• Wednesday 3rd Jamadi-ul-Thani (April 25th): Wafat – Sayyida Fatema Zahra (A)
• Saturday 20th Jamadi-ul-Thani (May 12th): Wiladat – Sayyida Fatema Zahra (A)

Details:

Time: 4:00 – 7:00 PM
Location: 232 Warren Ave N, Seattle, WA (parking is available on the side lot of the building)
How many volunteers: We normally need 3 – 5 volunteers

Menu

(Note: Items below could change depends on the menu and what we are cooking)

• Baked chicken pieces (Only if you decide to prepare the “repetitive, standard” recipe. But we highly encourage you to make your favorite recipes and make it a new and exciting menu every time).
• Rice
• Salad
• Fruits
• Drinks

List of items:

(Note: The section below should be used as a shopping list)

Items needed (Already available at IMAN shelter storage, next to the oven):

1. Rice (Normally we do have enough rice, but at this point we could use a new bag as reserve)
2. Oil (Normally we do have enough oil also, but at this point we could use a new container as reserve)

Items needed (to be purchased):

1. Halaal chicken marinated (usually purchased from the Halaal butcher store at Overlake Square across the street from Sears on 148th): Buy/Marinate the night before. You can leave it at IMAN refrigerator or take home for the next day (again, only if you decide to prepare the traditional IMAN recipe).
2. Tomatoes (4 pcs)
3. Salad Dressing (1 container Ranch)
4. Milk (Chocolate) 2 (1 gallons)
5. Soda Bottles 3 x 2Liters
6. Drinking water 1 x 2.5G
7. Salad Mix (4 large iceberg)
8. Bananas (1 dozen)
9. Apples (1/2 dozen)
10. Oranges (1 dozen)
11. Coffee powder for drip coffee machines (1 large tin can)

Required Skills:

Basic cooking skills (grilling, cooking rice, operating kitchen appliances, etc.)

Tasks:

There is no set task distribution model for the cooking event. Everyone present helps as much as s/he can. The tasks that need to be done before and during the event include:

• Buy the groceries (from the list above)
• Prepare/marinate the chicken the night before
• Grill the chicken
• Cook rice
• Cook any sides (if applicable)
• Cut the salad and fruit
• Serve the meal to the shelter residents

• Monday 5th Jamadi-ul-Ula (March 26th): Wiladat – Sayyida Zainab (A)

• Saturday 10th Rabi-ul-Thani (March 3rd): Wiladat – Imam Hasan al-Askari (A)

• Saturday 4th Rabi-ul-Awwal (January 28th): Wafat – Masuma-e-Qum (A)
• Wednesday 8th Rabi-ul-Awwal (February 1st): Wafat – Imam Hasan al-Askari (A)
• Thursday 9th Rabi-ul-Awwal (February 2nd): Eid-uz-Zahra
• Friday 17th Rabi-ul-Awwal  (February 10th): Wiladat – Holy Prophet (S) (Milad-un-Nabi) & Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (A)

• Sunday 7th Safar (January 1st): Wafat – Imam Hasan (A)
• Saturday 20th Safar  (January 14th): Arba’een (40th day) for Martyrs of Karbala
• Sunday 28th Safar (January 22nd): Wafat – Prophet Muhammad (S)
• Monday 29th Safar (January 23rd): Wafat – Imam Ali Ridha (A)

A’maal of Ashura (10:30 AM – 12:00 PM):

• 4 Raka’ats (in 2 raka’ats)
• Ziyarat-e-Ashura
• 2 Raka’ats for Ziyarat Ashura
• Cursing the enemies of Ahlul-Bayt
• Salaam to the martyrs of Karbala
• Cursing of killers at Karbala
• Short Dua in Sajda
• Dua-e-Alqamah
• Walking back-and-forth 7 times & reciting the phrase recited by Imam Husain (A) on the day of Ashura

This program will also be broadcast live at www.iman-wa.org/live

Ashura commemoration (12:00 PM – 3:15 PM):

• 12:02 PM – Dhuhr & Asr prayer
• 12:30 PM – Quran Recitation
• 12:40 PM – Marsiyah/Poetry
• 1:00 PM – Lecture
• 1:30 PM – Latmiyah/Maatam
• 2:00 PM – Ziyarat Ta’aziyah
• 2:15 PM – Lunch

This program will also be broadcast live at www.iman-wa.org/live

Ashura Blood Drive (12:00 PM – 6:00 PM):

The Puget Sound  Blood Center bus will be parked in the IMAN Center parking lot to accept blood donations.  Please click here to schedule your appointment.

