Salamon Alaikum,
Our events in year 2024 will resume with Quran Study & Special Topics on Friday January 5th, and Dua Kumayl & Lecture on Thursday January 11th (biweekly programs, in-person).

In addition, there will be Talks and Lecture Series, virtual. Details will be announced as determined.

May year 2024 bring you and your family peace and blessing.

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Special Topic Presentation | Book Review

🌐 Virtual, in English

Title: "Fatima, Daughter of Muhammad"

Speaker: Prof. Christopher P. Clohessy

When: Sunday January 14th, 2024
12:00-2:00 pm (US Eastern Time)

Moderator: Dr. Farhad Ghoddoussi

Zoom Webinar Participation (virtual):
https://mit.zoom.us/j/92377466698
Meeting ID: 923 7746 6698

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Quran Study, Special Topic, Al-Isra, Verse 85, Part 1

🌐 Hybrid, in English

Date
Friday January 5th, 2024
7:30 pm to 9:30 pm (Eastern Time)

Location
Hybrid, Details Below

Schedule
7:30-7:40 Ziyarat Ale-Yasin
7:40-8:45 Lecture, in English, Dr. Sadik Kassim
Topic: "Reflections on the Ruh, Nafs, Qalb and Aql: Part 1"
8:45-9:00 Q&A
9:00-9:30 Dinner

- About Speaker (Bio)

▫️In-Person Attendance:
MIT Tang Center, E51-376, 2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142

▫️Zoom Participation (hybrid):
https://mit.zoom.us/j/95948516788
Meeting ID: 959 4851 6788

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Wednesday January 3rd (20 Jumada al-Akhira), Birth Anniversary of Sayyida Fatima al-Zahra (p)

🌿 يا فاطِمَةُ الزَّهْراءُ، يَا بِنْتَ مُحَمَّدٍ، يَا قُرَّةَ عَيْنِ الرَّسُولِ، يَا سَيِّدَتَنا وَمَوْلاتَنا إِنَّا تَوَجَّهْنا وَاسْتَشْفَعْنا وَتَوَسَّلْنا بِكِ إِلَى اللّٰهِ وَقَدَّمْناكِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ حاجاتِنا، يَا وَجِيهَةً عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ اشْفَعِي لَنا عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ 🌿

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Dua Kumayl & Lecture, Dedicated to the Birth Anniversary of Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (p)

🌐 In-Person, in English

Date
Thursday January 11th, 2024
7:15 pm to 9:30 pm (Eastern Time)

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

Schedule
7:15-7:25 Quran Recitation
7:25-8:00 Dua Kumayl
8:00-8:40 Lecture, in English, Dr. M. A. Radhawi (joining by zoom)
Title: "Imam Baqir and the Formation of the Early Shi’ite Community"
8:40-8:50 Q&A
8:50-9:00 Ziyarat of Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (p)
9:00-9:30 Dinner

- About Speaker (Bio)

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The Crescent Moon of the Month of Rajab, 1445 A.H. From the Crescent Committee of The Council of Shia Muslim Scholars of North America - Read more here: https://ow.ly/L9BH50QpLCz

1 Rajab (Jan. 13): Birth of Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (p), 57 A.H.
2 Rajab (Jan. 14): Birth of Imam Ali al-Hadi (p), 212 A.H.
3 Rajab (Jan. 15): Martyrdom of Imam Ali al-Hadi (p), 254 A.H.
10 Rajab (Jan. 22): Birth of Imam Muhammad al-Jawad (p), 195 A.H.
13 Rajab (Jan. 25): Birth of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (p), 23 B.H.
15 Rajab (Jan. 27): Death of Sayyida Zaynab bint Ali (p), 62 A.H.
25 Rajab (Feb. 6): Martyrdom of Imam Musa al-Kadhim (p), 183 A.H.
27 Rajab (Feb. 8): Day of Mabath, 13 B.H.

upcoming events, January 14-19, 2024

▫️Sunday Jan 14, 12:00-2:00 pm (virtual)
Special Topic (book review), "Fatima, Daughter of Muhammad", Christopher Clohessy

▫️Sunday Jan 14, 7:00-8:15 pm (virtual)
Special Topic Lecture, Dedicated to the Occasions for Imam al-Hadi (p), Hasan Doagoo

▫️Friday Jan 19, 7:30-9:30 pm (hybrid)
Quran Study, Special Topic, Sadik Kassim

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Special Topic Presentation | Book Review

☸️ Virtual, in English

Title: "Fatima, Daughter of Muhammad"

Speaker: Prof. Christopher P. Clohessy

When: Sunday January 14th, 2024
12:00-2:00 pm (US Eastern Time)

Moderator: Dr. Farhad Ghoddoussi

Zoom Webinar Participation:
http://tinyurl.com/zoomzekrMITvirtual
Meeting ID: 923 7746 6698

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About Speaker:
tinyurl.com/bio-ChristopherPaulClohessy

Christopher Clohessy is a South African Catholic priest who holds a BST from the Pontifical Urbanianum University in Rome and a PhD from the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI), also in Rome. He is at present a resident faculty member of that Institute, lecturing there in Shīʿī Islamic studies, Qur’ānic Studies, Islamic Ethics and Christian-Muslim dialogue, and is visiting lecturer at the Pontifical Beda College in Rome, where he lectures in Fundamental Theology, Ecclesiology, Islam and Mariology. He is author of Fāṭima, Daughter of Muḥammad (2009, 2018 2ND edition), and Half of My Heart: The Narratives of Zaynab bt. ʿAlī (2018) and Angels Hastening. The Karbalaʾ Dreams (2021), all published by Gorgias Press. In 2021 he was one of the recipients Iranian World Book Award, with the nomination ‘Distinguished Researcher’. Prof. Clohessy is in the process of publishing a new book, also with Gorgias Press, on Abū al-Faḍl ʿAbbās b. ʿAlī.

