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SUMMARY:Blood Drive @ Jumu'ah
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nAs people of faith\, it is in our blood to help. With a 15-minute blood donation\, you can be part of a lifesaving journey that could save up to three lives. \nThe MCC community has saved nearly 350 lives! This is our 25th blood drive during Jumu’ah\, and each one has always been fully or near-fully booked! \nLet’s continue that trajectory at this blood drive and keep all our American Red Cross guests busy when they set up in our Banquet Hall from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on a Friday. Sign up at: https://mcceastbay.org/blood-drive \nIn 2023\, MCC will proudly host these quarterly blood drives during Jumuah services from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with our friends at the American Red Cross: \n\nFriday\, March 3\, 2023\nFriday\, June 2\, 2023\nFriday\, September 1\, 2023\nFriday\, December 1\, 2023\n\n[fusion_button link=”https://mcceastbay.org/blood-drive” text_transform=”” title=”” target=”_self” link_attributes=”” alignment=”” modal=”” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility\,medium-visibility\,large-visibility” class=”” id=”” color=”default” button_gradient_top_color=”” button_gradient_bottom_color=”” button_gradient_top_color_hover=”” button_gradient_bottom_color_hover=”” accent_color=”” accent_hover_color=”” type=”” bevel_color=”” border_width=”” size=”” stretch=”default” shape=”” icon=”” icon_position=”left” icon_divider=”no” animation_type=”” animation_direction=”left” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_offset=””]Book An Appointment[/fusion_button] \nA Power Red donation targets O-\, O+\, A-\, and B- only. Donation takes 20-30 minutes because donors give two units of concentrated Red Blood Cells\, and your platelets and plasma are returned. \nBlood donors report feeling a sense of great satisfaction after making their blood donation. Why? Because helping others in need feels good. \nIf you have visited India\, Pakistan\, or another high-risk malaria country and returned within the last 12 months\, you are not eligible to donate blood. See the latest travel-related restrictions to blood donation eligibility. \nEvery person who donates blood at MCC in 2023 will receive a voucher for a free meal at iniBurger—Gourmet Burgers in Pleasanton. MCC congregation members Leeza and Abdullah Popal\, who own these establishments\, generously donate these vouchers to encourage community and congregation participation. \nMCC Youth: If you are 16 to 18\, here are the donor requirements and parental authorization form link. \nOn the morning of the blood drive\, please complete the Rapid Pass online and bring the print-off to speed up the check-in process. Complete at https://mcceastbay.org/rapid \n[fusion_button link=”https://mcceastbay.org/blood-drive” text_transform=”” title=”” target=”_self” link_attributes=”” alignment=”” modal=”” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility\,medium-visibility\,large-visibility” class=”” id=”” color=”default” button_gradient_top_color=”” button_gradient_bottom_color=”” button_gradient_top_color_hover=”” button_gradient_bottom_color_hover=”” accent_color=”” accent_hover_color=”” type=”” bevel_color=”” border_width=”” size=”” stretch=”default” shape=”” icon=”” icon_position=”left” icon_divider=”no” animation_type=”” animation_direction=”left” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_offset=””]Save a Life[/fusion_button] \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/blood-drive-jumuah-5/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family Events,Interfaith & Community Outreach,Teen
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231201T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231201T145000
DTSTAMP:20260413T165429
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SUMMARY:MECC Bay Youth Tables @ MCC Jumu'ahs
DESCRIPTION:MECC (Middle Eastern Country Care) Bay Youth will be selling cafe and tea drinks. All profits raised will go to Palestine.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/mecc-bay-youth-tables-mcc-jumuahs/
LOCATION:CA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231201T123000
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SUMMARY:Jumu’ah Services @ MCC & Rosewood Conference Center
