Sheikh Omar Suleiman
Sheikh Omar Suleiman is the kind-hearted, friendly giant from New Orleans, Louisiana. Born and raised in America, Shaykh Omar’s character has gained the love of both young and mature audiences.
Shaykh Omar has two Bachelors degree in Islamic Studies and in Accounting. He studied in the UAE under Ustadh Tariq Rajah and in Jordan under Shaykh Omar Sulayman Al Ashqar. Since 2008, Sh Omar has been under the tutelage of Dr. Salah As-Sawy and Dr. Hatem Al Haj. He teaches online with Mishkah University and a member of the ICNA Shariah Council.
Shaykh Omar worked for ICNA Relief in Hurricane Katrina and ICNA Relief Louisiana. He was also an Imam of Masjid Abu Bakr As-Siddique in New Orleans. He was awarded for “Outstanding Civic Achievement” by the Major and City Council of New Orleans in 2010. He is currently teaching and in his Masters program of Islamic Finance with the Institute of Islamic Finance in the UK, and will be pursuing his PhD in Islamic Studies from Malaysia in the Fall of this year, insha Allah.
Assalamualaikum,
I just watched your video about love and dating in Islam. I’ve been trying to learn more about marriage in Islam for women. I tried to contact the imaam from our masjid, left an email from the masjids website, and i never got a reply, at least not yet and its been a couple of days. My parents are arranging a marriage for me, and it’s not really anything new in my culture. I completely understand that they would want the best for me, but I don’t agree to this proposal that they have and are discussing it already, so its almost a yes or a half yes. I told both of them no, but they just turn it around in such a way where I don’t know what else to say. My parents happiness is very dear to me, it means a lot to me, and I know their happiness lies in the proposal becoming a marriage and what not but mine doesn’t. And as u can already guess I suppose, there’s someone else I want to marry but I don’t know how to bring that issue up with my parents without them being upset with me, or being disappointed or me being like a disgrace to the family because I want to be able to choose. My american friends, well they have a lot of ‘advice’ to offer but they don’t understand it completely, they think the american way ‘you’re an adult and this is America so you can do what you want’ and that is over rated, I think. There is more to this situation and I am willing to explain it all, I want to explain it all, because I want advice from someone who’s actually aware of Islam who will not tell me just “this is america do what you want, parents are not gonna be with you forever”. Even if I do just go along with this proposal that my parents are discussing, I don’t think I could really full fill the duties that a muslim wife must, if anything, I’ll earn my ticket to jahannum basically. I left out part of the situation because I don’t know if you’re actually going to read this, or if its just gonna be a useless try like the other email i sent to the Imaam from our mosque.
Jazakallahi Khaira
Assalamualaikum