Sacred Sustenance

Sidi Shahryar Abbasi delivers a Khutbah giving spiritual insights about mercy being the essence of the Islamic faith in the context of domestic violence in Muslim communities.

Sidi Shahryar speaks about the Islamic position on domestic violence that is drawn from the Qur’an, Prophetic practice, and historical and contemporary legal verdicts.

- More Sidi Shahryar: http://mcceastbay.org/shahryar
- More topics addressing community & social justice issues: http://mcceastbay.org/community
- More mental health talks at MCC: http://mcceastbay.org/mental-health
- More talks about various forms of use in Muslim Community: http://mcceastbay.org/abuse
- More domestic violence talks at MCC: http://mcceastbay.org/nisa
- Learn more about the NISA domestic violence shelter: https://asknisa.org

This outdoor sermon was delivered at the Muslim Community Center - East Bay (MCC East Bay) in Pleasanton, California on Friday, March 26, 2021.

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You were created with certain natural desires: the desire for food, sex, money, fame, power and praise. Many of these desires deceive you in today’s world and one of our main goals in life is to control your desires.

In this nine-part series, we discuss a different desire inside you and outline spiritual and practical methods to curb that desire and channel it in the right direction.

- More "Deceptive Desires’ Series: http://mcceastbay.org/desires
- More Sidi Shahryar: http://mcceastbay.org/shahryar
- Sidi Shahryar’s "Real Talk Series": http://mcceastbay.org/real-talk
- Sidi Shahryar’s "Traits of the Righteous" Series: http://mcceastbay.org/hallmark

This talk was delivered via the Muslim Community Center - East Bay (MCC East Bay) in Pleasanton, California on April 7, 2021.

Shahryar graduated from the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business and served as the External Affairs Vice President of UC Berkeley’s student government. He is an experienced speaker, mentor, and coach. Send him questions at: [email protected] and learn more about him at https://www.tiktok.com/@UCwu1KH6quKkwmyOYdhduLSw

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Let’s face it: Ramadan can be tough. Many times it is hard to go from our regular lives full of school and work to days full of fasting and worship.

In this Ramadan prep class, we focus on:

- Having the right mindset: How we can get the most out of this Ramadan given the circumstances
- Light fiqh review: How to ensure we are fasting in a way that’s pleasing to Allah
- Getting on the path to repentance and change: Practical steps we can take to seek Allah’s forgiveness for our actions
- Spiritually cleansing our hearts: How to cleanse our hearts from bad traits, and our mind from bad images and lustful desires
- Getting rid of bad habits: How to wean ourselves from excessive use of NetFlix, Hulu, Tiktok. Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook and Whats App
- Managing our time: How to have a good schedule while at home and juggling lots of responsibilities

Sidi Shahryar Abbasi has an open conversation to help us navigate any challenge we are facing - whether we are struggling with smoking and drinking or with praying and reading the Qur’an.

- More Sidi Shahryar: http://mcceastbay.org/shahryar
- Sidi Shahryar’s "Real Talk Series": http://mcceastbay.org/real-talk
- Sidi Shahryar’s "Traits of the Righteous" Series: http://mcceastbay.org/hallmark
- Sidi Shahryar’s "Controlling Your Desires" Series: http://mcceastbay.org/desires
- More Getting Ramadan for Ramadan reminders: http://mcceastbay.org/ramadan-ready
- More Ramadan lectures, sermons, programs & Tarawih reminders: http://mcceastbay.org/ramadan-reminders
- More Ramadan Reflections: http://mcceastbay.org/reflections

This talk was delivered via the Muslim Community Center - East Bay (MCC East Bay) in Pleasanton, California on April 11, 2021.

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The gates of Heaven are flung open for us and God loves His Tawabeen (repentant). Each Sunday this Ramadan, Sidi Shahryar Abbasi gives spiritual insights about how to win this immense forgiveness of our major & minor sins.

We have all made our fair share of mistakes throughout our lives. Alhamdulillah that we have an All Forgiving and generous Lord. Allah reminds us in the Quran that He loves the tawabeen, those who regularly repent to him. We have approached the most blessed of months - Ramadan, a month in which the gates of heaven are opened and the gates of Hell are closed. It is a month of mercy, divine secrets and immense forgiveness.

So how do we begin the journey of seeking repentance in Ramadan? Join us in this four-part series where we will discuss:

- How to change your life this Ramadan
- How to seek Allah’s forgiveness for our major and minor sins
- The practical components of repentance
- The signs of an accepted repentance

This session was delivered via the Muslim Community Center - East Bay (MCC East Bay) in Pleasanton, California on April 18, 2021.

