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

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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).

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

Lecture 3:
Date: Monday April 8, 9:30-11:00 pm (Eastern Time)

Speaker: Aun H. Ali (Bio)
Assistant Professor, Religious Studies, University of Colorado Boulder

Title: Shia Tradition and the School of Hilla

Abstract
Against the background of long-standing narratives in which Twelver Shi‘ism is viewed as fundamentally authoritarian, this talk builds upon recent scholarship in the fields of Religious Studies and Anthropology to argue that Twelver Shi‘ism is better understood as a discursive tradition. At a conceptual level, this solves the basic problem of how to integrate the extraordinary diversity of Twelver Shiism across time and space into a single historical category without engaging in a normative assessment of its underlying essence. Furthermore, it is in light of this conception of tradition that the School of Hillah stands out as a seminal period in the archive of Twelver Shi‘ism, though it has seldom been recognized as such in European-language scholarship.


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

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🔸 Bio:
Aun Hasan Ali joined the Department of Religious Studies in 2015. He received his PhD from McGill University’s Institute of Islamic Studies. His research focuses on the intellectual history of Twelver Shi’ism, particularly law and legal theory. His first book, The School of Hillah and the Formation of Twelver Shi’i Islamic Tradition, builds upon recent scholarship in the fields of Religious Studies and Anthropology to argue that Twelver Shi'ism is better understood as a discursive tradition. At CU Boulder, Ali teaches Religious Dimensions of Human Experience, Islam, The Quran, Sufism, and Fundamentalisms. In addition to intellectual history, he maintains an interest in Urdu and Persian literature.

Special Event, Eid al-Fitr

Date
Wednesday April 10th, 2024
8:00-10:00 am (Eastern Time)

Location
🌐 Please NOTE: MIT Ashdown House, Hulsizer Room, 235 Albany St, Cambridge, MA 02139 (it is about a block from where we hold our Dua Kumayl event)

Schedule
8:00-8:10 Quran Recitation
8:10-8:45 Dua Nudba
8:45-9:00 Takbeerat
9:00-9:30 Salatul Eid and Khutbah (in English), led by Dr. Sadik Kassim
9:30-10:00 Breakfast

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

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Please note it is located just a block from where we have our Dua Kumayl events. And you should be able to easily find street parking around the site. (just make sure to have either coin or better Passport app on your phone)