It is amazing seeing the dedication to seek knowledge from the prisoners writing us! Some of them have been selling their meals in order to obtain stamped envelopes ✉️ to write Islamic organizations for books. We on the other hand have our freedom and have easy access to books but allow them to collect dust on our shelves 😪 We should take a lesson from the passion these brothers and sisters have for learning their religion.
So far we have reached close to 900 prisoners in 25 states who have become Shia Muslims and have sent close to 7,000 books about the Ahl ul Bayt (as) to them. In order to continue helping us in this cause feel free to contribute at www.2ndchancebooks.org
*Prisons do not allow people or organizations outside to send them stamps or envelopes. They must be purchased from the inmates money their family sends them or in some states the prison allots them a few envelopes a month.
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Joshua Charbonneau is an American Muslim. He was born in 1982 in Sumter, South Carolina. He is of French Canadian and American descent. He was born into a Christian family, and later chose to revert to Shi’a Islam at the age of 17, having studied both faiths. After reverting to Islam he chose the name Mateen which in Arabic means strong, firm and unshakable. His first language is English and he also learned Quranic Arabic.
At age 26 he moved to Washington, DC area and has been an active part of the Muslim community. He took part in a documentary by Al-Anwar Hussain TV entitled Journey of the Spirit where he narrated his incredible story on how he became a Shia Muslim.
Since March of 2013 he has been studying Howza (Islamic Seminary) classes under the esteemed scholars such as Sheikh Mustafa Akhound, Sheikh Mirza Abbas Shamsuddin, Sheikh Saed Kulayni and Sheikh Mohammad Baghernejad.
Mateen has also written, compiled and published some very in-depth books entitled The Suffering of the Ahl ul Bayt and their Followers (Shia) throughout History, Christians who defended and died for Prophet Muhammad and his Family (English, Spanish, French), Mystery of the Shia, a Study Guide for Logic and an extensive book of narrations entitled Prophetic Gems and A Commentary to the Faith of Shia Islam (Aqaed Imamiyya) of Allama Muzaffar (4 volumes). These titles are available at Amazon.
In 2014 he founded a nonprofit organization to send free books to prisoners entitled 2nd Chance Books, which was filmed about in a documentary by Ahlul Bayt TV entitled Faith Behind Bars.
He received his turban from the hand of Sheikh Ahmad al-Haeri on the martyrdom of Muslim ibn Aqil (ra) / Day of Arafat in 2016 and also from Marja’ Ayatollah Sayed Muhammad Taqi Modaressi in the Holy city of Karbala on the birth anniversary of Imam Sajjad (as) in 2018.
Now he is currently residing in Roanoke, Virginia while continuing higher studies and also teaching classes for Imam Mahdi Online Howza.
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As Salaamu Alaikum Shaik I have been following your journey for some years now, May Almighty Allah continue to guide you inshallah.
WA SALAAM 🙏🏾🙏🏾
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