Quotes from Hamza Yusuf

Bo? aray??lar insan ruhunu y?prat?r. ?nsanlar? memnun etmek ve onlar?n sevgi, takdir ve onaylar?n? almak için u?ra?an ki?i kendini yorar.

Food is not to enjoy. That's not the reason why you're eating it. That's why the Glutton eats. But someone who's serious about maintaining their health - they eat for health. We're literally digging our graves with our teeth.

The Prophet's wife ??'ishah once said, "The best women were the women of the An??r because modesty did not prevent them from learning the religion.

Peygamber efendimiz "Lezzetleri yok eden ölümü s?kça hat?rlay?n?z" buyurmu?tur. Ölüm tefekkürü, kalbi bo? i?lerden temizleyen manevi bir egzersizdir.

Kalpteki hasta?klar?n birço?unun kökeni, yakîn eksikli?ine ve Allah'a güvenmemeye dayan?r.

S?d? A?mad Zarr?q said that the truth has the power to penetrate the hearts of people, including those whose hearts have a seal. Humanity has the right to have among us witnesses to the truth, those who are willing to defend the truth no matter how unpopular it may be.

could not accept the fact that Mu?ammad was a true prophet because he was not one of the elite of "the two cities," that is, Mecca and Ta'if. In their view, Mu?ammad was too ordinary for them, too much like them, to have been chosen for such a lofty station. They felt, "How can he be a prophet, while he is like us, and we are not prophets?

God divides the provision of people into two kinds: inner (b??in?) and outer (??hir?). The outward provision includes such things as food, shelter, and wellbeing. Inner provision includes knowledge, good character, contentment, and similar qualities. Even the people in one's life (friends, teachers, family, etc.) are considered provision.

Along with the provision that God gives, He also has provided the means (asb?b) by which one must seek out his provision. One person may be in possession of a meal that is meant for another, who then is invited to the former's home for that very meal. So a person never loses anything by feeding a guest. It is a provision meant for that guest, which was already decreed by God.

The Prophet spoke well of the Jews, Mukhayraq and Rif??ah, and his own wife ?afiyyah had Jewish relatives that she continued to visit on Sabbath. The idea that all Jews are evil is as absurd as the idea that all Muslims are terrorists.

Don't ever diminish the power of words. Words move hearts and hearts move limbs.

Suspicion in the heart that affects one's thoughts and opinion of another person is considered backbiting of the heart (gh?bat al-qalb). This

Hz ?sa ?öyle der: "Kendini yüceltenler alçalt?l?r, kendini alçaltanlar ise yüceltilir

?çten yap?lan bir dua çok güçlü bir silaht?r ve Allah, yaln?zca Kendisine yalvaranlar? asla geri çevirmez.

Hz Ali, "insalar uykudad?r, öldüklerinde uyan?rlar" buyurmu?tur.

Engaging in the regular remembrance of God (dhikr) safeguards the tongue and replaces idle talk with words and phrases that raise one in honor. The tongue is essential in developing courtesy with God, which is the whole point of existence.

Scholars have said that if you want to know whether or not your heart is hard, then look at your eye. If it is dry and unmoved to tears, this is an indication of a hard heart. This is called jum?d al-?ayn or "an unmoved eye." A person who has sympathy and softness in the heart is said to have a moistened eye.

The ultimate trauma of heedlessness, then, is not seeing reality as it truly is. It is choosing a way of living that allows divine signs to be left unnoticed.

Regarding the first aspect, the sacred law obliges the payment of zakat, charity distributed to the needy. Miserliness in the form of not giving zakat is explicitly forbidden. The same is true with one's obligation to support his wife and children. Even if a couple suffers a divorce, the man must still pay child support. When it comes to the obligations of sacred law, miserliness is the most virulent form.

?nsan, "Yapaca??m i?e ba?kalar? ne der?" diye kayg?land?kça, Allah'?n hidayetiyle aras?ndaki perde kal?nla??r.

An Islamic ethic for the wealthy is that they exude magnanimity, generosity, and the demeanor of lenience.

A hadith recounts that a wealthy individual would instruct his servants when collecting money on his behalf, "If [the debtors] do not have the means, tell them their debts are absolved." When this wealthy man died without any good deeds save his largesse with debtors, according to the hadith, God said to His angels, "This man was forgiving of people's transgressions against him, and I'm more worthy of forgiving transgressions. Therefore, I forgive him.

One should also not haggle over prices when buying livestock in order to give meat to the needy. The same principle applies to purchasing other goods that are intended for charity as well.

Kalbini canland?rmak isteyen kimse, ona Rabbiyle sessiz karanl?kta vakit geçirme imkan? vermelidir, iki rekat dahi olsa.