MUHARRUM AND SAFAR PROGRAM GUIDE

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SAFAR UPDATE September 30, 2019

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

ISLAMIC EDUCATION CENTER HUSAINI ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CHICAGO, INC.

1269 GOODRICH AVENUE GLENDALE HEIGHTS IL 60139-3371 Phone/Voicemail: (630) 469-5533

Web Site: www.iechusaini.org

A’alim and Trustee: Hujjatul Islam Moulana S. Mehboob Mehdi Abidi Al-Najafi Phone: C: (630) 935-7862, H: (630) 871-6064

Trustees: Syed Amir Abbas (Nayyer) Rizvi Shabbir Lakhani Asghar Ali Khan Ali Naqi Syed Syed Ali Yousuf Ali Asghar Gatalah 630-546-5419 630-660-1980 847-877-2808 630-325-2765 630-400-7272 630-882-8843

Board of Directors:

Ali Asghar Gatalah Syed Ali Hussain Zain Rizvi Syed Tanveer Rizvi Saqib Raza Rizvi Safi Raza Firasat Ali Chairman Communications Youth Facilities Community Outreach Education Technology 630-882-8843 847-946-1427 630-399-0047 847-687-6851 630-677-5812 312-259-7085 630-400-0786 Hyder Zaidi Mohammad Ali Raza Farhan Asghar Vizarat Gowher Syed Abbas Kazmi Moulana M. Javad Saadatmand Tabasum Ali Urdu Programs English Programs General Services Funeral Services Funeral Services Principal, Sunday School Ladies Committee, Chairperson 630-863-1350 630-677-3811 630-379-2156 630-347-3673 949-370-5258 630-901-5050 630-518-8876

CALENDAR OF SALAT TIMES AND EVENTS SAFAR 1441H (September 30 to October 29, 2019)

