Lecture Series, Lec01

🌐 Virtual, FA Lecture | Subtitled on YouTube

Date
Tuesday November 18th, 2025
8:30 pm to 10:15 pm (Eastern Time)

Location
Online, Detail Below

Schedule
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8:35-10:00 Lecture, in Persian, Dr. Hassan Ansari
Title: "The State of Religious Conflicts in the First Half of the Third Century AH Based on al-ʿUthmāniyya by al-Jāḥiẓ", Lec01
10:00-10:15 Q&A

Zoom Participation (webinar):
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scS4ZCvt1Ko&list=PLRagz8v-1fF4nkf59fYO3vVVAHwqOGbpm&t=2s

🔻"Structure and Argumentation in Islamic Theology",
Lec10_2
speaker, Dr. Hassan Ansari
Nov 16, 2025

🟥 Lecture in Persian, can be watched with closed caption (CC) and auto-translate on our channel.

Summary:
In this final session of our analysis of the text Sharḥ al-Jumal by Sharif al-Murtaḍā, we examined the theologians’ arguments regarding the oneness of the Divine Essence. Since this was also the last discussion in the book’s section on divine unity, we went on to briefly outline the topics covered in the other sections of the book, including the discussions on justice, prophethood, and more. We hope to address the book’s sections on justice (ʿadl) and religious obligation (taklīf) in a separate series.

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https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRagz8v-1fF4nkf59fYO3vVVAHwqOGbpm

🔻Lecture Series, 10 Sessions
"Structure and Argumentation in Islamic Theology, Part I: Tawḥīd (Islamic Monotheism)"
Speaker, Dr. Hassan Ansari
September 9 - November 16, 2025

🟥 Lectures in Persian, can be watched with closed caption (CC) and auto-translate on our YouTube channel. (link above)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i49VfZBoUoM&list=PLRagz8v-1fF46AdZpWw9aUhMfNDRByxJc&t=1s

🔻"The State of Religious Conflicts in the First Half of the Third Century AH Based on al-ʿUthmāniyya by al-Jāḥiẓ", Lec01
speaker, Dr. Hassan Ansari
Nov 18, 2025

🟥 Lecture in Persian, can be watched with closed caption (CC) and auto-translate on our channel.

Summary:
In this session, which was the first of the sessions discussing the book al-‘Uthmāniyya, the following topics were addressed:

1) An introduction to al-Jāḥiẓ, the author of al-‘Uthmāniyya, and an overview of his works.

2) A discussion about methods of book composition in the late second and early third Islamic centuries.

3) A brief account of the status of the class of kuttāb (scribes) as the intellectuals of the period, the tradition of bureaucratic administration in the early Abbasid era, and an analysis of the cultural conditions of al-Jāḥiẓ’s time.

4) The situation of the Shi‘a during the time of Imam al-Riḍā (peace be upon him) and the era in which al-‘Uthmāniyya was written. During this period, Shi‘i scholars gradually emerged as a distinct group among the learned classes and intellectuals, and came to have connections with the Abbasid establishment.

5) Why did the Mu‘tazilites of Baghdad propose the doctrine of the superiority (afḍaliyyah) of Amīr al-Mu’minīn as a solution in response to the Shi‘i doctrine of "explicit designation" (nass)?

6) What was the view of later Sunni scholars on this issue, especially under the influence of Sufism and Ibn ‘Arabī’s mysticism?

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