Ramadan in the age of COVID-19

“Adnan Akiel,

From the Bridging Gaps Foundation,

Shares more on how Muslims celebrate Ramadan in the time of COVID-19 and the shift to virtual worship.”

– CTV Morning Live Vancouver

Posted by Bridging Gaps Foundation on Wednesday, April 29, 2020

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“~ Very Important Announcement – Ramadan Support.

Please spread the word if you would like support or know of a family that requires access to food this Ramadan.

RamadanMealsTO is a grassroots group of community members whose goal is to ensure that everyone has access to fresh food and halal prepared meals during this blessed month of Ramadan.

This request form concerns the delivery of fresh halal meals and grocery food kits daily during the Month of Ramadan (April 24 – May 22, 2020) in Downtown Toronto.

After you fill out this order request,

RamadanMealsTO will review details/availability and will follow up with a confirmed delivery time.

If you would like urgent service or direct information, please contact us at ramadanmealsto@gmail.com

Answers to this request form are CONFIDENTIAL to the organizers and the individual making the delivery only.

Due to COVID19,

all deliveries will be contact less and will be dropped off at your door between 6 – 8 PM

Link : https://healingas1.wixsite.com/ramadan2020

Please share.

If you would like to donate to our cause to feed community members during Ramadan,

please send us an e-transfer to ramadanmealsto@gmail.com”

Available in these Downtown Toronto Neighbourhoods :

  • Regent Park
  • St. Jamestown
  • Moss Park
  • Esplanade

Today is the First of FIVE Fridays in Ramadan 2020.

During the Pandemic Lockdown, Masjids are closed and regular Friday Prayer locations are empty.

There are no congregational Friday Jumah Prayers.

More established masjids and organizations with audio/video setup, have been webcasting since mid-March 2020.

Smaller Masjids, Musallahs, or Islamic Centres have stopped services altogether with no online effort made.

When time for Friday Prayers comes around, I have seen three things so far :

  • Cancel Friday Prayers altogether ~ No online programming
  • Masjids have been livestreaming a Friday Sermon / Jumah Qhutbah, with absolute minimum number of people inside the building ~ People watch Qhutbah online, then complete regular Dhuhr prayer in their home
  • Virtual Friday Talks which are not a Jumah Qhutbah, yet are lectures livestreamed in the same timeslot

For my First Friday of Ramadan 2020, I watched Shaikh Musleh Khan’s Live Friday Talk streamed on Islamic Institute of Toronto‘s Youtube Channel.

Afterwards, my brother and I prayed the four rakats of the afternoon Dhuhr Prayers in the living room.

Incidentally,

Last year on First Friday of Ramadan 2019,

I prayed Jumah at IIT, and photoblogged the visit.

What a difference !

Egg , Roti , Folgers . . .

Ramadan 2020 / Ramadan 1441 Mubarak

Video Greetings from Canadians TO Canadians . . .

UPDATE: The above youtube video is a montage of the following Ramadan Mubarak videos tweeted between April 22 and April 24 2020.

Watching them all together is a very different experience than watching them one by one.

Almost hypnotic !

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“Imam Abdallah Yousri with the Ummah Masjid and Community Centre talks about how his community is reacting to the Nova Scotia shooting,
and how COVID-19 has changed Ramadan this year.”

CBC Morning Live with Heather Hiscox

Reflections on Islam Special Daily Radio Program

Hosted by Ezzedin E. Gad

Everyday ~ Starting Today

30 minutes before Maghrib/Sunset according to Toronto Local Time.

Livestream :

Only listeners in Ontario can livestream online at this time.

 

Jamia Riyadhul Jannah with Biryani King

Will provide Free Drive-Thru Iftar Pick Up

Throughout Ramadan 2020

Between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.

6680 Campobello Road – Mississauga

To reserve your Iftar Pick-Up,

Call 905-567-1786 ext. 5

A conversation on Connecting with the Qur'an in Ramadan hosted by Julie Siddiqi with Julian Bond and Musharraf Hussain.

LIVE. Thank you Julie Siddiqi for your support of #femalereciters and for providing a platform to inspire shared conversations on connecting to the Qur'an in Ramadan.

Posted by Madinah Javed on Thursday, April 23, 2020

 

“Thank you Julie Siddiqi for your support of #femalereciters and for providing a platform to inspire shared conversations on connecting to the Qur’an in Ramadan.”

Madinah Javed

COVID-19 & Jumah Prayer at Masjids.

Appeal to Muslims in Peel Region by Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown to stay at home.

Brampton City Hall, Peel Region, Ontario, Canada.

Friday April 3 2020

“ If you learn of a city with a contagious affliction, do not enter it ;
If you are in it, do not leave it [ to prevent spreading the disease ] . ”

— The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).

I saw this hadith being quoted by Shaikh Ahmad Kutty and wanted to pin that on my primary twitter account.

Not finding an existing graphic that I liked, I found the image, added the Hadith with that translation, and Alhumdulillah . . .

Feel free to download and share !

And of course, for now, Stay in Your Hometowns !