Join us on Fridays at Sacred Roots for the Friday Prayer (Ṣalāt al-Jumuʿah) followed by refreshments.

The Friday prayer is a weekly gathering of the Muslim community. Its two sermons are meant to inspire the audience to strengthen their steps toward God and a dignified life.

The sermons are followed by a communal prayer to tie the hearts of the community together in worship of the Divine.

O you who have faith! When the call is made for prayer on Friday, hurry toward the remembrance of God, and leave all business. That is better for you, should you know.

And when the prayer is finished disperse through the land and seek God’s grace, and remember God greatly so that you may be felicitous.

Q. 62:9-10

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Join us as we mark the event of the Prophetic Transmission of Guardianship (Wilāyah) to Imam ʿAlī that took place at Ghadīr Khumm.

Children’s event downstairs during the talk!

Shaykh Naveed's talk will probe the deeper significance of Ghadīr as a timeless pledge and a metaphysical relationship of love and obedience to God's deputies (khulafāʾ).

• Dinner

• Talk + simultaneous Children’s event downstairs

• Prayer

Shaykh Naveed Ganjani is a graduate of the Ahl al-Bayt Islamic Seminary, where he studied the core traditional Islamic curriculum. Prior to his seminary studies, he received a B.A. in Philosophy from Elmhurst College.

Shaykh Naveed resides in the Greater Chicago area with his family. He is especially active at Baitul Ilm Academy, where he teaches at the Quran Academy and serves as a Mahdi Youth Group director.

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Join us for a Sisters' Community Clothing Swap as we give our clothes a second life, reduce waste, and enjoy an afternoon of community and connection.

We will be accepting drop offs during this week's programming (Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday). The deadline to drop off is this Friday, June 5 during the Jumu'ah program.

What is a clothing swap?

A clothing swap is an event where clothes and accessories are traded (aka swapped). It’s the perfect opportunity to clear out your closet with forgotten items - giving your unloved pieces a second life!

What should I bring?

All sizes of modest adult clothing, hijabs, and children's clothing are welcome. Please bring gently used and clean clothing. Unclaimed items will be donated to local women’s shelters.

What we cannot accept

Dirty, stained, or damaged clothing, shoes, undergarments or miscellaneous items. If it is something you wouldn’t take for yourself, better to avoid bringing!

We look forward to seeing you all there!

Join us on Fridays at Sacred Roots for the Friday Prayer (Ṣalāt al-Jumuʿah) followed by refreshments.

The Friday prayer is a weekly gathering of the Muslim community. Its two sermons are meant to inspire the audience to strengthen their steps toward God and a dignified life.

The sermons are followed by a communal prayer to tie the hearts of the community together in worship of the Divine.

O you who have faith! When the call is made for prayer on Friday, hurry toward the remembrance of God, and leave all business. That is better for you, should you know.

And when the prayer is finished disperse through the land and seek God’s grace, and remember God greatly so that you may be felicitous.

Q. 62:9-10

The Prayer of Kumayl is attributed to Imam Ali (‘a) as taught to his disciple Kumayl ibn Ziyad al-Nakha’i.

The prayer paints a picture of God’s Majesty and inspires the reader to seek God’s immeasurable mercy and to live a life in humility before the Divine.

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Join us in-person and virtually for an English engagement with Duʿāʾ Kumayl.

After the prayer there will be reflections or a community discussion.

Schedule:

• The Prayer of Kumayl Recitation in English

• Prayer (Ṣalah)

• Discussion & Light Refreshments

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Against Brain Rot is an opportunity to put aside the algorithm, listen, engage your mind’s eye, and reflect.

Each Tuesday from April 28th to June 2nd we will read from Wendell Berry’s The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture. In it, Berry offers incisive critiques about contemporary industrial life and how our relationship with machines affects our relationship with the earth, with our homes, and with our selves.

“A landmark work of environmental writing that powerfully argues that our estrangement from the land through industrial farming is a cultural and spiritual crisis.”

Each reading will be open-ended with no particular stopping point. We will continue each session where we left off the session before, allowing the text, commentary, and conversation to organically develop.

Join us on Fridays at Sacred Roots for the Friday Prayer (Ṣalāt al-Jumuʿah) followed by refreshments.

The Friday prayer is a weekly gathering of the Muslim community. Its two sermons are meant to inspire the audience to strengthen their steps toward God and a dignified life.

The sermons are followed by a communal prayer to tie the hearts of the community together in worship of the Divine.

O you who have faith! When the call is made for prayer on Friday, hurry toward the remembrance of God, and leave all business. That is better for you, should you know.

And when the prayer is finished disperse through the land and seek God’s grace, and remember God greatly so that you may be felicitous.

