My favorite masjid

You can check out more about imam Yassir Chadly from Oakland's Masjid al-Iman HERE and here and here.

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leeno says:

"Where everyone is welcome" -- can there be such a place? I pray so.
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

Muhammad says:

please add this too to our group.
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Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

yaznotjaz says:

leenient - there is indeed. Alhamdulillah. Stop by to visit for jummah, if you're ever in the SF Bay. =)

Muhammad - done! jazakAllah khayr. =)
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

The sign itself is an eyesore, but wow, looks like there are great positive vibes emanating from here. A traditionalist imam on iTunes, who knows how to talk to Americans... exactly what we need more of.

Hope you get a chance to photographically document more of the events that take place here.
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

yaznotjaz says:

Khalid, I don't know if I would call it an eyesore exactly, but it IS one of those typical sort of masjid signs, yeah. Except for the EVERYONE IS WELCOME part, of course. ;) It's an extremely humble sort of building/location, but you're exactly right - the experience is filled with positive vibes, and there are few masajid I could say that about.

p.s. Are you ever going to take any more photos and upload 'em to flickr? =)
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

khadooj@sbcglobal.net says:

The sign was donated by a company who understood our little masjid had very little money to spare. Before this there was no sign whatsoever. I can't tell you how many people have come to Islam
because they were driving by and saw that sign. El Humduleelah even if it isn't the most beautiful !!

Khadijah Chadly ( Imam Yassirs' wife )
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

yaznotjaz says:

Sister Khadijah, how your comment made me smile! =) First of all, I'm honored you stopped by, and commented, too. Secondly, Masjid al-Iman is the most beautiful masjid I have ever attended, and it breaks my heart I have not been able to go to jummah there for nearly five months now. I keep consoling myself that someday soon my schedule will change and then I'll be back in Oakland on Fridays.

Leena's comment ("Where everyone is welcome" -- can there be such a place? I pray so.) sums up the distrust/incredulousness/cynicism many of us feel towards masjids. Masjid al-Iman is the first masjid that has ever regularly made me feel at home, the first masjid that ever made me look forward to prayers in congregation, and the first masjid that made me feel I left behind a piece of my heart on MLK the day I was unable to continue attending jummah prayers there. Those who've made the masjid the loving, welcoming place it is deserve all that is good and beautiful.
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

Zana Khan says:

Sounds like paradise... you speak so highly of this masjid Yaz, I may just have to check it out one day ia...
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

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