Ta’leef Collective is a new organization that we are involved with. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Ta’leef Collective provides the space, content, and companionship necessary for a healthy understanding, embrace and realization of Islam. Ta’leef Collective is an expansion of the program formerly known as Zaytuna Outreach.

Ta’leef Collective hopes to serve:

• Seekers of knowledge
• Converts
• Muslim Youth
• Other under served populations

If you are in the Bay Area, we would like to invite you to join us and your community at our new location.

Date: Sunday, March 15, 2009

Time: 7:30pm

Address: 43170 Osgood Rd., Fremont, CA 94539

Program:

• Recitation of the Burda poetry (Classical poem about the characteristics of the Prophet Muhammad, may the blessings of Allah be upon him)
• Spiritual and practical pearls of wisdom from our teachers
• For those who would like to stay, we will be continuing our weekly Mawlid gathering later in the evening

Tea and sweets will be available.

For more information, please email: admin {at} islamcrunch . com

Website: http://taleefcollective.org/2009/03/grand-opening-march-15-2009/

Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Taleef-Collective/133124145555

This year’s Bay Area Mawlid has been finalized. We are blessed to have Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Imam Tahir Anwar and rising nasheed superstar Nader Khan from Canada participating in this year’s event.

Date: Sunday, March 8, 2009

Time: 5:00pm

Venue: Chandni Restaurant, Newark, CA

Tickets: $20 available online

Contact: mawlidconference@gmail.com or 510.744.3692

For centuries, the vast majority of Muslims have gathered in celebration of one of the greatest events in the history of the entire universe, the Mawlid or the birth of the Prophet Muhammad (sal Allahu `alayhi wa sallam). Through the recitation of the Majestic Quran, readings from the Seerah (Prophet’s biography), and the recitation of the Qasidah Burdah (Poem of the Cloak) we have the opportunity to show our gratitude to Allah ta’ala for having sent amongst us His final and last Messenger.

Allah (subhanahu wa ta’ala) says, “Verily Allah and His angels shower blessings on the Prophet (sal Allahu `alayhi wa sallam). O, Believers! Send blessings upon him and salute him with a worthy salutation.” (33:56)

Taking heed of this incredible verse, Muslims send their blessings upon the Prophet (sal Allahu `alayhi wa sallam) every day. And each year, on this special day, communities in every corner of the world come together to commemorate the miracle of his birth, the legacy of his life, and the station of perfection that he alone occupies in this world and the next(may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).

Join us in celebrating the Mawlid of our Prophet (sal Allahu `alayhi wa sallam) in renewal of our faith and commitment to the way of our beloved Prophet (sal Allahu `alayhi wa sallam) and his heirs, the rightly-guided scholars of the past and the present. We look forward to your presence with our scholars and friends in a night filled with inspiration and continuous praise!

We have been invited to represent at the Creativity & Spiritual Path event here in the Bay Area.

Read more about the event here: http://mqu.be/items/view/59/mikael-pittam-will-be-speaking-at-the-creativity-spiritual-path-event

Direct link: http://spiritualcreative.com/bio-mikael.html

If you are in the Bay Area, please try to attend.

Ta’leef Collective Presents:
The Essentials of Islam
with Shaykh Abdul Kareem Yahyaa

The Essentials of Islam is a detailed study of the blessed text, ‘Al-Risalah al-Jami`ah,’ by al-Habib Ahmed bin Zayn al-Habashi (may Allah have mercy on him and spread his benefit), a foundational text that covers what is personally obligatory for a Muslim to know regarding matters of faith, purification, prayer, and some essential points related to our everyday life in accordance with the Shafi’i school.

It is hoped that by the end of the course, students will be able to understand the essentials of making their worship valid, sound and proper in accordance with the Prophetic sunnah.

About the author and text:

Habib Ahmed bin Zayn al-Habashi’s al-Risalah al-Jami`ah is a brief text that covers the essentials that every Muslim must know about faith and practice according to the Shafi’i school.

A descendant of the Prophet, Habib Ahmed al-Habashi was a spiritual guide of the Ba `Alawi path and a great scholar of the Sacred Sciences who studied with the greatest teachers of his time in Hadramawt, Yemen.

Al-Risalah al-Jami’ah has spread far and wide since it was written and is now studied around the world including in Yemen, Egypt, Kenya, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Hijaz.

The scholars of Hadramawt place special emphasis on this text, making it the first text studied by students of knowledge.

Text: Al-Risalah al-Jami`ah
Fees: $20, includes class handouts
Time: 4 – 6pm
Start date: Sunday, January 25th, 2009.
Duration: 6 weeks
Venue: Zawiya (send email for address and directions)

Registration: “First come, first served”. Limited seats are available. Only 35 seats! REGISTER NOW.

To register, please send an email to admin {at} islamcrunch [dot] com
Please include your name, number of people attending and contact information.

Ta’Leef Collective provides the space, content, and companionship necessary for a healthy understanding, embrace and realization of Islam. Ta’leef Collective is an expansion of the program formerly known as Zaytuna Outreach.

Shaykh Abdul-Kareem Yahyaa’s Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=70541755603

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Imam Siraj Wahhaj speaks about the Muslim Alliance of North America (MANA) organization; from the roots at Masjid Taqwa to MANA.

** Imam Siraj reminds us not to drop the baton. **

Recorded in Santa Clara, California, October 25, 2008.

Support MANA: http://mana-net.org/

Original video link: http://www.viddler.com/explore/islamcrunch/videos/4/
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