DESCRIPTION:For MCC’s Jumu’ah services on Friday\, December 1\, 2023: \n\n\n\n\n12:30 p.m. to 12:50 p.m.\n\nSidi Abdullah Qureshi delivers this sermon at MCC.\n\n\n\n\n\n1:30 p.m. to 1:50 p.m.\n\n– Shaykh Faraz Khan this sermon at MCC.\n\n\n\n\n\n1:40 p.m. to 2:10 p.m.\n\n–  Hafiz Yaseen Mahmoud at Rosewood Conference Center this Friday.\n\n\n\n\n\n2:30 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. \n\n–  Br. Mohammed Abdul Baseer delivers the sermon at MCC.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease attend at 12:30 or 2:30 p.m. to avoid heavier second-service congestion whenever possible. Please note that the former HP lot (now Pleasanton School District) is no longer available to our congregation. Please come to the first and fourth Jumu’ah to ease up parking congestion or attend the parallel satellite prayer at 1:40 p.m. at Rosewood Conference Center: https://mcceastbay.org/event/rosewood-jumuah/ \n\n\n\n\n– Virtually watch the three MCC sermons from home: https://mcceastbay.org/live\n\n\n\n– More Sidi Abdullah: https://mcceastbay.org/abdullah-qureshi\n\n\n\n– More Shaykh Faraz: https://mcceastbay.org/faraz\n\n\n\n– More Hafiz Yaseen: https://mcceastbay.org/yaseen\n\n\n\n– More Br. Mohammed: https://mcceastbay.org/mohammed\n\n\n\n\nFor parents attending with young children indoors at the main MCC facility\, we offer private mothers’ and fathers’ rooms with an audio and visual connection to the Prayer Hall. Parents can watch the sermon and pray while working with other parents with young children. The mothers/fathers prayer room is just past the Banquet Hall doors into the school area. \n\n\n\nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/jumuah-services-9/
LOCATION:CA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231201T134000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231201T141000
DTSTAMP:20260413T165430
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SUMMARY:Off-site Jumu'ah @ Rosewood Commons Conference Center
DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, Dec. 1\, our weekly off-site Jumu’ah (1:40 p.m. to 2:10 p.m.) will be at the Rosewood Commons Conference Center in Pleasanton (4432 Rosewood Dr\, Pleasanton). Please attend this Jumu’ah to help ease parking congestion at MCC. Fulfill your religious obligation while helping your local masjid. \n\n\n\nStarting Friday\, Dec. 8\, we will move back to Dublin Library.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/rosewood-jumuah/
LOCATION:Rosewood Commons Conference Center\, 4432 Rosewood Dr\, Pleasanton\, 94588
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231201T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231201T180000
DTSTAMP:20260413T165430
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SUMMARY:Women's Tafseer Class in Farsi | Ustadha Nooria Musleh
DESCRIPTION:For Farsi and Pashto-speaking women who want to learn or brush up on Qur’an\, join this two-hour class every Friday after the third Jumu’ah to connect with the Book of Allah (swt). \n\n\n\nFridays | 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. | Women only | Classroom 1 | In-person only | Join in person or virtually at mcceastbay.org/farsi-tafseer \n\n\n\nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/quran-in-farsi/2023-12-01/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Women's Activities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231201T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231201T210000
DTSTAMP:20260413T165430
CREATED:20230929T071326Z
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SUMMARY:Dr. Rania Awaad’s Weekly Friday Evening Halaqa
DESCRIPTION:Ustadha Dr. Rania Awaad holds a weekly Friday evening women’s gathering about navigating contemporary issues. This program runs in parallel to the Friday night girl’s halaqa. \n\n\n\n7 p.m. to 9 p.m. | Every Friday from October 6\, 2023\, to May 24\, 2024 |  MCC Conference Room | Free; no registration or RSVP required to attend in person | To join virtually\, register at https://mcceastbay.org/zoom \n\n\n\n\n– More Dr. Rania: https://mcceastbay.org/rania\n\n\n\n– Watch past Dr. Rania’s Friday Evening Halaqa recordings: https://mcceastbay.org/womens-halaqa\n\n\n\n– Join Dr. Rania’s WhatsUp group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/HlHmFFnGbwvCvLl6uGD1C4\n\n\n\n\nThe fall session runs from Friday\, Oct. 6th to Friday\, Dec. 15th\, with Thanksgiving Break on Friday\, November 24. \n\n\n\nAfter winter break\, we continue in the winter from Friday\, Jan. 26 to Friday\, March 8\, with then a break for Ramadan (March 15\, 22\, 29\, April 5 & April 12)\, and we restart from April 19 to May 24. \n\n\n\nFree babysitting is provided in Room 23. Facility map: https://mcceastbay.org/facility-map \n\n\n\nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \n\n\n\nThis halaqa is hosted parallel to our girls’ program in partnership with The Rahmah Foundation. \n\n\n\nUstadha Rania AwaadRaised in the U.S.