MCC East Bay

Youth Ramadan Connections | Sidi Mahdy
2021-05-08 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Join us in a virtual interactive space for youth ages 13-18 space to share and make deeper connections with one another and with God.

6:30 to 7:30 p.m. | Saturdays | RSVP at mcceastbay.org/connections

– April 17: Sidi Mahdy Amine
– April 24: Sidi Ali Dia
– May 1: Ustadha Hosai Mojaddidi
– May 8: Sidi Mahdy Amine

Sponsored by Taleef Collective & MCC East Bay
Questions? events@mcceastbay.org

Ramadan Reflection | Dr. Ali Ataie
2021-05-08 20:45 - 20:55, 2021-05-09 20:45 - 20:55, 2021-05-10 20:45 - 20:55
Join us nightly live at 8:45 p.m. for a brief virtual pre-Isha/Taraweeh Khatera (spiritual reminder).

Week 1 (April 12-18): Imam Tahir Anwar
Week 2 (April 19-25): Ustadha Dr. Rania Awaad
Week 3 (April 26-May 2): Ustadh Feraidoon Mojadedi
Week 4 (May 3-May 10): Ustadh Dr. Ali Ataie

Watch these reminders on YouTube at mcceastbay.org/live
Watch these reminders on Facebook at mcceastbay.org/facebook

– More Ramadan Reflections: https://mcceastbay.org/reflections
– More Ramadan lectures, sermons, programs & Tarawih reminders: https://mcceastbay.org/ramadan-reminders

– More Imam Tahir: https://mcceastbay.org/tahir
– More Ustadha Dr. Rania: https://mcceastbay.org/rania
– More Ustadh Feraidoon: https://mcceastbay.org/feraidoon
– More Ustadh Dr. Ali: https://mcceastbay.org/ali-ataie

Questions? events@mcceastbay.org

27th Night: Indoor & Outdoor Tarawih
2021-05-08 21:35 - 23:15 | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
In the blessed last ten days of Ramadan, MCC offers indoor and outdoor prayer areas for Isha & Taraweeh on the five odd nights (only outdoor space available on even nights).
Space is limited and registration required nightly. Isha starts promptly at 9:35 p.m. Taraweeh ends by about 10:50 p.m.
RSVP at: https://mcceastbay.org/taraweeh-registration
These are the arrangements in the last ten nights:

Sunday, May 2 (21st night) – Indoor or outdoor option
Monday, May 3 – Outdoor only
Tuesday, May 4 (23rd night) – Indoor or outdoor option
Wednesday, May 5 – Outdoor only
Thursday, May 6 (25th night) – Indoor or outdoor option
Friday, May 7 – Outdoor only
Saturday, May 8 (27th night)* – Indoor or outdoor option
Sunday, May 9 – Outdoor only
Monday, May 10 (29th night) – Indoor or outdoor option

*Laylatul Qadr night
Our ongoing safety precautions such as mask wearing and social distancing will apply to all prayer areas.
We strongly recommend those who choose to pray indoors do so only if fully vaccinated as of two weeks ago. Positively no children under 13.
However, we understand vaccination is a personal health decision, and as such, there will be no such enforcement when attending services at MCC. We respect your personal decision when choosing whether to pray indoors or outdoors.
We encourage congregants to make a choice that is safest for yourself, your family, and our community when choosing to pray indoors or outdoors when at MCC.
Please remember that outdoor areas pose a much lower risk of infection when compared to indoor areas.
We will continue to offer outdoor prayer areas for the months to come, and again, strongly recommend that outdoor areas be used in lieu of indoors whenever possible.
Safety requirements for all prayer areas (indoors and outdoors):

Capacity is limited and social distancing must be adhered to.
Nightly registration is required and admission is on first-come-first-serve-basis until capacity is reached.
Wear a mask at all times and bring a prayer rug.
Make wudu at home as MCC’s bathroom, wudu areas and water fountains will remain closed.
Absolutely no children under 13 allowed.
Registration is required for each member of your family.
No socializing or gathering in and around the masjid before or after prayers.
Anyone with flu-like symptoms will be requested to leave.

