2007 Jalsa Salana Information Package

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1 2007 Jalsa Salana Information Package

2 Source of Blessings In the words of the Promised Messiah (peace be on him) It is essential that those who are able to afford to travel should attend the Jalsa which is in so many ways a source of blessings. They should not mind minor losses in the way. God gives ample rewards to sincere believers at every step and no hardship or trouble goes to waste (it is definitely rewarded by God). I should like to make it clear that this Jalsa must not be taken like other gatherings. This is a special event that has been based on the succor of God. (Ishtihar, 7 December 1891) The aim of the gathering is that the sincere members of the Jama at should be able to derive religious benefits and at the same time they should acquire more knowledge and advance in their nearness to God. One advantage is that meeting their friends will broaden their circle of brotherhood and it will strengthen the mutual ties. (Asmani Faisla) I pray to God that He may be with those who are coming to attend the Jalsa and that He may grant them great rewards and He may show mercy and His grace. O God! O You who are the Greatest Granter, the Benevolent and Merciful, and the Remover of hardships, do respond to all these prayers of mine and grant us victory over our opponents, with great shining signs, for You have the power to do whatever You like. (Ishtihar, 7 December 1891) 2

3 The Jalsa Salana of USA will, InshaAllah, be held at Dulles Expo Center. The Expo center is located in the Chantilly Shopping Center on Willard Rd. in Chantilly, VA. Directions to Jalsa Gah Dulles Expo Center from all different directions are briefly mentioned below: Driving Directions: From North Baltimore, New York Take I-95 South to I-495 (Washington D.C. Beltway) West. Take Exit 45A, Route 267 West (Dulles Toll Road) for 11 miles. Take Exit 9A, Route 28 South (Sully Road). Continue on Route 28 South for approximately 6 miles. At the first light past Route 50, take a left onto Willard Road. Follow signs to Dulles Expo & Conference Center. From South Richmond, Take I-95 North to Washington Capital Beltway (I-95/495). From I-95, take I-495 (Washington Beltway) North towards Tysons Corner. Drive approximately 6 miles. Get in the left lane towards the end of the 6 miles because you will be making a left lane exit off of I-495 North. Take Route 66 West and drive approximately 10 miles. Take exit 53B, Route 28 North (Dulles Airport). Drive 3 miles North on Route 28. Turn right onto Willard Road. Take the second left off of Willard Road into Chantilly Shopping Center. Follow signs to Dulles Expo & Conference Center From West Frederick, Hagerstown (I-70) From Frederick, Maryland take the I-270 SPUR South towards I-495 South/Northern Virginia (Northern Virginia/Tysons Corner). Merge onto I-495 South the Capital Beltway and travel approximately 9 miles. Take I-66 West via exit 49 going towards Manassas/Front Royal and travel approximately 11 miles. Take exit 53B for Sully Road (Route 28 North). Drive 3 miles North on Route 28. Turn right onto Willard Road. Make a left at the first light off of Willard Road into the Chantilly Shopping Center. From West Manassas (I-66) From I-66 East, take exit 53B, Route 28 North (Dulles Airport). Drive 3 miles North on Route 28. Turn right onto Willard Road. Take the first left off of Willard Road into Chantilly Shopping Center. Follow signs to Dulles Expo & Conference Center. Directions Arriving by Air: Arrival at Washington Dulles, Washington National, and BWI International Airports The Airport transportation will be available from Washington Dulles (IAD), Washington National (DCA), and Baltimore Washington International

