Tag: A guide for Muslim converts
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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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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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Music is our poetry,
الوحيدون الذين يتحدثون عن الحب هم الوعاظ. لا أحد يهتم بالتعلم إلا المدرسين. The Temptations, an African American Rhythm and Blues group, said the above, in a 1970 song. I still remeber what we were doing when that song came out. In Arabic, it could easily be mistaken as a contextual observation of a medieval…
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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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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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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…
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Have Black American Muslims Lost Their Way? Or Have They Simply Lost Their Will to Survive? Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
So you have Christians talking loud about fatherhood, traditional family, sense of purpose, order, direction in life. While you got Muslims dismissing family, celebrating divorce, talking about the joy of being single and why we need to respect everybody’s views. Church going Christians quote verses from the Bible upholding a wife’s obedience to her husband,…
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Black History Month: Sister Fareda Sadek, a Pioneer American Muslim, in the Sunni Tradition
The women amongst the pioneers of the sunni tradition were the backbone of the efforts in establishing Islam in America. In 1938, Sister Fareda Sadek along with her Husband Hafez, were with the early group of 57 Muslims, who under the leadership of a Black American, Azhar trained, convert to Islam, Shaykh Professor Muhammad Ezeldeen,…
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Islam; Submission, or peace? By Shaykh Luqman Ahmad
“Islam does not belong to us, it is the religion of Allah sub’haanahu wa ta’ala and we do not have the authority to change it’s meaning. Not for Da’wah, not for the press, not for our detractors, not for anybody.”
Imam Luqman Ahmad Mosque Without Borders 