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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…

  Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad

  June 29, 2022

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• Is Legitimate Black American Muslim Independent Thought Possible? Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad

  

  Black American Muslim Independent Thought. For hundreds of years, even since the time of the Prophet (SAWs) the Muslim world were sworn enemies against the Christian and non-Muslim world and vice versa That hostility and conflict continued through the crusades. colonization, the toppling, and overthrow of Muslim states through western military and political hegemony, intervention,…

  Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad

  March 24, 2021

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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…

  Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad

  December 1, 2013

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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.

  Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad

  October 6, 2013

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• The Alcohol, Crack Pipe and Lottery Ticket Da’wah, By Imam Luqman Ahmad

  

  As one young Muslim put it; “here we are on one corner, inviting people to Islam and explaining to them the morality of Islam, and the detriment of a 40 ounce drinking, weed smoking, crack smoking lifestyle, while there is a Muslim business on the other corner selling them everything they need to partake in…

  Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad

  September 8, 2013

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• A guide for Muslim converts: How to give your children a strong moral foundation, by Shaykh Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad

  There are so many aspects of deen that children grow up and know nothing about. Whether it is family issues, moral value issues, character issues, adaab issues, belief issues, fiqh issues, social issues, or simple lifestyle issues upon which Allah and His Messenger have rendered guidance. The idea is to pass the deen down to…

  Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad

  December 7, 2012

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• The Islamic Ruling Regarding Morals and Ethics on Social Networks, by Shaykh Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad

  One of the first casualties of online social networking is modesty (hiyaa). The Prophet (SAWS) said: “And modesty is a branch of faith”. When a Muslim loses shame then they have lost a part of their faith. Facebook is a public forum; the words you say and conversations that you have on Facebook and other…

  Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad

  December 6, 2012

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• Why Thugs Can’t Raise a Nation; The Importance of Good Parenting

  Make it your mission to be a parent or a step parent, in the true sense. Relish in it, meet it head on, accept it, value it, immerse yourself in it, work it, embrace it, grab it by the horns, greet it with enthusiasm, cherish it, be about it, face it, love it, handle it,…

  Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad

  November 13, 2012

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• Hurdling the American Muslim Challenge, by Imam Luqman Ahmad

  One thing that we must keep in mind is that we are a diverse community; however, that diversity is only a virtue if we navigate it correctly by coming together.

  Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad

  September 26, 2012

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• Can Muslims Create an American Identity? By Imam Luqman Ahmad

  American Muslims have come from many diverse paths that led them to where we are today. The notion that a singular, made for the media consumption, Muslim identity can be crafted by a few American Muslim intellectuals (mostly of foreign descent), is absurd, problematic, and misleading. We are who we are; with our differences, our…

  Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad

  July 11, 2012

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