Bond & Bite:

Bond & Bite: MCWAS Community Building Event 🍕☪️

Murūʾah: Moral Dignity and Nobility💫

🗣By Shaykh Farid Haibatan

Join us for our first community building event after Ramadan Bond & Bite, where we gather for an impactful lecture followed by community bonding over food!

In a world driven by ego, exposure, and reaction - what does it mean to carry yourself with true dignity?

This talk explores the Islamic concept of murūʾah - a forgotten quality of refinement, restraint, and honour rooted in the Qur’an and Sunnah.

How should a believer respond when wronged?

What does dignity look like in conflict?

Are modern ideas of strength and empowerment helping - or harming?

How can we rebuild character in an age of visibility?

Join us for a reflective and practical session on reviving true Islamic character in our daily lives.

Speaker Bio:

Shaykh Farid Haibatan is a scholar-practitioner with over thirty years of experience in designing and delivering transformational learning that bridges revelation, psychology, and human development.

He is the chairman of MRDF, a senior instructor/Murrabi with the Sabeel Development Programme and serves several other key dawah organisations in various leadership roles across the UK, Europe and USA.

The Shaykh has guided many through courses on moral, social, and emotional intelligence, resilience, and family harmony and was the original English translator of Ḥiṣn al-Muslim (Fortification of the Muslim)

📌Program Details:

📆 Friday 17th April 2026

⏰ Maghrib 8:04pm

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 For the whole Family

🍟 Light Dinner will be provided

FREE Ice 🍦 Cream for Children

®️ Registration There is no cost, however please register for catering purposes:

www.mcwas.org/bond-bite

If you would like to make a voluntary contribution towards the food costs please follow the link below:

www.mcwas.org/store/p/food-sponsorship

🕌 Venue

MCWAS

Wentworth Hall

80 Ruskin Road

Carshalton

SM5 3DH

We look forward to welcoming you all.

Jazakum’Allah-Khair

MCWAS Management