Programs for Laylat al-Qadr, MIT
Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, March 29, 31, April 2, 2024, 6:15-11:30 pm
include: Quran, Poetry, Mourning Ritual (3/29 & 3/31), Munajat, Prayer, Iftar, Lecture, A'maal
Speaker: Dr. Sadik Kassim

Details will be announced.

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Ramadan Program, Special Event for 15th Ramadan, Birth Anniversary of Imam Hasan al-Mujtaba (p)

🌿 اَلْسلامُ عَلیکَ یَا اَبا مُحمّد یا حَسنَ بنَ عَلی، اَیُّها الْمُجْتبی 🌿


🌐 In-Person, in English

Date
Tuesday March 26th, 2024
6:00-9:00 pm (Eastern Time)

Location
MIT SidneyPacific, MP room, 70 Pacific St, Cambridge, MA 02139

Lecture
"Imam Hasan (as): The Manifestation of Divine Beauty", in English, Dr. Ammar Pabaney

Schedule
6:00-6:05 Quran Recitation
6:05-6:30 Dua Iftitah
6:30-7:10 Lecture and Q&A
7:10-7:20 Ziyarat Amin Allah
7:22-7:40 Prayer
7:40-9:00 Iftar-Dinner

- About Speaker (Bio)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poR-0zxi4ZM&t=1s

"Abdication of Imam Hasan (a.s.)", Lecture 2/2
speaker: Dr. Farhad Ghoddoussi

March 25, 2024
#Imam_Hasan

In the second lecture of these two lecture series we discussed in more details the events which during Imam Hasan's military march and campaign against Muawiya led him to the decision to accept Muawiya's peace proposal and abdicating himself. Among these events were mutiny by his army, plundering his tent, tearing his clothes from his shoulder and later failed assassination attempt by a Kharijite which injured Imam and defections from the 12000 man vanguard of Imam's army to the Muawiya's side.

In continuation we also discussed in more details the articles of the peace treaty between Imam Hassan and Muawiyah and tried to clarify some confusions regarding the contents of the peace treaty.

Laylat al-Qadr, Night of 19th of Ramadan

🏴 Shab-e-Zarbat

Date
Friday March 29th, 2024
6:45-11:45 pm (Eastern Time)

Location
MIT SidneyPacific, MP room, 70 Pacific St, Cambridge, MA 02139

Lecture:
"Surah Al-Fatiha: A Compass for the Spiritual Traveler", in English, Dr. Sadik Kassim

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

- Suhoor boxes will be served at the end

- About Speaker (Bio)

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به مناسبت ایام ضربت خوردن و شهادت امام علی (ع)، رمضان ۱۴۴۳

دين و دولت در دوران امير المؤمنين (ع)، دکتر حسن انصاری

در اين جلسه تحليل تازه ای ارائه شده از مناسبات دين و قدرت سياسی در عصر مابعد سقيفه و ديدگاه اميرالمؤمنين نسبت به اين موضوع. (۱۹ آپریل ۲۰۲۲)

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Laylat al-Qadr, Night of 21st of Ramadan

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

Date
Sunday March 31st, 2024
6:45-11:45 pm (Eastern Time)

Location
MIT SidneyPacific, MP room, 70 Pacific St, Cambridge, MA 02139

Lecture:
"Surah Al-Fatiha: A Compass for the Spiritual Traveler", in English, Dr. Sadik Kassim

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

- Suhoor boxes will be served at the end

- About Speaker (Bio)

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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

Laylat al-Qadr, Night of 23rd of Ramadan (most sacred)

Date
Tuesday April 2nd, 2024
6:15-11:45 pm (Eastern Time)

Location
MIT SidneyPacific, MP room, 70 Pacific St, Cambridge, MA 02139

Lecture:
"Surah Al-Fatiha: A Compass for the Spiritual Traveler", in English, Dr. Sadik Kassim

Schedule
6:15-7:00 Recitation of Surahs Ankabut and Rum
7:00-7:25 Dua Makarimul Akhlaq
7:30-7:50 Prayer
7:50-8:30 Iftar-Dinner
8:30-8:45 Special Prayer for the Night of Qadr (2 Raka' Salah)
8:45-9:00 Quran Recitation (Surah Dukhan)
9:00-9:35 Lecture and Q&A
9:35-9:45 Ziyarat Imam Husayn (p) on Laylatul Qadr
9:45-10:15 Amaal of Quran
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-11:45 Dua Jawshan Kabir

- Suhoor boxes will be served at the end

- About Speaker (Bio)

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upcoming events
Ramadan Programs, April 4 & 5, 2024

▫️Thursday April 4, 6:45-9:30 pm
(in-person, in English)
Dua Kumayl & Lecture, Speaker: Sadik Kassim
Location: MIT SidneyPacific, MP room, 70 Pacific St, Cambridge

▫️Friday April 5, 6:15-9:00 pm
(in-person, in English)
Quran Study, Speaker: Mehran Dibaji
Location: MIT Tang Center, E51-376, 2 Amherst St, Cambridge

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Ramadan Program, Dua Kumayl & Lecture

🌐 In-Person, in English

Date
Thursday April 4th, 2024
6:45 pm to 9:30 pm (Eastern Time)

