Suhaib Webb - Patience & Perseverance

Suhaib WebbJanuary 24, 20190 comments

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In this powerful khutbah, Imam Suhaib Webb addresses the challenges facing American Muslims with a message of courage, spiritual grounding, and community action. Drawing on Quranic verses, hadith, and the linguistic depth of Arabic, he explains the difference between *nasr* (divine victory) and *a'on* (divine assistance), and urges Muslims not to cower in the face of Islamophobia but to remain committed to Allah, forgive one another, build coalitions, and professionalize their institutions. The lecture closes with a firm stance against extremism within the Muslim community and a heartfelt du'a for unity, healing, and perseverance.

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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