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SUMMARY:Women’s Seerah Bookclub (virtual) | Ustadha Leila Fakira
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\nRSVP for the live registration link below at https://mcceastbay.org/bookclub. RSVP is needed to join us virtually. \n\n\n\nEvent Details: \n\n\n\nThe discussion takes place every Tuesday from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. with a break in Ramadan ’24. \n\n\n\nPlease register online to receive the link to the Whatsapp thread where all communication and updates will be made. \n\n\n\nBook Purchase: \n\n\n\nIf you wish to follow along with the book\, please purchase the book. The book can be purchased here: \n\n\n\n\n– https://daybreak.rabata.org/products/soft-cover-a-compendium-of-the-sources-on-the-prophetic-narrative\n\n\n\n\nQuestions? bookclub@mcceastbay.org \n\n\n\nAbout the Book \n\n\n\nInternationally 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. \n\n\n\nThis 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. \n\n\n\nAuthor: Samira al-ZayidTranslators: Susan Imady\, Tamara Gray\, & Randa MardiniBinding: SoftcoverPages: Vol 1\, 570; Vol 2\, 558Publisher: Daybreak Press \n\n\n\nQuestions? bookclub@mcceastbay.org \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/weekly-womens-seerah-bookclub-6/2023-09-26/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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SUMMARY:Private Event
DESCRIPTION:Conference Room
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SUMMARY:Islamophobia: How to Address it as a Community | Dr. Hatem Bazian & Corey Salor
DESCRIPTION:*Please note the change in venue* \n\n\n\nJoin us for a Thursday evening with Corey Saylor\, CAIR National’s Research and Advocacy Director along with Dr. Hatem Bazian of UC Berkeley’s Islamophobia Studies Center. They will discuss CAIR’s 2023 Civil Rights Report\, titled “Progress in the Shadow of Prejudice\,” sharing its insightful findings. The presentation will shed light on the significant progress made in the efforts to combat Islamophobia in recent years. \n\n\n\nThursday\, Sept. 28 | 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. | San Ramon Islamic Valley Center | No registration required | In-person or watch live at mcceastbay.org/live \n\n\n\nThe program agenda is as follows:  \n\n\n\n1. Introduction and Welcome 2. Meeting Corey Saylor\, Author of CAIR’s 2023 Civil Rights Report 3. Presentation by Corey Saylor\, CAIR Research and Advocacy Director\, on his findings 4. Discussion on Islamophobia with Dr. Hatem and Corey5. Q&A Session 6. Closing Remarks \n\n\n\n– More CAIR-MCC co-sponsored talks: https://mcceastbay.org/cair  \n\n\n\n– More topics addressing community & social justice issues in the American-Muslim community: https://mcceastbay.org/community  \n\n\n\nAbout the speakers: \n\n\n\nCorey Saylor is the Research and Advocacy Director at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)\, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization. He is an expert on political communications\, media relations\, and anti-Islam prejudice in the United States\, with over two decades of experience. \n\n\n\nThe Wall Street Journal\, the New York Times\, and the Washington Post have sought his opinions. He has appeared on outlets ranging from Fox News to CNN\, the BBC\, and Al Jazeera. \n\n\n\nSaylor has run successful advocacy campaigns against corporate giants such as Burger King and Bell Helicopter-Boeing. \n\n\n\nHe has been active in combatting the Muslim Ban\, anti-Islam legislation nationwide\, and removing biased and inaccurate materials from law enforcement counterterrorism trainings. Saylor has authored a number of reports documenting anti-Islam sentiment and civil rights issues in the United States. \n\n\n\nSaylor has conducted dozens of leadership\, advocacy\, and media trainings across the United States and Europe\, including speaking to audiences at NASA\, Yale\, Princeton\, and the U.S. National War College. \n\n\n\nDr. Hatem Bazian is a scholar of religion\, politics\, and globalization whose field specialties include Islamic Law\, Awqaf and Fatawa Texts\, Classical Arabic\, Palestine\, Islamophobia\, Diaspora and Comparative Immigration\, American Law and Society\, Arab and Arab American Studies\, Race Theory and History\, Colonialism\, Post-Colonial and De-colonial Studies\, Ethnic Studies\, Multi-Cultural and Cross-Cultural Studies\, International