Category: Imams

• Muhammad Ismail Al-Bukhari, Preserver of sacred tradition,

  When we discuss a scholar of the highest caliber, such as Imam Al-Bukhari or the founders of the major schools of Fiqh, it is important to know what sort of person that scholar was. The first quality we note in Al-Bukhari was his great piety. He was a man who frequently spent hours in voluntary…

  Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad

  July 14, 2022

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• An Introduction to the Different Types of Books of Hadith by Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad

  There are many ways to approach hadith study. Primarily as Muslims, we want to know and understand what the Prophet ﷺ did and said so we can obey him and follow him.

  Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad

  September 4, 2017

  Imams, Islam, Islamic Law Issues, Islamic rulings, Revelation, Shaykh Luqman Ahmad

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• Open letter to American Imams: The Integrity of Our Friday Sermons is Not for Sale, or Loan to Anyone

  

  Our Lord demands, and our congregations have a right, that we are honest, forthright, sincere, free and unhindered in what we impart to them in the way of scriptural exhortations, religious instructions, and advisements. The faithful congregations that we serve in our nation’s mosques have placed in each of us their trust that we speak…

  Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad

  February 27, 2015

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• Fatwas and the Responsibility of Muslim Scholars in America, by Shaykh Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad

  Scholars of Islam are responsible for upholding the sacred trust that accompanies the acquisition of religious knowledge; which is to explain the religion clearly and concisely and not cover up any part of it.

  Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad

  May 15, 2012

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• African American Muslims; Making Hard Choices That Will Change Our Condition

  There is nothing we can do to change the past beloveds, but we have an opportunity before us for a better future. However, it requires that we submit wholeheartedly to the moral and liturgical principles of Islam. Changing the condition begins with the self. If there was ever a place to begin then I suggest…

  Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad

  February 2, 2012

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• Qualities to Look For in a Muslim Husband by Shaykh Luqman Ahmad

  If a woman seeks a husband who does not have the qualities of a good man, then she will get a joker. The first thing to check about a potential spouse is his salat, and if you check his, make sure that you check yours too.

  Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad

  January 25, 2012

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