Daily Singles Iftar
2022-04-22 19:35 - 20:30, 2022-04-23 19:35 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
**Singles is now free and no rsvp needed**
MCC is honored to host a nightly dinner for all our single brothers & sisters. The Iftar space is gender segregated.
Only on Saturdays, the singles Iftar is suspended and joins the community-wide Iftar.
The singles Iftar space is in the room next to the kitchen. Map: https://mcceastbay.org/facility-map
Singles Iftar registration for the new week opens at noon on Sundays:

– Starting Friday, April 1: RSVP for Saturday, April 2 to Sunday, April 10 at https://mcceastbay.org/singles-1
– Starting Sunday, April 10: RSVP for Monday, April 11 to Sunday, April 17 at https://mcceastbay.org/singles-2
– Starting Sunday, April 17: RSVP for Monday, April 18 to Sunday, April 24 at https://mcceastbay.org/singles-3
– Starting Sunday, April 24: Monday, April 25 to Sunday, May 1: No registration needed.

Food is served in takeout boxes to make it easier to take leftovers home.
Free. Optional donation.

– Ramadan timetable: https://mcceastbay.org/timetable
– More about events and activities in Ramadan 2022 at mcceastbay.org/ramadan

Date
Stop Eating
Fajr
Sunrise
Duhr
Asr
Maghrib
Isha

Sat Apr 2
5:21 AM
5:37 AM
6:51 AM
1:16 PM
5:43 PM
7:35 PM
8:46 PM

Sun Apr 3
5:19 AM
5:35 AM
6:49 AM
1:15 PM
5:43 PM
7:36 PM
8:47 PM

Mon Apr 4
5:17 AM
5:34 AM
6:48 AM
1:15 PM
5:44 PM
7:37 PM
8:48 PM

Tue Apr 5
5:16 AM
5:32 AM
6:46 AM
1:15 PM
5:44 PM
7:38 PM
8:49 PM

Wed Apr 6
5:14 AM
5:30 AM
6:45 AM
1:14 PM
5:45 PM
7:39 PM
8:50 PM

Thu Apr 7
5:12 AM
5:29 AM
6:43 AM
1:14 PM
5:45 PM
7:40 PM
8:51 PM

Fri Apr 8
5:11 AM
5:27 AM
6:42 AM
1:14 PM
5:46 PM
7:41 PM
8:53 PM

Sat Apr 9
5:09 AM
5:26 AM
6:40 AM
1:14 PM
5:47 PM
7:41 PM
8:54 PM

Sun Apr 10
5:07 AM
5:24 AM
6:39 AM
1:13 PM
5:47 PM
7:42 PM
8:55 PM

Mon Apr 11
5:05 AM
5:22 AM
6:38 AM
1:13 PM
5:48 PM
7:43 PM
8:56 PM

Tue Apr 12
5:04 AM
5:21 AM
6:36 AM
1:13 PM
5:48 PM
7:44 PM
8:57 PM

Wed Apr 13
5:02 AM
5:19 AM
6:35 AM
1:13 PM
5:49 PM
7:45 PM
8:58 PM

Thu Apr 14
5:00 AM
5:17 AM
6:33 AM
1:12 PM
5:49 PM
7:46 PM
8:59 PM

Fri Apr 15
4:59 AM
5:16 AM
6:32 AM
1:12 PM
5:50 PM
7:47 PM
9:00 PM

Sat Apr 16
4:57 AM
5:14 AM
6:30 AM
1:12 PM
5:50 PM
7:48 PM
9:02 PM

Sun Apr 17
4:55 AM
5:13 AM
6:29 AM
1:12 PM
5:51 PM
7:49 PM
9:03 PM

Mon Apr 18
4:54 AM
5:11 AM
6:28 AM
1:11 PM
5:51 PM
7:50 PM
9:04 PM

Tue Apr 19
4:52 AM
5:09 AM
6:26 AM
1:11 PM
5:52 PM
7:51 PM
9:05 PM

Wed Apr 20
4:50 AM
5:08 AM
6:25 AM
1:11 PM
5:52 PM
7:51 PM
9:06 PM

Thu Apr 21
4:49 AM
5:06 AM
6:24 AM
1:11 PM
5:53 PM
7:52 PM
9:07 PM

Fri Apr 22
4:47 AM
5:05 AM
6:22 AM
1:11 PM
5:53 PM
7:53 PM
9:08 PM

Sat Apr 23
4:45 AM
5:03 AM
6:21 AM
1:10 PM
5:54 PM
7:54 PM
9:10 PM

Sun Apr 24
4:44 AM
5:02 AM
6:20 AM
1:10 PM
5:54 PM
7:55 PM
9:11 PM

Mon Apr 25
4:42 AM
5:00 AM
6:19 AM
1:10 PM
5:55 PM
7:56 PM
9:12 PM

Tue Apr 26
4:40 AM
4:58 AM
6:17 AM
1:10 PM
5:55 PM
7:57 PM
9:13 PM

Wed Apr 27
4:39 AM
4:57 AM
6:16 AM
1:10 PM
5:56 PM
7:58 PM
9:14 PM

Thu Apr 28
4:37 AM
4:55 AM
6:15 AM
1:10 PM
5:56 PM
7:59 PM
9:16 PM

Fri Apr 29
4:36 AM
4:54 AM
6:14 AM
1:09 PM
5:57 PM
8:00 PM
9:17 PM

Sat Apr 30
4:34 AM
4:53 AM
6:13 AM
1:09 PM
5:57 PM
8:01 PM
9:18 PM

Sun May 1
4:32 AM
4:51 AM
