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People of the world will reject your reminders, because it reminds them that this world is temporary.

Hamza Yusuf

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Hamza Yusuf
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: January 1
Islamic Scholar
Scholar
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Walla Walla
Washington
Hamza Hanson
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