\, Ustadha Rania Awaad began her formal study of the traditional Islamic sciences when her parents permitted her to travel to Damascus\, Syria\, at 14. Her desire to continue studying the Deen resulted in multiple trips back to Damascus\, interspersed between her high school\, college\, and medical studies. She was honored to receive Ijazah (authorization to teach) several branches of the Shari’ah sciences at the hands of many renowned scholars\, including many female scholars. She has received Ijazah to teach Tajwid in the Hafs and Warsh recitations from the late eminent Syrian scholar Shaykh Abu Hassan al-Kurdi. In addition to completing several advanced texts of the Shafi’i madhhab\, she is licensed to teach texts of Maliki fiqh\, Adab\, and Ihsan. Currently\, Ustadha Rania teaches online and local classes for The Rahmah Foundation\, Rabata\, and is on the faculty of Zaytuna College\, where she teaches courses in Shafi’i fiqh\, women’s issues in fiqh and has helped develop and co-direct the Tajweed and Hifz program. \n\n\n\nUstadha Rania is also a medical doctor with a specialty in Psychiatry. She completed her Psychiatric residency and fellowship training at Stanford University\, where she is currently on the faculty as a Clinical Instructor in the Stanford Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences department. Her medical interests include addressing mental health care concerns in the Muslim community- particularly that of Muslim women and girls. She has been awarded grants from the NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health) to research this topic and has presented her findings at several medical conferences. Other ongoing endeavors include compiling manuscripts addressing female-related mental health and medical issues from a fiqh-oriented perspective. She currently serves as the Director of the Rahmah Foundation\, a non-profit organization that teaches Muslim women and girls traditional Islamic knowledge. In this capacity\, she also heads the Murbbiyah Mentoring Program\, which trains young women to teach and mentor Muslim girls and teens. Ustadha Rania is both a wife and a mother; she has been counseling and teaching women classes on Tajwid\, Shafi’i Fiqh\, Ihsan\, marriage\, and raising children since 1999. \n\n\n\nLearn more about Dr. Rania and her work at http://med.stanford.edu/psychiatry/research/MuslimMHLab.html \n\n\n\nEvery Friday evening\, the MCC bustles with activity. MCC hosts four halaqas to increase God-consciousness for youth\, women\, and men. \n\n\n\nFrom 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.\, join Dr. Rania Awaad‘s women’s gathering about navigating contemporary issues. This wide-ranging Muslimah halaqa is in the MCC Conference Room\, and the first hour is live-streamed here (watch past sessions at https://mcceastbay.org/halaqa). This halaqa is organized in partnership with The Rahmah Foundation.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/friday-womens-halaqa/2023-12-01/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Women's Activities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231201T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231201T210000
DTSTAMP:20260413T165430
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SUMMARY:Bay Area Islamic Home Financing Information Open House
DESCRIPTION:Many Muslim families are looking to explore various options in regard to Islamic home financing and Shariah-compliant mortgages. \n\n\n\n7 p.m. to 9 p.m. | Friday\, Dec. 1 |  MCC Prayer Hall | Join in person or watch virtually at HTTP://mcceastbay.org/live \n\n\n\nThis ‘Open House’ is for all for-profit and nonprofit companies serving Bay Area Muslims. Representatives will get 10 to 15 minutes to introduce their organization\, have an information table\, and field questions from interested families.  \n\n\n\nBr. Zeeshan Mukhar will facilitate the program and moderate the Q&A.  \n\n\n\nThis is not necessarily a demystifying session about all the intricacies of Islamic home financing\, although some of that may happen with individual company presentations and during the Q&A.  \n\n\n\nParticipating organizations (in order of presentation): \n\n\n\n\nDevon Bank (Ali Farooq) | Presentation deck\n\n\n\nAmerican Finance House LARIBA (Mike Abdelaaty) | Presentation deck\n\n\n\nGuidance Residential (Munther Qtaish) | Presentation deck\n\n\n\nUIF Corporation (Anwer Mangrio) | Presentation deck\n\n\n\nAmeen Housing (Mohamed Mostafa) | Presentation deck\n\n\n\n\nInvited organizations not attending: \n\n\n\n\nIjara Community Development Corp\n\n\n\n\nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/islamic-financing/
