QUESTAR FUNDS INC, 497, 2000-10-27

QUESTAR FUNDS INC
497, 2000-10-27

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AZZAD/DOW JONES ETHICAL MARKET FUND

(an enhanced index mutual fund based on the
extra liquid version of The Dow Jones Islamic Market Index)

Prospectus

October 16, 2000

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The AZZAD/DOW JONES ETHICAL MARKET FUND (the "Fund"), a series of Questar Funds,
Inc. (the "Company"), seeks to provide investors with annual returns which,
after expenses, match or exceed the annualized performance of the U.S. component
securities of the Dow Jones Islamic Market Extra Liquid Index, a sub-index of
the Dow Jones Islamic Market Index.

This Prospectus, dated October 16, 2000, concisely describes the information
about the Fund that you ought to know before investing. Please read it carefully
before investing and retain it for future reference. A Statement of Additional
Information ("SAI") about the Fund, dated October 16, 2000, is available free of
charge. The address of the Company is Questar Funds, Inc., The Hauppauge
Corporate Center, 150 Motor Parkway, Hauppauge, New York 11788 or telephone
(888) 350-3369. The SAI has been filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and is incorporated in its entirety by reference in this Prospectus.

These securities have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities and
Exchange Commission or any state securities commission nor has the Securities
and Exchange Commission or any state securities commission passed upon the
accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a
criminal offense.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

RISK RETURN SUMMARY........................................................... 2

PERFORMANCE................................................................... 6

FEES AND EXPENSES............................................................. 6

PRINCIPLE INVESTMENT STRATEGIES............................................... 7

COMPLIANCE WITH SHARI`AH LAW.................................................. 8

MAIN RISKS....................................................................11

MANAGEMENT....................................................................12

YOUR ACCOUNT..................................................................13

HOW TO OPEN AN ACCOUNT AND PURCHASE SHARES....................................14

HOW TO SELL (REDEEM) SHARES OF THE FUND.......................................17

WHEN AND HOW NAV IS DETERMINED................................................20

DISTRIBUTIONS.................................................................20

FEDERAL TAX CONSIDERATIONS....................................................21

PERFORMANCE COMPARISONS.......................................................21

CUSTODIAN, TRANSFER AGENT AND DIVIDEND DISBURSING AGENT.......................22

COUNSEL AND INDEPENDENT AUDITORS..............................................22

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS..........................................................22

ORGANIZATION..................................................................22

FOR MORE INFORMATION..........................................................23

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RISK RETURN SUMMARY

The following discussion describes the investment objective and principal
investment strategies and risks of the Fund. The investment objective is a
fundamental policy and cannot be changed without the approval of a majority of
the Fund's outstanding shares. As with any mutual fund, there can be no
guarantee that the investment objective of the Fund will be achieved.

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INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund's investment objective is to provide investors with annual returns
which, after expenses, match or exceed the annualized performance of the U.S.
component stocks of the Dow Jones Islamic Market Extra Liquid Index (the
"IMXL")1, a sub-index of the Dow Jones Islamic Market Index ("DJIM"). The DJIM
is a globally diversified compilation of common stocks considered by the Dow
Jones' Shari`ah Supervisory Board to be compliant with Shari`ah law.

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PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing substantially
all of its net assets in the U.S. component stocks of the IMXL, an unmanaged
index that tracks the 100 most liquid U.S. and non-U.S. common stocks listed on
the DJIM. The Fund is principally invested in large capitalization companies but
may invest in mid-capitalization companies provided that these companies are
included in the IMXL. The investment adviser, Azzad Asset Management, Inc.,
seeks to achieve and maintain a correlation between the Fund's investment
portfolio and the U.S. component stocks of the IMXL of at least 0.95, after
expenses. A correlation of 1.00 would mean that the Fund and U.S. component
stocks of the IMXL were perfectly correlated.

The investment adviser will allocate 75% of the Fund's net assets
among all of the U.S. component stocks of the IMXL according to the weightings
assigned to such stocks in the IMXL (after adjustment to reflect the exclusion
of all non-U.S. component stocks). The investment adviser seeks to enhance the
Fund's performance by investing up to 25% of the Fund's net assets in the top 10
U.S. component stocks of the IMXL that have the highest current dividend yield.2
The percentage of the Fund's investments in each of these securities is weighted
according to dividend yield so that a greater portion of the allocation is
invested in the stocks with the highest dividend yield.

ETHICAL INVESTING - COMPLIANCE WITH SHARI`AH LAW

The Fund is designed to provide investors with an ethical investment
alternative that is consistent with the body of Islamic laws known as Shari`ah.
Generally, Shari`ah requires that investors share in profit and loss, that they
receive no usury or interest income (riba), and that they do not invest in a
business that is not permitted under Islamic principles. All component stocks of
the DJIM are carefully screened for compliance with the principles of Shari`ah
law and approved for inclusion in the DJIM by the Dow Jones Shari`ah Supervisory
Board. Accordingly, since the IMXL is a sub-index of the DJIM, each component
stock of the IMXL has been approved by Dow Jones' Shari`ah Supervisory Board by
virtue of its inclusion in the DJIM and are deemed eligible for investment by
the Fund.

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1 "Dow Jones", "Dow Jones Islamic Market Index" and "Dow Jones Islamic Market
Extra Liquid Index " are service marks of Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Dow Jones
has no relationship to the Fund or the Fund's investment adviser other than the
licensing of the Dow Jones Islamic Market Index and its service marks for use in
connection with the Fund. This Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, sold, or
promoted by Dow Jones and Dow Jones makes no representation regarding the
advisability of investing in the Fund.
2 All dividend payments to the Fund will be subject to a purification process
(see Treatment of Interest Income on Page 11) according to a methodology
formulated by Dow Jones and approved by the Azzad Shari`ah Board. A portion of
each dividend paid to the Fund may be deemed prohibited as it relates to
interest income earned by the company paying the dividend. Any portion of a
dividend deemed to represent interest income will be segregated from the Fund's
custody account and donated to qualified charities.

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Dow Jones' selection process for Shari`ah compliant stocks begins by
excluding those firms that do not meet specific business line and financial
requirements. Specifically, Dow Jones excludes firms whose products or services
include:

Alcohol
Pork related products
Conventional financial
services (banking, insurance, etc.)
Entertainment (hotels, casinos/gambling, cinema, pornography, music, etc.)
Tobacco
Defense

These incompatible lines of business are removed from the "universe"
of stocks considered for the DJIM and IMXL. After removing companies with
unacceptable primary business activities, the remaining universe is tested by
three financial ratio "filters". The purpose is to remove companies with
unacceptable financial ratios.

The filters exclude companies if:

-- Total debt divided by total assets is equal to or greater than 33%. (Note:
total debt = short-term debt + current portion of long-term debt +long-term
debt);

-- Accounts receivables divided by total assets is equal to or greater than
45%. (Note: accounts receivables = current receivables + long-term
receivables); and

-- Non-operating interest income plus impure income divided by total revenue
is equal to or greater than 5%.

Companies that pass these screens are included in the DJIM investable
universe, from which IMXL component stocks are selected.

TEMPORARY DEFENSIVE STRATEGY

During uncertain market, economic, political or other unfavorable
conditions, the Fund may adopt a temporary defensive position. Under these
circumstances, the Fund may hold a substantial portion of its assets in high
quality money market instruments, cash or, for liquidity purposes, U.S. Treasury
securities, provided, however, that any interest income earned from these
investments is segregated from the Fund's custody account and donated by the
Fund to qualified charities in accordance with the purification policies and
procedures established by the Azzad Shari'ah Board (See "Treatment of Interest
Income" on Page 11). During these periods, the Fund may not achieve its
investment objective.

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PRINCIPAL RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE FUND. The Fund is subject to the following
principal investment risks:

-- Market Risk. The net asset value of the Fund will fluctuate based on
changes in the underlying value of the U.S. component stocks of the IMXL.
U.S. stock markets are generally susceptible to volatile fluctuations in
market price. Market prices may be adversely affected by an issuer's having
experienced losses or by the lack of earnings or by the issuer's failure to
meet the market's expectations with respect to new products or services, or
even by factors wholly unrelated to the value or condition of the issuer.
The value of the U.S. component stocks of the IMXL is also subject to the
risk that a specific segment of the stock market underperforms the overall
market, thereby decreasing the value of companies comprising such segment.
Under any of these circumstances, the value of the Fund's shares and its
total return will fluctuate and your investment may be worth more or less
than your original cost when you redeem your shares.

-- Islamic Shari'ah Investment Risk. It is possible that the restrictions
placed on investments by the Fund, such as the prohibition against earning
interest income and the cost of donating any portion of a dividend paid to
the Fund which are attributable to interest-related activities, may result
in the Fund underperforming other mutual funds with similar investment
objectives which are not subject to Islamic Shari'ah restrictions.

-- Imperfect Correlation. The correlation between the performance of the Fund
and the U.S. component stocks of the IMXL may be affected by the Fund's
expenses, changes in securities markets, changes in the composition or
dividend yield ranking of the IMXL and the timing of purchases and
redemptions of Fund shares.

-- Risks of Non-Diversification. Because the Fund is non-diversified, it may
have greater exposure to volatility than other mutual funds. Because a
non-diversified fund may invest a larger percentage of its assets in the
securities of a single company than diversified funds, the performance of
that company can have a substantial impact on the fund's share price.

-- Passive Management of Portfolio Securities. Notwithstanding the allocation
of 25% of the Fund's net assets to the 10 U.S. component securities of the
IMXL with the highest dividend yield, the investment adviser employs a
passive investment management approach and does not intend to change the
composition of the Fund's investment portfolio based on its own economic,
financial or market analysis. Therefore, the Fund will not liquidate these
securities if they underperform or suffer a sharp decline.

-- Risk of Investing in Industries Represented in the U.S. component stocks of
the IMXL. Investing in the various industries represented in the IXML
exposes the Fund to certain risks based on changes in economic conditions
and interest rates, the exposure of companies within these industries to
foreign economic and political developments and currency fluctuations, the
ability of companies to pass their products through regulatory bodies,
changes in the spending patterns of consumers, the creation of new
technology which might make obsolete the technology sold, serviced,
utilized, or otherwise relied upon by companies held by the Fund, and the
fluctuation of energy prices.

You could lose money on your investment in the Fund, or the Fund may not perform
as well as other possible investments. The Fund does not constitute a balanced
or complete investment program and the net asset value of its shares will
fluctuate based on the value of the securities held by the Fund.

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WHO MAY WANT TO INVEST IN THE FUND

The Azzad/Dow Jones Ethical Market Fund was designed for investors desiring an
ethical investment alternative that is consistent with Islamic principles and
who seek one or more of the following:

-- annual returns which, after expenses, match or exceed the annualized
performance of the U.S. component stocks of the Dow Jones Islamic
Market Extra Liquid Index;
-- a stock fund to complement a portfolio of more conservative
investments;
-- a stock fund that uses an enhanced indexed-oriented investment
strategy; or
-- a stock fund that invests solely in U.S. companies.

The Fund may NOT be suitable for you if:

-- You need regular income or stability of principal;
-- You are pursuing a short-term goal or investing emergency reserves; or
-- You are pursuing an investment strategy that is inconsistent with
Sharia`ah Law.

PERFORMANCE

No prior performance information for the Fund is being presented because, to
date, the Fund has not had annual returns for a full year.

FEES AND EXPENSES

FEE TABLE
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold
Shares of the Fund:
SHARES
Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchase
(as a % of offering price) None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)
(as a % of lower of original purchase price
or redemption proceeds) None
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends
Distributions None
Redemption Fee (as a % of amount redeemed, if applicable) None
Exchange Fee None

ANNUAL FUND OPERATION EXPENSES
(expenses that are deducted from fund assets)
Management Fees 1.00%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25%
Other Expenses 1.00%(1)
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Total Annual Operating Expenses 2.25%(1)
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1. Other Expenses and Total Annual Operating Expens es are based on estimated
amounts for the current fiscal year assuming $10 million in average annual
net assets.

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EXAMPLE

THIS EXAMPLE IS INTENDED TO HELP YOU COMPARE THE COST OF INVESTING IN
THE FUND WITH THE COST OF INVESTING IN OTHER MUTUAL FUNDS.

