Suhaib Webb – The Fear of Allah

Suhaib WebbJanuary 19, 2009102 min0 comments

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Ramadan Hadith Aqeedah Fear of Allah Quran Heart & Spirituality Community & Dawah Tawbah

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In this Ramadan lecture, Imam Suhaib Webb explores the Islamic concept of *al-khawf* — the fear of Allah — as an essential act of worship of the heart, drawing primarily on the powerful hadith of the man who asked his children to burn and scatter his ashes out of fear of Allah's punishment, and was ultimately forgiven. He covers the linguistic and spiritual dimensions of *khawf* and *khashyah*, practical ways to cultivate the fear of Allah, and closes with a heartfelt call for tolerance and compassion within the Muslim community. The lecture also includes a wide-ranging Q&A session addressing topics from Ramadan fasting rules to the halal meat debate.

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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