Dua Kumayl & Lecture

🌐 In-Person, in English

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

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

Schedule
7:15-7:20 Quran Recitation
7:20-7:45 Dua Kumayl
7:45-8:25 Lecture, in English, Sr. Sara Hassan
Title: "Equals in Humanity"
8:25-8:30 Q&A
8:30-8:50 Prayer
8:50-9:00 Ziyarat Warith
9:00-9:30 Dinner

- About Speaker (Bio)

@zekrMIT

upcoming events, Jul 28-Aug 2, 2024

▫️Sunday Jul 28 (7:00-9:00 pm) & Tuesday Jul 30 (8:00-10:00 pm); (virtual, in Farsi | Eng Subs)
Lecture Series, 3&4, "The Evolution of Political Thought in the first 50 Years after the Prophet (p)", Hassan Ansari, IAS, Princeton.

▫️Friday Aug 2, 7:15-9:30 pm (hybrid, in English)
Special Topics, dedicated to the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Ali ibn al-Husayn (p).

@zekrMIT

سلسله بحث های آشنایی با زمينه ها و پيامدهای قيام حسينی

🌐 بصورت مجازی، به فارسی

«تقابل دو گفتمان در مناسبات دین و قدرت در واقعه عاشوراء: تحول اندیشه سیاسی در ۵۰ سال نخست بعد از پیامبر (ص)»
توسط دکتر حسن انصاری

جلسات سوم و چهارم:
یکشنبه ۲۸ جولای، ۷:۰۰ تا ۹:۰۰ شب
سه شنبه ۳۰ جولای، ۸:۰۰ تا ۱۰:۰۰ شب
(به وقت شرق آمریکا)

لینک شرکت در وبینار:
Zoom Webinar (lecture series),
https://mit.zoom.us/j/93933325521
Meeting ID: 939 3332 5521

#تحول_اندیشه_سیاسی_۵۰_سال_بعد_از_پیامبر
@azbarresihayetarikhi
@zekrMIT

Special Topics, Dedicated to the Martyrdom Anniversary of Imam Ali ibn al-Husayn (p)

🌐 Hybrid, in English

Date
Friday August 2nd, 2024
7:15 pm to 9:30 pm (Eastern Time)

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

Schedule
7:15-7:25 Ziyarat Ale-Yasin
7:25-8:15 Lecture, in English, Dr. Hassan Khalil
Title: "Kinships in this World and the Hereafter"
8:15-8:20 Q&A
8:22-8:45 Prayer
8:45-9:30 Dinner

- About Speaker (Bio)

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

@zekrMIT

Special Topic Presentation | Book Review

🌐 Virtual, in English

Title: "The Outrider: Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas"

Speaker: Prof. Christopher P. Clohessy

When: Sunday August 11th, 2024
10:30 am-12:00 pm (US Eastern Time)

Moderator: Dr. Farhad Ghoddoussi

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

@zekrMIT

About Speaker:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cnjqgryvaztg41pCSNMIZluj59zXKjAoLllqg3TldHE/edit?usp=sharing

🟩 Sermon 193, "The Characteristics of The Pious":

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRagz8v-1fF5_okebpF2uT_1eAldsqfTf

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🟩 Letter 31, "Advice of Imam Ali (p) to His Son":

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRagz8v-1fF5JpfhQtJPSedEmKkBxAOP2

@zekrMIT

✳️ Nahj al-Balagha Lecture Series,, in English

Inshallah we will continue our Nahj al-Balagha sessions from coming Thursday with a focus on Letter 53, Letter of Imam Ali (p) to Malik al-Ashtar.

We have discussed Sermon 193 and Letter 31 in our previous sessions. Videos for those series can be found in our YouTube channel, above👆.

@zekrMIT

upcoming events, Aug 4-8, 2024

▫️Sunday Aug 4 (7:00-9:00 pm) & Tuesday Aug 6 (8:00-10:00 pm); (virtual, in Farsi | Eng Subs)
Lecture Series, 5&6, "The Evolution of Political Thought in the first 50 Years after the Prophet (p)", Hassan Ansari, IAS, Princeton.

▫️Thursday Aug 8, 7:15-9:30 pm (in-person, in English)
Dua Kumayl & Lecture, Nahj al-Balagha Series.

