 Ijlas ‘AamCentral West Brampton Heartlake Report on time; Held 2 Ijlas ‘Aam & 1 Ijlas ‘AmilaPeel South - No activity reported -Eastern Canada Ottawa Report on time; Held 2 Ijlas ‘AamBritish Columbia Surrey East Report on time; Held 1 Ijlas ‘AamPrairies Calgary North West Report on time; Held 1 Ijlas ‘Amila

Region Top Majalis DetailsCentral East Scarborough Held 3 classes with Avg. Attend. of 70% AtfalCentral North Peace Village West Held 8 classes with Avg. Attend. of 90% AtfalCentral South Weston North East Held 13 classes with Avg. Attend. of 50% AtfalCentral West Brampton Springdale Held 5 classes with Avg. Attend. of 50% AtfalPeel South - No classes reported -Eastern Canada - No classes reported -British Columbia Surrey West Held 3 classes with Avg. Attend. of 65% AtfalPrairies Calgary North West Held 2 classes with Avg. Attend. of 40% Atfal

Department of Ta'lim

Department of Sehat-e-Jismani

Region Top Majalis DetailsCentral East Scarborough Held 5 sports activities with Avg. Attend. of 27% AtfalCentral North Peace Village West & Vaughan East Held daily sports activities with Avg. Attend. of 95% AtfalCentral South Weston North East Held daily sports activities with Avg. Attend. of 50% AtfalCentral West Brampton Heartlake Held 17 sports activities with Avg. Attend. of 50% AtfalPeel South - No sports activity reported -Eastern Canada - No sports activity reported -British Columbia Surrey West Held 19 sports activity with Avg. Attend. of 39% AtfalPrairies Calgary North East Held 22 sports activities with Avg. Attend. of 28% Atfal

Department of Waqar-e-'AmalRegion Top Majalis

Central East Scarborough Held 4 activities with Avg. Attend. of 51% AtfalCentral North Peace Village South Held 6 activities with Avg. Attend. of 96% AtfalCentral South Weston North West Held 5 activities with Avg. Attend. of 18% AtfalCentral West Brampton Heartlake Held 6 activities with Avg. Attend. of 46% AtfalPeel South - No activity reported -Eastern Canada - No activity reported -British Columbia Surrey East Held 4 activities with Avg. Attend. of 41% AtfalPrairies Saskatoon Held 6 activities with Avg. Attend. of 52% Atfal

(Hadhrat Musleh Mau’ūd ra)

Picture Gallery22nd Annual National Ijtima` MAAC

Picture Gallery22nd Annual National Ijtima` MAAC

Picture Gallery22nd Annual National Ijtima` MAAC

Following is the listing of the Prizes awarded at the National Ijtima` 2009 of Majlis Atfalul Ahmadiyya

Canada.

May Allah Ta’ala bless all recipients of these awards for achieving high standards and enable them to ever excel in good works in all aspects.

Amin!

