When Iman Wavers: The Story of Prophet Yunus (AS)

Yasir QadhiAugust 19, 202636 min0 comments

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In this powerful lecture delivered in Mississauga, Sheikh Yasir Qadhi makes an emphatic case that Islam is not merely a religion of personal worship, but a complete way of life that demands social and political engagement. Drawing on the Seerah of the Prophet ﷺ, the examples of previous Prophets, and a single verse from Surah Taha, he outlines five practical principles for Muslims living in the West — urging them to take civic responsibility seriously, especially in the face of the ongoing crisis in Gaza. The lecture concludes with two timeless maxims that, the speaker argues, summarize the entirety of the Islamic religion.

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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