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SUMMARY:Third Pillar Islamic Charity Tables @ MCC Jumu’ahs
DESCRIPTION:Third Pillar USA is a charity organization based in the United States with a focus on alleviating the pressures of poverty in the local community. They have projects in Egypt\, Jordan\, and Palestine helping refugees with food\, shelter\, and education. On Saturday\, May 3\, at noon\, they are hosting a Fundraiser Bazaar\, “Let’s Gather for Gaza\,” at the Unity Center in Mountain House\, where they will be collecting funds for Gaza. \nVisit their table this Friday to learn how you can support them.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/third-pillar-islamic-charity-tables-mcc-jumuahs-3/
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SUMMARY:The Unity Lab Tables @ MCC Jumu'ahs
DESCRIPTION:Unity Lab is a nonprofit organizing UmmahWalk25\, which is taking place on April 27 at Quarry Lake in Fremont. All proceeds from the donations to the walk will go to these seven organizations that help the needy around the world: Afghan Relief\, Givelight\, Heal Palestine\, Support Life Foundation\, UNRWA USA\, and Sadagaat USA.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/the-unity-lab-tables-mcc-jumuahs/
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SUMMARY:Jumu’ah Services @ MCC & Rosewood
DESCRIPTION:1:30 p.m. to 1:50 p.m.\n\nShaykh Talal Ahdab delivers this sermon at MCC East Bay\n\n\n1:40 p.m. to 2:10 p.m.\n\n– Hafiz Afraz Khan delivers this sermon at Rosewood Conference Center\, 4450 Rosewood Dr.\, Pleasanton\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2:30 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.\n\n– Shaykh Talal Ahdab delivers this sermon at MCC East Bay\n\n\n3:40 p.m. – 4 p.m. \n\n– Ustadh Mahdy Amine delivers this sermon at MCC East Bay\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*Please attend at 2:30 or 3:40 p.m. at MCC to avoid heavier first-service congestion whenever possible\, or please attend the off-site MCC Jumu’ah service\, that is\, each week at the Rosewood Commons\, 4450 Rosewood Dr (Building 5).\, Pleasanton. Rosewood is just a four-minute drive from MCC.Please note that the former HP lot (now Pleasanton School District) is no longer available to our congregation. Please come to the third\, or fourth Jumuah at MCC to ease up parking congestion or\, better yet\, attend our weekly parallel satellite prayer from 1:40 p.m. to 2:10 p.m. at Rosewood Center (Building 5): https://mcceastbay.org/rosewood \n\n\n\n\n– Virtually watch the three MCC sermons from home: https://mcceastbay.org/live\n– More Shaykh Talal: http://mcceastbay.org/talal\n– More Hafiz Afraz: https://mcceastbay.org/afraz\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 and young children. The mothers’ and fathers’ prayer room is just past the Banquet Hall doors into the school area. \n\n\n\nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor MCC’s four Jumu’ah services on Friday\, April 25\, 2025: \n\n\n\n\n1:30 p.m. to 1:50 p.m.\n\nShaykh Talal Ahdab delivers this sermon at MCC East Bay\n\n\n1:40 p.m. to 2:10 p.m.\n\n– Hafiz Afraz Khan delivers this sermon at Rosewood Conference Center\, 4450 Rosewood Dr.\, Pleasanton\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2:30 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.\n\n– Shaykh Talal Ahdab delivers this sermon at MCC East Bay\n\n\n3:40 p.m. – 4 p.m. \n\n– Ustadh Mahdy Amine delivers this sermon at MCC East Bay\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*Please attend at 2:30 or 3:40 p.m. at MCC to avoid heavier first-service congestion whenever possible\, or please attend the off-site MCC Jumu’ah service\, that is\, each week at the Rosewood Commons\, 4450 Rosewood Dr (Building 5).\, Pleasanton. Rosewood is just a four-minute drive from MCC.Please note that the former HP lot (now Pleasanton School District) is no longer available to our congregation. Please come to the third\, or fourth Jumuah at MCC to ease up parking congestion or\, better yet\, attend our weekly parallel satellite prayer from 1:40 p.m. to 2:10 p.m. at Rosewood Center (Building 5): https://mcceastbay.org/rosewood \n\n\n\n\n– Virtually watch the three MCC sermons from home: https://mcceastbay.org/live\n– More Shaykh Talal: http://mcceastbay.org/talal\n– More Hafiz Afraz: https://mcceastbay.org/afraz\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 and young children. The mothers’ and fathers’ prayer room is just past the Banquet Hall doors into the school area. \n\n\n\nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/weekly-jummah-services/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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SUMMARY:Dr. Rania Awaad’s Weekly Friday Evening Halaqa
DESCRIPTION:*Halaqa is virtual only during the summer session. We will resume in-person classes at MCC after Labor Day in September 2025. Please join the Rahmah Foundation WhatsApp group for future updates.* \nUstadha Dr. Rania Awaad holds a weekly women’s gathering on Friday evenings to discuss 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 September 20\, 2024\, to February 21\, 2025 |  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\n\n– More Dr. Rania: https://mcceastbay.org/rania\n– Watch past Dr. Rania’s Friday Evening Halaqa recordings: https://mcceastbay.org/womens-halaqa\n– Join Dr. Rania’s WhatsApp group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/EBXwXGDqE8D5IZ7bLUPq5D\n– The Rahmah Foundation’s Holiday Calendar: https://mcceastbay.org/rahmah-calendar\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Fall session runs from Friday\, Sept. 20\, 2024\, to May 23\, 2025\, with no halaqas on Friday\, November 29\, December 27\, March 7\, 14\, 21\, 28\, and April 4)\, and we restart from April 11\, 2025 to May 23\, 2025. See calendar. \n\n\n\nFree weekly 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 Awaad was raised in the U.S. and 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. She is on the faculty of Zaytuna College\, where she teaches courses in Shafi’i fiqh and 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 is the Director of the Rahmah Foundation\, a non-profit organization that teaches traditional Islamic knowledge to Muslim women and girls. 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\nJoin Dr. Rania Awaad‘s women’s gathering on navigating contemporary issues from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. 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. \nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/weekly-halaqa-2/2025-04-25/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Sisters Program
