#TeamFajr Monthly Sunday Breakfast & Qur'an Khatam
2023-09-03 06:00 - 07:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
“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]
Join 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.
Qari 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
This program is also streamed virtually at https://mcceastbay.org/live.
The 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.
Questions? events@mcceastbay.org

More Qari Amar: https://mcceastbay.org/amar
Imam al-Haddad’s litanies (al-Wird al-Latif): https://mcceastbay.org/wird
The Prophet (Peace be upon him) said, “He who performs the Fajr will be under the protection of Allah.” [Muslim]
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The best prayer before Allah is Fajr prayer on Friday in congregation.”

Private Event
2023-09-02 16:00 - 20:00 | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
Prayer Hall & Parking Lot

Friday Night Women's Halaqa (Virtual)
2023-09-01 19:00 - 20:00, 2023-08-25 19:00 - 20:00, 2023-08-18 19:00 - 20:00 | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
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.

Jumu’ah Services @ MCC & Dublin Library
2023-09-01 13:30 - 16:00 | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
For MCC’s Jumu’ah services on Friday, Sept. 1:

1:30 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.

– Sidi Abdullah Qureshi delivers this sermon.

1:40 p.m. to 2:10 p.m.

– Hafiz Ameen Ahmed delivers the sermon.

2:30 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.

– Br. Mohammed Abdul Baseer delivers this sermon.

3:40 p.m. – 4 p.m.

– Hafiz Ameen Ahmed delivers this sermon.

Please attend at 2:30 or 3:40 p.m. to avoid heavier first-service congestion whenever possible. Masks are optional in the facility.Please note that the HP lot is not available any longer. Please come to the second and third Jumu’ah to ease up parking or attend the parallel satellite prayer at 1:40 p.m. at Dublin Library: https://mcceastbay.org/satellite-jumuah-library-update

– Virtually watch the three MCC sermons from home: https://mcceastbay.org/live

– More Brother Baseer: https://mcceastbay.org/mohammed

– More Sidi Abdullah: https://mcceastbay.org/abdullah-qureshi

– More Sidi Ameen: https://mcceastbay.org/ameen-ahmed

Mohammed Abdul Baseer is an engineer and former president of the Fremont Islamic Society of East Bay (ISEB). He has been active in the Bay Area Muslim community since the early 1990s. Br. Baseer and his family live in Fremont.

Hafidh Ameen Ahmed completed his Hifdh under Hafidh Saad and is now pursuing a bachelor’s degree at the University of California, Riverside. Hafidh Ameen is based in the Tri-Valley area and has been giving khutbahs at his University and mosques in Southern California. He is also a dedicated member of the community, teaching at SRVIC Sunday School throughout his high school years.

For parents attending with young children indoors, MCC offers private mothers’ and fathers’ rooms with an audio and visual connection to Prayer Hall. Parents can watch the sermon and pray while working with other parents with young children. The mothers/fathers prayer room is just past the Banquet Hall doors into the school area.

Questions? events@mcceastbay.org

ICNA Relief Tables @ MCC Jumu'ahs
2023-09-01 13:30 - 16:00 | CA
ICNA Relief USA strives to build healthy communities, strengthen families, and create opportunities for those in despair while maintaining their dignity.

In the Bay Area only, they provide meals to over 700 homeless individuals twice a month and give deserving families much-needed nutritional food support.

They also run a Transitional Housing Program for women without a roof to enable them to become contributing members of the community.

Learn more and support them: https://icnarelief.org/

Blood Drive @ Jumu'ah
2023-09-01 10:30 - 16:30 | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
As people of faith, it is in our blood to help. Be part of a lifesaving journey to save up to three lives with a 15-minute blood donation.
The MCC community has saved nearly 350 lives! This is our 24th blood drive during Jumu’ah. Each blood drive has always been fully booked or near-fully booked!
Let’s continue that trajectory at this blood drive and keep all our American Red Cross guests busy when they set up in our Banquet Hall from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on a Friday. Sign up at: https://mcceastbay.org/blood-drive
In 2023, MCC will proudly host these quarterly blood drives during Jumuah services from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with our friends at the American Red Cross:

Friday, March 3, 2023
Friday, June 2, 2023
Friday, September 1, 2023
Friday, December 1, 2023