THE EXAMPLE ASSUMES THAT YOU INVEST $10,000 IN THE FUND FOR THE TIME
PERIODS INDICATED AND THEN REDEEM ALL OF YOUR SHARES AT THE END OF THESE
PERIODS. THE EXAMPLE ALSO ASSUMES THAT YOUR INVESTMENT HAS A 5% RATE OF RETURN
EACH YEAR AND THAT THE FUND'S OPERATING EXPENSES REMAIN THE SAME. ALTHOUGH YOUR
ACTUAL COSTS MAY BE HIGHER OR LOWER, BASED ON THESE ASSUMPTIONS YOUR COSTS WOULD
BE:

1 Year 3 Years
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$228 $703

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund invests substantially all of its net assets in the U.S. component
stocks of the IMXL, an unmanaged sub-index of the DJIM. The IMXL consists of
common stocks of 100 U.S. and non-U.S. companies which represent the 100 most
liquid companies listed in the DJIM by Dow Jones & Company, Inc. ("Dow Jones").
Dow Jones derives the IMXL from the DJIM by implementing rigorous liquidity
tests that are intended to filter out the most thinly traded large
capitalization companies and most actively traded small capitalization
companies. The investment adviser seeks to achieve and maintain a correlation
between the Fund's investment portfolio and the U.S. component stocks of the
IMXL of at least 0.95, after expenses. A correlation of 1.00 would be a perfect
correlation, where the net asset value of the Fund increases or decreases in
exact proportion to changes in the net asset value of the U.S. component stocks
of the IMXL.

The investment adviser will allocate 75% of the Fund's net assets among the U.S.
component stocks of the IMXL according to the weightings assigned to such
securities in the IMXL (after adjustment to reflect the exclusion of all
non-U.S. component stocks). When U.S. companies are eliminated from or added to
the IMXL by Dow Jones, the Fund will adjust the investment portfolio to reflect
these changes. The Fund will sell out the positions of the companies that are
eliminated by Dow Jones from the IMXL, including those affected in the highest
dividend-yield basket, then buy in new positions of the companies added
following notice to the Fund by Dow Jones of changes made to the IMXL. While the
Fund intends to hold portfolio securities for the long term, these changes to
Fund positions will be made, with no regard to any proposed holding period,
within 5 trading days of the Fund's receiving notice from Dow Jones.

The investment adviser seeks to enhance the Fund's performance by investing up
to 25% of the Fund's net assets in the top 10 U.S. component stocks of the IMXL
that have the highest current dividend yield. The percentage of the Fund's
investments in each of these securities is weighted according to dividend yield
so that a greater portion of the allocation is invested in the stocks with the
highest dividend yield. The list of the 10 highest dividend-yielding stocks of
the IMXL is reviewed and adjusted as necessary. The Fund intends to hold the
positions taken by the investment adviser in these securities as long as they
continue to have a dividend yield ranked among the top 10 of the U.S. component
stocks of the IMXL.

The Fund intends to invest in all of the U.S. component stocks of the IMXL in
exact proportion to the weightings assigned to such stocks in the IMXL (after
adjustment to reflect the exclusion of all non-U.S. component stocks), provided
that the Fund has a sufficient amount of assets to do so. If the Fund does not
have sufficient assets to replicate the U.S. component of the IMXL, the Fund
will invest in a representative sample of the U.S. component of the IMXL in
order to achieve, under normal conditions, a correlation between the performance
of the Fund's investment portfolio and the performance of the U.S. component
stocks of the IMXL of at least 0.95, after expenses. The Fund will select

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portfolio securities on the basis of computer-generated statistical data in
order to develop a portfolio that replicates the performance of the entire U.S.
component of the IMXL in terms of liquidity, industry weighting, market
capitalization and other characteristics such as beta, price-to-book ratios,
price-to-earnings ratios and dividend yield. This method of stock selection is
generally referred to as the "optimization" method. As the assets of the Fund
grow, it is anticipated the holdings of the Fund will be increased to include
all of the U.S. component stocks of the IMXL in exact proportion to their
representation in the IMXL (after adjustment to reflect the exclusion of all
non-U.S. component stocks).

TEMPORARY DEFENSIVE STRATEGY

COMPLIANCE WITH SHARI`AH LAW

The Fund is designed to provide investors with an ethical investment alternative
that is consistent with the body of Islamic laws known as Shari`ah. The Fund
intends to earn halal profits or profits which are allowable and in strict
conformity with the precepts of Islamic Shari`ah. Generally, Shari`ah requires
that investors share in profit and loss, that they receive no usury or interest
income (riba), and that they do not invest in a business that is not permitted
under Islamic principles.

The general tenets of Shari`ah law were first articulated in the Qur'an and then
given concrete form in the words and practice of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be
upon him. Over the centuries, the Islamic laws regulating business, finance, and
the marketplace in general kept apace of developments and, through an inner
dynamic called ijtihad, remained relevant and vital. In recent years, too,
Islamic law has been refined and interpreted in light of the modern business
environment, and many of its precepts have been analyzed with respect to current
business practices and capital structures. In the modern marketplace, compliance
with Shari`ah laws has become a complex matter requiring application of
qualitative and quantitative standards, both at the time of investment and on a
continuous basis. It has, therefore, become imperative that Islamic financial
institutions have a means of keeping abreast with current Islamic scholarship
and interpretations.

DOW JONES SHARI'AH STOCK SELECTION PROCESS AND CRITERIA

All component stocks of the DJIM are carefully screened for compliance with the
principles of Shari`ah law and approved for inclusion in the DJIM by the Dow
Jones Shari`ah Supervisory Board. Accordingly, since the IMXL is a sub-index of
the DJIM, each component stock of the IMXL has been approved by Dow Jones'
Shari`ah Supervisory Board by virtue of its inclusion in the DJIM and are deemed
eligible for investment by the Fund.

Dow Jones' selection process for Shari`ah compliant stocks begins by excluding
those firms who do not meet specific business line and financial requirements.
Specifically, Dow Jones excludes firms whose products or services include:

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Alcohol
Pork related products
Conventional financial services (banking, insurance, etc.)
Entertainment (hotels, casinos/gambling, cinema, pornography, music, etc.)
Tobacco
Defense

These incompatible lines of business are removed from the "universe" of stocks
considered for the DJIM. Other companies classified in other industry groups may
also be excluded if they are deemed to have a material ownership in or revenues
from prohibited business activities. After removing companies with unacceptable
primary business activities, the remaining universe is tested by three
financial-ratio "filters". The purpose is to remove companies with unacceptable
financial ratios.

The filters exclude companies if:

-- Total debt divided by total assets is equal to or greater than 33%. (Note:
total debt = short-term debt + current portion of long-term debt +long-term
debt);

-- Accounts receivables divided by total assets is equal to or greater than
45%. (Note: accounts receivables = current receivables + long-term
receivables); and

-- Non-operating interest income plus impure income divided by total revenue
is equal to or greater than 5%.

Companies that pass these screens are included in the DJIM investable universe,
from which IMXL component stocks are selected.

Duties of the Dow Jones Shari'ah Supervisory Board and the Azzad Shari'ah
Supervisory Board

SELECTION OF SECURITIES

The Fund relies solely on the Dow Jones Shari`ah Supervisory Board to set the
criteria used to determine whether common stocks are Shari`ah compliant and to
establish the composition of the DJIM and IMXL. Any changes to the selection
criteria are made in the sole discretion of the Dow Jones Shari`ah Supervisory
Board and the Fund will not alter or deviate from such criteria based on its own
analysis of Shari`ah law. Accordingly, any change by Dow Jones in the
composition of the DJIM, based on noncompliance with Shari`ah law, and which
affects the U.S. component of the IMXL, will also be reflected in the
composition of the Fund's investment portfolio within a reasonable period of
time under then current market conditions.

FUND POLICIES AND BUSINESS PRACTICES

To ensure that the investment policies and general business practices of the
Fund also comply with the precepts of Shari`ah law, the investment adviser has
convened the Azzad Shari`ah Board to supervise and review Fund policies and
procedures (the "Azzad Shari`ah Board"). On a monthly basis, the Azzad Shari`ah
Board monitors the Fund's investment activities and reviews the Fund's
management and compliance procedures based on Islamic financial law (fiqh al
mu`amalat) and current Shari`ah scholarship, interpretations, and practices. The
Azzad Shari`ah Board also meets annually for a more comprehensive review and
reports on the results of their findings annually in a report to the Board of
Directors. The Azzad Sharia`ah Board also has primary responsibility for
implementing the Fund's policies in connection with the purification of interest
income (riba).

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The Azzad Shari`ah Board is comprised of three renowned Shari`ah scholars versed
in modern investment disciplines. The Board is chaired by Shaykh Yusuf Talal
DeLorenzo of the United States of America and also includes Shaykh Dr. Mohamed
Ali EL-Gari of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Shaykh Nizam Yaquby of Bahrain.
Additional biographical information on each Azzad Shari`ah Board member is
provided below:

Shaykh Yusuf Talal DeLorenzo

Shaykh Yusuf Talal DeLorenzo is an independent Shari'ah
supervisor associated with the Dow Jones Islamic Market
Index (New York, New York), Wafra (the Kuwait
Investment Advisory Group, New York, NewYork),
NovaBancorp SAMI Fund (Toronto, Ontario), the Institute
of Islamic Banking and Insurance (London, England),
Azzad Asset Management, Inc. (Virginia, United States),
Brown Brothers Harriman Global Islamic Equity Fund,
Barclays Global Investors, (United Kingdom), and Oasis
Global Equity Fund (S.A). DeLorenzo studied the
classical Islamic disciplines in the traditional manner
at Jami'ah al 'Ulum al Islamiyah in Karachi where he
was the student of Shaykh Yusuf al Bannuri, Muhaddith
al `Asr, and the Grand Mufti of Pakistan, Mufti Wali
Hasan. Yusuf Talal has taught Shari`ah subjects at
colleges and universities in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and
the United States. President Zia ul Haq appointed him
Advisor on Islamic Affairs to the Govt. of Pakistan
from 1981-84. For over 25 years Yusuf Talal has
researched, translated, and published on Shari`ah
subjects in Arabic, English, Persian, and Urdu.
DeLorenzo is presently working on the third of his four
volume compilation and translation in English of legal
rulings issued by the Shari'ah Supervisory Boards of
Islamic Banks, A Compendium of Legal Rulings on the
Operations of Islamic Banks (London: Institute of
Islamic Banking and Insurance, Vol. I (1997), Vol. II
(2000)). He also teaches a course on the Principles of
Islamic Investing for the Dow Jones University (at
dju.com).

Shaykh Dr. Mohamed Ali EL-Gari

Shaykh Dr. Mohamed Ali EL-Gari is the director of Saudi
Arabia the Center for Research in Islamic Economics at
King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah. He is also a
member of the OIC Fiqh Council. Dr. EL-Gari serves as a
consultant to Islamic banks and has served on the
consulting committee that counseled the Government of
Pakistan on the Islamization of its banking system. Dr.
EL-Gari holds a Ph.D.in Economics from the University
of California.

Shaykh Nizam Yaquby

Shaykh Nizam Yaquby is a renowned Shari'ah scholar and
advisor to numerous Islamic banks and companies,
including Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, Islamic Investment
Company of the Gulf, Bahrain and the Arab Islamic Bank,
Bahrain. He pursued traditional Islamic studies in
Mecca, India and Morocco under the guidance of eminent
Islamic scholars, including Shaykh Abdullah Al-Farisi
and Shaykh Muhammad Salah Al-Abbasi. He holds a B.A.in
Economics and Comparative Religion from McGill
University, Toronto. He is a Ph.D. candidate in Islamic
Law at the University of Wales. Shaykh Yaquby has
published several books on Islam law and is a frequent
speaker at Islamic conferences.

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TREATMENT OF INTEREST INCOME

Shari`ah principles require that an investor receiving any "impure" income
divest the same by distribution to charity. In order to comply with these
requirements, the Azzad Shari`ah Board has determined that any interest income
earned by the Fund must be segregated from the Fund's custody account and
donated to qualified charities. Therefore, if the Fund earns interest income by
investing in U.S. Treasury securities pursuant to a temporary defensive
strategy, the interest earned by the Fund will be maintained in a separate
account until donated to qualified charities. Similarly, all dividend payments
on equity securities held by the Fund are subject to a purification process
according to a methodology formulated by Dow Jones and approved by the Azzad
Shari`ah Board to determine whether any portion of a dividend relates to
interest income earned by the particular company whose securities are held by
the Fund. Any portion of a dividend treated as interest income will be
segregated from the Fund's custody account and donated to qualified charities.

MAIN RISKS

MARKET RISK. The net asset value of the Fund can be expected to fluctuate based
on changes in the value of the securities in the Fund's investment portfolio.
U.S. stock markets are generally susceptible to volatile fluctuations in market
price. Market prices of securities in which the Fund invests may be adversely
affected by an issuer's having experienced losses or by the lack of earnings or
by the issuer's failure to meet the market's expectations with respect to new
products or services, or even by factors wholly unrelated to the value or
condition of the issuer. The value of the securities held by the Fund is also
subject to the risk that a specific segment of the stock market does not perform
as well as the overall market. Under any of these circumstances, the value of
the Fund's shares and total return will fluctuate, and your investment may be
worth more or less than your original cost when you redeem your shares.

