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SUMMARY:A Caregiver’s Ramadan: Pre-Ramadan Wellness Discussion for Special Needs Families | Shaykh Rami Nsour
DESCRIPTION:Special Needs Caregivers\, this one’s just for you! We see how hard you work year-round.Join Shaykh Rami Nsour in person or on all MCC streaming platforms as he discusses ways to balance it all with the added ibadah and activities of Ramadan! \n\n\n\n1 p.m. to 2 p.m. | Saturday\, March 2 | Free\, rsvp at mcceastbay.org/caregiver | MCC Conference Room | Join us in-person only or watch virtually at mcceastbay.org/live \n\n\n\nThis event is sponsored by the Muhsen Wellness Bay Area & MCC East Bay. \n\n\n\nPreceding this event\, Sheikh Rami will speak to the community-at-large about preparing for Ramadan: https://mcceastbay.org/event/ramadan-shaykh-rami/  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org  \n\n\n\n\n– For respite care\, please email bayarea@muhsen.org\n\n\n\n– See how MCC supports our beloved special-needs East Bay families: https://mcceastbay.org/accommodating-disabilities\n\n\n\n\nShaykh Rami Nsour spent several years in Mauritania\, where he studied at some of the foremost Islamic Colleges (mahdaras). He is the Co-Founder of the Tayba Foundation\, one of the few Muslim organizations in the US serving incarcerated Muslims\, providing them much-needed Islamic education\, along with essential life skills training and assistance upon re-entry. \n\n\n\nLearn more about Sheikh Rami at https://www.taybafoundation.org/our-team  \n\n\n\nShaykh Rami Nsour\, Founding DirectorRami 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. \n\n\n\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 San Francisco Bay Area resident\, he lives with his wife and three children.
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SUMMARY:The Purpose of Fasting | Ustadh Ibrahim Qureshi
DESCRIPTION:Throughout the year\, we drift apart and away like beads on a slippery surface\, a broken tasbih\, waiting to be linked again. With Ramadan approaching\, how do we reconnect ourselves? \n\n\n\nGeared towards youth and young professionals but open to all\, join us as we chart your game plan for a fantastic\, fruitful Ramadan. \n\n\n\n3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. | Saturday\, March 2 | MCC Conference Room | Free \n\n\n\n– More Ustadh Ibrahim: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/ibrahim \n\n\n\nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \n\n\n\nAbout the speaker \n\n\n\nUstadh Ibrahim Qureshi Ibrahim Qureshi is a teacher and translator of Islamic texts specializing in Islamic ethics. He holds a B.A. and M.A. from Zaytuna College in Islamic theology and philosophy. Under the tutelage of scholars in Jordan\, he is studying Hanafi fiqh\, legal theory\, and Sufism. He also is working on translating and publishing works in these fields.
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SUMMARY:#TeamFajr Monthly Sunday Breakfast & Qur'an Khatam
DESCRIPTION:“If people knew the reward in praying Fajr & Isha in a congregation\, they would go to the Masjid even if they had to crawl” [Bukhari & Muslim] \nJoin Qari Amar Bellaha on the first Sunday of each month. Pray the pre-dawn prayer in congregation (6 a.m.)\, followed by recitations of Surah Yaseen and Al-Wird Al-Latif (booklets provided) in unison\, community dua\, and following sunup\, Salat al-Ishraq prayer in congregation. \nQari Amar will also lead the Khatam (completion) of the Qur’an. Each month\, congregation members complete one Juz of the Holy Qur’an. Please finish your Juz by the first Sunday of each month. Sign up for Juz at mcceastbay.org/juz \nThis program is also streamed virtually at https://mcceastbay.org/live. \nFall & Winter ’23 Sunday Monthly Khatam with Qari Amar: \n\n– August 6\, 2023\n– September 3\, 2023\n– October 1\, 2023\n-November 5\, 2023\n-December 3\, 2023\n-January 7\, 2024\n– February 4\, 2024\n-March 3\, 2024\n\nThe benefits and virtues of reciting the Holy Qur’an and sending Salawat upon Rasulullah (S) are numerous. Along with bringing great barakah into our lives\, these two acts of ‘ibadah are a means by which Allah elevates our rank in Jannah. Though it may be challenging to make a habit of tilawah and Salawat individually\, there is strength in our numbers. Join your MCC community in our goal of collectively completing a completing Qur’an khatam. \nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \n\nMore Qari Amar: https://mcceastbay.org/amar\nImam al-Haddad’s litanies (al-Wird al-Latif): https://mcceastbay.org/wird\nThe Prophet (Peace be upon him) said\, “He who performs the Fajr will be under the protection of Allah.” [Muslim]\nThe Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The best prayer before Allah is Fajr prayer on Friday in congregation.”
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