Category: Islam
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COMBATTING THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ZINA
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ZINA Interesting, a lot of Muslim men marry women that other non-Muslim men would never marry prior to Islam. Prior to Islam, she would not have been viewed as marriage material and would have gladly given it up without a marriage contract. I guess the same can be said for women who…
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CHAINS OF TRANSMISSION: UNDERSTANDING ISNAAD (اسناد) AND THE ISNAAD FAD, by Imam Luqman Ahmad
Years ago, you didn’t have people running around boasting that they have knowledge from an authentic unbroken chain back to Rasoolillah صلى الله عليه وسلم. Nowadays you have people claiming left to right to have an unbroken chain of transmission of religious knowledge that leads directly back to the Prophet to the Muhammad صلى الله…
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The Islamic Ruling on Clapping.
THE ISLAMIC RULING ON CLAPPING HANDS. IS CLAPPING HARAM? IS IT UNISLAMIC? Recently, I was at a Muslim held event, and after the speaker finished speaking, some of the people clapped, while others refrained from clapping. I later learned that the non-clappers were under the assumption that clapping was not permitted in Islam, based on…
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Women Imams in America? Maybe not a bad idea, sort of.
WOMEN IMAMS IN THE MASAAJID? WELL SORT OF….. THEY DID IT IN CHINA.. What if we had women inside the masaajid during the day to help other women cope with woman related issues? What if the local masjid was a go to place, where women could go for sisterhood, acceptance, healing, knowledge, or other kinds…
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TARAAWEEH AT CITY HALL: SHIRK IN THE MAKING
WHEN SALAT BECOMES A MEDIA EVENT, YOU’RE ENTERTAINING SHIRK We have to be careful to what extent we commercialize, and prostitute our religious rites and rituals. I hear that on the 29th, there will be a special taraaweeh prayer in Philadelphia City Hall. Last I checked taraaweeh is prayed in the masjid, or at home,…
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Preserving Islam in the Family. The case for generational continuity. By Imam Luqman Ahmad
I will stress one thing; the importance of preserving Islam within your family. When communities fail as they sometime do because of all the infighting and politics, and foreign spheres of influence, Islam is preserved through the families and in passing it down to the next generation. There are specific do’s and don’t’s to achieve…
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The Leadership Methodology of Rasoolillaah صلى الله عليه وسلم, by Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
“It is better to enbdure 100 years under a tyrannical ruler than to go one night without an amir (ruler)” – ibn Taymiyya. A basic and necessary element in every society, group, congregation, cooperation, or little league baseball team that ever thrived on the planet earth is leadership and line of authority. Regardless of whether…
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The Imam Cussed, now what? Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
if cussing gets people’s attention, then I’ll cuss. The thing is, I have been preaching the truth for a long time, and only used cuss word since 2018, and cuss words only constitute less than .00001% of my writings. So if somebody disregards millions of words of truth because somebody used cusswords, thats really beyond…
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Haraming All Celebrations Besides the Two Eids; Islam's Equivalent of the Birther Movement, by Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
As they have become better acquainted with non-Muslim cultures, and the knowledge that every celebration does not entail worshipping an idol, especially in the United States, scholars of Islam have long since backed away from the notion that is it haram for a Muslim to celebrate anything besides the two Eids. That is why no…
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Rushing into marriage, yes or no? By Imam Luqman Ahmad
RUSHING INTO MARRIAGE. YES? OR NO? Don’t rush into marriage because your friends are married. Rush into marriage because marriage is Sunna, because it is an important part of your religion, and because it is one of the best of acts to secure your religion , your chastity, your honor, your family, and your sanity…
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