Our Team
Three Muslims. Three chaplaincy professionals. One shared commitment to growing the next generation of Muslim chaplains in America.
Abdurrahman Khan serves as a Chaplain Intern at Northshore University Hospital, where he provides spiritual care to patients, families, and staff across a range of hospital units. His work places him at the intersection of Islamic tradition and contemporary clinical pastoral care — a space he navigates with deep conviction and genuine compassion.
Abdurrahman's path to chaplaincy was shaped by a recognition that Muslim communities across the United States lack adequate representation in professional spiritual care settings. He was moved by the reality that patients facing illness, grief, and end-of-life decisions often do so without access to spiritually grounded support that honors their faith.
His experience in Clinical Pastoral Education has deepened not only his pastoral skills but his understanding of the human experience — the fear, the hope, the search for meaning that every patient carries into a hospital room. He brings his Islamic values of presence, mercy, and dignity to every encounter.
As a co-founder of this organization, Abdurrahman is committed to making the chaplaincy pathway transparent and accessible for Muslims across the country who feel called to this sacred work. He believes the Muslim community has the depth of tradition, the compassion, and the capacity to transform spiritual care in America — and that this moment calls for Muslims to step into that role.
Zuhaib Waqar
Chaplain Resident
Northshore University Hospital
Evanston, Illinois
Zuhaib Waqar is a Chaplain Resident at Northshore University Hospital, engaged in full-time, year-long clinical pastoral education and professional formation. As a resident, Zuhaib provides comprehensive spiritual care across multiple hospital departments, responding to referrals from clinical staff and walking alongside patients and families in some of their most difficult hours.
Zuhaib was drawn to chaplaincy by a deep sense of vocation — a calling that felt inseparable from his identity as a Muslim and his commitment to serving his community and the broader human family. The clinical environment has sharpened his ability to be fully present with people in crisis, to listen without judgment, and to offer care that transcends the boundaries of any single tradition.
Through his residency, Zuhaib has developed a particular passion for care in high-acuity settings — the ICU, the emergency department, and end-of-life care — where the questions of meaning, faith, and mortality are most immediate. He approaches these encounters with the conviction that every human being deserves dignified, compassionate spiritual support.
Zuhaib co-founded this organization because he knows firsthand how disorienting the chaplaincy pathway can be without guidance. He wants every Muslim who feels called to this work to have a clear map, a supportive community, and someone who has walked the road before them.
Muhammad Ibraheem
Chaplain Resident
Northshore University Hospital
Evanston, Illinois
Muhammad Ibraheem serves as a Chaplain Resident at Northshore University Hospital, completing an immersive year of clinical pastoral education alongside direct patient care. His residency has placed him in wards across the hospital, offering spiritual support to individuals and families navigating illness, trauma, and the full spectrum of human vulnerability.
Muhammad came to chaplaincy through a journey of reflection on Islamic values and their application in a modern American context. He was struck by the gap between the depth of Islamic pastoral tradition — rooted in the Prophet's ﷺ example of personal care and presence — and the absence of Muslim chaplains in the institutions where Americans most need spiritual support.
His formation as a chaplain has integrated his Islamic scholarly background with the clinical and interpersonal skills developed through CPE. He brings to his work a commitment to meeting each person where they are, honoring their spiritual framework while offering care that is both professionally grounded and authentically Islamic.
As a co-founder of this initiative, Muhammad brings a particular passion for Islamic bioethics and the role Muslim chaplains can play in healthcare settings — advocating for patients, navigating end-of-life decisions, and ensuring that Islamic perspectives are heard and respected in clinical environments. He is committed to building the structures that will allow the next generation of Muslim chaplains to thrive.
Three Paths, One Purpose
Though each of us came to chaplaincy through our own journey, we share a common conviction: that the Muslim community in America is ready to answer the call of professional spiritual care, and that with the right guidance, thousands of Muslims can enter this field and transform it.
We are not here as distant advisors — we are practitioners, in the rooms, doing the work every day. That lived experience is what we bring to this organization, and what we offer to everyone who joins us.
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