SNMC Newsletter

SNMC is looking to hire 3 student positions for summer jobs this year. Tasks listed below.

Please apply to info@snmc.ca with a resume and a cover letter explaining why SNMC should hire you on or before Monday, May 15, 2018.

Working hours at SNMC: Monday to Friday 1 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.  (35 hours per week)

The positions are for 8 to 10 weeks from Monday June 18 to Friday  August 25, 2018.

Only Grade 12 and returning university students will be considered.

PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY

To be eligible for the Summer Student Employment Program, you must satisfy the following criteria:

• be legally entitled to work in Canada;
• be between 15-30 years of age
• be enrolled in a secondary or post-secondary program or institution of higher learning on a full-time basis and;
• Must be returning to full-time studies in the next academic term

1-YOUTH EVENT COORDINATOR

Number of hours per WEEK: 35

Rate: $14

Task and Responsibilities

Assist in carrying out existing youth events; plan next year’s youth events; identify opportunities for new events and fundraising activities to fund SNMC’s activities; gather information and resources to carry out the events; serve as liaison with vendors on event-related matters. Manage event details such as coordination of volunteers, resources, and scheduling, assisting with space bookings, AV equipment set-up, event signs, and food and beverage orders. Assist with event set-up and wrap-up, annual summer events organized by SNMC.

2-Community Outreach Coordinator

Number of hours per WEEK:35

Rate: $14

Task and Responsibilities

Contact existing donors to seek feedback and update contact information. Maintain donor records and database. Interact with donors in person and increase organizational visibility. Address donor concerns and questions. Develop and conduct the survey. Provide administrative support as needed. Most of SNMC donors/patrons are members of visible minorities.

3-Funding Officer

Number of hours per WEEK: 35

Rate: $14

Task and Responsibilities

Play the lead role in researching and developing a comprehensive understanding of the national, regional, and local sources of funding to support SNMC programs.  Take a lead responsibility for the preparation and submission of high-quality applications to grant-distributing bodies. Ensure that all monitoring reports required as a result of successful applications are completed and returned accurately and on time.

• SNMC will be holding its 12th Annual Dinner at 5.30 p.m. on Sunday May 6th, 2018.

  • The speaker will be Shaykh Musleh Khan from Toronto.

  • Tickets: $40 adults

  Children (6 years +) / Students: $30

  • Free Daycare for children 2  to 5 years

  • Annual Dinner Tickets are available at the SNMC Office. For your convenience, you can also buy tickets online at https://www.snmc.ca/event/snmc-12th-annual-dinner/

Assalamu Alaikum Brothers and Sisters

SNMC has registered with the City of Ottawa’s Cleaning the Capital Project.

SNMC needs volunteers to clean the parking lot and yards for two hours on this coming Saturday April 28th starting at 10.00am.

If you want to join us to keep SNMC clean, please email us at info@snmc.ca

 

Imam Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj

Imam Muslim was born in the town of Nishapur of Khorasan, in northeastern Iran.

Historians differ as to his date of birth, as 202 AH (817/818)

The nisbah of “al-Qushayri” signifies Muslim’s belonging to the Arab tribe of Banu Qushayr, members of which migrated to the newly conquered Persian territory during the expansion of the Rashidun Caliphate.

However, he was not of Arab descent; he was a mawla – attributed to the Qushayr tribe by way of wala’ (alliance), according to As-Sam`ani. An ancestor of Muslim may have been a freed slave of a Qushayri, or may have accepted Islam at the hands of a Qushayri.

Estimates on the number of hadiths in his books vary from 3,033 to 12,000, depending on whether duplicates are included, or only the text (isnad) is. His Sahih (“authentic”) is said to share about 2000 hadiths with Bukhari’s Sahih

The author’s teachers included Harmala ibn Yahya, Sa’id ibn Mansur, Abd-Allah ibn Maslamah al-Qa’nabi, al-Dhuhali, al-Bukhari, Ibn Ma’in, Yahya ibn Yahya al-Nishaburi al-Tamimi, and others. Among his students were al-Tirmidhi, Ibn Abi Hatim al-Razi, and Ibn Khuzaymah, each of whom also wrote works on hadith. After his studies throughout the Arabian Peninsula, Egypt, Iraq and Syria, he settled in his hometown of Nishapur, where he met, and became a lifelong friend of, Bukhari.

Praying in Jama 25/27 times more reward

If we pray in a masjid or at work in Jamah, we get 27 times or 25 times more Hashanah. Also for every step, we get one hasanah. Even we come late and miss one or more Rakah, we get full reward.

Let us try to pray at last one prayer in the masjid, especially Fajr Maghrib or Isha.

SNMC Friday Night Lecture on April 27th  – with Hafiz Dr. Atif Kabir – Tafsir of Juz Amma WHO:     Hafiz Dr. Atif Kabir WHAT:   Tafsir of JUZ ‘AMMA WHEN: Friday night, April 27th (after ‘Magrib prayer SHARP) WHERE: SNMC Masjid/Mosque All are welcome to gain knowledge about the Book of Allah in these blessed days so that we prepare ourselves for the best guest that will soon visit us – the Month of Ramadan!

God Almighty describes Ramadan as follows: شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِي أُنزِلَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنُ هُدًى لِّلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَاتٍ مِّنَ الْهُدَىٰ وَالْفُرْقَانِ ۚ فَمَن شَهِدَ مِنكُمُ الشَّهْرَ فَلْيَصُمْهُ ۖ وَمَن كَانَ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ ۗ يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ بِكُمُ الْيُسْرَ وَلَا يُرِيدُ بِكُمُ الْعُسْرَ وَلِتُكْمِلُوا الْعِدَّةَ وَلِتُكَبِّرُوا اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ مَا هَدَاكُمْ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

“The month of Ramadan in which was revealed the Qur’an, a guidance for mankind and clear proofs for the guidance and the criterion (between right and wrong). So whoever of you sights (the crescent on the first night of) the month (of Ramadan i.e. is present at his home), he must observe Saum (fasts) that month, and whoever is ill or on a journey, the same number [of days which one did not observe Saum (fasts) must be made up] from other days. Allah intends for you ease, and He does not want to make things difficult for you. (He wants that you) must complete the same number (of days), and that you must magnify Allah [i.e. to say Takbir (Allahu Akbar; Allah is the Most Great] for having guided you so that you may be grateful to Him.” (Al Baqarah 185)