RESTRICTIONS ON INVESTMENTS. The Fund's restricted ability to invest in certain
market sectors, such as financial companies and fixed-income securities limits
opportunities and may increase the risk of loss during economic downturns. Also,
because Islamic principles prohibit earning interest income, the Fund does not
maximize current income since prohibited income earned by the Fund is segregated
from the Fund's custody account and donated to qualified charities.

PASSIVE MANAGEMENT OF FUND. With regard to the purchase of U.S. component stocks
of the IMXL and the Fund's replication of such stocks, the investment adviser
employs a passive investment management approach and does not change the
composition of the portfolio's equity position based on its own economic,
financial or market analysis. The inclusion of a security in the Fund's
portfolio does not reflect an opinion by the investment adviser regarding the
particular stock's attractiveness as an investment. In the event that a
particular portfolio security underperforms or suffers a sharp decline in market
value, the Fund may not liquidate the investment unless such liquidation is
initiated by Dow Jones and reflected in the IMXL. Under these circumstances, the
net asset value of the Fund may decline, negatively impacting the value of your
investment.

RISK OF INVESTING IN INDUSTRIES Represented in the U.S. component stocks of the
IMXL. Investing in the various industries represented in the IXML will expose
the Fund to a broad variety of risk factors. The risks that could adversely
affect the value of your investment in the Fund include: changes in economic
conditions and interest rates, the exposure of companies within these industries
to foreign economic and political developments and currency fluctuations, the
ability of companies to pass their products through regulatory bodies, changes
in the spending patterns of consumers, the creation of new technology which
might make obsolete the technology sold, serviced, utilized, or otherwise relied
upon by companies held by the Fund, and the fluctuation of energy prices.

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MANAGEMENT

BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND AZZAD SHARI`AH BOARD

The business of the Fund is managed under the direction of the Board of
Directors (the "Board") of the Company in conjunction with the Azzad Shari`ah
Board. The Board formulates the general policies of the Fund and meets
periodically to review the Fund's performance, monitor investment activities and
practices, and discuss other matters affecting the Fund. The Azzad Shari`ah
Board ensures that the Fund's policies, procedures and general business
practices are conducted in strict conformity with the principles of Shari`ah
law.

THE INVESTMENT ADVISER

Azzad Asset Management, Inc. (the "investment adviser"), 8201 Greensboro Drive,
Suite 1000, McLean, Virginia 22102, serves as investment adviser to the Fund.
Subject to the general supervision and control of the Board and the Azzad
Shari`ah Board, the investment adviser makes investment decisions for the Fund.
The investment adviser is a privately held corporation that is registered as an
investment adviser with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission. The
investment adviser was initially formed as Zad Asset Management, LLC in the
State of Virginia on August 4, 1997 and was converted into a corporation under
Delaware law on June 9, 2000 under its current name.

The investment adviser has been the investment manager of the Azzad Growth Fund,
LP ("AGF") since 1997. AGF, a Delaware limited partnership, was formed on
October 15, 1997 and commenced investment operations on February 12, 1998. As of
December 31, 1999, AGF had assets of $6,234,422 and is styled as a
small-capitalization portfolio of common stocks. The partnership is structured
as the "master" component of a "master/feeder" fund structure, with an offshore
feeder fund named Azzad Investments, Ltd. domiciled in the Cayman Islands and a
domestic U.S. feeder, the Azzad Growth Fund, LP, a Delaware limited partnership.

Under the terms of its investment advisory agreement with the Fund, the
investment adviser is responsible for formulating the Fund's investment
programs, making day-to-day investment decisions and engaging in portfolio
transactions. The investment adviser also furnishes corporate officers, provides
office space, services and equipment and supervises all matters relating to the
Fund's operations. For its services, the investment adviser receives an advisory
fee at an annual rate of 1.00% of the average daily net assets of the Fund.

PORTFOLIO MANAGER

F. Scott Valpey is the Executive Vice President of the investment adviser. Mr.
Valpey practiced as a professional pension and investment consultant from 1983
to 1999, and was registered as a general securities principal (NASD Series 24)
with Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., member NASD/SIPC, a division of
Raymond James Financial, member New York Stock Exchange, a publicly traded
company (symbol RJF/NYSE.) Previously, Mr. Valpey was Director of Pension
Services for Johnston, Lemon & Company, Incorporated, an investment-banking firm
in Washington, D.C. Mr. Valpey has over 17 years of investment management and
financial services experience. He has professionally managed investments and
portfolios for private individuals, corporations, pension funds, institutions
and foreign investors.

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ADMINISTRATOR

American Data Services, Inc. ("ADS"), The Hauppauge Corporate Center, 150 Motor
Parkway, Hauppauge, New York 11788, provides administrative and fund accounting
services to the Fund, subject to the supervision of the Board. As of the date of
this Prospectus, ADS provided administrative, fund accounting and stock transfer
services to retail and institutional mutual funds with approximately $4 billion
of total assets through its offices in New York and Denver.

DISTRIBUTOR

AmeriMutual Funds Distributor, Inc. ("the Distributor"), an affiliate of ADS, is
a registered broker-dealer and member of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. The Distributor acts as the Fund's agent in connection with the
offering of its shares to the public. The Distributor may enter into
arrangements with banks, broker-dealers or other financial institutions through
which investors may purchase or redeem shares and may, at its own expense,
compensate persons who provide services in connection with the sale or expected
sale of shares of the Fund.

DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE (RULE 12B-1) PLAN

The Fund has adopted a Distribution and Service Plan (the "Plan"), pursuant to
Rule 12b-1 under the Act (the "Rule") that allows the Fund to pay distribution
fees for the sale and distribution of its shares. The Rule provides that an
investment company which bears any direct or indirect expense of distributing
its shares must do so only in accordance with a plan permitted by the Rule. The
Plan provides that the Fund will compensate the Distributor by paying the
Distributor a monthly fee equal to 0.25% of its average daily net assets, on an
annual basis, to enable it to provide marketing and promotional support to the
Fund, shareholder servicing and maintaining shareholder accounts and to make
payments to broker-dealers and other financial institutions with which it has
written agreements and whose clients are Fund shareholders for providing
distribution assistance. Fees paid under the Plan may not be waived for
individual shareholders. Because these fees are paid out of the Fund's assets on
an on-going basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of your
investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges.

Shareholder servicing agents and broker-dealers may charge investors a fee in
connection with their use of specialized purchase and redemption procedures
offered to investors by the shareholder servicing agents and broker-dealers. In
addition, shareholder servicing agents and broker-dealers offering purchase and
redemption procedures similar to those offered to shareholders who invest in the
Fund directly may impose charges, limitations, minimums and restrictions in
addition to or different from those applicable to shareholders who invest in the
Fund directly. Accordingly, the net return to investors who invest through
shareholder servicing agents and broker-dealers may be less than by investing in
the Fund directly. An investor should read the Prospectus in conjunction with
the materials provided by the shareholder servicing agent and broker-dealer
describing the procedures under which Fund shares may be purchased and redeemed
through the shareholder servicing agent and broker-dealer.

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YOUR ACCOUNT
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TYPES OF ACCOUNTS

If you are making an initial investment in the Fund, you will need to open an
account. You may establish the following types of accounts:

INDIVIDUAL, SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP AND JOINT ACCOUNTS. Individual and sole
proprietorship accounts are owned by one person; joint accounts can have two or
more owners. All owners of the joint account must sign written instructions to
purchase or redeem shares or to change account information exactly as their
names appear on the account. If you elect telephone privileges, however,
redemption requests by telephone may be made by any one of the joint account
owners.

UNIFORM GIFT OR TRANSFER TO MINOR ACCOUNTS (UGMA, UTMA). Depending on the laws
of your state, you may set up a custodial account under the Uniform Gift (or
Transfers) to Minors Act. These custodial accounts provide a way to give a child
up to $10,000 per year without paying Federal Gift Tax. To open a UGAM or UTMA
account, you must include the minor's social security number on the application,
and the custodian, or trustee, of the UGMA or UTMA must sign instructions in a
manner indicating trustee capacity.

CORPORATE AND PARTNERSHIP ACCOUNTS. To open a corporate or partnership account,
or to send instructions to the Fund, the following documents are required:

-- For corporations, a corporate resolution signed by an authorized
person with a signature guarantee.

-- For partnerships, a certification for a partnership agreement, or the
pages from the partnership agreement that identify the general
partners.

-- An authorized officer of the corporation or other legal entity must
sign the application.

TRUST ACCOUNTS. The trust must be established before you can open a trust
account. To open a trust account you must provide the name of the trust and each
trustee, and a certification for the trust or the pages from the trust document
that identify the trustees.

RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS. The Fund offers IRA accounts, including traditional IRA,
Roth IRA, Rollover IRA, SEP-IRA, SIMPLE IRA and Keogh accounts. Fund shares may
also be an appropriate investment for other retirement plans. Before investing
in any IRA or other retirement plan, you should consult your tax advisor.
Whenever making an investment in an IRA be sure to indicate the year in which
the contribution is made.

HOW TO OPEN AN ACCOUNT AND PURCHASE SHARES

Once you have chosen the type of account, you are ready to establish an account.

GENERAL INFORMATION

The Fund does not issue share certificates.

You will receive quarterly account statements and a confirmation of each
transaction. You should verify the accuracy of all transactions in your account
as soon as you receive your account statement.

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During unusual market conditions, the Fund may temporarily suspend or
discontinue any service or privilege.

MINIMUM INITIAL PURCHASES

The Fund accepts investments in the following minimum amounts:

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TYPE OF ACCOUNT MINIMUM INITIAL MINIMUM SUBSEQUENT
INVESTMENT INVESTMENT
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Individual, Sole proprietorship
or Joint accounts $1,000 $250

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Corporate, partnership or
trust accounts $1,000 $250
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Uniform Gift or Transfer to
Minors Accounts (UGMA, UTMA) $ 500 $100

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Individual Retirement Accounts
(IRA)
$ 500 $100
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The Fund or investment adviser may waive or lower these minimums in certain
cases. You must complete and sign an application for each account you open with
the Fund.

The price for Fund shares is the Fund's net asset value per share ("NAV"). We
determine the NAV as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (the
"Exchange") (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) every day that the Exchange is
open. We will price your order at the next NAV calculated after the Fund
receives your order. For more information on how we price shares, see "WHEN AND
HOW NAV IS DETERMINED" on page 20.

OPENING YOUR ACCOUNT

BY TELEPHONE

To open an account by telephone, call (888) 350-3369 to obtain an account number
and instructions. We will take information necessary to open your account,
including social security or tax identification number, over the phone.

After you have obtained an account number, you may purchase shares of the Fund
by wiring federal funds. Your bank may charge a fee for doing this. You should
instruct your bank to wire funds to:

Union Bank of California
ABA # 122000496
Attention: DOMESTIC CUSTODY
Account #312000844
F/B/O: Azzad/Dow Jones Ethical Market Fund
Shareholder Account No. ___________________

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You will then need to mail a signed account application to:

Azzad/Dow Jones Ethical Market Fund
c/o American Data Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 5536
Hauppauge, NY 11788-0132

BY MAIL

You may also open an account by mailing a completed and signed account
application, together with a check, payable to:

Azzad/Dow Jones Ethical Market Fund
c/o American Data Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 5536
Hauppauge, NY 11788-0132

AUTOMATIC INVESTMENT PLANS

You may invest a specified amount of money in the Fund once or twice a month on
specified dates. These payments are taken from your bank account by automated
clearinghouse ("ACH") payment.

To open an Automatic Investment Plan account ("AIP"), call or write to us to
request and "Automatic Investment" form. Complete and sign the form, and return
it to us along with a voided check for the bank account from which payments will
be made.

TRANSACTIONS THROUGH THIRD PARTIES

If you invest through a broker or other financial institution, the policies and
fees charged by that institution may be different than those of the Fund. Banks,
brokers, retirement plans and financial advisors may charge transaction fees and
may set different minimum investments or limitations on buying or selling
shares. Consult a representative of your financial institution or retirement
plan for further information.

HOW TO PAY FOR YOUR PURCHASE OF SHARES

You may purchase shares of the Fund by check, automated clearinghouse payment,
or wire. All payments must be in U.S. dollars.

CHECKS. All checks must be drawn on U.S. banks and made payable to "Azzad/Dow
Jones Ethical Market Fund." No other method of check payment is acceptable (for
instance, you may not pay by travelers check).

ACH PAYMENTS. Instruct your financial institution to make an ACH (automated
clearinghouse) payment to the Fund. These payments typically take two days. Your
financial institution may charge you a fee for this service.

