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Dear MCA Friends - As Salaam Alaikum; Thursday, March 4, 2021

I hope this letter finds you in good health and high spirits of Iman by SWT grace and affection. First, we’ve re-opened restricted indoor prayer services at 25% capacity according to the directive of the County Health Officer. However, we should not let our guards down, despite an increase in vaccination rates, and our continued commitment to wearing face masks, and social distancing. I suggest that you of- fer your daily & Friday prayers Outdoors should you choose to attend MCA and or Masjid Al Noor. VIRUS IS NOT GONE AND WE’RE NOT FULLY SAFE. Great of Samarra, Iraq

Second, we are cautiously optimistic as we’ve started making preparations for restricted Outdoor activities in while strictly following County’s rules and recommendations for Outdoor gatherings. AL- Third, we have received the second round of the federal government's PPP (paycheck protection program) funding earlier this month. Although this provides some breathing space for our current monthly expens- es. However, I am requesting you for a substantial increase in your donations particularly for ‘Operations” O you who have been given the with the arrival of Ramadan next month, inshaAllah. Book! believe that which We Fourth, board of trustees (BoT) are making slow, but steady progress with respect to Conditional Use have revealed, verifying what Permit from the city for MCA 3.0 renovation. BoT have been satisfactorily servicing loans that were used in the purchase of buildings 2.0 and 3.0 using the rental income of building 2.0. In addition to reducing you have, before We alter faces the cost of servicing the loans, BOT has also been actively looking into options to accelerate payment of the loans. Over the years, you have given large donations in Ramadan. If you like to see the remaining then turn them on their backs, $5M loan paid-off early, I urge you—individuals, families, and businesses—to make directed donations for this purpose. or curse them as We cursed the violaters of the , and Fifth, we’re proactively and quickly disbursing Zakah checks among Zakah eligible individuals /families, and non-profit organizations to help our Community members. I encourage you to attend our bi-weekly the command of Allah shall be online zoom meetings to see our work-in-progress and explore volunteering opportunities. Information is available on our MCA website. executed.

Sixth, as Covid related financial challenges continued, we remained nimble with tight budget and PPP’s Quran 4:47 help. Hence, I am specifically requesting your generous donations this Ramadan to minimize budget cuts, reduction in our services, and or personnel in coming weeks.

Seventh, with new variant spreading easily causing health issues for many, let us remember Allah SWT as mentioned in Surah Al-Hashr [59:19): وَﻻَ ﺗَﻜُﻮﻧُﻮا ﻛَﺎﻟ;ﺬِﻳﻦَ ﻧَﺴُﻮا اﻟﻠ;ﻪَ ﻓَﺄَﻧﺴَﺎﻫُﻢْ أَﻧﻔُﺴَﻬُﻢْ ۚ أُوﻟَٰﺌِﻚَ ﻫُﻢُ اﻟْﻔَﺎﺳِﻘُﻮنَ And do not be like those who forgot Allah, so He made them forget themselves. It is they who are truly ibn Abi Talib reported: I was rebellious. And let us also pray to Allah SWT for forgiveness and well being [Sahih - ]: with the Prophet, peace and اﻟﻠ;ﻬُﻢ; إِﻧNﻲ أَﺳْﺄَﻟُﻚَ اﻟْﻌَﻔْﻮَ وَاﻟْﻌَﺎﻓِﻴَﺔَ ﻓِﻲ اﻟﺪIﻧْﻴَﺎ وَاﻵﺧِﺮَةِ O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness and my well-being in this world and the Hereafter. blessings be upon him, in and we went out to one of its Finally, may Allah SWT reward you and your families for your continued support and ’s for the MCA’s well-being. neighborhoods. He did not face any mountain or tree but that it PLEASE DONATE GENEROUSLY: https://www.mcabayarea.org/donate/ would say, “Peace be upon you, JazakAllah Khair & Kind Regards, O Messenger of Allah.” Mohammed Nadeem, Ph.D. President, MCA. Source: Sunan al-Tirmidh: 3626

