Yasir Qadhi - The Siege of Gaza in Light of An Incident from the Sīrah

Yasir QadhiJanuary 29, 20240 comments

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In this emotionally powerful khuṭbah, Shaykh Yasir Qadhi draws a detailed parallel between the Quraysh's economic and social boycott of the Banū Hāshim in the *Shi'b* and the ongoing siege of Gaza, extracting practical and spiritual lessons from the *Sīrah*. He highlights the roles of internal dissent, negotiation, conscience, and unity in overcoming injustice, and calls on American Muslims to engage politically, increase their piety, and remain hopeful in Allah's promised victory.

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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