There are many people like him, but this guy is very good at what he does. Its also good to know that you enjoy his talks. May god guide you , me and the rest of humanity.
May Allah protect Shaykh Hamza. He is one of the only voices of sanity and we need to make du'a for him. Islam is being represented in the best way by him and we as Muslims need to be proud.
What are you talking about? Hamza Yusuf is seriously amazing. The way he explains things is so fascinating and intelligent. To be honest, these days a lot of the scholars can't hold the interest of our young generation, but Hamza Yusuf has a gift of appealing to our generation and making them interested in Islam. I've been to huge Islamic conventions where he spoke several lectures...and I hated when his lectures finished because they were so well explained and remarkable.
what a great speech from my favourite speaker, sheik Hamza Yusuf.. This kind of talks that are gonna wake the people up from their heedlessness or sleeping and stand for what really benefits them ultimately.. I was really touched by his words and really appreciate the logic and the sense he's providing.. i hope every body else feels the same!
people like hamza, estes, khalid yasin, green, are gift from Allah. there is a reson they are born in the west convert to islam. they are the best reformers of our time.
humans are the most frail and fragile creations of allah which is why we have the most mercy shown towards us. but do not forget we are behaving so bad at this late of a time, mercy may not even be shown towards us.. may almighty allah forgive us and guide us towards the truth. ameen
Fatima, I agree with you entirely about the captiousness of some of us muslims. While there is a bigger issue out there to address, some of us are bent on finding faults with others about some secondary or even tertiary issues. Sheikh Hamza Yusuf must be credited for his resilience and intelligence in that he has traipsed a route from christianity to islam, and now teaching some of us muslims who were born in the faith. If this is not enough reason to embrace the brother, I don't know what else
Beautiful video...what knowledge...what Hikma. Thankyou for posting this...jazza kilah! Brothers and sisters please digress from showing agression to people who make offensive remarks, it is the shaytan trying to provoke you to become agressive back, let Islam give us all Hijada(guidance) and let humanity prevail. Ameen
can any one who says dont listen to this shaykh,explain to me what has he said in this lecture and many of his other lectuers,that are false and taking one away from islam ?
I hope so too. What he talks about IS Islam but a lot of people lost sight of what TRUE ISLAM is. Islam is not terrorism or hatred; it truly is peace and humanity.
the Prophet SAW said, say good or be quiet. so please shut up people. stop hating on Imam Hamza Yusuf because you "think" he's sufi. First he isn't and even if he was, hes way more educated than you are and has a higher place in heaven for all we know. May Allah bless him and help him to continue his beautiful works
MasyaAllah.. it is so obvious, we're more interested in looking other ppl false/wrongdoings instead of our own... as for at least have respect for the shaykh, they are the ppl of 'ilm and we are jahill(less knowledge and understanding).. listen and obey all the good things from them and apply to our own selves.. if there is contradiction/something that we don't understand, refer to our Ustaz(the scholars).. they will explain it to us. insyaAllah.. Assalammualaimkumm.
@translationwiz I agree dealing with the self should come first, but as muslims we also have social obligations. In my experience those who talk about social issues, governments, injustices etc do it to make the masses aware of what the reality is around them. yes Allah swt is most important, and it is He who demands us to enjoin good and forbid evil.
ماشالله عليه ماشالله عليه ماشالله عليه لا اله الا الله I respect this man all the respection . I would like to meet him some day by god willing . He is a miracle .
Wa 'alaykum assalaam. Laa hawla wa laa quwwata illaa billaah. Verily, the words of Rasoolullaah (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) are true. He said: "Now there are many scholars among you, and few speakers. There will come a time when there will be few scholars and many speakers." And he also said: "They (ignorant people, pseudo-scholars) will speak without knowledge and will be astray and make also others go astray." May Allaah protect us.
The problems with Muslims ate they think they know the Quran and don't respect what Allah says Ask those who know! The prophet Muhammad said there will be his own ppl of his native tongues that will speak the language and read Arabic and not understand the deen! ! And,converts will revive it!