Book An Appointment
A Power Red donation targets O-, O+, A-, and B- only. The donation process takes an additional 20-30 minutes because donors give two units of concentrated Red Blood Cells, and your platelets and plasma are returned.
Blood donors report feeling a sense of great satisfaction after making their blood donation. Why? Because helping others in need just feels good.
If you have visited India, Pakistan, or another high-risk malaria country and returned within the last 12 months, you are not eligible to donate blood.
Every person who donates blood at MCC in 2023 will receive a voucher for a free meal at iniBurger – Gourmet Burgers in Pleasanton. These vouchers are generously donated by MCC congregation members Leeza and Abdullah Popal, who own these establishments, to encourage community and congregation participation.
MCC Youth: If you are 16 to 18, here is the donor requirements and parental authorization form link.
On the morning of the blood drive, please complete the Rapid Pass online and bring the print-off to speed up the check-in process. Complete at https://mcceastbay.org/rapid
Save a Life

Women’s Seerah Bookclub (virtual) | Ustadha Leila Fakira
2023-08-29 18:30 - 20:00, 2023-08-22 18:30 - 20:00 | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
Join our weekly sisters’ virtual-only 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 currently reading from, “The Prophetic Narrative” by Samira al-Zayid.

RSVP for the live registration link below at https://mcceastbay.org/bookclub. RSVP is needed to join us virtually.

Event Details:

The discussion takes place every Tuesday from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. with a break in Ramadan ’24.

Please register online to receive the link to the Whatsapp thread where all communication and updates will be made.

Book Purchase:

If you wish to follow along with the book, please purchase the book. The book can be purchased here:

– https://daybreak.rabata.org/products/soft-cover-a-compendium-of-the-sources-on-the-prophetic-narrative

Questions? bookclub@mcceastbay.org

About the Book

Internationally acclaimed as “the most authoritative resource” on the Sīra, this two-volume translation textbook is revolutionary in bringing Prophet Muhammad ﷺ’s life to life for everyone who ventures upon it.

This multiple award-winning, comprehensive compilation of narrations and details of the life of Prophet Muhammad (S) has never before been available in English until now! Internationally acclaimed as “the most authoritative resource” on the Sīra, this two-volume translation textbook is revolutionary in bringing his (S) life to life for everyone who ventures upon it. The original volumes have won the approval and praise of numerous scholars. It is finally available as a treasured text for personal or educational development.

Author: Samira al-ZayidTranslators: Susan Imady, Tamara Gray, & Randa MardiniBinding: SoftcoverPages: Vol 1, 570; Vol 2, 558Publisher: Daybreak Press

Questions? bookclub@mcceastbay.org

Women Around the Messenger (saw) (Virtual)
2023-08-29 12:30 - 13:15, 2023-08-22 12:30 - 13:15 | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
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

American Muslim Appreciation and Awareness Month: Livermore City Council
2023-08-28 19:00 - 19:30 | CA
At 7 p.m. on Monday, August 28, the Livermore City Council joins communities throughout the State of California in recognizing the month of August 2023 as Muslim Appreciation and Awareness Month. Sr. Nabeelah Khan will accept the Proclamation on behalf of Tri-Valley Muslims.

The MCC encourages all congregation members to attend in person, watch the live stream, and express our community’s appreciation for this and other upcoming Proclamations:

– Livermore at 7 p.m. on Monday, August 28: https://mcceastbay.org/event/livermore-council/

– San Ramon at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, September 12: https://mcceastbay.org/event/san-ramon-council-2/

– Dublin at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, August 15: https://mcceastbay.org/event/dublin-council/

– Pleasanton (TBA)

The Proclamation recognizes the amazing contributions of Islamic Center of Livermore and Tri-Valley Muslims:

– Watch the virtual meeting live (link pending): https://www.cityoflivermore.net/citygov/clerk/archive/default.htm

The MCC encourages all congregation members to watch the livestream and express our appreciation. We especially encourage residents who live in Livermore to attend in person.

This is the third year the Livermore City Council has had this proclamation. These are the Tri-Valley City Council commemorations in 2022: https://youtu.be/lPt53HC3RTo

The Proclamation acknowledges the rich history and guiding virtues of American Muslims, and commends Muslim communities in California for the lasting positive impact they have made, and continue to make, toward the advancement of the state and the nation.

The Proclamation recognizes the Islamic Center of Livermore as fulfilling the spiritual and cultural needs of Livermore residents, helping families with food and cash assistance during the COVID-19 crisis and promoting interfaith cooperation by providing an environment for dialogue, education, and fellowship. The full text of the proclamation is below.

