Tag: Funerals in Islam

• 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…

  Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad

  December 26, 2022

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• The Islamic Ruling Regarding Muslim Women Following Funeral Processions, by Shaykh Luqman Ahmad

  The objective of understanding the religion and the proper practice thereof is not served when we apply a ruling to a condition that does not exist. When people say: women following the funeral procession, and going to the grave site, what is meant here in the United States and elsewhere is when after the janaazah…

  Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad

  June 12, 2012

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