Majlis by Zakira Shyrose in San Franciscos Saba Islamic Centre (San Jose, California) So grateful to the San Francisco community for the fantastic hospitality and love they gave to my mother and myself. I can never forget the precious moments I spent with these lovely women who opened their homes and hearts to us. Mashallah! What an amazing masjid (including an Islamic day school, library, bookstore, vast lecture halls for majalises in Urdu, Persian etc), huge kitchens and huge parking lots and so much more!! Subhanallah, was so surprised to see such a huge community! The entire hall was FULL with over 500 ladies in attendance during the majlis (the picture of the empty hall still doesnt capture the vastness of the place--the other equally huge half which is not in the picture, is where the niyaaz was served). The azadari to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Zainul Abedin (a.s) as well as the taste of the niyaaz (haleem) took me back to the my childhood days in Karachi. The youth lecture was also very well-attended and it was great to see so much enthusiasm by the young ladies--many wrote long letters to me afterwards--and it really indicated that these young women are truly pondering and eager to learn more and more mashallah. It gave me much hope to see so much faith and respect for Islam in their eyes. *My sincere apologies for not posting these pictures in March when I visited the Saba Centre to commemorate the shahadat of our 4th Imam (a.s) (thank you to all who have written to request and remind me to post these--believe me it wasnt because I didnt enjoy my stay there--just got too busy with all my subsequent travels!!) I cannot thank enough the loving ladies who took time afterwards to give me a tour of San Francisco (the Golden Gate bridge, chocolate factory, colourful sloping and steep (and sometimes crooked) streets, unique shaped houses, tasty dinner etc) despite my very packed schedule of majalises and lectures. I am so very grateful to Allah swt for allowing me to meet with so many communities around the world and for the opportunity to visit such beautiful Islamic Centres. The San Jose community especially touched me when I witnessed how graciously the various cultures shared the space. The love of Imam Hussein (a.s) truly is an incredible bond that brings hearts together!!!! May Allah (swt) keep these bonds united forever and strengthen our brotherhood (across the cultures, languages, customs, food preferences etc) and keep our faith forever shining AMEEN
Posted on: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 14:25:55 +0000
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