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SUMMARY:Integrating Secular and Sacred Branches of Knowledge | Sidi Noorullah Wardak
DESCRIPTION:“Whoever follows a path in pursuit of knowledge\, Allah will make easy for him a path to Paradise.” (Hadith) \nAllah ordered His Messenger (s) to pray\, “My Lord\, increase me in knowledge.” (Quran 20:114) What are practical ways to seek knowledge\, whether young or old\, at home or abroad?  \nSidi Noorullah Wardak shares his experiences seeking sacred Islamic knowledge and how he has reconciled that with knowledge that is not based on or related to religious belief. \nFriday\, April 25 | 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. | MCC Prayer Hall | Join us in person or watch virtually at mcceastbay.org/live  \nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \n\nMore Sidi Noor: https://mcceastbay.org/noorullah\n\nAbout the Presenter \nUstadh Noorullah Wardek completed a degree in Mathematics\, and he has more than ten years of teaching experience. He has been studying the Islamic Sciences since 2008. He has studied Arabic and Fiqh with local teachers. He is a Bay Area native\, and he delivers Khutbahs in local mosques.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/knowledge-sidi-noorullah-wardak/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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SUMMARY:Elementary & Middle School Boys Halaqa & Hoops | Shaykh Rami Nsour
DESCRIPTION:For Elementary & Middle School Boys (Grades 3-8): Join us weekly for a Halaqa and hangout session to help our sons build connections\, form bonds\, create a brotherhood\, and navigate school and social challenges as they grow into young men. \nThese sessions aim to craft our next generation of confident\, faithful Muslim men. These Halaqas are for only Grades 3-8\, no younger boys. The sessions are capped at 40 participants. Once limited spots are full\, please join the waitlist. Pizza is included each week. \n7:30 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. | Fridays | 4/18\, 4/25\, 5/2\, 5/9\, 5/23\, & 5/30 | Hart Middle School | $15/session | Register at mcceastbay.org/boys-halaqa \nHalaqa Rules: \n\nParents must pick up their child(ren) by 9:15 p.m. After that\, parents will be charged a $1/min late fee (paid in cash).\nPlease bring your reusable water bottles.\nParents must sign in and sign out during pickup/drop off for safety measures.\nDads are required to volunteer for at least one session. Sessions will be canceled if there are not enough parents to volunteer.\nOnly registered kids within the valid age limit are allowed during the program.\n\nFor questions about the Halaqa\, please contact Sr. Fouzia Alam at 925-330-4287. \nMCC has a standing policy that financial need should never hold a person back from attaining spiritual or educational knowledge within the four walls of the Muslim Community Center. For a financial waiver for this event\, please email scholarship@mcceastbay.org. \nAbout the Halaqa Facilitators: \nShaykh Rami Nsour is a scholar\, counselor\, public speaker\, teacher\, and translator of Islamic texts. Spending over 10 years within the Mauritanian tradition (mahdara) system of studying Islam\, Shaykh Rami received licensure (ijaza) to share his wisdom with students. Further enhancing his extensive study of fiqh\, Nsour completed an extraordinary ‘in-residence’ experience\, allowing him to research questions (fatawa) of Islamic faith\, law\, and practice. \nRami Nsour co-founded the Tayba Foundation\, the first organization in the United States to offer a distance-learning program in Islamic Education to incarcerated men and women. Shaykh Rami has extensive experience in curriculum development\, specifically in character (akhlaq)\, and holds a B.A. in Human Development with a focus on Early Childhood. He also obtained an M.A. in Educational Psychology. A resident of the San Francisco Bay Area\, he lives with his wife and three children. \nIn addition\, Rami has dedicated much of his time to teaching\, conducting seminars\, and counseling. He has spent much of his time teaching and aiding Muslims in prison and has seen how knowledge unlocks human potential. His students in the prisons have\, in turn\, taught countless people and invited many people to Islam. He was instrumental in co-founding Dar as-Salaam\, a project dedicated to building and supporting a school in Mauritania. Shaykh Rami serves as a Senior Instructor at SeekersHub Global. Rami co-founded the Tayba Foundation\, which has a correspondence program for Muslim inmates (http://www.taybafoundation.org/). In addition to traditional teaching licenses (ijazah)\, Rami holds a B.A. in Human Development focusing on Early Childhood. Rami resides in the San Francisco Bay Area\, is married\, and has two children. \nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/halaqa-and-hoops/2025-04-25/
LOCATION:Hart Middle School\, Willow Road\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 4433 Willow Rd\, Pleasanton\, CA 94588\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Young Children
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