Relations and Globalization\, Social and Political Movement\, Comparative Liberation Theologies\, Languages\, and Media. \n\n\n\nDr. Bazian is also a professor in the Departments of Near Eastern and Ethnic Studies at the University of California\, Berkeley\, and an adviser to the Religion\, Politics\, and Globalization Center there. Prior to his post at Zaytuna College\, he taught at UC Berkeley School of Law\, UC Davis\, San Francisco State University\, Graduate Theological Union\, Saint Mary’s College\, and Diablo Valley College. \n\n\n\nDr. Bazian earned his Ph.D. at UC Berkeley in Near Eastern Studies in 2000. His Ph.D. thesis\, titled “Al-Quds in Islamic Consciousness: A Textual Survey of Muslim Claims and Rights to the Sacred City\,” contributes to a better understanding of Muslim attachment and informed political attitudes toward the sacred city of Jerusalem and Palestine in general. \n\n\n\nDr. Bazian is fluent in Arabic and can read and write in Persian\, Turkish\, and German. \n\n\n\nHe joined the Zaytuna College faculty in 2009. \n\n\n\n-More Dr. Hatem: https://mcceastbay.org/hatem \n\n\n\nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/islamophobia/
CATEGORIES:Family Events
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SUMMARY:Daly City Islamic Center Tables @ MCC Jumu'ahs
DESCRIPTION:Daly City Islamic Center is fundraising to purchase and establish their masjid. So far\, they have raised $1\,368\,731 and need to raise $381\,269 to reach their goal. To support their cause\, visit their website: https://www.dcmosque.com/
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/daly-city-islamic-center-tables-mcc-jumuahs/
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SUMMARY:Northstar Bake Sale for Morocco Earthquake @ MCC Jumu'ahs
DESCRIPTION:Northstar students and their families will be having a bake sale to raise funds for the victims affected by the earthquakes in Morocco and flooding in Libya.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/northstar-bakesale-mcc-jumuahs/
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SUMMARY:Jumu’ah Services @ MCC & Dublin Library
DESCRIPTION:For MCC’s Jumu’ah services on Friday\, Sept. 22: \n\n\n\n\nThe first service at MCC is full. To avoid heavy parking congestion\, please do not attend this service. \n\n– Imam Tahir Anwar delivers this sermon at MCC\n\n\n\n\n\n1:40 p.m. to 2:10 p.m.\n\n– Sidi Hashim Mir delivers the sermon at Dublin Library.\n\n\n\n\n\n2:30 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. \n\n– Sidi Hashim Mir delivers this sermon at MCC\n\n\n\n\n\n3:40 p.m. – 4 p.m.\n\n– Sidi Abdullah Qureshi delivers this sermon at MCC.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease attend at 2:30 or 3:40 p.m. to avoid heavier first-service congestion whenever possible. Please note that the former HP lot (now Pleasanton School District) is no longer available to our congregation. Please come to the second and third Jumu’ah to ease up parking congestion or attend the parallel satellite prayer at 1:40 p.m. at Dublin Library: https://mcceastbay.org/satellite-jumuah-library-update \n\n\n\n\n– Virtually watch the three MCC sermons from home: https://mcceastbay.org/live\n\n\n\n– More Imam Tahir: https://mcceastbay.org/tahir\n\n\n\n– More Sidi Abdullah: https://mcceastbay.org/abdullah-qureshi\n\n\n\n\nFor 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. \n\n\n\nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \n\n\n\nSidi Hashim Mir grew up in a town called Waterloo in Canada. After college\, he moved to the Bay Area for work nearly a decade ago. He now lives in Dublin with his family. He was an active Khateeb in his hometown\, Waterloo\, and would like to dedicate his time to the community in the Bay Area.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/four-jumuah-services/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230929T143000
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SUMMARY:Girl Scouts Troop 32047 and 30875 Bake Sale @ MCC Jumu'ah
DESCRIPTION:Our little Tri-Valley Muslimahs in Girl Scouts Troop will be fundraising with a bake sale for the victims affected by the earthquakes in Libya and Morocco.  \n\n\n\nQuestions? girl-scouts@mcceastbay.org
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/girl-scouts-troop-32047-and-30875-bake-sale-mcc-jumuah/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230929T160000
