Al-Sidrah: A Publication of the Ahl al-Bayt Islamic Seminary

In a Friday Sermon at Baitul Ilm on January 13, 2017 Sayyid Sulayman Hassan explored the perceived ethical tension between being active in society and our life of spirituality and worship.

In a Friday Sermon at Baitul Ilm on December 23, 2016 Sayyid Sulayman Hassan discussed Humankind's ability to move beyondnegative feelings in relationships through will and worship.

We sat down with Professor Nebil Husayn at the 2015 Muslim Group Conference in Chicago, Il, to ponder how to approach Islamic history. His dissertation at Princeton University, entitled, "The Memory of Ali ibn Abi Talib in the Early Sunni Community," was on the issue of Pro-ʿAlid perspectives, Anti-ʿAlid sentiment, and the imprints of early Muslim thought on Sunni Islam. Professor Husayn now teaches Islamic Studies at the University of Miami.

In a Friday Sermon at Baitul Ilm on December 16, 2016 Sayyid Sulayman Hassan discussed, in commemorating the birth of the Prophet (s), the importance of Salawat.

In a Friday Sermon at Baitul Ilm on December 28, 2016 Sayyid Sulayman Hassan discussed 'Id al-Zahra', its conception in the community. He also spoke about being an orphan in the world due to the loss of the Imam.

In a Friday Sermon at Baitul Ilm on November 4, 2016 Sayyid Sulayman Hassan gave an overview of the role of politics in our lives, and the legal standards we should apply when considering engaging in politics.

In a Friday Sermon at Baitul Ilm on October 28, 2016 Sayyid Sulayman Hassan discussed a hadith from Imam Ali b. Husayn Zayn al-'Abideen ('a) about what it means to view one's lives as belonging entirely to Allah and how that affects our relationship with God and the world. Particularly, he discussed three attributes that pertain to God's rights upon our individual bodies.

In a Friday Sermon at Baitul Ilm on October 28, 2016 Sayyid Sulayman Hassan discussed a hadith from Imam Ali b. Husayn Zayn al-'Abideen ('a) about what it means to view one's lives as belonging entirely to Allah and how that affects our relationship with God and the world. Particularly, he discussed three attributes that pertain to God's rights upon our individual bodies.

In a Friday Sermon at Baitul Ilm on October 14, 2016 Sayyid Sulayman Hassan reflected on the important recommendation of fulfilling the needs and desires of our fellow believers and the personal and communal repercussions of this general preference of others to ourselves.

In a Friday Sermon at Baitul Ilm on February 19, 2016 Sayyid Sulayman Hassan reflected on sadness and vulnerability—from material circumstances or from something of a higher nature—and its relation to one's spiritual life.