Date Islamic Month Day Imsaak Fajr Salaat Sunrise Zohar Sunset Maghrabain Midnight Day's Significance30-Sep-2019 Safar 1 Monday 5:12 AM 5:32 AM 6:48 AM 12:44 PM 6:35 PM 6:53 PM 11:59 PM Ahl-e-Haram (AS) entered Yazid's (LA) darbar1-Oct-2019 Safar 2 Tuesday 5:12 AM 5:32 AM 6:49 AM 12:43 PM 6:33 PM 6:51 PM 11:58 PM2-Oct-2019 Safar 3 Wednesday 5:14 AM 5:34 AM 6:51 AM 12:43 PM 6:31 PM 6:49 PM 11:58 PM3-Oct-2019 Safar 4 Thursday 5:15 AM 5:35 AM 6:52 AM 12:43 PM 6:30 PM 6:48 PM 11:58 PM4-Oct-2019 Safar 5 Friday 5:15 AM 5:35 AM 6:53 AM 12:42 PM 6:28 PM 6:46 PM 11:57 PM5-Oct-2019 Safar 6 Saturday 5:17 AM 5:37 AM 6:54 AM 12:42 PM 6:26 PM 6:44 PM 11:57 PM6-Oct-2019 Safar 7 Sunday 5:18 AM 5:38 AM 6:55 AM 12:42 PM 6:25 PM 6:43 PM 11:57 PM Viladat: Imam Moosa Kazim (AS)7-Oct-2019 Safar 8 Monday 5:18 AM 5:38 AM 6:56 AM 12:41 PM 6:23 PM 6:41 PM 11:56 PM8-Oct-2019 Safar 9 Tuesday 5:20 AM 5:40 AM 6:57 AM 12:41 PM 6:21 PM 6:39 PM 11:56 PM9-Oct-2019 Safar 10 Wednesday 5:21 AM 5:41 AM 6:58 AM 12:41 PM 6:20 PM 6:38 PM 11:56 PM10-Oct-2019 Safar 11 Thursday 5:23 AM 5:43 AM 6:59 AM 12:41 PM 6:18 PM 6:36 PM 11:56 PM11-Oct-2019 Safar 12 Friday 5:23 AM 5:43 AM 7:00 AM 12:40 PM 6:16 PM 6:34 PM 11:55 PM12-Oct-2019 Safar 13 Saturday 5:24 AM 5:44 AM 7:02 AM 12:40 PM 6:15 PM 6:33 PM 11:55 PM13-Oct-2019 Safar 14 Sunday 5:26 AM 5:46 AM 7:03 AM 12:40 PM 6:13 PM 6:31 PM 11:55 PM14-Oct-2019 Safar 15 Monday 5:28 AM 5:48 AM 7:04 AM 12:40 PM 6:11 PM 6:29 PM 11:55 PM15-Oct-2019 Safar 16 Tuesday 5:27 AM 5:47 AM 7:05 AM 12:39 PM 6:10 PM 6:28 PM 11:54 PM16-Oct-2019 Safar 17 Wednesday 5:29 AM 5:49 AM 7:06 AM 12:39 PM 6:08 PM 6:26 PM 11:54 PM Shahadat Imam Ali Raza (AS)17-Oct-2019 Safar 18 Thursday 5:30 AM 5:50 AM 7:07 AM 12:39 PM 6:07 PM 6:25 PM 11:54 PM18-Oct-2019 Safar 19 Friday 5:32 AM 5:52 AM 7:08 AM 12:39 PM 6:05 PM 6:23 PM 11:54 PM19-Oct-2019 Safar 20 Saturday 5:33 AM 5:53 AM 7:10 AM 12:39 PM 6:04 PM 6:22 PM 11:54 PM Arbayeen: Shuhada-e-Karbala20-Oct-2019 Safar 21 Sunday 5:33 AM 5:53 AM 7:11 AM 12:38 PM 6:02 PM 6:20 PM 11:53 PM21-Oct-2019 Safar 22 Monday 5:34 AM 5:54 AM 7:12 AM 12:38 PM 6:01 PM 6:19 PM 11:53 PM22-Oct-2019 Safar 23 Tuesday 5:36 AM 5:56 AM 7:13 AM 12:38 PM 5:59 PM 6:17 PM 11:53 PM23-Oct-2019 Safar 24 Wednesday 5:37 AM 5:57 AM 7:14 AM 12:38 PM 5:58 PM 6:16 PM 11:53 PM24-Oct-2019 Safar 25 Thursday 5:39 AM 5:59 AM 7:15 AM 12:38 PM 5:56 PM 6:14 PM 11:53 PM Shahadat Janab-e-Zainab (SA)25-Oct-2019 Safar 26 Friday 5:40 AM 6:00 AM 7:17 AM 12:38 PM 5:55 PM 6:13 PM 11:53 PM26-Oct-2019 Safar 27 Saturday 5:41 AM 6:01 AM 7:18 AM 12:38 PM 5:54 PM 6:12 PM 11:53 PM

27-Oct-2019 Safar 28 Sunday 5:43 AM 6:03 AM 7:19 AM 12:38 PM 5:52 PM 6:10 PM 11:53 PMWafat Prophet Mohammad Mustafa (SAWW) and Shahadat Imam Hasan Mujtaba (AS)

28-Oct-2019 Safar 29 Monday 5:44 AM 6:04 AM 7:20 AM 12:38 PM 5:51 PM 6:09 PM 11:53 PM29-Oct-2019 Safar 30 Tuesday 5:44 AM 6:04 AM 7:21 AM 12:37 PM 5:49 PM 6:07 PM 11:52 PM

Imsaak/Fajr Salat Note: The original calculated time for Fajr is between Imsaak and Fajr Salat that are mentioned in separate columns above. As far as Tahajjud Salaat is concerned, it can be offered during the precautionary time between Imsaak and Fajr Salaat. It is highly imperative that you observe the above-mentioned precautionary time for fasting and Fajr Salaat.

