The Story of Prophet Dawud and the Two Litigants

Yasir QadhiSeptember 9, 202619 min0 comments

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In this Friday khutbah, the speaker draws powerful lessons from the story of Prophet Dawud and the two angelic litigants in Surah Sad (verses 21–26), exploring how Dawud's hasty judgment serves as a timeless warning against rushing to conclusions. The lecture outlines seven key principles of Islamic justice, including the requirement for evidence, the necessity of hearing both sides, the danger of being swayed by eloquence, and the importance of humility in acknowledging mistakes. Relevant Quranic verses and hadith from Bukhari, Muslim, and Abu Dawud are woven throughout to ground each lesson in scripture.

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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