ZEKR, MIT Shia Muslim Association
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRagz8v-1fF5IgIv9Sb10cq78saUNrvCV 🔻Lecture Series, 20 Sessions, in Persian "The Imamate and the Theory Known as ʿUlamāʾ al-Abrār (the ‘Righteous Scholars’ theory)" Speaker, Dr. Hassan Ansari January 18 - June 14, 2022…
🔻Lectures 1-10
🔸Lec01:
Views related to the Imamate among the companions of the Imams (peace be upon them); a rereading of the book Maqālāt al-Islāmiyyīn.
🔸Lec02:
The background to the formation of Imami Shiʿism in the 2nd Islamic century; the discussion of “ḥujjah,” knowledge, and the infallibility of the Imam.
🔸Lec03:
Sources of the Imam’s knowledge; the relationship between the Imam’s infallibility and the issue of religious authority and the Imam’s knowledge.
🔸Lec04:
Muʿtazilite views in the 2nd century regarding the “righteous scholars”; what was the meaning and core substance of speculative theology (ʿilm al-kalām)? Why should the issue of ghulūw (extremism) not be confused with theoretical foundations in monotheistic theology?
🔸Lec05:
Has the Imami school undergone an intellectual transformation in its most important and central doctrinal foundation—namely, the Imamate—since the 2nd Islamic century? The Imamate and the finality of prophethood.
🔸Lec06:
The importance of the Imam’s knowledge among Shiʿi sects in the 2nd century and the sources of the Imam’s knowledge from the perspective of early Shiʿites; the Imamate of Imam Muhammad b. ʿAli al-Jawād (peace be upon him) and Shiʿi disagreements over the Imam’s knowledge during childhood.
🔸Lec07:
Discussion and examination of the theory of Yunus b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān and those who considered the Imam’s own legal reasoning (ijtihād) in the Sharia as among the sources of the Imam’s knowledge.
🔸Lec08:
An examination of the sources of the Imam’s knowledge from the perspective of early Shiʿites based on the book Baṣāʾir al-Darajāt, and Shiʿi beliefs at the end of the 3rd Islamic century regarding different types of the Imam’s knowledge.
🔸Lec09:
Disagreements within Imami Shiʿism in mid-3rd-century Khurasan regarding the Imam’s knowledge and its sources, factionalism, and disputes over the doctrines of Faḍl b. Shādhān.
🔸Lec10:
How, in the 2nd century, the “scholars” came to be regarded as the primary heirs of the Prophet in opposition to the caliphs.
#ulama_al_abrar
🔸Lec01:
Views related to the Imamate among the companions of the Imams (peace be upon them); a rereading of the book Maqālāt al-Islāmiyyīn.
🔸Lec02:
The background to the formation of Imami Shiʿism in the 2nd Islamic century; the discussion of “ḥujjah,” knowledge, and the infallibility of the Imam.
🔸Lec03:
Sources of the Imam’s knowledge; the relationship between the Imam’s infallibility and the issue of religious authority and the Imam’s knowledge.
🔸Lec04:
Muʿtazilite views in the 2nd century regarding the “righteous scholars”; what was the meaning and core substance of speculative theology (ʿilm al-kalām)? Why should the issue of ghulūw (extremism) not be confused with theoretical foundations in monotheistic theology?
🔸Lec05:
Has the Imami school undergone an intellectual transformation in its most important and central doctrinal foundation—namely, the Imamate—since the 2nd Islamic century? The Imamate and the finality of prophethood.
🔸Lec06:
The importance of the Imam’s knowledge among Shiʿi sects in the 2nd century and the sources of the Imam’s knowledge from the perspective of early Shiʿites; the Imamate of Imam Muhammad b. ʿAli al-Jawād (peace be upon him) and Shiʿi disagreements over the Imam’s knowledge during childhood.
🔸Lec07:
Discussion and examination of the theory of Yunus b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān and those who considered the Imam’s own legal reasoning (ijtihād) in the Sharia as among the sources of the Imam’s knowledge.
🔸Lec08:
An examination of the sources of the Imam’s knowledge from the perspective of early Shiʿites based on the book Baṣāʾir al-Darajāt, and Shiʿi beliefs at the end of the 3rd Islamic century regarding different types of the Imam’s knowledge.
🔸Lec09:
Disagreements within Imami Shiʿism in mid-3rd-century Khurasan regarding the Imam’s knowledge and its sources, factionalism, and disputes over the doctrines of Faḍl b. Shādhān.
