Author: Berlin Mosque

Dear brothers and sisters,

As we bid farewell to the month of Ramadan let us keep up the spirit of fasting outside of Ramadan. As many of you fast the 6 fasts of Shawwal, the Islamic Association of Greater Hartford welcomes you to join us for an Iftar program with Imam Refai on Saturday July 25th.

There will be a lecture program by Imam Refai and another local Imam from 7pm on the benefits of fasting outside of Ramadan and preserving the benefits of the month of Ramadan.

Time 7pm to 9pm – Iftar will be at 8:18pm. This will be a pot-luck event so please do sign up to bring a dish at the website below.

Please support the education programs we are designing specially for you!

Eid Mubarak! May Allah accept all your good deeds, your prayers and your supplications in the month of Ramadan!

Here are the Takbir times for Eid Salat on Friday the 17th of July

There will be 3 Eid prayers – Takbir times – 7am, 9am and 11am

There will be two collection boxes – Zakat-ul Fitr $15 per person (Given to local poor, refugees and extra sent to Syrian refugees and Gaza and Iraqi displaced.

There will also be a masjid donation box. We have raised $157,000 out of our goal of $200,000. If you would like to contribute towards the major issues – Our first full time Imam, the expansion plans and cemetery project – please help by donating to the masjid.

Don’t forget to join us for the MCCT Eid carnival at Lake Compounce and purchase your tickets ASAP – at MCCT website – http://www.muslimcoalitionct.org/eid-carnival.html

Assalaamu-alaikum brothers and sisters,

Friday and Saturday July 3rd and 4th – Community Iftar – Food provided by Tabaq and Aladdin restaurants

Saturday July 4th Youth program 5:30pm onwards with Imam Kaiser Aslam

See the highlights of Ramadan at Berlin masjid so far – http://iaghhighlights.weebly.com/june-30-ramadan-1436.html

Night of Tuesday 7th (21st of Ramadan) – After Tharaveeh lecture by Imam Refai

Night of Wednesday 8th (22nd of Ramadan) – After Tharaveeh lecture by Sheikh Sami

Night of Thursday 9th (23rd of Ramadan) – After Tharaveeh lecture by Imam Refai

Night of Friday 10th (24th of Ramadan) – After Tharaveeh lecture by Sheikh Sami

                                                                 – Qur’an competition awards!

                                                                 – After Tharaveeh – lecture Imam Refai

                                                                 – MSA CT council youth Quiz event

Night of Sunday 12th (26th of Ramadan) – After Tharaveeh lecture Sheikh Sami

Night of Monday 13th (27th of Ramadan) – After Tharaveeh lecture by Imam Refai

Night of Tuesday 14th (28th of Ramadan) – After Tharaveeh lecture by Sheikh Waleed

                                                                  – Babysitting awards only for registered children!

Eid Carnival at Lake Compounce Sunday July 19th 10am to 10pm with halal buffet – all you can eat! All rides are free and drinks are free – www.eid.mcct.us – BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW – give your family an enjoyable Eid

Toy Drive – Bring toys for CCMC (children’s hospital) organized by MSA CT council – being collected at Berlin masjid

Wassalaam,

Reza

Assalaamu-alaikum,

Saturday July 11th – “Seeking Blessings Through Giving!” Masjid fundraiser 6pm to 8:30pm Inshah-Allah – “Allah The Almighty Says, ‘O son of Adam, spend and I will spend on you.” [Muslim]. “The best charity is that given in Ramadan.”  (At-Tirmithi). Dinner provided.

Please be a part of this enormous effort to make the masjid more vibrant. We hire our first full time Imam immediately after Ramadan. We have our own caretaker and we have painted the new and old masjid buildings. Gain your reward in the last ten days of Ramadan by giving towards your hereafter by helping and supporting the house of Allah. The last ten days are protection from hell-fire.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) reminded us that Ramadan has three parts: the first 10 days are mercy ( rahmah) from Allah, Most High, the middle 10 days are forgiveness ( maghfirah) from Allah, Most High, and the last 10 days are emancipation from the Hellfire.

Here from board members about the efforts to make the masjid more friendly to you. Youth programming with the new Imam. Adult programming and sisters events too. Let’s welcome Imam Refai to his full time position by giving generously to support him and all the other programs the masjid has.

Wassalaam,

Reza

Assalaamu-alaikum dear brothers and sisters,

The Prophet (peace be upon him) reminded us that Ramadan has three parts: the first 10 days are mercy (rahmah) from Allah, Most High, the middle 10 days are forgiveness (maghfirah) from Allah, Most High, and the last 10 days are emancipation from the Hellfire.

Today Saturday June 27th 1pm to 5pm – Qur’an competition – all ages welcome. There will be testing of memorization and recitation.

Today Saturday June 27th 5:30pm to 8pm – Youth program with Chaplain from Bard College – New York Iskandar Atajanow

Today Saturday June 27th – Community Iftar with special catering for youth including pizza specialties and chicken wings. Food catered by Roti Boti and Aladdin restaurants!

Next Saturday July 4th 5:30pm to 8pm Youth program with Imam Kaiser Aslam from FVAMC

Community Iftars on Fridays and Saturdays – Next week food catered by Tabaq and Aladdin restaurants. If you would like to co-sponsor an Iftar it is $500 and you can make check payable to IAGH. Feeding the fasting “Whoever provides food for breaking of the fast for a fasting person receives the reward of the fasting person, without the reward of the fasting person being reduced in any way.”[Tirmidhi & Ibn Majah]

Saturday July 11th – “Seeking Blessings Through Giving!” Masjid fundraiser 6pm to 8:30pm Inshah-Allah – “Allah The Almighty Says, ‘O son of Adam, spend and I will spend on you.” [Muslim]. “The best charity is that given in Ramadan.” (At-Tirmithi).

