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SUMMARY:Practical Spirituality
DESCRIPTION:Are you feeling stuck in your relationship with Allah? Feeling unsure about how to progress spiritually while balancing the hustle and bustle of life? \nJoin 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. \nWe 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. \n8 p.m. to 9 p.m. | Wednesdays | Sept. 8 to Summer ’22 (except in Ramadan) | Watch at https://mcceastbay.org/live and watch past series recordings at https://mcceastbay.org/practical \n\n\n\nMore Sidi Shahryar: https://mcceastbay.org/shahryar\nDownload Imam Al-Haddad’s “Book of Assistance”: https://mcceastbay.org/assistance\nDownload Practical Spirituality Resources: https://mcceastbay.org/awraad\nSidi Shahryar’s “Real Talk Series”: https://mcceastbay.org/real-talk\nSidi Shahryar’s “Traits of the Righteous” Series: https://mcceastbay.org/hallmark\nSidi Shahryar’s “Deceptive Desires” Series:  https://mcceastbay.org/desires\n\nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/practical-spirituality/2021-09-22/
LOCATION:Lighthouse Mosque\, 620 42nd Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94609\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Workshops
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SUMMARY:Practical Spirituality
DESCRIPTION:Are you feeling stuck in your relationship with Allah? Feeling unsure about how to progress spiritually while balancing the hustle and bustle of life? \nJoin 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. \nWe 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. \n8 p.m. to 9 p.m. | Wednesdays | Sept. 8 to Summer ’22 (except in Ramadan) | Watch at https://mcceastbay.org/live and watch past series recordings at https://mcceastbay.org/practical \n\n\n\nMore Sidi Shahryar: https://mcceastbay.org/shahryar\nDownload Imam Al-Haddad’s “Book of Assistance”: https://mcceastbay.org/assistance\nDownload Practical Spirituality Resources: https://mcceastbay.org/awraad\nSidi Shahryar’s “Real Talk Series”: https://mcceastbay.org/real-talk\nSidi Shahryar’s “Traits of the Righteous” Series: https://mcceastbay.org/hallmark\nSidi Shahryar’s “Deceptive Desires” Series:  https://mcceastbay.org/desires\n\nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/practical-spirituality/2021-09-22/
LOCATION:Lighthouse Mosque\, 620 42nd Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94609\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Workshops
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SUMMARY:Practical Spirituality
DESCRIPTION:Are you feeling stuck in your relationship with Allah? Feeling unsure about how to progress spiritually while balancing the hustle and bustle of life? \nJoin 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. \nWe 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. \n8 p.m. to 9 p.m. | Wednesdays | Sept. 8 to Summer ’22 (except in Ramadan) | Watch at https://mcceastbay.org/live and watch past series recordings at https://mcceastbay.org/practical \n\n\n\nMore Sidi Shahryar: https://mcceastbay.org/shahryar\nDownload Imam Al-Haddad’s “Book of Assistance”: https://mcceastbay.org/assistance\nDownload Practical Spirituality Resources: https://mcceastbay.org/awraad\nSidi Shahryar’s “Real Talk Series”: https://mcceastbay.org/real-talk\nSidi Shahryar’s “Traits of the Righteous” Series: https://mcceastbay.org/hallmark\nSidi Shahryar’s “Deceptive Desires” Series:  https://mcceastbay.org/desires\n\nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/practical-spirituality/2021-09-22/
LOCATION:Lighthouse Mosque\, 620 42nd Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94609\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="Muslim Community Center - East Bay":MAILTO:events@mcceastbay.org
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SUMMARY:Private Event
DESCRIPTION:Conference Room
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/private-event-5/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Private Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210924T133000
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SUMMARY:MCC Indoor & Outdoor Jumu'ahs
