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Hamza Yusuf Biography

Hamza Yusuf (born January 1, 1958) is an American Islamic scholar, and is co-founder of Zaytuna College. He is a proponent of classical learning in Islam and has promoted Islamic sciences and classical teaching methodologies throughout the world.

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A democracy is predicated on an educated citizenry. You cannot have a democracy with people that are more interested in what Nicole Kidman is doing or whoever the latest fashion model is.

Democracy, Fashion, Kidman, People, Predicated

Knowledge is taken from breath, not lives in a book

Book, Knowledge, Lives, Taken, Wisdom

Muhammad Ali put an end to the idea that you can't be an American and a Muslim.

American, Ends, Idea, Ideas, Muhammad, Muslim

If Islam is not making you happy, then something is wrong with your Islam

Happy, Ifs, Islam, Making, Wrong

People have to be exposed to Muslims, just experience Muslims; talk to them. Reach out, read about Islam, try to find out about it.

Experience, Exposed, Islam, People, Trying

People of the world will reject your reminders, because it reminds them that this world is temporary.

People, Reminders, Reminds, Temporary, World

You will find yourself in the Quran, I guarantee you.

Finding Yourself, Guarantee, Guarantees, Quran

We live in the age of Noah (a. s. ) in the sense that a flood of distraction accosts us. It is a slow and subtle drowning. For those who notice it, they engage in the remembrance of God. The rites of worship and devotion to God's remembrance (dhikr) are planks of the ark. When Noah (a. s. ) started to build his ark, his people mocked him and considered him a fool. But he kept building. He knew what was coming. And we know too.

Build, Dhikr, Islamic, Noah, Religious, Subtle

The weak are dominated by their ego, the wise dominate their ego, and the intelligent are in a constant struggle against their ego.

Wise, Struggle, Intelligent, Dominated, Against

For young people, if someone tells you: you are the future - say No! I'm the present. You have things to do right now.

Future, People, Present, Say, Things To Do, Young

Whatever is for the sake of Allah will go on and continue. Whatever is for other than Allah, it will end and be severed

Allah, Ends, Goes On, Sake, Severed

I know that people can live celibate lives, I did it myself for many years.

Celibate, Knows, Live, People, Years

If you are looking for happiness in this world (dunya), you're in the wrong place.

Dunya, Happiness, Looking For Happiness, Place, World

I can't - and won't - impose my beliefs on others, either verbally or otherwise. I'm not going to judge people.

Belief, Beliefs, Judging, People, Verbally

When paying charity, one should smile and be humble, allowing the hand of the indigent to be above the giver's hand.

Allowing, Charity, Hands, Humble, Indigent

America has an immense amount of power, but it doesn't use it in any benevolent way. It uses it to maintain a status quo.

America, Amount, Maintain, Power, Use, Way

Religion is here to unite us. It's not here to divide us. If it's dividing us, it's not God's religion, it's something else.

Dividing, Divides, Ifs, Religion, Unite

Reality of things is hidden in the realm of the unseen

Hidden, Reality, Realm, Realms, Things, Unseen

If you had one word to describe the root of all this rage, it's humiliation.

Humiliation, Rage, Root, Roots, Word

God is with the broken-hearted. When your heart breaks, it’s a good thing – the breaking of the heart is what opens it up to the light of Allah. The dunya is designed to break your heart, to crush it.

Broken Heart, Crush, God, Allah, Opens

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