Note: The start of each lunar month (Hijri date) is subject to sighting of the moon. IEC will update www.iechusaini.org and email a revised calendar if this occurs.

Qibla = 48.42 E (from N) CHICAGO

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H.I. MOULANA SYED QASID ABBAS AL-HUSAINI Residence: Najaf, Iraq

Majalis Dates: Tuesday, October 15 to Saturday, October 19, 2019

Program Note: Majalis will be addressed in Urdu Dates of Significance: Majlis-e-Shahadat Imam Ali Reza( as) - Tuesday, October 15, 2019 Arba’een - Saturday, October 19, 2019

ZAKIR E AHLUL BAYT(AS) JANAB HUSSAIN AL-NASHED Residence: Orlando, FL

Majalis Dates: Thursday, October 10 to Sunday, October 13, 2019

Program Note: Majalis will be addressed in English

About the Islamic Scholar: Zakir e Ahlul Bayt(as) Janab Hussain Al-Nasheed is a dynamic speaker from Or-lando, Florida and has been invited to speak at major universities in the United Kingdom and throughout Eu-rope. Additionally, he has spoken at several South American colleges and academic institutions. Brother Al-Nashed’s primary focus is on contemporary issues facing Muslims in the West, drawing on examples from the fourteen Infallibles and on how we can coexist with others in peace and harmony. He is actively in-volved in charity work including propagation of Islam in South Africa and visiting poor and disenfranchised re-gions in America, as he strongly believes this is where Social Islam is needed most. In addition to his other work, Brother Al-Nashed regularly hosts a number of drug and alcohol counseling workshops, and has a focus on Is-lamic family values.

About the Islamic Scholar: Moulana Syed Qasid Abbas Al-Husaini belongs to a well known family of ulama of Zangipur (India). He has been pursuing his education at Najaf al Ashraf Seminary in a special school of Ayatulla Syed Ali Seestani. He has been reciting Majalis enlightening on teachings of Ahlul Bayt (a.s) across many countries, and especially in North America for the last several years. His multi-lingual skills and ability to make the youth aware of present day challenges and remedies to overcome them has attracted youth not just from Jafari (a.s) school of thought but from different communities as well.

Safar Majalis Programs

H.I. MOULANA MEHDI HASAN WAIZ Residence: Jalalpur, U.P., India

Majalis Dates: Thursday, October 3 to Sunday, October 6, 2019

Program Note: Majalis will be addressed in Urdu

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TIME PROGRAM NOTES

12:30 PM Ziyarat-e-Arba’een

12:39 PM Salatul Zoharain

1:15 PM Majlis Arba’een - Urdu Addressed by H.I. Moulana Syed Qasid Abbas Al-Husaini

2:45 pm Tabarruk

4:30 pm Ladies Majlis Ladies Hall

7:30 pm Salatul Maghribain

8:00 pm Majlis-e-Aza - English Addressed by H.I. Moulana Sheikh Hasnain Aleem Mir

Majlis-e-Aza - Urdu Addressed by H.I. Moulana Syed Qasid Abbas Al-Husaini

Arba’een Program Schedule - Saturday, October 19, 2019

About the Islamic Scholar: Moulana Sheikh Hasnain Aleem Mir Born and raised in the UK where Shaykh com-pleted his secondary and higher education, and then graduated with a Master’s Degree in Pharmacy from the UK and became a member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, before embarking upon his profes-sional career as a Pharmacist. Thereafter, Shaykh embarked upon his formal Islamic studies at the Hawza in Sayeda Zainab, Damascus, Syria, where he covered numerous subjects. Since returning to the UK, Shaykh has taken up all the practical duties and ceremonies of an Islamic Scholar from fulfilling the first birth rights through to the final burial obligations and everything in between. Alongside this, Shaykh has completed his second Master’s Degree in Islamic Education with the University of Winchester and is now intending to embark upon his PhD in Islamic studies. Shaykh also continues to practice as a UK registered pharmacist alongside being a life coach and counselor. Shaykh has guided Hajj and Ziyarat groups and led youth and senior spiritual camps and retreats across the globe. Shaykh has been lecturing extensively in the UK, Europe, Middle East, Far East and North America. Shaykh's areas of In-terest include Self-knowledge/Awareness, Islam and Science, Inter/Intra-faith co-operation, Youth and social is-sues, Islam in the western world, Theoretical spirituality vs. Practical religiosity.

