Sanad Collective
2871 ST. JOSEPH BLVD K1C 1G8 Ottawa, ON, Canada

Over these last few months, we’ve witnessed a global shift in the way we build and sustain community. The team at the Rhoda Institute - a project of Sanad Collective - strove to ensure that those needs were met as much as could be in the difficult and unusual circumstances, and that people felt connected to God and to their sisters and brothers in faith, wherever they were. By God’s Grace, we are honoured to receive two awards from The Centre for Global Muslim Life’s 2020 Di...gital Media Awards (www.globalmuslimlife.com/2020-ramadan-awards). Winner of the Best Mental Health / Spiritual Wellness Series for the Rhoda Institute’s Ramadan Warrior Program and Best Crowdfunding Video for our crowdfunding video found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch. The 2020 Digital Media Awards recognizes the best digital Ramadan content from around the world. We are so humbled and blessed to receive these awards and pray that God accepts our efforts and those of all the beautiful souls who participated!

Assalam alaykum Please join us online at 7:30pm EST for prayers dedicated to our Beloved Aunty Khadija. Via the Rhoda Institute facebook page and Rhoda Radio. https://mixlr.com/rhoda-radio

Two years ago during Ramadan, Shaykh Hamdi and Anse Shehnaz taught Imam al-Haddad’s book on The Lives of Man. Amongst those present was Aunty Khadija who, with ...her regal composure, helped foster an atmosphere that assisted students to reflect on the many meanings of life. Two years later, having lost our dear elder, we are now called to put in practice the Prophetic teachings on death and dying. We invite you to reflect on these teachings. https://www.youtube.com/playlist

What are retreats like these other than spending a few days with the living spirit of the Prophet ? -Shaykh Hamdi Ben Aissa #LBR2019

"Ashura: What are we celebrating? (Part 2)" Will air tonight at 6pm EDT. Watch here: https://youtu.be/-4a0P55LHmU (click to set yourself a reminder) Ashura is ...a great day of victory in human history and should be celebrated; but what exactly are we celebrating? Join Shaykh Hamdi Ben Aissa and Anse Shehnaz Karim as they guide us to align ourselves with God's narrative about this day. Gain new understanding in the pursuit of deeper faith. Watch Part 1 here: https://youtu.be/TWeVNef-Ucs

"If, those centuries ago, our Master Husayn had decided to stay in his home, saying to himself, I have faith, I have love of God, I have a relationship of truth with my Lord and this is sufficient, and not gone out with 72 members of his Family the Family of the Messenger of God history would have been different. We would have been different. Perhaps Islam would have become just a game, and there would have been a sense of absurdity about it. Knowledge would have been b...uried, and truth would not have been made apparent. But the Saint-Sage Husayn did stand up, he stood for the truth. He showed his generation and those to come that there is something called TRUTH and that religion is not a game. It is due to the blessing of that stance that there are still people serious about faith, seekers of truth." https://www.rhodainstitute.org//0lr35kt0zxh5joa37s3qbgk8a5

Ashura is a great day of victory in human history and should be celebrated; but what exactly are we celebrating? Join Shaykh Hamdi Ben Aissa and Anse Shehnaz Ka...rim as they guide us to align ourselves with God's narrative about this day. Gain new understanding in the pursuit of a deeper faith. This event will be premiered on YouTube in 2 parts: Part 1: tonight, Saturday, at 6pm EDT Part 2: tomorrow, Sunday, at 6pm EDT Watch here: https://youtu.be/TWeVNef-Ucs PRO-TIP: Click the link now to set yourself a reminder

Spirit of Jumua: a live talk on the day of Friday to recentre our intentions and energy. -------- OFFER YOUR JUMUA SADAQA: sanadcollective.org/donate

Throwback Thursday. Salah-bration at the Rhoda Institute October 7 2019.

The good old days.

A call to action for the rest of our lives: https://shehnazkarim.com/guidance

May they always smile, O Lord. May their everyday be an Eid because they have come to know You.

As promised here is your Eid Movie! Click the link below to get your special treat. Make sure you watch before 7:30pm since we'll be airing the discussion right afterwards at 9pm Ottawa time.... Eid Mubarak! Movie: https://vimeo.com/443208725 Discussion: https://youtu.be/3EZcNTFiG4g

Labbayk ya Rabb.

Eid Mubarak y'all!

Allahu Akbar. Forever and ever.