WIRES. Instruct your financial institution to make a Federal funds wire payment
to the Fund. Your financial institution may charge you a fee for this service
(See Page 15 for wiring instructions).

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LIMITATIONS ON PURCHASES

The Fund reserves the right to refuse any purchase request, particularly
requests that could adversely affect the Fund or its operations. This includes
those from any individual or group who, in the Fund's view, is likely to engage
in excessive trading (usually defined as more than four exchanges out of the
Fund within a calendar year).

CANCELED OR FAILED PAYMENTS

The Fund accepts checks and ACH transfers at full value subject to collection.
If your payment for shares is not received or you pay with a check or ACH
transfer that does not clear, your purchase will be canceled. You will be
responsible for any losses or expenses incurred by the Fund or the Transfer
Agent, and the Fund may redeem other shares you own in the account as
reimbursement. The Fund and its agents have the right to reject or cancel any
purchase, exchange, or redemption due to nonpayment. IF WE CANCEL YOUR PURCHASE
DUE TO NON-PAYMENT, YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS THE FUND INCURS. WE
WILL NOT ACCEPT CASH OR THIRD-PARTY CHECKS FOR THE PURCHASE OF SHARES.

HOW TO SELL (REDEEM) SHARES OF THE FUND

You have the right to sell ("redeem") all or any part of your shares subject to
certain restrictions. Selling your shares in the Fund is referred to as a
"redemption" because the Fund buys back its shares. We will redeem your shares
at the NAV next computed following receipt of your redemption request in proper
form. See "Redemption Procedures" below.

We will mail your redemption proceeds to your current address or transmit them
electronically to your designated bank account. Except under certain emergency
conditions, we will send your redemption to you within seven days after we
receive your redemption request. During unusual market conditions, the Fund may
suspend redemptions or postpone the payment of redemption proceeds, to the
extent permitted under the Federal securities laws. Delays may occur in cases of
very large redemptions, excessive trading or during unusual market conditions.
If you purchase your shares by check, the Fund may delay sending the proceeds
from your redemption request until your check has cleared. This could take up to
15 calendar days.

The Fund cannot accept requests that specify a certain date for redemption or
which specify any other special conditions. Please call (888) 350-3369 for
further information. We will not process your redemption request if it is not in
proper form (See "Redemption Procedures"). We will notify you, however, if your
redemption request is not in proper form.

REDEMPTION PROCEDURES

By Mail

To redeem shares by mail, prepare a written request including:

-- Your name(s) and signature(s)
-- The name of the Fund, and your account number
-- The dollar amount or number of shares you want to redeem
-- How and where to send your proceeds
-- A signature guarantee, if required (see "Signature Guarantee
Requirements" below)
-- Any other legal documents required for redemption requests by
corporations, partnerships or trusts.

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Mail your request and documentation to:

Azzad/Dow Jones Ethical Market Fund
c/o American Data Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 5536
Hauppauge, NY 11788-0132

BY WIRE

You may only request payment of your redemption proceeds by wire if you have
previously elected wire redemption privileges on your account application or on
a separate form.

Wire redemptions are only available if your redemption is for $10,000 or more.

To request a wire redemption, mail or call the Transfer Agent at (888) 350-3369
with your request. If you wish to make your wire request by telephone, however,
you must have previously elected telephone redemption privileges.

BY TELEPHONE

We accept redemption requests by telephone only if you have elected telephone
redemption privileges on your account application or on a separate form.

To redeem shares by telephone, call us with your request. You will need to
provide your account number and the exact name(s) in which the account is
registered. We may also require a password or additional forms of
identification.

Your proceeds will be mailed or wired to you (if you have elected wire
redemption privileges - See "By Wire" above)

Telephone redemptions are easy and convenient, but this account option involves
a risk of loss from unauthorized or fraudulent transactions. We will take
reasonable precautions to protect your account from fraud. You should do the
same by keeping your account information private and by reviewing immediately
any account statement and transaction confirmations that you receive. Neither
the Fund nor the Transfer Agent will be responsible for any losses due to
telephone fraud, so long as we have taken reasonable steps to verify the
caller's identity.

AUTOMATIC REDEMPTION

If you own shares of the Fund with an aggregated value of at least $10,000, you
may request a specified amount of money from your account once a month or once a
quarter on a specified date. These payments are sent from your account to a
designated bank account by ACH payment. Automatic requests must be for at least
$100.

To set up periodic redemptions automatically, call or write the Transfer Agent
at (888) 350-3369 for an "Automatic Redemption" form. You should complete the
form and mail it to us with a voided check for the account into which you would
like the redemption proceeds deposited.

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SIGNATURE GUARANTEE REQUIREMENTS

To protect you and the Fund against fraud, signatures on certain requests must
have a "signature guarantee." For requests made in writing a signature guarantee
is required for any of the following:

-- Redemption of over $5,000 worth of shares;
-- Changes to a record name or address of an account;
-- Redemption from an account for which the address or account
registration has changed within the last 30 days;
-- Sending proceeds to any person, address, brokerage firm or bank
account not on record;
-- Sending proceeds to an account with a different registration (name or
ownership) from yours; and
-- Changes to automatic investment or redemption programs, distribution
options, telephone or wire redemption privileges, any other election
in connection with your account. A signature guarantee verifies the
authenticity of your signature. You can obtain one from most banking
institutions or securities brokers, but not from a notary public.

SMALL ACCOUNTS

If the value of your account falls below $500 ($250 for UGMA and IRA accounts),
the Fund may ask you to increase your balance. If the account value is still
below $500 after 30 days, the Fund may close your account and send you the
proceeds. The Fund will not close your account if it falls below $500 solely as
a result of a reduction in your account's market value.

REDEMPTION IN KIND

The Fund reserves the right to make redemptions "in kind" -- payment of
redemption proceeds in portfolio securities rather than cash -- if the amount
requested is large enough to affect Fund operations (for example, if the amount
of the redemption is the greater of $250,000 or 1% of the Fund's net assets).

TRANSFERRING REGISTRATION

You can transfer the registration of your shares in the Azzad/Dow Jones Ethical
Market Fund to another person by completing a transfer form and sending it to
Azzad/Dow Jones Ethical Market Fund c/o American Data Services, Inc., P.O. Box
5536, Hauppauge, New York 11788-0132.

LOST ACCOUNTS

The Transfer Agent will consider your account "lost" if correspondence to your
address of record is returned as undeliverable, unless the Transfer Agent
determines your new address. When an account is "lost," all distributions on the
account will be reinvested in additional shares of the Fund. In addition, the
amount of any outstanding (unpaid for six months or more) checks for
distributions that have been returned to the Transfer Agent will be reinvested
and the checks will be canceled.

HOW TO CONTACT THE FUND

For more information about the Fund or your account, you may write to the Fund
at:

Azzad/Dow Jones Ethical Market Fund
c/o American Data Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 5536
Hauppauge, NY 11788-0132

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Or you may call toll free at (888) 350-3369

WHEN AND HOW NAV IS DETERMINED

As stated earlier, the value of a single share of the Fund is known as its "net
asset value" per share or "NAV." The Fund's NAV per share is normally calculated
by the administrator of the Fund as of the close of the regular session of
trading on the Exchange (normally 4:00 p.m., Eastern time) on each weekday
except days when the Exchange is closed. The Fund's NAV may be calculated
earlier, however, if trading on the Exchange is restricted or as permitted by
the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").

If a security or securities that the Fund owns are traded when the Exchange is
closed (for example, in an after-hours market) the value of the Fund's assets
may be affected on days when the Fund is not open for business. In addition,
trading in some of the Fund's assets may not occur on days when the Fund is open
for business.

The Fund's NAV is determined by taking the market value of all securities owned
by the Fund (plus all other assets such as cash), subtracting all liabilities
and then dividing the result (net assets) by the number of shares outstanding.

The Fund's securities are valued at the last sales price on the securities
exchange or market on which such securities are principally traded. Certain
short-term securities are valued on the basis of amortized cost. If market
quotations are not readily available for a security or if a security's value has
been materially affected by events occurring after the close of the exchange or
market on which the security is principally traded, that security may be valued
by another method that the Board of Directors believes accurately reflects fair
value. A security's valuation may differ depending on the method used for
determining value.

DISTRIBUTIONS

As a shareholder, you are entitled to your share of the Fund's net income and
capital gains on its investments. The Fund passes substantially all of its
earnings along to its investors as distributions, except for interest income,
100% of which is donated by the Fund to qualified charities in accordance with
policies and procedures established by the Shari'ah Advisory Board. When the
Fund earns permissible dividends from stocks and distributes these earnings to
shareholders, it is called a dividend distribution. The Fund realizes capital
gains when it sells securities for a higher price than it paid. When net
long-term capital gains are distributed to shareholders, it is called a capital
gain distribution. Net short-term capital gains are considered ordinary income
and are included in dividend distributions.

Long-term vs. Short-term capital gains:
---------------------------------------

-- Long-term capital gains are realized on securities held by
the Fund for more than one year and are part of your capital
gain distribution.

-- Short-term capital gains are realized on securities held by
the Fund for less then one year and are part of your
dividend distributions

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The Fund distributes dividends and capital gains, if any, annually. All
distributions are reinvested in additional shares, unless you elect to receive
distributions in cash. For Federal income tax purposes, distributions are
treated the same whether they are received in cash or reinvested. Shares become
entitled to receive distributions on the day after the shares are issued.

If you have elected to receive distributions in cash, and the postal or other
delivery service returns your check to the Fund as undeliverable, you will not
receive interest on amounts represented by the uncashed checks.

FEDERAL TAX CONSIDERATIONS

Your investment will have tax consequences that you should consider. Some of the
more common federal tax consequences are described here but you should consult
your tax consultant about your particular situation. Although it is not an
investment objective, the Fund's investment adviser will attempt to take into
account the tax consequences of its investment decisions. However, there may be
occasions when the investment adviser's investment decisions will result in a
negative tax consequence for the Fund's shareholders.

TAXES ON DISTRIBUTIONS. The Fund operates in a manner such that it will not be
liable for Federal income or excise tax. Distributions of net investment income
or short-term capital gain are taxable to you as ordinary income. Distributions
of long-term capital gain are taxable to you as long-term capital gain,
regardless of how long you have held your shares. Distributions may also be
subject to state and local taxes.

The Fund will mail reports containing information about the Fund's distributions
during the year to you after December 31 of each year (by January 31st). Consult
your tax advisor about the Federal, state and local tax consequences in your
particular circumstances.

TAXES ON REDEMPTIONS OF SHARES. The sale of Fund shares is a taxable transaction
for Federal income tax purposes. Your taxable gain or loss is computed by
subtracting your tax basis in the shares from the redemption proceeds. Because
your tax basis depends on the original purchase price and on the price at which
any dividends may have been reinvested, you should keep your account statement
so that you or your tax preparer will be able to determine whether a sale will
result in a taxable gain or loss.

"BUYING A DIVIDEND." All distributions reduce the net asset value of the Fund's
shares by the amount of the distribution. Unless your investment is in a
tax-deferred account, you may wish to avoid buying shares of the Fund shortly
before a distribution. If you do, you will pay the full pre-distribution price
for your shares and then receive part of your investment back as a taxable
distribution.

TAX WITHHOLDING. The Fund may be required to withhold U.S. Federal income tax at
the rate of 31 percent from all taxable distributions and from proceeds from
certain sales payable to shareholders who fail to provide the Fund with their
correct taxpayers identification number or to make required certifications, or
who have been notified by the IRS that they are subject to backup withholding.
Any such withheld amounts may be credited against the shareholder's U.S. Federal
income tax liability.

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PERFORMANCE COMPARISONS

Advertisements and other sales literature may refer to the Fund's total return.
The total return for the one, five and ten-year periods (or for the life of the
Fund until the Fund is in existence for such longer periods) through the most
recent calendar quarter represents the average annual compounded rate of return
on an investment of $1,000 in the Fund invested at the public offering price.
Total return may also be presented for other periods. All data are based on past
investment results and do not predict future performance. Investment
performance, which will vary, is based on many factors, including market
conditions, portfolio composition and Fund operating expenses. Investment
performance also often reflects the risks associated with the Fund's investment
objectives and strategies. These factors should be considered when comparing the
Fund's investment results with those of other mutual funds and other investment
vehicles.

Quotations of investment performance for any period when an expense limitation
is in effect will be greater than if the limitation had not been in effect. Fund
performance may be compared to that of various indexes.

CUSTODIAN, TRANSFER AGENT AND DIVIDEND DISBURSING AGENT

Union Bank of California, located at 350 California Street, San Francisco,
California 94104, serves as custodian for the Fund's cash and securities. The
Custodian does not assist in, and is not responsible for, investment decisions
involving assets of the Fund. American Data Services, Inc., the Fund's
Administrator, located at The Hauppauge Corporate Center, 150 Motor Parkway,
Hauppauge, New York 11788, also serves as the Fund's transfer and dividend
disbursing agent.

