Tahriym, or the process of making something haram (forbidden) is so common amongst Muslims these days. Especially with the brothers, I should clarify. As with the aforementioned article, Sunnah, Bid’ah and What Lies Therein, we have seen that we have a plethora of people speaking out the side of their necks with no knowledge or authority to do so. While this may or may not be a new phenomenon, it is none the less causing some serious problems, as well as real bid’ah (see the article to get an idea on the definition of bid’ah). (more…)
:: August 24, 2005 ::
Making Tahriym and What Lies Therein
:: August 21, 2005 ::
Sunnah, Bid’ah and What Lies ThereIn
Recently, I have been asked and approached to explain the concept of Sunnah, things the Prophet
did, said could be done or gave tacit approval of. Not to be confused with this are things we can also call ‘amalun-Nabiy, or actions of the Prophet
. Conversely, not everything that the Prophet
did is to be cataloged under sunnah, per se. Now, hold on. Hold yer horses. I know right now some of you are gonna flip out! Okay, here ‘goes. (more…)
:: August 18, 2005 ::
Obstacles We Have To Over Come
I had a very interesting conversation with a brother last night outside the mosque. We were discussing some problems and issues that had come up recently but are not new issues or problems by any means.
The first case was of a young Muslim couple who were going through a hard time. Looking at this from the outside without any sense of reality, or their reality, you’d say this was all brought on them by themselves. While this summary isn’t far from the truth it does make for an interesting “case study”. (more…)
:: August 14, 2005 ::
Why Are We Muslim?
Another topic that popped up in my mind after all this meeting and talking is, “why are we Muslim?” It was brought to my attention (this question) when I heard an imam make a statement in talking about our status here as Muslims (indigenous) in America. He’s comment was, “We became Muslims because we were displeased with the way in which America was headed, not because we wanted to fit in.” Hmm… (more…)





