Practical Spirituality Series
2022-03-16 20:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
Are you feeling stuck in your relationship with Allah? Feeling unsure about how to progress spiritually while balancing the hustle and bustle of life?
Join us for a virtual weekly class with Sidi Shahryar Abbasi focused on practical spirituality. Each week, we discuss a topic to help us traverse the spiritual path and ultimately achieve nearness to Allah (SWT). The topics range from how to make intentions, devotions and daily duas (supplications), easy shortcuts to maximize your rewards, the importance of good character, how to balance spirituality as a working professional, and much, much more.
We will primarily be focusing on the text “The Book of Assistance” by the great Saint and Knower of Allah, Imam Abdullah Ibn Alawi Al Haddad.
8 p.m. to 9 p.m. | Wednesdays | Sept. 8 to Summer ’22 (suspended in Ramadan) | Watch at https://mcceastbay.org/live and watch past series recordings at https://mcceastbay.org/practical

More Sidi Shahryar: https://mcceastbay.org/shahryar
Download Imam Al-Haddad’s “Book of Assistance”: https://mcceastbay.org/assistance
Download Practical Spirituality Resources: https://mcceastbay.org/awraad
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 “Deceptive Desires” Series: https://mcceastbay.org/desires

Questions? events@mcceastbay.org

Weekly Bookclub
2022-03-16 10:45 - 12:15 | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
Join our weekly sisters’ virtual & in-person Seerah book club where we have an active discussion, take away lessons for our daily lives, and inshaAllah fall in love with the Prophet ﷺ. We are reading “The Sultan of Hearts Prophet Muhammad ﷺ” by Resit Haylamaz and Fatih Harpci.
RSVP for the live registration link below at https://mcceastbay.org/bookclub. No RSVP needed to join us in person in the MCC Conference Room (masks and social distancing required).
Event Details:
The discussion takes place every Wednesday from 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. and in Fall 2021 run from Wednesday, Sept. 29 to March 23, 2022 (suspends in Ramadan 2022) with a holiday breaks. The sessions are hybrid: meaning as in-person & virtual session. No RSVP needed to join in person. For the link to join virtually, please register below.
Ustadha Leila Fakira sends the webinar link to registered attendees after registration.
Book Purchase:
If you wish to follow along with the book, you’ll need to purchase the book. The book is out of print, but can be purchased here:

https://www.antstores.com/search?type=product&q=9781597849425
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1597849421/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fab_mHaAFb4CRDKX5

Questions? bookclub@mcceastbay.org

About the Book
Offering a comprehensive narrative of one of the most fascinating life stories of human history, The Sultan of Hearts is an authoritative work on the life of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. The book relies firmly on canonical Hadith collections and Sirah literature, and is rich with references to many contemporary biographical works such as Al-Maktabatu’s-Sirah, Al-Maktabatu’l-Alfiyah, and Al-Maktabatu’sh-Shamilah.
The Sultan of Hearts presents the life of the Prophet and the events that unfolded during his mission by contextualizing them with Qur’anic revelations.
Analyzing “reasons of revelation” (Asbab al-Nuzul), a method in Tafsir studies, authors portray how every revealed verse of God’s word transformed his society and they reconstruct the biography based on this interaction between the scripture and the events. The book lays bare the role of the Qur’an in the education of the large congregation of the Companions, and with it reveals the kind of teaching and drill that the Messenger of Allah exercised in his close circle.
The developments that preceded and followed the statements of the beloved Prophet are reported extensively in order to point to both the educational aspects of the Qur’an and the role of our noble Prophet in transforming people’s lives. There are also detailed accounts of the spiritual and psychological states of many individuals from those who believed the Prophet and those who did not.

Companions Series
2022-03-15 11:30 - 12:15 | CA
Ustadha Nihad Hemmoudeh facilitates a 45-minute live Zoom session for sisters (posted publicly next day on MCC’s YouTube and Facebook about the companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him), who are the best generation of the Islamic nation, then and now.
In this 12-week series, we glean practical insights about their stories and marvels, their etiquette and manners, and their utter devotion to Allah and His Messenger ﷺ.
The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said: “My Companions are like the stars, whichever of them you follow you will be rightly guided.”
In this weekly series, glean weekly practical insights about the Companion’s stories, marvels, etiquettes and manners, and utter devotion to Allah and His Messenger ﷺ.
The weekly live session is for sisters only. Boys & girls ages 8 to 14 are welcome to join.
11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. | 12 weeks from Tuesday, January 25 to April 12 | No pre-registration needed

Join live each week at https://mcceastbay.org/companions
Watch past sessions at https://mcceastbay.org/companions-series
More Ustadha Nohad: https://mcceastbay.org/nihad

Questions? events@mcceastbay.org

Spiritual Seeker Series
2022-03-14 19:00 - 20:00 | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
If you are yearning for eternal beauty and a sound heart that will lead you to follow the teachings of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), this four-week pre-Ramadan series is for you.
The Monday evening series in March with Ustadh Tarif Arabi will close out just before Ramadan 2022. The series will guide you towards the path of faith and love to get you closer to Allah and His Messenger (PBUH).
8 p.m. to 9 p.m.* | Mondays | February 28 to March 29 (no session on Monday, March 21) | Free. No registration | MCC Conference Room (and livestreamed at https://mcceastbay.org/live
– Watch past series recordings: https://mcceastbay.org/the-seeker
– More Amu Tarif: https://mcceastbay.org/tarif
– Book used in this series “The Essence Every Seeker Needs By Muḥyiddīn Ibn ʿArabī (d. 1240)”: https://mcceastbay.org/seeker
*Changes to 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. after DST change on March 13
About the teacher:
Amu Tareef is an international scholar who studied traditional Islamic Sciences at Al-Fath Institute, al-Azhar branch in Syria.
Affectionately known to the community as ‘Ammu (or Uncle), he was born and reared in Damascus, Syria. His teachers include Shaykh Abdul Rahman al-Shaghuri, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Shaykh Dr. Mustafa al-Khin and Shaykh Dr. Samer al-Nass.
Questions? events@mcceastbay.org
