The Department of Waqar-e-‘Amal (Dignity of Labour) is to inculcate the habit of doing one’s own work with one’s hands amongst Atfāl, and to keep the environment clean through individual and collective Waqar-e-‘Amal.

DUTIES

• Encourage Atfāl to perform household chores and to do their own work with their own hands, e.g., washing their own clothes, cleaning their own rooms, cleaning the washrooms, ironing, polishing shoes, etc.
• Inform and motivate Atfāl to clean mosques.
• Hold Collective Waqar-e-‘Amal activities, such as cleaning local Namaz centers, local Mosques and neighborhoods, etc. at least once a month with proper attendance preferably after Jama’at events.
• Educate Atfāl through lectures and circulars during Ijlas-e-A’am to keep their environment as clean as possible, e.g., to dispose of their garbage at appropriate places, keep the walk way clean and safe.
• Promote gardening amongst Atfāl, and at least twice a year there should be special programs organize for this purpose.
• Hold an Exemplary Waqar-e-‘Amal at the Majlis and Region levels at least once a year.
  • At least 60 % of the Majlis Tajnid must participate in this Waqar-e-‘Amal.
  • At the Regional level, all Majalis must participate in the Exemplary Waqar-e-‘Amal. At least 50% of the Region’s Tajnid must participate in it.
  • For Regional Waqar-e-‘Amal, it is not necessary to conduct the Waqar-e-‘Amal in a single location. The Exemplary Waqar-e-‘Amal can be organized in multiple locations within a Region. However, regions in and around GTA should organize it at a single location.
  • For a Waqar-e-‘Amal to be considered Exemplary, a minimum of two hours must be spent doing the major task of Waqar-e-‘Amal.
  • For an Exemplary Waqar-e-‘Amal, it is encouraging to perform it outside Jama‘at property.