Zaid Shakir - Transcend This World

Zaid ShakirMarch 5, 20190 comments

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Mercy of Allah Spiritual Purification Death & Afterlife Dawah Aqeedah Hope & Despair Tawbah Community & Social Issues

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In this powerful khutbah, Imam Zaid Shakir confronts the epidemic of despair sweeping modern society — from opioid addiction and suicide to hopelessness and demoralization — and presents Islam as the definitive antidote. He challenges Muslims to reclaim their identity as a people of mercy, hope, and prophetic guidance, reminding them that their struggle is fundamentally spiritual rather than political. Drawing on Quranic verses and hadith about Allah's boundless mercy and the eternal reward of the believer, he calls the community to stand firm, rejoice in their faith, and serve humanity with confidence and clarity.

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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