Sanad Outreach Classes

Sanad is pleased to announce our intiative for New Muslims in South Florida. This is a bi-monthly program that offers introductory knowledge about Islam to converts or seekers of Islamic knowledge. Classes will be held at Sanad (14261 SW 120 Street, #114, Miami, FL 33186). The Outreach Classes will attempt to offer a comprehensive and straightforward curriculum designed to cover the following subjects: Qur’anic Arabic and memorization of short surahs; fundamentals of Islamic practice; Seerah (the life of Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him); Akhlaq (moral character) and Ihsan (spiritual excellence). This program sets the foundation for new Muslims or those with sincere interest in Islam to complete their obligatory studies of Islam.

Please see details regarding Spring Semester. Registration is required.

 

The month of Rabi’ al-awwal marks the birth of our beloved Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him and his family. Muslims around the world commemorate his birth by reflecting on the virtues and teachings of the Prophet and sending greetings upon him.

Inspired by this, CelebrateMercy will be holding a global webcast about Lessons from the Prophet’s Married Life. We will be having a LIVE screening from Sanad on Friday, February 17th at 8:30 p.m. Multiple scholars will share their reflections, including Imam Zaid Shakir, Imam Suhaib Webb, Habib Ali Al-Jifri, Dr. Ingrid Mattson, Dr. Tariq Ramadan, and more!

We will arrange for food vendors to be available and are hoping for a great turnout from high school and college students! Please let us know if you would like to help volunteer.

See our email campaign for more information.

 

Assalamualaikum,

My Dear Brothers and Sisters, This month, Rabi-ul-Awwal, is a blessed month. It is the month in which Allah sent down our Beloved Prophet Muhammad (SAW) to save mankind from going astray. Today in assembly, we talked about how we can learn about our Prophet. There is a Hadith narrated by Anas bin Malik (ra)  that states something like this: after we die, we can find the prophet in one of three places, the mizaan (the scales used to weigh our deeds), The Sirat (The Bridge of Life- which all mankind will have to cross as commanded by Allah (SWT), or the Haud (the life pool of the Prophet Muhammed (SAW). How can we identify him, you ask? Well, we have to learn the characteristics of our Prophet Muhammad (SAW). From Imam Tirmidhi’s book Shammail al Tirimdhi we know a few facts which are: our Prophet is the last prophet, there was a birthmark as proof of the seal of the prophet between his shoulder blades, also he will be the only one permitted to intercede between us and Allah on the day of Judgement. Finally, we also know that the Prophet will be  by his Ummah next to his Haud. So, Inshallah we will learn about the Prophet during this and we continue to learn about him for the rest of our lives.

jazakallahukhair

Asalamulaikum

Three boys of the Ummah

M.M., Grade 6; N. Huq, Grade 8; M. Badat, Grade 8

Edited by Ustadh Rehan

Asalamualiakum,

My dear brothers and sisters, Our honorable Ustadh Amir is back from his trip to Egypt. Yesterday, he brought back a reminder to fill our heart with Iman. Today, with the help of our respected Ustadh Rehan, we talked about a new concept called Humility. Humility is when you have respect for others and you don’t feel that you are better then anyone. The best example is our Beloved Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W). He was abused in Makkah  where he lived. Garbage was thrown at him and kids that would be told by their parents to throw rocks at him. Upon returning to Makkah, he lowered his head lower than his camel’s head. He gave gifts to the new Muslims to the point where the believers in Madinah were asking, why? Our wise role model, Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W)’s, reason was so that that new Muslims will have love in their hearts and not think that the Prophet was going to harm or seek revenge on the new Muslims. To  put it short, he would remove the worry in their hearts. So as Sanad Learning Center students, we follow our motto which is BLTP- Be Like the Prophet.

Jazak Allahu khair and Asalamualiakum,

Mohammed Badat, Grade 8 and Nazmul Huq, Grade 8

Two of the Followers of the Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W)

Assalamulaikum

My dear Brother’s and Sisters, today in assembly we recapped about love and were introduced to a new concept: Honor. Our Esteemed Ustadh Rehan  showed us an example with his phone. He said ” If we had a old phone that is scratched up we won’t care but if we had a valuable diamonds, we would secure and cherish and show it off. So why not do that when we make Dua, when we hold up our hands, we should hold it up like a diamond.” Our naseeha was that we should honor our duas. So we should honor all the Duas we make Inshallah.

