In Honor of Teachers | Ustadha Dr. Rania Awaad

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Muslim Community Center - MCC East Bay

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Dr. Rania Awaad talks about the legacy of our great pioneer teachers like Imam Siraj Wahhaj.
Watch others guests who spoke at this event "In the Footsteps of Giants" like Imam Zaid Shakir, Imam Omar Suleiman, Imam Mohamed Magid, and Dr. Yasir Qadhi: mcceastbay.org/footsteps
Dr. Rania spoke at the Muslim Community Center - East Bay (MCC East Bay) in Pleasanton, California on Sunday, October 14, 2018.
- More Dr. Rania: mcceastbay.org/rania
About the Speaker:
Raised in the U.S., Ustadha Rania Awaad began her formal study of the traditional Islamic sciences when her parents permitted her to travel to Damascus, Syria at the age of 14. Her desire to continue studying the Deen resulted in multiple trips back to Damascus, interspersed between her high school, college and medical studies. She was honored to receive Ijaazah (authorization to teach) several branches of the Shari’ah sciences at the hands of many renowned scholars, including many female scholars. She has received Ijaazah to teach Tajwid in both the Hafs and Warsh recitations from the late eminent Syrian scholar, Shaykh Abu Hassan al-Kurdi. Currently, Ustadha Rania teaches online and local classes for The Rahmah Foundation, Rabata, and is on faculty of Zaytuna College where she teaches courses in Shafi’i fiqh, women’s issues in fiqh, and has helped develop and co-direct the Tajweed and Hifz progam.
Ustadha Rania also a medical doctor with a specialty in Psychiatry. She completed her Psychiatric residency and fellowship training at Stanford University where she is currently on the faculty as a Clinical Instructor in the Stanford Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences department. Her medical interests include addressing mental health care concerns in the Muslim community- particularly that of Muslim women and girls. She has been awarded grants from the NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health) to conduct research on this topic and has presented her findings at several medical conferences. Other on-going endeavors include the compilation of manuscripts addressing female-related mental health and medical issues from a fiqh-oriented perspective.
Dr. Rania Awaad is a practicing Psychiatrist based at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She is a Clinical Instructor in the Stanford Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and pursues her clinical practice through the department’s community psychiatric track. She is passionate about mental health and works he is passionate about mental health and works extensively, locally, nationally, and inter-nationally creating a spiritual wellness with the application of traditional Islamic spiritual healing methods to modern clinical psychology. Prior to studying medicine, Dr. Awaad pursued classical Islamic Studies in Damascus, Syria and holds certification (Ijaza) in Qur’an, Islamic Law and other branches of the Islamic Sciences. She is a Professor of Islamic Law at Zaytuna College, an American Muslim Liberal Art College in Berkeley, CA. In addition, she serves as the Director of The Rahmah Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating Muslim women and girls. You can read more at profiles.standford.edu/Rania_... and blog.zaytuna.edu/author/dr-ran...
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@oyinkansolamomoh5696 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Dr Rania. Such a blessing to the ummah. May Allah increase you in beneficial knowledge and accept all of your striving. Aameen.

@ThatJumanjichild 2 жыл бұрын

What a honorable Lady ... a beautiful Soul..... jazak Allahu khairan ...

@nuhamasoud5292 4 жыл бұрын

Rania, you are a blessed woman that is for sure الله يحفظك ويوفقك ويسعدك دنيا وآخره يارب

@cindyalmughrabi4192 2 жыл бұрын

It's a great feeling to teach others.You know you've done something meaningful. The student learns something for his life and then teaches his children.