Shaykh Hamza Yusuf was born in Walla Walla, Washington, and grew up in Northern California in a Greek Orthodox family. He is founder of the Zaytuna Institute. He embraced Islam in 1977 in Santa Barbara, California when he was only 17 and set off almost immediately to study Arabic, Islamic jurisprudence, philosophy, and spiritual psychology with masters in the Muslim world.
After ten-years of studies abroad, he returned to the United States and completed degrees in nursing at Imperial Valley College and religious studies at San Jose State University.
In the early 1990's he began to teach classes in the San Francisco Bay Area and in 1996 he established Zaytuna Institute. Two years later the institute acquired a property in Hayward, California, where it is now based. Zaytuna Institute is committed to inspiring a traditional understanding and study of the core Islamic sciences. In addition to weekly classes, week-long and month-long educational programs, and annual conferences that addresses contemporary issues affecting the American people, Zaytuna Institute has published four small books and several major audio-tape sets of Shaykh Hamza's classes.What I like about his lectures is his ability to convey them in good English entwined with beautiful words and vocabulary that enhance the very meaning of each and every sentences. His Arabic is no doubt excellent but I still feel that his English helps most in conveying his message.
Please take time to download this videos and listen to each and everyone. May we be blessed with His taufiq and hidayah.
*Note: ....when he was only 17.....(I hope one of my kids can emulate him.)
*Note: ...completed degrees in nursing......(He's a qualified nurse!)
*I got this video from Azleen's blog (Thanks!)
9 comments:
i know how nice & serious this post really is, but I apologize for snorting at 'Walla Walla'...
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I live in a kampung ok! And my geography isn't that good :)
Anne- Dont tell me you did your degree there? :p
will try to listen to his lecture tonite...
masyaAllah.. this guy is a wonderful example of the one utilising his knowledge in the name of Allah..masyaAllah
Everything will diminish in this world.....even the heart corrodes.
The polishing of the heart is in the rememberance of God.
And honestly,I'm feeling so rusty now....hmm.
Thanks for sharing the video. Simply wonderful, and we ALL sure need the remindings!!
Simah:
Try listening to all the lectures. They re good.
Btw, sorry I havent done the tag thingy. Thanks for tagging me. Tapi dah tua2 ni tak de kederat nak buat entry tag, hehe
Pycno:
Yes, we need to listen to these sort of Lectures regularly to keep us in line. Try pressing the menu icon and download every lectures.
Thanks for reposting this! =)
I love it when he talked about hygiene. Saw it last week, and I was stuck infront of the computer for more of his videos.
Remembrance of Allah is the way to eradicate corrosion of the heart!
Walla walla sounds like something that might have come out of Reshmonu's mouth during an adrenaline-high performance.
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