COUNSEL AND INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

Legal matters in connection with the issuance of shares of common stock of the
Fund are passed upon by Spitzer & Feldman P.C., 405 Park Avenue, New York, New
York 10022. McCurdy & Associates, CPAs, Inc., 27955 Clemens Road, Westlake, Ohio
44145, have been selected as independent auditors for the Fund.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Because the Fund has been in operation for less than a year, no financial
highlights are being reported for the Fund at this time.

ORGANIZATION

The Azzad/Dow Jones Ethical Market Fund is a non-diversified series of Questar
Funds, Inc., a Maryland corporation that is registered with the SEC as an
open-end, management investment company. It is not intended that meetings of the
Fund's shareholders will be held except when required by Federal or Maryland
state law. All shareholders of the Fund are entitled to vote at shareholders'
meetings. From time to time, large shareholders may control the Fund.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION

Investment Adviser Azzad Asset Management, Inc.
8201 Greensboro Drive, Suite 1000
McLean, Virginia 22102

Legal Counsel Spitzer & Feldman P.C.
405 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022

Independent Auditors McCurdy and Associates CPA's, Inc.
27955 Clemens Road
Westlake, Ohio 44145

Administrator, Transfer Agent
and Fund Accountant American Data Services, Inc.
105 Motor Parkway
Hauppauge, New York 11788

Custodian Union Bank of California, N.A.
350 California Street
San Francisco, California 94104

The following documents are available free upon request:

ANNUAL/SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS. Additional information about the Fund's
investments is available in the Fund's annual and semi-annual reports
to shareholders. In the Fund's annual report, you will find a
discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that
significantly affected the Fund's performance during its last fiscal
year.

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ("SAI"). The SAI provides more
detailed information about the Fund and is incorporated by reference
into this Prospectus.

You may obtain free copies of both reports and the SAI, request other
information and discuss your questions about the Fund by contacting the Fund at:

Azzad/Dow Jones Ethical Market Fund
c/o American Data Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 5536
Hauppauge, New York 11788-0132
Or by calling (888) 350-3369

You can also review the Fund's reports and SAI by visiting the Public Reference
Room of the Securities and Exchange Commission at 450 Fifth Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20549. Please call 202-942-8090 to learn the Public Reference
Room's business hours. You may request copies of the Fund's reports and SAI, for
a fee, by writing to the Public Reference Room at this address, or by e-mailing
your request to [email protected]. You may also download a free, text-only
version from the Commission's Internet website at www.sec.gov.

Investment Company Act File Number: 811-08655

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QUESTAR FUNDS, INC.

AZZAD/DOW JONES ETHICAL MARKET FUND

(AN ENHANCED INDEX MUTUAL FUND BASED ON THE
EXTRA LIQUID VERSION OF THE DOW JONES ISLAMIC MARKET
INDEX)

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

October 16, 2000

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE

Investment Objective, Policies and Restrictions............................. 3
Directors and Executive Officers............................................ 7
Investment Advisory and Other Services......................................11
Shareholder Servicing & Distribution Plan...................................13
Portfolio Transactions and Allocation of Brokerage..........................15
Taxation....................................................................16
Voting and Ownership of Shares..............................................17
Purchase of Shares..........................................................17
Dividends and Distributions.................................................18
Net Asset Value ............................................................18
Performance Comparisons.....................................................18
Redemption of Shares........................................................20
Counsel and Independent Auditors............................................20
Other Information...........................................................20

This Statement of Additional Information is not a prospectus, but should be read
in conjunction with the Fund's Prospectus dated October 16, 2000. Copies of the
Prospectus may be obtained from the Fund by writing the Fund's Administrator at
American Data Services, Inc., The Hauppauge Corporate Center, 150 Motor Parkway,
Hauppauge, New York 11788 or by calling (888) 350-3369.

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GLOSSARY

As used in this SAI, the following terms have the meanings listed.

"ADS" means American Data Services, Inc., the administrator, fund accountant,
and transfer and distribution disbursing agent of the Fund.

"Adviser" means Azzad Asset Management, Inc.

"Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

"Corporation" means the Questar Funds, Inc., a Maryland corporation that is
registered with the SEC as an open-end, management investment company, commonly
referred to as a "mutual fund".

"Custodian" means the custodian of the Fund's assets.

"Fund" means the Azzad/Dow Jones Ethical Market Fund, a separate series of the
Company.

"Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service.

"NRSRO" means a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.

"NAV" means net asset value.

"SEC" means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

"S&P" means Standard & Poor's.

"U.S. Government Securities" means obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S.
Government, its agencies or instrumentalities.

"1933 Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

"1940 Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

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INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE, POLICIES AND RESTRICTIONS

The Fund's investment objective is to provide investors with annual
returns which, after expenses, match or exceed the annualized performance of the
U.S. component stocks of the Dow Jones Islamic Market Extra Liquid Index (the
"Index")1, a sub-index of the Dow Jones Islamic Market Index ("DJIM"). The DJIM
is a globally diversified compilation of common stocks considered by Dow Jones'
Shari`ah Supervisory Board to be compliant with Shari`ah law.

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing
substantially all of its net assets in the U.S. component stocks of the IMXL, an
unmanaged index that tracks the 100 most liquid U.S. and non-U.S. securities
listed on the DJIM. The investment adviser seeks to achieve and maintain a
correlation between the Fund's investment portfolio and the U.S. component
stocks of the IMXL of at least 0.95, after expenses. A correlation of 1.00 would
mean that the Fund and U.S. component stocks of the IMXL were perfectly
correlated.

The investment adviser will allocate 75% of the Fund's net assets among
the U.S. component stocks of the IMXL according to the weightings assigned to
such securities in the IMXL (after adjustment to reflect the exclusion of all
non-U.S. component stocks). The investment adviser seeks to enhance the Fund's
performance by investing up to 25% of the Fund's net assets in the top 10 U.S.
component securities of the IMXL that have the highest current dividend yield.2
The percentage of the Fund's investments in each of these securities is weighted
according to dividend yield so that a greater portion of the allocation is
invested in the stocks with the highest dividend yield.

ETHICAL INVESTING - COMPLIANCE WITH SHARI`AH LAW

The Fund is designed to provide investors with an ethical investment
alternative that is consistent with the body of Islamic laws known as Shari`ah.
Generally, Shari`ah requires that investors share in profit and loss, that they
receive no usury or interest income (RIBA), and that they do not invest in a
business that is not permitted under Islamic principles. All component stocks of
the DJIM are carefully screened for compliance with the principles of Shari`ah
law and approved for inclusion in the DJIM by the Dow Jones Shari`ah Supervisory
Board. Accordingly, since the IMXL is a sub-index of the DJIM, each component
stock of the IMXL has been approved by Dow Jones' Shari`ah Supervisory Board by
virtue of its inclusion in the DJIM and are deemed eligible for investment by
the Fund.

Dow Jones' selection process for Shari`ah compliant stocks begins by
excluding those firms who do not meet specific business line and financial
requirements. Specifically, Dow Jones excludes firms whose products or services
include:

Alcohol
Pork related products
Conventional financial services (banking, insurance,
etc.)
Entertainment (hotels, casinos/gambling, cinema,
pornography, music, etc.)
Tobacco
Defense

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These incompatible lines of business are removed from the "universe" of
stocks considered for the DJIM and IMXL. After removing companies with
unacceptable primary business activities, the remaining universe is tested by
three financial-ratio "filters". The purpose is to remove companies with
unacceptable financial ratios.

The filters exclude companies if:

o Total debt divided by total assets is equal to or greater than 33%. (Note:
total debt = short-term debt + current portion of long-term debt +long-term
debt);

o Accounts receivables divided by total assets is equal to or greater than
45%. (Note: accounts receivables = current receivables + long-term
receivables); and

o Non-operating interest income plus impure income divided by total revenue
is equal to or greater than 5%.

Companies that pass these screens are included in the DJIM investable
universe, from which IMXL component stocks are selected.

TEMPORARY DEFENSIVE STRATEGY

TREATMENT OF INTEREST INCOME

Shari`ah principles require that an investor receiving any "impure"
income divest the same by distribution to charity. In order to comply with these
requirements, the Azzad Shari`ah Board has determined that any interest income
earned by the Fund must be segregated from the Fund's custody account and
donated to qualified charities. Therefore, if the Fund earns interest income by
investing in U.S. Treasury securities pursuant to a temporary defensive
strategy, the interest earned by the Fund will be maintained in a separate
account until donated to qualified charities. Similarly, all dividend payments
on equity securities held by the Fund are subject to a purification process
according to a methodology formulated by Dow Jones and approved by the Azzad
Shari`ah Board to determine whether any portion of a dividend relates to
interest income earned by the particular company whose securities are held by
the Fund. Any portion of a dividend treated as interest income will be
segregated from the Fund's custody account and donated to qualified charities.

A summary of the Fund's investment policies is set forth in the
Prospectus. Additional information regarding the Fund's investment risks,
policies and restrictions is set forth below.

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INVESTMENT POLICIES AND ASSOCIATED RISKS

The following discussion supplements the disclosure in the
Prospectus about the Fund's investment techniques, strategies and risks. The
Fund is designed for investment of that portion of an investor's funds which can
appropriately bear the special risks associated with certain types of
investments (e.g., investments in common stocks pursuant to an enhanced
indexed-oriented investment strategy consistent with the body of Islamic laws
known as Shari`ah). Unless otherwise noted, the policies described in this
Statement of Additional Information are not fundamental and may be changed by
the Board of Directors. As all investment securities are subject to inherent
market risks and fluctuations in value due to earnings, economic and political
conditions and other factors, the Fund can give no assurance that its investment
objective will be achieved.

RISKS OF INVESTING IN PORTFOLIO SECURITIES

The Fund will invest solely in the U.S. component securities of the Dow
Jones Islamic Market Extra Liquid Index which are all common stocks. The Fund
will not invest in any other type of equity security. Common stock represents
the residual ownership interest in an issuer and is entitled to the income and
increase in the value of the assets and business of the entity after all of its
obligations and preferred stock are satisfied.

An investment in the Fund should be made with an understanding of the
risks inherent in an investment in equity securities, including the risk that
the general condition of the stock market may deteriorate. Common stocks are
susceptible to general stock market fluctuations and to volatile increases and
decreases in value according to various unpredictable factors including
expectations regarding government, economic, monetary and fiscal policies,
inflation and interest rates, economic expansion or contraction and global or
regional political, economic and banking crises. In addition to the general
risks and considerations of equity investing, the Fund is subject to the
specific risks associated with the specific investments discussed below.

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FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS

The Fund is operated under the following investment restrictions which
are deemed fundamental policies and may be changed only with the approval of the
holders of a "majority of the outstanding voting securities" as defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), of the Fund. As
used in this Part B, the term "majority of the outstanding voting securities" as
defined in the 1940 Act currently means the vote of (i) 67% or more of the
voting securities present at a meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of the
outstanding voting securities are present in person or represented by proxy; or
(ii) more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities, whichever is less.

The Fund may not:

(1) Borrow money or pledge its assets except in an amount not to exceed 1/3 of
the current value of its net assets and in a manner not to contravene the
policies and procedures of Islamic Shari'ah principles, it may borrow money as a
temporary measure for extraordinary or emergency purposes, and except that it
may pledge, mortgage or hypothecate not more than 1/3 of such assets to secure
such borrowings (it is intended that money will be borrowed only from banks and
only to accommodate requests for the redemption of Fund shares, while effecting
an orderly liquidation of investment portfolio securities or to maintain
liquidity in the event of an unanticipated failure to complete a portfolio
security transaction or other similar situations).

(2) Earn interest on its capital except as permitted by the policies and
procedures established by the Azzad Shari'ah Board;

(3) Purchase any security which is not included in the U.S. component of the Dow
Jones Islamic Market Extra Liquid Index;

(4) Hold uninvested cash in interest bearing deposits or invest such uninvested
cash in a manner that would not be in compliance with Shari'ah law principles;

(5) Acquire the securities of one issuer if upon such purchase the value of the
Fund's holdings of such securities would exceed 10% of its net assets;

(6) Invest in fixed income investments, except as permitted by the policies and
procedures established by the Azzad Shari'ah Board;

(7) Underwrite securities issued by other persons except insofar as it may
technically be deemed an underwriter under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "1933 Act") in selling a portfolio security;

(8) Purchase or sell real estate (including limited partnership interests but
excluding securities secured by real estate or interests therein), interests in
oil, gas or mineral leases, commodities or commodity contracts in the ordinary
course of business (the freedom of action to hold and to sell real estate
acquired as a result of the ownership of securities is reserved);

(9) Concentrate its investments in any particular industry provided however that
if the U.S. component of the Dow Jones Islamic Market Extra Liquid Index
concentrates in any industry such concentration in that industry will also be
reflected in the Fund's investment portfolio;

(10) Issue any senior security (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) if such
issuance is specifically prohibited by the 1940 Act or the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder or if such issuance is prohibited by Shari'ah law; or

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(11) make loans.

