Yasir Qadhi - Seven Lessons from the Crises of Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Yasir QadhiMarch 12, 20200 comments

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In this khutbah, Sheikh Yasir Qadhi draws seven profound lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic, covering humility before Allah, the reality of death, human equality, the deceptive nature of worldly blessings, the importance of community, belief in divine predestination (Qadar), and the spiritual opportunity that crises present. He also addresses practical Islamic guidance on precautions, congregational prayer, and the permissibility of erring on the side of caution during a public health emergency.

Shaykh Dr. Yasir Qadhi is one of the most influential Islamic scholars and intellectuals in the Western world. Born in Houston to Pakistani parents, he earned a degree in chemical engineering before studying for ten years at the Islamic University of Madinah, where he completed degrees in hadith and Islamic theology, and later earned a PhD in Religious Studies from Yale University. He served for years as Dean of Academic Affairs at AlMaghrib Institute, taught at Rhodes College in Memphis, and now serves as Dean of the Islamic Seminary of America and resident scholar of the East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC) in Texas. His lecture series on the seerah, "Lives of the Sahaba," and Islamic theology are among the most comprehensive in the English language.

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