LOCATION:CA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231201T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231201T210000
DTSTAMP:20260413T165430
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SUMMARY:Dr. Rania Awaad’s Weekly Friday Evening Halaqa
DESCRIPTION:Ustadha Dr. Rania Awaad holds a weekly Friday evening women’s gathering about navigating contemporary issues. This program runs in parallel to the Friday night girl’s halaqa. After Dr. Rania’s weekly Halaqah this Friday\, join us for a Qiyam and Dhikr along with reflections on Palestine with a special guest\, Anse Sumayya.  \n\n\n\n7 p.m. to 9 p.m. | Every Friday from October 6\, 2023\, to May 24\, 2024 |  MCC Conference Room | Free; no registration or RSVP required to attend in person | To join virtually\, register at https://mcceastbay.org/zoom \n\n\n\n\n– More Dr. Rania: https://mcceastbay.org/rania\n\n\n\n– Watch past Dr. Rania’s Friday Evening Halaqa recordings: https://mcceastbay.org/womens-halaqa\n\n\n\n– Join Dr. Rania’s WhatsUp group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/HlHmFFnGbwvCvLl6uGD1C4\n\n\n\n\nThe fall session runs from Friday\, Oct. 6th to Friday\, Dec. 15th\, with Thanksgiving Break on Friday\, November 24. \n\n\n\nAfter winter break\, we continue in the winter from Friday\, Jan. 5 to Friday\, March 8\, with then a break for Ramadan (March 15\, 22\, 29\, April 5 & April 12) and we restart from April 19 to May 24. \n\n\n\nFree babysitting is provided in Room 23. Facility map: https://mcceastbay.org/facility-map \n\n\n\nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \n\n\n\nThis halaqa is hosted parallel to our girls’ program in partnership with The Rahmah Foundation. \n\n\n\nUstadha Rania AwaadRaised in the U.S.\, Ustadha Rania Awaad began her formal study of the traditional Islamic sciences when her parents permitted her to travel to Damascus\, Syria\, at 14. Her desire to continue studying the Deen resulted in multiple trips back to Damascus\, interspersed between her high school\, college\, and medical studies. She was honored to receive Ijazah (authorization to teach) several branches of the Shari’ah sciences at the hands of many renowned scholars\, including many female scholars. She has received Ijazah to teach Tajwid in the Hafs and Warsh recitations from the late eminent Syrian scholar Shaykh Abu Hassan al-Kurdi. In addition to completing several advanced texts of the Shafi’i madhhab\, she is licensed to teach texts of Maliki fiqh\, Adab\, and Ihsan. Currently\, Ustadha Rania teaches online and local classes for The Rahmah Foundation\, Rabata\, and is on the faculty of Zaytuna College\, where she teaches courses in Shafi’i fiqh\, women’s issues in fiqh and has helped develop and co-direct the Tajweed and Hifz program. \n\n\n\nUstadha Rania is also a medical doctor with a specialty in Psychiatry. She completed her Psychiatric residency and fellowship training at Stanford University\, where she is currently on the faculty as a Clinical Instructor in the Stanford Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences department. Her medical interests include addressing mental health care concerns in the Muslim community- particularly that of Muslim women and girls. She has been awarded grants from the NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health) to research this topic and has presented her findings at several medical conferences. Other ongoing endeavors include compiling manuscripts addressing female-related mental health and medical issues from a fiqh-oriented perspective. She currently serves as the Director of the Rahmah Foundation\, a non-profit organization that teaches Muslim women and girls traditional Islamic knowledge. In this capacity\, she also heads the Murbbiyah Mentoring Program\, which trains young women to teach and mentor Muslim girls and teens. Ustadha Rania is both a wife and a mother; she has been counseling and teaching women classes on Tajwid\, Shafi’i Fiqh\, Ihsan\, marriage\, and raising children since 1999. \n\n\n\nLearn more about Dr. Rania and her work at http://med.stanford.edu/psychiatry/research/MuslimMHLab.html \n\n\n\nEvery Friday evening\, the MCC bustles with activity. MCC hosts four halaqas to increase God-consciousness for youth\, women\, and men. \n\n\n\nFrom 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.