🔸Lec10:
How, in the 2nd century, the “scholars” came to be regarded as the primary heirs of the Prophet in opposition to the caliphs.
#ulama_al_abrar
ZEKR, MIT Shia Muslim Association
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRagz8v-1fF5IgIv9Sb10cq78saUNrvCV 🔻Lecture Series, 20 Sessions, in Persian "The Imamate and the Theory Known as ʿUlamāʾ al-Abrār (the ‘Righteous Scholars’ theory)" Speaker, Dr. Hassan Ansari January 18 - June 14, 2022…
🔻Lectures 11-20
🔸Lec11:
The views of Ibn Qibah al-Rāzī, the prominent Imami theologian of the late 3rd Islamic century, on knowledge, designation (naṣṣ), and infallibility.
🔸Lec12:
The views of Ibn Qibah al-Rāzī as a theologian of the period of the Minor Occultation, compared with the views of hadith scholars such as the author of Baṣāʾir al-Darajāt regarding the Imam’s knowledge.
🔸Lec13:
The theological views of Ibn Qibah al-Rāzī, a late-3rd-century theologian, concerning the Imamate, the status of the Imam’s knowledge, infallibility, and designation (naṣṣ).
🔸Lec14:
Continuation of the narrations from Baṣāʾir al-Darajāt and several other contemporary texts by Imami scholars of Baghdad and Qom at the end of the 3rd Islamic century concerning the status of the Imam and his knowledge, including the views of Abū Sahl al-Nawbakhtī.
🔸Lec15:
The sources, scope, and extent of the Imam’s knowledge from the Imami perspective in the 3rd Islamic century; concluding session of the rereading of Baṣāʾir.
🔸Lec16:
Moderate and extremist views during the Buyid period based on the works of Shaykh Ṣadūq and Shaykh Mufīd; various relevant sections of Shaykh Mufīd’s Awāʾil al-Maqālāt.
🔸Lec17:
Continuation of the examination of moderate and extremist views during the Buyid period based on the works of Shaykh Ṣadūq and Shaykh Mufīd; relevant sections of al-Iʿtiqādāt by Shaykh Ṣadūq, Awāʾil al-Maqālāt and Taṣḥīḥ al-Iʿtiqādāt by Shaykh Mufīd, as well as al-Dhakhīrah by Sharif al-Murtaḍā.
🔸Lec18:
Discussion of the issue of the Prophet’s forgetfulness (sahw al-nabī); also an examination of two texts from works on the doctrines and intellectual and theological foundations of the ghulāt (extremists).
🔸Lec19:
Continuation of the discussion introducing the ideas of the ghulāt and examination of sections from the work Maqālāt by Saʿd al-Ashʿarī.
🔸Lec20:
A general analysis of the relationship between moderate Shiʿism and ghulūw; a renewed look at the topic of the “righteous scholars.”
#ulama_al_abrar
🔸Lec11:
The views of Ibn Qibah al-Rāzī, the prominent Imami theologian of the late 3rd Islamic century, on knowledge, designation (naṣṣ), and infallibility.
🔸Lec12:
The views of Ibn Qibah al-Rāzī as a theologian of the period of the Minor Occultation, compared with the views of hadith scholars such as the author of Baṣāʾir al-Darajāt regarding the Imam’s knowledge.
🔸Lec13:
The theological views of Ibn Qibah al-Rāzī, a late-3rd-century theologian, concerning the Imamate, the status of the Imam’s knowledge, infallibility, and designation (naṣṣ).
🔸Lec14:
Continuation of the narrations from Baṣāʾir al-Darajāt and several other contemporary texts by Imami scholars of Baghdad and Qom at the end of the 3rd Islamic century concerning the status of the Imam and his knowledge, including the views of Abū Sahl al-Nawbakhtī.
🔸Lec15:
The sources, scope, and extent of the Imam’s knowledge from the Imami perspective in the 3rd Islamic century; concluding session of the rereading of Baṣāʾir.
🔸Lec16:
Moderate and extremist views during the Buyid period based on the works of Shaykh Ṣadūq and Shaykh Mufīd; various relevant sections of Shaykh Mufīd’s Awāʾil al-Maqālāt.
