Tag: Aqeeda
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The Origins of the Salafi Three‑Fold (Trinity)Tawḥid System: From Medieval Pedagogy to Modern Salafi Doctrine, by Imam Luqman Ahmad
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ، وَالصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَبَعْد “This is the Book wherein there is no doubt, a guidance for the God‑conscious.” Qur’an 2:2 Few ideas are more central to modern Salafi identity than the division of tawḥīd into three technical categories: tawḥīd al‑rubūbiyya, tawḥīd al‑ulūhiyya, and tawḥīd al‑asmāʾ wa‑ṣifāt. For many Muslims—especially converts and those shaped by…
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Arguing Over Aqeeda in Black Muslim America, a Disaster in the Making, Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
Actually it’s more like a disaster already made. Our obsession with aqeeda inquisition and aqeeda wrangling is not something we came up with on our own. In fact, the role that aqeeda plays in our division, in our domestic dialogue, in our masjid politics, and in our priority assignment, is not organic; it is totally…
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The Gritty Side of Muslim Aqeeda Wars, By Imam Luqman Ahmad
The different points of Islamic creed number in the hundreds. It is impossible to sit down with someone and go over point by point to see if you agree on every detail.
