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THE INCOHERENCE OF BLACK AMERICAN MUSLIM PSYCHOLOGISTS
There is nowhere I know where there has been good faith, intellectually honest, and dispassionate comparative analysis of modern western psychology in light of the Muslim belief system and Muslim Moral Psychology according to our sacred texts (Quran and Sunna). That is not too much to ask. Such research has to exist, considering the number…
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The Islamic Ruling on Acknowledging, Celebrating, or wishing someone happy birthday, by Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
I never been too big on birthday in that I didn’t go all out. However, being away from most of my family, and getting birthday wishes from my children, grandchildren and my beloved sister especially, and going out to differ with my two small children, was a special treat. Being born is a necessity of…
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Deck the halls with boughs of fatwa, Imam Luqman Ahmad
We should have learned by now that in the zealous rush to implement moral authority, we were victimized by a plethora of premature fatwa, many of which were unqualified and harmful. Qayyim al-Jawziyya alluded to necessity of understanding people’s cultural practices, before throwing fatwas at them. He said: “This is a major foundation that every…
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Growing up Muslim in America. Imam Luqman Ahmad
I love, respect, and revere my my father, as I did and still do my mother (rahimuhaa Allah). I was blessed with good Muslim parents, and a very happy childhood growing up as a Muslim. There was nothing strange to us about being Muslim. We didn’t know anything else; we didn’t miss Christmas because we…
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Muhammad Ismail Al-Bukhari, Preserver of sacred tradition,
When we discuss a scholar of the highest caliber, such as Imam Al-Bukhari or the founders of the major schools of Fiqh, it is important to know what sort of person that scholar was. The first quality we note in Al-Bukhari was his great piety. He was a man who frequently spent hours in voluntary…
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Belief is Hard; It Means You Gotta Do Stuff. By Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
I guess the prevailing logic is, why seek knowledge when you got Google, and why do anything when you can simply like it on Facebook, and why commit when you can simply look committed on social media? Why actually believe? As long as you look like you believe, your good. Belief is hard anyway, it…
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OATHS, VOWS, CONTRACTS AND COVENANTS IN MUSLIM AMERICA, Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
The whole idea of vows (nuthoor/نذور), covenant (meethaaq/ميثاق), contract (ahd or aqd/عهد او عقد) and fealty (bay’ah/بيعة) has been nearly forgotten and lost amongst us. Even though verbal pledges, oaths, contracts, are a integral part of the Islamic system of accountability, justice, and order. The Prophet SAWS used to require that people pledge (bay’ah) when…
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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. The Dangers of Making things Haraam, Without Having Clear Evidence, by Shaykh Luqman Ahmad
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How the Shaitaan Robs Black American Muslim women of their rights, Imam Luqman Ahmad
How shaitaan robs Black American Muslim woman of their rights. No one has the right to tell a wife or a husband, what they can or cannot be allowed tolerate in THEIR marriage. Shaitaan is really trying to make fun of Muslims. He’s such a joker, but he’s serious. Satan tells his people that they…
