Imam Luqman Ahmad Mosque Without Borders

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…

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,…

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…

“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…

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…

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…

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…