Ramadan Event, The Nights of Qadr

🕒 March 8, 10 & 12, 2026 | 6:45-11:00 PM

📍MIT Student Center

Speaker: Dr. Sadik Kassim
Lecture: "Bread, Dates, Coffee and the Nights of Qadr"

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Total Lunar Eclipse — Boston, MA, USA

Begins: Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 3:44 am
Maximum: Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 6:15 am
Ends: Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 6:17 am

The limited copies of Nahj al-Balaghah by Tahera Qutbuddin will be distributed on Tuesday, March 10 (the night of the 21st of Ramadan), Insha’Allah. The discounted price is $50.

Reminder, Ramadan Event, Dua Kumayl & Lecture, Thursday at 6:30 pm, starting with Group Isha Prayer. (Tang Center, E51-395)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxHQYEmQ0Ck&list=PLRagz8v-1fF678hliYN91vMLUHSkewJZ8&t=1s

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speaker: H. I. Hasan Doagoo
Ramadan 1447
Mar 2, 2026

Reflections & Lessons

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Ramadan Event, The Nights of Qadr

🕒 March 8, 10 & 12, 2026 | 6:45-11:00 PM

📍MIT Student Center

Speaker: Dr. Sadik Kassim
Lecture: "Bread, Dates, Coffee and the Nights of Qadr"

https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/
@zekrMIT

Abstract:
An exploration of how three foods fuel spiritual life and connect to Laylat al-Qadr. Bread—humanity’s oldest prepared food at 14,400 years—represents transformation and wholeness. Dates, “the bread of the desert,” sweeten the breaking of fast and are among the most sustaining foods of humanity. Coffee sustains the night prayer when destiny is written. These lectures reveal how ordinary foods become sacred through worship, tracing bread’s ancient origins, dates in Quranic revelation, and coffee’s role in Islamic devotion—where humanity’s table meets heaven’s night.

🔹 This year, our Nights of Qadr come during a time of many challenges, emotions, and stress for our community. We will dedicate all of our programs to acknowledging these struggles while coming together in prayer, reflection, and support for one another.

As we gather for worship, let us keep everyone in our thoughts and prayers, asking for patience, strength, healing, and peace for our community and for all those who are facing hardship.

Please note that two rooms have been reserved for the event. One room can be used for other activities and for children and parents to stay in if they wish, while the main event takes place in the other room.

Ramadan Event, Laylat al-Qadr, Night of 19th of Ramadan

🌐 In-Person, EN Lecture

Speaker: Dr. Sadik Kassim
Lecture: "Bread, Dates, Coffee and The Nights of Qadr"

Date
Sunday March 8th, 2026
6:45 pm to 11:00 pm (Eastern Time)

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

Schedule
6:45-7:00 Preparation for Prayer
7:00-7:20 Prayer
7:20-8:00 Iftar-Dinner
8:00-8:15 Special Prayer for the Night of Qadr (2 Raka' Salah)
8:15-8:30 Quran Recitation (Surah Dukhan)
8:30-9:10 Lecture and Q&A
9:10-9:25 A'maal of Quran
9:25-9:30 Munajat, Ziyarat
9:30-9:40 Break
9:40-10:50 Dua Jawshan Kabir
10:50-11:00 Munajat

- About Speaker (Bio)

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@zekrMIT

🏴 تَهَدَّمَتْ وَاللَّهِ‏ أَرْکَانُ‏ الْهُدَى 🏴

▫️ Parking/Commute: metered street parking (usually you can find one around the building); Albany Garage (36 Albany St, Cambridge, MA 02139); Redline (Kendall/MIT station).

▫️The Room is on the Third Floor of the Student Center, on your left.

Ramadan Event, Laylat al-Qadr, Night of 21st of Ramadan

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

🌐 In-Person, EN Lecture

Speaker: Dr. Sadik Kassim
Lecture: "Bread, Dates, Coffee and The Nights of Qadr"

Date
Tuesday March 10th, 2026
6:45 pm to 11:00 pm (Eastern Time)

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

Schedule
6:45-7:00 Preparation for Prayer
7:03-7:20 Prayer
7:20-8:00 Iftar-Dinner
8:00-8:15 Special Prayer for the Night of Qadr (2 Raka' Salah)
8:15-8:30 Quran Recitation (Surah Dukhan)
8:30-9:10 Lecture and Q&A
9:10-9:25 A'maal of Quran
9:25-9:30 Munajat, Ziyarat
9:30-9:40 Break
9:40-10:50 Dua Jawshan Kabir
10:50-11:00 Munajat

- About Speaker (Bio)

https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/
@zekrMIT

▫️Please note that the location for the night of 21st will be Tang Center, E51-395, where we usually hold our Dua Kumayl gatherings.

▫️A limited number of Nahj al-Balaghah books will be available for distribution this night.