- More Sidi Shahryar: http://mcceastbay.org/shahryar
- Sidi Shahryar’s "Real Talk Series": http://mcceastbay.org/real-talk
- Sidi Shahryar’s "Traits of the Righteous" Series: http://mcceastbay.org/hallmark
- Sidi Shahryar’s "Controlling Your Desires" Series: http://mcceastbay.org/desires

More MCC East Bay:
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The gates of Heaven are flung open for us and God loves His Tawabeen (repentant). Each Sunday this Ramadan, Sidi Shahryar Abbasi gives spiritual insights about how to win this immense forgiveness of our major and minor sins.

We have all made our fair share of mistakes throughout our lives. Alhamdulillah that we have an All Forgiving and generous Lord. Allah reminds us in the Quran that He loves the tawabeen, those who regularly repent to him. We have approached the most blessed of months - Ramadan, a month in which the gates of heaven are opened and the gates of Hell are closed. It is a month of mercy, divine secrets and immense forgiveness.

So how do we begin the journey of seeking repentance in Ramadan? Join us in this four-part series where we will discuss:

- How to change your life this Ramadan
- How to seek Allah’s forgiveness for our major and minor sins
- The practical components of repentance
- The signs of an accepted repentance

This session of the ’Repent in Ramadan’ series was delivered via the Muslim Community Center - East Bay (MCC East Bay) in Pleasanton, California on April 25, 2021.

- More Sidi Shahryar: http://mcceastbay.org/shahryar
- Sidi Shahryar’s "Real Talk Series": http://mcceastbay.org/real-talk
- Sidi Shahryar’s "Traits of the Righteous" Series: http://mcceastbay.org/hallmark
- Sidi Shahryar’s "Controlling Your Desires" Series: http://mcceastbay.org/desires

More MCC East Bay:
Events & Activities: http://www.mcceastbay.org/calendar
Weekly Updates: http://www.mcceastbay.org/newsletter
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The gates of Heaven are flung open for us and God loves His Tawabeen (repentant). Each Sunday this Ramadan, Sidi Shahryar Abbasi gives spiritual insights about how to win this immense forgiveness of our major and minor sins.

We have all made our fair share of mistakes throughout our lives. Alhamdulillah that we have an All Forgiving and generous Lord. Allah reminds us in the Quran that He loves the tawabeen, those who regularly repent to him. We have approached the most blessed of months - Ramadan, a month in which the gates of heaven are opened and the gates of Hell are closed. It is a month of mercy, divine secrets and immense forgiveness.

So how do we begin the journey of seeking repentance in Ramadan? Join us in this four-part series where we will discuss:

- How to change your life this Ramadan
- How to seek Allah’s forgiveness for our major and minor sins
- The practical components of repentance
- The signs of an accepted repentance

This session of the ’Repent in Ramadan’ series was delivered via the Muslim Community Center - East Bay (MCC East Bay) in Pleasanton, California on May 2, 2021.

- More Sidi Shahryar: http://mcceastbay.org/shahryar
- Sidi Shahryar’s "Real Talk Series": http://mcceastbay.org/real-talk
- Sidi Shahryar’s "Traits of the Righteous" Series: http://mcceastbay.org/hallmark
- Sidi Shahryar’s "Controlling Your Desires" Series: http://mcceastbay.org/desires

More MCC East Bay:
Events & Activities: http://www.mcceastbay.org/calendar
Weekly Updates: http://www.mcceastbay.org/newsletter
Support MCC: https://www.mcceastbay.org/sadaqa
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The gates of Heaven are flung open for us and God loves His Tawabeen (repentant). Each Sunday this Ramadan, Sidi Shahryar Abbasi gives spiritual insights about how to win this immense forgiveness of our major and minor sins.

We have all made our fair share of mistakes throughout our lives. Alhamdulillah that we have an All Forgiving and generous Lord. Allah reminds us in the Quran that He loves the tawabeen, those who regularly repent to him. We have approached the most blessed of months - Ramadan, a month in which the gates of heaven are opened and the gates of Hell are closed. It is a month of mercy, divine secrets and immense forgiveness.

So how do we begin the journey of seeking repentance in Ramadan? Join us in this four-part series where we will discuss:

- How to change your life this Ramadan
- How to seek Allah’s forgiveness for our major and minor sins
- The practical components of repentance
- The signs of an accepted repentance

This session of the ’Repent in Ramadan’ series was delivered via the Muslim Community Center - East Bay (MCC East Bay) in Pleasanton, California on May 9, 2021.

- More Sidi Shahryar: http://mcceastbay.org/shahryar
- Sidi Shahryar’s "Real Talk Series": http://mcceastbay.org/real-talk
- Sidi Shahryar’s "Traits of the Righteous" Series: http://mcceastbay.org/hallmark
- Sidi Shahryar’s "Controlling Your Desires" Series: http://mcceastbay.org/desires

More MCC East Bay:
Events & Activities: http://www.mcceastbay.org/calendar
Weekly Updates: http://www.mcceastbay.org/newsletter
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Sidi Shahryar Abbasi makes up with a special prayer to God in English on the special last Night of Qadr in Ramadan ’21 after Qari Amar Bellaha finished the Quran in Taraweeh and he made a very special Dua of Khatm in Arabic.