Q. 62:9-10

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وَلِتُكَبِّرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ مَا هَدَىٰكُمْ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ
…and so that you magnify Allah for guiding you, and that you may give thanks

Join us for the ʿĪd Prayer and the two ʿĪd Sermons with the community as we celebrate God’s provision of sustenance and guidance through the Prophet Abraham.

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Join us to read and discuss the Prayer of ʿArafah of Imām ʿAlī son of al-Ḥusayn Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn during the final hour of the blessed Day of ʿArafah.

"O God, this is the Day of 'Arafa, a day which You have made noble, given honour, and magnified. Within it You have spread Your mercy, showed kindness through Your pardon, and made plentiful Your giving, and by it You have been bounteous toward Your servants."

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Join us for reflections on the sacred nature of land and its importance in our relationship with God and culture.

6:45 - Doors Open
7:00 - Talk and Discussion
8:28 - Prayer
9:00 - Dinner

Join us on Fridays at Sacred Roots for the Friday Prayer (Ṣalāt al-Jumuʿah) followed by refreshments.

The Friday prayer is a weekly gathering of the Muslim community. Its two sermons are meant to inspire the audience to strengthen their steps toward God and a dignified life.

The sermons are followed by a communal prayer to tie the hearts of the community together in worship of the Divine.

O you who have faith! When the call is made for prayer on Friday, hurry toward the remembrance of God, and leave all business. That is better for you, should you know.

And when the prayer is finished disperse through the land and seek God’s grace, and remember God greatly so that you may be felicitous.

Q. 62:9-10

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Join us to explore the prayers of Imam Sajjad, Ali the son of Imam Husayn. The prayers (ad’iya, plural of du’a) in the al-Sahifah al-Sajjadiyyah are expressions of submission to the Creator. As one scholar puts it:

“Here we have one of the greatest spiritual luminaries of Islam so overawed by the sense of God's goodness, mercy, and majesty as to express his utter nothingness before the Creator…In the Sahifa we see Islamic spirituality - or that dimension of the religion of Islam which deals with the practical and lived reality of the personal relationship between man and God - expressed in the most universal of languages, that of the concrete and intimate yearning of the soul for completion and perfection.”

We will read the prayer in translation, briefly analyze the main themes, and then circle-up for reflective conversation.

Schedule

• Imam Ali b. Husayn’s Prayer

• Commentary and Reflective Conversation

• Prayer (Ṣalah)

• Refreshments

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Against Brain Rot is an opportunity to put aside the algorithm, listen, engage your mind’s eye, and reflect.

Each Tuesday from April 28th to June 2nd we will read from Wendell Berry’s The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture. In it, Berry offers incisive critiques about contemporary industrial life and how our relationship with machines affects our relationship with the earth, with our homes, and with our selves.

“A landmark work of environmental writing that powerfully argues that our estrangement from the land through industrial farming is a cultural and spiritual crisis.”

Each reading will be open-ended with no particular stopping point. We will continue each session where we left off the session before, allowing the text, commentary, and conversation to organically develop.

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Join us for a peaceful yoga session in our space, led by sister Sofia who specializes in group pilates/yoga. Welcome to all levels of experience!

This event is first come, first serve and will be capped at 25 sisters.

To cover instructor fees, the class fee will be $8, via cash or Zelle (info@sacredrootscommunity.org).

We kindly ask you to bring your own yoga mat!

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Fatima’s Community Kitchen is a monthly initiative to foster mutual aid and care within our community.

Q. 76:8-9

For the love of God, they feed the needy, the orphan and the prisoner,

saying ‘We feed you only for the sake of God. We desire no reward from you, nor thanks.

وَيُطْعِمُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِۦ مِسْكِينًا وَيَتِيمًا وَأَسِيرًا

‎إِنَّمَا نُطْعِمُكُمْ لِوَجْهِ ٱللَّهِ لَا نُرِيدُ مِنكُمْ جَزَآءً وَلَا شُكُورًا

Volunteer Schedule:

• 9:00 AM - Volunteers arrive

• 9:00-10:30 AM - Food prep & cooking

• 10:30-11:00 AM - Meal packing

• 11:00 AM-12:00 PM - Distribution

Join us on Fridays at Sacred Roots for the Friday Prayer (Ṣalāt al-Jumuʿah) followed by refreshments.

The Friday prayer is a weekly gathering of the Muslim community. Its two sermons are meant to inspire the audience to strengthen their steps toward God and a dignified life.

The sermons are followed by a communal prayer to tie the hearts of the community together in worship of the Divine.

O you who have faith! When the call is made for prayer on Friday, hurry toward the remembrance of God, and leave all business. That is better for you, should you know.

And when the prayer is finished disperse through the land and seek God’s grace, and remember God greatly so that you may be felicitous.