Assalamualiakum,

Nazmul Huq, Grade 8 and Ubaydah Badat, Grade 8

Lucky Students of Sanad Learning Center

Asalamualaikum

My dear Brothers and Sisters, today in SLC we learned about the word love. What is Love? Our beloved Ustazh, Br.Rehan has told us we should love the Allah (swt) and his prophet, Muhammed (S), at every moment of our life . How do we love Allah and his beloved prophet? Well, we should remember the prophet’s every deed, and make it our own. And if we do that, we are loving Allah as well. As Allah has said in his holy book, The Quran: “Loving the prophet is loving Allah.”

Inshallah, we should try to love Allah and his prophet.

Wasalam,
Nazmul and Yusuf,
Fortunate Students of Sanad

“Touched by an Angel”

“There is too much noise in here” I think to myself and begin to complain to Allah. A thousand other questions begin to blur my mind and echo once again in my heart. Yasmine and Asiya are giggling and don’t seem to care too much about the noise level. They recommend to me that we should go to our hiding place by the office. In reality, the office space is a modest size corner with a desk attached to a wall unit and two chairs. We “hide” by the office to escape everyone in the center and begin our lesson about the Roman builders and Roman civilization. The girls are really excited as their eyes widen even more because of what they are hearing, “As the Roman empire grew and they controlled the Italian Peninsula, they wanted to travel easily from one end to the other so they build strong roads; strong enough that some  continue to be used today like The Appian Way…”

The audio recording continues to talk about the high story buildings in Rome, and the aqueducts that brought clean fresh water to the remote cities. Their young and enthusiastic minds grasp all this information like sponges and as the audio comes to an end, we begin to talk about the lesson. Asiya jumps up and says,  “were the aqueducts used like these pipes underneath the wudu station, that bring clean water and take away our dirty used water…” They ask me if Sanad can have a filed trip to Rome one day, so they can walk on the Appian way, and see what aqueducts look like, and other Roman structures. I am amazed by their curiosity and thrilled by their imagination and want to feel like a 2nd grader again. Our center is not very large but this has not stopped Yasmine and Asiya from dreaming about visiting Rome one day.

I feel a deep sense of regret in my heart for wanting to complain earlier about the noise level and small space. I want to be grateful for this space because of these two 8 years old, and 17 other kids who have made my dream of having an Islamic full time education center for grades 1-12 a reality for this community. I want to thank Allah for this big opening… where kids can have a safe Islamic environment learning about the world, and themselves…where they begin and end their day and everything in between in the name of Allah…A place where their love, curiosity, and motivation for life, and the world He created  is fulfilled through teaching them to know and love Allah. And for that, I cannot be grateful enough to Him, Most Merciful and Generous is He.

Attiqa Syeda, Sanad Learning Coach

In one of his lessons Sayyidi al-Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah preserve him)[1] called us to reflect upon the following beautiful hadith, narrated by Imam Ahmad on the authority of `Abdullah bin `Amr.

قال صلى الله عليه و آله و صحبه و سلم : و الذي نفس محمد بيده إن مثل المؤمن كمثل النحلة أكلت طيبا و وضعت طيبا و وقعت فلم تكسر و لم تفسد

The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said:

“By the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad the believer is like a bee which eats that which is pure and wholesome and lays that which is pure and wholesome. When it lands on something it does not break or ruin it.”

· The bee only eats from flowers which are tayyib (pure and wholesome). It is not attracted to repulsive things, unlike some other insects. Likewise the believer only eats that which is pure and wholesome.

· The bee lays or excretes honey which is also tayyib. Likewise only that which is good and wholesome comes forth from the believer, whether it be his words, his intentions or his actions.

· The bee is light and nimble and does not break the flowers upon which it lands, nor does it ruin them. Likewise the believer is gentle in his dealings with the creation and does not harm or ruin any human or animal or plant.