🔸Lec17:
Continuation of the examination of moderate and extremist views during the Buyid period based on the works of Shaykh Ṣadūq and Shaykh Mufīd; relevant sections of al-Iʿtiqādāt by Shaykh Ṣadūq, Awāʾil al-Maqālāt and Taṣḥīḥ al-Iʿtiqādāt by Shaykh Mufīd, as well as al-Dhakhīrah by Sharif al-Murtaḍā.
🔸Lec18:
Discussion of the issue of the Prophet’s forgetfulness (sahw al-nabī); also an examination of two texts from works on the doctrines and intellectual and theological foundations of the ghulāt (extremists).
🔸Lec19:
Continuation of the discussion introducing the ideas of the ghulāt and examination of sections from the work Maqālāt by Saʿd al-Ashʿarī.
🔸Lec20:
A general analysis of the relationship between moderate Shiʿism and ghulūw; a renewed look at the topic of the “righteous scholars.”
#ulama_al_abrar
Forwarded from ZEKR, MIT Shia Muslim Association (Ahlulbayt Islamic Society)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRagz8v-1fF4KGgyePWeEuzvu1CDfo7B2
🔻Lecture Series, 14 Sessions, in English
"Mary in the Qur'an"
speaker: Dr. Farhad Ghoddoussi
November 3, 2024 - February 25, 2025
#Mary_in_Quran
🔻Lecture Series, 14 Sessions, in English
"Mary in the Qur'an"
speaker: Dr. Farhad Ghoddoussi
November 3, 2024 - February 25, 2025
#Mary_in_Quran
Forwarded from ZEKR, MIT Shia Muslim Association (Ahlulbayt Islamic Society)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24ldU4lyDKo&t=1s
🔻"Imam Jawad (p) and seventeen years of Guiding the Shi'a Community"
speaker: H. I. Hasan Doagoo
Jan 21, 2024
🔻"Imam Jawad (p) and seventeen years of Guiding the Shi'a Community"
speaker: H. I. Hasan Doagoo
Jan 21, 2024
YouTube
Imam Jawad (p) and seventeen years of Guiding the Shi'a Community, H. I. Doagoo
Special Topics, MIT, January 21, 2024
Dedicated to the Birth Anniversary of Imam Muhammad al-Jawad (p)
#imamjawad
#shia
#imamat
Dedicated to the Birth Anniversary of Imam Muhammad al-Jawad (p)
#imamjawad
#shia
#imamat
upcoming event, Jan 2, 2026
▫️Fri, Jan 2, 7:15-9:15 pm (in-person, EN)
Special Event, Program for 13 Rajab, Birth Anniversary of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (p), speaker: Sadik Kassim.
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▫️Fri, Jan 2, 7:15-9:15 pm (in-person, EN)
Special Event, Program for 13 Rajab, Birth Anniversary of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (p), speaker: Sadik Kassim.
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🔻MIT Nahj al-Balagha Series, in English
"Letter 53: Letter of Imam Ali (p) to Malik al-Ashtar"
speaker: H. I. Hasan Doagoo
10 sessions — continued
#Nahj_al_Balagha_Letter_53
🔻MIT Nahj al-Balagha Series, in English
"Letter 53: Letter of Imam Ali (p) to Malik al-Ashtar"
speaker: H. I. Hasan Doagoo
10 sessions — continued
#Nahj_al_Balagha_Letter_53
ZEKR, MIT Shia Muslim Association
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRagz8v-1fF64syWCOntMn8fHSwQMxjFp 🔻MIT Nahj al-Balagha Series, in English "Letter 53: Letter of Imam Ali (p) to Malik al-Ashtar" speaker: H. I. Hasan Doagoo 10 sessions — continued #Nahj_al_Balagha_Letter_53
Lecture 11 will be in January, insha’Allah. Above, you can find the 10 sessions we have held so far on Letter 53, available on our YouTube channel.
