Welcome to the MIT Halaqa Webpage.

    The MIT Halaqa is an open halaqa which anyone is welcome to join. Currently, it is being held at the MIT Musalla on Sundays at Noon. If you would like to be added to the halaqa, please email Bilal Kaleem (mbilal@mit.edu). 

    The Halaqa is broken up in to two groups. You get assigned to a group when you come to one of the halaqas. Each group is responsible for reading both the Qur'an assignment and the reading for that week. Each group is also responsible for approximately one page of summary of one of the two readings (Qur'an or article/book reading). The table below specifies which one of the two readings each member in your group is responsible for summarizing. Please remember to read both assignments for the halaqa and to summarize the reading that has been assigned for your group each week. 
    Every week, there will also be two people selected to present the readings in detail and to lead the discussion on the reading for that week. If you are assigned to present Qur'an, this entails reading tafsir associated with the ayaat assigned for that week and looking up other pertinent information related to the ayaat. If you are assigned to present the reading, you should read the article/book assigned carefully and look up any references or resources that may be useful in the discussion. Leading one of these two discussions involves preparing a short summary, deciding on how to organize and structure the discussion on the ayaat or reading, and making sure the discussion doesn't last more than 50 minutes.  

The group assignments for the halaqa can be found here.

 

Weekly Assignments

Date

Group A Summary

Group B Summary
July 29, 2002 al-Hajj 22:77 Life of worship; Jihad, mission of Shahadah. Aqeedah and Its Importance (Click on articles, and it is under the "Aqeedah" Subsection).
August 5, 2002 Introduction to the Study of the Quran (Click on articles, and it is under the "Quran" Subsection). al-Tawbah 9: 111-118 Pledge of Iman, life of worship.
August 12, 2002 al-Nisa' 4: 131-141 Witnessing to justice, summons to Iman. Authority of the Sunnah (Read only chapter 1. This is still 32 pages long, so be forewarned).
September 2, 2002 Authority of the Sunnah (Read only chapter 1. This is still 32 pages long, so be forewarned). Al 'Imran 3: 102-10 Purpose of Ummah. 
September 8, 2002 al-Fath 48:8-1 Pledge to continue Prophets mission. Authority of the Sunnah(Chapter 2 only)
September 22, 2002 Uloom Al Quran by Ahmed Von Denffer (Chapter 4: form, language, and style ONLY). al-Baqarah 2: 40-6 Call to fulfill the pledge
September 29, 2002 al-Muzzammil 73: 1-10, 20 Building a relationship with Allah Peace In Islam by Hassan Al Banna
October 13, 2002 hadith of the intention by ibn hajjar al-Nahl 16: 1-11 Evidence for Tawhid, Risalah and Akhirah

Some useful places to find articles and books that are used in this halaqa include Young Muslim Library and Witness Pioneer.