Ramadan

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LANTURNA’S RAMADAN RETREAT
AND MONTH-LONG PROGRAM

THE SUSTENANCE OF SOULS
A Retreat on Imam al-Ghazzālī’s Book of Fasting

including

THE PROPHET’S FAST ﷺ
As Preserved in the Ḥanafī, Mālikī, and Shāfiʿī Schools

APRIL 9 – 11

“…and fasting is better for you,
if you but knew!”
(al-Baqarah 2:184)

[Required text available via download upon registration]

NIGHT JOURNEYS
Revelation — Recitation — Reflection

RAMADAN 1 – 29/30

“The month of Ramadan,
wherein the Qur’an was brought down…”
(al-Baqarah 2:185)

[Recitation and translation segment is open to the public
and will be streamed live throughout Ramadan]

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DESCRIPTION

Allah says يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ O faithful! Fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for your predecessors, that you may protect yourselves (al-Baqarah 2:183). Indeed, the fastness of fasting is that fortified fortress for those who hold fast to faith. It is that one sacred sacrament that secures the sincerity of the seeker solely for God. It is one of five pillars upon which our faith is founded. It is the institutionalization of abstinence. It is that vow of Mary who allayed her fears with dates and water. Ramadan shall soon alight with its light, and Lanturna invites you to join El-Hajj Hisham Mahmoud and Ḥāfiẓ Mohammad Elokda this year for a weekend study of Imām al-Ghazzālī’s Book of Fasting coupled with a month-long recitation of and reflection on the Book of Allah, which was revealed, recited, and reviewed in the month of Ramadan.

OUR SCHEDULE FOLLOWS ON THE NEXT TAB

SCHEDULE

All sessions are according to Eastern Time

TUESDAY, APRIL 6
9:00 – 11:00	FASTING \| The Pillar of Abstinence (Open to the Public)
FRIDAY, APRIL 9
8:30 – 9:00	Oriententions
9:00 – 9:30	Sūrat al-Mulk & ʿIshāʾ
9:30 – 10:30	Session I (Open to the Public)
10:30 – 11:00	Prayers of the Prophet ﷺ
SATURDAY, APRIL 10
10:15 – 10:30	Sūrat Yā Sīn
10:30 – 12:00	Session II
12:00 – 1:00	Lunch
1:00 – 2:00	Session III
2:00 – 2:30	Ẓuhr & Break
2:30 – 4:00	Session IV
4:00 – 5:00	ʿAṣr & Break
5:00 – 6:30	Session V
6:30 – 7:00	New Retreat Unveiling / Q & A
7:00 – 9:00	Maghrib & Dinner
9:00 – 9:30	Sūrat al-Mulk & ʿIshāʾ
9:30 – 10:30	Session VI
10:30 – 11:00	Prayers of the Prophet ﷺ
SUNDAY, APRIL 11
10:15 – 10:30	Sūrat Yā Sīn
10:30 – 12:00	The Prophet’s Fast ﷺ as Preserved In the Ḥanafī, Mālikī, and Shāfiʿī Schools
12:00 – 12:30	Break
12:30 – 2:00	The Prophet’s Fast ﷺ as Preserved In the Ḥanafī, Mālikī, and Shāfiʿī Schools
2:00 – 3:00	Ẓuhr & Lunch
3:00 – 4:00	Session VII
4:00 – 4:30	Student Reflections
4:30 – 4:45	Closing Remarks & Announcements
RAMADAN 1 – 29/30
9:00 – 9:15	Sūrat al-Mulk
9:15 – 10:00	NIGHT JOURNEYS \| “…for those who reflect!”
10:00 – 10:15	Tea Break
10:15 – 11:30	NIGHT JOURNEYS \| Recite, in the name of your Lord! (Open to the Public via FaceBook and YouTube)

TESTIMONIALS

El-Hajj Hisham presented the class with so much love as if he was talking about a very close personal friend mā shāʾ Allāh. I was able to feel the love and pain that our Prophet ﷺ went through. He made me realize how I can draw from our beloved Prophet’s ﷺ personality and attitude in times of trials and tribulations and in times of joy, providing insight into our own life issues and concerns. My three kids enjoyed this class too.

—Maimoona Rashid

The Lanturna Sīrah Retreat was such a beautiful gathering. The insights gained have changed my perceptive about how I relate to the sīrah. I feel a deep connection to the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. Weeks after the event I still continue some of the beautiful sunnahs we practiced.

