The Reason We Do Hajj - Ten LIFE-CHANGING Lessons

Yasir QadhiMay 25, 202633 min0 comments

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Sacrifice Seerah Family Tawakkul Prophets Quran Iman Hajj

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In this khutbah, Sheikh Yasir Qadhi draws ten powerful life lessons from the story of Ibrahim, Hajar, and Ismail — the very foundation of Hajj. From Hajar's unshakeable tawakkul and the necessity of striving alongside reliance on Allah, to the importance of sacrifice, long-term vision, sincere intention, and obeying Allah's commands without demanding a rationale, each lesson speaks directly to the challenges of modern Muslim life. The lecture also addresses a famous philosophical objection about Allah's command to Ibrahim and resolves it through a beautiful Quranic insight.

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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