Category: Mulim ethics
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The Quiet Shaykhs vs The Loud Pretenders: Navigating Authentic Sufism Today, Imam Luqman Ahmad
Sufism, also known as Islamic mysticism, has been around almost since the beginning of Islam. The discipline of Sufism aims at purification of the soul, and of the conduct of a Muslim. In essence, sufism is the inner, mystical, and spiritual dimension of Islam. It focuses on the direct, personal experience of the Divine…
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SALAFI VS NON-SALAFI MARRIAGES, Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
SALAFI VS NON-SALAFI MARRIAGES Stop knocking the Salafi Muslims over how they get married quickly and with low dowrys. There is no evidence that Salafi Muslim marriages have more problems or last any less than non-Salafi marriages. There is no evidence that Salafis divorce more, or that their children are more likely to leave Islam.…
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A Dowry Should Not be Like Turning a Trick, by Imam Luqman Ahmad
A DOWRY SHOULD NOT BE LIKE TURNING A TRICK You can’t put a price on a woman. Especially a woman that you are seeking to marry. Especially a good woman. We don’t do price tag dowries in Islam. We don’t buy our wives, or sell our daughters. Our daughters and women folk are not whores,…
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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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The Gritty Side of Muslim Aqeeda Wars, By Imam Luqman Ahmad
The different points of Islamic creed number in the hundreds. It is impossible to sit down with someone and go over point by point to see if you agree on every detail.
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What it Doesn’t Say in Our Scared Scriptures, by Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
It doesn’t say anywhere in our scriptures that we should work so hard to change others and not admit or even entertain the idea that perhaps we need to change.
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Top Ten Priorities For American Muslims in 2016, by Imam Luqman
2016 Top Ten Priorities for American Muslims (faith based list) Remove politics from the practice of our faith, and give the religion back to Allah. Everything we do in the name of our religion should be for the sake of Allah and not for the sake of our public image, for the sake of popularity,…
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The Life and Afterlife Benefits of Raising your children upon the Moral Standards of Islam, by Imam Luqman Ahmad
The window of opportunity to raise your children is small, and it will close without waiting for you to make up your mind or to experiment with all of the nuanced studies Raising your children in righteousness and Islam during these times is difficult for some, unpopular, and certainly not fashionable. However, considering what is…
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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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Wadia Islamic Academy of Sacramento : Islamic Education the Way it Should Be
“We don’t have the most well funded school, or the most sophisticated equipment, but we do have excellent teachers who care, affordable tuition, and your children will learn their deen, and they will learn it correctly.” Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ajmad
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