Self-Building: An Islamic Guide for Spiritual Migration Towards Allah

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)."