In the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate

School and Orphanage in Kerbala Project Name: Syeda Rukkiya binte Imam Hussein (AS) Project under Imam Reza (AS) Foundation – under the direct Governance of Syed Ayatollah Sistani Chief Project Manager: Sheik Abdul Mehdi Kerbalai Project Cost: $1.1 Million `

Completed Orphanage & School

Government approval letter for Orphanage and School project.

A group of youth from East, West and Central Madressah,, As-Sadiq Islamic School and Al-Mahdi Islamic Centre (all in Toronto) along with Toronto area jamaat and Zainabia Islamic Centre (in Detroit) will be performing the blessed Ziayarat of Aba Abdillah Hussain (AS) this Moharram. Orphanage and School Fundraising Walk-a-thon from Najaf to Kerbala.

These youth and adults will walk with the local zawwars from Najaf to Kerbala, a distance of 80km+ to raise funds for the “Orphanage of Syeda Rukiyya (AS)” under the governance of Ayatollah Sistani for the noble and worthy cause of the Imam Hussain (AS) Foundation in Kerbala.

Your donation, whether it is $5 or $5,000 will go directly to the Imam Hussain (AS) Foundation to build a school for the orphans in Kerbala. Each classroom costs $5,000 to build. The goal of this walk-a-thon is to raise substantial funds to help build this four storey building, complete with classrooms and equipment.

The Holy Prophet (SAW) narrated from Allah, the Exalted, on the night of Me’raj that: “O’ Ahmad! My love is the loving of the poor. Bring the poor nearer to yourself and situate them close to yourself in order that I approach you…”

“…righteous is the one who believes in Allah, and the Last Day, and the angels and the Book and the Prophets, and gives away wealth out of love for Him to the near of kin and the orphans….these are they who are truthful; and these are they who keep their duty”. The Holy Quran 2:177

Presently the foundation is being laid.

Orphanage & School: Floor Plan

According to the Iraqi Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs’ January 2008 Report, 4.5 million Iraqi children have been made orphans.Iraqi Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs 800 orphans at the time of this report 800 orphans at the time of this report were being held in Iraqi prisons, 100 of these in American prisons, charged as terrorists. Source: The Calamity of Iraq’s Orphans and the Morality of America. October 21, 2009

Imam Jafar-e-Sadiq (AS) has said: “Once a person came to the Prophet (SA) and asked, ‘O Prophet of Allah (SA)!

Which person is superior with regard to faith ?’ The Prophet (SA) replied, ‘One who has an open hand, that is, he is generous and magnanimous!’ Al Waafi, Vol 6, Page 67

Donate generously to the Najaf to Kerbala fundraising walk-a-thon for the orphanage and school project: For the grand daughter of our beloved Imam Ali (as) and the daughter of Aba Abdilla Hussein (as) “Orphanage and School of Syeda Rukkiya (as)”

For more information, please contact: Sr. Razia Dhirani Program Organizer Sr. Farha Jiwan Program Organizer Br. Mehboob Teja West End Madressah – Principal Br. Mehdi Raza Secretary, Centre Madresah Br. Hasanain Panju Program Organizer Br. Mohammad Raza Vice Principal, East End Madressah Walk-a-thon Program Organizer Sr. Tahira Kasim Ali As-Sadiq Islamic School Vice Principal Sr. Asma Panju As-Sadiq Islamic School Head of CASA

Program Volunteers Mohammad Abbas Baqri Volunteer Al-Mahdi Centre Hasanain Abbas Volunteer Council of Islamic Guidance Br. Nayarain Akbar Volunteer Khasim Jafferi Volunteer Zainabia Islamic Centre, Detroit

“ To delay is to lose.” Imam Ali (AS) Donate Generously.