Watch the beautiful daily updated pictures of Ramadan and like us on facebook – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4Feqea9IVE

Wassalaam,

Reza

Imam Zaid Shakir will give the first Khotba in Ramadan on Friday June 19th.

Qur’an competition – Saturday June 27th from 1pm to 5:30pm Inshah-Allah – rules will be on the masjid notice board

Eid ul Fitr – Friday 17th July – details to follow!

Assalaamu-alaikum!

Alhamdulillah – Ramadan is only a few weeks away – here is what we have prepared for you. Please enjoy the blessings of this month in the house of Allah!

Saturday June 6th – Evening with the Qur’an in preparation for Ramadan – Imam Refai Arefin with Imam Bashir Lubanga, Imam Muhammad Abdul Aati and Hafidh Muhammad Abdul Qadir. It will be a beautiful evening of reciting Qur’an and Tafseer of some verses of the Qur’an – 6pm to 8:30pm in the main masjid musallah hall! There will be a pot luck dinner after – please sign up to share a meal with the community. http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4caaa92da5f85-community5

Fundraiser for Syria – June 13th 6pm to 8:30pm – With Mayor Khairallah and Watan USA – Food will be provided. Please buy tickets through the masjid or email Sr. Ghoufran freesyria34111@gmail.com

Ramadan begins – Thursday 18th June (Tharaveeh will be on the night of the 17th – Wednesday Inshah-Allah). Tharaveeh will begin promptly after Salat-ul Esha which will be prayed at the time of the Azan for Esha! Sheikh Syed Faraghali will lead Tharaveeh!

Qur’an competition – Saturday June 27th from 1pm to 5:30pm Inshah-Allah – rules will be on the masjid notice board

Every Friday and Saturday there will be a community Iftar – please sign up at the masjid if you would like to pay for a slot on the Iftar and dinner roster. We will have only a few $500 dollar slots available – please sign up early.

The 20th of Ramadan will be on July 7th – we will have midnight lectures on odd nights of the last 10 nights of Ramadan by Imam Refai, Sheikh Sami and Chaplain Iskander Inshah-Allah (July 7th, 9th, 11th, 13th and 15th nights)

Eid ul Fitr – Friday 17th July – Prayer times will be 7:30, 9:30 and 11:30am

Fun Day at Berlin masjid today – Sunday May 31st – Please visit our facebook page to see photos and like us – https://www.facebook.com/IAGHBERLIN

Assalaamu-alaikum,

Tonight or tomorrow night will mark the 1st of Sha’ban bringing us one step closer to the beloved month of Ramadan.

The masjid Ramadan fundraiser will be on 11th of July 2015 – mark your calendars and get the blessings of Ramadan and benefit yourself by helping the house of Allah

Wassalaam,

Reza

Sister Iffat Maqbool will be the keynote speaker for this event. Please see attached flyer for details.

Assalaamu-alaikum,

NEWS ALLERT – Imam Refai has been selected to be the first full time Imam at Berlin masjid – Please join us in congratulating him. He will start his duties from the 1st of July Inshah-Allah!

Saturday May 9th – 6:00pm to 8:00pm – Tree of Life trip to Palestine – A witness in Palestine – Pot luck event. Hear about the awesome experience our youth and adults experienced (Our visit to Al-Aqsa, the heart breaking scene at Hebron – where the tomb of Abraham is and reclaiming a mosque bombed by the Israelis, where we prayed at) A joint program between Berlin masjid and Old Lyme Congregational Church.

May 27th and 28th – 5pm to 8pm – Funeral workshop in Urdu for sisters only

Salat times – Fajr 5:00am, Dhuhr 1:00pm, Asar 5:00pm, Maghrib – sunset and Esha – on time- PLEASE TRY TO ATTEND PRAYERS IN JAMA’A. We would love to have you!

Jumma salat will be from 1pm to 1:40pm.

Qur’an classes – Every Monday and Thursday – 6pm to 8pm

Women’s Qur’an recitation and memorization class with Sr. Ghoufran – Every Wednesday – 1pm to 2pm

Arabic classes – Saturdays from 10am to 12 noon

COMMUNITY NEWS:

We need male Qur’an teachers for Monday and Thursday Qur’an class (6pm to 8pm). We pay $100 a month. Please speak to Mukhtar if you are interested in this offer – 860-966-8041

Other Announcements:  (IF YOU WOULD LIKE A BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENT WITH THE MONTHLY MASJID E-MAIL LETTER – WE CAN DO THIS TO OUR LARGE LISTING FOR $100 AN ANNOUNCEMENT DURING THE MASJID NEWSLETTER – it will appear at the bottom of the e-mail news letter as paid advertisements – as this is a masjid newsletter relevant e-mails will have to be approved)

The masjid will also start a “masjid comfort food group” – to provide food for community members that are in need. We are looking for 20 individuals that can volunteer to cook a dinner in emergencies. We are also looking for volunteers who are willing to transport food. Please contact Sr. Sania Mahmood through her e-mail saniamahmood13@gmail.com. If you have an emergency please contact her so she can activate the group.