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جلسه سوم و آخر از این مجموعه ۸:۰۰ تا ۱۰:۳۰ شب برگزار می شود.

درس گفتارهای تاریخ اندیشه و تمدن اسلامی 🌐 بصورت مجازی، به فارسی «نصّ و اجتهاد در انديشه سياسی شيعه» توسط دکتر حسن انصاری جلسه سوم (آخر)، سه شنبه ۲۸ جولای، ۸:۰۰ تا ۱۰:۳۰ شب (به وقت شرق آمریکا) Zoom Participation (webinar): https://mit.zoom.us/j/93933325521 در باره سخنران: https://www.ias.edu/hs/ansari #نص_اجتهاد_شيعه @azbarresihayetarikhi https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/ @zekrMIT

Lecture Series, Lec03 🌐 Virtual, FA Lecture | Subtitled on YouTube Date Tuesday July 28th, 2026 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm (US Eastern Time) Location Online, Detail Below Schedule 8:00-8:05 Login to zoom 8:05-10:15 Lecture, in Persian, Dr. Hassan Ansari Title: "Nass and Ijtihad in Shi'a Political Thought," Lec03 (last) 10:15-10:30 Q&A Zoom Participation (webinar): https://mit.zoom.us/j/93933325521 - About Speaker (Bio) #nass_ijtihad_shia https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/ @zekrMIT

upcoming events, Jul 28-30, 2026 🔹Virtual ▫️Tue, Jul 28, 8:00-10:30 pm Lecture Series, 03, "Nass and Ijtihad in Shi'a Political Thought," Hassan Ansari, IAS, Princeton. 🔸Hybrid ▫️Thu, Jul 30, 7:00-9:30 pm Dua Kumayl & Lecture, Special Topics. visit us: https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/ @zekrMIT

Reminder, Special Topics, Friday at 7:15 pm. (Tang Center, E51-376)

Abstract: Ashura presents one of the deepest paradoxes in history: Imam Husayn was militarily defeated, yet the values he embodied survived the power that killed him. His body was overcome in Karbala, but his moral world outlived the empire that tried to erase him. This presentation looks beyond the final day of Ashura to examine Imam Husayn’s life, words, family, and companions. It combines a brief academic summary of Ashura and collective memory, a comparative and concise review of Imam Husayn’s companions, and a mythological reflection on why some stories and events of defeat become the backbone of nations. From a realist perspective, it asks how moral memories shape collective identity, strengthen resilient communities, and create a lasting language of dignity, truth, loyalty, courage, compassion, freedom, repentance, and refusal of humiliation.

Special Topics, Safar 2026 🌐 Hybrid, EN Lecture Speaker: Dr. Mehran Dibaji Lecture: "The Paradox of Imam Husayn: Which Values Survive Power, Historical Defeat, and Become the Backbone of Nations?" Date Friday July 24th, 2026 7:15 pm to 9:30 pm (Eastern Time) Location MIT Tang Center, E51-376, 2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142 Schedule 7:15-7:20 Ziyarat Ale-Yasin 7:20-8:30 Lecture and Q&A, in English Maghrib: Prayer 9:00-9:30 Dinner Zoom Participation (hybrid): https://mit.zoom.us/j/95948516788 - About Speaker (Bio) https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/ @zekrMIT

7 Safar (July 22): Birth of Imam Musa al-Kadhim (p), 128 AH اللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى الْأَمِينِ الْمُؤْتَمَنِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْبَرِّ الْوَفِيِّ، الطَّاهِرِ الزَّكِيِّ، النُّورِ الْمُبِينِ ، الْمُجْتَهِدِ الْمُحْتَسِبِ الصَّابِرِ عَلَى الْأَذىٰ فِيكَ . اللّٰهُمَّ وَكَما بَلَّغَ عَنْ آبائِهِ مَا اسْتُودِعَ مِنْ أَمْرِكَ وَنَهْيِكَ، وَحَمَلَ عَلَى الْمَحَجَّةِ، وَكابَدَ أَهْلَ الْعِزَّةِ وَالشِّدَّةِ فِيما كانَ يَلْقىٰ مِنْ جُهَّالِ قَوْمِهِ، رَبِّ فَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ أَفْضَلَ وَأَكْمَلَ مَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَىٰ أَحَدٍ مِمَّنْ أَطاعَكَ وَنَصَحَ لِعِبادِكَ إِنَّكَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ.