Except as required by the 1940 Act or the Code, if any percentage
restriction on investment or utilization of assets is adhered to at the time an
investment is made, a later change in percentage resulting from a change in the
market values of the Fund's assets or purchases and redemptions of shares will
not be considered a violation of the limitation.

DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

The following table contains information concerning the directors and
officers of Questar Funds, Inc., (the "Company"), and their principal
occupations during the past five years. Directors who are interested persons, as
defined by the 1940 Act, are indicated by asterisk.

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NAME (AGE) AND PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION AND OTHER
ADDRESS BUSINESS EXPERIENCE DURING THE POSITIONS HELD WITH THE
PAST FIVE (5) YEARS COMPANY
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DANIEL ABRAMSON (49) President and Chief Executive Officer, Director
c/o Dunhill Staffing Systems, Inc. Dunhill Staffing Systems, Inc.
150 Motor Parkway (1994-Present), having joined Dunhill in
Hauppauge, NY 11788 1986 as a franchise owner in Providence,
RI. He served as Franchise Advisory
Council President (1990-1992) and is a
member of the National Association of
Personnel Services, a trade organization.
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PHILIP A. CAPALONGO (44) Managing Director in Capital Investments Director
211 Mill River Road Partners, an investment banking firm.
Oyster Bay, NY 11771 Prior thereto, he served in a number of
senior management positions at
TeleTechnologies, a technology company, and
Michaels, Edgar & Phillips, an
investment banking firm.
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ANTHONY J. HERTL, (50) Colobaugh Pond Chief Financial and Administrative Officer Director
Road for Marymount College, Tarrytown, New York
Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520 since 1996. Prior thereto, he served in a
number of senior management positions at
Prudential Securities Inc. from 1983-1996.
Mr. Hertl spent ten (10) years at Arthur
Andersen & Co. and is a Certified Public
Accountant.
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*MICHAEL MIOLA (48) Chief Executive Officer of American Data Chief Executive Officer,
The Hauppauge Corporate Center Services, Inc. President and
150 Motor Parkway Director
Hauppauge, New York 11788
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DONALD SMITH (52) President, Don Smith Realty (1971-1999). Director
Don Smith Realty Director of Avalon Capital, Inc., a
81 North Maple Avenue closed-end investment company.
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
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In addition to Mr. Miola as Chief Executive Officer and President, the
other officers of the Corporation are Michael Wagner, Treasurer and Giovanni
Urena, Secretary. Each of the officers is employed by the Administrator.

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The members of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors are Messrs. Hertl,
Smith and Abramson. Mr. Hertl acts as the chairperson of such committee. The
Audit Committee oversees the Fund's financial reporting process; reviews audit
results and recommends annually to the Company a firm of independent certified
public accountants.

For their service as Directors of the Company, the Disinterested
Directors are entitled to receive an aggregate fee of $1,000 per year and $500
per meeting attended, as well as reimbursement for expenses incurred in
connection with attendance at such meetings. The "interested persons" who serve
as Directors of the Company receive no compensation for their service as
Directors. None of the executive officers receive compensation from the Company.
The Fund will pay a pro rata portion of the Disinterested Directors' fees and
expenses based on the net assets of the Fund and the other series of the
Company.

The following table sets forth the compensation received by each Director
of the Company during the Fund's fiscal year ending August 31, 2000. Directors
who are interested persons of the Company, as defined by the 1940 Act, are
indicated by asterisk.

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(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
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PENSION OR TOTAL COMPENSATION
AGGREGATE RETIREMENT ESTIMATED ANNUAL FROM FUND AND FUND
NAME OF PERSON, POSITION COMPENSATION FROM BENEFITS ACCRUED BENEFITS UPON COMPLEX PAID TO
EACH FUND1,2 AS PART OF FUND RETIREMENT DIRECTORS
EXPENSES
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Daniel Abramson
Director $500 NONE NONE $2,000
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Philip A. Capalongo
Director $500 NONE NONE $2,000
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Anthony Hertl
Director $500 NONE NONE $2,000
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Donald Smith
Director $500 NONE NONE $2,000
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Michael Miola*
Director NONE NONE NONE NONE
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1. The Officers and Directors of the Fund as a group own less than 1% of all of the Fund's equity securities.
2. The Fund is a single series of Questar Funds, Inc. Questar Funds, Inc. currently has four series, each of
which is responsible for payment of their pro rata share of any compensation paid to the Disinterested
Directors by the Company
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AZZAD SHARI`AH BOARD

To ensure that the investment policies and general business practices
of the Fund comply with the precepts of Shria`ah law, the investment adviser has
convened an independent Shari`ah Supervisory Board to supervise and review Fund
policies and procedures (the "Azzad Shari`ah Board"). On a monthly basis, the
Azzad Shari`ah Board monitors the Fund's investment activities and reviews the
Fund's management and compliance procedures based on Islamic financial law (fiqh
al mu`amalat) and current Shari`ah scholarship, interpretations, and practices.
The Azzad Shari`ah Board also meets annually for a more comprehensive review and
reports on the results of their findings annually in a report to the Board of
Directors of the Fund. The Azzad Sharia`ah Board also has primary responsibility
for implementing the Fund's policies in connection with the purification of
interest income (RIBA).

The Azzad Shari`ah Board is comprised of three renowned Shari`ah
scholars versed in modern investment disciplines. The Board is chaired by Shaykh
Yusuf Talal DeLorenzo of the United States of America and also includes Shaykh
Dr. Mohamed Ali EL-Gari of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Shaykh Nizam Yaquby
of Bahrain. Additional biographical information on each Azzad Shari`ah Board
member is provided below:

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Shaykh Yusuf Talal DeLorenzo Shaykh Yusuf Talal DeLorenzo is an independent Shari'ah supervisor
associated with the Dow Jones Islamic Market Index (New York, New
York), Wafra (the Kuwait Investment Advisory Group, New York,
NewYork), NovaBancorp SAMI Fund (Toronto, Ontario), the Institute of
Islamic Banking and Insurance (London, England), Azzad Asset
Management, Inc. (Virginia, United States), Brown Brothers Harriman
Global Islamic Equity Fund, Barclays Global Investors, (United
Kingdom), and Oasis Global Equity Fund (S.A). DeLorenzo studied the
classical Islamic disciplines in the traditional manner at Jami'ah al
'Ulum al Islamiyah in Karachi where he was the student of Shaykh
Yusuf al Bannuri, Muhaddith al `Asr, and the Grand Mufti of Pakistan,
Mufti Wali Hasan. Yusuf Talal has taught Shari`ah subjects at
colleges and universities in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and the United
States. President Zia ul Haq appointed him Advisor on Islamic Affairs
to the Govt. of Pakistan from 1981-84. For over 25 years Yusuf Talal
has researched, translated, and published on Shari`ah subjects in
Arabic, English, Persian, and Urdu. DeLorenzo is presently working on
the third of his four volume compilation and translation in English
of legal rulings issued by the Shari'ah Supervisory Boards of Islamic
Banks, A COMPENDIUM OF LEGAL RULINGS ON THE OPERATIONS OF ISLAMIC
BANKS (London: Institute of Islamic Banking and Insurance, Vol. I
(1997), Vol. II (2000)). He also teaches a course on the Principles
of Islamic Investing for the Dow Jones University (at dju.com).

Shaykh Dr. Mohamed Ali Eligari Dr. Mohamed Ali EL-Gari is the director of Saudi Arabia the Center
for Research in Islamic Economics at King Abdulaziz University in
Jeddah. He is also a member of the OIC Fiqh Council. Dr. EL-Gari
serves as a consultant to Islamic banks and has served on the
consulting committee that counseled the Government of Pakistan on the
Islamization of its banking system. Dr. EL-Gari holds a Ph.D. in
Economics from the University of California.

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Shaykh Mizam Yaquby Shaykh Mizam Yaquby is a renowned Shari'ah scholar and advisor to
numerous Islamic banks and companies, including Abu Dhabi Islamic
Bank, Islamic Investment Company of the Gulf, Bahrain and the Arab
Islamic Bank, Bahrain. He pursued traditional Islamic studies in
Mecca, India and Morocco under the guidance of eminent Islamic
scholars, including Shaykh Abdullah Al-Farisi and Shaykh Muhammad
Salah Al-Abbasi. He holds a B.A.in Economics and Comparative Religion
from McGill University, Toronto. He is a Ph.D. candidate in Islamic
Law at the University of Wales. Shaykh Yaquby has published several
books on Islam law and is a frequent speaker at Islamic conferences.

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INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND OTHER SERVICES

The investment adviser for the Fund is Azzad Asset Management, Inc.
(the "Adviser"). The Adviser will act as such pursuant to a written agreement
which, after its initial two-year period, must be annually re-approved by the
Board of Directors. The address of the Adviser is 8201 Greensboro Drive, Suite
1000, McLean, Virginia 22102. The Adviser can also be contacted by telephone at
(703) 847-8127.

CONTROL OF THE INVESTMENT ADVISER

Ziad Al-Bassam (15.712%), Bashar Qasem (21.850%),and F. Scott Valpey
(21.369%) currently exercise voting control over the Adviser.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT

The Adviser acts as the investment adviser of the Fund under an
Investment Advisory Agreement approved by the Board of Directors (including a
majority of the Directors who are not parties to the agreement, or interested
persons of any such party).

The Investment Advisory Agreement will terminate automatically in the
event of its assignment. In addition, the Agreement is terminable at any time,
without penalty, by the Board of Directors of the Company or by vote of a
majority of the Fund's outstanding voting securities on not more than 60 days'
written notice to the Adviser, and by the Adviser on 60 days' written notice to
the Company. Unless sooner terminated, the Agreement shall continue in effect
for more than two years after its execution only so long as such continuance is
specifically approved at least annually by either the Board of Directors or by a
vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund, provided that in
either event such continuance is also approved by a vote of a majority of the
Directors who are not parties to such Agreement, or interested persons of such
parties, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such
approval.

Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Adviser provides the Fund
with advice and assistance in the acquisition and disposition of the Fund's
investments. All investment decisions are subject to review by the Board of
Directors of the Company and the Azzad Shari`ah Board. The Adviser is obligated
to pay the salaries and fees of any affiliates of the Adviser serving as
officers of the Company or the Fund.

The same security may be suitable for the Fund or other private
accounts managed by the Adviser. If and when the Fund or two or more accounts
simultaneously purchase or sell the same security, the transactions will be
allocated as to price and amount in accordance with arrangements equitable to
the Fund or account. The simultaneous purchase or sale of the same securities by
the Fund and other accounts may have a detrimental effect on the Fund, as this
may affect the price paid or received by the Fund or the size of the position
obtainable or able to be sold by the Fund.

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CODE OF ETHICS

Personnel of the Adviser may invest in securities for their own account
pursuant to a Code of Ethics which has been adopted by the Company and the
Adviser that sets forth all employees' fiduciary responsibilities regarding the
Fund, establishes procedures for personal investing and restricts certain
transactions. For example, all personal trades in most securities require
pre-clearance, and participation in initial public offerings is prohibited. In
addition, restrictions on the timing of personal investing in relation to trades
by the Fund and on short-term trading have been adopted.

ADMINISTRATOR

The Administrator for the Fund is American Data Services, Inc. (the
"Administrator"), which has its principal office at The Hauppauge Corporate
Center, 150 Motor Parkway, Hauppauge, New York 11788, and is primarily in the
business of providing administrative, fund accounting and stock transfer
services to retail and institutional mutual funds through its offices in New
York and Denver.

Pursuant to an Administrative Service Agreement with the Fund, the
Administrator provides all administrative services necessary for the Fund,
subject to the supervision of the Board of Directors. The Administrator will
provide persons to serve as officers of the Fund. Such officers may be
directors, officers or employees of the Administrator or its affiliates.

The Administrative Service Agreement is terminable by the Board of
Directors of the Company or the Administrator on sixty days' written notice and
may be assigned provided the non-assigning party provides prior written consent.
The Agreement shall remain in effect for two years from the date of its initial
approval, and subject to annual approval of the Board of Directors for one-year
periods thereafter. The Agreement provides that in the absence of willful
misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of the Administrator or
reckless disregard of its obligations thereunder, the Administrator shall not be
liable for any action or failure to act in accordance with its duties
thereunder.

