Virtual Friday Night Women's Halaqa | Ustadha Shamira Ahmed
2023-06-23 19:00 - 20:00, 2023-06-30 19:00 - 20:00, 2023-07-07 19:00 - 20:00, 2023-07-14 19:00 - 20:00, 2023-07-21 19:00 - 20:00, 2023-07-28 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
Friday Night Halaqas are online for summer! Join Ustadha Shamira Chothia Ahmed for weekly halaqa on Friday nights.7 p.m. to 8 p.m. | Starts June 2 | Every Friday during Summer | To join virtually, register at https://mcceastbay.org/zoom

Ustadha Shamira will resume The Beginning of Guidance series from last summer.Ustadha Shamira Chothia began her journey in seeking sacred knowledge at the women’s Dar-ul-Uloom Mu’eenal Islam seminary in South Africa and completed the five-year intensive ‘alima program at Ja’mia Al-Imam Muhammad Zakariyya, one of Britain’s first and most renowned Islamic universities for women. There she was granted ijāzah (authorization) in Sahīh al-Bukhārī, Sahīh al-Muslim, Sunan at-Tirmidhī, Sunan Abī Dāwūd, Sunan an-Nasā’ī, and Sunan Ibn Mājah. Thereafter, she continued her Arabic and Qur’anic studies in Damascus, Syria, where she obtained an ijāzah in Tajwīd of the Ḥafṣ recitation from the late eminent Syrian scholar Shaykh Ḥasan al-Kurdī. Ustadha Shamira is a co-founder of The Rahmah Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to disseminating traditional Islamic knowledge by qualified female teachers to Muslim women around the globe. She is a passionate advocate for natural birth, infusing her natural birth classes with Islamic spirituality since 2009, and has been a qualified lactation counselor since 2011. Her latest endeavor is her sisters-only YouTube channel catering to women’s educational and spiritual needs through short talks and reminders. Ustadha Shamira resides in sunny Southern California with her husband and four children.

Monthly Saturday Dhikr/Support Circle | Ustadha Hosai Mojaddidi
2023-06-24 10:00 - 11:00
Join Ustadha Hosai Mojaddidi for monthly in-person women-only dhikr circles filled with recitation, reflection, and Salawat.

This monthly Sisters Healing & Du’ah Circle is here to support sisters experiencing grief/loss, marital challenges, parenting challenges, health challenges, caring for elderly parents/loved ones, isolation, etc.

Saturday, June 24 | 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. | Conference Room | In-person only | Free; no registration needed

– More Ustadha Hosai: https://mcceastbay.org/hosai

– ‘Purification of the Heart Series: (Women): https://mcceastbay.org/muslimah-purification

– ‘Purification of the Heart Series: (Adults): https://mcceastbay.org/heart-purification

– ‘Purification of the Heart Series (Teens): https://mcceastbay.org/purification

– ‘Agenda to Change our Condition’ Series: https://mcceastbay.org/agenda

– ‘Modern Muslim Parenting’ Series: https://mcceastbay.org/islamic-parenting

Schedule

– Welcome

– Recitation of Ratib al-Shahr wird

– Recitation of Surah Yasin

– Dhikr

– Salawat

– Short reflection (khatira)

After this monthly gathering, MCC hosts a children’s story-time: https://mcceastbay.org/storytime

About Ustadha Hosai Mojaddidi:Hosai Mojaddidi is the co-Founder of mentalhealth4muslims.com where she advocates for and writes about various mental health-related topics tailored for Muslims. She has served the American-Muslim community for nearly 20 years as an activist, writer/editor, mediator, interfaith organizer, and public speaker, covering a variety of topics including women’s issues, marriage/family, education, and self-development, interfaith bridge-building, spirituality, etc.

In her spare time she enjoys reading, writing, blogging via social media (Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter), doing arts and crafts, visiting gourmet coffee shops, and exploring the countless beautiful parks, beaches, and nature preserves throughout Northern California where she lives with her husband, two sons, and fish named Max.

