Yasir Qadhi – Creating and Sustaining North American Scholarship

About this lecture

In this panel session, Sheikh Yasir Qadhi and Sheikh Faraz Rabbani address the urgent need for homegrown Islamic scholarship in North America, drawing on Quranic verses, hadith, and stories from the Sahaba to establish the supreme importance of Islamic knowledge. Sheikh Yasir outlines practical steps for ordinary Muslims to increase their knowledge — from daily Quran reading and hadith study to finding mentors and utilizing institutes like Al-Maghrib and Sunni Path — while warning of a looming crisis if the Muslim community fails to develop its own English-speaking ulama. Sheikh Faraz builds on this by introducing four conditions for success drawn from classical scholarship and urging both individuals and communities to set clear goals, take the right means, and avoid the divisiveness and purposelessness that prevent real religious growth.