Night 29 – Laylatul Qadr – Khatm-ul-Qur’an – Sayeda Khadija Centre – Faith of Life Network – 7150 Edwards Blvd – Mississauga, Ontario

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Day 28 – JUMAH tul WIDAH – Fourth Friday – Shaikh Dr. Hamid Slimi – Sayeda Khadija Centre – Faith of Life Network – 7150 Edwards Blvd – Mississauga, Ontario

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Day 28 – LIVESTREAM / VIDEO – JUMAH tul WIDAH – Fourth Friday – Shaikh Ehsan Ansari – “Farewell to Ramadan” – IIT – Islamic Institute of Toronto

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Sh Ehsan Ansari | Farewell to Ramadan

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Day 27 – VIDEO – Making Green Squares for people to wear during “The History of Muslims in Toronto” Jane’s Walk on Sunday May 8 2022

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I am leading a Jane’s Walk titled The History of Muslims in Toronto on Sunday May 8 2022.

A walk such as mine, at this time in Canada’s history, cannot be complete with proper acknowledgement about the events in Ste-Foy Québec, about Our London Family and also killing of Mohamed Aslin-Zafis in front of the International Muslims Organization of Toronto.

The Green Square Campaign helps us remember, and helps us gently remind others, of the Quebec City Mosque Attack on Sunday January 29 2017.

Today I am making the Green Squares to be handed out and hopefully worn by people who join the walk.

These Green Squares are for anyone who wishes to wear one during my History of Muslims in Toronto Jane’s Walk on Sunday May 8 2022.

I making enough Green Squares for everyone who wants one, InshAllah.

My Jane’s Walk begins at 4 p.m. on the southwest corner of Annette Street and Runnymede Road.

The walk will end inside Jami Mosque around 6:30 p.m.

Please join if you can.

Everyone is welcome.

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Night 27 – Laylatul Qadr – Noon Academy – 12 Rutherford Road South – Brampton, Ontario

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Noon Academy in Brampton was our stop on Night 27 of Ramadan 2022.

Noon Academy’s Laylatul Qadr program was listed as a spiritual evening of I’ATIKAF which will include Isha salah, Tarawih, Quran, Dhikr, and lectures,

Hosted by Shaikh Waleed Almakee and guests.

What was not officially listed in the night’s program was the Khatm Al Qur’an.

Whoops!

Noon Academy’s Masjid was full, very full, but not packed, when we arrived shortly before the scheduled 10 o’clock Isha Prayer iqamah time.

Children were running around, their voices and velocity creating a buzz, something not experienced during this entire Ramadan, until tonight…

The 27th Night of Ramadan, a possible Laylatul Qadr.

The sister’s half of the room, which normally has no physical barrier whatsoever betweem them and the brother’s side, tonight had a number of long tables set up, dividing the room.

Earlier, there was a Community Iftar at Noon, and the Iftar Dinner were made available atop these table tops.

When we arrived, there was Tim Horton’s coffee in place of the earlier Iftar spread.

My brother and I brought our two NEW prayers mats, gifted us to by our mom ealier in the day.

Sunnah Prayer before Salat Al Isha.

Being a Muslim Labyrinth Maker,

I am often wearing my Pac-Man socks…

Tonight I am praying in them.

Shaikh Waleed’s walls are regularly repainted, allowing the impression that Noon Academy is somehow always New.

In recent Ramadan days, Islamic Geometry in gold leaf colour has been added in the wall behind the mimbar.

The ambiance of looking towards the front of the prayer hall is subtle and different than when I was here on Night 4 of Ramadan 2022 when I was here for Isha and Taraweeh.



Adhan Al Isha, Call to The Night Prayer.

Wait.

Look again at this Adhan being called.

It is the 27th Night of Ramadan.

Tonight is one of the odd numbered nights in the last ten nights of Ramadan.

Tonight is the most emphasized candidates of the five possibilities for fiding the Annual Night of Power.

It might be Laylatul Qadr.

Shaikh Waleed has brought a young muslim boy to the microphone, inviting him to make the Call to Isha Prayer.

No biggie.

Where else in Brampton, where else in Canada, on this 27th night, at this prayer time, is a young boy calling the Adhan on Laylatul Qadr ?

And THAT is the difference found almost hidden in plain sight at Noon Academy.

Noon Academy is an Islamic School.

Noon Academy is also the first Islamic High School in Brampton.

And like a Teaching Hospital, Noon Academy is also a Teaching Masjid.

Imagine all those young muslims running around inside this masjid, you can hear their voices in background of my brief recording of the Adhan being called.

The are seeing, and hearing, one of their fellow single digit years old friends Calling Adhan.

No biggie.

It’s something normal.

You can turn an Islamic School into a Masjid, or have a masjid adjacent to it.