DESCRIPTION:For our Friday\, September 24 Jumu’ah services\, masks are required to attend while inside MCC and no RSVP necessary: \n\n1:30 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. – INDOOR ONLY\n \n\nShaykh Yahya Rhodus delivers this sermon (he is also holding a workshop on Saturday: https://mcceastbay.org/event/yahya-rhodus\n\nNo parallel outdoor services offered.\nNo social distancing in Prayer Hall (shoulder-to-shoulder). Social distance worship for women in Banquet Hall & men in Conference Room.\nMasks are required.\n\n\n\n\n2:30 p.m. to 2:50 p.m. – OUTDOOR ONLY \n\nHafiz Sami Rehman delivers this sermon.\n\nOutdoor in canopies in the MCC parking lot. No parallel indoor services offered.\nNo social distancing in first canopy near sermon speaker for men and no social distancing for first row for women. All other space is social distancing required.\nMasks are optional.\nPlease check Friday afternoon weather forecast and take precautions against heat.\n\n\n\n\n3:40 p.m. to 4 p.m. – INDOOR ONLY\n\nHafiz Sami Rehman delivers this sermon.\n\nNo parallel outdoor services offered.\nNo social distancing in Prayer Hall (shoulder-to-shoulder). Social distance worship for women in Banquet Hall & men in Conference Room.\nMasks are required.\n\n\n\n\n\nWhenever possible\, please attend 2:30 or 3:40 p.m. prayer to avoid heavy first-prayer congestion. Jumu’ah service parking at all three services is in the MCC parking lot and the neighboring HP lot. Map at https://mcceastbay.org/hp \n\n– Watch these three sermons live from home: https://mcceastbay.org/live\n–  More Shaykh Yahya: https://mcceastbay.org/yahya\n– More Hafiz Sami: https://mcceastbay.org/sami\n\nFor parents attending with young children\, MCC offers a private mothers and fathers room with an audio and visual connection to Prayer Hall. Parents can watch the sermon and pray while in the company of other parents with young children. The mothers/fathers prayer room are just past the Banquet Hall doors into the school area. \nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \nAlameda County reports COVID-19 cases are still happening. \nWe are cautiously indoors for the five daily prayers and for two of the three Jumu’ah services. The second Jumu’ah is outdoors in the MCC parking lot\, weather permitting. Learn more at https://mcceastbay.org/prayer
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/mcc-indoor-outdoor-jumuahs-18/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Muslim Community Center - East Bay":MAILTO:events@mcceastbay.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210925T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210925T130000
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SUMMARY:Duties of Brotherhood in Islam | Shaykh Yahya Rhodus
DESCRIPTION:Join Shaykh Yahya Rhodus for a workshop on Imam al-Ghazali’s seminal essay that explores the meaning and significance of fraternity in Islam. He will speak on material assistance\, personal aid\, holding one’s tongue\, speaking out\, forgiveness\, loyalty\, sincerity\, and informality. \n10 a.m. to 1 p.m. | Saturday\, Sept. 25 | MCC Prayer Hall (in person) or https://mcceastbay.org/live (virtual) \nFree. Masks required while in for duration of time at MCC. No RSVP needed. No babysitting provided. For sisters who want privacy or to social distance\, you can watch live in the Conference Room. \n\n– More Shaykh Yahya: https://mcceastbay.org/yahya\n\nShaykh Yahya will also give the first Khutbah (1:30 p.m. to 1:50 p.m.) on Friday\, Sept. 24. \nUstadh Amjad will also have a parallel teen workshop: https://mcceastbay.org/event/amjad-tarsin \nAbout Shaykh Yahya:\nOne of the most well-respected Muslim scholars in the Western world\, Shaykh Yahya Rhodus has spent the best part of two decades studying at some of the most prestigious learning institutions in the Muslim and Western world. \nHaving embraced Islam at the age of 19 in Santa Clara\, California\, he immediately began his study of the Islamic sciences with Shaykh Hamza Yusuf and visiting Mauritanian scholars\, such as Shaykh Khatri Wuld Bayba\, and Shaykh Abd Allah Wuld Ahmadna. Shortly thereafter\, he traveled to Mauritania to pursue a full-time course of study where he was able to learn from one of Mauritania’s greatest scholars\, Murabit al-Hajj. Following an interim period of study in Damascus\, Syria\, Shaykh Yahya went on to spend the best part of seven years in Tarim\, in the Hadramawt Valley of Yemen. There\, he studied at the reputable school\, Dar al-Mustafa\, with the renowned scholars Habib Umar bin Hafiz