Questions? events@mcceastbay.org

Our community’s sincere gratitude to Sister Sameena Usman at CAIR – San Francisco Bay Area. For several years, she has facilitated these Proclamations in the Bay Area.

– More CAIR-cosponsored events: https://mcceastbay.org/cair

These city Proclamations commemorate the California Assembly’s designation of August as American Muslim Appreciation and Awareness Month. For the past seven years, Assemblymember Bill Quirk has introduced this resolution to commemorate American Muslim Appreciation and Awareness month. The ceremonies take place during the first few minutes of the city’s council meeting.

Questions? events@mcceastbay.org

Private Event
2023-08-28 18:00 - 20:00 | CA
Conference Room

Friday Night Women's Halaqa (Virtual)
2023-08-25 19:00 - 20:00, 2023-08-18 19:00 - 20:00 | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
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.

Jumu’ah Services @ MCC & Dublin Library
2023-08-25 13:30 - 16:00 | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
For MCC’s Jumu’ah services on Friday, Aug. 18:

1:30 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.

– Shaykh Talal Ahdab delivers this sermon.

1:40 p.m. to 2:10 p.m.

– Sidi Ibrahim Qureshi delivers the sermon.

2:30 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.

– Sidi Abdullah Qureshi delivers this sermon.

3:40 p.m. – 4 p.m.

– Sidi Masoud Qazen delivers this sermon.

Please attend at 2:30 or 3:40 p.m. to avoid heavier first-service congestion whenever possible. Masks are optional in the facility.Please note that the HP lot is not available any longer. Please come to the second and third Jumu’ah to ease up parking or attend the parallel satellite prayer at 1:40 p.m. at Dublin Library: https://mcceastbay.org/satellite-jumuah-library-update

– Virtually watch the three MCC sermons from home: https://mcceastbay.org/live

– More Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal

– More Sidi Ibrahim: https://mcceastbay.org/abdullah-qureshi

– More Sidi Abdullah: https://mcceastbay.org/ibrahim

– More Sidi Masoud: https://mcceastbay.org/masoud

For parents attending with young children indoors, MCC offers private mothers’ and fathers’ rooms with an audio and visual connection to Prayer Hall. Parents can watch the sermon and pray while working with other parents with young children. The mothers/fathers prayer room is just past the Banquet Hall doors into the school area.

Questions? events@mcceastbay.org

Mommy & Me Toddler Islamic Playgroup
2023-08-24 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-08-17 10:00 - 11:00 | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
In this five-week summer session, our toddlers and pre-schoolers (ages 1-5) will develop a love for Islam, Allah (swt), and RasulAllah (saw) through book reading, sing-alongs, Parachute Time, activities, and more!

Thursdays, July 27, August 3, 10, 17 & 24 | 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. | Conference Room | $70 for five sessions or $20 per session | Register at HTTP://mcceastbay.org/happyhearts

These Mommy & Me sessions are designed for girls and boys ages one to four who are accompanied by a female guardian. Moms, grandmothers, and so on are welcome. This is also an excellent opportunity to connect with other moms and caretakers in the MCC community.

Our Mommy and Me sessions begin with dua and a salaam/greeting song and end with the Fi-Amanillah song and kid-favorite parachute time.

The sessions are on Thursdays from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. starting May 11. Registration is required: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/happyhearts

We will meet on May 11, May 18, May 25, June 1, and June 8, inshaAllah.

Questions? Happy Hearts Playgroup Facilitator Sr. Khadija at mommyandme@mcceastbay.org

MCC has a standing policy that financial need should never hold a person back from attending any activity held in the community center. To request a financial waiver, please complete our financial waiver request: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/scholarship

Private Event
2023-08-21 13:30 - 16:30 | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
Banquet Hall & Conference Room

Youth Jeopardy Night | Br. Hisham Izzeld
2023-08-20 18:15 - 20:00 | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
For middle and high schoolers boys & girls, join us for an Islamic jeopardy night this Sunday evening with Br. Hisham Izzeldin. Bring along your friends!Sunday, Aug. 20 | 6:15 p.m. to 8 p.m. | Conference Room | In-person | Free; RSVP required at mcceastbay.org/jeopardy