Special Event, Dedicated to the Birth Anniversary of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (p)
🌐 In-Person, EN Lecture
Speaker: Dr. Sadik Kassim
Lecture: "13 Rajab: When the Ka’bah Recognized Fatima bint Asad"
Date
Friday January 2nd, 2026
7:15 pm to 9:15 pm (Eastern Time)
Location
MIT Tang Center, E51-395, 2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142
Schedule
7:15-8:00 Dinner and Socialization
8:00-8:10 Quran Recitation
8:10-8:15 Poem
8:15-9:00 Lecture and Q&A, in English
9:00-9:15 Ziyarat Amin Allah
- About Speaker (Bio)
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@zekrMIT
🌐 In-Person, EN Lecture
Speaker: Dr. Sadik Kassim
Lecture: "13 Rajab: When the Ka’bah Recognized Fatima bint Asad"
Date
Friday January 2nd, 2026
7:15 pm to 9:15 pm (Eastern Time)
Location
MIT Tang Center, E51-395, 2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142
Schedule
7:15-8:00 Dinner and Socialization
8:00-8:10 Quran Recitation
8:10-8:15 Poem
8:15-9:00 Lecture and Q&A, in English
9:00-9:15 Ziyarat Amin Allah
- About Speaker (Bio)
https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/
@zekrMIT
🌷Some parts of Munajat Imam Ali (as) - Masjid Kufa🌷
مَوْلايَ يا مَوْلايَ اِرْحَمْني بِرَحْمَتِكَ
My Lord, O my Lord, have mercy on me by Your mercy,
وَارْضَ عَنّي بِجُودِكَ وَكَرَمِكَ وَفَضْلِكَ
and be pleased with me by Your Generosity and Your Magnanimity and Your Grace,
يا ذَا الْجُودِ وَالاِحْسانِ وَالطَّوْلِ وَالِإمْتِنانِ
O the Generous, and Beneficent, O the Almighty and the Benefactor,
بِرَحْمَتِكَ يا اَرْحَمَ الرّاحِمينَ
By your Mercy, O the most Merciful of the Merciful.
مَوْلايَ يا مَوْلايَ اِرْحَمْني بِرَحْمَتِكَ
My Lord, O my Lord, have mercy on me by Your mercy,
وَارْضَ عَنّي بِجُودِكَ وَكَرَمِكَ وَفَضْلِكَ
and be pleased with me by Your Generosity and Your Magnanimity and Your Grace,
يا ذَا الْجُودِ وَالاِحْسانِ وَالطَّوْلِ وَالِإمْتِنانِ
O the Generous, and Beneficent, O the Almighty and the Benefactor,
بِرَحْمَتِكَ يا اَرْحَمَ الرّاحِمينَ
By your Mercy, O the most Merciful of the Merciful.
Our biweekly programs for the year 2026 will begin with Quran Study on Friday, January 9, followed by Dua Kumayl & Lecture on Thursday, January 15.
✳️ Please note that each year, depending on several factors—primarily upcoming occasions—we determine the schedule by deciding which program to begin with, followed by the other program the following week.
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✳️ Please note that each year, depending on several factors—primarily upcoming occasions—we determine the schedule by deciding which program to begin with, followed by the other program the following week.
visit us:
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@zekrMIT
Special Topic Lecture Series
🌐 Virtual, EN Lecture
🔹Sundays 7:15-9:00 pm (US ET), Starting Jan 11, 2026
Lecture (EN), "Religious Landscape of Pre-Islamic Arabia: An Analysis Based on Primary (Epigraphic) and Contemporary Sources"
Speaker: Farhad Ghoddoussi
Zoom Participation (virtual):
https://mit.zoom.us/j/92377466698
Meeting ID: 923 7746 6698
- About Speaker: (Bio)
#pre_islamic_arabia
https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/
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🌐 Virtual, EN Lecture
🔹Sundays 7:15-9:00 pm (US ET), Starting Jan 11, 2026
Lecture (EN), "Religious Landscape of Pre-Islamic Arabia: An Analysis Based on Primary (Epigraphic) and Contemporary Sources"
Speaker: Farhad Ghoddoussi
Zoom Participation (virtual):
https://mit.zoom.us/j/92377466698
Meeting ID: 923 7746 6698
- About Speaker: (Bio)
#pre_islamic_arabia
https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/
@zekrMIT
Quran Study, Surah Ta-Ha [20:9-79], Part I
🌐 Hybrid, EN Lecture
Date
Friday January 9th, 2026
7:30 pm to 9:30 pm (US Eastern Time)
Location
MIT Tang Center, E51-376, 2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142
Schedule
7:30-7:40 Ziyarat Ale-Yasin
7:40-8:45 Exegesis (Tafsir), in English, Dr. Hassan Khalil
Topic: "Chapter 20, Surah Ta-Ha, Verses 9-79," Part I
8:45-9:00 Q&A
9:00-9:30 Dinner
Zoom Participation (hybrid):
https://mit.zoom.us/j/95948516788
- About Speaker (Bio)
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@zekrMIT
🌐 Hybrid, EN Lecture
Date
Friday January 9th, 2026
7:30 pm to 9:30 pm (US Eastern Time)
Location
MIT Tang Center, E51-376, 2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142
Schedule
7:30-7:40 Ziyarat Ale-Yasin
7:40-8:45 Exegesis (Tafsir), in English, Dr. Hassan Khalil
Topic: "Chapter 20, Surah Ta-Ha, Verses 9-79," Part I
8:45-9:00 Q&A
9:00-9:30 Dinner
Zoom Participation (hybrid):
https://mit.zoom.us/j/95948516788
- About Speaker (Bio)
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upcoming events, Jan 11-15, 2026
▫️Sun, Jan 11, 7:15-9:00 pm (virtual, EN)
Special Topics, 01, "Religious Landscape of Pre-Islamic Arabia", Farhad Ghoddoussi, Wayne State University, Michigan.