5) Many people take knowledge of these kind of people. They forget about the Salaf as-Saalih (pious predecessors). They don't follow major scholars of our time or those who passed away long ago. You have to stick to the Sunnah. And you need evidence for the sayings of people. If they contradict, then you don't follow them in it. This can be a difference in jurisprudence issues. But also in 'Aqeedah. Then it is serious. Many sufis say "Allaah is everywhere". This is clear kufr (unbelief).
@tolerancia500, may I know which mosque is it?? I live somewhere in southeast asia so i may not know which mosque you are talking about.. :D... peace...
The name of god; translated from Arabic to English as Allah in the Qu'ran, translated from Hebrew to English as El in the Old Testament; is the same word, with only slight spelling variation. This is something too few people remember, that the People of the Book, called today Christian, Jew, and Muslim, acknowledge the same god, and only differ in interpretation. In our zeal to correct the defects of one another let us not forget our common goal: to praise god and draw closer to him.
Prophet Muhammad(saw) said :"Do you know what backbiting is?" They said, "God and His Messenger know best." He then said, "It is to say something about your brother that he would dislike." Someone asked him, "But what if what I say is true?" The Messenger of God said, "If what you say about him is true, you are backbiting him, but if it is not true then you have slandered him." (Muslim) Hows that for a definition from the best of creation. Are you going to refute that.
Umm, i think that video was uploaded before the 10 minute limit was set... and i think there is a setting also, where if you set it like that then you can post more than 10 mins. Allahu alim..
Wa 'alaykum assalaam wa rahmatullaah. First of all, the da'wah of AhlusSunnah came to Chechnya, but a lot of brothers went astray. They had beards, prayed, etc. but had very bad manners. They showed disrespect to elderly people or their parents etc. So the Akhlaaq was very bad, unfortunately. So there were also some mistakes in applying of the punishments of the Sharee'ah. As you say, there may have been beheadings etc. Although beheading is a punishment in Sharee'ah for certain crimes.
hes doing it on behalf of a friend who is a scholar, and he isnt the only one..and being able to recite dosnt matter if someone says things that goes againt Aqeeda..like in his interview with michael enright about many things including Allah having hearing & seeing some likeness to this world when majority of scholors all agree that there is nothing like Allah in this world..if you can do a course in Aqeeda very important, HY is Sufi and not with the majority ulama,still he says some good things
To proceed: This has nothing to do with the manhaj of AhlusSunnah wal-Jamaa'ah (or Salafiyyah) or "Wahhaabiyyah" as it is called by ignorant people. Making takfeer of people just like that, or having bad manners or executing people for nothing is not of the Qur'aan and the Sunnah as understood by the Salaf As-Saalih. Wassalaam.
To be honest i have never seen Hamza Yusuf dance or beat drums, as for dhikr i think it is clear what the prophet(saw) said about the good of it. Tasawuf is getting rid of the self and ego, another thing which is a neccessity for muslims. Hamza Yusuf is a maliki and i am a hanifi so i dont know how i follow him.
If someone declares their shahada, then it is not for any other Muslim to decide how strong they are in their iman. It is for Allah to decide this, not you or me.
Islam isn't opposed to any of the things you listed; in fact, it is FOR them. And I agree that a reformation is desperately needed and way overdue- but not with Islam, with MUSLIMS. We need to go back to our roots, and by that I don't mean the stone age, I mean we need to understand the meaning of the Qur'an and apply it to our lives. Unfortunately, very few Muslims actually do this.
@karlsmith00 "I dont hate anything" is that what you think or what you want to think see the subconscious is an amazing thing and while you may think you are healthy and psychologically stable deep inside you you know that you arent its called denial and admitting theres a problem is the first step to healing the wounds that have been repressed for so long "you have no clue what im talking about" then tell me tell me why you have to argue with someone using nasty words when simple words suffice
How about with do this brother, how about we put your concern to sheikh Hamza himself , maybe there is a a link to an email on his Zaituna Institute, You should send him an email and am sure he will find the time to explain
Nationalism did bring alot of cultural race and less care for the deen and more pride in who you are and where you are from and this is a huge problem with our ummah today.