\, join Dr. Rania Awaad‘s women’s gathering about navigating contemporary issues. This wide-ranging Muslimah halaqa is in the MCC Conference Room\, and the first hour is live-streamed here (watch past sessions at https://mcceastbay.org/halaqa). This halaqa is organized in partnership with The Rahmah Foundation.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/dr-rania-awaads-weekly-friday-evening-halaqa-2/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Women's Activities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231201T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231201T230000
DTSTAMP:20260413T165430
CREATED:20231201T073346Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231201T073346Z
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SUMMARY:Women's Qiyam Program: Dhikr\, Reflection\, & Prayer for Palestine
DESCRIPTION:Ustadha Dr. Rania Awaad holds a weekly Friday evening women’s gathering about navigating contemporary issues. This program runs in parallel to the Friday night girl’s halaqa. After Dr. Rania’s weekly Halaqah this Friday\, join us for a Qiyam and Dhikr along with reflections on Palestine with a special guest\, Anse Sumayya.  \n\n\n\n7 p.m. to 11 p.m. | Friday\, Dec. 1 |  MCC Conference Room | Free; no registration or RSVP required to attend in person | To join virtually\, register at https://mcceastbay.org/zoom \n\n\n\n\n– More Dr. Rania: https://mcceastbay.org/rania\n\n\n\n– Watch past Dr. Rania’s Friday Evening Halaqa recordings: https://mcceastbay.org/womens-halaqa\n\n\n\n– Join Dr. Rania’s WhatsUp group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/HlHmFFnGbwvCvLl6uGD1C4\n\n\n\n\nThe fall session runs from Friday\, Oct. 6th to Friday\, Dec. 15th\, with Thanksgiving Break on Friday\, November 24. \n\n\n\nAfter winter break\, we continue in the winter from Friday\, Jan. 5 to Friday\, March 8\, with then a break for Ramadan (March 15\, 22\, 29\, April 5 & April 12) and we restart from April 19 to May 24. \n\n\n\nFree babysitting is provided in Room 23. Facility map: https://mcceastbay.org/facility-map \n\n\n\nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \n\n\n\nThis halaqa is hosted parallel to our girls’ program in partnership with The Rahmah Foundation. \n\n\n\nUstadha Rania AwaadRaised in the U.S.\, Ustadha Rania Awaad began her formal study of the traditional Islamic sciences when her parents permitted her to travel to Damascus\, Syria\, at 14. Her desire to continue studying the Deen resulted in multiple trips back to Damascus\, interspersed between her high school\, college\, and medical studies. She was honored to receive Ijazah (authorization to teach) several branches of the Shari’ah sciences at the hands of many renowned scholars\, including many female scholars. She has received Ijazah to teach Tajwid in the Hafs and Warsh recitations from the late eminent Syrian scholar Shaykh Abu Hassan al-Kurdi. In addition to completing several advanced texts of the Shafi’i madhhab\, she is licensed to teach texts of Maliki fiqh\, Adab\, and Ihsan. Currently\, Ustadha Rania teaches online and local classes for The Rahmah Foundation\, Rabata\, and is on the faculty of Zaytuna College\, where she teaches courses in Shafi’i fiqh\, women’s issues in fiqh and has helped develop and co-direct the Tajweed and Hifz program. \n\n\n\nUstadha Rania is also a medical doctor with a specialty in Psychiatry. She completed her Psychiatric residency and fellowship training at Stanford University\, where she is currently on the faculty as a Clinical Instructor in the Stanford Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences department. Her medical interests include addressing mental health care concerns in the Muslim community- particularly that of Muslim women and girls. She has been awarded grants from the NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health) to research this topic and has presented her findings at several medical conferences. Other ongoing endeavors include compiling manuscripts addressing female-related