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“And to Allah belong the best names, so invoke Him by them.” [Quran 7:180]

3 4 Sister’s Space

The MCA Women’s Committee is honored to share the writings of talented sisters in the “Sister’s Space” section of the weekly newsletter. We hope you enjoy these poems written by two young sisters in our community. If you or any other sister you know would like to contribute articles, poems, or any other content to this special section of the newsletter, please email your submissions to [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you! Letters during COVID-19: To Those with Time By Jinan Yusef | https://www.virtualmosque.com/uncategorized/letters-during-covid-19-to-those-with-time/

While we are all facing the same pandemic to- to give you the time you needed to come back to a thing]; then protect us from the punishment of gether, we are affected differently depending on Him. Perhaps you got so distracted with life that the Fire.” (Qur’an, 3:191) This is an amazing time where we are, our employment, our socio-eco- you rushed your prayers, were not able to read to establish this practice of reflecting and talking nomic situations, our family status (married/ the Qur’an, and found it hard to wake up for the to Allah (swt). with kids/alone), and other factors. These letters night prayer or even fajr (the dawn prayer). There are to various groups of people who may be was no time for solitude or reflection. 3- Work on your daily prayers: Many of us are contending with different things, but we pray that guilty of rushing prayers and being unable to truly all can find some benefit in each letter. You can This period might be difficult, but nothing lasts connect with Allah (swt). This is the time to focus leave a comment if you want a letter for a general forever. The Qur’an tells us that in numerous and take each prayer slowly. The series was situation. places, and we see its proof all around us. We written for this purpose, and can be found here. are put in different situations and adapt our To Those with Time, faith to what is best at the time. And now is the 4- Learn: The Prophet (PBUH) said, “If anyone time to build or re-build that relationship with pursues a path in search of knowledge, Allah will You may be not used to this. Always being so busy Allah (swt). Abu Hamid al-Ghazali said: “Choose thenby make easy for him a path to .” with work and responsibilities, suddenly you find solitude over people, for they distract you from (Abu Dawud) Many Islamic institutes have online yourself with a of time, as a result of working worshipping Allah.” Many of us do not choose courses and classes, and there are plenty of from home or even not having work during this solitude, at least not for the purpose of connect- beneficial lectures online (this recent one is my period. ing to , and this is a time when we have been favorite). You can also catch up with reading. given solitude. Ibn Ataillah said, “Nothing serves This might be a stressful time. A confusing time. the heart better than a reclusion (‘uzla) through 5- Limit distractions, but let yourself rest: We all And it is easy to distract yourself completely with which it enters the fray of thought.” need to take care of our emotional and mental the abundance of social media apps. well-being, so we should do what is best for Thus, this is a time to reflect on life, priority and us. We do not need to necessarily cut off social Or perhaps, in some way, it is an opportunity. purpose. Allah (swt) tells