Where Is Our Community?

Hamza YusufJuly 10, 202628 min0 comments

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Dhul Hijjah Islamic History Dawah Knowledge & Scholarship Mercy & Compassion Community Character & Akhlaq Quran & Tafsir

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In this lecture, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf addresses a profound crisis facing the Muslim community — not a crisis of faith, but a crisis of character (*akhlaq*). Drawing on Quranic verses, hadith, and real-life examples, he argues that the historical spread of Islam was driven by the beauty of Muslim conduct, and that today's community must reclaim its role as a living example of mercy, integrity, and compassion. The lecture challenges Muslims to see themselves as ambassadors of their faith in every interaction, and closes with a reminder of the spiritual opportunity of the ten days of Dhul Hijjah.

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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