Category: Islamic rulings
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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 Fatwa Fiasco in Convert Muslim America, Imam Luqman Ahmad
When Allah or His Prophet ص prohibit something, it is prohibited for sure. But when scholars prohibit things, especially things they don’t fully understand, for people with whom they are unfamiliar, it can cause unneeded chaos. Even more chaos when a scholar prohibits something he doesn’t fully understand, and without direct textual evidence to boot…
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Should a Muslim follow a Particular Madhhab (school of religious law)? By Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
Should a Muslim follow a madhhab (school of law)? Does he or she have to? Does following a madhhab make practicing Islam easier? What is a madhhab anyway? The word madhhab comes from the Arabic word tha-ha-ba (ذهب)which means to go. Lexically, the word madhhab (مذهب) means a path, a position, a trend, or direction.…
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The Truth About Demons, by Shaykh Luqman Ahmad
UP COMING CLASS; TACTICS AND ETTIQUETTES OF SPIRITUAL WAREFARE, ACCORDING TO THE METHODOLOGY OF THE PROPHET SAWS. This a free class, for eligible students. Read to the end to get information on eligibility and instructions on how you can register for the class. Allah, the Lord Most High does not attribute evil to Himself, and…
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Marriage in Islam; 50/50? Or Love and Mercy? By Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
I could be off a little but I guesstimate that the bulk of our internal marital problems can be traced back to flagrant disregard, ignorance and flat out refusal to follow or show respect for our own laws and advices from our scriptures. No where is following the laws, boundaries and guidelines of scripture (Quran…
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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.
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The Difference Between Brotherhood, Homiehood, and Haterhood, by Imam Luqman Ahmad
Homies frequently like to come through the back door. Your homie will tell you what you want to hear and not what you need to hear. Brothers prefer to come through the front door; they tell you what you need to hear and not what you want to hear.
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Audio Khutba: Quran; The Divine Inheritance of Every Believer, by Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
Remember beloveds, that as Muslims, we have the divine, God given right, to take from the Quran, and from the authentic sunna of our Prophet ﷺ, anything, and everything, that benefits us in our religion, and in our lives….
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The Dangers of Making things Haraam, Without Having Clear Evidence, by Shaykh Luqman Ahmad
There is enough prohibited activity in people’s lives today to keep us busy for the rest of the century. There is no need to go about searching for new things to declare haraam.
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An Open Message to Al-Shabaab; Change your name from al-Shabaab to al-Shayaateen, by Shaykh Luqman Ahmad
The criminal insanity of your al-Shabaab youth that stormed the mall in Kenya and killed 64 innocent people and counting, represents the height of moral depravity. It is ironic that you were asking people if they were Muslim or not and then letting the Muslims go, while killing the non-Muslims, when in reality, you are…
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