Questions? events@mcceastbay.org

Women Around the Messenger (saw) (Virtual)
2023-06-27 12:30 - 13:15, 2023-07-04 12:30 - 13:15, 2023-07-11 12:30 - 13:15, 2023-07-18 12:30 - 13:15
Ustadha Nihad Hemmoudeh facilitates a 45-minute live Zoom session for sisters (posted the following day publicly on MCC’s YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram) on the biographies of the women around the time of our beloved Messenger (saw), the important role they played in the overall development of their society, right from the beginning. 12:30 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. PST | Tuesdays | 12 consecutive weeks from June 13 to Aug. 29 | No pre-registration needed | Join live each week at 12:30 p.m. on Zoom at https://mcceastbay.org/sahabiyat

More Ustadha Nihad:

– Ustadha Nihad’s “Women Around the Messenger” series: mcceastbay.org/women-series

– Ustadha Nihad’s “Forty Hadith Qudsi” series: https://mcceastbay.org/qudsi

– Ustadha’s Nihad’s “Pearls of Islam: The Wives of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)” series: https://mcceastbay.org/pearls-series

– Ustadha Nihad’s Surah al-Kahf series: https://mcceastbay.org/kahf

– Ustadha Nihad’s Juz Amma series: https://mcceastbay.org/quran-tafseer

– Hafidha Nihad’s Sahaba (Companions) Series Sessions: https://mcceastbay.org/companions-series

– Ust. Nohad’s Al-Nawawi Hadith Series: https://mcceastbay.org/nawawi

– More Ustadha Nihad: https://mcceastbay.org/nihad

Questions? events@mcceastbay.org

Women Around the Messenger (saw) (Virtual)
2023-06-27 12:30 - 13:15, 2023-07-04 12:30 - 13:15, 2023-07-11 12:30 - 13:15, 2023-07-18 12:30 - 13:15, 2023-07-25 12:30 - 13:15, 2023-08-01 12:30 - 13:15, 2023-08-08 12:30 - 13:15, 2023-08-15 12:30 - 13:15 and 1 more date
Ustadha Nihad Hemmoudeh facilitates a 45-minute live Zoom session for sisters (posted the following day publicly on MCC’s YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram) on the biographies of the women around the time of our beloved Messenger (saw) the critical role they played in the overall development of their society, right from the beginning. 12:30 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. PST | Tuesdays | 12 consecutive weeks from June 13 to Aug. 29 | No pre-registration needed | Join live each week at 12:30 p.m. on Zoom at https://mcceastbay.org/sahabiyat

Watch the prior sessions in this series: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/women-seriesMore Ustadha Nihad:

– Ustadha Nihad’s “Women Around the Messenger” series: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/women-series

– Ustadha Nihad’s “Forty Hadith Qudsi” series: https://mcceastbay.org/qudsi

– Ustadha’s Nihad’s “Pearls of Islam: The Wives of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)” series: https://mcceastbay.org/pearls-series

– Ustadha Nihad’s Surah al-Kahf series: https://mcceastbay.org/kahf

– Ustadha Nihad’s Juz Amma series: https://mcceastbay.org/quran-tafseer

– Hafidha Nihad’s Sahaba (Companions) Series Sessions: https://mcceastbay.org/companions-series

– Ust. Nohad’s Al-Nawawi Hadith Series: https://mcceastbay.org/nawawi

– More Ustadha Nihad: https://mcceastbay.org/nihad

Questions? events@mcceastbay.org

*Canceled* Monthly Sisterhood Hike | Sisters in the Outdoors
2023-07-08 06:30 - 09:30
*Please note the new date*Join us from 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 8, for a Saturday morning hike at Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park near Sunol to get to know other sisters in the community and enjoy the great outdoors. No children, please (female teens, okay). Let us know you are coming: https://mcceastbay.org/rsvp

– When: Saturday, July 8, 2023

– Time: 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. – Please arrive a little early to park and find the group. The group can wait till 6:40 a.m. and will start the hike. Please be on time since we cannot hold the group.

– Carpool: We highly recommend carpooling. No carpool from MCC is available for this hike. Carpool encouraged others on this hike.

– Parking: Limited parking/street parking. If parking required, then pay at the entrance/kiosks.

