JAMA’ATU TA’AWUNIL
MUSLIMEEN
Message of Islam, Establishment
& Truth
DEFINITION: Ta’awunu according to
Arabic-English Translation means
“Co-operation, Alliance, or help” on a
certain project in conjunction With Qur’an 5 verse 2 “Help you one
another in Al-Birr and At-Taqwa (virtue, righteousness and piety); but do not
help one another in sin and transgression.”
INTRODUCTION
Jama’atu Ta’awunil Muslimeen is one of the
prominent Islamic Organizations in Nigeria impacting real Islamic
ideology to the people which comprises Arabic students, western education
students and workers.
The organization aims at
developing people through social-economics, education, science and technology,
and reformation of character.
REASON FOR ITS
ESTABLISHMENT
(1) Muslim backwardness in
education, political posts and others
(2) Marginalization on
Muslims and masses
(3) Challenges faced by Muslims through Christianization,
westernization programmes and the like.
(4) Poverty among Muslims and
masses.
(5) Low understanding of Islam.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVE
1. Calling on
Muslims by referring them to Allah’s Book and the Sunnatu Nabiyy (peace be upon him)
2. Combating diabolical phenomena that dominate Nigerian society through series
of religious awareness programme.
3. Co-operate with government to fight different corruptions and social vices
that are very common in the society.
4. To establish Islamic Hospital, this would see totally to the health of
Muslim Ummah.
5. To establish Islamic society, this would have high ethical and serve as role
models in the society.
Jama’at
activities:
The activities of the
Jama’at can be divided into four categories;
A. Dawwah and Outreach
Activities
These include;
1 - Public lectures,
2 - Weekly seminars,
3 – Annual Conferences,
4 - Radio programmes.
B. Educational Activities
These involve;
1 - Founding of Arabic schools,
2 - Establishment of Nursery,Primary,Secondary Schools and Tertiary
Institution
3 - Founding of Women Vocational Centre
4 - Establishment of evening adult education centre.
C. Social Affairs:
The activities under this
category include
1- Establishment of standard private hospital.
2 - Youth Employment Programme.
3 – Special Relief programme for the orphans, widows and people in distress.
D. Information and Communication
Activities
The Jama’at, in order
to take of the above activities properly, established Al-Qudus Islamic
Information Center which provides various services like; Internet service,
Magazines publishing, Printing, Computer Training, Books publishing and lot
more.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
Below are some of the achievement of
the Jama’at so far;
1 – The Jama’at has succeeded in spreading religious advocacy and awareness
among people in some villages targeted by Christians.
2- The Jama’at has also succeeded in eradicating illiteracy among its members
through the establishment of various educational programmes and articles
publication.
3- The Jama’at has succeeded in gathering more than forty thousand young
people.
4- The Jama’at has played a distinct role between the Islamic groups in
spreading awareness of science and Islamic culture.
5 -- The group has also succeeded in establishing Nursery, Primary Secondary
schools and women vocational center.
6 -- The Jama’at has also succeeded in
establishing a maternity home.
MEMBERS' POPULATION (as
at 2007)
Male: between 28000-30000.
Female: 22000-23000.
Note: Out of the total population, about 70% are between
ages 25 – 35 years, 20% are those below 25 years while 10% are those above 35 years.
Shown below are pictures of some members taken in programmes.
BRANCHES: The organization though has her Headquarter in Iwo, Osun
State. It also has other
branches in Oyo, Lagos, Kwara, Ogun, Ekiti,
Ondo, Zamfara, Sokoto, Kaduna, Kano,
River, Delta States and Abuja (FCT).
RELATIONSHIP
There is cordial
relationship between us and other Islamic Organizations like Islamic Network
for development, Jama’at Wahadatul Muslimeen; The Muslim Congress; Organization
of Tadomunul Muslimeen; Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria; NACOMYO; FOCOS;
World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY), Lagos Office; Human Rights
Organizations; State Government to mention but few.
DEPARTMENTS OF THE
ORGANIZATION
Education Department: The department is
established to provide Anglo-Islamic Education to Muslim populace. It has
successfully established Ta’awunu Comprehensive Nursery & Primary School;
Ta’awunu Secondary School; and Darul-Islam Women Islamic Education and Vocation
Centre. Adult education programme is also included in their activities.
Call and Guidance
Department: The organization established this particular department to
achieve its aim of impacting real Islamic ideology to Muslim populace across
the world. In the last cartoon pandemonium, it endeavors to educate people
through public lecture on religion tolerance which we believe can be replicated
if there are mass communication equipments.