—Khadeeja Abdullah

Lanturna’s “Years of the Beloved” retreat was a wonderful experience for my family. El-Hajj Hisham brought the sīrah to life and helped us view the life of our dear Prophet ﷺ in an entirely different light. I’ve read multiple sīrah books before, but have never felt this close to the Prophet ﷺ. I deeply admire El-Hajj Hisham’s vision for the Muslim community in the United States. His warm, practical approach allows us to truly live the sīrah every moment of our lives. May Allah put barakah in Lanturna and allow El-Hajj Hisham’s wisdom to reach every home.

—Lena Khan

RECORDED SESSIONS

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El-Hajj Hisham Mahmoud al-Mālikī

El-Hajj Hisham Mahmoud has studied theology, hadith, legal theory, jurisprudence, ethics, Qur’an recitation, and Arabic with scholars in Morocco, Mauritania, and Egypt. He has taught for more than a decade at Yale, Princeton, and Harvard, then left the Academy to institute Lanturna, an educational initiative that intends to establish learning collectives throughout North America. He continues to read with scholars and students in the United States. Currently, Hajj Hisham resides in Pennsylvania with his wife and three children, and he hopes to be like any one of them when he grows up.

Imam Syed Omair al-Shāfiʿī

Ustādh Syed Omair serves as the Assistant Imam and Youth Director of the All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS). He previously taught Classical Arabic at the Fawakih Institute in Virginia and at the Qasid Arabic Institute in Amman, Jordan, where he lived from 2009 to 2016. He is a lifelong student of many of the Islamic scholarly disciplines and has a special interest in Muslim spirituality (tazkiyah), Qur’an exegesis (tafsīr), and the biography of the Prophet ﷺ (sīrah).

Ustādh Syed Omair will be teaching us the rulings of fasting according to the Shāfiʿī school.

Ḥāfiẓ Mohammad Samir

Ḥāfiẓ Mohammad Elokda has sought to honor the Qur’an his entire life, memorizing its letters at the age of 12, receiving one of the shortest chains of transmission (isnād) from Sh. Muhammad bin Younus al-Ghalban, learning some of its recitation styles, and has studied its derivative sciences including cantillation (tajwīd), occasions for revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl), and exegesis (tafsīr). A love for the Arabic language and its teaching led him to a curricular contribution to the Diyabat Literacy Institute, which serves 600 students in Upper Egypt and the Read and Memorize Qur’an Engagement Curriculum, used by more than 1,000 students around the world. He graduates from Georgetown this Spring with a degree in International Political Economy from its School of Foreign Service and resides in the Washington D.C. area if anybody wants tea.

Ḥāfiẓ Mohammad Samir

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

WHERE IS THE SCHEDULE?

Please refer to the tab section above to access the program description and schedule, as well as testimonials.

WHAT TIME ZONE DOES THE SCHEDULE FOLLOW?

All sessions will accord with Eastern Time.

WILL ALL SESSIONS BE RECORDED?

All sessions will be uploaded after each session to a private YouTube playlist for convenient viewing later.

ARE SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE?

Lanturna is committed to never turn anyone away due to financial constraint, and partial scholarships are available for those who apply. Request a scholarship below.

CAN I SPONSOR MORE THAN ONE STUDENT?

May Allah bless you and increase His blessing upon you. You may sponsor any number of students with any amount that you have in mind.

WHEN WILL I RECEIVE AN ORIENTATION EMAIL?

A confirmation page will open once you register with all the resources you will need to access our program. The contents of this page will also be sent as a welcome email one week before the retreat. Please be sure to check your spam or notifications folders if our email does not show up in your inbox.

WHAT IS THE REGISTRATION FEE?

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WHERE MAY I DIRECT FURTHER INQUIRIES?

Your inquiries are welcomed at info@lanturna.com.

HOW CAN I FIND OUT MORE ABOUT LANTURNA EVENTS?

You may subscribe to our calendar, follow us on Facebook and Instagram, or join our mailing list. Be sure as well to join us every evening for our communal recitation of Sūrat al-Mulk and Qurʾan Circle at 9 pm ET via Lanturna.com/Mulk.

Last Tuesday, Apr 6, we held a special session in preparation for our retreat with El-Hajj Hisham Mahmoud: FASTING | The Pillar of Abstinence.

At the dawn of revelation, the Prophet ﷺ was commanded وَأَمَّا بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثْ “And as for the blessing of thy Lord, proclaim it!” (al-Ḍuḥā 93:11). And toward the eve of his passing, he instructed those present to inform those absent. If you have found any benefit in our work, then know that it came solely from Allah and His Messenger ﷺ, and with the intention of proclaiming His bounty, feel free to share it with others.

El-Hajj Hisham Mahmoud al-Mālikī

Imam Syed Omair al-Shāfiʿī

Ḥāfiẓ Mohammad Samir

Ḥāfiẓ Mohammad Samir

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