Hisham Izzeldin An influencer, an engineer, and a filmmaker. Hisham Izzeldin founded and created the channel “70 Things I Learned.” An inspirational and positive Instagram channel geared towards the youth. Hisham has over 15 years of experience working with the youth. He has taught in various Sunday Schools, presented in many Muslim conferences and camps, and created multiple youth programs throughout the bay area. Hisham is also a Senior design engineer at Intel and a filmmaker. In addition to his Electrical Engineering degree from UC Davis, He attended the Film and TV program in De Anza College. His work includes the YouTube Series “100 Muslims 1 Question” and the Video Clip for “Jummah Mubaraka” By Native Deen. Hisham is currently the President of the West Valley Muslim Association. He is married with three boys, Yaseen, 22, Ibrahim, 18, and Mohamed, 9.Questions? events@mcceastbay.org

Special Needs Buddy Basketball (Muhsen)
2023-08-19 11:00 - 13:00 | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
Join Muhsen friends for a basketball skills camp for individuals with special needs with influencer Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir! All ages are welcome!

11 a.m. to 1 p.m. | Saturday, Aug. 19 | MCA Basketball Court | $20/player | Register at https://tinyurl.com/MuhsenBBall

Questions? bayarea@muhsen.org

A Dynamic Relationship with the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) | Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra
2023-08-19 10:00 - 16:00 | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
Join us for an all-day Seerah Intensive with Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra to learn about our past, present and future relationship with the Messenger of Allah (PBUH). This workshop will not be a simple recital of historical events. Instead, we hope to understand and cultivate our many relationships with the Best of Creation.

Saturday, August 19 | 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. | Conference Room | In-person | $25/person or online | Lunch option for $12 | Register at mcceastbay.org/seerah

On Friday night, MCC hosts Shaykh Abdullah for a family night.

– More Shaykh Abdullah Misra: https://mcceastbay.org/misra

10 am to 11:30 am – Session 1 (Past)

11:30 am to 11:45 am – Break

12:00 to 1:15 – Session 2 (Present)

1:15 – 2:30 – Break – Zuhr and Lunch

2:30 – 4:00 – Session 3 (Future + Q&A)

MCC has a standing policy that financial need should never hold a person back from attending any activity held in the community center. For a financial waiver, please email us at scholarship@mcceastbay.org

Questions? events@mcceastbay.org

Sh. Abdullah Anik Misra

Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra was born in Toronto, Canada. Raised in the Hindu tradition, he embraced Islam in 2001 while studying at the University of Toronto, where he completed his Bachelor of Business Administration. He then traveled overseas in 2005 to study the Arabic language and Islamic sciences in Tarim, Yemen, and Darul Uloom in Trinidad, West Indies.

He spent 12 years in Amman, Jordan, focusing on Islamic Law, Theology, Hadith Sciences, Prophetic Biography, and Islamic Spirituality while also serving as Director of Programs at the Qasid Arabic Institute. He holds a BA in Islamic Studies (Alimiyya), authorization in the six authentic books of Hadith, and has studied one year of specialized training in issuing Islamic legal verdicts (Ifta’).

He also holds a certificate in Islamic Counselling and often works with those with religious obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD/waswasa). He is an instructor and researcher in the Islamic Sciences and has taught online and in person for several learning institutes and organizations.

He is the author of the Seerah Song, the first complete Seerah poem written in rhyming English verse to be used as a teaching tool, performed by Zain Bhikha. He currently resides near Toronto, Canada, with his family.

Introduction to Full-Day Seerah Intensive | Sh. Abdullah Anik Misra
2023-08-18 18:00 - 20:00 | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
Join us on Friday evening to get a brief introduction to the full-day Seerah Intensive about understanding and cultivating our many relationships with the Best of Creation, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

Friday, Aug. 18 | 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. | MCC Prayer Hall | In-person or join us online at mcceastbay.org/live | Free; no registration to attend the Friday talk

Register for the full-day Seerah intensive on Saturday: mcceastbay.org/seerah

– More Sheikh Abdullah Misra: https://mcceastbay.org/misra

Questions? events@mcceastbay.org

Sh. Abdullah Anik Misra

Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra was born in Toronto, Canada. Raised in the Hindu tradition, he embraced Islam in 2001 while studying at the University of Toronto, where he completed his Bachelor of Business Administration. He then traveled overseas in 2005 to study the Arabic language and Islamic sciences in Tarim, Yemen, and Darul Uloom in Trinidad, West Indies.

He spent 12 years in Amman, Jordan, focusing on Islamic Law, Theology, Hadith Sciences, Prophetic Biography, and Islamic Spirituality while also serving as Director of Programs at the Qasid Arabic Institute. He holds a BA in Islamic Studies (Alimiyya), authorization in the six authentic books of Hadith, and has studied one year of specialized training in issuing Islamic legal verdicts (Ifta’).

