The Mindful Messenger ﷺ — Prophetic Wisdom

Hamza YusufMay 10, 202678 min0 comments

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Mindfulness & Heedlessness Dhikr & Remembrance Death & Afterlife Seerah Prophetic Character Tasawwuf Quran Dua & Supplication

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In this wide-ranging lecture, the speaker explores the Islamic understanding of mindfulness — tracing the concept from its Buddhist roots in the Pali word *sati* (remembrance) back to the Quranic principle of *dhikr*. Drawing on classical scholars such as Imam al-Qushayri, Ibn Ata'illah, and Abu Ali al-Daqqaq, as well as Western philosophers like Seneca and Lewis Mumford, he examines how distraction, the tyranny of the clock, and heedlessness (*ghaflah*) fragment the human soul. The lecture culminates in a rich survey of Prophetic supplications for everyday moments and a moving poem in praise of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.

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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