Information Department: The department has
successfully established
Al-Qudus Islamic Information
center (Cyber Café/ISP) to link Muslims to the world so as to learn other
sects’ culture, religion, behavior, and civilizations.
Health Department: The department has
successfully established Al-Aawan Health Centre and Maternity Home and Rahmah
Hospital in Iwo and Ibadan respectively to free the people from the yoke of
high cost of medical treatment as palms are not equal and everybody are in need
of medicine in one way or the other.
National Integration
Department: This department was established to
co-operate and
collaborate with other Islamic Organizations in any or all States of Nigeria or
anywhere in the world and other bodies whose aims and activities are similar to
those of hers and consistent with Islamic principles on a mutually beneficial
basis.
Agriculture Department: The department has
cultivated 10 hectares of land for different crops while our Goat and Sheep
farm has just reached 10 herds. The extension for the productions will be
effect as there is fund to implement it. All these are done to provide surplus
food and farm outputs at cheapest rate for the benevolent of the people.
Charity and Socio-welfare
Department: The department is established to assist less privilege Muslims,
orphans, widows and others that are unable to meet up with their cost of living,
schooling, apprentice engagements, and other aspects. As this department
is our main subject matter here, it is further expatiated overleaf.
CHARITY AND SOCIO-WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Charity and Socio-Welfare Department
is an assistant institution established by Jama’atu Ta’awunil Muslimeen in the
year 2002 to care for the orphans and widows, assist needy people and alleviate
poverty that has become rampant among the Muslim community in general. The
department has its headquarters in Iwo, Osun State, Nigeria.
The department also has a number of offices in south west geo-political zone
throughout the federation.
AIMS
AND OBJECTIVES OF CHARITY AND SOCIO-WELFARE DEPARTMENT
1. To Rescue needy
people whenever they are at time of distress and crises.
2. To take care of
orphans, widows and the likes.
3. To collect Zakat,
Sadaqa, Endowment and Kafarats and distribute it accordingly to the desired
people.
4. To care for the new
converts to Islam.
5. To help the
needy sick people in the hospital
6. To pay salaries
to Imams and Da’wah workers.
MEANS
OF OPERATION
In order to realize the
above stated objectives, the department utilizes every possible means under the
rules and law of the Nation to:
1 Seek help from individual
and organization that are ready to help it in its activities.
2 Sponsor Islamic
programme on media (i.e. radio, television, news paper, etc,) which in turns
make the targeted Muslims acquire proper Islamic orientation.
3 Partner with
interested charity organizations and individual
4 Establish source
of income such as farming and others so as to enable the department to forge
ahead even when there is little assistant from outside.
DIVISIONS
IN THE DEPARTMENT
1. Widow and
orphan:- This is an
important committee under charity and social department which sees totally to
the affairs of widows and orphans. For widows, all essential facilities (i.e.
food, clothing, shelter and so on) that would make life meaningful to them are
usually taken care of. On the aspect of the orphans, their daily needs such as
education, food, clothing and others are looked into.
In the headquarter in Iwo, there are about
forty-seven orphans (47) and thirteen
widows (13) already in the pay list of the department. In other branches of the
Jama’at, the number of orphans is two hundred and fifty (250) while the number
of widows is thirty (30)
The table below shows the expenses of a widow and an orphan on yearly
basis.
|
|
EDUCATION
(yearly)
|
FOOD AND CLOTHING
(yearly)
|
SHELTER
(yearly)
|
TOTAL
( per head)
|
|
ORPHAN
|
$300
|
$720 ($60/month)
|
$110
|
$1130
|
|
WIDOW
|
$50
(adult education)
|
$960
($80/month)
|
$110
|
$1120
|
In addition, below is the picture of
the orphans in the headquarter.
2. Zakat, Sadaqa
and Endowment Division: - This committee sees to the collection of Zakat, Sadaqat and various
gifts from individual and organizations both within the Jama’at and outside.
The committee also is saddled with the responsibility of distributing the Zakat
and gifts to right people.
3. Student
Assistant Committee:
- This committee usually caters for the students that are unable to further
their education due to financial problem.
4. General
Assistant Committee:
- This committee under the department takes care of all other problems facing
individual that is greatly in need of help. It sees to the plight of the needy
while in stage of distress.
NOTE: - The members of all the above
mentioned committees are not from within the Jama’at alone, but include people
from outside. And they are permitted to perform their responsibilities without
any unnecessary interruption either from individual or the organization as a
whole.
MEANS
OF COMMITTEE’S INCOME
Presently
the only source of income for these able committees is from Jama’at Ta’awunil
Muslimeen
` In
order to forge ahead properly on its beneficial activities, the committees plan
to seek financial help from both individual and charity organizations both
within and outside.
