Ramadan Event, Dua Kumayl & Lecture, Dedicated to the Birth Anniversary of Imam Hasan al-Mujtaba (p)

🌐 In-Person, in English

Date
Thursday March 13th, 2025
6:30 pm to 9:30 pm (Eastern Time)

Location
MIT Tang Center, E51-395, 2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142

Schedule
6:30-7:00 Dua Kumayl
7:06-7:30 Prayer
7:30-8:30 Iftar-Dinner
8:30-8:35 Quran Recitation
8:35-9:15 Lecture, in English, Dr. Ammar Pabaney
Title: "Divine Serenity (Ekhbat): The Quality of the People of Paradise"
9:15-9:20 Q&A
9:20-9:30 Ziyarat Imam Hasan (p)

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Ramadan Event, Quran Study, Maryam [19:54-55]

🌐 In-Person, in English

Date
Friday March 14th, 2025
6:30 pm to 9:30 pm (Eastern Time)

Location
MIT Tang Center, E51-395, 2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142

Schedule
6:30-7:00 Dua Iftitah
7:07-7:30 Prayer
7:30-8:30 Iftar-Dinner
8:30-8:40 Ziyarat Ale-Yasin
8:40-9:25 Exegesis (Tafsir), in English, Dr. Muhammad Ali Radhawi (joining by zoom)
Topic: "Chapter 19, Maryam, Verses 54-55"
Prophet Ishmael in the Qur'an
9:25-9:30 Q&A

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Total Lunar Eclipse — Boston, MA, USA

Begins: Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 11:57 pm
Maximum: Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 2:58 am
Ends: Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 6:00 am

Special Topic Lecture Series

🌐 Virtual, in English

Title: "Saqifa: From Deviation to Rectification", 4 Sessions
Speaker: Farhad Ghoddoussi (Bio)
Time: Sun-Wed, Mar 23-26, 9:15-11:00 pm ET

🔻Lecture 1: Quranic view on the succession of previous prophets.

🔻Lecture 2: What happened at Saqifa?

🔻Lecture 3: The religion (din) Ali (p) at the time of the three caliphs.

🔻Lecture 4: The public actions of imam Ali (p) during his caliphate for rectifying the deviation that happened after Saqifa.

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

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upcoming events, Laylat al-Qadr

Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday; Mar 18, 20, 22; 6:45-11:30 pm
include: Dua, Prayer, Iftar, Quran Recitation, Lecture, Mourning Ritual (3/18 & 3/20), A'maal
Speaker: Dr. Sadik Kassim

Details will be announced.

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▫️Please note programs for all the three potential nights of Qadr (Mar 18, 20, 22) will take place at Student Center, 3rd floor, Twenty Chimneys.

▫️An additional room has been reserved for other activities in parallel to the main meeting room.

▫️Parking: metered street parking; Albany Garage (36 Albany St, Cambridge, MA 02139); Redline (Kendall/MIT station).

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Laylat al-Qadr, Night of 19th of Ramadan

🌐 In-Person, in English

Speaker: Sadik Kassim
Lecture: "Stewards of Creation or Servants of Data? Insan as Khalifa in an AI-Driven World"

Date
Tuesday March 18th, 2025
6:45 pm to 11:30 pm (Eastern Time)

Location
MIT Student Center, 3rd Floor, Twenty Chimneys, 84 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139

Schedule
6:45-7:10 Dua Makarimul Akhlaq
7:12-7:30 Prayer
7:30-8:15 Iftar-Dinner
8:15-8:30 Special Prayer for the Night of Qadr (2 Raka' Salah)
8:30-8:45 Quran Recitation (Surah Dukhan)
8:45-9:30 Lecture and Q&A
9:30-9:45 A'maal of Quran
9:45-10:00 Break
10:00-11:15 Dua Jawshan Kabir
11:15-11:30 Munajat, Ziyarat

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Laylat al-Qadr, Night of 21st of Ramadan

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

🌐 In-Person, in English

Speaker: Sadik Kassim
Lecture: "Community in the Shadows of Code: The Social Nature of Insan"

Date
Thursday March 20th, 2025
6:45 pm to 11:30 pm (Eastern Time)

Location
MIT Student Center, 3rd Floor, Twenty Chimneys, 84 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139

Schedule
6:45-7:10 Dua Kumayl
7:14-7:35 Prayer
7:35-8:15 Iftar-Dinner
8:15-8:30 Special Prayer for the Night of Qadr (2 Raka’ Salah)
8:30-8:45 Quran Recitation (Surah Dukhan)
8:45-9:30 Lecture and Q&A
9:30-9:45 A’maal of Quran
9:45-10:00 Break
10:00-11:15 Dua Jawshan Kabir
11:15-11:30 Munajat, Ziyarat

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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

🌐 In-Person, in English

Speaker: Sadik Kassim
Lecture: "Laylatul Qadr and the Algorithm of the Soul: From Hollow to Whole in the Age of AI"