– Location: Foothill Staging Area, Foothill Rd, Sunol, CA 94586

– Distance: 6.1 miles

– All Trails: https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/thermalito-ridgeline-oak-tree-trail–2

– Difficulty: Moderate

– Misc: Wear hiking shoes if possible. Bring a small breakfast/ Lunch sandwich or something to eat. Carry enough water, a hat, and a light jacket. Please download the All Trails map (free version) in case in case you decide to return in the middle of the hike. This will be very helpful in navigating back to the parking lot.

– RSVP: By Friday, July 7, please let us know you are coming for this hike: https://mcceastbay.org/rsvp

Sr. Aparna Khan and Sr. Sohaila will be leading this hike. If you have trouble finding the group on the day of the hike, please call or text Sr. Aparna at (408) 480-6584 or Sr. Sohaila at (925) 786-7698. Please remember that we cannot hold all the group, so we request you to please be on time.

For future hikes, please subscribe to the MCC newsletter and/or add your phone number to the Women’s Hiking WhatsUp group.

Please wear comfortable walking/hiking shoes, carry a water bottle, a small snack, a hat, sunglasses, and hiking poles if you have one.

Questions? hiking@mcceastbay.org

About this trail:

Explore this 6.2-mile loop trail near Sunol, California. Generally considered a moderately challenging route, it takes an average of 3 h 9 min to complete. This is a very popular area for birding, hiking, and horseback riding, so you’ll likely encounter other people while exploring. The trail is open year-round and is beautiful to visit anytime.

Blessed Birthings: Spirituality & the Fiqh of Pregnancy
2023-07-15 10:00 - 17:30
Join a female scholar, certified birth doula, and childbirth educator for this full-day Saturday workshop to learn Islamic insights on the spirituality and fiqh of pregnancy, labor, and after birth.

No matter where you plan to give birth: at home, a birth center, or a hospital, this mini-course is an invaluable tool to help you connect with your Creator through the unique and empowering experience of carrying and birthing your beautiful baby.

This course is open to all women 16 years+, pregnant, or those who just want to learn more about this incredible journey of pregnancy and beyond.

10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. | Saturday, July 15 | $75/in-person (including lunch), $65/in-person (w/o lunch), $55/virtually | In-person or virtually (women & teens ages 16+ only) | Register at mcceastbay.org/blessedAll sisters who register online will receive a private live stream link to view the event virtually in case she is unable to attend in person. The sisters may then attend in person (highly recommended) or watch live from home. No babysitting is provided.

Ustadha Shamira Chothia Ahmed, MA, CBD, CLEC, is a certified birth doula, certified lactation counselor, childbirth educator, midwifery student, and mother of five.

The class will cover:

Islamic birth model based on the Quran: to empower you in your own birth journey

Overview of Labor and Birth: become knowledgeable about your body and the birth process to increase your confidence that your body was created for birth!

The Role of Hormones: how to tap into them effectively to assist you fully in your labor

Labor Relaxation/Breathing Techniques & Exercises: Including a powerful dhikr tool to connect with your Lord ﷻ and make your birth an elevated, spiritually empowering experience

Hanafi Fiqh Rulings: Pregnancy, Labor and Post-Partum, including intimacy rulings and practical applications

Sunnahs of the newborn: what to do immediately in the postpartum and as your baby grows

Best gift to baby: Love languages and more!

You can do it. Your body can do it. It is sacred. It is birth.

“The instructor was great mA! Very helpful and enthusiastic, also very inspirational. I’ve never studied birth like this!” -Blessed Birthings’ Attendee

Get ready to learn, share, be inspired, and have fun!

MCC has a standing policy that financial need should not hold a person from attaining spiritual knowledge offered at the community center. For a financial waiver, please complete this form: https://mcceastbay.org/scholarship

Sponsored by The Rahmah Foundation & MCC East Bay

Questions? events@mcceastbay.org

– More sessions for Muslimahs: https://mcceastbay.org/women

– More talks in conjunction with The Rahmah Foundation: https://mcceastbay.org/rahmah-foundation

About the Teacher:

*Ustadha Shamira Chothia Ahmed*

Born and raised in California’s Central Valley, Shamira is passionate about educating and empowering Muslim women to reach their highest spiritual potential through acquiring sacred knowledge.

