24 Shawwal, 1437 Effective 7/30 Fajr Dhuhr Asr Maghrib Ishaa Juma Juma Juma PRAYER TIMES MCA 5:20 1:30 5:45 Sunset 9:50 12:15 1:30 2:30 An-Noor 5:20 1:30 6:30 Sunset 9:50 12:15 1:30 Newsletter July 29, 2016 Muslim Community Association of the San Francisco Bay Area TONIGHT & WEEKEND UPCOMING EVENTS Tonight and Saturday - Interest Bearing Transactions August 6 - Hajj: Journey of a lifetime Article - Al Ghazali: Four Matters worthy of our actions QURAN AYATS p.3 Allah, Glory be to Him, the Most High said: Nay, seek (Allah s) help with patient perseverance and prayer: It is indeed hard, except to those who bring a lowly spirit,- [Surah 2: Verse 45] Maintain with care the [obligatory] prayers and [in particular] the middle prayer and stand before Allah, devoutly obedient. [Surah 2: Verse 238] And be steadfast in prayer; practise regular charity; and bow down your heads with those who bow down (in worship). [Surah 2: Verse 43] Seek refuge with Allah taala from laziness and procrastination. If you find yourself missing Fajr prayer a lot or sleeping without praying Isha - ask Allah for forgiveness and help. TO ADVERTISE WITH US, VISIT OUR WEBSITE: www.mcabayarea.org/newsletter MCA, c/o Newsletter, P.O. Box 180, Santa Clara, CA 95052 newsletter@mcabayarea.org www.mcabayarea.org (408) 727-7277 X416 Outreach Presents MCA HOPE Bringing Hope, Serving Humanity The MCA Humanitarian Outreach Program is designed to be a compassionate helping hand from the Muslim Community to local organizations who strive to meet the basic needs of those less fortunate within Santa Clara County. Our group is proud to serve the changing needs of the community on a weekly basis. Due to a recent high-rise apartment fire in a downtown San Jose complex, MCA HOPE Program will change from weekly lunch packing activities to benefit the homeless, to distributing hot meals to those displaced by the fire damage. To join our mailing list and be notified when volunteer opportunities arise to assist our community and those in need, please email humanitarianoutreach@mcabayarea.org Also brought to you by: One Ummah Foundation Crescent Foundation Inc HomeFirst Services of Santa Clara County SUBSCRIBE ONLINE MCA MAILING LIST
Dates: Storyteller: Laila Barakat Women s Committee Presents Story Time Join us with your child for story time fun which will feature engaging books, songs, body movement and more! 0-2 years - 11:00 AM 2-4 years - 11:30 AM Friday July 22nd 2016, Friday August 5th 2016, Friday August 19th 2016. Location: MCA Babysitting Room Laila Barakat is a Bay Area native and mother of two young children. A former journalist and passionate communicator, she graduated from San Jose Sate with a BS in Public Relations. MCA Dawah and ICNA Bay Area Present: Tafseer of Al-Takweer Al-Infitaar Al-Mutaffifeen & More Post-Maghrib Tafseer Program Program will be held in Urdu GUEST: Maulana Yusuf Islahi (Scholar, Orator, and Writer) WHERE: MCA Men's Prayer Hall, 3003 Scott Blvd, Santa Clara, CA & 1755 Catherine Street Santa Clara, CA WHEN: After Salat al-maghrib Daily, July 21 through July 31 (7/22 and 7/29) the venue will change to Masjid al-noor Sisters and Brothers Welcome 2
3 FEATURED ARTICLE Al-Ghazali - FOUR MATTERS WORTHY OF OUR ACTIONS My dear beloved son! Refrain from the [above mentioned] four things but the things that you have to do are also four in number and it will be appropriate that you take full care of them. [These four things to do are:] 1. THE METHOD OF DEVELOPING AN INTI- MATE RELATIONSHIP WITH ALLAH The first thing is that, every matter that is between you and Allah should be conducted [by you] in such a way that if your servant does the same for you then you, instead of being sad, will like it, commend it, and will not be in any way angry about it. Likewise, if there is anything you do not like about your servant doing it for you, you should also realize that if you fell short in your servitude to your Lord then your Creator will also not like it. The reality that needs to be mentioned here [and the fundamental point that needs to be driven home here] is that your servant is not created by you but only hired by you. But you been created, raised (cherished), and owned by your Real Creator and Owner [whom you are a slave of, therefore, your obligation to not in an way displease your Lord either in thought, word, or deed, is tremendous]. 2. THE METHOD OF RELATING TO THE SLAVES OF ALLAH The second thing is that every matter that is between you and other slaves of Allah should be conducted by you in such a way that if they do the same to you [what you are doing to them] then you will like it and will not be grieved by it. As it has been said [in a Holy Hadith (a tradition of Prophet Muhammad PBUH in which Allah is telling us something)]: My (Allah s) slave s faith (Iman) is never complete unless he/she likes for all human beings what he/she likes for himself/herself. 3. AN INSISTENT ADVICE TO STUDY AND LEARN The third thing is that if you want to increase your knowledge and want to read (study) a scholarly book then think that your lifetime will be over in no more than a week. In this situation, [think and realize] what kind of knowledge will benefit you, so only indulge in that kind of knowledge. If you have the knowledge that your life will last for no more than a week, then in that week (i.e. in the last week of your life) you will never read such scholarly books in which you will learn things like [the art of] religious debates, argumentation, dictionary, linguistics and grammar, poetry, poetic collections, and essay writing. The reason for doing that [in the situation when your life ends in one week] is that you have developed an understanding that such knowledge will provide no benefit to you. For this reason, you will keep yourself busy the whole week with contemplation of the heart and recognizing the faults in your Nafs (self) [so that you can make amends wherever you can in the short time that is left]. You will turn your face away from the world [and the life therein] and after purifying your heart from all evil qualities and embellishing (decorating) it (your heart) with the love of Allah and with beautiful noble [inner] qualities, you will get busy with Allah s worship and servitude. It is [even] possible that in any day or night of that [last] week [of