Plainfield Community Alliance

10:30 AM – 1 PM.
Saturday, January 27
Plainfield Central High School
24120 W Fort Beggs Dr
Plainfield , IL 60544

ABOUT AMAN

AMAN USA INC. is a registered Tax Exempt private not-for-profit Foundation (501(C)(3) incorporated in the State of Illinois . Our mission is to “Change the narrative” by providing service to our neighbors, following in the footsteps of our beloved prophet Mohammed (PBUH) and his companions.
All donations to AMAN are tax deductible as charitable contributions as applicable under the law.

MISSION

To follow in the footsteps of Prophet Mohammed (Peace be upon him), and implement the Islamic ideology of service to the community we live in, without regard to race or religion.
As Muslims we must improve the communities we live in by visiting the sick, feeding the hungry, teaching people to read, helping people who have no one to turn to. It is by translating our love of God into good actions that we can strengthen our faith and make this world a better place for all

VISION

Following in the footsteps of Prophet Mohammed (Peace be upon him), create a righteous society where we can all live in peace and harmony in spite of our differences. As Allah says in the Quran 49:13 (Al-Hujurat)

O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted.

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SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE

PROMOTING COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT

Paint park benches
Donate used books to your local library
Become a tour guide at your local museum
Repaint community fences
Plant flowers in bare public areas
Organize a campaign to raise money to buy and install new playground equipment for a park
Participate in or help organize a community parade
Clean up vacant lot
Produce a neighborhood newspaper
Campaign for more lighting along poorly lit streets
Create a newcomers group in your neighborhood to help welcome new families
Petition your town leaders to build more drinking fountains and public restrooms
Volunteer to clean up trash at a community event
Adopt a local highway or road and clean up trash along it
Help fix or raise funds to repair a run-down playground
Clean up after a natural disaster

HELPING SENIOR CITIZENS

Give a ride to a covid vaccination event
Read to residents at a nursing home
Deliver groceries and meals to elderly neighbors
Teach computer skills to the elderly
Drive seniors to doctor appointments
Mow an elderly neighbor’s lawn
Host a holiday meal for senior citizens
Make birthday cards for the elderly
Donate and decorate a Christmas tree at a nursing home
Organize a family day for residents of a retirement home and relatives to play games together
Ask residents of a retirement home to tell you about their lives
Pick up medicine for an elderly neighbor
Perform a concert or play at a senior center
Help elderly neighbors clean their homes and organize their belongings
Rake leaves, shovel snow, or wash windows for a senior citizen
Deliver cookies to a homebound senior citizen

HELPING ANIMALS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Take care of cats and dogs at an animal shelter
Clean up a local park
Raise money to provide a bulletproof vest for a police dog
Plant a tree for Arbor Day
Place a bird feeder and bird fountain in your backyard
Start a butterfly garden in your community
Sponsor a recycling contest
Grow flowers in your backyard then give bouquets to hospital patients or people who are housebound
Help create a new walking trail at a nature center or park
Update the signs along a nature trail
Adopt an acre of park district park land
Help train service dogs
Participate in the cleanup of a local river, pond, or lake
Foster animals that shelters don’t have space for
Organize a spay and neuter your pet program
Care for a neighbor’s pet while they are away
Sponsor an animal at your local zoo
Train your pet to be a therapy animal and bring it to hospitals or nursing homes
Build and set up a bird house
Organize a carpool to reduce car emissions
Campaign for more bike lanes in your town
Volunteer at a nature camp and teach kids about the environment
Test the water quality of a lake or river near you
Plant native flowers or plants along highways

REDUCING CRIME AND PROMOTING SAFETY

Volunteer at a police station or firehouse
Become a certified lifeguard and volunteer at a local pool or beach
Paint over graffiti in your neighborhood
Organize a self-defense workshop
Organize a drug-free campaign
Sponsor a drug-free post-prom event
Start or join a neighborhood watch program
Create and distribute a list of hotlines for people who might need help
Teach a home-alone safety class for children
Create a TV or radio public service announcement against drug and alcohol use
Become CPR certified
Volunteer as a crossing guard for an elementary school

WHO IS A NEIGHBOR?

A neighbor is the person who lives near one, regardless of whether he is a Muslim or a non-Muslim. Scholars have different opinions regarding the boundaries to which one is considered a neighbor. The closest opinion to the truth is that they are determined according to what people are accustomed to regarding such a limit, and Allah Knows best. The degrees of neighbors vary: there is the Muslim neighbor who is a relative, the Muslim neighbor who is not, the non-Muslim who is a relative, and a non-Muslim neighbor who is not. All these types of neighbors share many rights as human beings made in the image of God.

Some people think that the neighbor is only the one who lives near your residence. Undoubtedly, this is one of the commonest forms; however, there are other forms that are included in the concept of neighborliness. There is the neighbor at work, in the market, on the farm, in the classroom, and many others.

RIGHTS OF A NEIGHBOR

Islam considers the rights of the neighbor to be extremely important. The angel Jibreel (Gabriel), may Allah exalt his mention, continued to urge the Prophet, (PBUH) to treat neighbors with kindness until he thought that he would have to assign him a share of his neighbor’s inheritance.

The Quran recommends treating neighbors kindly. Allah The Almighty Says: {Worship Allah and associate nothing with Him, and to parents do good, and to relatives, orphans, the needy, the near neighbor, the neighbor farther away, the companion at your side…} [Quran 4:36]

Loving goodness for one’s neighbor is considered a part of faith in Islam. The Prophet, (PBUH) said:“By the One in whose Hands my soul is, no slave of Allah has true faith unless he likes for his neighbor what he likes for himself.”

A person who is good to his neighbor is the best of people in the sight of Allah The Almighty, as the Prophet (PBUH) said: “The best companion in the sight of Allah is the one who is best to his companion, and the best neighbor in the sight of Allah is the one who is the best to his neighbor.”