We ask Allah for protection during these last ten days of Ramadan.
Questions? events@mcceastbay.org
Additionally, on the odd nights in the last ten days of Ramadan, join us for a night of Qur’an recitation, zikr (devotional acts), advice and nasheed (vocal acts). These programs are virtual only; these activities will not take place at the MCC facility.

Nightly guests: Ustadh Tarif Arabi, Qari Amar Bellaha, Sidi Mahdy Amine, Sidi Umair Qadr, and Bay Area Munshideen’s Abu Hamed.
Watch at mcceastbay.org/live

From 11:15 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. on:

Sunday, May 2nd (21st night): Ustadh Tarif Arabi
Tuesday, May 4th (23rd night): Ustadh Tarif Arabi
Thursday, May 6th (25th night): Ustadh Feraidoon Mojadedi
Saturday, May 8th (27th night)*: Ustadh Dr. Ali Ataie
Monday, May 9th (29th night)

*Laylatul Qadr

– Watch Ramadan reflections: https://mcceastbay.org/reflections
– Watch Ramadan reminders: https://mcceastbay.org/ramadan-reminders
– More Qari Amar: https://mcceastbay.org/amar
– More Amu Tarif: https://mcceastbay.org/tarif
– More Ustadh Feraidoon: https://mcceastbay.org/feraidoon
– More Ustadh Ataie: https://mcceastbay.org/ali-ataie
– Ramadan 2021 Virtual Guide: https://mcceastbay.org/ramadan

Odd-Night Program (27th)
2021-05-08 23:59 - 2021-05-09 01:30
On the odd nights in the last ten days of Ramadan, join us for a night of Qur’an recitation, zikr (devotional acts), advice and nasheed (vocal acts). These programs are virtual only; these activities will not take place at the MCC facility.

Nightly guests: Ustadh Tarif Arabi, Qari Amar Bellaha, Sidi Mahdy Amine, Sidi Umair Qadr, and Bay Area Munshideen’s Abu Hamed.
Watch at mcceastbay.org/live

11:15 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. | Sunday, May 2nd (21st night)
11:15 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. | Tuesday, May 4th (23rd night)
11:30 p.m. to 12:45 a.m. | Thursday, May 6th (25th night)
11:59 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. | Saturday, May 8th (27th night)* Special guests Ustadh Feraidoon: & Ustadh Dr. Ali Ataie
11:59 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. | Monday, May 9th (29th night)**

*Laylatul Qadr
**Khatam Night

These are also the Taraweeh arrangements in the last ten nights:

Sunday, May 2 (21st night) – Indoor or outdoor option
Monday, May 3 – Outdoor only
Tuesday, May 4 (23rd night) – Indoor or outdoor option
Wednesday, May 5 – Outdoor only
Thursday, May 6 (25th night) – Indoor or outdoor option
Friday, May 7 – Outdoor only
Saturday, May 8 (27th night)* – Indoor or outdoor option
Sunday, May 9 – Outdoor only
Monday, May 10 (29th night) – Indoor or outdoor option

*Laylatul Qadr & Khatam
RSVP required at: https://mcceastbay.org/taraweeh-registration

– Watch Ramadan reflections: https://mcceastbay.org/reflections
– Watch Ramadan reminders: https://mcceastbay.org/ramadan-reminders
– More Qari Amar: https://mcceastbay.org/amar
– More Amu Tarif: https://mcceastbay.org/tarif
– More Ustadh Feraidoon: https://mcceastbay.org/feraidoon
– More Ustadh Ataie: https://mcceastbay.org/ali-ataie
– Ramadan 2021 Virtual Guide: https://mcceastbay.org/ramadan

Questions? events@mcceastbay.org

Ramadan Repentance | Sidi Shahryar
2021-05-09 18:00 - 18:30
The gates of Heaven are flung open for us and God loves His Tawabeen (repentant). Each Sunday this Ramadan, join Sidi Shahryar Abbasi to learn how to win this immense forgiveness of our major & minor sins.
Sundays in Ramadan | 6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. PST | Watch at mcceastbay.org/live

We have all made our fair share of mistakes throughout our lives. Alhamdulillah that we have an All Forgiving and generous Lord. Allah reminds us in the Quran that He loves the tawabeen, those who regularly repent to him. We have approached the most blessed of months – Ramadan, a month in which the gates of heaven are opened and the gates of Hell are closed. It is a month of mercy, divine secrets and immense forgiveness.