After graduating as a Valedictorian from her large public high school, Shamira’s studies led her — following a brief soul-searching stint at Georgetown University — to seek sacred knowledge from scholars on three continents — Africa, Europe, and Asia.

After completing her intensive Alimah studies in South Africa and England, and further studies in Damascus, Syria, Shamira received various licenses (ijazas) to teach the sacred sciences.

In 2005, Ustadha Shamira taught Hanafi fiqh for women at the Zaytuna Institute in California and since then has taught various Islamic sciences in venues across North America. In 2008, she earned a Master’s Degree in Demographics and Social Analysis from the University of California at Irvine, focusing on the identity formation of the Muslim-American population.

In 2013, Ustadha Shamira specialized in the detailed rulings of menstruation, lochia, and abnormal discharge under the direction of Dr. Mufti Abdur Rahman Ibn Yusuf Mangera and assisted in compiling Imam Abu Hanifa’s Al-Fiqh al-Akbar Explained.

In 2008, she earned a Master’s Degree in Demographics and Social Analysis from the University of California at Irvine.

Ustadha Shamira is a co-founder of The Rahmah Foundation and is currently a teacher for Nur Al-Iman, a full-time online shariah program teaching the fardh Al ayn and more to young women.

She is a passionate advocate for natural birth, infusing her natural birth classes with Islamic spirituality since 2009. She is also a certified lactation counselor, a virtual birth doula, and a birth consultant.

You can find Ustadha Shamira in sunny California hiking, playing, or exploring with her husband and five children.

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Testimonials

This was such an amazing class and I am grateful Allah SWT guided me toward it… I have left this class feeling so inspired.. this course gave me so much hope and reminded me of how compassionate and merciful Allah SWT is. I pray others benefit from this course as much as I did. -FS

I am a doula and childbirth educator and mother of three. I have appreciated sister Shamira’s class a lot, she has embedded this beautiful topic very well into our Islamic beliefs, with professional knowledge and skillful presentation, Mashallah. JazakAllahu khairan -Livia

“This [class] is a MUST for every Muslim woman…”

*Canceled* Monthly Women's Dhikr Circle | Ustadha Hosai Mojaddidi
2023-07-29 10:00 - 12:00
Join Ustadha Hosai Mojaddidi for monthly in-person women-only dhikr circles filled with recitation, reflection, and Salawat.

This monthly Sisters Healing & Du’ah Circle is here to support sisters experiencing grief/loss, marital challenges, parenting challenges, health challenges, caring for elderly parents/loved ones, isolation, etc.

– More Ustadha Hosai: https://mcceastbay.org/hosai

– ‘Purification of the Heart Series: (Women): https://mcceastbay.org/muslimah-purification

– ‘Purification of the Heart Series: (Adults): https://mcceastbay.org/heart-purification

– ‘Purification of the Heart Series (Teens): https://mcceastbay.org/purification

– ‘Agenda to Change our Condition’ Series: https://mcceastbay.org/agenda

– ‘Modern Muslim Parenting’ Series: https://mcceastbay.org/islamic-parenting

Schedule

– Welcome

– Recitation of Ratib al-Shahr wird

– Recitation of Surah Yasin

– Dhikr

– Salawat

– Short reflection (khatira)

After this monthly gathering, MCC hosts a children’s story-time: https://mcceastbay.org/storytime

About Ustadha Hosai Mojaddidi:Hosai Mojaddidi is the co-Founder of mentalhealth4muslims.com where she advocates for and writes about various mental health-related topics tailored for Muslims. She has served the American-Muslim community for nearly 20 years as an activist, writer/editor, mediator, interfaith organizer, and public speaker, covering a variety of topics including women’s issues, marriage/family, education, and self-development, interfaith bridge-building, spirituality, etc.

In her spare time she enjoys reading, writing, blogging via social media (Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter), doing arts and crafts, visiting gourmet coffee shops, and exploring the countless beautiful parks, beaches, and nature preserves throughout Northern California where she lives with her husband, two sons, and fish named Max.

