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Special Weekend Program (August 7–9) with Imam Dr Ismail Elshikh
Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh dear brothers and sisters,
The Muslim Association of Hawai'i is pleased to welcome back our former Imam, Dr. Ismail Elshikh, for a special weekend of khutbahs, lectures, and fellowship.
We invite everyone to join us and benefit from his knowledge, experience, and uplifting reminders throughout the weekend, inshaAllah.
:calendar_spiral: Weekend Program
📍 Friday, August 7
• Khutbah – Session 1 & Session 2
• After Maghrib: Lecture: Ruqyah
📍 Saturday, August 8
• After Maghrib: Community Dinner with Imam Dr. Ismail Elshikh
• After Isha: Evening Talk
📍 Sunday, August 9
• After Fajr: Community Breakfast with the Imam
• 11:00 AM: Sisters-Only Session
This is a wonderful opportunity to reconnect with our former Imam, strengthen our faith, ask questions, and spend time together as a community.
We encourage everyone to attend as many sessions as possible and to bring your family and friends. While the Sunday morning session at 11:00 AM is reserved for sisters, all other programs are open to the entire community.
We look forward to welcoming Imam Dr. Ismail Elshikh back to Hawai'i and sharing a blessed weekend together, inshaAllah.
Jazakum Allah Kheir,
Muslim Association of Hawai'i
Ramadan Mubarak!
It is our great pleasure to inform you that the blessed month of Ramadan will begin on Thursday, March 23 inshaAllah. Taraweeh will begin on Wednesday night, March 22, following Isha prayer at 8:15 PM.
This is a time for us to reflect, repent, and renew our commitment to our faith. Let us set our intention now to worship Allah to the best of our abilities during these auspicious days and nights. We look forward to seeing you in the Masjid.
Ramadan Mubarak!
Nightly Ramadan Program
As the blessed month of Ramadan is approaching and anticipated to begin on Thursday March 23, we are delighted to invite you to join us for our Ramadan program at the Masjid. We have planned a spiritually uplifting program, led by our Imam, that we hope will benefit everyone.
The program will inshaAllah begin nightly at 8:15 PM with Isha prayer followed by four rakat Taraweeh. This will be followed by a short talk on various aspects of Islam and Ramadan. Following the talk, we will continue with four additional rakat Taraweeh followed by a short recitation of the Quran. To end, we will offer Shaf’a prayer, followed by Witr and Dua. The program will conclude at approximately 9:30 PM nightly. Tahajjud prayers will inshaAllah be offered in the last 10 nights starting at 4:00 AM.
As announced many times at Jummuah prayer, parking near and around the Masjid continues to be a most contentious subject with our neighbors. Numerous complaints have been made to City Council members, state agencies, and the Honolulu Police Department. We are each ambassadors of Islam, and as such, this is not the message we want to send nor is it the reputation we want to create.
Our Prophet (SAW) taught us to be kind, thoughtful, and considerate to our neighbors. We look forward to Ramadan each year, but our neighbors unfortunately do not. With that in mind, this year we’re refocusing our efforts on being a great neighbor; the kind of neighbor our religion expects us to be therefore, there will be no Iftaar in the Masjid during this Ramadan. We will instead focus on our religious obligations and honor the teachings of our beloved Prophet (SAW). As a further reminder, please be courteous to our neighbors with respect to parking and noise.
We hope this Ramadan will be a time of spiritual growth and reflection. May Allah (SWT) accept our worship and prayers and bless us with His mercy and forgiveness. Jazaakom Allah Kheir!