He also holds a certificate in Islamic Counselling and often works with those with religious obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD/waswasa). He is an instructor and researcher in the Islamic Sciences and has taught online and in person for several learning institutes and organizations.

He is the author of the Seerah Song, the first complete Seerah poem written in rhyming English verse to be used as a teaching tool, performed by Zain Bhikha. He currently resides near Toronto, Canada, with his family.

Private Event
2023-08-18 15:00 - 20:30 | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
Conference Room & Banquet Hall

Start of Weekly Satellite Jumu'ah @ Dublin Library
2023-08-18 13:40 - 14:10 | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
Alhamdulliah, attendance at Jumu’ahs continues its strong growth trajectory. On August 18, MCC begins an offsite Jumua’h to support our thriving community.

Starting Friday, August 18, MCC has rented the Community Room at Dublin Library for a satellite Jumu’ah until the end of 2023. This weekly service – from 1:40 p.m. to 2:10 p.m. – will ease parking congestion at our first Jumu’ah. The address for the library is 200 Civic Plaza, Dublin, CA 94568.

Starting this Friday, August 18, MCC will also lose its privilege to park on Friday afternoons in the neighboring HP parking lot after the purchase of that building by the Pleasanton Unified School District.

For this to work, we need at least 100 worshipers from MCC’s first Jumu’ah to commit to attending the offsite Jumu’ah at the Library. Please sign up.

Questions? events@mcceastbay.org

For this to work, we need at least 100 worshipers from MCC’s first Jumu’ah to commit to attending the offsite Jumu’ah at the Library. Please sign up.

Questions? events@mcceastbay.org

Jumu’ah Services @ MCC & Dublin Library
2023-08-18 13:30 - 16:00 | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
For MCC’s Jumu’ah services on Friday, Aug. 18:

1:30 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.

– Imam Dawood Yaseen delivers this sermon.

1:40 p.m. to 2:10 p.m.

– Sidi Shaan Mukhtar delivers the sermon.

2:30 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.

– Sidi Shaan Mukhtar delivers this sermon.

3:40 p.m. – 4 p.m.

– Sidi Mahdy Amine delivers this sermon.

Please attend at 2:30 or 3:40 p.m. to avoid heavier first-service congestion whenever possible. Masks are optional in the facility.Please note that the HP lot will not be available starting August 18. Please come to the second and third Jumu’ah to ease up parking or attend the parallel satellite prayer at 1:40 p.m. at Dublin Library starting August 18: https://mcceastbay.org/satellite-jumuah-library-update

– Virtually watch these three sermons from home: https://mcceastbay.org/live

– Imam Dawood Yaseen: https://mcceastbay.org/dawood

– Sidi Shaan Mukhtar: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/shaan

– Sidi Mahdy Amine: https://mcceastbay.org/mahdy

Dawood spent five summers teaching Arabic language at the Zaytuna Summer Arabic Intensive. Dawood has worked with colleagues to establish “Learning Outside of the Classroom” program at Zaytuna College, which includes service learning trips and a revival of traditional athletics found in swimming, archery and horseback riding. Prior to Zaytuna College, at Dartmouth College Dawood provided spiritual and religious support, offered educational seminars, and led congregational prayers for Muslim students, and residents of the greater Hanover area. Dawood also worked to foster understanding and dialogue among diverse campus groups by building and maintaining interfaith relations. During his residence in South Africa, Dawood converted to Islam and then spent five years in Damascus studying Arabic, Islam, and spirituality. Upon completion of his studies, he relocated to New Haven, CT where he served as Imam of Masjid Al-Islam. While in New Haven, he also worked as a teaching assistant and engaged in research at Yale University. Dawood also served as Director of Outreach at the Zayed Center for Islamic Culture in the United Arab Emirates, engaging in public speaking within U.A.E. and abroad, emphasizing ethics and tolerance between Muslim and non-Muslim communities. Education: Abu Nour Institute (Islamic Studies), Damascus, Syria 1997-2002, University of Massachusetts at Boston, B.A. Community Studies (2009), Dartmouth College, M.A. in Liberal Studies, Globalization Studies (2017). Learn more at: https://zaytuna.edu/academics/faculty/dawood-yasin