Questions? events@mcceastbay.org

*Postponded* Prophetic Positivity in Parenting | Parenting Coach Yusur Hassan
2023-07-30 13:30 - 15:00
**Sunday afternoon’s workshop Prophetic Positivity in Parenting with Yusur Hassan is postponed due to the speaker’s illness.**

For Sisters Only: Join Parenting Coach Yusor Hassan for this workshop on three keys to navigating parenting for Muslim moms via the blessed example of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).

1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. | Sunday, July 30 | MCC Conference Room | In-person only; no livestream/recording | No RSVP needed

Questions? events@mcceastbay.org

– More parenting talks: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/parenting

It isn’t too late to discover parenting mindsets and tools so you and your family can enjoy peaceful and loving interactions. You will learn to increase your child’s willingness to listen through loving connections and positive interactions, as modeled in the Prophetic Way.

About the PresenterYusur Hassan is a certified parent coach and educator. She is the mother of four daughters and a homeschooling parent.As a parent editor and coach, she has worked with countless moms to create and understand the connections with their child(ren). She has hosted parenting workshops worldwide, provided private coaching to moms, and facilitated mothers’ support group circles at her local mosque. She is passionate about helping parents cultivate deep connections, strong bonds, and new levels of cooperation with their children that help parents guide their children and uphold the amana (sacred trust) each parent has been gifted.

Sr. Yusor can be reached at amanaparentcoaching@gmail.com and on IG @amanaparenting and FB: @amanaparentcoaching

Friday Night Women's Halaqa (Virtual)
2023-08-04 19:00 - 20:00, 2023-08-11 19:00 - 20:00

Prophetic Positivity in Parenting | Parenting Coach Yusur Hassan
2023-08-06 13:30 - 15:30
For Sisters Only: Join Parenting Coach Yusur Hassan for this workshop on three keys to navigating parenting for Muslim moms via the blessed example of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).

1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. | Sunday, Aug. 6 | MCC Conference Room | In-person only; no livestream | No RSVP needed

Questions? events@mcceastbay.org

– More parenting talks: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/parenting

It isn’t too late to discover parenting mindsets and tools so you and your family can enjoy more calm and loving interactions. You will learn to increase your child’s willingness to listen through a peaceful parenting framework aligned with Prophetic teachings.

About the PresenterYusur Hassan is a certified parent coach and educator. She is the founder of Amana Parenting; she has been on her parenting journey for over 20 years and has homeschooled for 18 years with her four daughters.

As a parent educator and coach, she has worked with countless moms to create and understand the connections with their child(ren). She has hosted parenting workshops worldwide, provided private coaching to moms, and facilitated mothers’ support group circles at her local mosque. She is passionate about providing a path that fills your parenting role with more confidence, ease, and joy while guiding your children with love, kindness, and firm limits, as in the Prophetic way.

Sr. Yusur can be reached at amanaparentcoaching@gmail.com and on IG @amanaparenting and her website: www.amanaparentcoaching.com

Friday Night Women's Halaqa (Virtual)
2023-08-18 19:00 - 20:00, 2023-08-25 19:00 - 20:00
Friday Night Halaqas are online until we resume the in-person Halaqa with Dr. Rania Awaad in early October! Join Ustadha Hosai Mojadedi for weekly halaqa on Friday nights.7 p.m. to 8 p.m. | Starts June 2 | Every Friday during Summer | To join virtually, register at https://mcceastbay.org/zoom

Ustadha Hosai is the co-founder of MH4M (http://mentalhealth4muslims.com), established in 2010. For nearly 20 years, she has been actively involved in the Bay Area and Southern California Muslim community, working and volunteering for many notable organizations.

Learn more about her at http://hosaimojaddidi.com

– More Ustadha Hosai: https://mcceastbay.org/hosai

Ustadha Hosai Mojaddidi was born in Afghanistan and moved to the United States with her family at age two. She credits her Islamic journey to the year 1996 when she began attending Islamic classes in Hayward, California. Her teacher and mentor taught these classes since then: Shaykh Hamza Yusuf. One of her main areas of focus is to help create a strong sisterhood for the women in the community by leading halaqas (spiritual study circles) and support groups whilst offering individual spiritual counseling and mentoring. She noted that many of the spiritual problems encountered were actually reflective of the community’s deep and complicated mental health issues and would be better served by focusing on mental health. Thus, along with her cousin Dr. Nafisa Sekandari, they co-founded a website called Mental Health 4 Muslims (www.mentalhealth4muslims.com). Ustadha Hosai is a freelance writer and editor who lectures on various Islamic/spiritual topics.