And what is apparent with you is how people total disregard the words of the prophet(saw) just to get there personal opinion across and backbite. I think you need to prioritise those before blindly making judgements.
@AsianCrackhead91 you r welcome ... hawa means what your self loves the most in a bad way .. as following what your is in love with ,may ruin your heart ..
As a muslim your free to do whatever you want as long as it is within the quran and sunnah. So get that correct to start off with. Well its also sunnah and in the quran not to backbite or slander a person, are you following that or is that something you leave out because it doesn't suite you. And what are you studying of the sunnah, reading through Bukhari and Muslim. Do you have any idea of the contexts of those hadiths, do you even know arabic to study the quran.
Wa 'alaykum assalaam. 1) No. I'm not an old man to be called a "shaykh", nor do I possess knowledge to be called a "shaykh". It doesn't really matter though. By the way, Hamza Yusuf isn't a "shaykh" either. 2) Yes, like the great scholar Imaam Maalik Ibn Anas(rahimahullaah) said: "Everyone after the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) will have his sayings accepted and rejected - not so the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam).
Islam is a religion or "way of life" for intelligent beings - those who "use their intellect" and faculties of reasoning, thinking etc.. The foolish will NEVER fully understand this deen - peace - Till the day of rising.
he is so right about cars and driving. Lost my brother and my son hit and run. I love listening to this man. May Allah reward and bless him.
May Allah ﷻ bless Shaykh Hamza abundantly and preserve him, ameen thumma ameen! What an excellent reminder subhanAllah.
The more I listen to sheikh Hamza the more I am amazed by his knowledge May Allah preserve him Ameen
I can't believe that I have never heard of this wonderful Shaykh until recently! What a jewel!! Alhamdullah!
I wish more people would watch this.
Families are being destroyed in the West because of online pornography, drug addictions, ego and lust.
Written Wisdom so so true!
I am an atheist, but I love listening to this man, and men and women like him. There seem not to be many, but that could be a deception.
There are many people like him, but this guy is very good at what he does. Its also good to know that you enjoy his talks. May god guide you , me and the rest of humanity.
may Allah Swt bless Sh Hamza Yusuf a long life and healthy. Ameen...
The lecture is heartfelt and sincere, Mashallah. Keep up the good work. Thank you for the reminder to wake up.
His teaching's really help me alot,, Thank Allah for this Man.. He really knows what he is talking about
May Allah protect Shaykh Hamza. He is one of the only voices of sanity and we need to make du'a for him. Islam is being represented in the best way by him and we as Muslims need to be proud.
جزاك الله خيرا صلو على النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم
OH Allah!, Have mercy on this man, and mercy on every one....
every time i listen to this man, his words gives me goose bumbs
beautiful lecture. Thanks for sharing. 100% true.
Love to Yusuf Hamza from Algeria.
May the almighty bless you brother.
Jazakalah.
Alhamdulilah. Treat people with dignity! Love it
What are you talking about? Hamza Yusuf is seriously amazing. The way he explains things is so fascinating and intelligent. To be honest, these days a lot of the scholars can't hold the interest of our young generation, but Hamza Yusuf has a gift of appealing to our generation and making them interested in Islam. I've been to huge Islamic conventions where he spoke several lectures...and I hated when his lectures finished because they were so well explained and remarkable.
what a great speech from my favourite speaker, sheik Hamza Yusuf.. This kind of talks that are gonna wake the people up from their heedlessness or sleeping and stand for what really benefits them ultimately.. I was really touched by his words and really appreciate the logic and the sense he's providing.. i hope every body else feels the same!
Everyone should listen to this and this great man, whether they're christians muslims or whatever they are.
This dude can only be described with one word... AWESOME! May Allah bless him.
Jazak allah khair sheik Hamzah, and may allah put this in your Mizan Hasanatik insha allah.
I Pray That One-Day I Become Like This Amazing Scholar INSHAALLAH....Amazing speaker & Convincer MashaAllah
Hamza Yousuf is a great man may god help you and protect you and your family in this life and the next
peace out
i love this man , he words easy and make me think may god bless him
Hamza Yusuf is A real light in the world right now man.