us, media apps, but ensure that our time is not dom- While the pandemic is affecting people different- inated by them. We can have time for Instagram ly, you find yourself suddenly having to contend “And I did not create the and mankind except without going overboard. The Prophet (PBUH) with solitude. You are healthy, thank God, to worship Me.” (Qur’an, 51:56) said, “time should be devoted (to the worldly relatively youthful, and with more free time. The affairs) and time should be devoted (to the here- Prophet (PBUH) reminds us to: We know that the Prophet (PBUH) would go to after)” (Muslim) the Cave of Hira to reflect before he received the “Take advantage of five before five: your youth first revelation. Many righteous people would ap- 6- Set a time for the daily morning/afternoon -re before your old age, your health before your portion time for seclusion and reflection. membrances, and understand their meanings: Ibn illness, your riches before your poverty, your free Al-Shuqairi wrote a book of forty lessons and al-Qayyim stated, “In the heart there is hardness time before your work, and your life before your reflections on life during a forty-day seclusion -ex which can only be softened by remembrance of death.” (Sahih) ercise, but he recommends that people take out Allah. So the slave must treat the hardness of his some time every day or every week to be alone heart with the remembrance of Allah.” It is important to take care our mental and with Allah. It may be for a set period during their emotional health, of course, and part of it day, or a few days every so often. These are some 7- Set a time for seeking forgiveness: The Prophet can be through different activities, keeping in things that those of us with extra time can do: (PBUH) told us: “The one who (regularly) seeks contact with loved ones, or learning something forgiveness, Allah will relieve him of every bur- new. Another even more important priority is 1- Recite Qur’an every morning: “O mankind, den, and make from every discomfort an outlet, strengthening our relationship with God. The there has to come to you instruction from your and He will provide for him from (sources) he Prophet (PBUH) said, “Those in seclusion have Lord and healing for what is in the breasts and never could imagine.” (Abu Dawud) raced ahead.” They said, “O Messenger of Allah, guidance and mercy for the believers.” (Qur’an, who are those in seclusion?” The Prophet (PBUH) 10:57) Particularly with Ramadan coming up, this These are some of the things that we can do if we said, “They are men and women who remember is an especially good time to reconnect with the find that we have time. Of course, we may also Allah often.” Qur’an. be dealing with other things, and we will discuss them in another letter insha’Allah (God willing). In another narration, the Prophet (PBUH) said, 2- Pray and/or reflect in the evening, talking But if we find ourselves with an abundance of “They are those absorbed in the remembrance of to Allah (swt): God describes the people of time, we can start by returning to Allah (swt). Allah.” (Muslim) understanding as those, “who remember Allah while standing or sitting or [lying] on their sides Yours sincerely, While this time carries different meanings for and give thought to the creation of the heavens Someone with (a little more) time different people, perhaps for you in particular, and the earth, [saying], “Our Lord, You did not Allah subhanahu wa ta`la (exalted is He) wanted create this aimlessly; exalted are You [above such

