Berlin Mosque

On August 1st Imam Refai will start as full time Imam. Please join me in welcoming him on board. The masjid will be open for salat for all 5 prayers from the 1st Inshah-Allah!

Iqama times are – Fajr – 4:30, Dhuhr – 1:30, Asar – 5:30, Maghrib – 5 minutes after sunset. Esha – 10pm (Esha times may change in a couple of weeks – please visit our facebook page for updates – https://www.facebook.com/IAGHBERLIN (Don’t forget to like us on facebook)     

1. Friday July 31st – Maghrib to Esha ‘Unity of The Ummah’ Mufti Muhammad bin Uthman (Kano) of Nigeria – Tea/coffee and cookies served

2. Saturday August 8th 6:30pm to 8:15pm – Pot luck community dinner – ‘Islamic Financing’ – Imam Refai and Guidance Residential. Please sign up for a dish at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f094ca5aa23a5ff2-community1

3. Sunday August 9th 10am to 3pm Masjid Cleanup – PLEASE COME TO BEAUTIFY THE HOUSE OF ALLAH – Coordinator Sr. Rebecca Minor

4. Saturday August 22nd 3pm to 6pm – Open House at Berlin masjid – ‘Conversations with your Muslim Neighbor’. Please bring your non-Muslim neighbor, friend or relative with you. This is an outreach event. Tea, coffee and snacks will be provided.

5. Saturday August 29th 12 noon to 6pm – Riverfront Recapture Youth Outing Ages 10-19 yrs. Dragon boats, ropes courses and food provided. Coordinator Imam Refai Arefin. $50 each. Only 40 spots available. Register early. To register and for questions please contact Sr. Aida – mansoor111@sbcglobal.net. Fill out the registration form at http://iaghhighlights.weebly.com/myac-riverfront.html

Daily –  Join us for the daily prayers in Jama’a – Short hadith after Esha daily

Weekly – Wednesday after Maghrib – Men’s Quran recitation circle with Imam Refai

             – Friday after Maghrib lecture – Tafseer of Qur’an with Imam Refai

             – Saturday after Maghrib lecture – Basic Fiqh that all of us need to know with Imam Refai

             – Sunday after Maghrib lecture – Seerah of the prophet with Imam Refai

Sunday School – August 30th Book Sale and late registration

                             September 6th – First day of school – Orientation and classes

                             September 13th – Last day of late registration (10:45am to 12:45pm)

Quran classes will start in September – $20 a month per student – registration date Monday August 31st. Classes on Mondays and Thursdays

Arabic classes will start in September – $100 September to December Registration 10am on Saturday 5th of September. Classes are from 10am to 12noon on Saturday.

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