4 (BWI) airports. All guests arriving by air are encouraged to fly to Dulles International Airport as it is the closest airport to the Jalsa site. The regular airport pickup schedule will be in effect from August 30 th, 2007; however, limited service will be available from August 29 th. Please contact Nazim Transportation regarding your transportation needs by providing the name of the head of the traveling group/family, number of arriving people, airline name, flight number, and date and time of your arrival in the attached Transportation Service Request form. If you provide the Nazim Transportation the above information at least 3 days before the Jalsa, you will be welcomed by the Jalsa Transportation Coordinator at the baggage claim area in your perspective airport. The Transportation Coordinator will then guide you to your shuttle. To inform the Nazim Transportation about your travel information, you can call Hibbi Iqbal at or hibbit@gmail.com. You will need to fax the attached Transportation Service Request form and possibly your travel itinerary at (fax available only till August 30 th 2007). Please contact Hadi Ahmed for any questions or coordination. Arrival at Train Station (Union Station in D.C) All guests arriving at the train station must contact Nazim Transportation regarding pick-up. There will not be any regular shuttle service running from the station so it is important for each family to notify the transportation department of their arrival time on August 30 st, Please notify Nazim Transportation, Hibbi Iqbal at Taking a Taxi Taxi cab service is available at all 3 Airports as well as Union Station; tell the cab driver that you are going to the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, VA. The full address for Dulles Expo Center is as follows: 4368 Chantilly Shopping Center, Chantilly, VA Local Northern Virginia Taxi s available: Yellow Cab: White Top: Washington Flyer: Rental Cars and Other Arrangements Rental cars should be reserved in advance. Most of the major car rental companies (Hertz, Avis, National, etc.) have counters in the airport terminal. Budget Hertz National Dollar Alamo Driving from Airports and Union Station to Jalsa Site From BWI Airport: Proceed to the airport exit. The airport exits to I-195 West. Proceed on I- 195 west, which will take you to I-95. Take I-95 South towards Washington. Then follow the From North directions above. From National Airport: From the airport, follow signs to 395 South. Take 395 South and drive approximately 10 miles. Take I-495 North (Washington D.C. Beltway) towards Tysons Corner. Drive approximately 6 miles. Stay in the left lane towards the end of the 6 miles because you will be making a left lane exit off of I-495 North. Take Route 66 West and drive approximately 10 miles. Take exit 53B, Route 28 North (Dulles Airport) Drive 3 miles North on Route 28. Turn right onto Willard Road. Take the 4

5 first left off of Willard Road into the Chantilly Shopping Center. Follow signs to Dulles Expo & Conference Center. From Dulles Airport: From the airport, follow exit signs for Washington DC. Stay towards the right. Drive for approximately 1 mile and take Route 28 South towards Centerville. Drive for approximately 6 miles and pass over Route 50. At the first light past Route 50, take a left onto Willard Road. Follow signs to Dulles Expo & Conference Center. From Union Station in Washington D.C: Start out going West on Massachusetts AVE NE. Massachusetts Ave NE becomes unnamed road. Turn slight right. Turn slight right onto Columbus Cir NE. Turn slight left onto Louisiana Ave NE. Turn slight right onto D ST NW. Merge onto I-395 S via the ramp on the left. Take the VA-27 / Washington Blvd / Ridge Rd exit- EXIT 8A- toward Carpool Staging area/pentagon South Parking. Merge onto Washington Blvd towards Ridge Road. Merge onto Arlington Blvd/US-50 West towards Falls Church. Merge onto I-495 North/Capital Beltway toward I-66 / Rockville. Merge onto I-66 West via exit 49C on the left toward Vienna/Front Royal. Merge onto Sully Rd / VA-28 North via exit 53B-A. Turn slight right onto Willard RD Turn left onto Chantilly Shopping Center. 5

6 Jalsa Parking and Drop-off Please note the following regarding Jalsa parking. The Jalsa site has open marked parking for every car. It is requested that each incoming vehicle park and then walk to the Jalsa site to eliminate congestion in the parking lot. Drop-off will be available for elderly, disabled or other persons unable to walk from the parking lot. For any questions, please contact Faheem Younus Qureshi Sahib, Afsar Khidmat-e-Khalq at (443) or via at Other instructions: If you are driving to Jalsa, please proceed directly to the parking lots. Park your cars properly to ensure that the available parking spaces are availed efficiently. At the end of the day, please take your family with you back to the parking lot in order to reduce congestion and traffic in and around the Jalsa Gah Transportation Department Contact Info Primary Contact Nazim Transportation, Hibbi Iqbal Primary #: (703) Naib-Nazim Transportation, Junaid Shams Primary#: (571) Fax #: (703) Please leave a voice mail with a call back # if the phone is not answered

