Sheikh Mateen Charbonneau

Author: Sheikh Mateen Charbonneau

Sheikh Mateen Charbonneau is of French-Canadian descent. He was born in the United States to a Christian family, and later chose to convert to Shi’a Islam in 1999 at the age of 17, having studied both faiths. He started studying Islamic Seminary classes (Howza) in March 2013 at Imam Ali Center in Springfield, Virginia and studied abroad in Najaf al-Ashraf and Karbala and received his ‘amama (turban) from the esteemed marja’ Ayatollah Sayed Muhammad Taqi al-Modaressi in 2018. He earned a certificate from Harvard University in Islamic Studies, has filmed many documentaries about his journey to Islam, authored several books, taught in the Islamic Seminary (Howza), and is the founder of the nonprofit organization 2nd Chance Books (2014). He has lectured throughout the United States and various other countries spreading the message of Ahl ul Bayt (as). Since 2022 he has been residing in Antalya, Türkiye where he is the resident scholar of the local community and continuing his work with 2nd Chance Books.

October 12, 2016 Sheikh Mateen Charbonneau Daily Updates

Whenever we encounter a hardship or a problem that seems impossible we should follow the sunnah of the prophets, which was to turn to Allah and call on Him by the right of Ahl ul Bayt (as) to solve ones difficulties. We see that these names have cured blindness, split the sea, made the fire cool and even mended the broken wings of angels!

Yaa Ali madad!

August 31, 2016April 29, 2016 Sheikh Mateen Charbonneau Ahadith

Imam Kazem (as) said “The more people commit variant sins that were not in practice before (novel sins) the more Allah creates calamities and catastrophes which they did not know before.”[i]

[i] Fascinating discourses of the fourteen infallibles Translated by Javed Iqbal Qazilbash

August 30, 2016 Sheikh Mateen Charbonneau Ahadith

Imam Kazem (as) said “The one whose two days are equal is a loser. And the one whose last one of the two days is the evil one of those (two days) is a cursed person. And the person who does not observe any progress and development in himself is a loser and the one who is loser; death is better for him than life.”[i]

[i] BIHAR UL ANWAR VOL 78, P .327

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