Tarbiyah Summit 2020

1. Ta’lluq Billah
If you were the chapter president: what would you do to increase your own TA`ALLUQ BILLAH and to increase your brothers’ TA`ALLUQ BILLAH *This question is required. Order the items from the following list. First select an item with the spacebar to show a menu of possible ranking positions. Next, click a ranking position to order it in the ranked list. Note the menu will display more ordering options as you add items to the ranked list.

Follow a structured curriculum
Focus on your Salaah
Perform Fajr Salaah in the Masjid
Inculcate the Sunnah fasts
Do a Dhikr session at every meeting
Include Sunnah/Nafil into your schedule every single day
Help people, ask your team to help people
Perform Tahajjud regularly
Improve understanding of the Qur’an and it will build Khushu`
Conduct study session on the 99 names of Allah
Have Self-Muhasibah (accountability) and incorporate into NNet as well
Improve connection with ties of kinship
Execute Qiyam al-layl
Bring more scholars into local leadership
Have a 5 minute meeting between all local members
Visit the cemetery once every 6 months with the entire NNet and reflect on the Aakhirah
Complete your religious will
Conduct I`tikaf at the Masaajid especially in the Month of Ramadhan

2. Connection with The Qur'an
If you were the chapter president: what would you do to increase your own connection with the Qur’an and to increase your brothers’ connection with the Qur’an *This question is required. Order the items from the following list. First select an item with the spacebar to show a menu of possible ranking positions. Next, click a ranking position to order it in the ranked list. Note the menu will display more ordering options as you add items to the ranked list.

Use Qur’an as a reference in meetings
Read/listen to a Tafsir
Read/listen Seerah to build context of the Surah
Memorize at least a page a week
Read at least a page everyday
Learn Tajweed
Learn the language of the Qur’an
Discuss specific Ayah/Aayaat with the family and chapter/unit
Start a Qur’anic study circle
Study Qur’an subject-wise
Implement one concept of Qur’an in your life
Know the meaning of Qur’an for Salah
Audit screen time (limit distractions – organize your time around Qur’an)
Tafseer
Recite what you learn with meaning in Salah
Read Qur’an with meaning
Listen to the Qur’an
Compete The Qur'an with your NNet

3. Strengthening the Organization and NN's
How can we strengthen our organization: We must check out own neighbornets and see if we have these qualities? We must implement changes if we need them for the future of the work and the organization *This question is required. Order the items from the following list. First select an item with the spacebar to show a menu of possible ranking positions. Next, click a ranking position to order it in the ranked list. Note the menu will display more ordering options as you add items to the ranked list.

Follow up!
Communication
Build Teamwork
Be proactive with sami`na wa ata`na.
Strengthen the local chapters
Empower your leadership
Have strong commitment with a sense of meaning and purpose
Don’t delay decisions
Commit to engage more youth
Plan, Plan and Plan
Delegate fair responsibility
Manage good resource allocation
Encourage diversity of thought in leadership
Listen to all team members and give their ideas a chance
Don’t break promises
Groom leadership not manager-ship
Love and respect each other
Have an honest sense of accountability
Check continuous improvement

4. Using the Seerah as the guide of an Islamic Movement worker in current times
If you were the chapter president: what would you do to increase your understanding of the Seerah and to increase your brothers’ understanding of the Seerah. *This question is required. Order the items from the following list. First select an item with the spacebar to show a menu of possible ranking positions. Next, click a ranking position to order it in the ranked list. Note the menu will display more ordering options as you add items to the ranked list.

Read a book on Seerah
Apply lessons of Seerah in everyday life
Try and spend 24 hours just like the Prophet SWS
Implement a quality/theme from the Prophet SWS’ life into yourself and your team
Learn about Hadith sciences
Implement the various Du`as of the Prophet SWS in your life
React how the Prophet SWS would react by putting yourself in the Prophets (SWS) shoes
Develop the same mindset of the Prophet SWS
Listen to some online resources on Seerah such as:
Demonstrate the five most recent concepts from the Seerah that you’re implementing in your life during NNet meetings
Study the interactions of the Prophet SAS
Look at The Umar series
Discuss the Sahaabah (RA) within the NNet
Read the Golden Morals by Abdul Malik Mujahid
Read “Revelation” by Meraj Muhiyudeen
Read Attainment of the Happiness by Salah bin Muhammad al Budair

5. Establishing True Brotherhood in ICNA *This question is required. Order the items from the following list. First select an item with the spacebar to show a menu of possible ranking positions. Next, click a ranking position to order it in the ranked list. Note the menu will display more ordering options as you add items to the ranked list.

Spend time with each other
Communicate with your brothers, especially when you don’t need anything from them
Sometimes, you may have to put yourself into an uncomfortable position:
Get to know your brothers on more than just a superficial level:
Do we even know our own family members? How much do we communicate? Are we there for our own immediate family?
Bring your families to ICNA events, get to know each other.
When a family member of a brother is sick, visit together and make a du`a all together.
Small gifts
Just checking up on your brother – “How are you doing?”
Social only events – Qiyam, Dinner, family time, etc
Make special effort to connect with people that may be struggling to enter the community: reverts, new families, etc

6. How to develop “Listen and Obey” (Sama’h and Taa’ah)
If you were the chapter president: what would you do to increase your understanding of Sama`h and Taa`ah and to increase your brothers’ understanding of Sama`h and Taa`ah *This question is required. Order the items from the following list. First select an item with the spacebar to show a menu of possible ranking positions. Next, click a ranking position to order it in the ranked list. Note the menu will display more ordering options as you add items to the ranked list.

Read ICNA booklet: “Shura”
Take the opinions of the people impacted by the position
Identify 5 verses from the Qur’an, ten Ahaadith centered around Shura
Be as transparent as possible
Do a case study on the battle of Uhud and Hudaybiyyah
Set expectations beforehand
Build a relationship based on love and respect
Set the highest moral standards for yourself (as the leader)
Exercise the elements of the Shura before the voting takes place
Explain the timeline of decision process before coting takes place
Lead by example
Learn to obey in the little things
Ask for opinions within a timeframe
Create an environment where people’s opinions are appreciated
Transparency and clarity, don’t make people think that a decision has already been made

Tarbiyah Summit 2020

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