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One MSA Takes it To Another Level in Support of Imam Siraj and Issues a Challenge to Other MSAs!

by Suhaib Webb
May 10, 2009
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Asalamu alaykum,

A brother sent me this amazing email today!

“assalamu `alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh ya Shaykhana!

in sha’ Allah you’re doing well. So one of the brothers convinced me to email you this request so we want to try encouraging the MSAs to donate and collect for Imam Siraj in sha’ Allah. alhamdu lil Lah, our jumu`ah alone got us $1858.55 putting us at a total of $5073 alhamdu lil Lah. Can we put out a challenge to see if any MSA can top that? If so, just don’t include it’s from us, leave the challenger anonymous. jazak Allahu khayran”

I was told today that they brothers and sisters at this MSA on the West Coast have raised more than $8,000! Mashallah, this is amazing news. When the youth decide to do something and motivated they can do so much. I’m very proud of all of the MSA’s and the efforts of out folks to help the Imam!

Suhaib

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Suhaib Webb

Suhaib Webb is a contemporary American-Muslim educator, activist, and lecturer. His work bridges classical and contemporary Islamic thought, addressing issues of cultural, social and political relevance to Muslims in the West. After converting to Islam in 1992, Webb left his career in the music industry to pursue his passion in education. He earned a Bachelor’s in Education from the University of Central Oklahoma and received intensive private training in the Islamic Sciences under a renowned Muslim Scholar of Senegalese descent. Webb was hired as the Imam at the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City, where he gave khutbas (sermons), taught religious classes, and provided counselling to families and young people; he also served as an Imam and resident scholar in communities across the U.S.

From 2004-2010, Suhaib Webb studied at the world’s preeminent Islamic institution of learning, Al-Azhar University, in the College of Shari`ah. During this time, after several years of studying the Arabic Language and the Islamic legal tradition, he also served as the head of the English Translation Department at Dar al-Ifta al-Misriyyah.

Outside of his studies at Al-Azhar, Suhaib Webb completed the memorization of the Quran in the city of Makkah, Saudi Arabia. He has been granted numerous traditional teaching licenses (ijazat), adhering to centuries-old Islamic scholarly practice of ensuring the highest standards of scholarship. Webb was named one of the 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center in 2010.

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