Suhaib Webb - Finding Faith & Meaning in the Road Ahead

Suhaib WebbDecember 15, 20180 comments

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In this wide-ranging lecture delivered at MCC, Imam Suhaib Webb explores how Muslims can find faith and meaning in difficult times by reflecting on divine decree (qadar), the etiquette of hardship, and the prophetic model of emotional and communal investment. Drawing on Quranic chapters revealed during the most difficult Meccan period — Surah Yusuf, Surah Al-Kahf, and Surah Hud — he offers a practical, spiritually grounded roadmap for Muslim communities navigating Islamophobia, internal division, and political adversity. The lecture calls communities to heal from within, organize strategically around local issues, build genuine emotional bonds, and stay steadfast — *fastaqim* — no matter what lies ahead.

Imam Suhaib Webb is an American scholar who embraced Islam in 1992 in Oklahoma after a youth spent as a hip-hop DJ. He studied under Senegalese Shaykh Muhammad Shareef, memorized the Qur'an, and graduated from Al-Azhar University's College of Shariah in Cairo. He served as imam of major communities including the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center (ISBCC) — one of the largest mosques in New England — and as scholar-in-residence institutions in New York and Washington DC. Known for his fluency in both classical scholarship and American culture, he pioneered online Islamic education through virtual mosque platforms and his SWISS institute, and speaks on fiqh, spirituality, and Muslim-American identity.

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