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SUMMARY:Women's Tafseer Class in Farsi | Ustadha Nooria Musleh
DESCRIPTION:For Farsi and Pashto-speaking women who want to learn or brush up on Qur’an\, join this two-hour class every Friday after the third Jumu’ah to connect with the Book of Allah (swt). \n\n\n\nFridays | 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. | Women only | Classroom 1 | In-person only | Join in person or virtually at mcceastbay.org/farsi-tafseer \n\n\n\nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/quran-in-farsi/2023-09-29/
CATEGORIES:Women's Activities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230929T190000
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SUMMARY:Friday Night Women's Halaqa (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION: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 \n\n\n\nUstadha 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.  \n\n\n\nLearn more about her at http://hosaimojaddidi.com  \n\n\n\n– More Ustadha Hosai: https://mcceastbay.org/hosai  \n\n\n\nUstadha 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.  \n\n\n\n– More Ustadha Hosai: https://mcceastbay.org/hosai  \n\n\n\nUstadha 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.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/friday-night-womens-halaqa-virtual-2/2023-09-29/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Women's Activities
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SUMMARY:Book Reading Family Night | Sr. Hina Khan-Mukhtar
DESCRIPTION:Come fall in love with reading! Join us on Friday evening with Mindful Muslim Reader and Sr. Hina Khan-Mukhtar to learn how to raise children who love reading and learn to find the perfect books for your child. There will be books to peruse for all ages\, games\, challenges\, & prizes\, and read-aloud circles for ages 4 to 15. \n\n\n\nFriday\, Sept. 29 | 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. | Conference Room | For ages 4 + | Free; no registration required | In-person or watch live at mcceastbay.org/live \n\n\n\nDo you sigh in relief when you see a book in your child’s hands? You’re thankful your child is off-screen and engaged in something beneficial\, but do you know what your child is reading?  \n\n\n\nReading is crucial\, beneficial\, and instrumental in the lives of our children\, but what they’re reading matters. Words matter. Words build worlds. What world is being built for your child? \n\n\n\nMindful Muslim Reader is a new community resource that helps parents and educators find the best books for their children. We recommend books that help shape your child’s moral worldview. \n\n\n\nLearn why reading is essential for Muslim children and how to select books for your children that nurture their intellect and safeguard their emotions. \n\n\n\nThis story night is hosted in collaboration with Mindful Muslim Reader.Questions? events@mcceastbay.org \n\n\n\nAbout our guest speaker:Hina Khan-Mukhtar is a married mother of three young men and one of the founders of the homeschooling co-operative known as ILM Tree in Lafayette\, California\, which now serves over 35 homeschooling families in the East Bay. In addition to teaching Language Arts to elementary\, middle\, and high school students\, she is also involved in interfaith dialogue. Hina was a monthly contributor to The Muslim Observer’s “Raising Our Ummah” column. She also writes for Seeker’s Guidance\, where she shares parenting advice and ideas for nurturing spiritual traditions in childhood. Learn more about her at https://hinakm.com \n\n\n\n– More Sr. Hina: https://mcceastbay.org/hina– More sessions for young Muslim children: https://mcceastbay.org/children
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/mindful-reader/
CATEGORIES:Family Events
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SUMMARY:Monthly Sisterhood Hike | Sisters in the Outdoors