The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: “When a person dies, their deeds come to an end except for three things: Sadaqah Jariyah (continuous charity); knowledge which is beneficial; and a virtuous descendant who prays for them (the deceased).”[Sahih Muslim]

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Day Two at Sanad Day Camp

10:00 to 10:15a Intention
Recitation of Arabic, English with understanding

10:15 to 10:45a Quran/Hadith

Recitation of Arabic, English with understanding. Faitha, Short Surah, Hadith from “Content of Character”

10:45 to 11:00a Question/Answer of the Day

Ask students to discuss their interests and what type of questions they have in relation to their interests and/or being Muslim. Students write down questions privately and enter in “answer box”. Camp Coordinator provides answers to at least 1 or 2 questions a day after review and research of questions received on day 1 of camp.

11:00 to 12:30p Main Activity: Florida Habitats

Discuss with books and pictures the different habitats in the world. Lead discussion to Florida Habitats, mainly Pine Rockland and Ocean Reef. Girl group and Boy group will design, draw and build their assigned habitats as a team. Interior of tank and tank wallpaper must be consistent with habitat. Each team will share their design and what the various team members did to contribute to its completion.

Supplies: Tanks (2), construction paper, pencils, crayons, sand and or gravel, rocks, pines, leaves and branches, water, water dish, water toy animals, blue food colouring, tape, butterfly, books on each habitat

Learn about: environment, Allah’s creation, Allah as Creator of the Worlds (animal, plant, etc.) team work, creativity, art and design.

12:30 to 12:45p Snack
Light snack and drink. No junk food please. Proper clean up. Encourage conversation.

12:45 to 1:30p Living Seerah

A discussion about the life of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). His life example shared in a way they can relate to, connect with, and live. Beginning with birth.

1:30 to 1:45p Memorization

Repetition of Short Surah read at beginning of day, with intention of memorization with proper pronounciation and understanding.

1:45 to 2:00p Journal

Divide notebook paper in four squares, one for each day. Write or draw (for younger kids) what they learned today. They should be able to explain to someone with ease what they write or draw.

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Day One

10:00 to 10:15a Intention
Recitation of Arabic, English with understanding

10:15 to 10:45a Quran/Hadith

Recitation of Arabic, English with understanding. Faitha, Short Surah, Hadith from “Content of Character” (Printed out Surah’s)

10:45 to 11:00a Question/Answer of the Day

Ask students to discuss their interests and what type of questions they have in relation to their interests and/or being Muslim. Students write down questions privately and enter in “answer box”. Camp Coordinator provides answers to at least 1 or 2 questions a day after review and research of questions received on day 1 of camp.

11:00 to 12:30p Main Activity: Maze of Trust

Girl group and Boy group will design and draw their maze for the other group to complete. The maze will have to fit in a 15’ by 20’ area. Maze will be taped down by team. Each group will choose one member to be blind-folded and receive instruction from team to complete other groups’ maze. After blind-folding, team member is spun around and placed at beginning of maze. He/she will then receive direction (i.e. 1 step forward, turn right, 2 steps forward, etc.) by each of his/her team member one-by-one. Completion is goal, not time. Camp leader however should keep track of time to ensure both teams complete activity in full.

Supplies: Green Painters tape, construction paper, pencils, crayons, blind-fold, paper for journal entries, print out of surah’s , duo-tang

Learn about: trust, team work, creativity, problem-solving, critical thinking, design.

12:30 to 12:45p Snack
Light snack and drink. No junk food please. Proper clean up. Encourage conversation.

12:45 to 1:30p Living Seerah

A discussion about the life of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). His life example shared in a way they can relate to, connect with, and live. Beginning with birth. Fiqh lesson when and where appropriate (eg. azaan, iqamah, wudu, taharah-properly cleaning oneself… etc)

1:30 to 1:45p Memorization (Printed out Surah’s)

Repetition of Short Surah read at beginning of day, with intention of memorization with proper pronunciation and understanding.

1:45 to 2:00p Journal (Paper for Journal entries)

Divide notebook paper in four squares, one for each day. Write or draw (for younger kids) what they learned today. They should be able to explain to someone with ease what they write or draw.

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