Category: Islam
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Have Black American Muslims Lost Their Way? Or Have They Simply Lost Their Will to Survive? Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
So you have Christians talking loud about fatherhood, traditional family, sense of purpose, order, direction in life. While you got Muslims dismissing family, celebrating divorce, talking about the joy of being single and why we need to respect everybody’s views. Church going Christians quote verses from the Bible upholding a wife’s obedience to her husband,…
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Muslim Americans and America’s History of Rebellion Luqman Ahmad imamluqman@masjidibrahim.com January 13, 2016 “I hold it, that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical”. – Thomas Jefferson Many American Muslims are concerned about what is viewed as a rising tide…
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Marginalization of the Black Muslim community by the immigrant Muslims, Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
Marginalization of the Black Muslim community by the immigrant Muslims, is a part of virtually every problem facing Black American Muslims. If affects our condition more than many of us know, From the thousands of Muslim owned liquor stores that blanket the country from coast to coast in just about every Black neighborhood in the…
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Black History Month: Sister Fareda Sadek, a Pioneer American Muslim, in the Sunni Tradition
The women amongst the pioneers of the sunni tradition were the backbone of the efforts in establishing Islam in America. In 1938, Sister Fareda Sadek along with her Husband Hafez, were with the early group of 57 Muslims, who under the leadership of a Black American, Azhar trained, convert to Islam, Shaykh Professor Muhammad Ezeldeen,…
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Defining Fatherhood, Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
There are hardly no other pursuit I have found more gratifying than being a father.. Fatherhood doesn’t take place in a paragraph. It is a lifelong experience. From calling the adhan in the ear, to feeding them their first solid food, to teaching them how to poop on their own, and how to use istinjaa,…
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Fiqh and Governance in Black Muslim America, Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad.
Folks are fascinated by scholars, scholarship, and Islamic knowledge these days. It’s much like a form of entertainment to some people. It shouldn’t be that way, but it’s understandable that it is. The wealth of Islamic knowledge, shuyookh, and books of knowledge available is voluminous, fascinating, and detailed. It grabs your attention, amazes you, and…
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The Salaf and Traditional Knowledge, Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
The period of the Salaf (the first three generations) of Muslims, is not a madhhab of fiqh or a singular madhhab of aqeeda. It is a period of time with many variances and scholarly nuances within the scope of what people refer to today as “traditional knowledge”. There is no one ‘Salaf” school of thought…
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The Islamic Ruling on Eid Ad’hiya (slaughter). Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
The adhiyya sacrifice of an animal (qurbaani) after the eid is a practice established by the Prophet Ibrahim the friend (khalil) of Allah (AS). It is a means of getting closer (taqarrub/تقرب) to Allah. Its practice is considered sunna mu’akkadah (firm prophetic tradition) according to the Shaafi’ee, Hanbali, and Maliki schools of Islamic law (madhaahib)…
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Music, Poetry, and the Muslims, by Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
MUSIC, POETRY AND THE MUSLIMSIn some of the pre-Islamic poetry of jaahiliyyah, there were glimpses of wisdom (hikma) and truths. The Prophet (SAWS) was not a poet per se. However, there are several instances when he himself uttered poetry, and many where he sanctioned it. However, when he did use it himself, he would either…
Imam Luqman Ahmad Mosque Without Borders 