An Elevated Experience for Women Around the World
Masjid Rabata, a tarbiyah program under Rabata, provides a safe, uplifting, and joyful space for women to bring faith to life. Throughout the year, Masjid Rabata programs include weekly qiyams, monthly open talks, special pop-up sessions, and more.
During Ramadan, Masjid Rabata expands its offerings to help women around the world to make the most of this blessed month.
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Daily Quran Recitations
Ramadan is the month in which the Quran was revealed as a guide for humanity with clear proofs of guidance and the decisive authority. (Quran, 2:185)
During this month of Quran, Masjid Rabata is here to support your Quran reading goals with its daily recitation sessions at two different reading paces.
Join us at 11AM Central Time for regular recitation speed and at 12PM Central Time for slow recitation speed. Follow along in confidence with our world-renowned, traditionally-trained women reciters. The program will run February 18 to March 19.
Khitma Collection
Abu Huraira (rA) said:
The Prophet ﷺ would review the Quran once every year in Ramadan, and he reviewed it twice in the year he passed away. The Prophet would retreat in the mosque for ten days every year, and he secluded himself for twenty days in the year he passed away. (Bukhari)
Ramadan is a time for reading abundantly, within each person’s level and skill. Contribute to our annual Khitma Collection by reading the Quran in Arabic from beginning to end, and make this the month of Quran in your life, heart, and home.
Witness the spiritual fortitude and practices of Muslim women all around the world and be inspired.
Khitma Dua
The close Companions of the Prophet ﷺ would make dua (supplication) upon a complete reading of the Quran, considering it a time of special reward and acceptance. Anas bin Malik (rA) was one Companion known for gathering his family to join him in a khitma dua.
Each year, Masjid Rabata hosts two powerful Khitma Dua sessions, from which women have witnessed dua accepted in miraculous ways. All women are welcome to join as Anse Dr. Tamara Gray leads us in dua..
Join us at the start to submit your dua requests (for a limited time during the session). These faith-fortifying sessions will run on Sunday, March 1 and Thursday, March 19, and we invite you to join us and witness the power of dua.
30hr Khitma
Masjid Rabata opens an online space for 30 hours where we can achieve our Ramadan Quran reading goals. Whether you’re working on a first khitma (complete reading of the Quran in Arabic) or aiming for more, we have the moral support to help you push through.
Join us from Friday, March 13 at 11PM Central Time to Sunday, March 15 at Fajr (Central Time). You are welcome to attend all or part of the program.
Register to be added to the special WhatsApp group.
Badr Commemoration
A day of trial that ended in triumph: the Battle of Badr. Muslims fought while fasting, and so too must we dedicate ourselves to Allah’s ﷻ commands, even when facing difficulties.
The Battle of Badr marked a critical turning point for the nascent Muslim community. With 313 Muslims against 1000 Quraysh, the odds were stacked against them. However, they prevailed.
Annually, Masjid Rabata reflects on this momentous occasion with one of our beloved women scholars. Join us for inspiration, motivation, and the strength to persevere on Friday, March 6 at 1:45PM Central Time.
I'tikaf Nights
Ibn ‘Umar (ra) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to observe i’tikaf in the last ten days of Ramadan. (Muslim)
I’tikaf is the act of staying in the masjid, engaged in worship, devoting time to Allah, and away from worldly distractions.
In following the example of the Prophet ﷺ, Muslims all around the world perform i’tikaf in local mosques. For women, to do so, can be a challenge for various reasons, and so, our scholars have taught us that we can make i’tikaf in our homes.
Choose a place for prayer in your home, and when you enter it for i’tikaf, intend the act by saying “this is my masjid, and I will make i’tikaf in it.”
To support women around the world, performing i’tikaf in their homes, Masjid Rabata provides an online space nightly for the last 10 nights. These are gatherings of recitation, recommended personal worship, dhikr, nasheeds, inspirational reminders, and more. Each year, women attest to the power of these nightly gatherings, finding the ability to spend more time in worship than if they spent the night alone.We invite you to witness the uplifting power of our digital spiritual community.
Sessions run this Ramadan at 12:45AM CST, from March 20 to March 29.
Laylatul-Eid
The night of Eid is also a night of worship, where we seal our actions of the month with the best of deeds, spending the night in prayer, dua, and reflection on what we learned from Ramadan.