Ladies only Ashura program (3:30 PM – 4:30 PM):

A ladies only program to commemorate the tragedy of Karbala with marsiya/poetry and latmiya/maatam.

Eve of 11th Muharram/Sham-e-Ghariba (4:30 PM – 8:00 PM):

• 4:33 PM – Maghrib prayer
• 4:50 PM – Dua Tawassul
• 5:00 PM – Quran Recitation
• 5:10 PM – Marsiyah/Poetry
• 5:30 PM – Lecture
• 6:30 PM – Latmiyah/Maatam
• 7:00 PM – Salaam-e-Akhir
• 7:05 PM – Isha prayer
• 7:30 PM – Refreshments and wrap-up

This program will also be broadcast live at www.iman-wa.org/live

• Tuesday 10th Muharram (December 6th): Ashura
• Wednesday 25th Muharram (December 21st): Wafat: Imam Zainul Abedin (A)

Guest speaker

This year we are very fortunate to have Br. Mahmood Dhalla of Birmingham, England as our guest speaker for Muharram. His lectures will be focusing on “Towards a Theological understanding of Imamat and of Husayn ibn Ali (a.s)”. Br. Mahmood Dhalla was born in Uganda in 1970 and grew up in Sweden and Canada. After his high school education and some years of working he enrolled at al-Mahdi Institute for Islamic studies in Birmingham, United Kingdom and was one of its first graduates receiving a BA and MA in Islamic Studies. He is currently involved with various activities at the Institute.

Daily program

Our daily programs will begin at 8:00 PM with the following schedule:

8:00 PM – Isha prayers
8:20 PM – Qur’an recitation
8:30 PM – Marsiya/Poetry
8:40 PM – Lecture – broadcast live at www.iman-wa.org/live
9:20 PM – Latmiya/Maatam/Lamentation
9:40 PM – Ziyarat, Refreshments & wrap-up

On Thursdays we will have Dua-e-Kumail before the Marsiya and Ziyarat-e-Waritha after the Latmiya.On Tuesdays we will have Dua-e-Tawwasul before the Marsiya.

We also request all of you who would like to recite Qur’an, Marthiya, Ziyarat, Duas, poetry to sign up in advance by contacting Br. Meisam: meisam.aliroteh@gmail.com

Volunteer

We are counting on your participation, your volunteering spirit, your financial generosity and your moral support to make this a successful Muharram program for all.

We request community members and particularly parents to step forward and help organize an enriching experience for the younger members of our community. In particular, we need volunteers for the 5-14 year age group. Sr. Zina Alnoor has been working towards creating content to be presented to this age group in order to have an inspiring and educational experience for them this Muharram. She needs your help and support as volunteer teachers to use this content and conduct classes for our youth. If you would like to help, please contact Sr. Zina for further details: zinaalnoor@live.com

Please help us out!

Blood Drive

We also request eligible volunteers to sign up for blood donation. During the winter holiday break, blood centers supplies run low and they are in need of your help at this critical time. In conjunction with other area churches, we have organized this year’s blood drive at IMAN Center for Tuesday December 6th, 2011. The Puget Sound Blood Center bus will be parked at IMAN Center from 12 PM – 6 PM to receive blood donations. Please click here to schedule your appointment.

We are looking forward to everyone, young and old, to participate.

• Friday 7th Dhul-Hijja (November 4th): Wafat – Imam Muhammad Baqir (A)
• Sunday 9th Dhul-Hijja (November 6th): Wafat - Muslim ibn Aqeel
• Sunday 9th Dhul-Hijja (November 6th): Day of Arafah
• Monday 10th Dhul-Hijja (November 7th): Eid-ul-Adha
• Saturday 15th Dhul-Hijja (November 12th): Wiladat – Imam Ali-un-Naqi (A)
• Tuesday 18th Dhul-Hijja (November 15th): Eid-ul-Ghadeer
• Monday 24th Dhul-Hijja (November 21st): Eid-ul-Mubahila