So how do we begin the journey of seeking repentance in Ramadan?
Join us in this four-part series where we will discuss:

– How to change your life this Ramadan
– How to seek Allah’s forgiveness for our major and minor sins
– The practical components of repentance
– The signs of an accepted repentance

Questions? events@mcceastbay.org

– More Sidi Shahryar: https://mcceastbay.org/shahryar
– Sidi Shahryar’s “Real Talk Series”: https://mcceastbay.org/real-talk
– Sidi Shahryar’s “Traits of the Righteous” Series: https://mcceastbay.org/hallmark
– Sidi Shahryar’s “Controlling Your Desires” Series: https://mcceastbay.org/desires

Daily Juz Recitation
2021-05-09 18:15 - 19:00, 2021-05-10 18:15 - 19:00, 2021-05-11 18:15 - 19:00
Due to the pandemic, Qari Amar will recite shortened rakats (cycles) in MCC’s nightly outdoor Taraweeh.
Qari Amar will help bridge our connection with the Qur’an by virtually reciting one chapter everyday in his sonorous voice.
The daily recitation (schedule) are broadcast after Asr prayer daily from 6:15 p.m. to about 7 p.m. on MCC’s Facebook and YouTube.

– Qur’anic Recitation playlist: https://mcceastbay.org/ramadan21
– Daily recitation schedule https://mcceastbay.org/recitation
– Watch Tarawih in Ramadan ’19: https://mcceastbay.org/taraweeh
– More Qari Amar: https://mcceastbay.org/amar
– Qari Amar reciting Juz’ Ama 30 (final chapter of Qur’an): https://mcceastbay.org/juz-ama

Questions? events@mcceastbay.org

Odd-Night Program (29th)
2021-05-09 23:59 - 2021-05-10 01:30
On the odd nights in the last ten days of Ramadan, join us for a night of Qur’an recitation, zikr (devotional acts), advice and nasheed (vocal acts). These programs are virtual only; these activities will not take place at the MCC facility.

Nightly guests: Ustadh Tarif Arabi, Qari Amar Bellaha, Sidi Mahdy Amine, Sidi Umair Qadr, and Bay Area Munshideen’s Abu Hamed.
Watch at mcceastbay.org/live

11:15 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. | Sunday, May 2nd (21st night)
11:15 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. | Tuesday, May 4th (23rd night)
11:30 p.m. to 12:45 a.m. | Thursday, May 6th (25th night)
11:59 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. | Saturday, May 8th (27th night)* Special guests Ustadh Feraidoon: & Ustadh Dr. Ali Ataie
11:59 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. | Monday, May 9th (29th night)** Special guest Imam Zaid Shakir

*Laylatul Qadr
**Khatam Night

These are also the Taraweeh arrangements in the last ten nights:

Sunday, May 2 (21st night) – Indoor or outdoor option
Monday, May 3 – Outdoor only
Tuesday, May 4 (23rd night) – Indoor or outdoor option
Wednesday, May 5 – Outdoor only
Thursday, May 6 (25th night) – Indoor or outdoor option
Friday, May 7 – Outdoor only
Saturday, May 8 (27th night)* – Indoor or outdoor option
Sunday, May 9 – Outdoor only
Monday, May 10 (29th night) – Indoor or outdoor option

*Laylatul Qadr & Khatam
RSVP required at: https://mcceastbay.org/taraweeh-registration