Under the Administrative Service Agreement, the Administrator provides
all administrative services, including, without limitation: (i) providing
services of persons competent to perform such administrative and clerical
functions as are necessary to provide effective administration of the Fund; (ii)
overseeing the performance of administrative and professional services to the
Fund by others, including the Fund's Custodian; (iii) preparing, but not paying
for, the periodic updating of the Fund's Registration Statement, Prospectus and
Statement of Additional Information in conjunction with Fund counsel, including
the printing of such documents for the purpose of filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission and state securities administrators, preparing the
Fund's tax returns, and preparing reports to the Fund's shareholders and the
Securities and Exchange Commission; (iv) preparing in conjunction with Fund
counsel, but not paying for, all filings under the securities or "Blue Sky" laws
of such states or countries as are designated by the Distributor, which may be
required to register or qualify, or continue the registration or qualification,
of the Fund and/or its shares under such laws; (v) preparing notices and agendas
for meetings of the Board of Directors and minutes of such meetings in all
matters required by the 1940 Act to be acted upon by the Board; and (vi)
monitoring daily and periodic compliance with respect to all requirements and
restrictions of the Investment Company Act, the Internal Revenue Code and the
Prospectus.

The Administrator, pursuant to the Fund Accounting Service Agreement,
provides the Fund with all accounting services, including, without limitation:
(i) daily computation of net asset value; (ii) maintenance of security ledgers
and books and records as required by the Investment Company Act; (iii)

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production of the Fund's listing of portfolio securities and general ledger
reports; (iv) reconciliation of accounting records; (v) calculation of yield and
total return for the Fund; (vi) maintaining certain books and records described
in Rule 31a-1 under the 1940 Act, and reconciling account information and
balances among the Fund's Custodian and Adviser; and (vii) monitoring and
evaluating daily income and expense accruals, and sales and redemptions of
shares of the Fund.

ADMINISTRATOR'S FEES

For the services rendered to the Fund by the Administrator, the Fund
pays the Administrator a monthly fee based on the Fund's average net assets. The
Fund also pays the Administrator for any out-of-pocket expenses. These fees are
set forth in the Fund's Prospectus.

In return for providing the Fund with all accounting related services,
the Fund pays the Administrator a monthly fee based on the Fund's average net
assets, plus any out-of-pocket expenses for such services.

CUSTODIAN, TRANSFER AGENT AND DIVIDEND AGENT

Union Bank of California serves as custodian for the Fund's cash and
securities (the "Custodian"). Pursuant to a Custodian Agreement, it is
responsible for maintaining the books and records of the Fund's portfolio
securities and cash. The Custodian does not assist in, and is not responsible
for, investment decisions involving assets of the Fund. The Administrator also
acts as the Fund's transfer and dividend agent.

DISTRIBUTOR

Pursuant to a Distribution Agreement, AmeriMutual Funds Distributor,
Inc. (the "Distributor"), an affiliate of the Administrator, has agreed to act
as the principal underwriter for the Fund in the sale and distribution to the
public of shares of the Fund, either through dealers or otherwise. The
Distributor has agreed to offer such shares for sale at all times when such
shares are available for sale and may lawfully be offered for sale and sold.

SHAREHOLDER SERVICING AND DISTRIBUTION PLAN

The Fund has adopted a Distribution and Service Plan (the "Plan"), which
was reviewed and approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the
Company, pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Act (the "Rule"). The Rule provides
that an investment company which bears any direct or indirect expense of
distributing its shares must do so only in accordance with a plan permitted by
the Rule. The Plan provides that the Fund will compensate the Distributor for
certain expenses and costs incurred in connection with providing marketing and
promotional support to the Fund, shareholder servicing and maintaining
shareholder accounts, to compensate parties with which it has written agreements
and whose clients own shares of the Fund for providing servicing to their
clients ("shareholder servicing") and financial institutions with which it has
written agreements and whose clients are Fund shareholders (each a
"broker-dealer") for providing distribution assistance and promotional support
to the Fund, which is subject to a maximum of 0.25% per annum of each Fund's
average daily net assets. Fees paid under the Plan may not be waived for
individual shareholders.

Each shareholder servicing agent and broker-dealer will, as agent for its
customers, among other things: answer customer inquiries regarding account
status and history, the manner in which purchases and redemptions of shares of
each may be effected and certain other matters pertaining to the Fund; assist
shareholders in designating and changing dividend options, account designations
and addresses; provide necessary personnel and facilities to establish and
maintain shareholder accounts and records; assist in processing purchase and

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redemption transactions; arrange for the wiring of funds; transmit and receive
funds in connection with customer orders to purchase or redeem shares; verify
and guarantee shareholder signatures in connection with redemption orders and
transfers and changes in shareholder designated accounts; furnish quarterly and
year-end statements and confirmations within five business days after activity
in the account; transmit to shareholders of the Fund proxy statements, annual
reports, updated prospectuses and other communications; receive, tabulate and
transmit proxies executed by shareholders with respect to meetings of
shareholders of the Fund; and provide such other related services as either the
Fund or a shareholder thereof may request.

The Plan, the shareholder servicing agreements and the form of
distribution agreement each provide that the Adviser or the Distributor may make
payments from time to time from their own resources which may include the
advisory fee and the asset based sales charges and past profits for the
following purposes: (i) to defray the costs of and to compensate others,
including financial intermediaries with whom the Distributor has entered into
written agreements, for performing shareholder servicing and related
administrative functions of the Fund; to compensate certain financial
intermediaries for providing assistance in distributing the Fund's shares; (ii)
to pay the costs of printing and distributing the Fund's Prospectus to
prospective investors; and (iii) to defray the cost of the preparation and
printing of brochures and other promotional materials, mailings to prospective
shareholders, advertising, and other promotional activities, including the
salaries and/or commissions of sales personnel in connection with the
distribution of the Fund's shares. The Distributor will determine the amount of
such payments made pursuant to the Plan with the shareholder servicing agents
and broker-dealers with whom it has contracted, provided that such payments made
pursuant to the Plan will not increase the amount which the Fund is required to
pay the Distributor for any fiscal year under the shareholder servicing
agreement or otherwise.

Shareholder servicing agents and broker-dealers may charge investors a
fee in connection with their use of specialized purchase and redemption
procedures offered to investors by the shareholder servicing agents and
broker-dealers. In addition, shareholder servicing agents and broker-dealers
offering purchase and redemption procedures similar to those offered to
shareholders who invest in the fund directly may impose charges, limitations,
minimums and restrictions in addition to or different from those applicable to
shareholders who invest in the Fund directly. Accordingly, the net yield to
investors who invest through shareholder servicing agents and broker-dealers may
be less than realized by investing in the Fund directly. An investor should read
the Prospectus in conjunction with the materials provided by the shareholder
servicing agent and broker-dealer describing the procedures under which Fund
shares may be purchased and redeemed through the shareholder servicing agent and
broker-dealer.

In accordance with the Rule, the Plan provides that all written
agreements relating to the Plan entered into by the Fund, the Distributor or the
Adviser, and the shareholder servicing agents, broker-dealers, or other
organizations, must be in a form satisfactory to the Board of Directors. In
addition, the Plan requires the Fund and the Distributor of the Fund to prepare,
at least quarterly, written reports setting forth all amounts expended for
distribution purposes by the Fund and the Distributor pursuant to the Plan and
identifying the distribution activities for which those expenditures were made
for review by the Board of Directors.

OTHER EXPENSES

The Fund pays certain operating expenses that are not assumed by the
Adviser, the Administrator or any of their respective affiliates. These
expenses, together with fees paid to the Adviser, the Administrator and the
Transfer Agent, are deducted from the income of the Fund, respectively, before
dividends are paid. These expenses include, but are not limited to,
organizational costs and expenses of officers and Directors who are not
affiliated with the Adviser, the Administrator or any of their respective
affiliates, taxes, interest, legal fees, custodian fees, audit fees, brokerage
fees and commissions, fees and expenses of registering and qualifying the Fund
and their shares for distribution under federal and various state securities
laws, the expenses of reports to shareholders, shareholders' meetings and proxy
solicitations.

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PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS AND ALLOCATION OF BROKERAGE

The Fund's assets are invested by the Adviser in a manner consistent
with its investment objective, policies, and restrictions and with any
instructions the Board of Directors may issue from time to time. Within this
framework, the Adviser is responsible for making all determinations as to the
purchase and sale of portfolio securities and for taking all steps necessary to
implement securities transactions on behalf of the Fund.

U.S. Government securities generally are traded in the over-the-counter
market through broker-dealers. A broker-dealer is a securities firm or bank that
makes a market for securities by offering to buy at one price and sell at a
slightly higher price. The difference between the prices is known as a spread.

In placing orders for the purchase and sale of portfolio securities for
the Fund, the Adviser will use its best efforts to obtain the best possible
price and execution and will otherwise place orders with broker-dealers subject
to and in accordance with any instructions the Board of Directors may issue from
time to time. The Adviser will select broker-dealers including, the Distributor,
to execute portfolio transactions on behalf of the Fund primarily on the basis
of best price and execution.

When consistent with the objectives of prompt execution and favorable
net price, business may be placed with broker-dealers who furnish investment
research or services to the Adviser. Such research or services include advice,
both directly and in writing, as to the value of securities; the advisability of
investing in, purchasing or selling securities; and the availability of
securities, or purchasers or sellers of securities; as well as analyses and
reports concerning issues, industries, securities, economic factors and trends,
portfolio strategy and the performance of accounts. To the extent portfolio
transactions are effected with broker-dealers who furnish research services to
the Adviser, the Adviser receives a benefit, not capable of evaluation in dollar
amounts, without providing any direct monetary benefit to the Fund from these
transactions. The Adviser believes that most research services obtained by it
generally benefit several or all of the investment companies and private
accounts which it manages, as opposed to solely benefiting one specific managed
fund or account.

Transactions on U.S. stock exchanges, commodities markets and futures
markets and other agency transactions involve the payment by the Fund of
negotiated brokerage commissions. Such commissions vary among different brokers.
A particular broker may charge different commissions according to such factors
as the difficulty and size of the transaction. Transactions in foreign
investments often involve the payment of fixed brokerage commissions, which may
be higher than those in the United States. There is generally no stated
commission in the case of securities traded in the over-the-counter markets, but
the price paid by the Fund usually includes an undisclosed dealer commission or
mark-up. In underwritten offerings, the price paid by the Fund includes a
disclosed, fixed commission or discount retained by the underwriter or dealer.

It has for many years been a common practice in the investment advisory
business for advisers of investment companies and other institutional investors
to receive brokerage and research services (as defined in the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act")) from broker-dealers that
execute portfolio transactions for the clients of such advisers and from third
parties with which such broker-dealers have arrangements. Consistent with this
practice, the Adviser may receive brokerage and research services and other
similar services from many broker-dealers with which the Adviser may place the
Fund's portfolio transactions and from third parties with which these
broker-dealers have arrangements. These services include such matters as general
economic and market reviews, industry and company reviews, evaluations of
investments, recommendations as to the purchase and sale of investments,
newspapers, magazines, pricing services, quotation services, news services and
personal computers utilized by the Adviser. Where the services referred to above
are not used exclusively by the Adviser for research purposes, the Adviser,
based upon its own allocations of expected use, bears that portion of the cost
of these services which directly relates to their non-research use. Some of
these services are of value to the Adviser and its affiliates in advising

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various of their clients (including the Fund), although not all of these
services are necessarily useful and of value in managing the Fund. The
management fee paid by the Fund is not reduced because the Adviser and its
affiliates receive these services even though the Adviser might otherwise be
required to purchase some of these services for cash.

As permitted by Section 28(e) of the 1934 Act, the Adviser may cause
the Fund to pay a broker-dealer which provides "brokerage and research services"
(as defined in the 1934 Act) to the Adviser an amount of disclosed commission
for effecting securities transactions on stock exchanges and other transactions
for the Fund on an agency basis in excess of the commission which another
broker-dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction. The Adviser's
authority to cause the Fund to pay any such greater commissions is also subject
to such policies as the Directors may adopt from time to time. The Adviser does
not currently intend to cause any Fund to make such payments. It is the position
of the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission that Section 28(e) does
not apply to the payment of such greater commissions in "principal"
transactions. Accordingly, the Adviser will use its best effort to obtain the
most favorable price and execution available with respect to such transactions,
as described above.

Consistent with the Conduct Rules of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. and subject to seeking the most favorable price and
execution available and such other policies as the Directors may determine, the
Adviser may consider sales of shares of the Fund as a factor in the selection of
broker-dealers to execute portfolio transactions for the Fund.

TAXATION

The Fund intends to qualify each year as a "regulated investment
company" under Subchapter M of the Code. By so qualifying, the Fund will not
incur federal income or state taxes on its net investment income and on net
realized capital gains to the extent distributed as dividends to shareholders.

