The Men’s Forum

Mondays at 8:00 PM

Beginning November 2nd

1st Monday of each month

Various locations across Chicagoland

2nd–4th Mondays

MOTW Lombard

Our inaugural gathering will be held at Mosaic Coffee in Lisle on Monday, November 2nd at 8:00 PM.

The Way

The Men’s Forum

The Men’s Forum is Al Tariq’s open weekly gathering for substantive conversations about faith, responsibility, relationships, struggle, and becoming.
At its center is the Islamic tradition. The Forum provides an accessible point of engagement with Islamic knowledge and brings that tradition into conversation with the realities Muslim men are actually navigating.
The goal is not simply to discuss important issues or accumulate more information. It is to make Islamic knowledge a source of guidance and transformation, shaping how we understand ourselves, how we respond to the circumstances of our lives, and the men we are becoming.

A Rhythm of Lifelong Refinement

Four areas that shape the Forum.

The Men’s Forum is organized around four areas that Al Tariq sees as essential to the ongoing refinement of a Muslim man. These subjects rotate through the Forum and form the backbone of its approach to learning and refinement.

Conviction

Know what is true.
A man needs to know what he believes and why. Conviction explores the foundations of faith, the questions that challenge belief, and the intellectual and spiritual certainty upon which a Muslim builds his life. It gives a man an anchor from which to understand himself and the world around him.

Prophetic Guidance

Learn the way.

Islam gives us more than principles. It gives us a model. Through the life, character, teachings, and example of the Prophet Muhammad, men encounter a vision of how faith is actually lived. Prophetic guidance helps us think about worship, character, relationships, responsibility, hardship, leadership, and the ordinary decisions of everyday life

Disciplined Practice

Live what you learn.

Knowledge must become practice. This area focuses on the disciplines through which faith takes root in a man’s life: worship, Qur’an, remembrance, habits, restraint, consistency, and the work of refining character. The aim is not simply knowing what should be done, but developing the discipline to live it.

Purposeful Living

Carry Islam into life.

Refinement must eventually reach the life a man is actually living. Purposeful Living brings Islamic guidance into the responsibilities of adulthood: marriage, fatherhood, desire, anger, work, money, health, friendship, stress, generational patterns, major transitions, service, and legacy.

Purposeful Living asks a practical question: what does it mean to live deliberately as a Muslim man in the life Allah has given me?

How the Forum Works

A balanced rhythm, not isolated lectures.

The Men’s Forum rotates through these four areas, allowing men to continually return to the different dimensions of refinement.
One gathering may strengthen conviction. Another may explore the Prophetic example. Another may focus on worship, character, or personal discipline. Another may address a practical challenge men are facing in their families, work, relationships, or inner lives.
  • Strengthen conviction.
  • Deepen Prophetic orientation.
  • Build disciplined practice.
  • Apply Islamic guidance to the areas of life that require refinement.
The aim is not to move through four isolated categories, but to continually develop the different dimensions of a Muslim man’s life: what he believes, the model he follows, the practices that shape him, and the way he carries Islamic guidance into his character, relationships, responsibilities, struggles, and everyday life.
The Forum is not built around isolated lectures. It is an ongoing environment in which Islamic knowledge, reflection, conversation, and practice continually meet the realities of a man’s life.

What the Forum Is

  • Substantive engagement with Islamic knowledge and tradition
  • Honest conversation about the realities Muslim men face
  • A place for reflection and practical growth
  • Meaningful male companionship
  • An accessible point of engagement with Al Tariq

What It Is Not

  • Group therapy
  • A replacement for professional mental-health or addiction treatment
  • A debate club
  • A motivational seminar
  • A commitment to The Fellowship

Participation

Weekly, in person and online.

The Men’s Forum meets weekly starting in November 2026. Each gathering is available both in person and online, making the Forum accessible to men locally and beyond.

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