[Ep 03] BTM Podcast - The Imam Crisis in America with Imam Tom Facchine
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ก.ค. 2024
- What is the importance of having a quality full-time imam at your masjid? How do we find a good imam? How do we give themthe right environment to help grow and uplift the local Muslim community, and build the next generation of strong, confident Muslims?
Join us as we discuss this and more in Episode 3 of Behind the Minbar - Blueprints for a Better Masjid (an IECPA project), hosted by Sheikh Mohammad Elshinawy, with this month's guest Imam Tom Facchine
00:00 Intro BTM and Imam Tom Facchine
03:10 The Imam Crisis in Numbers
06:30 It’s Bigger than Preachers & Reciters
08:38 Where are the Dedicated Qualified Imams?
10:50 Creating an Imam-Friendly Ecosystem
14:50 A Glaring Trend of Former Imams
18:20 Abu Bakr’s (rA) Side-Gig that Umar Ended
19:15 Is the Imam Just an Employee?
21:00 How Masjids Benefit from Religious Input
23:00 Strategic Planning to not Undermine Imam
27:18 Reluctance to Hire Imams
30:35 Why Prioritize a Professional Khutbah?
35:25 Protecting the Imam’s Mental Health
42:00 Structural Safeguards Against Burn-Out
44:45 The Engineering of Effective Preaching
48:00 Imams Martyred Under the Avalanche
51:30 Build Capacity: Recruit, Retain, Recognize
54:45 Harness Volunteers’ Diverse Passions
56:30 Bad Experiences Kill Volunteer Energy
59:00 It’s the Imams Duty to Self-Regulate
1:06:55 Imams Must Not Overstep their Expertise
1:09:00 Conclusion & Duaas for the BTM Team
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Coming to a masjid that is closed always kept me away from that masjid. I am grateful for my masjid.
The part where the Imam was asked to make a cup of tea made me break down, it’s unreal how much we don’t value our deen. Imams roles have to change to the degree that they are running the masjids from an executive level and are bringing in other imams and facilitating the environment in a way that it should be, otherwise the waiter is telling the cook what to do
May Allah bless and reward our Imaams.
May Allah grant you the best of this world and the Hereafter. Aameen!
44:51 had me crack up! It's so common people just assume the khateeb should just know and deliver right off the bat!
Excellent discussion. So glad I bumped into this.
Asww, Jzk for working to solidify the importance of an Imam position. I now understand how busy Imams are, but I had an Imam what whenever approached, he gave me the idea that he was annoyed that I was asking. Not a welcoming approach. Imams need to be very welcoming and schedule sessions if not available on the spot.
SubhanALLAH Prophet Ibraheem peace be upon Him prayed to ALLAH for Imams in his Ummah and IN SHA ALLAH this will stay until Judgement day so glad tidings to all the Imams you are leaders of not only your communities but the whole Nation America and the world needs you please stay strong and lead success Aameen YARABB
Very informative
Brilliant name for the mosque
السلام علیکم ورحمتہ اللہ وبرکاتہ
Bros can you guys please give links of those مساجد needs Imam?
Imam Ibn Sireen was reported as saying that he did not see any objection to doing so, as long as there is a need for it, unless people turn it into a habit. Likewise, Ibn Shibrima held the same opinion. In his Fath Al-Bari, Ibn Hajar said that many Imams - including Ibn Sireen, Rabi`a, Ash-hab, Ibn Al-Mundhir and Al-Qaffal Al-Qabir - held the opinion that the tradition in question may be applied literally; hence they saw it permissible for any Muslim to combine prayers while not traveling for whatever genuine need without restrictions, but on the condition of not taking it as a habit in itself.
I wonder why the imami tradition and zaydi tradition kept these options available to combine salah at anytime without excuse...seems to me the combination of the prayers would be a wonderful ease upon the ummah today..sadly it seems we never heeded this prophetic practice with all respect to the scholars that done allow it..but let's remember isn't the prophet s.a.w the most knowledgeable he combined salah so why can't we 😂
If two Imams are saying it's hard for them to manage the prayers on the five daily times..then imagine what the youth are going through...and construction workers ..bus drivers etc trust me muslims are having are hard time simply praying at all on time let alone In the masjid may Allah help us
Really sad to learn about the plights. Can association of Imams (AIM) be established for advocacy in a larger scale? Our imams deserve the best in all aspects, Insha'Allah.
Also, the Imam should not be responsible for collecting donations. A conflict of interest naturally
We want to know the muslims living in America.
I wish u would mange your beard like the other person in your podcast. Most of the mosques I hv visited Imams are fighting each other. And can u figure out if and let the Ummah know when Imam Mahdi is coming.
If you brothers are confused about this, then why will mass know anything?