▫️Thu, Jan 15, 7:15-9:30 pm (hybrid, EN)
Dua Kumayl & Lecture, Dedicated to Eid al-Mab'ath.
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▫️Sun, Jan 11, 7:15-9:00 pm (virtual, EN)
Special Topics, 01, "Religious Landscape of Pre-Islamic Arabia", Farhad Ghoddoussi, Wayne State University, Michigan.
▫️Thu, Jan 15, 7:15-9:30 pm (hybrid, EN)
Dua Kumayl & Lecture, Dedicated to Eid al-Mab'ath.
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Special Topic Lecture Series, Lec01
🔻Topic: Introduction and Discussion about Methodology
🌐 Virtual, EN Lecture
Date
Sunday January 11th, 2026
7:15 pm to 9:00 pm (US Eastern Time)
Location
Online, Detail Below
Schedule
7:15-7:20 Login to Zoom
7:20-8:45 Lecture, in English, Dr. Farhad Ghoddoussi
Topic: "Religious Landscape of Pre-Islamic Arabia: An Analysis Based on Primary (Epigraphic) and Contemporary Sources," Lec01
8:45-9:00 Q&A
Zoom Participation (virtual):
https://mit.zoom.us/j/92377466698
- About Speaker (Bio)
#pre_islamic_arabia
https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/
@zekrMIT
🔻Topic: Introduction and Discussion about Methodology
🌐 Virtual, EN Lecture
Date
Sunday January 11th, 2026
7:15 pm to 9:00 pm (US Eastern Time)
Location
Online, Detail Below
Schedule
7:15-7:20 Login to Zoom
7:20-8:45 Lecture, in English, Dr. Farhad Ghoddoussi
Topic: "Religious Landscape of Pre-Islamic Arabia: An Analysis Based on Primary (Epigraphic) and Contemporary Sources," Lec01
8:45-9:00 Q&A
Zoom Participation (virtual):
https://mit.zoom.us/j/92377466698
- About Speaker (Bio)
#pre_islamic_arabia
https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/
@zekrMIT
Dua Kumayl & Lecture, in Commemoration of Mab'ath
🌐 Hybrid, EN Lecture
Date
Thursday January 15th, 2026
7:15 pm to 9:30 pm (US Eastern Time)
Location
MIT Tang Center, E51-395, 2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142
Schedule
7:15-7:20 Quran Recitation
7:20-7:30 Ziyarat Imam Musa al-Kadhim (p)
7:30-8:00 Dua Kumayl
8:00-8:45 Lecture, in English, Dr. Muhammad Ali Radhawi (joining by zoom)
Title: "Messages of Islam in the Modern World"
8:45-8:50 Q&A
8:50-9:00 Ziyarat of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)
9:00-9:30 Dinner
Zoom Participation (hybrid):
https://mit.zoom.us/j/95948516788
- About Speaker (Bio)
https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/
@zekrMIT
🌐 Hybrid, EN Lecture
Date
Thursday January 15th, 2026
7:15 pm to 9:30 pm (US Eastern Time)
Location
MIT Tang Center, E51-395, 2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142
Schedule
7:15-7:20 Quran Recitation
7:20-7:30 Ziyarat Imam Musa al-Kadhim (p)
7:30-8:00 Dua Kumayl
8:00-8:45 Lecture, in English, Dr. Muhammad Ali Radhawi (joining by zoom)
Title: "Messages of Islam in the Modern World"
8:45-8:50 Q&A
8:50-9:00 Ziyarat of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)
9:00-9:30 Dinner
Zoom Participation (hybrid):
https://mit.zoom.us/j/95948516788
- About Speaker (Bio)
https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/
@zekrMIT