🏴 تَهَدَّمَتْ وَاللَّهِ‏ أَرْکَانُ‏ الْهُدَى 🏴

▫️ Parking/Commute: metered street parking (usually you can find one around the building); Albany Garage (36 Albany St, Cambridge, MA 02139); Redline (Kendall/MIT station).

▫️The Room is on the Third Floor of the Student Center, on your left.

Ramadan Event, Laylat al-Qadr, Night of 21st of Ramadan

🏴 Martyrdom Anniversary of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (p)

🌐 In-Person, EN Lecture

Speaker: Dr. Sadik Kassim
Lecture: "Bread, Dates, Coffee and The Nights of Qadr"

Date
Tuesday March 10th, 2026
6:45 pm to 11:00 pm (Eastern Time)

Location
MIT Tang Center, E51-395, 2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142

Schedule
6:45-7:00 Preparation for Prayer
7:03-7:20 Prayer
7:20-8:00 Iftar-Dinner
8:00-8:15 Special Prayer for the Night of Qadr (2 Raka' Salah)
8:15-8:30 Quran Recitation (Surah Dukhan)
8:30-9:10 Lecture and Q&A
9:10-9:25 A'maal of Quran
9:25-9:30 Munajat, Ziyarat
9:30-9:40 Break
9:40-10:50 Dua Jawshan Kabir
10:50-11:00 Munajat

- About Speaker (Bio)

https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/
@zekrMIT

▫️Please note that the location for the night of 21st will be Tang Center, E51-395, where we usually hold our Dua Kumayl gatherings.

▫️A limited number of Nahj al-Balaghah books will be available for distribution this night.

السَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا عَلَمَ التُّقىٰ، السَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا حُجَّةَ اللّٰهِ الْكُبْرىٰ، السَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا خاصَّةَ اللّٰهِ وَخالِصَتَهُ، وَأَمِينَ اللّٰهِ وَصَفْوَتَهُ، وَبابَ اللّٰهِ وَحُجَّتَهُ، وَمَعْدِنَ حُكْمِ اللّٰهِ وَسِرِّهِ، وَعَيْبَةَ عِلْمِ اللّٰهِ وَخازِنَهُ، وَسَفِيرَ اللّٰهِ فِي خَلْقِهِ.

Ramadan Event, Laylat al-Qadr, Night of 23rd of Ramadan

🌐 In-Person, EN Lecture

Speaker: Dr. Sadik Kassim
Lecture: "Bread, Dates, Coffee and The Nights of Qadr"

Date
Thursday March 12th, 2026
6:45 pm to 11:00 pm (Eastern Time)

Location
MIT Student Center, 3rd Floor, Twenty Chimneys, 84 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139

Schedule
6:45-7:00 Preparation for Prayer
7:05-7:20 Prayer
7:20-8:00 Iftar-Dinner
8:00-8:15 Special Prayer for the Night of Qadr (2 Raka' Salah)
8:15-8:25 Quran Recitation (Surah Dukhan)
8:25-8:30 Ziyarat Imam Hussain (p) on Laylatul Qadr
8:30-9:10 Lecture and Q&A
9:10-9:25 A'maal of Quran
9:25-9:30 Munajat, Ziyarat
9:30-9:40 Break
9:40-10:50 Dua Jawshan Kabir
10:50-11:00 Munajat

- About Speaker (Bio)

https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/
@zekrMIT

Please note the location: the Student Center, like the first night, where we will have two large halls available.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4Xm8kWY2_Q&list=PLRagz8v-1fF678hliYN91vMLUHSkewJZ8&t=2s

🔻"Dua Abu Hamza Thumal," Lec03
speaker: H. I. Hasan Doagoo
Ramadan 1447
Mar 9, 2026

Reflections & Lessons

#dua_abu_hamza

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRagz8v-1fF64syWCOntMn8fHSwQMxjFp

Nahj al-Balagha Series – Letter 53 ☝️
Letter of Imam Ali (p) to Malik al-Ashtar: Principles of Just Governance

Lectures 1–11

Lecture 12 will take place after the month of Ramadan — Thursday March 26, inshaAllah.

#Nahj_al_Balagha_Letter_53

We are coordinating to hold an Eid al-Fitr program at MIT on Friday, March 20, from 8:30–10:30 AM (pending moon sighting).

Salatul Eid and the khutbah (in English) will be led by Dr. Sadik Kassim.

Additional details will be shared once the date is confirmed.

https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/
@zekrMIT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5ii2s-VaNE&list=PLRagz8v-1fF678hliYN91vMLUHSkewJZ8&t=4s

🔻"Dua Abu Hamza Thumal," Lec04
speaker: H. I. Hasan Doagoo
Ramadan 1447
Mar 16, 2026

Reflections & Lessons

#dua_abu_hamza

Special Event, Eid al-Fitr

🌷Khutbah: "The Morning Always Returns — Eid in an Age of Darkness"🌷

Date
Friday March 20th, 2026
8:30 am to 10:30 am (Eastern Time)

Location
MIT Student Center, 3rd Floor, Twenty Chimneys, 84 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139

Schedule
8:30-8:35 Quran Recitation
8:35-9:00 Dua Nudba
9:00-9:15 Takbeerat
9:15-10:00 Salatul Eid & Khutbah (in English), led by Dr. Sadik Kassim
10:00-10:30 Breakfast

🔸Zakat al-Fitr is $15/person and we can collect at the site. Only cash is accepted. Please indicate if it is from Saadat. (It will be spent in Boston area)

https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/
@zekrMIT

The Crescent Moon of the Month of Shawwal 1447 A.H.
From the Moon-Sighting Committee of The Council of Shia Muslim Scholars of North America - Read more here:
https://ow.ly/CBr950YsrPP

1 Shawwal (March 20): Eid al-Fitr
8 Shawwal (March 27): Destruction of al-Baqee’ Shrine, 1344 A.H.
25 Shawwal (April 13): Martyrdom of Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (p), 148 A.H.