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149 APPENDIX 2 WAQF - E - NAU GUIDANCE FOR PARENTS OF WAQF-E-NAU CHILDREN The Waqf-e-Nau scheme was initiated by Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih IV (rh) on April 3 rd , 1987. Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih IV (rh) and Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih V (aba) have given detailed instruction to parents of Waqf-e-Nau children regarding their duty to prepare their Waqifin ( Waqf-e-Nau children) with the best education and training. These instructions are available in the form of Sermons and speeches from both Khulafa on the Ahmadiyya website ( www. alislam. org ), as well as being documented in the Waqf-e-Nau syllabus developed by the Jama ’ at. This section provides information on how to enroll your yet-to- be- born child in the Waqf-e-Nau scheme, Tarbiyat of Waqf-e-Nau children and some resources for parents of Waqf-e-Nau children. How to Present Your Children For The Waqf-E-Nau Scheme The Waqf-e-Nau Department of the Jama ’ at has provided detailed guidance on how to offer an unborn child for the Waqf-e-Nau scheme. For the latest information, please contact local Waqf-e-Nau Secretary to write to Markaz (headquarters of Jama ’ at). Some important points (based on Instructions for Waqf-e-Nau parents by central Waqf-e- Nau , London) are summarized below: 1) Children can only be offered for Waqf prior to their birth. 2) Parents wishing to enroll their children in Waqf-e-Nau scheme have to write to Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih (aba) themselves before a child is born. Parents must write this letter expressing their desire to offer their child for Waqf.