This man is a true gift from GOD...and he is a TRUE example of Islam and what it stands for!
people like hamza, estes, khalid yasin, green, are gift from Allah. there is a reson they are born in the west convert to islam. they are the best reformers of our time.
humans are the most frail and fragile creations of allah which is why we have the most mercy shown towards us. but do not forget we are behaving so bad at this late of a time, mercy may not even be shown towards us.. may almighty allah forgive us and guide us towards the truth. ameen
Thank you Hamza Yusuf...May Allah bless you...
Fatima, I agree with you entirely about the captiousness of some of us muslims. While there is a bigger issue out there to address, some of us are bent on finding faults with others about some secondary or even tertiary issues. Sheikh Hamza Yusuf must be credited for his resilience and intelligence in that he has traipsed a route from christianity to islam, and now teaching some of us muslims who were born in the faith. If this is not enough reason to embrace the brother, I don't know what else
thank you for this may Allah give you good aneem
An eye opener especially 18minz+ I hope people from other faiths get to view and reflect
Beautiful video...what knowledge...what Hikma.
Thankyou for posting this...jazza kilah! Brothers and sisters please digress from showing agression to people who make offensive remarks, it is the shaytan trying to provoke you to become agressive back, let Islam give us all Hijada(guidance) and let humanity prevail. Ameen
SUBHSNALLAH you got love sheikh hamza yusuf for his rabit impression and the bit about the bi pass
Excellent lecture, I've learned very important lessons
H.Y is the best and greatest scholar in Modern times, God bless you
AsalaamuAlaykum, SubhanAllah.
May Allah reward you, Ameen.
JazakaAllah Khair.
AsSalamu Alaykum, very informative. Thank you.
that waht i wish´d to hear´d and see´d .,
Thx! :)
for thinking.
so wut.. but his speech open many hearts to enter Islam.. he is better than us maybe.. :-) May Allah give him prosperity and mercy... Ameen..
the very first verse of the quran in the beginning says it all !
JazakAllaah changed my life.
can any one who says dont listen to this shaykh,explain to me what has he said in this lecture and many of his other lectuers,that are false and taking one away from islam ?
I hope so too. What he talks about IS Islam but a lot of people lost sight of what TRUE ISLAM is. Islam is not terrorism or hatred; it truly is peace and humanity.
machallah, baraka allahou fik :)
the Prophet SAW said, say good or be quiet. so please shut up people. stop hating on Imam Hamza Yusuf because you "think" he's sufi. First he isn't and even if he was, hes way more educated than you are and has a higher place in heaven for all we know. May Allah bless him and help him to continue his beautiful works
@DhulkiiHooyo
I've been wondering now for so long myself. Its one of the best recitations Ive heard!
Please, if anyone knows do tell!
man. i wish my Friday prayers were this interesting :)
MasyaAllah.. it is so obvious, we're more interested in looking other ppl false/wrongdoings instead of our own... as for at least have respect for the shaykh, they are the ppl of 'ilm and we are jahill(less knowledge and understanding).. listen and obey all the good things from them and apply to our own selves.. if there is contradiction/something that we don't understand, refer to our Ustaz(the scholars).. they will explain it to us. insyaAllah.. Assalammualaimkumm.
MasyaAllah. Pure wisdom.
I'm on Hamza Yusuf marathon.
You are NOT the only one, for sure!
Islam is beautiful alhamdulillah
@translationwiz
I agree dealing with the self should come first, but as muslims we also have social obligations. In my experience those who talk about social issues, governments, injustices etc do it to make the masses aware of what the reality is around them. yes Allah swt is most important, and it is He who demands us to enjoin good and forbid evil.
ماشالله عليه ماشالله عليه ماشالله عليه
لا اله الا الله
I respect this man all the respection .
I would like to meet him some day by god willing .
He is a miracle .
mashallah .. great khutba
Wa 'alaykum assalaam wa rahmatullaah akhee.
You're welcome.
Does he want us to be on alert all the time cause that's lame other than that he is an AWESOME SPEAKER WITH GREAT KNOWLEDGE.
