Sayyid Hussein Alamdar

Sayyid Hussein Alamdar, P.E, holds a MSCE from the University of South Carolina, at Columbia, S.C. He served Duke Power Company, Charlotte N.C from 1971-1982. In 1983, he was invited to join the Water and Power Co in Tehran, where he served as a Project Manager for Hydroelectric Projects until 2003. During his stay in Iran for 20 year (1983-2003) in addition to his engineering responsibilities he was blessed with the Divine grace of also attending Islamic Seminary under the able tutorship of Grand Ayatollah Seyed Muhammad Taqi Hakim Shooshtari and Hajj Aghai Ali Solemani Aashtiani in Tehran. He also founded the Ahl al-Bayt Islamic Cultural Services (AICS) of USA to accomplish the following exalted objectives to publish the Uloom & Mu’arif of Ahl al-Bayt (AS): 1. It has been narrated that Imam al-Rida (A.S) has said to one of his followers: “May Allah bless the servant who keeps our vicegerency (vilayat) alive through publication of our learning (mo’arif) and knowledge (uloom).” Alamdar, has translated the following books, some of them are also available on the internet at WWW. Al-Islam.org, Islamic Library Project of Stanford University, California (USA). 1. Self Building, Khud Sazi wa Tahzib wa Tazkiyeh Nafs: Ayatollah Ibrahim Amini 2. Truth and Falsehood: Martyr Allameh Murtaza Mutaheri (RA) 3. Discourse of Patience: Grand Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenie 4. Profundities of Prayer: Grand Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenie 5. Spiritual Journeys of the Mystics, Saluk-e-Arifan: Grand Ayatollah Malaki Tabrizi (RA) 6. Etiquette of the Holy Month of Ramadan: Grand Ayatollah Malaki Tabrizi (RA) 7. Radiance of Vicegerency, Frooghe-e-Vilayat: Grand Ayatollah J'afar Sobhanie 8. Shiite Replies to Wahabi Questions: Grand Ayatollah J'afar Sobhanie 9. The Story of Karbala: Ayatollah Ali Nazari Munfarid 10. How to Bridge the Generation Gap: Grand Ayatollah Seyed Muhammad Taqi Hakim 11. The Life of Imam al-Zain al-A’abedin (AS): Sayyid Munthir Hakim 12. The Life of Imam al-Baqir (AS): Sayyid Munthir Hakim 13. The Biography of Ash Sharif ar-Radi: Muhammad Ibrahim Nejad 14. The History of Holy Mosque of Jamkaran 15. Translation of Death-Will (Vasiyat Nameh) of Grand Ayatollah Seyed Muhammad Rida Golpaygani (RA) 16. Every Body Must Know, Hame B'ayad Bedanand: Ayatollah Ibrahim Amini 17. The Life of Fatimeh al-Zehra (SA): Sayyid Munthir Hakim 18. Translation of Supreme Leader’s Speech on Hafiz Shirazi held on 28th A’aban 1367, in Shiraz , I.R. Iran 19. The Life of Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (AS): Sayyid Munthir Hakim