Ustadh Mahdy Amine was born and raised in Chicago. Attending Universal School, he served as captain of the high school basketball team, then graduated from Loyola University Chicago at the age of 19 with a double bachelor in economics and political science, and after that from the University of Minnesota School of Law-all while serving as President of the Muslim Students Association at each respective institution. Concurrent with his studies and work, Mahdy helped found CAIR Chicago, has been teaching for nearly 20 years, and served as a member of the band Noorification, which released two albums, and four music videos, and performed at over 100 national and international venues. Mahdy is married, has three little girls, and is blessed to be a survivor. In 2012, Mahdy resigned from his job as Corporate Counsel for Dell Corporation to attend Zaytuna College, the first-ever accredited Muslim liberal arts college in the US, graduating with the first class in 2014. He then visited and studied briefly in Tarim, Yemen. Mahdy currently works as Senior Vice President, General Counsel of a global cancer diagnostic and research laboratory, teaches Islamic Studies at Ilm Tree, a home school co-op in Lafayette, CA, regularly delivers sermons at various communities, and serves as Convert Care Coordinator at Ta’leef Collective in Fremont, California.

Shaan Mukhtar was raised in the MCC community and from a young age had been involved in youth programs throughout the Bay Area. He has helped start various high school MSA and youth Halaqas at different mosques. He is currently a senior at UC Davis where he is finishing up his undergraduate degree.

For parents attending with young children indoors, MCC offers private mothers’ and fathers’ rooms with an audio and visual connection to Prayer Hall. Parents can watch the sermon and pray while working with other parents with young children. The mothers/fathers prayer room is just past the Banquet Hall doors into the school area.

Questions? events@mcceastbay.org

MAITRI Tables @ MCC Jumu'ahs
2023-08-18 13:30 - 15:30 | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
Maitri is a South Asian agency that helps survivors of domestic violence lead lives of dignity and self-sufficiency through holistic programs. Please visit their booth for information about the transitional home and other services.

They also run a transitional home for battered women and give them resources to rehabilitate themselves. For further information, please go to www.maitri.org

Private Event
2023-08-17 17:30 - 22:00 | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States

American Muslim Appreciation and Awareness Month: Dublin City Council
2023-08-15 19:00 - 19:30 | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
https://youtu.be/MDwhZA1EG9Ehttps://youtu.be/ihc5w-4ReHE

At 7 p.m. on Tuesday, August 15, 2023, the Dublin City Council will join communities throughout the State of California in recognizing August 2023 as Muslim Appreciation and Awareness Month. Sr. Eman Tai will accept the Proclamation on behalf of Tri-Valley Muslims.

The MCC encourages all congregation members to attend in person, watch the live stream, and express our community’s appreciation for this and other upcoming Proclamations:

– San Ramon at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, August 13: https://mcceastbay.org/event/san-ramon-city-council-proclamation
– Livermore (TBA) at 3 p.m. on Monday, August 19: https://mcceastbay.org/event/livermore-city-council-proclamation
– Dublin at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 20: https://mcceastbay.org/event/dublin-council/
– Pleasanton at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, August 20: https://mcceastbay.org/event/plesanton-city-council

The MCC encourages all congregation members to attend in person, watch the livestream, and express our community’s appreciation. We especially encourage residents who live and/or work in the City of Dublin.

To join in person, virtually, and/or to leave a comment: https://www.dublin.ca.gov/82/City-Council-Meetings

This is the fourth year the Dublin City Council has had this Proclamation. These are the Tri-Valley City Council commemorations in 2022: https://youtu.be/lPt53HC3RTo

This Proclamation acknowledges the rich history and guiding virtues of American Muslims and commends Muslim communities in California for the lasting positive impact they have made, and continue to make, toward the advancement of the state and the nation.

The Dublin City Council follows in the steps of other City Councils in the San Francisco Bay Area, like Santa Clara, Pleasanton, Hayward, San Ramon, Livermore, Union City, Oakland, San Jose, and Redwood City. The Proclamation is likely the first agenda item, so please be on time at 7 p.m. for the virtual meeting.

Questions? events@mcceastbay.org

Our community’s sincere gratitude to Sister Sameena Usman at CAIR – San Francisco Bay Area. For several years, she has facilitated these Proclamations in the Bay Area.

– More CAIR-cosponsored events: https://mcceastbay.org/cair

These city Proclamations commemorate the California Assembly’s designation of August as American Muslim Appreciation and Awareness Month. For the past seven years, Assemblymember Bill Quirk has introduced this resolution to commemorate American Muslim Appreciation and Awareness month. The ceremonies take place during the first few minutes of the city’s council meeting.

Questions? events@mcceastbay.org
