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SUMMARY:Women's Weekly Friday Evening Halaqa | The Rahmah Foundation
DESCRIPTION:Ustadha 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 19\, 2025\, to May 22\, 2026 |  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 Night Halaqa (FNH) recordings: https://mcceastbay.org/womens-halaqa\n– Join Dr. Rania’s WhatsUp group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/HlHmFFnGbwvCvLl6uGD1C4\n– The Rahmah Foundation’s Holiday Calendar: https://mcceastbay.org/rahmah-calendar\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe FNH Fall session runs from Friday\, September 19\, 2025\, to May 22\, 2026\, with no halaqas on the following dates: Friday\, November 28\, December 19\, December 26\, January 2\, February 20 through March 27\, April 3\, and April 10. 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\n\n\nThis women’s halaqa is hosted at MCC and runs parallel to the girls & teens 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. Questions? events@mcceastbay.org
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/womens-weekly-halaqa/2026-04-17/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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SUMMARY:From Shackles to the Minaret: The Legacy of Bilal (RA) | (Miftaah Institute)
DESCRIPTION:MCC is excited to host a Miftaah Seminar: From Shackles to the Minaret: The Legacy of Bilal! \nThe story of Bilal ibn Rabah رضي الله عنه is one of resilience\, faith\, and honor. Once a slave under brutal oppression\, he rose to become the first mu’adhin of Islam\, his voice echoing across Madinah\, calling believers to prayer. His legacy is not only a symbol of liberation but a powerful reminder of the dignity that Islam grants every soul. \nJoin us for a powerful evening with Mufti Abdul Wahab Waheed as we reflect on the life\, struggles\, and elevation of this beloved companion of the Prophet ﷺ. This is a meaningful opportunity to deepen your understanding and connect with an inspiring legacy that continues to resonate today. \nFriday\, April 17 | 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. | MCC East Bay Prayer Hall | Register at mcceastbay.org/shackles \nFood will be available for purchase by 523 Southern Halal BBQ \nAbout Miftaah Institute  \nMiftaah Institute is an Islamic educational institution founded in 2015 to make sacred knowledge accessible to all levels of the community\, focusing on teaching Prophetic traditions through on-site and online platforms. Based in Warren\, Michigan\, it offers structured programs\, including a 54-credit Associate’s Degree\, a Bachelor’s program\, and intensive Arabic and Islamic studies. \nMore Mufti Abdul Wahab Waheed: mcceastbay.org/abdul-wahab \n  \nSchedule of events:  \n7:00 p.m. – 7:10 p.m. Opening Remarks \n7:10 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. Qur’an Recitation \n7:15 p.m. – 7:50 p.m. Mufti Abdul Wahab Waheed | Session 1 \n7:50 p.m. – 8:10 p.m. Maghrib Salah \n8:10 p.m. – 9:20 p.m. Mufti Abdul Wahab Waheed | Sesison 2 \n9:30 p.m. – 9:45 p.m. Isha Salah \n9:45 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Q & A and Closing Remarks \nFrom Shackles to the Minaret\n \n\nThe Legacy of Bilal \nThe story of Bilal ibn Rabah رضي الله عنه is one of resilience\, faith\, and honor. Once a slave under brutal oppression\, he rose to become the first mu’adhin of Islam\, his voice echoing across Madinah\, calling believers to prayer. His legacy is not only a symbol of liberation but a powerful reminder of the dignity that Islam grants every soul. \nJoin us for a powerful evening at our Miftaah Seminar with Mufti Abdul Wahab Waheed as we reflect on the life\, struggles\, and elevation of this beloved companion of the Prophet ﷺ.‍ \nMufti Abdul Wahab Waheed\nMufti Abdul Wahab Waheed was born and raised in Ann Arbor\, MI. He began Islamic studies at Jaamiah al-Uloom al-Islamiyyah in Canada\, where he became a Hafiz at the age of 11. He started his 7-year Shariah program in Toronto\, Canada\, and went even further to pursue higher education in Hadith in Karachi\, Pakistan. Throughout his travels\, Mufti Abdul Wahab addresses communities across the United States on a wide range of Islamic topics and\, Inshallah\, continues to do so with the Tawfiq of Allah SWT. Mufti Abdul Wahab is a Co-founder at Miftaah Institute and also a Co-Founder and Director at Michigan Islamic Institute. \nTestimonials\n\n\n\n“The seminar was absolutely heart-wrenching in the most beautiful way. I found myself holding back tears not because Bilal’s (RA) story was unfamiliar\, but because of how it was told: woven with his deep love for Allah (swt) and the Prophet (pbuh) and how that love was honored and reciprocated. It was a powerful reminder that our deen isn’t just about what we believe\, but how those before us lived that belief.” – Anonymous\, Michigan\n\n \n\n\n\n“Every single moment of the session\, was filled with wisdom and emotion. There were moments of tears and moments of excitement and happiness. I truly believe that this was one of the heartfelt sessions that I’ve ever attended\, Alhamdulillah. May Allah bless us so that we can participate in more opportunities and events like these\, Allahumma Ameen.” – Ali Askar Shaik\, Michigan
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/from-shackles-to-the-minaret-the-legacy-of-bilal-miftaah-seminar/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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