Yes, I too love this man.
how can you comment bad against this man, such a beautiful lecture...
Wa 'alaykum assalaam.
Laa hawla wa laa quwwata illaa billaah. Verily, the words of Rasoolullaah (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) are true. He said: "Now there are many scholars among you, and few speakers. There will come a time when there will be few scholars and many speakers." And he also said: "They (ignorant people, pseudo-scholars) will speak without knowledge and will be astray and make also others go astray."
May Allaah protect us.
MashAllah
The problems with Muslims ate they think they know the Quran and don't respect what Allah says Ask those who know! The prophet Muhammad said there will be his own ppl of his native tongues that will speak the language and read Arabic and not understand the deen! ! And,converts will revive it!
5) Many people take knowledge of these kind of people. They forget about the Salaf as-Saalih (pious predecessors). They don't follow major scholars of our time or those who passed away long ago.
You have to stick to the Sunnah. And you need evidence for the sayings of people. If they contradict, then you don't follow them in it. This can be a difference in jurisprudence issues.
But also in 'Aqeedah. Then it is serious. Many sufis say "Allaah is everywhere". This is clear kufr (unbelief).
@tolerancia500, may I know which mosque is it?? I live somewhere in southeast asia so i may not know which mosque you are talking about.. :D... peace...
Whenever I watch these videos I feel like I just get slapped in the face
The name of god; translated from Arabic to English as Allah in the Qu'ran, translated from Hebrew to English as El in the Old Testament; is the same word, with only slight spelling variation. This is something too few people remember, that the People of the Book, called today Christian, Jew, and Muslim, acknowledge the same god, and only differ in interpretation. In our zeal to correct the defects of one another let us not forget our common goal: to praise god and draw closer to him.
Allah knows best, It is not for us to judge Akhi.
If you guys are done arguing about whether or not he's a Sufi, he's got a great message here to give.
Prophet Muhammad(saw) said :"Do you know what backbiting is?" They said, "God and His Messenger know best." He then said, "It is to say something about your brother that he would dislike." Someone asked him, "But what if what I say is true?" The Messenger of God said, "If what you say about him is true, you are backbiting him, but if it is not true then you have slandered him." (Muslim)
Hows that for a definition from the best of creation. Are you going to refute that.
Umm, i think that video was uploaded before the 10 minute limit was set... and i think there is a setting also, where if you set it like that then you can post more than 10 mins. Allahu alim..
ٱقۡتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمۡ وَهُمۡ فِى غَفۡلَةٍ۬ مُّعۡرِضُونَ
SubhanAllah
Wa 'alaykum assalaam wa rahmatullaah.
First of all, the da'wah of AhlusSunnah came to Chechnya, but a lot of brothers went astray. They had beards, prayed, etc. but had very bad manners. They showed disrespect to elderly people or their parents etc. So the Akhlaaq was very bad, unfortunately.
So there were also some mistakes in applying of the punishments of the Sharee'ah. As you say, there may have been beheadings etc. Although beheading is a punishment in Sharee'ah for certain crimes.
@AsianCrackhead91
he said" nafs" means self .. "shaitan" ,,,"hawaa" and "dunya"
it means being unaware of gods watchfulness, or in other words being heedless
hes doing it on behalf of a friend who is a scholar, and he isnt the only one..and being able to recite dosnt matter if someone says things that goes againt Aqeeda..like in his interview with michael enright about many things including Allah having hearing & seeing some likeness to this world when majority of scholors all agree that there is nothing like Allah in this world..if you can do a course in Aqeeda very important, HY is Sufi and not with the majority ulama,still he says some good things
To proceed:
This has nothing to do with the manhaj of AhlusSunnah wal-Jamaa'ah (or Salafiyyah) or "Wahhaabiyyah" as it is called by ignorant people.
Making takfeer of people just like that, or having bad manners or executing people for nothing is not of the Qur'aan and the Sunnah as understood by the Salaf As-Saalih.
Wassalaam.