– Watch Ramadan reflections: https://mcceastbay.org/reflections
– Watch Ramadan reminders: https://mcceastbay.org/ramadan-reminders
– More Qari Amar: https://mcceastbay.org/amar
– More Amu Tarif: https://mcceastbay.org/tarif
– More Ustadh Feraidoon: https://mcceastbay.org/feraidoon
– More Ustadh Ataie: https://mcceastbay.org/ali-ataie
– More Imam Zaid Shaikir: https://mcceastbay.org/zaid-shakir
– Ramadan 2021 Virtual Guide: https://mcceastbay.org/ramadan

Questions? events@mcceastbay.org

29th Night: Outdoor Tarawih
2021-05-10 21:35 - 22:50 | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
In the blessed last ten days of Ramadan, MCC offers outdoor prayer areas for Isha & Taraweeh on the five odd nights.
Space is limited and registration required nightly. Isha starts promptly at 9:35 p.m. Taraweeh ends by about 10:50 p.m.
RSVP at: https://mcceastbay.org/taraweeh-registration
These are the arrangements in the last ten nights:

Sunday, May 2 (21st night) – Indoor or outdoor option
Monday, May 3 – Outdoor only
Tuesday, May 4 (23rd night) – Indoor or outdoor option
Wednesday, May 5 – Outdoor only
Thursday, May 6 (25th night) – Indoor or outdoor option
Friday, May 7 – Outdoor only
Saturday, May 8 (27th night)* – Indoor or outdoor option
Sunday, May 9 – Outdoor only
Monday, May 10 (29th night) – Indoor or outdoor option

*Laylatul Qadr night & Khatam
Our ongoing safety precautions such as mask wearing and social distancing will apply to all prayer areas.
We strongly recommend those who choose to pray indoors do so only if fully vaccinated as of two weeks ago. Positively no children under 13.
However, we understand vaccination is a personal health decision, and as such, there will be no such enforcement when attending services at MCC. We respect your personal decision when choosing whether to pray indoors or outdoors.
We encourage congregants to make a choice that is safest for yourself, your family, and our community when choosing to pray indoors or outdoors when at MCC.
Please remember that outdoor areas pose a much lower risk of infection when compared to indoor areas.
We will continue to offer outdoor prayer areas for the months to come, and again, strongly recommend that outdoor areas be used in lieu of indoors whenever possible.
Safety requirements for all prayer areas (indoors and outdoors):

Capacity is limited and social distancing must be adhered to.
Nightly registration is required and admission is on first-come-first-serve-basis until capacity is reached.
Wear a mask at all times and bring a prayer rug.
Make wudu at home as MCC’s bathroom, wudu areas and water fountains will remain closed.
Absolutely no children under 13 allowed.
Registration is required for each member of your family.
No socializing or gathering in and around the masjid before or after prayers.
Anyone with flu-like symptoms will be requested to leave.

We ask Allah for protection during these last ten days of Ramadan.
Questions? events@mcceastbay.org
Additionally, on the odd nights in the last ten days of Ramadan, join us for a night of Qur’an recitation, zikr (devotional acts), advice and nasheed (vocal acts). These programs are virtual only; these activities will not take place at the MCC facility.

Nightly guests: Ustadh Tarif Arabi, Qari Amar Bellaha, Sidi Mahdy Amine, Sidi Umair Qadr, and Bay Area Munshideen’s Abu Hamed.
Watch at mcceastbay.org/live

From 11:15 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. on:

Sunday, May 2nd (21st night): Ustadh Tarif Arabi
Tuesday, May 4th (23rd night): Ustadh Tarif Arabi
Thursday, May 6th (25th night): Ustadh Feraidoon Mojadedi
Saturday, May 8th (27th night)*: Ustadh Dr. Ali Ataie
Monday, May 9th (29th night)

*Laylatul Qadr

– Watch Ramadan reflections: https://mcceastbay.org/reflections
– Watch Ramadan reminders: https://mcceastbay.org/ramadan-reminders
– More Qari Amar: https://mcceastbay.org/amar
– More Amu Tarif: https://mcceastbay.org/tarif
– More Ustadh Feraidoon: https://mcceastbay.org/feraidoon
– More Ustadh Ataie: https://mcceastbay.org/ali-ataie
– Ramadan 2021 Virtual Guide: https://mcceastbay.org/ramadan