mental health and medical issues from a fiqh-oriented perspective. She currently serves as the Director of the Rahmah Foundation\, a non-profit organization that teaches Muslim women and girls traditional Islamic knowledge. In this capacity\, she also heads the Murbbiyah Mentoring Program\, which trains young women to teach and mentor Muslim girls and teens. Ustadha Rania is both a wife and a mother; she has been counseling and teaching women classes on Tajwid\, Shafi’i Fiqh\, Ihsan\, marriage\, and raising children since 1999. \n\n\n\nLearn more about Dr. Rania and her work at http://med.stanford.edu/psychiatry/research/MuslimMHLab.html \n\n\n\nEvery Friday evening\, the MCC bustles with activity. MCC hosts four halaqas to increase God-consciousness for youth\, women\, and men. \n\n\n\nFrom 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.\, join Dr. Rania Awaad‘s women’s gathering about navigating contemporary issues. This wide-ranging Muslimah halaqa is in the MCC Conference Room\, and the first hour is live-streamed here (watch past sessions at https://mcceastbay.org/halaqa). This halaqa is organized in partnership with The Rahmah Foundation.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/womens-qiyam/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Women's Activities
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SUMMARY:Dua for our Brothers & Sisters | Qari Amar Bellaha
DESCRIPTION:“The parable of the believers in their affection\, mercy\, and compassion for each other is that of a body. When any limb aches\, the whole body reacts with sleeplessness and fever.” Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) \n\n\n\nJoin us to supplicate for our brothers and sisters in Palestine on Thursday and Friday evenings. After the Isha Prayers (8 p.m.)\, Qari Amar will recite the Dua Al-Nasri (Prayers of the Oppressed). \n\n\n\n8 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.  | Fridays | Prayer Hall | Join in person or watch live at https://mcceastbay.org/liveIn the enormity of this moment\, MCC is responding to our sisters and brothers in Palestine by: \n\n\n\n\n– Our Jumu’ahs are dedicated to our sisters and brothers. Our Khateebs will make dua and encourage worshipers to give generously for humanitarian relief efforts in Gaza. MCC will absorb the credit card processing fees and send collected funds to Islamic Relief & UNRWA. Donate at https://mcceastbay.org/palestine\n\n\n\n– Our MCC youth are baking goods and selling in the MCC lobby during the Jumu’ahs for humanitarian relief efforts during Jumu’ah.\n\n\n\n\nMCC will cover the credit card processing fees so that 100 percent of our community’s donations go to two reputable organizations providing on-the-ground relief efforts in Gaza. Donate: mcceastbay.org/palestine \n\n\n\nThe Nasiri Dua is from the pen of the renowned Sufi Shaykh ibn Nasir ad Dari Rahimahullah of the Shadhiliyya Tariqa. Faced with the military power of France\, who were bombing villages in Morocco\, the Shaykh Rahimahullah wrote this Dua\, which was recited in every Masjid in the Maghrib in various different styles. This Dua had such an effect that the French President issued a law banning its recitation. Due to the barakah of this beautiful Dua\, Morocco gained independence from France. \n\n\n\nThe power of this Dua of Imam Muhammad ibn Nasir al-Dar’i lies in its simplicity\, its purity\, and its sincere supplication. It is essentially a plea to Allah that our transgressions be overlooked\, that divine mercy be bestowed upon us\, that social justice be restored in spite of us\, that wrongs be righted\, and that righteousness reigns once again in our lands so that the destitute may no longer be in need\, the young may be educated\, the animals’ purpose fulfilled\, rain restored\, and bounties poured forth. It is a plea to be freed from the aggression of foreigners in lands over which they have no right – a plea much needed in our modern world\, rampant as it is with invasions and territorial occupations. Ultimately\, it asks not to destroy our enemies but simply to halt their plots and the harm they cause. Its essence is mercy\, which in turn is the essence of the Messenger of Allah\, Muhammad\, peace and blessings be upon him: “And We have only sent you as a mercy to all the worlds.” \n\n\n\nPDF copy of the Nasiri Dua \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://youtu.be/rLvq6nyi_w8?si=v6s6IXqHsMZtqOKr
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