7 Lunch and Dinner Lunch and dinner will be provided at the Jalsa site along with tea during the Jalsa. Since 1992, food at the Jalsa Salana USA has been prepared and served in the Langar Khana style. We will, InshaAllah, be continuing this tradition of the Promised Messiah (A.S.) at this year s Jalsa Salana. InshaAllah we will also serve breakfast at the Jalsa Gah. On Saturday and Sunday breakfast will be available from 8:00am 9:30am. The National Exhibition The Exhibition will be set up inside the halls of the Expo Center where the Jalsa is being held. Members are welcome to visit the Exhibition as often as possible along with their guests (except during the Salat and Jalsa programs). Visiting hour schedule will be posted at each entrance. A book stall will also be arranged on site for purchase. Sanat-o-Tijarat (Industry & Trade) Majlis Khuddam ul Ahmadiyya USA has setup a Sanat-o-Tijarat (Industry & Trade) booth this year at US Jalsa Salana The charter of Sanat-o-Tijarat is to provide a collaborative platform where Jamaat members can share and learn professional skills engaging with other members that may help in their educational/professional careers as well as businesses. Detailed information will be available at the Information Desk or MKA desk. Rishta Nata All the members interested are requested to schedule an appointment before Jalsa if possible. Please contact Abdul Shukoor: via phone at (301) or fax at (240) for appointments and further information. Children Activities & Registration The objective of the Children s Area at Jalsa is to gradually train our children to listen and appreciate the Jalsa while allowing for a fun, educational, and Islamic environment. Two areas will be assigned for children. An area for mothers with young children under age 5 (Group 1) and an area for children from ages 5-7 (Group 2). As space is limited and we will be following a first come first serve policy, we encourage you to PROMPTLY return the filled out registration form (attached at the bottom of this packet). The registrations for children will also be made available online, please check the Jalsa site ( for updates. Medical Camp The Medical Camp has been arranged for our brother and sister Ahmadis who cannot afford to get their physical examination done or would like to have a second opinion from an Ahmadi doctor about their health (no charge). -Free checkup from specialists: including, cardiologists, sleep specialists, internists, ENT specialist, Neurologist, Neurosurgeons, and Homeopathy etc. Timings will be available at the Information Center. Accommodation Arrangements for out of town Jalsa participants will be made at the homes of local Ahmadi families and at Hotels/Motels in the vicinity of the Jalsa site. As indicated on the registration form, participants must make accommodation in hotels. You can call Mansoor Ahmad (Nazim Accommodation - Hotels) at (301) , or Hameed Virk (Nazim Accommodation Homes) at to get accommodation information.

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10 Transportation between the hotel and Jalsa Gah will be provided from all of the above hotels to and from Jalsa site; as well as designated shuttles from each respective hotel (Please check with hotel regarding shuttle services provided by them as well as timings). The schedule of pick up from the hotels and drop off to the hotels is as follows: Hotels Pick up and drop-off timings (Tentative) Pick Up Timings Drop Off Timings Friday (September 1st) 1:30 pm 9:00 pm 9:30 pm Saturday (September 2nd) Sunday (September 3rd) 7:30 am 8:00 am 8:30 am 9:00 am 9:30 am 10:00 am 10:30 am 7:30 am 8:00 am 8:30 am 9:00 am 9:30 am 10:00 am 10:30 am 9:00 pm 9:30 pm 10:00 pm Drop offs to Airports and Train Station will continue from Sunday Morning to 4:00 pm. Please contact Transportation Desk for further information. 10