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Barakah Part I of II

We do not know precisely how the young up the mountains, the hills and the valleys “When heard the painful news, she Abyssinian girl ended up for sale in Makkah. We around Makkah.” “Do you feel pregnant, my fainted and I stayed by her bedside while she was do not know her ‘roots’, who her mother was, lady?” in a state between life and death. There was no or her father or her ancestors. There were many one else but me in Aminah’s house. I nursed her like her, boys and girls, and non-Arabs, who “Yes, Barakah,” she replied. “But I do not feel any and looked after her during the day and through were captured and brought to the slave market of discomfort as other women feel.” “You shall give the long nights until she gave birth to her child, the city to be sold. birth to a blessed child who will bring goodness,” “”, on a night in which the heavens I said. were resplendent with the light of God.” A terrible fate awaited some who ended up in the hands of cruel masters or mistresses who So long as Abdullah was away, Aminah remained When Muhammad was born, Barakah was the exploited their labor to the full and treated them sad and melancholic. Barakah stayed at her side first to hold him in her arms. His grandfather with the utmost harsh ness. trying to comfort her and make her cheerful came and took him to the Kabah and with all by talking to her and relating stories. Aminah Makkah, celebrated his birth. Barakah stayed A few in that inhuman environment were rather however became even more distressed when with Aminah while Muhammad was sent to more fortunate. They were taken into the homes Abd al-Muttalib came and told her she had to the badiyah with the lady Halimah who looked of more gentle and caring people. leave her home and go to the mountains as other after him in the bracing atmosphere of the open Makkans had done because of an impending desert. At the end of five years, he was brought Barakah, the young Abyssinian girl, was one of attack on the city by the ruler of Yemen, someone back to Makkah and Aminah received him with the more fortunate ones. She was saved by the called Abrahah. Aminah told him that she was tenderness and love and Barakah welcomed him generous and kind Abdullah, the son of Abd too grief-striken and weak to leave for the “with joy, longing and admiration”. al-Muttalib. ‘She became the only servant in his mountains but insisted that Abrahah could never household and when he was married, to the lady enter Makkah and destroy the Kabah because When Muhammad was six years old, his mother Aminah, she looked after her affairs as well. it was protected by the Lord. Abd al-Muttalib decided to visit the grave of her husband, became very agitated but there was no sign of Abdullah, in Yathrib. Both Barakah and Abd al- Two weeks after the couple were married, fear on Aminah’s face. Her confidence that the Muttalib tried to dissuade her. Aminah however according to Barakah, Abdullah’s father came Kabah would not be harmed was well-founded. was determined. So one morning they set to their house and instructed his son to go with Abrahah’s army with an elephant in the vanguard off- Aminah, Muhammad and Barakah huddled a trading caravan that was leaving for Syria. was destroyed before it could enter Makkah. together in a small hawdaj mounted on a large Aminah was deeply distressed and cried: camel, part of a huge caravan that was going to Day and night, Barakah stayed beside Aminah. Syria. In order to shield the tender child from any “How strange! How strange! How can my She said: “I slept at the foot of her bed and heard pain and worry, Aminah did not tell Muhammad husband go on a trading journey to Syria while I her groans at night as she called for her absent that she was going to visit the grave of his father. am yet a bride and the traces of henna are still on husband. Her moans would awaken me and I my hands.” would try to comfort her and give her courage.” The caravan went at a brisk pace. Barakah tried to console Aminah for her son’s sake and much of Abdullah’s departure was heartbreaking. In her The first part of the caravan from Syria returned the time the boy Muhammad slept with his arms anguish, Aminah fainted. Soon after he left, and was joyously welcomed by the trading around Barakah’s neck. Barakah said: “When I saw Aminah unconscious, I families of Makkah. Barakah went secretly to shouted in distress and pain: ‘O my lady!’ Aminah the house of Abd al-Muttalib to find out about The caravan took ten days to reach Yathrib. The opened her eyes and looked at me with tears Abdullah but had no news of him. She went back boy Muhammad was left with his maternal uncles streaming down her face. Suppressing a groan to Aminah but did not tell her what she had of the Banu Najjar while Aminah went to visit the she said: “Take me to bed, Barakah.” seen or heard in order not to distress her. The grave of Abdullah. Each day for a few weeks she entire caravan eventually returned but not with stayed at the grave. She was consumed by grief. “Aminah stayed bedridden for a long time. She Abdullah. spoke to no one. Neither did she look at anyone On the way back to Makkah, Aminah became who visited her except Abd al-Muttalib, that Later, Barakah was at Abd al-Muttalib’s house seriously ill with fever. Halfway between Yathrib noble and gentle old man. “Two months after when news came from Yathrib that Abdullah had and Makkah, at a place called al-Abwa, they the departure of Abdullah, Aminah called me at died. She said: “I screamed when I heard the