H.I. MOULANA SHEIKH HASNAIN ALEEM MIR Residence: London, England, U.K.

Majalis Dates: Tuesday, October 15 to Saturday, October 19, 2019

Program Note: Majalis will be addressed in English Dates of Significance: Majlis-e-Shahadat Imam Ali Reza( as) - Tuesday, October 15, 2019 Arba’een - Saturday, October 19, 2019

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H.I. MOULANA SAIYED MEHBOOB MEHDI ABIDI AL-NAJAFI Residence: Chicago, IL

Majlis Dates: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 Program Note: Majalis will be addressed in Urdu

Dates of Significance: Majlis-e-Shahadat Imam Hasan Askari (as) - Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Ziyarat of Taboot

LADIES - Majlis-e-Shahadat Janab-e-Zainab (sa) Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 5:00PM Addressed by Zakira Sr. Kazima Zaidi

ZAKIR E AHLUL BAYT (AS) JANAB ABID BILGIRAMI Residence: Hyderabad, India

Majalis Dates: Wednesday, October 23 to Monday, October 28, 2019

Program Note: Majalis will be addressed in Urdu

Dates of Significance: Majlis-e-Shahadat Janab e Zainab (sa) - Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Majlis-e-Wafat Prophet Muhammad Mustafa (saww) - Saturday, October 26, 2019

Majlis-e-Shahadat Imam Hasan Mujtaba (as) - Sunday, October 27, 2019

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About the Islamic Scholar: Zakir e Ahlul Bayt (as) Janab Abid Bilgirami holds a prominent and distin-guished position in being a Zakir-e-Ahlul Bayt (as), his determined projection of spreading the message of Is-lam have influenced the old and the young around the globe. From being fluent in languages including Eng-lish, Urdu, Telugu, Hindi, and Arabic, and reciting in major areas such as the U.A.E, Canada, the USA, Paki-stan, and London, Maulana Abid Bilgrami’s powerful delivery caters to all generations with his enlightening messages, his strengthening words of encouragement, and his love for the knowledge of the Ahlulbayt (AS). He is also the author of ‘The Last Mohammed’; a book written on the life of Imam Zamana (ajtfs).

About the Islamic Scholar: Moulana Saiyed Mehboob Mehdi Abidi Al-Najafi is the son of as-Syed ‘Abul Hashim ‘Abidi. Maulana Saiyed Mehbood Mehdi ‘Abidi had his early education in Najaf at Madrasa as-Sadiq under the tutelage of Ayatullah Shaykh Munir at-Turaihi, Shaykh Ibrahim Gharavi and Ayatullah Syed Kazim ash-Shubbar. He went to Madrasa Nazimia, Lucknow, India, to pursue his studies under the tutelage of Mou-lana Syed Muhammad Ayyub Naqavi, Moulana Syed Muhammad Shakir Naqvi, Maulana Muhammad Ghaffir Jawrasi and Shaykh Muhammad Husain Najafi. Later, he went to Qom, Iran, to attend Darz Kharij under the tutelage of Ayatullah Shaykh Baqir al-Irawani. Hujjat ul-Islam wal Muslimeen as-Saiyed Mehboob Mehdi ‘Abidi al-Najafi was crowned ‘Amamah by Ayatullah Syed Shahabuddin Marashi al-Najafi in Qom, Iran. Moulana Saiyed Mehboob Mehdi Abidi al-Najafi for the past twenty-three years has worked tirelessly at Islam-ic Education Center of Husaini Association of Greater Chicago to improve Shi’a community making it one of the most advanced and premiere Shi’a Muslim communities in America.

