Category: Islam in America

• The Islamic Ruling Regarding Muslim Women Following Funeral Processions, by Shaykh Luqman Ahmad

  The objective of understanding the religion and the proper practice thereof is not served when we apply a ruling to a condition that does not exist. When people say: women following the funeral procession, and going to the grave site, what is meant here in the United States and elsewhere is when after the janaazah…

  Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad

  June 12, 2012

  American Muslim Women, American Muslims, Death in Islam, Fatwas, Fiqh, Haram and Halal, Islam in America, Islamic Law Issues, Islamic rulings, Muslim converts, Muslim funerals

  American Muslim funerals, American Muslims, Death, Funerals, Funerals in Islam, Islamic Burials, Janaazah, Janaza, Luqman Ahmad, Muslim Funerals, Muslim women attending funerals, Shaykh Luqman Ahmad

• 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

  Allah, American Muslims, Fasting, Fatwas, Imams, Islam, Islam in America, Islamic Scholars, muslim america, Muslim converts, Muslim Morality, Muslims, Political Islam, Shariah, Signs of the Hour of Judgement

  African American Muslims, American Muslims, converts, Islam, Islamic Law, Jihad against America, Muslim Americans, Muslim leaders, Muslims, Shaykh Luqman Ahmad

• Audio Khutba: The Obligation and Benefit of Maintaining Family Ties, by Shaykh Luqman Ahmad

  Dear beloveds, if you are fortunate enough to have family, then please stay connected with them as Allah has commanded. One of the greatest gifts Allah has given us is that he made us into families. If you have parents, grandparents, aunties, uncles, cousins, brothers, sisters, children, husbands, wives, step kids, or famly by marriage,…

  Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad

  May 7, 2012

  Family, Islam, Islam in America, Marriage

  Famaily in Islam, Family, Family Ties, Muslim family, Silatu Rahim

• The Devil’s Deception of the Modern-Day Salafiyyah Sect, by Shaykh Luqman Ahmad

  No one committed to this religion rejects the Salaf as-Saalih or the principles on which they agreed. However, the Salafis and their modern-day da’wah do not suite the tastes of all the righteous. Too much of their methodology revolves around character assassination, claims of monopoly on Allah’s guidance, a fanatical obsession with uncovering the faults…

  Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad

  April 12, 2012

  Allah, American Muslims, Islam, Islam in America, Salafiyyism, Uncategorized

  Islam, Muslim converts, Muslims, Salafi

• The Tale of the Barber and the Istin’jaa Bottle, by Shaykh Luqman Ahmad

  One of the many morals of this story is to never deem any sunna of the prophet (SAWS) as insignificant. Another moral to this story is the confirmation of the verse, “and We have not sent you except as a mercy to the worlds”.[2]

  Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad

  April 10, 2012

  Allah, American Muslims, Islam in America, Muslim Peoples

  hygiene, sunna

• The Tale of The Two Muslim Americas By Shaykh Luqman Ahmad

  By all credible accounts, indigenous African-American and convert Muslims have been relegated to a second class and sometimes even third class status in modern-day Muslim America.

  Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad

  March 14, 2012

  American Muslims, Black Muslim History, Islam, Islam in America, Muslim converts, Muslim Morality, Muslim Peoples, Muslims

  American Islam, American Muslims, Muslims

• Generational Continuity and Preserving Islam in Your Family; A Case for Maintaining Muslim Congregations. By Shaykh Luqman Ahmad

  It is arguable that the biggest problem to beset African American Muslim communities by far are that most of them are not part of communities. This is a dangerous state; especially for someone new to Islam. The basis of success for a community is enjoining upon each other truth and patience. This is best done…

  Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad

  February 26, 2012

  American Muslim Women, American Muslims, Black Muslim History, Islam, Islam in America, muslim america, Muslim converts, Muslim Hisory, Muslim Morality, Muslim Peoples, Muslims, Signs of the Hour of Judgement, The Last Days

  African American Muslims, American Muslims, converts, Imams, Muslim, Muslim Congregation, Muslim converts, Muslim Identity, Shaykh Luqman Ahmad

• 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

  American Muslims, Black Muslim History, Imams, Islam in America, Islamic Law Issues, muslim america, Muslim converts, Muslim Morality, Muslims

  African American Muslims, American Islam, American Muslims, Black American Muslims, Islam in America, Muslims in America

• 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

  American Muslim Women, American Muslims, Imams, Islam, Islam in America, Islamic Law Issues, Marriage, Muslim converts, Muslim Morality, Muslim Women, Ramadan

  azwaaj, find a muslim husband, find a muslim mate, good muslim man, good muslim men, gpood muslim, marriage in Islam, matrimony, Muslim husband, muslim man, Muslim Marriage, Muslim matrimony, Muslim men, Muslim nikah, nikah, nikah in islam, nukah in Islam, pious muslim, raise a man, raising men in islam, Salat, Shaykh Luqman Ahmad, sunna nikah, what to look for in a muslim husband, zawaj, zawj

• Defining the American Muslim Identity

  Muslims, American or otherwise should define themselves first and foremost, in moral, or religious terms. It is nonsensical for American Muslims to attempt to formulate a singular domestic identity for American Muslims while taking Allah out of the equation

  Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad

  November 15, 2011

  American Muslim Women, American Muslims, Islam, Islam in America, muslim america, Shariah

  African American Muslims, American Muslim Identity, American Muslim Women, American Muslims, Islam in America, Muslim Identity, Shaykh Luqman Ahmad