Competition Position Name Majlis

Tilawat 1st Usama Ahmad Peace Village West

Tilawat 2nd Talha Ahmad Ahmadiyya Abode of Peace

Tilawat 3rd Fateen Riaz Weston North West

HIFZ-E-QUR'AN 1st Saleh Ahmad Hamilton

HIFZ-E-QUR'AN 2nd Usama Ahmad Toronto Central

HIFZ-E-QUR'AN 3rd Azeem Cheema Peace Village East

AZAN 1st Usama Ahmad Peace Village West

AZAN 2nd Saleh Ahmad Hamilton

AZAN 3rd Abdullah Malik Richmond Hill

NAZM 1st Jasim Ahmad Brampton Heartlake

NAZM 2nd Usama Ahmad Peace Village West

NAZM 3rd Fateen Riaz Weston North West

URDU SPEECH 1st Usama Dhilon Toronto Central

URDU SPEECH 2nd Naseef Malik Saskatoon

URDU SPEECH 3rd Munaheem Labeeb Hamilton North

ENGLISH SPEECH 1st Abdullah Malik Richmond Hill

ENGLISH SPEECH 2nd Naseef Malik Saskatoon

ENGLISH SPEECH 3rd Sabeeh Qadeer Ahmadiyya Abode of Peace

French Speech 1st Tabeer Ahmad Montreal West

French Speech 2nd Adeeb Ahmad Montreal East

French Speech 3rd Waleed Ahmad Montreal East

Namaz Simple 1st Labeeb Ahmad Hamilton

Namaz Simple 2nd Tauqeer Chaudhary Scarborough

Namaz Simple 3rd Bilal Kahloon Brampton Heartlake

Hadith / Khilafat Jubilee Prayers Mem. 1st Talha Zafar Ahmadiyya Abode of Peace

Hadith / Khilafat Jubilee Prayers Mem. 2nd Usama Dhilon Toronto Central

Hadith / Khilafat Jubilee Prayers Mem. 3rd Sulman Khan Weston Islington

Qaseedah Memorization 1st Samad Ahmad Peace Village South

Qaseedah Memorization 2nd Azeem Cheema Peace Village East

Qaseedah Memorization 3rd Abdullah Malik Richmond Hill

Essay Writing Competition 1st Saad Malik Peace Village Centre

Essay Writing Competition 2nd Tehseen Ch Peace Village South

Essay Writing Competition 3rd Usama Anas Peace Village West

Educational Competitions - Mayare Sagheer

Competition Position Name Majlis

Tilawat 1st Sarmad Naveed Vaughan East

Tilawat 2nd Muhammad Ahmad Markham

Tilawat 3rd Faizan Qureshi Peel Village

HIFZ-E-QUR'AN 1st Omar Khan Weston Islington

HIFZ-E-QUR'AN 2nd Waqas Khursheed Ottawa

HIFZ-E-QUR'AN 3rd Saqib Mehmood Peace Village South

AZAN 1st Arsalaan Warraich Brampton Springdale

AZAN 2nd Sarmad Naveed Vaughan East

AZAN 3rd Omar Khan Weston Islington

NAZM 1st Sarmad Naveed Vaughan East

NAZM 2nd Arsalaan Warraich Brampton Springdale

NAZM 3rd Awais Nasir Richmond Hill

URDU SPEECH 1st Qasim Mian Edmonton

URDU SPEECH 2nd Wajeeh-ur-Rehman Brampton Heartlake

URDU SPEECH 3rd Ayaz Ahmad Toronto East

ENGLISH SPEECH 1st Umar Khan Weston South

ENGLISH SPEECH 2nd Sarmad Naveed Vaughan East

ENGLISH SPEECH 3rd Shakeel Mirza Malton

French Speech 1st Javeed Mustan Ahmad Mississauga East

French Speech 2nd Adil Sokia Peace Vilage West

French Speech 3rd Qasim Mian Edmonton

Namaz Simple 1st Taimoor Hameed New York

Namaz Simple 2nd Asam Bajwa Peace Vilage Centre

Namaz Simple 3rd Raheel Nasir Peace Village South

Hadith / Khilafat Jubilee Prayers Mem. 1st Mubariz Ahmad Peace Village South

Hadith / Khilafat Jubilee Prayers Mem. 2nd Burhan Ahmad Peace Village East

Hadith / Khilafat Jubilee Prayers Mem. 3rd Waqar Khursheed Ottawa

Qaseedah Memorization 1st Sarmad Naveed Vaughan East

Qaseedah Memorization 2nd Awais Nasir Richmond Hill

Qaseedah Memorization 3rd Asam Bajwa Peace Village Centre

Essay Writing Competition 1st Waqas Malik Peace Village Centre

Essay Writing Competition 2nd Hasham Mazhar Ahmad Peace Village South

Essay Writing Competition 3rd Sarmad Naveed Vaughan East

National Exhibition 1st Bilal Syed / Adil Ch Brampton Springdale

