Hamza Yusuf – Jewels and Pearls

Hamza YusufDecember 30, 201195 min0 comments

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Hadith Spirituality Quran Fiqh Patience Tawhid Islamic Scholarship Purification & Prayer

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In this richly layered lecture, Hamza Yusuf explores the life, intellectual legacy, and monumental work of Imam al-Ghazali, focusing on the architecture and spiritual purpose of the *Ihya Ulum al-Din*. He unpacks al-Ghazali's four categories of writing, the crisis of meaning in Islamic scholarship, and the two sciences of *mukashafa* and *mu'amala*, while weaving in discussions on fiqh, tawhid, tawakkul, the adab of daily life, sacred audition (*sama'*), and the importance of patience in times of tribulation. The lecture concludes with reflections on the Qasida al-Munfarija and a joyful welcome of a new Muslim sister into the Ummah.

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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