Date
Saturday March 22nd, 2025
6:15 pm to 11:30 pm (Eastern Time)

Location
MIT Student Center, 3rd Floor, Twenty Chimneys, 84 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139

Schedule
6:15-7:00 Recitation of Surahs Ankabut and Rum
7:00-7:10 Ziyarat Imam Hussain (p) on Laylatul Qadr
7:17-7:40 Prayer
7:40-8:15 Iftar-Dinner
8:15-8:30 Special Prayer for the Night of Qadr (2 Raka' Salah)
8:30-8:45 Quran Recitation (Surah Dukhan)
8:45-9:30 Lecture and Q&A
9:30-9:45 A'maal of Quran
9:45-10:00 Break
10:00-11:15 Dua Jawshan Kabir
11:15-11:30 Munajat, Ziyarat

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A passage from the Dua of Abu Hamza Thumali!

upcoming events, Ramadan Programs, Mar 23-28, 2025

▫️Sun-Wed, Mar 23-26, 9:15-11:00 pm (virtual, in English)
Special Topics, "Saqifa: From Deviation to Rectification", Farhad Ghoddoussi, Wayne State University, Michigan.

▫️Thu, Mar 27, 6:45-9:30 pm (in-person, in English)
Dua Kumayl & Lecture.

▫️Fri, Mar 28, 6:45-9:30 pm (in-person, in English)
Quran Study, Surah Maryam.

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Special Topic Lecture Series

🌐 Virtual, in English

Title: "Saqifa: From Deviation to Rectification", 4 Sessions
Speaker: Farhad Ghoddoussi (Bio)
Time: Sun-Wed, Mar 23-26, 9:15-11:00 pm ET

🔻Lecture 1: Quranic view on the succession of previous prophets.

🔻Lecture 2: What happened at Saqifa?

🔻Lecture 3: The religion (din) Ali (p) at the time of the three caliphs.

🔻Lecture 4: The public actions of imam Ali (p) during his caliphate for rectifying the deviation that happened after Saqifa.

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

#saqifa
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Project Abstract:
This presentation will introduce Deen, an AI-powered platform designed to transform we engage with Shia Islamic knowledge. Deen addresses major challenges such as misinformation, fragmented resources, and the lack of structured educational tools. As a nonprofit initiative, it is built for the community, by the community—with the goal of making Islamic learning more accessible, intelligent, and authentic.

About Speaker:
Ibrahim Akar is an MBA candidate at NYU Stern with a focus on entrepreneurship and innovation. Founder and CEO of Deen, a nonprofit initiative leveraging artificial intelligence to make Islamic education—particularly Twelver Shia Islam—more structured, accessible, and reliable. Ibrahim is passionate about bridging the gap between tradition and technology to serve the evolving educational needs of the global Muslim community.

🔸In our program this Friday (March 28), Br. Ibrahim Akar will have a short presentation on an AI-Powered Platform for Shi'i Studies. It will be before Maghrib at 7:00 pm.

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Ramadan Event, Dua Kumayl & Lecture

🌐 In-Person, in English

Date
Thursday March 27th, 2025
6:45 pm to 9:30 pm (Eastern Time)

Location
MIT Tang Center, E51-395, 2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142

Schedule
6:45-7:15 Dua Kumayl
7:23-7:45 Prayer
7:45-8:30 Iftar-Dinner
8:30-8:35 Quran Recitation
8:35-9:15 Lecture, in English, Dr. Ammar Pabaney
Title: “Khushoo (Humility): The Virtue of Believers”
9:15-9:20 Q&A
9:20-9:30 Ziyarat Warith

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Ramadan Event, Quran Study, Maryam [19:56-57]

🌐 In-Person, in English

Date
Friday March 28th, 2025
6:45 pm to 9:30 pm (Eastern Time)

Location
MIT Tang Center, E51-395, 2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142

Schedule
6:45-7:00 Dua Iftitah
7:00-7:15 “Deen”, An AI-Powered Platform for Shi’i Studies, Br. Ibrahim Akar
7:24-7:45 Prayer
7:45-8:30 Iftar-Dinner
8:30-8:40 Ziyarat Ale-Yasin
8:40-9:25 Exegesis (Tafsir), in English, Mahdi Saleh
Topic: “Chapter 19, Maryam, Verses 56-57”
9:25-9:30 Q&A

Verses to be Discussed:
(19:56) And mention in the Book, Idrees. Indeed, he was a man of truth and a prophet.
(19:57) And We raised him to a high station.

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https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/usa/boston?iso=20250329

Partial Solar Eclipse — Boston, MA, USA

Begins: Sat, Mar 29, 2025 at 6:31 am
Maximum: Sat, Mar 29, 2025 at 6:38 am
Ends: Sat, Mar 29, 2025 at 7:07 am