DESCRIPTION:Join us from 7 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. on Saturday\, Sept. 30\, for a Saturday morning hike at Lake Chabot near San Leandro to get to know other sisters in the community and enjoy the great outdoors. No children\, please (female teens\, okay). Let us know you are coming: https://mcceastbay.org/rsvp \n\n\n\n\n– When: Saturday\, Sept. 30\, 2023\n\n\n\n– Time: 7 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. – Please arrive a little early to park and find the group. The group can wait till 8:10 a.m. and will start the hike. Please be on time since we cannot hold the group.\n\n\n\n– Carpool: We highly recommend carpooling. No carpool from MCC is available for this hike. Carpool encouraged others on this hike.\n\n\n\n– Parking: Pay at the entrance/kiosks\n\n\n\n– Location: Lake Chabot Park\n\n\n\n– Distance: 7.9 miles\n\n\n\n– All Trails:  https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/lake-chabot-west-shore-bass-cove-columbine-honker-bay-east-shore-loop?sh=kyrhg8\n\n\n\n– Difficulty: Moderate\n\n\n\n– Misc: Wear hiking shoes if possible. There will be a small water crossing\, and your shoes might get wet. Bring a small breakfast/ Lunch sandwich or something to eat. Carry enough water\, a hat\, and a light jacket. Please download All Trails map (free version) in case you decide to return in the middle of the hike. This will be very helpful in navigating back to the parking lot.\n\n\n\n– RSVP: By Friday\, Sept. 29\, please let us know you are coming for this hike: https://mcceastbay.org/rsvp\n\n\n\n\nSr. Aparna Khan and Sr. Sohaila will be leading this hike. If you have trouble finding the group on the day of the hike\, please call or text Sr. Aparna at (408) 480-6584 or Sr. Sohaila at (925) 786-7698. Please remember that we cannot hold all the group\, so we request you to please be on time. \n\n\n\nFor future hikes\, please subscribe to the MCC newsletter and/or add your phone number to the Women’s Hiking WhatsUp group. \n\n\n\nPlease wear comfortable walking/hiking shoes\, carry a water bottle\, a small snack\, a hat\, sunglasses\, and hiking poles if you have one.  \n\n\n\nQuestions? hiking@mcceastbay.org \n\n\n\nAbout this trail: \n\n\n\nExperience this 8.7-mile loop trail near San Leandro\, California. Generally considered a moderately challenging route. This is a very popular area for fishing\, hiking\, and horseback riding\, so you’ll likely encounter other people while exploring. The trail is open year-round and is beautiful to visit anytime.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/sisters-hike-2/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Women's Activities
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SUMMARY:Rabi’ Al-Awwal Mawlid: Shafi'una: Our Intercessor Muhammad ﷺ
DESCRIPTION:The East Bay Annual Mawlid features talks and recitations (Nasheeds) with the theme “Shafi’una: Our Intercessor ﷺ.” Our special guest this year is Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra. \n\n\n\nWe will have talks\, counsels\, and recitations (Nasheeds) about “The Guiding Light: Muhammad ﷺ” with Shaykh Faraz Khan\, Ustadh Abdullah Anik Misra\, Qari Amar Bellaha\, Ustadh Tarif Arabi\, and Bay Area Munshids. Sidi Mubeen Saifullah will emcee this year’s event. \n\n\n\n6:45 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. | Saturday\, September 30 | MCC Prayer Hall | No RSVP needed to join post-Maghrib Mawlid program (only for pre-Mawlid dinner & babysitting) | Join in person or watch virtually at mcceastbay.org/live \n\n\n\nSan Ramon Valley Islamic Center\, Islamic Center of Livermore\, Ta’leef Collective & MCC East Bay proudly present this Rabbi’al Awwal Annual Mawlid. \n\n\n\nProgram Schedule \n\n\n\n\n– 6 p.m. – Pre-Mawlid dinner (capped at 500 guests) – RSVP required at mcceastbay.org/mawlid-dinner\n\n\n\n– 6:56 p.m. – Maghrib prayer\n\n\n\n– 7 p.m. – Pre-Mawlid program begins (no RSVP needed to join this pre-Mawlid program)\n\n\n\n– 9 p.m. – Isha prayers\n\n\n\n– 9:20 p.m. – Main Mawlid program continues (no RSVP needed to join this main Mawlid program)\n\n\n\n– 10:30 p.m. – Program ends\n\n\n\n\nThis is a family-friendly event. Bring the entire family. Complimentary babysitting during the Mawlid program beginning at 7 p.m. and goodie bags for all kids at the end of the event. RSVP for the main program complimentary babysitting at mcceastbay.org/mawlid-babysitting \n\n\n\nThe Tri-Valley Annual Mawlid ’23 coincides with the weekend of 12th Rabi ul Awwal 1443. \n\n\n\n\n– Watch YouTube Livestream: https://mcceastbay.org/live\n\n\n\n– Watch Facebook Livestream: https://mcceastbay.org/facebook \n\n\n\n– Watch past Mawlid celebrations hosted at MCC: https://mcceastbay.org/mawlid\n\n\n\n– More Shaykh Misra: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/misra\n\n\n\n– More Shaykh Faraz: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/faraz\n\n\n\n– More Sidi Mubeen: https://mcceastbay.org/syed\n\n\n\n– More Sidi