Hamza Yusuf – God-Consciousness After Ramadan (Eid-ul-Fitr 1432/2011 Khutbah)

Hamza YusufSeptember 16, 20110 comments

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In this Eid ul-Fitr khutbah from 2011, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf reflects on the significance of completing Ramadan with certainty, the importance of moon-sighting according to Islamic tradition, and how the spiritual lessons of Ramadan — purification of the heart, prayer, charity, and God-consciousness — must carry into the rest of the year. Drawing on Quranic verses, hadith, and the wisdom of scholars like Imam al-Ghazali and Imam al-Nawawi, he calls Muslims to uphold a comprehensive ethics of justice, sanctity of life, care for the poor, and adherence to the Quran as the ultimate guide in turbulent times.

Shaykh Hamza Yusuf is one of the most influential Islamic scholars in the Western world. Born Mark Hanson in Washington State in 1958, he embraced Islam in 1977 and spent over a decade studying the traditional Islamic sciences in the UAE, Algeria, Morocco, and Mauritania, most notably under the Mauritanian sage Murabit al-Hajj. He is the co-founder and president of Zaytuna College in Berkeley, California — the first accredited Muslim liberal arts college in the United States — and has translated numerous classical texts, including "The Creed of Imam al-Tahawi" and "Purification of the Heart." His lectures on spirituality, classical scholarship, and the crisis of modernity have shaped a generation of Western Muslims.

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