For Sisters! Join us for a Ramadan Learning Circle focused on honoring the body as an amanah and rediscovering the Prophet’s ﷺ balanced approach to worship, rest, and self-care. Let’s redefine productivity this Ramadan with intention, compassion, and balance.
Discover the Prophet ﷺ’s balanced approach to worship, rest, and self-care. This session will explore how Islam encourages caring for our physical and spiritual well-being, addressing burnout, sleep deprivation, and the pressure of “Ramadan productivity.” Learn how to redefine a truly productive Ramadan through balance, intention, and compassion.
Sunday, March 1 | 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. PST | MCC Prayer Hall (capped at 400 sisters) | Join in-person or watch virtually (for registered sisters, we will send you the unlisted livestream link one hour before we go live) | Free (option to pre-order take-out Iftar dinner boxes); RSVP at http://mcceastbay.org/healing-circle
Unfortunately, we do not have the space to host an Iftar due to other events at MCC already happening during Iftar time. Please plan to break your fast elsewhere or purchase to-go Iftar boxes.
Co-hosted by Maristan, The Rahmah Foundation, & MCC East Bay
Questions? events@mcceastbay.org
Ieasha Prime is the Director of Women’s Programming at Dar al Hijrah Islamic Center in Virginia and the founder of the DC Muslim Women’s Conference. She converted to Islam more than 20 years ago, after serving as a Youth Ambassador to Morocco and Senegal. There, she developed a thirst for knowledge that led her to sit at the feet of some of the top Islamic Scholars of our time and learn from them. After having participated in several circles of knowledge in the US, Ieasha decided to pursue religious studies abroad. She studied Arabic and the Quran at the Fajr Institute in Cairo, Egypt. Later, she moved to Hadramaut, Yemen, and enrolled in Dar al Zahra, an Islamic University for Women. There, she studied Aqeedah, the Quran, Hadith, Arabic, Jurisprudence (Fiqh), Islamic law, the Purification of the Heart, and other religious-related subjects. She has received several scholarly licenses (ijaza). The work she is most committed to and enjoys has been developing Islamic programming, Islamic Studies curriculum, and Rites of Passage programs for youth and adults. The majority of her life has been as an educator and activist. She is most passionate about combining Islamic studies, cultural art, activism, and service to train leaders to rise above whatever challenges stand in their way and those of the community they serve. In addition to her full-time work, she is the co-founder and Executive Director of Barakah INC, an organization committed to training Muslim women in traditional Islamic sciences with a focus on modern application. Sister Ieasha is best known for her participation in the National Women’s March and for the courses she teaches on traditional knowledge, the challenges of race and gender in the Muslim community, and Spirituality. Ieasha Prime is a proud wife and mother of three children.
– More Shaykha Ieasha Prime: http://mcceastbay.org/prime
Shaykah Dr. Rania Awaad M.D., is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Stanford University School of Medicine, where she is the Director of the Stanford Muslim Mental Health & Islamic Psychology Lab as well as Stanford University’s Affiliate Chaplain and Affiliate Professor of Islamic Studies. In the community, she serves as the President and Co-Founder of Maristan, a holistic mental health nonprofit serving Muslim communities, and the Director of The Rahmah Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating Muslim women and girls. Prior to studying medicine, she pursued classical Islamic studies in Damascus, Syria, and holds certifications (ijaza) in the Qur’an, Islamic Law, and other branches of the Islamic Sciences. Follow her @Dr.RaniaAwaad
Raised in the U.S., Ustadha Rania Awaad began her formal study of the traditional Islamic sciences when her parents permitted her to travel to Damascus, Syria, at 14. Her desire to continue studying the Deen led to multiple trips back to Damascus, interspersed with her high school, college, and medical studies. She was honored to receive Ijazah (authorization to teach) in several branches of the Shari’ah sciences from many renowned scholars, including several female scholars. She has received an Ijazah to teach Tajwid in the Hafs and Warsh recitations from the late eminent Syrian scholar Shaykh Abu Hassan al-Kurdi.
In addition to completing several advanced texts of the Shafi’i madhhab, she is licensed to teach texts of Maliki fiqh, Adab, and Ihsan. Currently, Ustadha Rania teaches online and local classes for The Rahmah Foundation, Rabata. She is on the faculty of Zaytuna College, where she teaches courses in Shafi’i fiqh and women’s issues in fiqh. She has also helped develop and co-direct the Tajweed and Hifz program. Ustadha Rania is also a medical doctor specializing in Psychiatry. She completed her Psychiatric residency and fellowship training at Stanford University, where she is currently on the faculty as a Clinical Instructor in the Stanford Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences department. Her medical interests include addressing mental health care concerns in the Muslim community, particularly those of Muslim women and girls. She has been awarded grants from the NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health) to research this topic and has presented her findings at several medical conferences. Other ongoing endeavors include compiling manuscripts addressing female-related mental health and medical issues from a fiqh-oriented perspective.
She is the Director of the Rahmah Foundation, a non-profit organization that teaches Muslim women and girls traditional Islamic knowledge. In this capacity, she also heads the Murbbiyah Mentoring Program, which trains young women to teach and mentor Muslim girls and teens. Ustadha Rania is both a wife and a mother; she has been counseling and teaching women classes on Tajwid, Shafi’i Fiqh, Ihsan, marriage, and raising children since 1999.
– More from Shaykha Dr. Rania: http://mcceastbay.org/rania