To be honest i have never seen Hamza Yusuf dance or beat drums, as for dhikr i think it is clear what the prophet(saw) said about the good of it. Tasawuf is getting rid of the self and ego, another thing which is a neccessity for muslims. Hamza Yusuf is a maliki and i am a hanifi so i dont know how i follow him.
If someone declares their shahada, then it is not for any other Muslim to decide how strong they are in their iman. It is for Allah to decide this, not you or me.
@laintriga1 umm i am muslim and born and raised in europe "bosnia" so where am i going to go back to?
@salarashour hey ...hawa is self desires and wut our selves likes the most !
@rencrow i have many questions bro/sis, can i send my questions to your inbox? the word count here if very limited.
Islam isn't opposed to any of the things you listed; in fact, it is FOR them. And I agree that a reformation is desperately needed and way overdue- but not with Islam, with MUSLIMS. We need to go back to our roots, and by that I don't mean the stone age, I mean we need to understand the meaning of the Qur'an and apply it to our lives. Unfortunately, very few Muslims actually do this.
@karlsmith00 "I dont hate anything" is that what you think or what you want to think
see the subconscious is an amazing thing and while you may think you are healthy and psychologically stable deep inside you you know that you arent its called denial and admitting theres a problem is the first step to healing the wounds that have been repressed for so long
"you have no clue what im talking about" then tell me
tell me why you have to argue with someone using nasty words when simple words suffice
How about with do this brother, how about we put your concern to sheikh Hamza himself , maybe there is a a link to an email on his Zaituna Institute, You should send him an email and am sure he will find the time to explain
@thinker6236
did you know hamza yusuf is being questioned by other scholars including yusuf estez
Nationalism did bring alot of cultural race and less care for the deen and more pride in who you are and where you are from and this is a huge problem with our ummah today.
And what is apparent with you is how people total disregard the words of the prophet(saw) just to get there personal opinion across and backbite. I think you need to prioritise those before blindly making judgements.
never follow an organization where everyone wears funny hats or wont let you wear funny hats
how u say recomended not ordered.....do u diffrnciate between the too or just u think or u heard they say that......read and reread u will see
@AsianCrackhead91 you r welcome ... hawa means what your self loves the most in a bad way .. as following what your is in love with ,may ruin your heart ..
is anybody willing to answer my questions regarding the sunni school of thought?
wow this was really so true
As a muslim your free to do whatever you want as long as it is within the quran and sunnah. So get that correct to start off with. Well its also sunnah and in the quran not to backbite or slander a person, are you following that or is that something you leave out because it doesn't suite you. And what are you studying of the sunnah, reading through Bukhari and Muslim. Do you have any idea of the contexts of those hadiths, do you even know arabic to study the quran.
Wa 'alaykum assalaam.
1) No. I'm not an old man to be called a "shaykh", nor do I possess knowledge to be called a "shaykh". It doesn't really matter though. By the way, Hamza Yusuf isn't a "shaykh" either.
2) Yes, like the great scholar Imaam Maalik Ibn Anas(rahimahullaah) said: "Everyone after the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) will have his sayings accepted and rejected - not so the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam).
"Ignore the ignorants and say Peace" Quran.
Peace.
﷽
Al Salamu 'alaykom wa rahmatu Allah wa barakatuh
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
「 Subhan Allah wa bihamdihi
「 Subhan Allah Al 'Adim
「 Astaghfiru-الله
「 Alhamduliالله
「 Allahuma ssali 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala ali Muhammad kama salayta 'ala Ibrahim wa 'ala ali Ibrahim inaka hamidun majid, Allahuma barik 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala ali Muhammad kama barakta 'ala Ibrahim wa 'ala ali Ibrahim inaka hamidun majid
「 La ilaha illa Allah wahdahu la sharika lah lahul mulku wa lahul hamd wa huwa 'ala kuli shayyin qadir
Islam is a religion or "way of life" for intelligent beings - those who "use their intellect" and faculties of reasoning, thinking etc.. The foolish will NEVER fully understand this deen - peace - Till the day of rising.
@muhith haha i asked the same question. salaamu alaykum, in maliki fiqh, the beard is what's on the chin. he also can't grow a full beard.
I'm an athiest, but this guy talks sense.