Hamza Yusuf Quotes

Hamza Yusuf 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.

He is an advisor to the Center for Islamic Studies at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. He also serves as a member of the board of advisors of George Russell's One Nation, a national philanthropic initiative that promotes pluralism and inclusion in America. In addition, he serves as vice-president for the Global Center for Guidance and Renewal, which was founded and is currently presided over by Abdallah bin Bayyah. He is also serves as the vice-president of the UAE-based Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies, where Abdullah bin Bayyah also serves as president.

He is one of the signatories of A Common Word Between Us and You, an open letter by Islamic scholars to Christian leaders, calling for peace and understanding. The Guardian newspaper in the United Kingdom reported that "Hamza Yusuf is arguably the west's most influential Islamic scholar." Similarly, The New Yorker magazine reported that Yusuf is "perhaps the most influential Islamic scholar in the Western world."

✵ 1. January 1958   •   Other names ഹംസ യൂസുഫ്
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Famous Hamza Yusuf Quotes

“Reality of things is hidden in the realm of the unseen”

Source: Purification of the Heart: Signs, Symptoms and Cures of the Spiritual Diseases of the Heart

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

Shaykh Hamza Yusuf https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/158902.Hamza_Yusuf

“Without discipline, Religion would be impossible”

Source: Purification of the Heart: Signs, Symptoms and Cures of the Spiritual Diseases of the Heart

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