@zekrMIT

سلسله بحث های آشنایی با زمينه ها و پيامدهای قيام حسينی

🌐 بصورت مجازی، به فارسی

«تقابل دو گفتمان در مناسبات دین و قدرت در واقعه عاشوراء: تحول اندیشه سیاسی در ۵۰ سال نخست بعد از پیامبر (ص)»
توسط دکتر حسن انصاری

جلسات پنجم و ششم (آخر):
یکشنبه ۴ آگست، ۷:۰۰ تا ۹:۰۰ شب
سه شنبه ۶ آگست، ۸:۰۰ تا ۱۰:۰۰ شب
(به وقت شرق آمریکا)

لینک شرکت در وبینار:
Zoom Webinar (lecture series),
https://mit.zoom.us/j/93933325521
Meeting ID: 939 3332 5521

#تحول_اندیشه_سیاسی_۵۰_سال_بعد_از_پیامبر
@azbarresihayetarikhi
@zekrMIT

The Crescent Moon of the Month of Safar, 1446 A.H. From the Crescent Committee of The Council of Shia Muslim Scholars of North America - Read more here: https://ow.ly/uvJe50SQnGU

7 Safar (Aug. 12): Martyrdom of Imam Hasan al-Mujtaba (p), 50 AH
7 Safar (Aug. 12): Birth of Imam Musa al-Kadhim (p), 128 AH
17 Safar (Aug. 22): Martyrdom of Imam Ali ibn Musa al-Rida (p), 203 AH
20 Safar (Aug. 25): Arbaeen - The Anniversary of the 40th day of the Martyrdom of Imam Hussain (p), 61 AH
28 Safar (Sept. 2): Death Anniversary of Prophet Muhammad al-Mustafa (pbuh&hp), 11 AH

Dua Kumayl & Lecture, Nahj al-Balagha Series

🌐 In-Person, in English

Date
Thursday August 8th, 2024
7:15 pm to 9:30 pm (Eastern Time)

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

Schedule
7:15-7:20 Quran Recitation
7:20-8:00 Nahj al-Balagha Series, in English, H. I. Doagoo (joining by zoom)
Topic: Letter 53, Letter of Imam Ali (p) to Malik al-Ashtar, session 1, "Introduction and Overview"
8:00-8:05 Q&A
8:05-8:15 Ziyarat Warith
8:15-8:35 Prayer
8:35-9:00 Dua Kumayl
9:00-9:30 Dinner

- About Speaker (Bio)

@zekrMIT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjVlQ7PgUjU&list=PLRagz8v-1fF64syWCOntMn8fHSwQMxjFp&t=3s

"Nahj al-Balagha, Letter 53", Session 1
speaker: H. I. Hasan Doagoo
Aug 8, 2024

#Nahj_al_Balagha_Letter_53

Special Topic Presentation | Book Review

🌐 Virtual, in English

Title: "The Outrider: Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas"

Speaker: Prof. Christopher P. Clohessy

When: Sunday August 11th, 2024
10:30 am-12:00 pm (US Eastern Time)

Moderator: Dr. Farhad Ghoddoussi

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

@zekrMIT

Sunday August 11, 2024
10:30 (am) US Eastern Time
15:30 London
16:30 Rome
18:00 Tehran

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), Half of My Heart: The Narratives of Zaynab bt. ʿAlī (2018) and Angels Hastening, The Karbalaʾ Dreams (2021), and The Outrider: Abu al-Fadl al-'Abbas (2024), all published by Gorgias Press. In 2021 he was one of the recipients of the Iranian World Book Award, with the nomination ‘Distinguished Researcher’.

Program includes Azan, Zuhrain Prayers, Recitation of Holy Quran, Speeches, Performance and Outreach, Walk, Ziyarat Arbaeen.

https://rememberinghussain.org/

🏴 7 Safar (Aug. 12): Martyrdom of Imam Hasan al-Mujtaba (p), 50 AH

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypW5EHSTqjY&t=1s

"Abdication of Imam Hasan (a.s.)", Lecture 1/2
speaker: Dr. Farhad Ghoddoussi

March 18, 2024
#Imam_Hasan

Immediately after the assasination and martyrdom of Imam Ali (a.s.) in Ramadan 40AH (Jan. 661AD) his son and the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.) Imam Hasan (a.s.) was chosen by the people of Kufa and with the support of the people of Hijaz (Mecca and Medina), Yemen and Basra as the next Caliph of the Islamic world. Only opposition came from Muawiya son of Abu Sufyan the archenemy of the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.) who was in control of Syria and Egypt.

Imam Hasan's reign was brief and ended in Aug. 661AD with his abdication in favor of Muawiya in accordance with their peace treaty.

His abdication is one of the most important events in the history of early Islam with important theological implications for both shia and sunni. As the well known sunni Egyptian scholar Jalaluddin Suyuti has put it Hasan (a.s ) was the last of the rightly guided caliphs and after him with Muawiya and Umayyads the caliphate changed to kingship.

In the first lecture of these two lecture series we looked briefly to the political and social conditions at the time Imam Hasan was chosen as the caliph and the events after that which lead him to accept the peace proposal by Muawiya, including the details of two of the letters which was exchanged between the them.