Tag: Muslim scholarship
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What is an Ijaaza Anyway? Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
WHAT IS AN IJAAZA ANYWAY? (because someone asked) The word ‘Ijaaza’ in the Arabic language, literally means ‘permission’. In the terminology of traditional Islamic knowledge and scholarship, ijaaza is when a student of knowledge seeks permission from a teacher or shaykh to listen or to receive narrations of knowledge from the shaykh, that the shaykh…
Imam Luqman Ahmad Mosque Without Borders 