6:11 AM
1:09 PM
5:58 PM
8:02 PM
9:19 PM

Kids Ramadan Crafts
2022-04-23 13:30 - 15:30 | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
**Few more spots available! Watch April 9 session.**
For ages 4 to 12, join Sister Emira Mustafa for two craft-filled Saturday afternoons this Ramadan when our kids learn Islamic stories, play Islamic-oriented games, and create beautiful Ramadan crafts.
Saturday, April 9 & 23 | 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. | Prayer Hall | $25/session or $40/both sessions | Register at mcceastbay.org/ramadan-kids

Activities on Saturday, April 9:

– Ramadan Story time
– “I Spy Things” mentioned in the Qur’an game
– Canvas button art project

Activities on Saturday, April 23:

– Eid Story Time
– Date ball Dawah kits for our neighbors
– Rustic Eid banner project

These are parent-and-me activities. Parents required to stay and monitor children throughout the event. Younger siblings may attend the story-time. Only registered children receive materials for the projects. Sessions are capped at 30 children per session.
MCC has a standing policy that financial need should never hold a person back from attaining spiritual or practical knowledge from any event or class held within the community center. To request a financial waiver, message scholarship@mcceastbay.org
About the Facilitator:
Sister Emira Mustafa is the founder of Craft E Muslims, a business with a mission to creatively connect the heart and mind through fun innovative methods.

She has published two workbooks available on Amazon titled “Islamic Themed Fall Festival Activity Kit” and “Practically Preparing for Ramadan.” Her Etsy page features many Islamic themed crafting kits sure to inspire a love of learning within our community.
Here is one of her crafting videos on how to make a Rustic Eid Twinkle Light Banner: https://youtu.be/J8xIJOTy5dM

– More Sr. Emira: https://mcceastbay.org/emira
– More sessions for young Muslim children: https://mcceastbay.org/children

Questions? events@mcceastbay.org

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Garden Of Wisdom: Reflections From Sa’di’s ‘Gulistan
2022-04-23 15:00 - 16:00 | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
Join Ustadh Feraidoon Mojadedi as he shares reflections from select sections of the acclaimed Gulistan during the month of Ramadan, the month in which we hope our hearts and minds are able to embody the best of traits.
Saturdays in Ramadan (April 9, 16, 23, & 30) | 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. | Join in person in Conference Room or watch virtually at mcceastbay.org/live

– More Sidi Feraidoon: https://mcceastbay.org/feraidoon
– More Ramadan workshops: https://mcceastbay.org/ramadan-workshops

This event will also be live-streamed to Miftaah Institute‘s Ramadan Immersion program.
Few works in traditional poetry and prose have gained prominence in the way Sa’di’s Gulistan has. Having spent a significant part of his life in the suhbah of scholars, rulers, and the righteous, Sa’di decided to gather the most impactful stories and poems that would help the believer in internalizing the most important principles needed to navigate this Dunya.
OBJECTIVES
What will you learn?

