Tag: Allah
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Who Holds the Key to the Kaʿbah? The Ancient Custodianship That Still Lives Today
Most Muslims know that the Kaʿbah is the holiest place on earth—but very few know who actually holds its key, who opens it, who oversees its care, and why that responsibility has remained in the same hands for over 1,400 years. This sacred duty is called al‑Hijābah or al‑Sadānah—the custodianship of the Kaʿbah. And it…
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Madhhabs as Instruments of Unity, Order, and Civilizational Cohesion. By Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
Across fourteen centuries of Islamic history, no institution has done more to unify diverse peoples, stabilize communities, and create civilizational coherence than the madhhab. Whether in Baghdad or Timbuktu, Cairo or Aceh, Damascus or Zanzibar, Muslims who shared no language, no ethnicity, no political system, and no cultural background could still pray together, marry each…
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What is a Madhab? And Why You Should Follow One. Imam Luqman Ahmad
This question of what a madhab is, whether you should follow one, and why, is important and significant in Islam. Understanding its importance requires a deep exploration of the foundational sources: the Quran and the Sunnah. The Quran, considered the literal word of God, serves as the primary source of guidance for Muslims. It contains…
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How Political Correctness can Derail Meaningful Intra-Muslim Dialogue. By Imam Luqman Ahmad
This not so subtle lexical lunge into la la land regarding the word Islam is just one casualty of modern-day political correctness. The religion of Islam is built upon divine truths, not politically engineered truisms.
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Du’aa (Invocation) for Global Change – Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
We are protesting, begging, appealing, and threatening boycotts, writing letters to politicians, engaging in nearly polemicizing, as we ask the creation to help us, feed us, accept us, love us, tolerate us, befriend us, be just to us, to listen to us, send aid to us, to dialogue with us. Yet, the destruction continues unabated.
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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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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.
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Audio Khutba: Call Yourselves into Account Before You Are Called into Account, by Imam Luqman Ahmad
It is an expectation from Allah that the Muslim Ummah police itself and call itself into account, and that we as a ummah, stand up for what is right.
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