Mahdy: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/mahdy\n\n\n\n– More Qari Amar: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/amar\n\n\n\n– More Sidi Tareef: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/tarif\n\n\n\n\nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \n\n\n\nThe Mawlid is a joyous expression of the greatest blessing from Allah. \n\n\n\nMawlid (or Mawlid al-Nabi al-Sharif) is the observance of the birth of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad ﷺ\, which is commemorated in Rabi’ al-awwal\, the third month in the Islamic calendar. \n\n\n\n\n– Past Tri-Valley and East Bay AlMawlid alNabawi Celebrations: https://mcceastbay.org/mawlid\n\n\n\n– More about celebrating the Prophet (peace be upon him)’s day of birth: https://seekersguidance.org/answers/general-counsel/innovation-bida-and-celebrating-the-prophets-birthday-mawlid\n\n\n\nIn Defense of the Mawlid – Shaykh Abu Nahla Al Wazani: https://mcceastbay.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/In-Defense-of-the-Mawlid-Shaykh-Abu-Nahla-Al-Wazani.pdf\n\n\n\n\nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \n\n\n\n– More Sheikh Abdullah Misra: https://mcceastbay.org/misra \n\n\n\nShaykh 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.  \n\n\n\n– More Sheikh Abdullah Misra: https://mcceastbay.org/misra – Support the Seerah Song Project: https://www.launchgood.com/campaign/seerah_song_project#!/ – Zain Bhikha (Vocal version of (Seerah Song”): https://youtu.be/03qWfCMQNws \n\n\n\nShaykh Faraz Khan is a scholar of Ashʿarī and Maturidi philosophical theology with field specialties in Hanafi Jurisprudence\, Prophetic Biography\, Hadith\, and Logic. At Zaytuna College\, he has taught Kalam Theology\, Creedal Theology\, Prophetic Biography\, Readings in Muslim Spirituality\, and Logic in the Islamic Tradition. Shaykh Faraz also serves as the coordinator of the Honors Program\, in which he has taught Kalam\, Prophetic Biography\, Logic\, Tafsir\, and Hadith. After completing undergraduate studies at the University of Texas at Austin\, he moved to Amman\, Jordan\, in 2004 and read classical texts with distinguished scholars in Ashʿarī and Māturīdī scholastic theology\, Hanafi jurisprudence\, prophetic narration\, logic\, and other religious sciences\, receiving scholarly authorization (ijāza) after seven years of full-time study. \n\n\n\nRaised in Morocco\, Qari Amar Bellaha memorized the Qur’an at 17 from Madrasat Imam Nafia. He has ijaza for the Hafs and Warsh forms of Qur’anic recitation. In 1994 and 1995\, he was awarded top prizes in the National Moroccan Tajweed competition. He is recognized internationally for his recitation’s beauty\, clarity\, and excellence and is one of the Bay area’s foremost Qur’an teachers. Hafiz Amar leads MCC’s Taraweeh prayers each Ramadan. \n\n\n\nAmu 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. \n\n\n\nMahdy Amine is a Zaytuna College alumnus and practicing attorney. He also teaches Islamic Studies at ILM Tree and serves as Convert Care Coordinator for Ta’leef Collective.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/grand-mawlid/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family Events
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SUMMARY:#TeamFajr Monthly Sunday Breakfast & Qur'an Khatam
DESCRIPTION:“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] \nJoin 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. \nQari 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 \nThis program is also streamed virtually at https://mcceastbay.org/live. \nFall & Winter ’23 Sunday Monthly Khatam with Qari Amar: \n\n– August 6\, 2023\n– September 3\, 2023\n– October 1\, 2023\n-November 5\, 2023\n-December 3\, 2023\n\nThe 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. \nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \n\nMore Qari Amar: https://mcceastbay.org/amar\nImam al-Haddad’s litanies (al-Wird al-Latif): https://mcceastbay.org/wird\nThe Prophet (Peace be upon him) said\, “He who performs the Fajr will be under the protection of Allah.” [Muslim]\nThe Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The best prayer before Allah is Fajr prayer on Friday in congregation.”
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/teamfajr/2023-10-01/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family Events
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SUMMARY:Test Event
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