– A brief overview of the life and times of Sa’di and his legacy
– Readings of select sections of the Gulistan
– Reflections on the readings with a focus on the principle being presented
– Discussions on practical methods to instill the principles in our lives during Ramadan and onwards

Questions? events@mcceastbay.org
About the Speaker:
Ustadh Feraidoon Mojadedi is one of the most well-known and respected community leaders, lecturers, and entrepreneurs in the Bay Area – California. He was born in Herat, Afghanistan and immigrated with his family to America during the Russian invasion of Afghanistan in 1985. After graduating from American High School and Chabot College he attended San Francisco State University where he majored in history.
He grew up in a household with a deep love and reverence for poetry. At the age of five, he began to memorize poems by Rumi and other great poets. His love of poetry continued to grow and eventually developed into a passion and calling that would allow him to teach regular classes on Rumi throughout California, the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, Malaysia, Germany and even as far as Konya, Turkey, where Mawlana Rumi is laid to rest. The nuances of the Farsi language, in which he is fluent, allow him the unique ability to bring Rumi’s poetry to life and to help listeners recognize Rumi’s essential message of peace, love, coexistence, and connection with the Divine. He is the author and performer of “Layla & Majnun,” a play produced by Performing Lines in Perth Australia.
Ustadh Feraidoon spends his free time reading, studying, and lecturing on many topics including Rumi and a wide collection of Farsi poetry, spirituality, and self-development. He currently lives with his wife and two children in Dublin, California.
About the book:
Gulistān (Persian: گُلِستان, romanized: Golestān, lit. ‘The Flower Garden’; [golestɒːn]), sometimes spelled Golestan, is a landmark of Persian literature, perhaps its single most influential work of prose. Written in 1258 CE, it is one of two major works of the Persian poet Sa’di, considered one of the greatest medieval Persian poets. It is also one of his most popular books, and has proved deeply influential in the West as well as the East. The Golestan is a collection of poems and stories, just as a flower-garden is a collection of flowers. It is widely quoted as a source of wisdom. The well-known aphorism still frequently repeated in the western world, about being sad because one has no shoes until one meets the man who has no feet “whereupon I thanked Providence for its bounty to myself” is from the Golestan.
The minimalist plots of the Golestan’s stories are expressed with precise language and psychological insight, creating a “poetry of ideas” with the concision of mathematical formulas. The book explores virtually every major issue faced by humankind, with both an optimistic and a subtly satirical tone. There is much advice for rulers, in this way coming within the mirror for princes genre. But as Eastwick comments in his introduction to the work, there is a common saying in Persian, “Each word of Sa’di has seventy-two meanings”, and the stories, alongside their entertainment value and practical and moral dimension, frequently focus on the conduct of dervishes and are said to contain Sufi teachings. Idries Shah elaborates further. “The place won by the Golestan as a book of moral uplift invariably given to the literate young has had the effect of establishing a basic Sufic potential in the minds of its readers.”

Juz Recitation
2022-04-23 18:30 - 19:15
In Ramadan 2022, Qari Amar Bellaha will recite regular rakats (cycles) at MCC’s nightly indoor Taraweeh, which will begin after Isha at 9:30 p.m.
In addition, Qari Amar will virtually also recite one chapter everyday in his sonorous voice.
The daily recitation (schedule) are broadcast after Asr prayer daily from 6:30 p.m. to about 7:15 p.m. on MCC’s Facebook and YouTube.

– Qur’anic Recitation playlist: https://mcceastbay.org/ramadan22
– 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

Qari Amar’s Taraweh 2022 Recitation Schedule at MCC East Bay

Playlist at https://mcceastbay.org/tarawih

Date
Ramadan ’22 Day
Juz
Ayat (links below from last Ramadan)