your life] you will not even visit anyone even though [you know that] there is no likelihood of you dying on that very day or night. My dear beloved son! Listen to one more thing, remember it, understand its reality, contemplate on it, and act on it, so this way you will certainly earn your salvation. If you are given the news and told that the next week the king will visit your house, then certainly in the whole week, you will not do any work other than having the obsession that king s glance should not fell on such-and-such thing so I should clean it. In this way you will clean everything in your house, decorate everything and that includes your body, your dress, the walls and floors of your house, etc. You will clean all of these things. Now you should yourself think and understand! What should I explain to you about this hint? You yourself are intelligent so a hint should be enough for you. That s why, Prophet Muhammad (Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) has said: Verily, Allah does not look at your faces and your actions but he looks at your hearts and your intentions. When the Supreme Ruler s (Ahkamul Hakimeen) sight is on your heart then why do you not purify your heart? If your desire is to acquire knowledge of the matters of the heart then you should study [my book] Ahya al-uloom ad-deen ( Revival of the Knowledge of the Path to God also known as Revival of Religious Learnings ) and our other books, because to acquire such knowledge is personally obligatory (Fard al- ayn) on all Muslims. To acquire other knowledge is a communal obligation (Fard Kifaya an obligation on an entire community which is discharged by the entire community if there is a single group within the community that fulfills the communal obligation). But this knowledge should be acquired to such an extent so that you can obey the commandments of Allah, the Exalted. If Allah, the Exalted, grants you the Tawfeeq (capability/ motivation) then you should necessarily acquire this knowledge. 4. NOT STOCKPILING FOOD The fourth thing is that you should not accumulate more than one year s provision for your family from the possessions of the world. Because Prophet Muhammad (Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) accumulated one year s worth of provision (food) for some of his wives and said: O my Allah! Make this provision (food) sufficient for the family of Muhammad (Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). But Prophet Muhammad (Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) did not accumulate provisions (food) for all of his wives (Azwaj al-mutahharat), but instead, he accumulated provisions (food) for one year for those of his wives (Azwaj al-mutahharat) only whose reliance (Tawakkul) on Allah was weak. And for those Ummahatil Mu mineen (Mothers of the Believers the wives of the Prophet), whose certitude [in Allah] was perfect and had strong Tawakkul (reliance on Allah), for them the Prophet (Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) did not even accumulate even one day s worth of provisions. For instance, for Aisha Siddiqa (May Allah be pleased with her) and for other Mothers of Believers like her.
Khalil Center and MCA ICE committee jointly presents Women s Grief Group with Taqwa Mahrani Surapati Stanford Health Care Chaplain ARE YOU LOOKING TO! Build your confidence?! Grow as a leader?! Improve your communication & public speaking skills? We meet every Tuesday from 7pm to 8pm at the Dawah Hall in MCA Contact: Afzal Syed (syafzal@gmail.com; 785.312.0497) Mohamed Waseem (mohamed.waseem@outlook.com) Visit our Toastmasters Club. It will change your life! We all experience sadness and grief in our lives, due to some type of loss. As Muslims, it is our duty to remember and trust God when we go through hardships. In facing death of loved ones, we experience intense emotions before, during, and along afterwards. Participants will sit together and make room in our hearts to work with loss and grief. We share out stories in an accepting environment as a way to process grief. Our goal in this workshop is to learn compassion and empathy, to strengthen our bond with one another and with Allah, the Most Merciful. Fridays starting July 22th, 2016 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Khaleel Center MCA New Building 3033 Scott Blvd. Santa Clara, CA Speakers Bio: Taqwa Mahrani Surapati is an oncology chaplain at Stanford Health Care. Taqwa visited Muslim patients since 2003 before pursuing chaplaincy in 2012. She hold a Graduate Certificate in Islamic Chaplaincy from Hartford Seminary and currently pursuing Master of Arts in Islamic Studies from Center of Islamic Studies in Berkeley Please RSVP at counseling@mcabayarea.org please provide email or phone number 4
CALLING ALL MUSLIM YOUTH, WOMEN, AND MEN PARTICIPATE IN A RESEARCH STUDY TARGETING COMMON MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AFFECTING THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY! SUNDAY, JULY 31ST, 2016 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM MCA, SANTA CLARA FOCUS GROUP PARTICIPANT Compensation given with gift card for your participation PROGRAM DETAILS: You are invited to participate in a research study conducted by the Stanford Muslims and Mental Lab. The information you give us is completely confidential. The purpose of this study is to find out the best community based models that facilitates utilization of formal mental health services among religiously observant American Muslims in the Bay Area. We are looking for SERIOUS and COMMITTED participants ONLY! Limited space and only confirmed registered attendees will be accepted! Thank you! REGISTER HERE: http://goo.gl/forms/xahnb6i63e252lpm2 TEACHERS WANTED SILICON VALLEY ACADEMY Pre-Kindergarten - 8th Grade As-Safa Academy Serving Pre K-grade 12 Wanted: Elementary School Teachers, High School Subject Teachers, Arabic Teacher Send resume to hajeraali@gmail.com Visit us at www.as-safa.net or call 408-320-1958 5 NOW HIRING FOR 2016-2017 ACADEMIC YEAR We are currently looking for qualified homeroom teachers and teacher aids. If interested, please submit your resume to admin@svamail.com. Silicon Valley Academy 1095 Dunford Way, Bldg. 400 Sunnyvale, CA 94087 www.svaschool.org (408)243-9333
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