The East Bay Annual Mawlid features talks and recitations (Nasheeds) with the theme “An Najmus Saqib نجم الثاقب (The Shining Star).”
The East Bay Annual Mawlid features talks and recitations (Nasheeds).
We will have talks, counsel, and recitations (Nasheeds) about “The Guiding Light: Muhammad ﷺ” with Shaykh Faraz Khan, Sidi Mahdy Amine, Qari Amar Bellaha, Ustadh Tarif Arabi, and Bay Area Munshids. Sidi Syed Mubeen Saifullah will be the MCC for the evening.
6:15 p.m. to 10:45 p.m. | Friday, August 28, 2026 | MCC Prayer Hall | No RSVP needed to join post-Maghrib Mawlid program (only for pre-Mawlid dinner (capped at 600 guests); no babysitting provided this year | Join in person or watch virtually at mcceastbay.org/live
Register for dinner at mcceastbay.org/grand-mawlid
San Ramon Valley Islamic Center, Islamic Center of Livermore, Ta’leef Collective & MCC East Bay proudly present this Rabbi’al Awwal Annual Mawlid.
Najmus Saqib (Arabic: نجم الثاقب) translates to “the piercing star,” “shining star,” or “bright star.” It refers to a star whose light pierces or cuts through the darkness of the night.
Surah At-Tariq (86:3): “The piercing star” (an-najm ath-thaqib). Here, it refers to a bright star whose intense light pierces through the darkness of the night.
Program Schedule
- 6:15 p.m. – Asr congregational prayer
- 6:30 p.m. – Burda Shareef with TBA (Prayer Hall)
- 6:45 p.m. – Dinner service begins (men in Sunday School parking lot and women in Conference Room/Kindergarten area)
- 8:09 p.m. – Maghrib prayer, congregational prayer
- 8:15 p.m. – Qur’an Recitation (Qari Amar Bellaha), Talk (Ammu Tarif), Nasheeds (Sidi Mahdy Amine and team) (no RSVP needed to join this pre-Mawlid program)
- 9:15 p.m. – Isha congregational prayer
- 9:25 p.m. – Talk/presentation (TBA) (no RSVP required to join this main Mawlid program)
- 10 p.m. – Talk with Shaykh Faraz Khan
- 10:45 p.m. – Qur’an recitation and closing dua by Qari Amar Bellaha
This is a family-friendly event. Bring the entire family. No babysitting is available during the Mawlid program. Goodie bags will be given to all kids at the end of the event.
“Hareesun Alaikum” is a phrase from the Quran, specifically verse 9:128 of Surat At-Tawbah (The Repentance). It translates to “most eager is he for your (welfare)” or “most solicitous is he for you”. The full verse, often recited in Arabic, speaks of Prophet Muhammad’s deep concern for the well-being of believers.
The Tri-Valley Annual Mawlid ’26 coincides with the weekend of 12th Rabi ul Awwal 1448.
- – Watch YouTube Livestream: https://mcceastbay.org/live
- – Watch Facebook Livestream: https://mcceastbay.org/facebook
- – Watch past Mawlid celebrations hosted at MCC: https://mcceastbay.org/mawlid
- – More Dr. Ali Ataie: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/ali
- – More Shaykh Faraz: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/faraz I’ll
- – More Sidi Mubeen: https://mcceastbay.org/syed
- – More Sidi Mahdy: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/mahdy
- – More Qari Amar: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/amar
- – More Sidi Tareef: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/tarif
Come soak in the sublime fragrance of our Beloved Nabi ﷺ. This is a celebration dedicated to falling in love with him ﷺ.
Questions? events@mcceastbay.org
The Mawlid is a joyous expression of the greatest blessing from Allah.
Mawlid (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.
- – Past Tri-Valley and East Bay Al-Mawlid al-Nabawi Celebrations: https://mcceastbay.org/mawlid
- – 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
- – In 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
Questions? events@mcceastbay.org
Raised in Morocco, Qari Amar Bellaha memorized the Qur’an at 17 from Madrasat Imam Nafia. He has an 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 the beauty, clarity, and excellence of his recitation, and is one of the Bay Area’s foremost Qur’an teachers. Hafiz Amar leads MCC’s Taraweeh prayers each Ramadan.
Amu Tareef is an international scholar who studied traditional Islamic Sciences at Al-Fath Institute, the 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.
Shaykh Faraz Khan is a scholar of Ashʿari 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 additional seminars on classical Islamic texts. His research interests center on the engagement of philosophical theology and ethics with the contemporary age.
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 Ashʿari and Maturidi scholastic theology, Hanafi jurisprudence, prophetic narration, logic, and other religious sciences, receiving scholarly authorization (ijazah) after seven years of full-time study.
Shaykh Faraz’s most recent book, An Introduction to Islamic Theology: Imam Nūr al-Dīn al-Sābūnī’s Al-Bidāyah fī usūl al-dīn, was published under the Zaytuna College Curriculum Series in 2020. In the work, he translates and annotates a manual on Maturidi theology authored by Imam Nūr al-Dīn al-Ṣābūnī (d. 580/1184), a prominent Muslim theologian from Bukhara, that provides a foundation for modern Muslim discourse. The text explains the central tenets of the Islamic creed and refutes erroneous positions of alternative theologies. Shaikh Faraz is fluent in Arabic and has speaking fluency in Urdu. Shaykh Faraz joined the faculty of Zaytuna College in 2013.
– More Imam Faraz: http://mcceastbay.org/faraz
SBIA in San Jose has their Mawlid on Saturday, August 29, 2026: A beloved annual tradition — join us for an evening of nasheed, reflection on the seerah, and community dinner.
