Masjid Ash-Shaheed · Rooted cohortLevels 1, 2 and 3 · The Five Currents of Human Excellence
That man can have nothing but what he strives for
Three levels, one path. First who you are. Then how you treat people. Then how to build something real and honest. Every module carries its Qur’anic thread, cited on the page.
This is the first time we run Strive For Excellence together, so we ask for your grace as we go. Tell us what works and what does not. Your honest feedback shapes every session after this one.
5 currents, and how they flow into each other.
Anyone. One talk, one workshop, or the opening of a cohort.
Open the syllabus12 modules, 12 traits. The person.
Ages 14 and up. Any setting. 3, 6, 9, 12 or 24 sessions.
Open the syllabusTen modules. The business.
Ages 16 and up, and adults. Three ways in.
Open the syllabusEach level stands on the one before it. Level 1 is the frame. Level 2 is the person. Level 3 is the business.
The overview, and the frame for everything after it. Five currents, each with one job and one question.
Know what you are, and hold yourself steady.
“Who am I when nobody is watching?”
Do your part Before anything else, know who you are when nobody is watching. Make that knowing an intention for Allah.
Then trust You are not finished, and you were not asked to be. Do your part on yourself, and leave the shaping with Allah.
Surah Al-An'am, 6:162Say, 'Indeed, my prayer, my rites of sacrifice, my living and my dying are for Allah, Lord of the worlds.'
When you dedicate your study, your work, and your daily interactions to Allah, your entire existence is elevated.
Strive For Excellence is not a course you finish. It is a way of carrying yourself, and it stays with a person long after the last session. Calm under pressure. Patience with people. Honest work, money handled with care, and kindness to whoever has less. Every module below builds one of those habits and ends with something a participant can do. A parent, a teacher or a board can see it.
Twelve modules, one trait each. Every module ends with something a young person can do, not just something they heard.
Truthful · As-Sidq
Name their own values, and tell themselves the truth.
Write your values in your own words and read them back out loud. Make the intention for Allah, and naming who you are becomes an act of worship.
Surah Al-An'am, 6:162Patient · As-Sabr
Set a goal that survives a bad week.
Set the goal, write the steps, and do the first one this week. That is your part, and it comes before the trust, not instead of it.
Action with faithGrateful · Ash-Shukr
Name an emotion before acting on it.
Name the emotion before you act on it. Your three warning signs are your part; nobody else can watch for them.
Inner peaceGentle · Ar-Rifq
Give hard feedback without the sting.
Say the hard thing kindly and clearly, to a real person, this week. Race to the good of saying it well.
Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:148Forgiving · Al-'Afw
Make a real apology, and repair a relationship.
Make the apology in full, without the excuse attached. That is your part, whatever comes back.
Action with faithJust · Al-'Adl
Hold one standard when it costs them.
Hold one standard for everyone, including when it costs you. Do it for Allah, and it does not need an audience.
Surah Al-An'am, 6:162Trustworthy · Al-Amanah
Keep a promise after the feeling passes.
Everything you hold is a trust, and a promise most of all. Keep it after the feeling passes, and log it so you can see that you did.
Surah Al-Hadid, 57:7Honest in dealing · Sidq fi'l-Mu'amalat
Track money in and money out, and find the leak.
Track every dollar for one week. Your share of this world is yours to know; do not forget it.
Surah Al-Qasas, 28:77Courageous · Ash-Shaja'ah
Turn a skill into a priced offer, and ask for the sale.
Write the ask and say it out loud to a real person. Race to it. Courage is doing your part before you know the answer.
Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:148Wise · Al-Hikmah and Ash-Shura
Spot a scam, use AI as a tool, and control their own name online.
Check before you click, and clean up your front door. Caution is part of doing your part. It is not a lack of trust.
Not passivityGenerous · Al-Karam
Run a real service project with a real budget.
Plan the project with a real budget and put your name on it. The best of people are those most beneficial to people. This is the week you are one of them.
Hadith, Al-Mu’jam al-AwsatExcellent · Al-Ihsan
Teach what they learned to somebody younger.
Teach what you learned to somebody younger. Seek the next life through what you were given, and do not forget your share of this one.
Surah Al-Qasas, 28:77Each page that asks a question waits for an answer. The next page opens when they have written their own.
Ten modules in four phases, from a decision to a business that exists on paper, can take money, and has asked real people to buy.
Do your part Decide, name it, and say it to a human today. Make the intention for Allah, and the work of building becomes worship.
Surah Al-An'am, 6:162Do your part Do the lookups now, in this session. Paperwork is part of doing your part. Nobody is handed a filed name.
Not passivityDo your part Get the EIN in this session and open the account in the business's name. Money held clean is a trust held clean.
Surah Al-Hadid, 57:7Do your part Run your four numbers honestly, including the one you avoid. Your share of this world is yours to know.
Surah Al-Qasas, 28:77Do your part Stand up the spine: one place everything lives. Order is doing your part before any result arrives.
Action with faithDo your part Give the assistant three real jobs and check every one. Trust the tool as far as you checked it, and no further.
Not passivityDo your part Build the one door and make it clear. Being findable is your part. Who walks through it is not.
Action with faithDo your part Map the system and set the build order. Then work the order, one piece at a time.
Inner peaceDo your part Ask ten real people, by name, out loud. Race to the ask. The first to move is the one who learns.
Surah Al-Mu'minun, 23:61Do your part Write the week that repeats, and the name of the person who will ask you about it. Then keep the week.
Surah Al-Qasas, 28:77Level 2 hands Level 3 a one-page plan, a price picked on purpose, and a first real attempt to sell.
One thread runs through every module: tawakkul. Do your part first, fully, then leave the outcome with Allah. It is not passivity; waiting for a result without trying is not reliance. And it is where the peace comes from. Whatever follows honest work is part of a merciful plan.
Do your part first, fully, with real effort and practical steps. Then leave the outcome with Allah. That is tawakkul: work in your hands, the result in His.
Waiting for a result without trying is not reliance on Allah. It is inaction wearing a religious word. Tawakkul begins after the work, never instead of it.
Once your part is done, worry about the future has no job left. Whatever comes after honest work is part of a merciful plan, even when it is hard. Alhamdulillah for all of it.
The best of people are those who are most beneficial to people.
Young people 14 and up, their parents, and the staff who run the room. Level 3 starts at 16. Level 1 is open to anyone.
This is the Rooted version. The traits and the practice are the same in every version, and only the story changes. In Rooted the story is told in full, and every verse is cited.
From Level 2: The printed workbook. The interactive digital workbook. A one-page business plan. A first ledger. 12 trait badges, one for each module. A record of completion, once your facilitator signs it. A service project with their name on it. A copy of The Leaky Bucket. From Level 3: Your ninety day plan, on one page. Your ten conversations. Your numbers, the ones that keep you alive. The record of standing it up.
We share the dates and times as soon as they are set.
Call or email us. A parent or guardian signs the permission form, and we set up your family’s sign-in.
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