and Habib Ali al-Jifri. \nSince that time\, Shaykh Yahya has been the official translator for Habib Umar and Habib Ali at various international speaking engagements\, including the Common Word Conference held at Yale University in 2008. Upon returning to the United States\, Shaykh Yahya served as a full-time instructor at Zaytuna College. He holds a B.A. in Near Eastern Studies from UC Berkeley\, an M.A. in Islamic Studies from the Graduate Theological Union\, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Cambridge\, England\, in collaboration with Dr. Tim Winter (Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad). \nHe is the Founding Director of al-Maqasid where he is a full-time scholar and teacher. Al-Maqasid’s mission is to cultivate holistic learning environments rooted in knowledge\, devotion\, and service by providing full-time\, part-time\, online\, and community programs. \nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \nAbout the Book Used in the Seminar (optional purchase): \nThe Duties of Brotherhood in Islam\nby Imam al-Ghazali (Author)\, Muhtar Holland (Translator) \n\n\nImam al-Ghazali explores the meaning and significance of fraternity in Islam in this brilliant essay from his seminal work\, The Revival of the Religious Sciences\, which covers material assistance\, personal aid\, holding one’s tongue\, speaking out\, forgiveness\, loyalty\, sincerity\, and informality. \nTable of Contents:\nForward\nTranslator’s Foreword\nIntroduction: the Time and Place of al-Ghazali\nAl-Ghazali: On the Duties of Brotherhood\nThe First Duty: Material Assistance\nThe Second Duty: Personal Aid\nThe Third Duty: Holding One’s Tongue\nThe Fourth Duty: Speaking Out\nThe Fifth Duty: Forgiveness\nThe Sixth Duty: Prayer\nThe Seventh Duty: Loyalty and Sincerity\nThe Eighth Duty: Informality\nPostscript\nTranslator’s Notes \nImam al-Ghazali (1058–1111 CE) of Tus in Iran was one of the greatest scholars in the history of Islamic thought. He made outstanding contributions in logic\, philosophy\, jurisprudence\, legal theory\, and mysticism.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/yahya-rhodus/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Workshops,Teen,Young Children
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SUMMARY:Finding Your Life's Purpose (Teens) | Ustadh Amjad Tarsin
DESCRIPTION:**Watch at https://youtu.be/A7T3ezYkse0 \nIn parallel to the adult workshop with Shaykh Yahya Rhodus\, male and female teens ages 12 to 19\, please join Ustadh Amjad Tarsin in the MCC Prayer Hall for a seminar about appreciating our faith and finding your purpose. \n10 a.m. to 1 p.m. | Saturday\, Sept. 25 | Conference Room \nParallel workshop for adults: https://mcceastbay.org/event/yahya-rhodus \nFree. No registration needed. Masks required while in for duration of time at MCC. No babysitting provided. \nThe session will be recorded and posted later at https://mcceastbay.org/youtube \nAbout the Speaker:\nUstadh Amjad Tarsin was born in Ann Arbor\, Michigan and spent his early childhood there. He has also lived in Malaysia and Saudi Arabia\, growing up within diverse cultures. He obtained his Bachelors of Arts at the University of Michigan in English Literature and Islamic Studies. It was during his university years that Amjad developed a deeper connection to his faith\, studying the Islamic sciences with teachers locally and internationally\, and became actively involved in community service and youth engagement. \nAfter spending a transformative year studying Islam abroad at Dar al-Mustafa\, Yemen\, Ustadh Amjad returned to America to start his studies at University of Michigan Law School. Yearning to fulfill his calling to community building\, spiritual development\, and service\, Ustadh Amjad changed career paths and enrolled in Hartford Seminary’s Islamic Chaplaincy program. While completing his degree\, Ustadh Amjad worked as a part-time Muslim chaplain at Fairfield University\, Connecticut. In 2012 he was selected as University of Toronto’s first full-time Muslim Chaplain. Ustadh Amjad continues to study and teach on a regular basis at SeekersHub Toronto. He currently resides with his wife and son in Toronto\, Canada. \nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/amjad-tarsin/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Teen
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