It is very difficult to turn a Masjid into a proper Islamic School.

Noon Academy, and Shaikh Waleed, got it right the first time.

Three of those young voices heard upon entry to the Masjid, have slowed down and now stand in the line ahead of us.

It is time for Salat Al Isha, the time for The Night Prayer on the 27th Night of Ramadan.

After Isha, before Taraweeh, we are watching Duas projected on the wall.

This is a Sunni Masjid, but Duas projected on the front wall, is something I have often seen during my 30 Masjids visit to Shia Masjids and Islamic Centres.

Our communal reading of the writing on the wall for a very brief moment took me outside of the present and into the feeling of previous nights at distant masjids, not any one specifically, just a feeling.

This part of the night was cool.

A Naat, or religious chant, was sung in Arabic, Urdu, and Panjabi.



Using place names and descriptions, the brother took us all on a virtual Ziyarat, from Makkah, to Madinah.

He would describe to us a location using just enough detail that we could see in ourselves standing there in our mind’s eye, then he began or continued his multi-lingual Naat.

Listening to the young people speak I gradually realize Noon Academy is somewhere between the Come as you are, Islam as it is experience found inside the The Ta’Leef Collective in Fremont, Caliornia, and the Teaching Masjid that is the Zawiyah Foundation in Vancouver.

So if you want some of that experience, save the airfare and hop onto the Züm Bus Rapid Transit route 501 on Queen Street in Brampton, exit at Rutherford Road and walk South to Number 12.

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Day 26 – LIVESTREAM – Resilient Hour – Dr. Ingrid Mattson – “Let’s Keep Being Mindful of Allah” – IIT – Islamic Institute of Toronto

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“​Welcome to this our final Resilient Hour in this Blessed Month of Ramadan.

We truly appreciate your support..

stay connected with the IIT.”

– Fareed Amin

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Day 25 – Asr Prayer – Drive-Thru Iftar – Muslims of Shelburne Centre – 506195 HWY 89 – Shelburne, Ontario

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Day 25 – VIDEO – Women’s Prayer Space – Jami Mosque of Toronto – 56 Boustead Avenue

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I first began visiting and blogging 30 Masjids in 30 Days during Ramadan in 2011.

On my very first Day 1 entry in Ramadan 2011,

I wrote about Jami Mosque of Toronto and mentioned the Sisters’ Prayer Space:

“On the south side of the building,

above the main entrance,

the sister’s have their own prayer area.

Once as a kid I was asked to fetch something up there and it pretty much looked like the rest of the main prayer hall,

a carpeted area with bookselves and a nice view of the men’s prayer area.”

Twelve Ramadans ago,

I didn’t have any images or photographs of the Sisters’ Prayer Area to fully complete my story.

In all of my life, I have only ever been inside the Sister’s Area maybe one a decade…?

So, perhaps I’m due for once-my-every-ten-year visit ?

Going into the Sisters’ or Women’s area of Masjids is not something I do during 30 Masjids visits.

Rare exception are my photographs of the sister’s area inside the Bosnian Islamic Centre.

That visit to the Bosnian Islamic Centre was also during Ramadan 2011 on Day 8.

This is also a motivation for me to ask sisters to be guest bloggers here.

Guest blog posts makes space for sisters to speak in their own voice, rather than me guessing what their masjid experiences are like.

And Alhumdulillah,

Here we are on Day 25 of Ramadan 2022,

Today, a sister at Jami Mosque shared this video on the official Jami Mosque instagram page.

Watching the short video is just enough to now know what the upstairs Sisters’ Prayer Space looks like.

Sometimes 30 Masjids needs 12 years to complete a story…

“As-salam wa alaykum.

Here at Jami Mosque,

We welcome women, men and all.

It doesn’t matter what background or ethnicity you are as our community here at Jami Mosque is very beautifully diverse.

We welcome all Muslims here and women are a very important part of our community.

We have a beautiful Prayer Space dedicated to our women,

As well as programs specifically for our women.

So please come by here at Jami Mosque as our doors are open to all.

We also wanted to thank you all for your continuous support on our social media platforms.

And just a reminder to keep checking back on our YouTube, our Instagram pages for upcoming events and uploads.

AsalamAlayKum wa Rahmahtullahi wa Barakatahu.”

— Jami Mosque

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Night 25 – Laylatul Qadr ~ The Night of Power ~ Take Advantage of Every Second!