Q. 62:9-10

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The People’s Academy brings academic scholarship to the community.

Professor Aun Hasan Ali will speak about beauty and eloquence in Islam and the state of Islam in the English language. Consider reading his paper “Some Notes on the State of Islam in English (including a new translation of Munājāt Shaʿbāniyya)” beforehand here.

• 6:45 - Doors Open

• 7:00 - Talk and Discussion

• 8:20 - Prayer

• 8:40 - Dinner

Dr. Aun Hasan Ali is an associate professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He received his PhD from McGill University’s Institute of Islamic Studies. His research focuses on the intellectual history of Twelver Shi’ism, particularly law and legal theory. His first book, The School of Hillah and the Formation of Twelver Shi’i Islamic Tradition, builds upon recent scholarship in the fields of Religious Studies and Anthropology to argue that Twelver Shi'ism is better understood as a discursive tradition. At CU Boulder, Ali teaches Religious Dimensions of Human Experience, Islam, The Quran, Sufism, and Fundamentalisms. In addition to intellectual history, he maintains an interest in Urdu and Persian literature.

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Against Brain Rot is an opportunity to put aside the algorithm, listen, engage your mind’s eye, and reflect.

Each Tuesday from April 28th to June 2nd we will read from Wendell Berry’s The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture. In it, Berry offers incisive critiques about contemporary industrial life and how our relationship with machines affects our relationship with the earth, with our homes, and with our selves.

“A landmark work of environmental writing that powerfully argues that our estrangement from the land through industrial farming is a cultural and spiritual crisis.”

Each reading will be open-ended with no particular stopping point. We will continue each session where we left off the session before, allowing the text, commentary, and conversation to organically develop.

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The People’s Academy is an ongoing series that brings academic scholarship to the entire community.

Professor Ali Sanaei will present “Religion and Politics in Contemporary Iran.” His presentation centers an empirical study of religiosity and politics in Iranian public opinion.

• 6:45 - Doors Open

• 7:00 - Talk and Discussion

• 8:15 - Prayer

• 8:35 - Dinner

Ali Sanaei is an Associate Instructional Professor in Computational Social Science at the University of Chicago. He has been working on Iranian public opinion data for the past ten years.

Join us on Fridays at Sacred Roots for the Friday Prayer (Ṣalāt al-Jumuʿah) followed by refreshments.

The Friday prayer is a weekly gathering of the Muslim community. Its two sermons are meant to inspire the audience to strengthen their steps toward God and a dignified life.

The sermons are followed by a communal prayer to tie the hearts of the community together in worship of the Divine.

O you who have faith! When the call is made for prayer on Friday, hurry toward the remembrance of God, and leave all business. That is better for you, should you know.

And when the prayer is finished disperse through the land and seek God’s grace, and remember God greatly so that you may be felicitous.

Q. 62:9-10

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Join us for dinner and a movie to learn about the context of the current war and to dissect the establishment view of contemporary Islamic anti-imperialism.

During our meal we’ll be watching Part 3 of BBC's Iran & the West.

“In part three of this landmark series from Norma Percy and the team that made the multi-award winning documentaries The Death of Yugoslavia and Elusive Peace: Israel and the Arabs, contributors including Iran's President Khatami tell the inside story of the West's continuing nuclear confrontation with Iran. The film also shows a rare moment when they worked together.

US State Department insiders tell how, after 9/11, Iran played a key role in helping America to topple the Taliban in Afghanistan - only for President Bush to put Iran into his 'axis of evil' immediately afterwards. Jack Straw, then foreign secretary, and President Khatami describe how Iran offered to help the US and its allies in their war against Saddam Hussein - help that, given Iran's powerful contacts in Iraq and the West's subsequent difficulties there, might have made a crucial difference.

Jack Straw, his successor Margaret Beckett, and Joschka Fischer of Germany describe how they struggled to find a compromise between Iran and President Bush's hardliners over Iran's nuclear programme. John Sawers at the UN reveals an extraordinary secret deal that Iran proposed a few years later.”

We’ll hold a short post-film discussion circle for those interested.

Schedule

• 7:00pm - Movie

• 8:10pm - Prayer

• 8:30pm - Dinner & Discussion

RSVP | Virtual

Against Brain Rot is an opportunity to put aside the algorithm, listen, engage your mind’s eye, and reflect.

Each Tuesday from April 28th to June 2nd we will read from Wendell Berry’s The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture. In it, Berry offers incisive critiques about contemporary industrial life and how our relationship with machines affects our relationship with the earth, with our homes, and with our selves.

“A landmark work of environmental writing that powerfully argues that our estrangement from the land through industrial farming is a cultural and spiritual crisis.”

