Category: children
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Ignorance of Religion in Marriage, Divorce, and Child Rearing and Custody
Ignorance of fiqh and the absence of a shared madhhab are especially damaging for Black American Muslims in the areas of marriage, divorce, child custody, and the rights of children because these are the domains where Islamic law is meant to provide structure, protection, and predictability. When that structure is missing, the community does not simply…
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The Life and Afterlife Benefits of Raising your children upon the Moral Standards of Islam, by Imam Luqman Ahmad
The window of opportunity to raise your children is small, and it will close without waiting for you to make up your mind or to experiment with all of the nuanced studies Raising your children in righteousness and Islam during these times is difficult for some, unpopular, and certainly not fashionable. However, considering what is…
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How do single Muslim women in America raise their sons in Islam? By Shaykh Abu Muhammad Luqman Ahmad
Many, but certainly not all men who provide the sperm are absolutely worthless as fathers. Many are in jail, some are still children themselves, others are drugged out, selfish, lazy, absent, and many are dead, either through unforeseen occurrences or risky behavior and street life. Still the fact remains that there are many Muslim women…