Amounts not distributed on a timely basis in accordance with a calendar
year distribution requirement are subject to a nondeductible 4% excise tax at
the Fund level. To avoid the tax, the Fund must distribute during each calendar
year an amount equal to the sum of (a) at least 98% of its ordinary income (not
taking into account any capital gains or losses) for the calendar year, (b) at
least 98% of its capital gains in excess of capital losses (adjusted for certain
ordinary losses) for a one-year period generally ending on October 31st of the
calendar year, and (c) all ordinary income and capital gains for previous years
that were not distributed during such years.

Under the Code, dividends derived from interest, and any short-term
capital gains, are taxable to shareholders as ordinary income for federal and
state tax purposes, regardless of whether such dividends are taken in cash or
reinvested in additional shares. Distributions made from the Fund's net realized
long-term capital gains (if any) and designated as capital gain dividends are
taxable to shareholders as long-term capital gains, regardless of the length of
time Fund shares are held. Corporate investors are not eligible for the
dividends-received deduction with respect to distributions derived from interest
on short-or long-term capital gains from the Fund but may be entitled to such a
deduction in respect to distributions attributable to dividends received by the
Fund. A distribution will be treated as paid on December 31st of a calendar year
if it is declared by the Fund in October, November or December of the year with
a record date in such a month and paid by the Fund during January of the
following year. Such distributions will be taxable to shareholders in the
calendar year the distributions are declared, rather than the calendar year in
which the distributions are received.

Distributions paid by the Fund from net long-term capital gains (excess
of long-term capital gains over long-term capital losses), if any, whether
received in cash or reinvested in additional shares, are taxable as long-term
capital gains, regardless of the length of time you have owned shares in the
Fund. Distributions paid by the Fund from net short-term capital gains (excess

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of short-term capital gains over short-term capital losses), if any, whether
received in cash or reinvested in additional shares are taxable as ordinary
income. Capital gains distributions are made when the Fund realizes net capital
gains on sales of portfolio securities during the year. Realized capital gains
are not expected to be a significant or predictable part of the Fund's
investment return.

Any redemption of the Fund shares is a taxable event and may result in
a capital gain or loss. A capital gain or loss may be realized from an ordinary
redemption of shares.

Dividend distributions, capital gains distributions, and capital gains
or losses from redemptions and exchanges may also be subject to state and local
taxes.

Ordinarily, distributions and redemption proceeds paid to Fund
shareholders are not subject to withholding of federal income tax. However, 31%
of the Fund's distributions and redemption proceeds must be withheld if a Fund
shareholder fails to supply the Fund or its agent with such shareholder's
taxpayer identification number or if the Fund shareholder who is otherwise
exempt from withholding fails to properly document such shareholder's status as
an exempt recipient.

The information above is only a summary of some of the tax
considerations generally affecting the Fund and its shareholders. No attempt has
been made to discuss individual tax consequences. To determine whether the Fund
is a suitable investment based on his or her tax situation, a prospective
investor may wish to consult a tax advisor.

VOTING AND OWNERSHIP OF SHARES

Each share of the Fund has one vote in the election of Directors.
Cumulative voting is not authorized for the Fund. This means that the holders of
more than 50% of the shares voting for the election of Directors can elect 100%
of the Directors if they choose to do so, and, in that event, the holders of the
remaining shares will be unable to elect any Directors.

Shareholders of the Fund and any other future series of the Company will
vote in the aggregate and not by series except as otherwise required by law or
when the Board of Directors determines that the matter to be voted upon affects
only the interest of the shareholders of a particular series. Pursuant to Rule
18f-2 under the 1940 Act, the approval of an investment advisory agreement or
any change in a fundamental policy would be acted upon separately by the series
affected. Matters such as ratification of the independent public accountants and
election of Directors are not subject to separate voting requirements and may be
acted upon by shareholders of the Company voting without regard to series.

PURCHASE OF SHARES

Shares of the Fund may be purchased at the net asset value per share
next determined after receipt of an order by the Fund's Transfer Agent in proper
form with accompanying check or other bank wire payment arrangements
satisfactory to the Fund. The minimum initial investment in the Fund is $1,000
(except for individual retirement accounts for which the minimum initial
investment in $500) and the minimum subsequent investment is $250 (except for
individual retirement accounts for which the minimum subsequent investment is
$100).

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Net investment income, if any, is declared as dividends and paid
annually. Substantially all the realized net capital gains for the Fund, if any,
are also declared and paid on an annual basis. Dividends and distributions are
payable to shareholders of record at the time of declaration.

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Distributions are automatically reinvested in additional Fund shares
unless the shareholder has elected to have them paid in cash.

The net investment income of the Fund for each business day is
determined immediately prior to the determination of net asset value. Net
investment income for other days is determined at the time net asset value is
determined on the prior business day. See "How to Open an Account and Purchase
Shares" and "How to Sell (Redeem) Shares of the Fund" in the Prospectus.

NET ASSET VALUE

The method for determining the Fund's net asset value is summarized in
the Prospectus in the text following the heading "When and How NAV is
Determined." The net asset value of the Fund's shares is determined on each day
on which the New York Stock Exchange is open, provided that the net asset value
need not be determined on days when no Fund shares are tendered for redemption
and no order for Fund shares is received. The New York Stock Exchange is not
open for business on the following holidays (or on the nearest Monday or Friday
if the holiday falls on a weekend): New Year's Day, President's Day, Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day,
Thanksgiving and Christmas.

PERFORMANCE COMPARISONS

Total return quoted in advertising and sales literature reflects all
aspects of the Fund's return, including the effect of reinvesting dividends and
capital gain distributions and any change in the Fund's net asset value during
the period.

The Fund's total return must be displayed in any advertisement
containing the Fund's yield. Total return is the average annual total return for
the 1-, 5- and 10-year period ended on the date of the most recent balance sheet
included in the Statement of Additional Information, computed by finding the
average annual compounded rates of return over 1-, 5- and 10-year periods that
would equate the initial amount invested to the ending redeemable value
according to the following formula:

P(1 + T)n = ERV

Where:

P = a hypothetical initial investment of $1000

T = average annual total return

n = number of years

ERV = ending redeemable value of a hypothetical $1000 payment made at the
beginning of the 1-, 5- or 10-year periods at the end of the 1-, 5-or 10-year
periods (or fractions thereof).

Because the Fund has not had a registration in effect for a full year,
the period during which the registration has been effective shall be
substituted.

Average annual total return is calculated by determining the growth or
decline in value of a hypothetical historical investment in the Fund over a
stated period and then calculating the annual compounded percentage rate that
would have produced the same result if the rate of growth or decline in value
had been constant throughout the period. For example, a cumulative total return
of 100% over 10 years would produce an average annual total return of 7.18%,
which is the steady annual rate that would result in 100% growth on a compounded

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basis in 10 years. While average annual total returns are a convenient means of
comparing investment alternatives, investors should realize that the Fund's
performance is not constant over time, but changes from year to year, and that
average annual total returns represent averaged figures as opposed to actual
year-to-year performance.

In addition to average annual total returns, the Fund may quote
unaveraged or cumulative total returns reflecting the simple change in value of
an investment over a stated period. Average annual and cumulative total returns
may be quoted as a percentage or as a dollar amount and may be calculated for a
single investment, a series of investments, or a series of redemptions over any
time period. Performance information may be quoted numerically or in a table,
graph, or similar illustration.

The Fund's performance may be compared with the performance of other
funds with comparable investment objectives, tracked by fund rating services or
with other indexes of market performance. Sources of economic data that may be
considered in making such comparisons may include, but are not limited to,
rankings of any mutual fund or mutual fund category tracked by Lipper Analytical
Services, Inc. or Morningstar, Inc.; data provided by the Investment Company
Institute; major indexes of stock market performance; and indexes and historical
data supplied by major securities brokerage or investment advisory firms. The
Fund may also utilize reprints from newspapers and magazines furnished by third
parties to illustrate historical performance.

The agencies listed below measure performance based on their own
criteria rather than on the standardized performance measures described in the
preceding section.

Lipper Analytical Services, Inc. distributes mutual fund rankings
monthly. The rankings are based on total return performance calculated by
Lipper, generally reflecting changes in net asset value adjusted for
reinvestment of capital gains and income dividends. They do not reflect
deduction of any sales charges. Lipper rankings cover a variety of performance
periods, including year-to-date, 1-year, 5-year, and 10-year performance. Lipper
classifies mutual funds by investment objective and asset category.

Morningstar, Inc. distributes mutual fund ratings twice a month. The
ratings are divided into five groups: highest, above average, neutral, below
average and lowest. They represent the fund's historical risk/reward ratio
relative to other funds in its broad investment class as determined by
Morningstar, Inc. Morningstar ratings cover a variety of performance periods,
including 1-year, 3-year, 5-year, 10-year and overall performance. The
performance factor for the overall rating is a weighted-average assessment of
the fund's 1-year, 3-year, 5-year, and 10-year total return performance (if
available) reflecting deduction of expenses and sales charges. Performance is
adjusted using quantitative techniques to reflect the risk profile of the fund.
The ratings are derived from a purely quantitative system that does not utilize
the subjective criteria customarily employed by rating agencies such as Standard
& Poor's and Moody's Investor Service, Inc.

CDA/Weisenberger's Management Results publishes mutual fund rankings
and is distributed monthly. The rankings are based entirely on total return
calculated by Weisenberger for periods such as year-to-date, 1-year, 3-year,
5-year and 10-year. Mutual funds are ranked in general categories (e.g.,
international bond, international equity, municipal bond, and maximum capital
gain). Weisenberger rankings do not reflect deduction of sales charges or fees.

Independent publications may also evaluate the Fund's performance. The
Fund may from time to time refer to results published in various periodicals,
including Barrons, Financial World, Forbes, Fortune, Investor's Business Daily,
Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine, Money, U.S. News and World Report and The
Wall Street Journal.

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REDEMPTION OF SHARES

Redemption of shares, or payment for redemptions, may be suspended at
times (a) when the New York Stock Exchange is closed for other than customary
weekend or holiday closings, (b) when trading on said Exchange is restricted,
(c) when an emergency exists, as a result of which disposal by the Fund of
securities owned by it is not reasonably practicable, or it is not reasonably
practicable for the Fund fairly to determine the value of its net assets, or (d)
during any other period when the Securities and Exchange Commission, by order,
so permits, provided that applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission shall govern as to whether the conditions prescribed in (b)
or (c) exist.

Shareholders who purchased shares through a broker-dealer other than
the Distributor may also redeem such shares by written request to the Transfer
Agent which shares are held by the Transfer Agent at the address set forth in
the Prospectus. To be considered in "good order", written requests for
redemption should indicate the dollar amount or number of shares to be redeemed,
refer to the shareholder's Fund account number, including either the social
security or tax identification number. The request should be signed in exactly
the same way the account is registered. If there is more than one owner of the
shares, all owners must sign. If shares to be redeemed have a value of $5,000 or
more or redemption proceeds are to be paid by someone other than the shareholder
at the shareholder's address of record, the signature(s) must be guaranteed by
an "eligible guarantor institution," which includes a commercial bank that is a
member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, a trust company, a member
firm of a domestic stock exchange, a savings association or a credit union that
is authorized by its charter to provide a signature guarantee. The Transfer
Agent may reject redemption instructions if the guarantor is neither a member of
nor a participant in a signature guarantee program. Signature guarantees by
notaries public are not acceptable. The purpose of a signature guarantee is to
protect shareholders against the possibility of fraud. Further documentation
will be requested from corporations, administrators, executors, personal
representatives, trustees and custodians. Redemption requests given by facsimile
will not be accepted. Unless other instructions are given in proper form, a
check for the proceeds of the redemption will be sent to the shareholder's
address of record.

Share purchases and redemptions are governed by Maryland law.

COUNSEL AND INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

Legal matters in connection with the issuance of shares of common stock
of the Fund are passed upon by Spitzer & Feldman P.C., 405 Park Avenue, New
York, New York 10022. McCurdy & Associates, CPAs, Inc., 27955 Clemens Road,
Westlake, Ohio 44145, have been selected as independent accountants for the
Fund.

OTHER INFORMATION

The Adviser has been continuously registered with the Securities
Exchange Commission (SEC) under the 1940 Act since August 21, 2000. The Company
has filed a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 and the 1940
Act with respect to the shares offered. Such registrations do not imply approval
or supervision of the Fund or the Adviser by the SEC.

For further information, please refer to the registration statement and
exhibits on file with the SEC in Washington, D.C. These documents are available
upon payment of a reproduction fee. Statements in the Prospectus and in this
Statement of Additional Information concerning the contents of contracts or
other documents, copies of which are filed as exhibits to the registration
statement, are qualified by reference to such contracts or documents.