Watch that entire service at https://youtu.be/6cJAQxnV8LM

- More Qari Amar Bellaha: http://mcceastbay.org/amar
- More Sidi Shahryar: http://mcceastbay.org/shahryar
- Qur’anic Daily Juz Recitation playlist: http://mcceastbay.org/ramadan21
- Watch Tarawih in Ramadan ’19: http://mcceastbay.org/taraweeh
- Qari Amar reciting Juz’ Ama 30 (final chapter of Qur’an): http://mcceastbay.org/juz-ama

Due to the pandemic, Qari Amar will recite shortened rakats (cycles) in MCC’s nightly outdoor Taraweeh. Qari Tayeb Bouamama joins Qari Amar in leading these condensed prayers.

This outdoor Tarawih prayer was held at the Muslim Community Center - East Bay in Pleasanton, California on May 10, 2021.

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Are you feeling stuck in your relationship with Allah? Feeling unsure about how to progress spiritually while balancing the hustle and bustle of life?

Join us for this weekly class focused on practical spirituality. Each week, we discuss a topic to help us traverse the spiritual path and ultimately achieve nearness to Allah (SWT). The topics range from how to make intentions, devotions and daily duas (supplications), easy shortcuts to maximize your rewards, the importance of good character, how to balance spirituality as a working professional, and much, much more.

We will primarily be focusing on the text "The Book of Assistance" by the great Saint and Knower of Allah, Imam Abdullah Ibn Alawi Al Haddad. Download this book at https://mcceastbay.org/assistance

8 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. | Wednesdays | Sept. 8 to December 15 | Watch at http://mcceastbay.org/live and watch past series recordings at http://mcceastbay.org/practical

- More Sidi Shahryar Abbasi: http://mcceastbay.org/shahryar
- Download Imam Al-Haddad’s "Book of Assistance": https://mcceastbay.org/assistance
- Download Practical Spirituality Resources: https://mcceastbay.org/awraad
- Sidi Shahryar’s "Practical Spirituality Series": http://mcceastbay.org/practical
- Sidi Shahryar’s "Real Talk Series": http://mcceastbay.org/real-talk
- Sidi Shahryar’s "Traits of the Righteous" Series: http://mcceastbay.org/hallmark
- Sidi Shahryar’s "Deceptive Desires" Series: http://mcceastbay.org/desires

This workshop was delivered via the Muslim Community Center - East Bay (MCC East Bay) in Pleasanton, California on September 8, 2021. This seminar series is co-hosted with Lighthouse Mosque in Oakland, California.

More MCC East Bay:
Events & Activities: http://www.mcceastbay.org/calendar
Weekly Updates: http://www.mcceastbay.org/newsletter
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Are you feeling stuck in your relationship with Allah? Feeling unsure about how to progress spiritually while balancing the hustle and bustle of life?

Join us for this weekly class focused on practical spirituality. Each week, we discuss a topic to help us traverse the spiritual path and ultimately achieve nearness to Allah (SWT). The topics range from how to make intentions, devotions and daily duas (supplications), easy shortcuts to maximize your rewards, the importance of good character, how to balance spirituality as a working professional, and much, much more.

We will primarily be focusing on the text "The Book of Assistance" by the great Saint and Knower of Allah, Imam Abdullah Ibn Alawi Al Haddad. Download this book at https://mcceastbay.org/assistance

8 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. | Wednesdays | Sept. 8 to December 15 | Watch at http://mcceastbay.org/live and watch past series recordings at http://mcceastbay.org/practical

- More Sidi Shahryar Abbasi: http://mcceastbay.org/shahryar
- Download Imam Al-Haddad’s "Book of Assistance": https://mcceastbay.org/assistance
- Download Practical Spirituality Resources: https://mcceastbay.org/awraad
- Sidi Shahryar’s "Practical Spirituality Series": http://mcceastbay.org/practical
- Sidi Shahryar’s "Real Talk Series": http://mcceastbay.org/real-talk
- Sidi Shahryar’s "Traits of the Righteous" Series: http://mcceastbay.org/hallmark
- Sidi Shahryar’s "Deceptive Desires" Series: http://mcceastbay.org/desires

This workshop was delivered via the Muslim Community Center - East Bay (MCC East Bay) in Pleasanton, California on September 15, 2021. This seminar series is co-hosted with Lighthouse Mosque in Oakland, California.

More MCC East Bay:
Events & Activities: http://www.mcceastbay.org/calendar
Weekly Updates: http://www.mcceastbay.org/newsletter
Support MCC: https://www.mcceastbay.org/sadaqa
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MCCPleasanton
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mcceastbay