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True Saby. Imam is a title just like Project Manager... If you are an Imam, it means you are the leader of a masjid.
oh that analogy makes sense! Project managers don't get married that often or that easily!! hahahha.
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The imam in our area does NOT get paid that much. he actually gets paid peanuts for the amount of time he spends there. The previous imam who had a degree from Al Azhar as well as a Phd in another field had to finally quit because he couldn't raise his family at the salary he was being paid by the masjid.
Is not that sad that we want our imams to work 18 hour days and we dont pay them at all. Dont you think that many people would consider their kids to become Imam (Alim) if it was a lucrative job?
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another way the imam at our masjid gets paid is by the weekly saturday classes. I think that's his only income from the masjid. But he does a lot of speaking at conferences and such.
Can anyone tell me what exactly an Imam does all day? Just lead the Salah and the Jummah prayers and khutba? Why can't he have another job as well?
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another way the imam at our masjid gets paid is by the weekly saturday classes. I think that's his only income from the masjid. But he does a lot of speaking at conferences and such.
Can anyone tell me what exactly an Imam does all day? Just lead the Salah and the Jummah prayers and khutba? Why can't he have another job as well?
Looking after a mosque is a big thing. But I knew this imam near my place in london who was a barber.
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If she wanted too, then yes. I’d rather her marry an imam than marry a rich man who may run off at the very first opportunity.
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another way the imam at our masjid gets paid is by the weekly saturday classes. I think that's his only income from the masjid. But he does a lot of speaking at conferences and such.
Can anyone tell me what exactly an Imam does all day? Just lead the Salah and the Jummah prayers and khutba? Why can't he have another job as well?
unless they have a store within mosque or at walking distance from mosque, its almost impossible to keep working and lead the prayer 5 times a day.
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So there's the obvious implication that the girls' family isn't as religious as this suitor imam. After marriage, would he frown upon his wife mingling with her less-than-religious-enough family? Would that be a source of friction/embarrassment for her/them? Would he later have problems with his children mingling with their cousins who might not be model muslims?
And yes, I'd be afraid of a multiple marriage situation.
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is the imam considered the President of the masjid? I thought a lot of masjid have boards? no?
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unless they have a store within mosque or at walking distance from mosque, its almost impossible to keep working and lead the prayer 5 times a day.
really? how about if they work from home, ie. have an office in the masjid?
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Can anyone tell me what exactly an Imam does all day? ?
exactly what a pastor does all week after the sunday church service
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which is?
(i'm not trying to belittle their position, heck no..just curious what exactly the job description of an Imam is)
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really? how about if they work from home, ie. have an office in the masjid?
thats what I said that unless he is either working from home/mosque or from within walking distance...
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which is?
(i'm not trying to belittle their position, heck no..just curious what exactly the job description of an Imam is)
To me he is like a night watchman, a security guard. You dont ask a guard what he does when no robbery in the bank is happening, do you?
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^ huh?
so he just stands around all day?
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which is?
(i'm not trying to belittle their position, heck no..just curious what exactly the job description of an Imam is)
There are many thing including but not limited to
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^ No he does not Afhsi .. I am sure he takes care of small small things all day long .. but I see it this way ... someone's family member passed away and they want Imam to perform namaz and/or ghusl .. but imam cant come because he is selling daal chawal at some grocery store to take care of his family's need. Do you really want an imam like that in your masjid?
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are there not any volunteers that can do all this as well?
the masjid I attend has.
so what does the President of the Masjid Board do?
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are there not any volunteers that can do all this as well?
the masjid I attend has.
so what does the President of the Masjid Board do?
volunteers are just volunteers, sometime you have 10s of those and at any given time you have none. There got to be a dedicated person if its a proper mosque.
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^ No he does not Afhsi .. I am sure he takes care of small small things all day long .. but I see it this way ... someone's family member passed away and they want Imam to perform namaz and/or ghusl .. but imam cant come because he is selling daal chawal at some grocery store to take care of his family's need. Do you really want an imam like that in your masjid?
Nothing wrong with an Imam selling daal chawal to provide for his family.
You know what issue is? Masjids needs more volunteers. It seems to me that the Imam is doing the brunt of the work (practically everything) and everythign depends on him.
what happens if he's sick or cannot lead the prayers for some reason?