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Hamza Yusuf

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Hamza Yusuf
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: January 1
Islamic Scholar
Scholar
Writer
Walla Walla
Washington
Hamza Hanson
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Things
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There are 20,000 Muslim physicians in the United States, Americans putting their lives in the hands of Muslims every day.
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If you had one word to describe the root of all this rage, it's humiliation.
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If Islam is not making you happy, then something is wrong with your Islam
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People of the world will reject your reminders, because it reminds them that this world is temporary.
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Religion is here to unite us. It's not here to divide us. If it's dividing us, it's not God's religion, it's something else.
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The weak are dominated by their ego, the wise dominate their ego, and the intelligent are in a constant struggle against their ego.
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Intelligent people surround themselves with people who challenge them, not yes people.
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Allah knows exactly what to give you to help you return to Him. The events in your life are purposeful, appropriate & non-random.
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I know that people can live celibate lives, I did it myself for many years.
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I'm amazed at the courage of the journalists on the frontlines in Iraq, but we need intellectual courage in our community.
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In our inherent contradictions as humans, and in order to validate our own pain, we deny the pain of others. But it is in acknowledging the pain of others that we achieve fully our humanity.
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I don't have any control over what other people do, and they don't represent me or my faith.
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Muslims are peace-loving people generally. Among the young, yes, there are some militant attitudes. But a lot of it arises out of chivalry.
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Where is your heart? Is your heart with God? Is it with your own ego or your lust? Is it with your greed, your pride, envy, or your resentment? This is a time where you can go into yourself and ask: Where is my heart? Ramadan is a time to give the heart back to the One who possesses the hearts.
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Everyone’s a believer when things are going fine. The real faith is when one becomes patient with tribulations.
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There's a statement in the Quran: There should be absolutely no compulsion in religion.
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Hypocrisy is wretched because the hypocrite says with his tongue what is not in his heart. He wrongs his tongue and oppresses his heart. But if the heart is sound, the condition of the tongue follows suit. We are commanded to be upright in speech, which is a gauge of the heart's state.
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America has an immense amount of power, but it doesn't use it in any benevolent way. It uses it to maintain a status quo.
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God is with the broken-hearted. When your heart breaks, it’s a good thing – the breaking of the heart is what opens it up to the light of Allah. The dunya is designed to break your heart, to crush it.
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I can't - and won't - impose my beliefs on others, either verbally or otherwise. I'm not going to judge people.
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