11 Important Phone Numbers First Name Last Name Phone Fax * Afsar Jalsa Salana Waseen Haider (703) whaider@datawiz.net Afsar Jalsa Gah Shahid Malik (301) ssm14@hotmail.com Afsar Khidmat-e-Khalq Faheem Qureshi (443) dryounus@comcast.net Nazim Daftr Jalsa Salana Haroon Rashid (703) Daftr@lxfcorp.com Naib Afsar Jalsa Salana (703) (Hospitality & Food) Tariq Amjid Amjed40@yahoo.com Nazim Accomodation (703) F:(703) Homes Hameed Virk Hvirk130@hotmail.com Nazim Registration Athar Malik (703) atharbashir@yahoo.com Nazim Accommodation (301) Hotels Mansoor Ahmad sahmed@bethesdahis.com Nazim Transportation Hibbi Iqbal (703) F:(703) hibbii@gmail.com Muntezamah Aala Shanaz Butt (484) sadrlajnausa@aol.com Nazim Information Noaman Khan (202) (703) noaman@gwu.edu * Note: The aforementioned fax numbers are only available up until August 30 th, for any questions/comments thereafter please contact the concerned party directly via or phone. Jalsa Information Phone Numbers Jalsa Information Hotline Following numbers will be available from 09/01/05 12pm through 09/04/05 5pm : Men : Lajna us: whaider@datawiz.net (Please leave a voic if there is no answer. All calls will be returned as soon as possible) All members are requested to please pray for the success of Jalsa Salana and also for the safe travel of all members who will come to receive the blessings of Jalsa Salana

12 59 th Jalsa Salana USA August 31 st, Sept 1 st, and 2 nd, 2007 Registration Information 59 th Jalsa Salana, USA will Inshallah be held on August 31 st, September 1 st, and 2 nd 2007 at Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly Virginia. Please read the following registration instructions for the Jalsa Salana. 1) All participants must register online using the following Web Site: 2) Only members can register with the login information provided. 3) Please do not create New Accounts! If you don t know your Member Code, please send us at member@ahmadiyya.us or call your local president. 4) The members must register all non-member guests. 5) If you received Member ID card last year, please bring it to Jalsa. This will reduce cost. 6) New Member ID cards will be issued to those who did not receive card last year or do not have Photo Id Card. Please upload your best Photo during the registration process. 7) Photo is not required for female members and those who were issued Photo Member ID card last year. 8) If you require transportation, please provide the details on the registration site. 12

13 REGISTRATION FORM FOR CHILDREN, JALSA 2007 The objective of the Children s Area at Jalsa is to gradually train our children to listen and appreciate the Jalsa while allowing for a fun, educational, and Islamic environment. Two areas will be assigned for children. There will be a nursery area for mothers with young children under age 5 (Group 1) and an area for children from ages 5-7 (Group 2). Both areas will be located inside the Expo center. Group 1: We expect the mother to stay with her infant in the nursery. However, in order to have sufficient space, we request you to register your name along with your infant s name and age to: Shahina Bashir, Sadr Lajna Potomac at lajnakids@yahoo.com Mother s name: Lajna: address: Cell # # of Infants: Ages: Group 2: As space is limited (120 children/session), we will follow a first come first serve policy. Therefore, we encourage you to PROMPTLY return the filled out registration form to: Shahina Bashir, Sadr Lajna Potomac at lajnakids@yahoo.com Drop-off Pick-up Friday 3:00 pm 6:00 pm Saturday session I 9.30 am 1.00 pm Saturday session II 3.00 pm 6:00 pm Sunday am 1.00 pm 1. Child s Name: a) Date of Birth: Age: b) Date of Birth: Age: c) Date of Birth: Age: (For additional children, please place information on a separate sheet). 2. Mother s Full Name: 3. Father s Full Name: 4. Home Address: 5. Jama'at/Chapter: 6. Where and/or with whom will you be staying during Jalsa? Phone number: ( ) - Cell Phone / Beeper #: ( ) - 7. Will your child (ren) need to take any medication during his/her stay in the Area? YES NO If yes, parents are responsible for storing and dispensing all medication 8. Does your child have any allergies that we should be aware of? YES NO If yes, please explain: 9. Does your child have any other medical conditions that we should be aware of? YES NO If yes, please explain: 10. Where will you be while your child is in the Children s Area? If you change your location, it is imperative that you let us know where you will be. 11. Please provide an emergency contact name: Where will this person be? I,, am aware of the pick-up and drop off times for my child / children and will make every effort to be there at the given time, InshaAllah. Parent s Name:

14 GENERAL RULES FOR THE CHILDREN S AREA It is recommended that the registration be done online Children who are eligible to register must be 5 years old by September 1, Those who are not 5 by September 1 are not eligible to register Please drop off and pick up children at the designated times If you think that your child is not ready to be separated from you, then it is advisable that you do not place him/her in the tent If you decide after the first session that you will not be bringing your child for the subsequent sessions, please let the Naiba in charge know. If the child misses a session without informing the Naiba in charge his or her registration will be cancelled, and a new child will be assigned his seat. 14

15 Transportation Service Request Form Please complete and fax this form attention to Hibbi (703) ALL fields with (*) are required Please indicate total number of members who will require transportation From and To the airport Please choose Dulles Airport as your preferred airport, however pick-up and drop-off service from BWI and National airport will be provided but with less frequency and longer intervals so please allow additional time to reach the Jalsa Gah Transportation from Train Station is considered as a special request so please contact Nazim Transportation to make arrangements ALL transportation request must be sent via fax using this form and confirmed by August 24 th, 2007 ALL pick-up request will be confirmed via phone by the transportation team few days prior to your arrival date *Name: Jama at: *Cell Phone No: Home Phone No: *Arriving Airport: *Airline: *Flight No: *Arrival Time: *Do you need Drop-off: *Total Number of Members Requiring Transportation: Please call Nazim Transportation for any special needs Please fax this completed form to (703) , ATTN: Hibbi Iqbal 15

16 ETIQUETTE OF ATTENDING JALSA SALANA The Promised Messiah (AS) has prayed for all participants of the Jalsa - past, present and future - in the following words: "I pray to God that He be with all those who are coming to attend the Jalsa. May God grant them great rewards, may He show Mercy on them and remove their hardships and sorrows. May He let them have what they desire and raise them on the Day of Resurrection along with those to whom He has shown Mercy and His Grace. 'O God, O You who are the great Granter, the Benevolent and Merciful, the Remover of hardships, do listen to all these my prayers and grant us victory over our opponents with great glaring signs, for You have the power to do whatever You like. Ameen.' (December 7, 1892) This is no ordinary gathering. There are many benefits of the Jalsa to the participants. Members should utilize this opportunity to renew their personal faith and spirituality, meet and establish friendship with other members of the community, welcome new members into the fold of the community and remember those who have passed away in the previous year and pray for them. Jalsa participants should: Pray for safe travel of all members to and from Jalsa. Try to portray the true and beautiful image of the Jamaat to outsiders, especially our neighbors. Cooperate with Khuddam on duty to help you park in appropriate spaces. Register as soon as you come to Jalsa and put on your name badge. Notify security about any suspicious characters not wearing a badge. Offer Salat in congregation at designated times. Observe proper mosque etiquette when in the prayer area. Listen quietly during recitation of the Holy Quran. Not disturb others by talking among yourselves during the formal sessions. Attend Jalsa sessions in marquees at proper times. Not visit the dining tent or stalls during formal sessions. Not waste food and keep the dining area clean. Keep the bathrooms clean and report any non-functional bathrooms ASAP. Be courteous to fellow attendees of the Jalsa. Show respect to your elders and act in a kind manner to those younger than you. Not waste time in idle gossip but spend their spare time in remembering Allah. Wear Islamic clothing. Men and women should cover their heads. Women must observe Purdah and men must observe "Ghaz-e-Basr"(lowering of the eyes). Men should not crowd near the women's entrance. Families should fix their meeting points beforehand to avoid crowding in these areas. Make sure that children as well as teenagers are at their best behavior. Mothers should come prepared and bring formula, supplies and diapers etc for their infants. Constantly pray for the success of the Jalsa. 16

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