Fortify the habit you’ve set throughout the month and join us for a special online program on Laylatul-Eid, March 20 at 12:45AM Central Time.
Ramadan Ready with Ribaat
Elevate your Ramadan this year with Ribaat’s Ramadan Ready Workshop
With Ramadan here, we invite you to step into all the potential this month presents.
This recorded workshop will provide you with all the skills and tips you need to optimize your Ramadan this year.
From fiqh (rules/rulings) of fasting and spiritual preparation to physical and nutritional care, our panel of Rabata Instructors and teachers will help you set your goals, determine a plan, and help you realize an elevated Ramadan experience.
Ribaat Academic Institute sprinkles in some fun into ‘ibada this year with the Ribaat Ramadan Challenge! Take part in daily challenges throughout the month, and enter a chance to win a $100 voucher to Ribaat courses.
Every day, a new challenge will be offered. Complete the challenge and leave a comment on the post once done for an entry into the raffle. The more challenges you complete and comment on, the more entries, and the better chance at winning!
Join us this Ramadan as we challenge ourselves to live our faith. Challenge is only on Instagram.
In-Person Events at RCC
In search of a spiritually-uplifting place to spend your Ramadan this year dedicated to serving women?
Rabata Cultural Center welcomes women from all over the world to join its Ramadan programming in-person. With nightly tarawih, weekly iftars, i’tikaf and more, RCC invites you to worship in a blessed community this year.
Come join us for any of our programs at the RCC. For those out-of-town, schedule a visit by emailing scheduling@rabata.org.
Sunday Halaqa at the RCC
Every Sunday throughout the year, Rabata Cultural Center hosts a Women’s Halaqa.
This Ramadan, Anse Dr. Tamara Gray will lead these sessions on the topic, “The Month of the Quran,” inspiring to bring the light and healing of the Quran into our daily lives throughout the month and beyond.
These weekly sessions are livestreamed by Masjid Rabata on Sundays at 1:30PM Central Time.
Invite the teen ladies in your life to an uplifting and elevated experience this Ramadan
RabaTEENS brings meaningful topics, under the gentle guidance of compassionate and encouraging mentors, to your home. Muslim girls, ages 12 to 17, around the world benefit from this nurturing space throughout Ramadan.
Courses offered this Ramadan:
- Ramadan Treasures: Quran Reflections
- Ramadan Nasheed Club
- Let’s Get Ramadan Ready
- Night that Changed the World: Revelation to the Prophet ﷺ
- Soup Together: Comfort Recipes for Ramadan
- The Guided Hearts: Quran Recitation
- Ramadan Quran Khitmah
- Jannah
- Arabic Calligraphy: The Naskh Script
Registration for Ramadan classes closes on Saturday, February 7.
It’s here! The much-anticipated and much-loved Rabata Ramadan Auction!
Each year, our wonderful community members come together to offer unique, hard-to-come-by items and offers, to strengthen Rabata as it cascades toward new ventures.
Auction goes live the night of February 17. Set your proxy bids, your timers, and find the perfect gift for yourself or another this Ramadan.
This is the best gift-giving, where you’re simultaneously supporting Rabata, investing in your akhira, and gifting a loved one (or yourself).
The Khadija Collective captures the essence of the beautiful souls who sustain the work of Rabata, month-after-month, initiative-after-initiative: they live in the profound light and legacy of Khadija (ra).
Just as Khadija’s (ra) streams of sadaqa sustained a movement and led to oceans of baraka, emotionally and financially uplifting the Prophet ﷺ amidst enormous challenges and obstacles, the monthly donors of Rabata allow the work to persevere and last generations, inshallah.
This month, as we reflect on the qualities of Khadija (ra), we welcome you to join The Khadija Collective.
Members of The Khadija Collective, along with the blessing of sadaqa jariya (ongoing charity), receive the perks of a monthly online gathering with Anse Tamara, unique discount code, annual calendar, and more.
RabataCare is Rabata’s program with the sole focus of collecting and distributing zakat funds to women in need. Rabata does not use zakat funds for operational expenses.
RabataCare helps women by alleviating the difficult circumstances they face with the intention to elevate them. You can give with comfort knowing that all of your zakat goes directly to those in need.