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Day 24 – LIVESTREAM – Resilient Hour – Dr. Katherine Bullock & Dr. Julie Lowe – IIT – Islamic Institute of Toronto

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Resilient Hour | Ramadan 24th, 1443 | April 25th, 2022 | Dr. Katherine Bullock & Dr. Julie Lowe

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30 MORE | The BIG City-by-City List of where to pay Zakat Al-Fitr locally in Canada before Eid-Al-Fitr 1443 / 2022

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Zakat Al-Fitr at Bramalea Islamic Cultural Centre in Ramadan 2019 was $7.00

Zakat Al-Fitr at Bramalea Islamic Cultural Centre in Ramadan 2022 is $10.00

BICC accepts Zakat Al-Fitr in this cash box by front of their masjid prayer hall.

Address : 25 Kings Cross Road, Brampton, Ontario

In-person Cash-dropped-in-the-Box Zakat Al-Fitr payment are old school pre-pandemic.

And if you’re going to drop cash in the box, you already know where you’re doing that,

BUT DON’T WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE!!!…

PAY YOUR ZAKAT AL-FITR RIGHT AWAY!!!

InshAllah,

I will keep updating the following list, City-by-City in Canada, of ONLINE Zakat Al-Fitr payments,

if people can help out with links to donation pages, I need help doing that.

If you can pass on this webpage address to where it can be useful, we both may receive blessings, even if it is not either of us who are donating the cash, InshAllah, Ameen.

Please Help fill out the list by adding URLs to Masjids, LOCAL Canadian Zakat Al-Fitr donation webpages, in the comments at the end….

Newfoundland and Labrador

Prince Edward Island

Nova Scotia 

New Brunswick

Québec 

 

 

Ontario

 

Manitoba

 

Nunavut

 

Northwest Territories

  •  Inuvik  :  https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Midnght-Sun-Mosque/706282502775767   <— ?????

 

The Yukon 

 

Saskatchewan

 

Alberta  

 

British Columbia

 

 

Reflections on Islam TV Program, with Imam Ezz E. Gad, re-aired their episode focused on Zakat Al-Fitr.

I photographed my television screen,

Here are a few images that are arranged in a self-explanatory manner, InshAllah…

 

 

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30 MORE | Night 24 – Guest Blog Post: Ramadan in Kingston 1443 – Islamic Centre of Kingston – By Mona N. Rahman, PhD

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By Mona Rahman, PhD | Kingston, Ontario

Ramadan in Kingston has always been about the community coming together.

From the days when the Islamic Centre of Kingston (ICK) was just a dream, to the days in which the masjid has been full to capacity in the last nights of Ramadan, we have always come together as a community for weekly iftars, nightly Taraweeh prayers, special Ramadan programs including overnight programs for children and for youth.

It is a month in which we strengthen the bonds between ourselves as Sisters and Brothers whilst seeking that spiritual high.

That all changed when the COVID-19 pandemic broke.

For the past two years, Ramadan has been a very different affair.

When usually we would look forward to seeing friends and family every night, we were no longer able to go to the masjid to listen to the beautiful recitation of Qur’an by our Huffadh.

We could no longer gather for iftar.

The children and youth missed their I‘ttikaaf programs.

We tried to connect with online programs from our own masjid but also with learned Shuyukh all over the world, giving us access to so much, although isolated from others.

Alhamdulillah, living in a multigenerational home allowed our family the chance to pray Taraweeh together every night after listening to Imam Abubakar Mulla’s “Tafseer Snapshot” online.

Each night, my father led ‘Isha prayer, while the next two generations took turns leading parts of Taraweeh for our 6-member Jama’a, a wonderful opportunity for my sons.

Muslim Children’s Circle shifted online to weekly Sunday Story Time.

Youth events also shifted online though were able to shift back to in person outside and finally, when vaccinations spread, back to the masjid, albeit with masks.

But, despite all the efforts, it wasn’t the same, because we were isolated from each other.

This Ramadan, as things finally started to open up, the masjid was able to hold Taraweeh prayers at long last.

The excitement could be felt from every generation.

My 12-year-old asked,

“Mom, can I pray with my friends?”

Masha Allah, the tie to the masjid is still there.

Most people arrived early for Salat-ul-‘Isha, probably in order to greet each other before the prayer.

The air was almost electrifying.

While we had been open for Jumu’ah for quite some time, you could feel and hear the excitement on that first night of Taraweeh.

It was the excitement of Ramadan and being able to share it with each other.

As we listened to our first Tafseer Snapshot in person after two years, and quickly filed into line to pray, it was the loud “Ameen” of the young child in the Saff that truly made it feel like Ramadan again.

Throughout the month, we have held two overnight programs for children, as well as for Youth Sisters and Youth Brothers.

This weekend at the Youth Brothers’ program, they had two discussions, played games, took time to read Qur’an, and even prayed Qiyam-ul-Layl, taking turns leading before Suhoor.

This week we will have overnight programs for Sisters and then Brothers.

It feels like Ramadan again, although there are some differences: with some masking, others not; some bringing prayer mats, others don’t.

