Nueces Education Fall 2024

The Pine Tree Model

The Mesoscale Model

This is my thinking page for how I want to carry out my Education Director Fall 2024 Term. In here, you’ll find the main “projects” I’m committing myself to as well as potential ideas / plans for various things I have in mind. On this page specifically, I want to declare my intention as well as organize some broader goals, both for myself and the community.

Intention

My first and most important intention is to fulfill the fardh kifayah set by Allah (swt), of which I have the burden of doing as a result of being given this position. Sin is the consequence of not being able to satisfy these faraa’idh. I do not want to be questioned for my inability to meet Allah’s (swt) laws. The pleasure of Allah (swt) is the reward of contributing towards their completion. I want to earn the pleasure of Allah (swt) in this position.

My second intention is to build upon the Nueces mission. The question every EC member asks is “How can I maximize the benefit people receive from the community?”. There are two main approaches to this question:

How do we maximize the number of people attending the mosque?

How do we maximize the benefit that people receive from attending?

The education director has the unique position of being able to contribute to these two directly. By tailoring events for certain/wider audiences or improving the quality of our educational programs, a lot of my “projects” will focus on answering these two questions simultaneously.

Personal Goals

الحمد لله I have been put in a position where I can directly benefit from the work I do.

Ilm: My first goal is to get closer with Islamic scholarship. While I am pursuing scholarship in my dunya with my major and choice of field, I want to be closer with the knowledge in our deen acting as the interface between the general community and the scholars. Specifically, I want to be closer to our scholars, especially Imam Anwer, and I want to be able to use these relationships to pursue knowledge myself.

Tazkiyah/Tarbiyah: As mentioned before, this position is a burden. Who am I to represent the house of Allah (swt)? No one is qualified and especially not me. However, for me to look at this question and not act upon it is ignorance. My second goal is this to purify and grow myself. I have already noticed myself avoiding acts of poor adab and even sins with a quick check of asking, “Is this something someone in my position should be doing?”. This question is the source of gravitas concerning Islamic leadership, but I want to use it to better myself.

Community: Of course, leadership is not to be desired due to the above, but there are changes I want to make in the community. The bulk of my “projects” will focus on the specifics of these changes below.

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