stopped. Aminah’s health deteriorated rapidly. dawn one morning and, her face beaming with news. I don’t know what I did after that except One pitch dark night, she was running a high joy, she said to me: that I ran to Aminah’s house shouting, lamenting temperature. The fever had got to her head and for the absent one who would never return, she called out to Barakah in a choking voice. “O Barakah! I have seen a strange dream.” lamenting for the beloved one for whom we “Something good, my lady,” I said. waited so long, lamenting for the most beautiful Barakah related: “She whispered in my ear: ‘O Barakah, I shall depart from this world shortly. I “I saw lights coming from my abdomen lighting youth of Makkah, for Abdullah, the pride of the . commend my son Muhammad to your care. He 8 lost his father while he was in my abdomen. Here overtakes you.” freedom of Zayd. However, Zayd continued to live he is now, losing his mother under his very eyes. with him as part of his household and devoted Be a mother to him, Barakah. And don’t ever “Whom shall I marry, my lady?” asked Barakah. himself to his service. leave him.’ “There is here now Ubayd ibn Zayd from the Khazraj tribe of Yathrib. He has come to us When Muhammad was blessed with “My heart was shattered and I began to sob seeking your hand in marriage. For my sake, don’t prophethood, Barakah and Zayd were among the and wail. The child was distressed by my wailing refuse.” first to believe in the message he proclaimed. and began to weep. He threw himself into his They bore with the early the persecution mother’s arms and held tightly onto her neck. Barakah agreed. She married Ubayd ibn Zayd and which the Quraysh meted out to them. She gave one last moan and then was forever went with him to Yathrib. There she gave birth to silent.” a son whom she called Ayman and from that time Barakah and Zayd performed invaluable services onwards people called her “” the to the mission of the Prophet. They acted as part Barakah wept. She wept bitterly. With her own mother of Ayman. of an intelligence service exposing themselves to hands she dug a grave in the sand and buried the persecution and punishment of the Quraysh Aminah, moistening the grave with whatever Her marriage however did not last very long. Her and risking their lives to gain information on the tears were left in her heart. Barakah returned husband died and she returned once more to plans and conspiracies of the mushrikin. with the orphan child to Makkah and placed him Makkah to live with her “son” Muhammad in the in the care of his grandfather. She stayed at his house of the lady Khadijah. Living in the same One night the mushrikun blocked off the roads house to look after him. When Abd al-Muttalib household at the time were Ali ibn Abi Talib, Hind leading to the House of al-Arqam where the died two years later, she went with the child to (Khadijah’s daughter by her first husband), and Prophet gathered his companions regularly to the house of his uncle Abu Talib and continued . instruct them in the teachings of . Barakah to look after his needs until he was grown up and had some urgent information from Khadijah married the lady Khadijah. Zayd was an Arab from the tribe of Kalb who which had to be conveyed to the Prophet. She was captured as a boy and brought to Makkah risked her life trying to reach the House of Barakah then stayed with Muhammad and to be sold in the slave market. He was bought al-Arqam. When she arrived and conveyed the Khadijah in a house belonging to Khadijah. “I by Khadijah’s nephew and put in her service. In message to the Prophet, he smiled and said to never left him and he never left me,” she said. Khadijah’s household, Zayd became attached her: One day Muhammad, may Allah bless him and to Muhammad and devoted himself to his grant him peace, called out to her and said: “Ya service. Their relationship was like that of a son “You are blessed, Umm Ayman. Surely you have !” (He always called her “Mother”.) “Now to a father. Indeed when Zayd’s father came to a place in Paradise.” When Umm Ayman left, the I am a married man, and you are still unmarried. Makkah in search of him, Zayd was given the Prophet looked at his companions and asked: What do you think if someone should come choice by Muhammad of either going with his “Should one of you desire to marry a woman now and ask to marry you?” Barakah looked at father or staying with him. Zayd’s reply to his from the people of Paradise, let him marry Umm Muhammad and said: “I shall never leave you. father was: Ayman.” Does a mother abandon her son?” Muhammad smiled and kissed her head. He looked at his wife “I shall never leave this man. He has treated me Ali the companions remained silent and did not Khadijah and said to her: “This is Barakah. This is nobly, as a father would treat his son. Not a single utter a word. Umm Ayman was neither beautiful my mother after my own mother. She is the rest day have I felt that I am a slave. He has looked nor attractive. She was by now about fifty years of my family.” after me well. He is kind and loving towards me old and looked rather frail. Zayd ibn al-Harithah and strives for my enjoyment and happiness. He however came forward and said: “Messenger of Barakah looked at the lady Khadijah who said to is the most noble of men and the greatest person Allah, I shall marry Umm Ayman. By Allah, she is her: “Barakah, you have sacrificed your youth in creation. How can I leave him and go with better than women who have grace and beauty.” for the sake of Muhammad. 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