جلسه سوم و آخر از این مجموعه سه شنبه آینده ۲۸ جولای ۸:۰۰ تا ۱۰:۳۰ شب برگزار خواهد شد. #نص_اجتهاد_شيعه @azbarresihayetarikhi https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/ @zekrMIT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtgmXmjzhxQ&list=PLRagz8v-1fF5NWupyv3Cx-_HjO8ikUMF-&t=1s 🔻"Nass and Ijtihad in Shi'a Political Thought," Lec02 Speaker: Dr. Hassan Ansari Jul 14, 2026 🟥 Lecture in Persian. closed captions (CC) and auto-translate are available. Summary: In this session, we discussed the second distinguishing feature of the Shi'i theory of the Imamate in comparison with the Sunni theory of the Caliphate. We explained how, although the theory of the Caliphate was originally regarded as one centered on ijtihād (independent legal reasoning), it was eventually elevated to the status of a religious institution. Even the ijtihād-based rulings of the caliphs came to form the foundation of Sunni jurisprudence, thereby acquiring a religious character. By contrast, although Shi'ism considers the Imamate to be a matter established through explicit divine designation (naṣṣ), it rejects the religious legitimation of political ijtihād unless it is grounded in a divinely authorized and scripturally established proof. This, in turn, opened the way for a more secular—or non-sacralized—understanding of the political sphere. One important consequence of this distinction is that Sunni jurisprudence generally came to rely on the ijtihād of the caliphs and the Companions, as well as on directives issued by the holders of political authority. These rulings were later given the appearance of Prophetic hadith. Shi'i jurisprudence, however, because it had no institutional relationship with the ruling political power, was shaped not under the influence of the caliphs' authority but as an oppositional legal tradition grounded in the transmitted teachings (naṣṣ) of the infallible Imam. Within this framework, every juridical ruling in Shi'i law must be based on a revealed textual proof, whose authority ultimately derives from the infallible Imam. Political action based on ijtihād is certainly possible; however, if such political action is not, in some manner, authorized by the infallible Imamate, then according to the Shi'i perspective it should not be regarded as a religious act. Rather, it belongs within the sphere of manṭiqat al-farāgh ("the zone of discretionary space"), where human judgment and governance may legitimately operate without claiming inherent religious authority. #nass_ijtihad_shia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLi0oPACN3E&t=1s 🔻"What Would You Have Done? — Karbala and the Choices That Define Us," Part I Speaker: H. I. Hasan Doagoo Jul 16, 2026 MIT Dua Kumayl & Lecture, Special Topics Safar 2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb19r16AhRQ&list=PLRagz8v-1fF5NWupyv3Cx-_HjO8ikUMF-&t=1s 🔻"Nass and Ijtihad in Shi'a Political Thought," Lec01 Speaker: Dr. Hassan Ansari Jul 7, 2026 🟥 Lecture in Persian. closed captions (CC) and auto-translate are available. Summary: In this session, we discussed the fundamental distinctions between the theory of the Caliphate (the Sunni perspective) and the theory of the Imamate (the Twelver Shi'a perspective). We focused on the distinction between textual authority (naṣṣ) and independent legal reasoning (ijtihād) in Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh), as well as the distinction between rational obligation and scripturally established obligation in Islamic theology (kalām), and examined how these two conceptual frameworks relate to the doctrines of the Imamate and the Caliphate. What we presented in this session is, in essence, a summary of the most important themes that one should understand in order to grasp the concepts of the Imamate and the Caliphate. #nass_ijtihad_shia

Reminder, Dua Kumayl & Lecture, Thursday at 7:00 pm. (Tang Center, E51-395)

The Crescent Moon of the Month of Safar 1448 A.H. From the Moon-Sighting Committee of The Council of Shia Muslim Scholars of North America - Read more here: https://ow.ly/ht8I50ZlFys 7 Safar (July 22): Martyrdom of Imam Hasan al-Mujtaba (p), 50 AH 7 Safar (July 22): Birth of Imam Musa al-Kadhim (p), 128 AH 17 Safar (Aug. 1): Martyrdom of Imam Ali ibn Musa al-Rida (p), 203 AH 20 Safar (Aug. 4): Arbaeen - The Anniversary of the 40th day of the Martyrdom of Imam Hussain (p), 61 AH 28 Safar (Aug. 12): Death Anniversary of Prophet Muhammad al-Mustafa (pbuh&hp), 11 AH

Dua Kumayl & Lecture, Special Topics, Safar 2026 🌐 Hybrid, EN Lecture Speaker: H. I. Hasan Doagoo (joining by zoom) Lecture: "What Would You Have Done? — Karbala and the Choices That Define Us," Part I Date Thursday July 16th, 2026 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm (Eastern Time) Location MIT Tang Center, E51-395, 2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142 Schedule 7:00-7:10 Quran Recitation 7:10-7:45 Dua Kumayl 7:45-8:30 Lecture and Q&A, in English 8:30-8:40 Ziyarat Warith Maghrib: Prayer 9:00-9:30 Dinner Zoom Participation (hybrid): https://mit.zoom.us/j/95948516788 - About Speaker (Bio) https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/ @zekrMIT

درس گفتارهای تاریخ اندیشه و تمدن اسلامی 🌐 بصورت مجازی، به فارسی «نصّ و اجتهاد در انديشه سياسی شيعه» توسط دکتر حسن انصاری جلسه دوم، سه شنبه ۱۴ جولای، ۸:۳۰ تا ۱۰:۱۵ شب (به وقت شرق آمریکا) Zoom Participation (webinar): https://mit.zoom.us/j/93933325521 در باره سخنران: https://www.ias.edu/hs/ansari #نص_اجتهاد_شيعه @azbarresihayetarikhi https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/ @zekrMIT

Lecture Series, Lec02 🌐 Virtual, FA Lecture | Subtitled on YouTube Date Tuesday July 14th, 2026 8:30 pm to 10:15 pm (US Eastern Time) Location Online, Detail Below Schedule 8:30-8:35 Login to zoom 8:35-10:00 Lecture, in Persian, Dr. Hassan Ansari Title: "Nass and Ijtihad in Shi'a Political Thought," Lec02 10:00-10:15 Q&A Zoom Participation (webinar): https://mit.zoom.us/j/93933325521 - About Speaker (Bio) #nass_ijtihad_shia https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/ @zekrMIT

درس گفتارهای تاریخ اندیشه و تمدن اسلامی 🌐 بصورت مجازی، به فارسی «نصّ و اجتهاد در انديشه سياسی شيعه» توسط دکتر حسن انصاری جلسه دوم، سه شنبه ۱۴ جولای، ۸:۳۰ تا ۱۰:۱۵ شب (به وقت شرق آمریکا) Zoom Participation (webinar): https://mit.zoom.us/j/93933325521 در باره سخنران: https://www.ias.edu/hs/ansari #نص_اجتهاد_شيعه @azbarresihayetarikhi https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/ @zekrMIT