Futuwwah and Raising Males into Sacred Manhood
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About The Book
Futuwwah and Raising Males into Sacred Manhood concisely discusses the principles within futuwwah, or spiritual chivalry, that young men should strive to embody and should inculcate into our communities. While the virtues discusses in this text are not all exclusively related to young males becoming men, this book is tailored towards males, and the specific issues faced by males as they strive to grow into the path of manhood. Just as young women need their own spaces to learn from women how to become honorable sisters, young men require their own special places to instill in them the virtues of upright brothers.
The Islamic tradition calls for a revival of organized training relating to spiritual chivalry and sacred manhood - this is the task of the hour. There are beautiful and majestic qualities embodied by the Prophet s that he passed down to his family members and pious Companions. Those upright men were methodically raised up: they undertook rites of passage, and manly responsibilities which were placed upon them with expectations that they would be executed with excellence.
This book begins by establishing the linguistic and operational definitions of the Arabic word futuwwah, translated here as "spiritual chivalry." The text then discusses the essential virtues for developing healthy manhood, in a specific order of their priority in teaching. The Qur'anic verses, Prophetic narrations, and sayings of pious Companions and scholars on the subject of futuwwah are related with sound meaning, accompanied by meticulous citations in footnotes and endnotes.
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About the author
Dawud Walid: Dawud Walid is an American imam, writer, and civil-rights activist based in Michigan. Born in Detroit in 1971, he serves as Executive Director of the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) and is a member of the Imams Council of Michigan. Earlier he led congregations as imam at Masjid Wali Muhammad in Detroit and the Bosnian American Islamic Center in Hamtramck. Under qualified scholars he studied Arabic grammar and morphology, the foundations of Islamic jurisprudence, Prophetic narrations, and the sciences of Qurʾanic exegesis. Much of Walid's work centers on race, anti-Blackness, and the place of Black Muslims within Islamic history and the American community. His books include "Blackness and Islam," "Towards Sacred Activism," and "Futuwwah and Raising Males into Sacred Manhood," along with the co-authored "Centering Black Narrative" series, which examines how Blackness was understood in the early generations of Islam and traces the legacy of Black nobles among the pious predecessors. He has also contributed essays to collections such as "All-American: 45 American Men on Being Muslim" and "Qurʾan in Conversation," and his commentary has appeared across major outlets including the New York Times, NPR, CNN, BBC, and Al Jazeera. He has been a fellow at Auburn Seminary and a regular writer on Islam and social justice.
Specifications
EAN 13 / ISBN
9798349227806
Publisher
Imam Ghazali Institute
Author
Dawud Walid
Pages
170
Year Published
2022
Size
W-5.5 in | H-8.5 in | D-0.5 in
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