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If you would like to sponsor Tabarruk, please contact Tahira Kazmi (630-890-2266) for Tabarruk scheduling. Please take advantage of this tremendous opportunity to earn abundant sawaab by contributing towards Majlis-e-Aza. Jazakum'Allah Khair. For Ladies Majlis facility reservations please contact Shaheen Khan at 847-578-8283.

The Prophet Muhammad, peace with him and his Pure Family, have said, that, "Allah had made a covenant that He will create a nation who will mourn Husain till the Day of Judgement." Brothers and Sisters, we are that promised nation. We need to uphold highest norms of virtues, Islamic ethics, piety, steadfastness, unity and mutual respect. This is what we learn from the Majalis of Imam Husain (as) and offer our tears as a condolence to Mistress of the Uni-verse, Hazrat Bibi Fatima Zahra (sa) We certainly hope this “Ayyam-e-Aza Imam Husain (as) - Program Guide” is a helpful information resource. Please keep this guide as a reference. Insha’Allah we will see you at majalis-e-aza throughout Muharrum and Safar 1441H.

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Ziyarat Schedule

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Day Hijri Ziyarat

Muharrum 1441H

5 - Sep Thu Muh 5 Taboot Hazrat Aun-o-Muhammad (as)

6 - Sep Fri Muh 6 Jhula Hazrat Ali Asghar (as)

7 - Sep Sat Muh 7 Taboot Hazrat Qasim (as)

8 - Sep Sun Muh 8 Alam Hazrat Abbas Alamdar (as)

9 - Sep Mon Muh 9 Taboot Hazrat Ali Akbar (as)

10 - Sep Tue Muh 10 Taboot Imam Hussain (as)

20 - Sep Fri Muh 20 Taboot Janab-e-Sakina (sa) (Ladies Hall Only)

24 - Sep Thu Muh 24 Taboot Imam Zainul Abideen (as)

Safar 1441H

15 - Oct Tue Saf 16 Taboot Imam Ali Reza (as)

1 - Oct Fri Saf 19 Taboot Imam Husain (as), Alam Hazrat Abbas (as), Amari Bibi Zainab (sa) and Jhula Hazrat Ali Asghar (as)

23 - Oct Wed Saf 24 Taboot Janab-e-Zainab (sa) (Ladies Hall Only)

26 - Oct Sat Saf 27 Taboot Prophet Muhammad Mustafa (saw)

27 - Oct Sun Saf 28 Taboot Imam Hasan Mujtaba (as)

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Operations Notes: Security and Evacuation Plan and Vehicle Parking Rules and Etiquette

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S E C U R I T Y:S E C U R I T Y:

We are living in a different time ‐ be vigilant and aware of your surroundings Keep your kids near you. In case of emergency, the last thing you want to do is go searching for your kids Report any suspicious activity Please stay indoors (in the building) as much as you can during your time at IEC Please follow “Evacuation Plan” (1 & 2)  below in case of emergency evacuation In case of Medical Emergency, please follow “Evacuation Plan” (3 & 4)

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P A R K I N G:P A R K I N G:

IEC Community members are encouraged to car‐pool where possible to IEC for daily Majalis program Please cooperate & follow instructions from Parking Committee Members. These are IEC Management designate 

members Parking violations will be ticketed by Glendale Heights Police and vehicle towed at owner’s expense Additional Parking space available (subject to availability) Beside Brunswick (Off of North Av & Glen Ellyn Rd.) & 

Merlin, till 11:00PM. Cars left after 11:00PM will be towed by Towing company of the Business at CAR OWNERS expense. IEC is not responsible in any manner.

Shuttle Service available between 8:00PM & 11:00PM ONLY Parking is on “First Come First Serve” basis. We will help you with parking Parking HOTLINE: Report any incident or call for assistance – 630.935.3016