Location
MIT SidneyPacific, MP room, 70 Pacific St, Cambridge, MA 02139

Schedule
6:45-6:50 Quran Recitation
6:50-7:25 Dua Kumayl
7:25-7:30 Dua-Munajat
7:31-7:50 Prayer
7:50-8:30 Iftar-Dinner
8:30-8:45 Preparation for Ziyarat and Lecture
8:45-8:50 Ziyarat Amin Allah
8:50-9:30 Lecture and Q&A, in English, Dr. Sadik Kassim
Title: "From Invocation to Protection: The Comprehensive Message of Al-Fatiha and An-Nas"

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Ramadan Program, Quran Study, al-Kahf [18:47-50]

🌐 In-Person, in English

Date
Friday April 5th, 2024
6:30 pm to 9:00 pm (Eastern Time)

Location
MIT Tang Center, E51-376, 2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142

Schedule
6:30-6:35 Ziyarat Ale-Yasin
6:35-7:30 Exegesis (Tafsir), in English, Dr. Mehran Dibaji
Topic: "Chapter 18, al-Kahf, Verses 47-50"
7:30-7:35 Dua-Munajat
7:35-7:55 Prayer
7:55-9:00 Iftar-Dinner

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Special Topic Lectures
"Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (p)"
April 6-8, 2024, 9:30-11:00 pm (US Eastern Time)
Virtual, in zoom

🔹Saturday April 6
Liyakat Takim (Bio)
Professor, Sharjah Chair in Global Islam, McMaster University
“The Spirituality of Imam Ali”

🔹Sunday April 7
Nebil Husayn (Bio)
Associate Professor, Religious Studies, University of Miami
“Remembering the Legacy of Ali b. Abi Talib”

🔹Monday April 8
Aun H. Ali (Bio)
Assistant Professor, Religious Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
“Shia Tradition and the School of Hilla”

Moderator
Farhad Ghoddoussi, PhD
Wayne State University

Zoom Participation:
https://mit.zoom.us/j/92729332928
Meeting ID: 927 2933 2928

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Special Topic Lectures (in zoom)
"Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (p)"

Lecture 1:
Date: Saturday April 6, 9:30-11:00 pm (Eastern Time)

Speaker: Liyakat Takim (Bio)
Professor, Sharjah Chair in Global Islam, McMaster University

Title: The Spirituality of Imam Ali

Abstract
Islam asks us to continuously reevaluate our moral & social lives. This is because spirituality is extremely important to our inner well-being. The search for a spiritual identity also entails a quest for “godly people” who remind us of the presence of God. It is as if Allah speaks through them.

Wilaya in Shi'ism is not only to believe and follow the Imams, it also entails cultivating the personality of the wali within us. It also requires relieving their spiritual experiences by spiritual modeling on them. My lecture will focus on the spirituality of Imam ‘Ali, his asceticism, spiritual pronouncements, and exercises. The lecture will also focus on his lifestyle and how he connected with the Divine.


Zoom Participation:
https://mit.zoom.us/j/92729332928
Meeting ID: 927 2933 2928

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🔸 Bio:
A native of Zanzibar, Tanzania, Professor Liyakat Takim is the Sharjah Chair in Global Islam at McMaster University in Canada. A prolific writer and speaker he has authored and/or translated eight books. He is currently working on his ninth book on Qur’anic exegesis. He has also written more than one hundred and forty scholarly works which have been published in various journals, books, and encyclopediae.

Professor Takim’s research interests lie in topics such as reformation in Islam, Qur’anic exegesis, the role of custom in shaping Islamic law, Islam in the western diaspora, Islamic fundamentalism, Islamic mystical tradition, Islamophobia, the treatment of women in Islam law and many other topics.

His latest book titled “Shi‘ism Revisited: Ijtihad and Reformation in Contemporary Times” was published by Oxford University Press in January 2022

Professor Takim has also spoken at more than one hundred and twenty academic national and international conferences. He has spoken in different parts of the world ranging from Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore, to East Africa, Dubai and North America.

Professor Takim has taught at several universities and is actively engaged in dialogue with different faith communities.

Special Topic Lectures (in zoom)
"Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (p)"

Lecture 2:
Date: Sunday April 7, 9:30-11:00 pm (Eastern Time)

Speaker: Nebil Husayn (Bio)
Associate Professor, Religious Studies, University of Miami

Title: Remembering the Legacy of Ali b. Abi Talib

Abstract
In this question and answer session, participants will have an opportunity to discuss the legacy of Ali b. Abi Talib with Dr. Nebil Husayn, Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Miami and author of Opposing the Imam and Caliphate and Imamate (with Dr. Hassan Ansari).


Zoom Participation:
https://mit.zoom.us/j/92729332928
Meeting ID: 927 2933 2928

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🔸 Bio:
Nebil Husayn is a specialist in the field of Islamic studies. His research explores authoritarianism in the Middle East, debates on the caliphate, and the development of Islamic thought. He is the recipient of a Fulbright award and the University of Miami Fellowship in the Arts and Humanities. Husayn obtained his Ph.D. in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University and an M.A. in Arabic and Islamic Studies from Harvard University. His publications include Caliphate and Imamate (Cambridge University Press, 2023) and Opposing the Imam (Cambridge University Press, 2021).