Zaid Shakir – The Great Bounties of Ashura

Zaid ShakirDecember 7, 20110 comments

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In this concluding address at a Zaytuna community gathering on the night of Ashura, Imam Zaid Shakir reflects on the spiritual bounties of the day — emphasizing tawbah, the du'a of Adam (alayhi salam), and the immense mercy of Allah. He draws powerful lessons from the martyrdom of Al-Hussain ibn Ali, urging Muslims to resist the temptation of political finger-pointing and instead embrace personal accountability, inner reform, and truthfulness to their covenant with God.

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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