Saturday, April 2, 2022
1
1
Al Fatiha 1 – Al Baqarah 141

Sunday, April 3, 2022
2
2
Al Baqarah 142 – Al Baqarah 252

Monday, April 4, 2022
3
3
Al Baqarah 253 – Al Imran 92

Tuesday, April 5, 2022
4
4
Al Imran 93 – An Nisaa 32

Wednesday, April 6, 2022
5
5
An Nisa 33 – Al Nisa 147

Thursday, April 7, 2022
6
6
Al Nisa 148 – Al Ma’edah 82

Friday, April 8, 2022
7
7
Al Ma’edah 83 – Al An’am 110

Saturday, April 9, 2022
8
8
Al-An’am 111 – Al-A’raaf 87

Sunday, April 10, 2022
9
9
Al-A’raaf 88 – Al-Anfal 40

Monday, April 11, 2022
10
10
Al-Anfal 41 – At-Tawbah 92

Tuesday, April 12, 2022
11
11
At-Tawbah 93 – Hud 5

Wednesday, April 13, 2022
12
12
Hud 6 – Yusuf 52

Thursday, April 14, 2022
13
13
Yusuf 53 – Ibrahim 52

Friday, April 15, 2022
14
14
Al-Hijr 1 – An-Nahl 128

Saturday, April 16, 2022
15
15
Al-Isra 1 – Al-Kahf 74

Sunday, April 17, 2022
16
16
Al-Kahf 75 – Taha 135

Monday, April 18, 2022
17
17
Al-Anbiyaa 1 – Al-Hajj 78

Tuesday, April 19, 2022
18
18
Al-Muminun 1 – Al-Furqan 20

Wednesday, April 20, 2022
19
19
Al-Furqan 21 – An-Naml 55

Thursday, April 21, 2022
20
20
An-Naml 56 – Al-Ankabut 45

Friday, April 22, 2022
21
21
Al-Ankabut 46 – Al-Ahzab 30

Saturday, April 23, 2022
22
22
Al-Ahzab 31 – Ya Sin 27

Sunday, April 24, 2022
23
23
Ya Sin 28 – Az-Zumar 31

Monday, April 25, 2022
24
24
Az-Zumar 32 – Fussilat 46

Tuesday, April 26, 2022
25
25
Fussilat 47 – Al-Jathiya 32

Wednesday, April 27, 2022
26
26
Al-Jathiya 33 – Adh-Dhariyat 30

Thursday, April 28, 2022
27
27-28
Adh-Dhariyat 31at – Tahrim 12 (Two Juz)

Friday, April 29, 2022
28
29
At Taghabun 64 to Al Ghashiyah 88

Saturday, April 30, 2022
29
30
Al Na’ba 1– Al Na’s 6

See what else MCC is doing in this Holy Month

https://mcceastbay.org/ramadan

Community Iftar
2022-04-23 19:15 - 21:15 | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
For the first three Saturdays in Ramadan, join your fasting brothers and sisters for MCC’s community iftar and stay afterward for worship. Limited space. RSVP is required for this Iftar (registration opens Saturday prior to each iftar).
Come join us to pray and break bread in the community. Capped at 300 guests each week.
A nominal $3/person registration is required so that we can have the right amount of food available. Please join the waitlist once the Iftar goes full.
Please cancel your RSVP at any time if you cannot make the Iftar so your fasting brother & sister can join us. Message operations@mccastbay.org

– Saturday, March 25: Register at https://mcceastbay.org/iftar-1 (opens at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22nd)
– Saturday, April 1: Register at https://mcceastbay.org/iftar-2 (opens at 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 25th)
– Saturday, April 8: Register at https://mcceastbay.org/iftar-3 (opens at 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 1st)

MCC has a standing policy that financial need should never hold a person back from attending its events and actitvities. To request a financial waiver to attend, please message scholarship@mcceastbay.org
Questions? events@mcceastbay.org

Community Iftar
2022-04-23 19:15 - 21:15 | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
For the first three Saturdays in Ramadan, join your fasting brothers and sisters in the MCC parking lot for MCC’s community iftar and stay afterward for worship. Limited space. RSVP is required for this outdoor Iftar (registration opens Saturday prior to each iftar).
Come join us to pray and break bread in the community. Capped at 300 guests each week.
Our community Iftar dinners travel the globe and include vegetarian options. Pizza is provided for younger children.
A nominal $3/person registration is required so that we can have the right amount of food available. Please join the waitlist once the Iftar goes full.
Please cancel your RSVP at any time if you cannot make the Iftar so your fasting brother & sister can join us. Message operations@mccastbay.org

– Saturday, April 9th: Register at https://mcceastbay.org/iftar-1 (opens at 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 2nd)
– Saturday, April 16th: Register at https://mcceastbay.org/iftar-2 (opens at 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 9th)
– Saturday, April 23rd: Register at https://mcceastbay.org/iftar-3 (opens at 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 16th)

MCC has a standing policy that financial need should never hold a person back from attending its events and actitvities. To request a financial waiver to attend, please message scholarship@mcceastbay.org
Questions? events@mcceastbay.org
