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Free Audio Khutba: Bearing Witness; The Global Responsibility of the Ummah, by Imam Luqman Ahmad
We as Muslims, have a divine obligation to bear witness to, and declare our allegiance to God with respect to the events that are going on today. Every Prophet, from Noah, to our beloved Muhammad (SAWS) bore witness to the events taking place during his time. Bearing witness is a global responsibility.
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Audio Khutba: Don’t be fooled! Be Firm in Your Faith! By Imam Luqman Ahmad
There is an ominous wave of, ignorance, falsehood, immorality, misguided notions, trials, infidelity, drug use, reversal of roles for men and women, children running amok, families falling apart and discord that is sweeping across our ummah. I spoke about these things during last week’s khutba
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Audio Khutba: How to win (or lose) with your family by Imam Luqman Ahmad
We are leaving a long trail of abuse, broken and severely dysfunctional families, and pain, due to misbehavior, irresponsibility and downright trifling behavior. As Muslims, we should know better, and we have to do better. Our souls and our very civilization is what’s at stake.
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Audio Khutba: Explanation of the Hadith: “The Most Beloved People to Allah”, by Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
Click on the link to listen to a very nice explanation of this hadith by Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad, recorded at Masjid Ibrahim Islamic Center, Sacramento California.
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Audio Khutba: The Importance of Simplicity in Religion, and Sincerity to Allah, by Imam Luqman Ahmad
There is nothing that is simpler, more gratifying and more useful to the servant in this life and in the hereafter, than ikhlaas lillaah (sincerity to Allah). This is the topic of this khutba recorded at Masjid Ibrahim Islamic Center in Sacramento, California.
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Are Black American Muslims Arguing Themselves Into Oblivion? By Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
We argue about the prohibited things, we argue about the permissible things, and we seem to argue most unfalteringly about the things that are in between. When we get tired of that, we find new things to make prohibited and then argue about that. We argue about fiqh, we argue about tafseer, we argue about…
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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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Racial Politics in Muslim America, by Imam Luqman Ahmad
The issue of racial and ethnic division, in a pluralistic society like the United States in one of the most difficult issues of our time. Many of are afraid to even talk about it, let alone face it head on. However, our time on this planet is short.
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The Islamic Ruling Regarding Celebrating Thanksgiving Day, by Shaykh Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
Thus, it is our view that scholars, who are not intimately informed about people’s daily lives, and exchanges with their environments, cannot and should not, attempt to micro-manage people’s interactive navigations through life, as they pursue the religious ideals and values for which God holds them accountable.