National Exhibition 2nd Hamza Ahmad / Jasim Ahmad Brampton Heartlake

National Exhibition 3rd Saad / Zeeshan Brampton Springdale

Educational Competitions - Mayare Kabeer

Competition Position Name Majlis

100 M Race 1st Hamza Khan Peace Village East

100 M Race 2nd Manzoor Ahmad Weston South

100 M Race 3rd Huzaifa Khan Vaughan East

Long Jump 1st Waheed Ahmad Peace Village Centre

Long Jump 2nd Junaid Ahmad Scarborough

Long Jump 3rd Haris Khan Toronto East

Competition Position Majlis Region

Soccer 1st Peace Village East CN

Soccer 2nd Weston South CS

Basketball 1st Scarborough/Toronto East/WC CE/WC

Basketball 2nd Vaughan West CN

Tug of War 1st Peace Village East CN

Tug of War 2nd Mississauga North East PS

Individual Sports Competitions - Mayare Sagheer

Team Sports Competitions - Mayare Sagheer

Competition Position Name Majlis

100 M Race 1st Basam Zafar Weston North West

100 M Race 2nd Shahryar Ahmad Peace Village East

100 M Race 3rd Zeeshan Ahmad Malton

Long Jump 1st Shahryar Ahmad Peace Village East

Long Jump 2nd Muhammad Mokanye Calgary North West

Long Jump 3rd Basam Zafar Weston North West

Competition Position Majlis Region

Soccer 1st Brampton Peel Village CS

Soccer 2nd Peace Village West CN

Basketball 1st Malton PS

Basketball 2nd Markham / Scarborough / WC CE

Hockey 1st Peace Village South CN

Hockey 2nd Peace Village East CN

Tug of War 1st Peace Village South CN

Tug of War 2nd Toronto East / Weston Canada CE / WC

400 M Relay Race 1st Central North

400 M Relay Race 2nd Central South

400 M Relay Race 3rd Peel South

Individual Sports Competitions - Mayare Kabeer

Team Sports Competitions - Mayare Kabeer

Description Name Majlis

Krishan Ahmad Weston South

Asad Qadir Ahmadiyya Abode of Peace

Usama Anas Peace Village West

Mubariz Nagi Malton

Talha Zafar Ahmadiyya Abode of Peace

Tifl who memorized 40 Ahadith Mustansar Ahmad Warraich Peace Village South

Description Majlis Region

Calgary North West Prairies

Weston North East

Weston North West

Peace Village South

Peace Village West

Vaughan East

Brampton Heartlake

Brampton Springdale

Windsor

Mississauga North Peel South

Durham Central East

Peace Village West

Peace Village South

Peace Village West

Peace Village South

Ahmadiyya Abode of Peace

Rexdale

Weston North West

Weston South

Weston Islington

Mississauga North

Mississauga East

Barrie

Peace Village West

Vaughan East

Peace Village South

Brampton Peel Village

Brampton Heartlake

Brampton Springdale

Toronto Central Central East

Peel South

Central North

Central West

Special Prizes

Atfal who memorized at least one full part of the Holy Qur'an

Atfal who memorized whole Qaseedah

Majalis with 100% attendance at National Ijtima`

Majalis who have collected 100% Chanda Membership and Chanda Ijtima` by second Ashra

Mal held in April 2009

Central South

Central North

Central West

Central NorthMajalis who collected 100% Waqaf-e-Jadid Chanda by July 31st, 2009

100% Essay submission for National Essay Competition of MAAC Central North

Central South

Very special and distinguished Awards granted at the occasion of the National Ijtima` 2009 of

Majlis Atfalul Ahmadiyya Canada

Best Tifl in Educational Competitions (Mayare Sagheer)Usama AhmadPeace Village West

Best Tifl in Educational Competitions (Mayare Kabeer)Sarmad Naveed

Vaughan East

Best Majlis at National Ijtima` 2009

Vaughan East

Best Region at National Ijtima` 2009

Central South Region