Community potluck iftars have resumed but, as a family with elders in the house, we have chosen not to participate, given the rising COVID numbers.

Though I feel blessed to have been able to pray with my family, led by my sons, nothing can compare to joining with my Brothers and Sisters in Islam, listening to recitation of Qur’an, night after night, from the first page to the last.

While the numbers have waned during the weekdays as ‘Isha gets later and later, I look forward to the full house, with the masjid brimming with grandparents, parents, youth and children, as we finally reach Surat an-Naas on the day of the khatm.

Apparently, there will be ice-cream, Insha Allah.

Appeal:

After two years of COVID-19 restrictions, it was truly in Ramadan that we were reminded that our community has outgrown the masjid.

Alhamdulillah, after several hurdles, we were finally granted a building permit to start digging, though we were delayed due to COVID-19 and, of course, winter.

Alhamdulillah, the permit was extended to July 2022,

And we are now in full fundraising mode to raise the deficit of $500K in order to get our shovels into the ground and start the ICK Expansion Project.

Multiply your rewards during these final blessed nights of Ramadan and consider contributing to making our children’s’ dream a reality

Please consider donating to the ICK Expansion Project at: www.kingstonmuslims.ca/donate

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Night 23 – LIVESTREAM – Laylatul Qadr – Taraweeh Program – Sayeda Khadija Centre – Mississauga, Ontario

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SKC 1443 Taraweeh Night 23

This is the 21st night of Taraweeh at Sayeda Khadija Centre

reciting Part 21 and half of 22 of the Holy Qur’an

with

Imam Dr. Hamid Slimi, Hafidh Raeed, Hafidh Hamza, Hafidh Abdul Rasheed, Hafidh Ayan, Hafidh Tahir and more…

صلاة العشاء والتراويح على الهواء مباشرة من مركز السيدة خديجة (رضي الله عنها)

www.skcentre.com
www.faithoflife.net
www.centrefordeenstudies.com

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Day 20 – Ramadan 2022 – City of Brampton’s Annual Community Iftar – 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. – Ken Whillans Square – City Hall – Brampton, Ontario

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Day 20 – Jami Mosque – Islamic Centre of Toronto – 56 Boustead Avenue, Roncesvalles Village

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“JAMI MOSQUE

On Boustead Avenue west of here is Jami Mosque,

One of the first Muslim congregations in Toronto.

In 1961,

The Muslim Society of Toronto established a mosque in a former leather shop in the Junction.

Membership grew and,

Seven years later,

It purchased a deconsecrated 1930 Presbyterian church on Boustead,

Where it continues to serve the community today.

A Jami mosque is the main mosque in a town or city that is usually the gathering place for Friday services and prayer.”

After prayer Dhuhr inside the Parkdale Islamic Education Centre / Masjid Hamza on Queen Street West,

I decided to quickly walk from Parkdale to Roncesvalles Village to visit Jami Mosque.

If I recall properly,

this is my first time being inside Toronto’s mother masjid since the Pandemic began.

I keep forgetting just how many Ramadans it’s been.

This is the Ummah’s third Pandemic Ramadan.

Jami Mosque, the Islamic Centre of Toronto, has appeared on 30 Masjids many times.

If you want to know more about Ramadans inside Jami Mosque,

a good place to start is on Day 1 of Ramadan 2011.

This afternoon, a small surprise.

A couple of minutes before three o’clock.

At least five more hours until Maghrib Sunset Time when it will be time to break the fast.

Yet a tableful of plates with dates are already prepared for fasters to break their fast.

This might be the earliest time of day I have ever witnessed a masjid with their Iftar table all set up.

On occasion, my kid brother Amir says,

“If it wasn’t for the last minute, nothing would ever get done.”

On Day 20 of Ramadan 2022, Jami Mosque did not wait until that very last minute.

Far, far from it.

I’ve already prayed Dhuhr in congregation in Parkdale.

It’s much too early for the late afternoon prayer, Asr.

So I opt to offer two nafil rakats (units) of voluntary prayer.

It’s known as Salat Al Masjid which is the two rakats of voluntary prayer done whenever one enters a masjid’s prayer hall.

During spring and autumn months,

the orientation of the building with its two storey tall arched stained glass windows,

allows a quality of daylight which seems to dance upon the Masjid’s carpet and walls.

I had also wanted to visit Jami Mosque to confirm a few details for my History of Muslims in Toronto Jane’s Walk.

My Jane’s Walk begins on Sunday May 8 2022 at 4 p.m. on the southwest corner of Annette Street and Runnymede Road.

The walk will end inside Jami Mosque around 6:30 p.m.

Please join The History of Muslims in Toronto Jane’s Walk if you can.

Everyone is welcome.

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