Zaid Shakir - Reviving the Sunnah of Compassion

Zaid ShakirDecember 24, 20180 comments

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In this heartfelt lecture, Imam Zaid Shakir makes a compelling case that love and mercy are not peripheral concepts in Islam but its very foundation — prerequisites for faith, community, and entry into paradise. Drawing on Quranic verses, hadith, and vivid examples from the lives of the early companions, he challenges the divisive identity-based ideologies of our time and calls Muslims to revive a community built on mutual love, sacrifice, and compassion. The lecture also emphasizes teaching the next generation generosity and the love of the Prophet ﷺ as essential acts of worship.

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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