Khatam Qur'an Dua During Taraweeh
2021-05-10 21:35 - 23:15 | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
Qari Amar Bellaha caps the recitation of the Qur’an in Ramadan with an emotional Witr du’a.
Please join us. We have outdoor prayer arrangements. RSVP required at https://mcceastbay.org/eventbrite

Qari Amar Bellaha’s Emotional Khatam Night Ending Dua | 27th Ramadan 2019
Khatam-e-Quran Dua | Qari Amar Bellaha (Ramadan 2017)

Prayer space available in the MCC parking lot. If space full, watch at https://mcceastbay.org/live
Questions? events@mcceastbay.org

Eid ul-Fitr Prayers in MCC Parking Lot
2021-05-13 07:00 - 12:30 | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
Thank you for a beautiful Ramadan!
According to the moonsighting, Eid ul-Fitr ’21 will be celebrated on Thursday, May 13. Alhamdulliah!
Please join us at 9:35 p.m. Tuesday for our final Taraweeh prayers outdoors (no registration needed).
Please pay your pay your household’s Zakat ul-Fitr before the Eid prayers.
On Thursday, join us for one of five outdoor Eid prayers in the MCC parking lot:

FIRST PRAYER
Location: MCC East Bay Parking Lot, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd., Pleasanton, CA 94588

7 a.m.: Takbeer begins

7:15 a.m.: Eid prayer
7:45 a.m.: Service ends
Khateeb: Sidi Yousaf Seyal
RSVP link: https://mcceastbay.org/eid-1

SECOND PRAYER
Location: MCC East Bay Parking Lot, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd., Pleasanton, CA 94588

8:15 a.m.: Takbeer begins

8:30 a.m.: Eid prayer
9 a.m.: Service ends
Khateeb: Ustadh Feraidoon Mojadedi
RSVP link: https://mcceastbay.org/eid-2

THIRD PRAYER

Location: MCC East Bay Parking Lot, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd., Pleasanton, CA 94588

9:30 a.m.: Takbeer begins

9:45 a.m.: Eid prayer
10:15 a.m.: Service ends
Khateeb: Shaykh Talal Ahdab
RSVP link: https://mcceastbay.org/eid-3

FOURTH PRAYER

Location: MCC East Bay Parking Lot, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd., Pleasanton, CA 94588

10:45 a.m.: Takbeer begins

11 a.m.: Eid prayer
11:30 a.m.: Service ends
Khateeb: Hafiz Sami Rehman
RSVP link: https://mcceastbay.org/eid-4

FIFTH PRAYER

Location: MCC East Bay Parking Lot, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd., Pleasanton, CA 94588

12 p.m.: Takbeer begins

12:15 p.m.: Eid prayer
12:30 p.m.: Service ends
Khateeb: Hafiz Zaid Khanani
RSVP link: https://mcceastbay.org/eid-5

We have permission from our neighbor HP to park in their parking lot. Please come promptly for each prayer and follow volunteer parking instructions.
Each Eid service will be less than 30 minutes and each Eid prayer will begin promptly. Please arrive early.
Please also remember for Eid, the congregational salat is prayed first and then worshipers listen to the Eid sermon. Please stay seated after the prayer.
Due to Covid, we will not have printed Takbeer sheets for worshipers. Please pull up this image on your phone to follow along with the Takbeers during the service.
On the way to the prayer, please also play the Eid Takbeers in your car.

Please observe these rules:

We strongly encourage people to carpool or use public transportation. The MCC parking lot will be used as a prayer space. We will be using our neighbor’s parking lot for worshiper parking (the former HP building).
We strongly encourage anyone who has travelled or come in contact with anyone who has returned from the Indian Subcontinent in the past 14 days, to please stay at home.
All attendees must bring their own face masks and are mandated to wear them at all timesduring and after the prayer. You must bring your own prayer rug.
Prayer space is first-come, first-serve for registered worshipers. Once the indoor and outdoor capacity has been reached, we will be unable to let additional worshipers in.
Please come early as the prayer will start promptly at each time slot.
Each Eid prayer service will take 25 minute. The Eid Khutbah will be about 10 minutes.
Please do not linger after services. Please leave promptly to make space for worshipers at next service.
Every member of the household who wants to attend MUST register separately.
Please DO NOT come to the prayer if you are experiencing cold-like symptoms, or have been in close physical contact with anyone, including family members, who have been experiencing cold like signs or symptoms.
Please arrive on ablution (wudu). The bathrooms will remain closed.
Stick to the social distancing floor markers. Prayer spaces will be marked with a six feet distance between worshipers.