– More Ustadha Hosai: https://mcceastbay.org/hosai

Ustadha Hosai Mojaddidi is an educator, public speaker, author/writer, spiritual counselor, and mental health advocate with over 25 years of experience serving the Muslim community. She is the co-founder of MH4M (www.mentalhealth4muslims.com), a site dedicated to providing clinically supported & Islamically sound information on common mental health issues. She began her Islamic studies at the renowned Zaytuna Institute (now Zaytuna College) in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she was blessed to study a variety of topics, including Qur’anic memorization and recitation, fiqh, seerah, aqeeda, tazkiyyah an-nafs, and other sacred sciences directly with Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi, Imam Zaid Shakir, Qari Amar Bellaha, and other visiting scholars. She currently offers year-round classes on spiritual development and self-development for adults and youth through different local and national organizations on topics such as parenting, marriage/family, women’s issues, youth issues, spirituality, seerah, tazkiyyah an nafs, social-emotional learning, social media literacy, mental health advocacy, etc. She is also a published author, writer, and active content creator on social media. She is a wife and mother of two and resides in California, USA.

Friday Night Women's Halaqa (Virtual)
2023-08-18 19:00 - 20:00
The Rahmah Foundation‘s Friday Night Halaqas are online until we resume the in-person Halaqa with Dr. Rania Awaad in early October! Join Ustadha Hosai Mojadedi for weekly halaqa on Friday nights.7 p.m. to 8 p.m. | June 2 to Sept. 29, 2023 | Every Friday during Summer | To join virtually, register at https://mcceastbay.org/zoom

Ustadha Hosai is the co-founder of MH4M (http://mentalhealth4muslims.com), established in 2010. For nearly 20 years, she has been actively involved in the Bay Area and Southern California Muslim community, working and volunteering for many notable organizations.

Learn more about her at http://hosaimojaddidi.com

– More Ustadha Hosai: https://mcceastbay.org/hosai

Ustadha Hosai Mojaddidi was born in Afghanistan and moved to the United States with her family at age two. She credits her Islamic journey to the year 1996 when she began attending Islamic classes in Hayward, California. Her teacher and mentor taught these classes since then: Shaykh Hamza Yusuf. One of her main areas of focus is to help create a strong sisterhood for the women in the community by leading halaqas (spiritual study circles) and support groups whilst offering individual spiritual counseling and mentoring. She noted that many of the spiritual problems encountered were actually reflective of the community’s deep and complicated mental health issues and would be better served by focusing on mental health. Thus, along with her cousin Dr. Nafisa Sekandari, they co-founded a website called Mental Health 4 Muslims (www.mentalhealth4muslims.com). Ustadha Hosai is a freelance writer and editor who lectures on various Islamic/spiritual topics.

– More Ustadha Hosai: https://mcceastbay.org/hosai

Ustadha Hosai Mojaddidi is an educator, public speaker, author/writer, spiritual counselor, and mental health advocate with over 25 years of experience serving the Muslim community. She is the co-founder of MH4M (www.mentalhealth4muslims.com), a site dedicated to providing clinically supported & Islamically sound information on common mental health issues. She began her Islamic studies at the renowned Zaytuna Institute (now Zaytuna College) in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she was blessed to study a variety of topics, including Qur’anic memorization and recitation, fiqh, seerah, aqeeda, tazkiyyah an-nafs, and other sacred sciences directly with Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi, Imam Zaid Shakir, Qari Amar Bellaha, and other visiting scholars. She currently offers year-round classes on spiritual development and self-development for adults and youth through different local and national organizations on topics such as parenting, marriage/family, women’s issues, youth issues, spirituality, seerah, tazkiyyah an nafs, social-emotional learning, social media literacy, mental health advocacy, etc. She is also a published author, writer, and active content creator on social media. She is a wife and mother of two and resides in California, USA.