Each reading will be open-ended with no particular stopping point. We will continue each session where we left off the session before, allowing the text, commentary, and conversation to organically develop.

Join us on Fridays at Sacred Roots for the Friday Prayer (Ṣalāt al-Jumuʿah) followed by refreshments.

The Friday prayer is a weekly gathering of the Muslim community. Its two sermons are meant to inspire the audience to strengthen their steps toward God and a dignified life.

The sermons are followed by a communal prayer to tie the hearts of the community together in worship of the Divine.

O you who have faith! When the call is made for prayer on Friday, hurry toward the remembrance of God, and leave all business. That is better for you, should you know.

And when the prayer is finished disperse through the land and seek God’s grace, and remember God greatly so that you may be felicitous.

Q. 62:9-10

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The war against Iran has accelerated the already slowing trajectory of the US economy with prices at the gas pump and everyday goods rising. People are losing jobs and struggling with every day costs, which never went down after the last round of inflation.

How do we respond to this crisis as a growing Muslim community? We will have a wide ranging discussion covering the spiritual, emotional, and material responses which ensure our community can not only survive but thrive as we answer the call to support our growing community.

RSVP | Virtual

Against Brain Rot is an opportunity to put aside the algorithm, listen, engage your mind’s eye, and reflect.

Each Tuesday from April 28th to June 2nd we will read from Wendell Berry’s The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture. In it, Berry offers incisive critiques about contemporary industrial life and how our relationship with machines affects our relationship with the earth, with our homes, and with our selves.

“A landmark work of environmental writing that powerfully argues that our estrangement from the land through industrial farming is a cultural and spiritual crisis.”

Each reading will be open-ended with no particular stopping point. We will continue each session where we left off the session before, allowing the text, commentary, and conversation to organically develop.

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Join us at Sacred Roots to break bread as a community.

If you’d like to bring food to share with everyone, thank you! If not, no worries, come enjoy a meal!

Please RSVP at the link above so we know how much food to prepare.

All are welcome!

Join us on Fridays at Sacred Roots for the Friday Prayer (Ṣalāt al-Jumuʿah) followed by refreshments.

The Friday prayer is a weekly gathering of the Muslim community. Its two sermons are meant to inspire the audience to strengthen their steps toward God and a dignified life.

The sermons are followed by a communal prayer to tie the hearts of the community together in worship of the Divine.

O you who have faith! When the call is made for prayer on Friday, hurry toward the remembrance of God, and leave all business. That is better for you, should you know.

And when the prayer is finished disperse through the land and seek God’s grace, and remember God greatly so that you may be felicitous.

Q. 62:9-10

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Join us for dinner and a movie to learn about the context of the current war and to dissect the establishment view of contemporary Islamic anti-imperialism.

During our meal we’ll be watching Part 2 of BBC's Iran & the West.

“Inside stories are told by two ex-presidents of Iran, Hashemi Rafsanjani and Mohammad Khatami, by two founders of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, and by leading westerners including Secretaries of State George Shultz, Warren Christopher and Madeleine Albright.”

We’ll hold a short post-film discussion circle for those interested.

Schedule

• 8:00pm - Prayer

• 8:15pm - Movie & Dinner

• 9:15pm - Discussion

Sign up to Volunteer or Sponsor

Fatima’s Community Kitchen is a monthly initiative to foster mutual aid and care within our community.

Q. 76:8-9

For the love of God, they feed the needy, the orphan and the prisoner,

saying ‘We feed you only for the sake of God. We desire no reward from you, nor thanks.

وَيُطْعِمُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِۦ مِسْكِينًا وَيَتِيمًا وَأَسِيرًا

‎إِنَّمَا نُطْعِمُكُمْ لِوَجْهِ ٱللَّهِ لَا نُرِيدُ مِنكُمْ جَزَآءً وَلَا شُكُورًا

Volunteer Schedule:

• 9:00 AM - Volunteers arrive

• 9:00-10:30 AM - Food prep & cooking

• 10:30-11:00 AM - Meal packing

• 11:00 AM-12:00 PM - Distribution

Join us on Fridays at Sacred Roots for the Friday Prayer (Ṣalāt al-Jumuʿah) followed by refreshments.

The Friday prayer is a weekly gathering of the Muslim community. Its two sermons are meant to inspire the audience to strengthen their steps toward God and a dignified life.

The sermons are followed by a communal prayer to tie the hearts of the community together in worship of the Divine.

O you who have faith! When the call is made for prayer on Friday, hurry toward the remembrance of God, and leave all business. That is better for you, should you know.

And when the prayer is finished disperse through the land and seek God’s grace, and remember God greatly so that you may be felicitous.

Q. 62:9-10