Questions? events@mcceastbay.org
*MCC adheres to the traditional principle that Islamic lunar months begin and end based on the confirmed, verifiable naked-eye sighting of the new crescent moon.

– More Sidi Yousaf: https://mcceastbay.org/yousaf
– More Ustadh Feraidoon: https://mcceastbay.org/feraidoon
– More Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal
– More Hafiz Sami: https://mcceastbay.org/sami
– More Hafiz Zaid: https://mcceastbay.org/zaid-khanani

Prepare to Fast Six Days of Shawwal
2021-05-13 20:00 - 20:01
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Fasting Ramadan and following it with six days from Shawwal is like continual fasting.” [Muslim, on the authority of Abu Ayyub (Allah be pleased with him)]
Source: https://seekersguidance.org/articles/general-artices/fasting-six-days-of-shawwal-ruling-whether-consecutive-combining-intentions-wisdoms-and-what-if-unable-to-fast-faraz-rabbani/

RSVP for an MCC Outdoor Jumu'ah
2021-05-14 13:30 - 16:00
RSVP for a prayer spot at the outdoor MCC Jumu’ah on Friday, May 14:

First service: 1:30 p.m. to 1:50 p.m.
Second service: 2:30 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.
Third service: 3:40 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Ustadh Parvez Ahmed leads the first prayer service and second prayer service and Hafiz Zaid Khanani leads the third service.
Outdoor prayer space is limited and a RSVP is required. Registration opens to all promptly at 5 p.m. each Thursday.

RSVP for the outdoor prayer services:

1:30 p.m. Jumu’ah: https://mcceastbay.org/jumuah-1
2:30 p.m. Jumu’ah: https://mcceastbay.org/jumuah-2
3:40 p.m. Jumu’ah: https://mcceastbay.org/jumuah-3

Watch these three sermons live from home: https://mcceastbay.org/live
– Sidi Parvez: https://mcceastbay.org/parvez
– More Sidi Zaid Khanani: https://mcceastbay.org/zaid-khanani

Questions? events@mcceastbay.org
Alameda County is in the orange tier, which means COVID-19 cases are still happening.
We remain cautiously outdoors for the five daily prayers and three outdoor Jumu’ah services (weather permitting). Learn more at https://mcceastbay.org/reopening
We limit the number of worshipers at each service. You may forfeit your prayer spot if you do not arrive in the MCC parking lot when the sermon begins promptly at 1:30 p.m./2:30 p.m./3:40 p.m. each Friday.

Pantry Food Drive
2021-05-15 09:00 - 12:00 | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
As we navigate the COVID-19 pandemic together, the MCC Pantry hosts three weekly food distributions. We’ll be here for you as long as we’re needed. We serve you three times weekly:

MCC Pantry: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, MCC Pantry volunteers deliver food care packages to the doorsteps of families across 13 cities in the East Bay. You may also pick up food from MCC. To request a food care package for your family, please call our helpline at (925) 272-8325 or submit a online request at https://mcceastbay.org/care
Alameda County Food Bank: From 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday or Thursday, MCC hosts drive-through fresh food distribution with our county food partner. Just come to the MCC parking lot. You can also call the Food Bank’s helpline at (510) 635-3663 or visit https://foodnow.net

Here are the items most needed in the MCC pantry that you can drop off every Saturday morning to MCC.
The MCC Pantry currently serves more than 200 households, 80% of which have children. Most families have seen a significant loss of income due to the pandemic. The Pantry serves families living in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Article: Muslim Community Center Steps Up its Food Distribution Aid
Questions? pantry@mcceastbay.org
