Altaf Husain – Love Of Dunya

Altaf HusainJuly 11, 20130 comments

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In this lecture delivered at the 38th ICNA Convention, Altaf Husain explores the spiritual dangers of loving and becoming attached to the *dunya* — the life of this world. Drawing on Quranic verses from Surah Al-Baqarah, Surah Al-Hadid, and Surah Fussilat, along with the example of Ali ibn Abi Talib's simplicity as Khalifa, he challenges listeners to take honest stock of what they have accumulated, purify their sources of wealth, and redirect their hearts toward Allah. The lecture is grounded by sobering reflections on recent natural disasters, including the Oklahoma tornadoes, as vivid reminders that worldly possessions can vanish in an instant.

Dr. Altaf Husain serves as an Assistant Professor in the Howard University School of Social Work, in Washington DC. He received his Ph.D in Social Work from Howard University and his Master of Science in Social Administration from the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Husain’s research interests include displaced populations (homelessness, victims of disaster,immigrants and refugees), mental health and psycho social well-being of adolescent immigrants and refugees of color in the U.S.; immigration policy and its impact on the family; cultural competence; and the development of social service agencies in the Muslim community. Dr. Husain has written and researched on the topic of Islam and Muslims, most recently completing a quantitative study of Somali youth in the United States. He has been invited by the Department of Homeland Security Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties to provide insights on Islam in general and specifically on the Somali Diaspora, in light of the disappearance of a few dozen Somali American youth from the United States in 2008-2009. Dr. Husain servedas a two-term national president of the Muslim Students Association of the U.S.and Canada (MSA National). Dr. Husain presently serves as a board member andchair of the Leadership Development Committee of the Islamic Society of NorthAmerica (ISNA). He was a founding board member of the Islamic Social ServicesAssociation

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