Zaid Shakir - Fortify Your Faith with Love

Zaid ShakirNovember 25, 20190 comments

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Youth & Education Materialism Aqeedah Spirituality Tasawwuf Tawhid Love of Allah Steadfastness

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In this powerful lecture, Imam Zaid Shakir argues that love — not rationality alone — is the true foundation of faith, drawing on Quranic verses and Hadith to show that the believer's love for Allah must surpass love for wealth, status, and relationships. He warns against materialism, relativism in universities, and the dangers of weak faith in the face of modernity, urging Muslims to cultivate spiritual constancy and deep love for Allah and His Messenger ﷺ. Using the historical example of Muslims who survived the Mongol invasions, he calls on the community to choose strength, steadfastness, and a renewed commitment to spiritual practice.

Imam Zaid Shakir is an American scholar and co-founder of Zaytuna College in Berkeley, California, the first accredited Muslim liberal arts college in the United States. Born in Berkeley and raised in housing projects in Georgia and Connecticut, he embraced Islam in 1977 while serving in the United States Air Force. He earned degrees in international relations and political science, then studied Arabic and the Islamic sciences for years in Egypt, Syria, and Morocco. A former imam of Masjid Al-Islam in New Haven, he teaches at Zaytuna and lectures nationally on Islamic spirituality, social justice, and the Black American Muslim experience. He is regularly listed among the most influential Muslims in the world.

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