"Fatima, Daughter of Muhammad" is a work written by Christopher P. Clohessy a Catholic priest which aims to study the life of Fatima (SA) as recorded in the earliest available Sunni and Shi'i works. Among the impulses for this study were the author’s observation of the many similarities between the Fatima of Shia Islam and the Mary of Catholicism, and the almost complete absence of writings on her life in the English language. These considerations led the author to attempt to critically examine the life of Fatima (SA) using the early extant Arabic texts, but he does not subject these narrations themselves with some exceptions to the rigors of source, textual and historical criticism.

The first chapter, the longest, focuses on the historical biography of Fatimah (SA) and her historical context. In this chapter Sunni historical, biographical, and Hadith works are heavily used with regular indications of agreements and disagreements with Shi'i historical, biographical and Hadith works (both of which range in time from the third century Hijri onwards). This chapter demonstrates a significant role for Fatima (SA) in the events of early Islam but also establishes that she has received much attention in these records, but not as abundantly as in Shi'i sources. The picture of Fatima that arises in this chapter is thoroughly and refreshingly human yet deeply inspiring, and one to which men and women can relate to. The next two chapters each in two parts focuses on supernatural qualities and events in the life of Fatima (SA) mostly relying on Shi'i sources. In chapter 4 after reviewing the key Catholic doctrines about Mary (AS) including occasional references to the apocryphal gospels, author discusses the parallels and differences between the ideas surrounding Fatimah (SA) in Shi'i works, many of which was studied in previous chapters, and the Catholic view of Mary (AS).

This is a thoroughly researched book which offers a fresh examination of the life of Fatima, Prophet Muhammad's (SA) only surviving child, and reveals for the reader her distinctive and fascinating personality.

In this session there will be first a presentation by Prof. Clohessy about the book then Q&A and discussions moderated by Dr. Ghoddoussi.

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Special Topics

🌐 Virtual, in English

🔹Sunday January 14th, 7:00-8:15 pm ET
Dedicated to the Occasions of Imam Hadi (p)
Lecture (in English), "Reason and Faith: An Insight from some Hadiths reported from Imam Hadi (p)"
Speaker, H. I. Doagoo
Ziyarat
About Speaker (Bio)

Zoom Participation (virtual):
https://mit.zoom.us/j/92377466698
Meeting ID: 923 7746 6698

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krB7InoIPfw&t=1s

"Reason and Faith: An Insight from some Hadiths reported from Imam Hadi (p)"
speaker: H. I. Hasan Doagoo
Jan 14, 2024

Quran Study, Special Topic, Al-Isra, Verse 85, Part 2

🌐 Hybrid, in English

Date
Friday January 19th, 2024
7:30 pm to 9:30 pm (Eastern Time)

Location
Hybrid, Details Below

Schedule
7:30-7:40 Ziyarat Ale-Yasin
7:40-8:45 Lecture, in English, Dr. Sadik Kassim
Topic: "Reflections on the Ruh, Nafs, Qalb and Aql: Part 2"
8:45-9:00 Q&A
9:00-9:30 Dinner

- About Speaker (Bio)

▫️In-Person Attendance:
MIT Tang Center, E51-376, 2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142

▫️Zoom Participation (hybrid):
https://mit.zoom.us/j/95948516788
Meeting ID: 959 4851 6788

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Abstract
In the second session of this special topic, the perspective of different Islamic traditions with respect to the rūḥ (Spirit), nafs (Soul), qalb (Heart) and 'aql (Intellect) will be further explored. We will conclude by comparing and contrasting two models that describe the origins of the rūḥ; a more traditional Islamic model of the rūḥ and the model proposed by Mulla Sadra.

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upcoming events, January 21-25, 2024

▫️Sunday Jan 21, 7:00-8:15 pm (virtual)
Special Topic Lecture, Dedicated to the birth anniversary of Imam Muhammad al-Jawad (p), Hasan Doagoo

▫️Thursday Jan 25 (13 Rajab), 7:15-9:30 pm (in-person)
Dua Kumayl & Lecture, Dedicated to the birth anniversary of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (p)

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Special Topics

🌐 Virtual, in English

🔹Sunday January 21st, 7:00-8:15 pm ET
Dedicated to the Birth Anniversary of Imam Jawad (p)
Lecture (in English), "Imam Jawad (p) and Guiding the Shi'a Community"
Speaker, H. I. Doagoo
Ziyarat
About Speaker (Bio)

Zoom Participation (virtual):
https://mit.zoom.us/j/92377466698
Meeting ID: 923 7746 6698

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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

Dua Kumayl & Lecture, Dedicated to the Birth Anniversary of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (p)

🌐 In-Person, in English

Date
Thursday January 25th, 2024
7:15 pm to 9:30 pm (Eastern Time)

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

Schedule
7:15-7:25 Quran Recitation
7:25-8:00 Dua Kumayl
8:00-8:40 Lecture, in English, Dr. Hassan Khalil
Title: "Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) - The Fountain of Justice"
8:40-8:50 Q&A
8:50-9:00 Ziyarat Amin Allah
9:00-9:30 Dinner

- About Speaker (Bio)

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