he is so right about cars and driving. Lost my brother and my son hit and run. I love listening to this man. May Allah reward and bless him.

May Allah ﷻ bless Shaykh Hamza abundantly and preserve him, ameen thumma ameen! What an excellent reminder subhanAllah.

The more I listen to sheikh Hamza the more I am amazed by his knowledge May Allah preserve him Ameen

I wish more people would watch this. Families are being destroyed in the West because of online pornography, drug addictions, ego and lust.

I can't believe that I have never heard of this wonderful Shaykh until recently! What a jewel!! Alhamdullah!

I am an atheist, but I love listening to this man, and men and women like him. There seem not to be many, but that could be a deception.

may Allah Swt bless Sh Hamza Yusuf a long life and healthy. Ameen...

The lecture is heartfelt and sincere, Mashallah. Keep up the good work. Thank you for the reminder to wake up.

جزاك الله خيرا صلو على النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم

His teaching's really help me alot,, Thank Allah for this Man.. He really knows what he is talking about

OH Allah!, Have mercy on this man, and mercy on every one....

every time i listen to this man, his words gives me goose bumbs

beautiful lecture. Thanks for sharing. 100% true.

Alhamdulilah. Treat people with dignity! Love it

Jazak allah khair sheik Hamzah, and may allah put this in your Mizan Hasanatik insha allah.

May Allah protect Shaykh Hamza. He is one of the only voices of sanity and we need to make du'a for him. Islam is being represented in the best way by him and we as Muslims need to be proud.

Everyone should listen to this and this great man, whether they're christians muslims or whatever they are.

What are you talking about? Hamza Yusuf is seriously amazing. The way he explains things is so fascinating and intelligent. To be honest, these days a lot of the scholars can't hold the interest of our young generation, but Hamza Yusuf has a gift of appealing to our generation and making them interested in Islam. I've been to huge Islamic conventions where he spoke several lectures...and I hated when his lectures finished because they were so well explained and remarkable.

Love to Yusuf Hamza from Algeria. May the almighty bless you brother. Jazakalah.

what a great speech from my favourite speaker, sheik Hamza Yusuf.. This kind of talks that are gonna wake the people up from their heedlessness or sleeping and stand for what really benefits them ultimately.. I was really touched by his words and really appreciate the logic and the sense he's providing.. i hope every body else feels the same!

This dude can only be described with one word... AWESOME! May Allah bless him.

I'm on Hamza Yusuf marathon.

Hamza Yusuf is A real light in the world right now man.

i love this man , he words easy and make me think may god bless him

I Pray That One-Day I Become Like This Amazing Scholar INSHAALLAH....Amazing speaker & Convincer MashaAllah

JazakAllaah changed my life.

Thank you Hamza Yusuf...May Allah bless you...

machallah, baraka allahou fik :)

H.Y is the best and greatest scholar in Modern times, God bless you

thank you for this may Allah give you good aneem

Fatima, I agree with you entirely about the captiousness of some of us muslims. While there is a bigger issue out there to address, some of us are bent on finding faults with others about some secondary or even tertiary issues. Sheikh Hamza Yusuf must be credited for his resilience and intelligence in that he has traipsed a route from christianity to islam, and now teaching some of us muslims who were born in the faith. If this is not enough reason to embrace the brother, I don't know what else

This man is a true gift from GOD...and he is a TRUE example of Islam and what it stands for!

humans are the most frail and fragile creations of allah which is why we have the most mercy shown towards us. but do not forget we are behaving so bad at this late of a time, mercy may not even be shown towards us.. may almighty allah forgive us and guide us towards the truth. ameen

Hamza Yousuf is a great man may god help you and protect you and your family in this life and the next peace out

Islam is beautiful alhamdulillah

people like hamza, estes, khalid yasin, green, are gift from Allah. there is a reson they are born in the west convert to islam. they are the best reformers of our time.

the very first verse of the quran in the beginning says it all !

Yes, I too love this man.

MasyaAllah. Pure wisdom.

AsalaamuAlaykum, SubhanAllah. May Allah reward you, Ameen. JazakaAllah Khair.

SUBHSNALLAH you got love sheikh hamza yusuf for his rabit impression and the bit about the bi pass

Excellent lecture, I've learned very important lessons

An eye opener especially 18minz+ I hope people from other faiths get to view and reflect

I hope so too. What he talks about IS Islam but a lot of people lost sight of what TRUE ISLAM is. Islam is not terrorism or hatred; it truly is peace and humanity.

Beautiful video...what knowledge...what Hikma. Thankyou for posting this...jazza kilah! Brothers and sisters please digress from showing agression to people who make offensive remarks, it is the shaytan trying to provoke you to become agressive back, let Islam give us all Hijada(guidance) and let humanity prevail. Ameen

mashallah .. great khutba

can any one who says dont listen to this shaykh,explain to me what has he said in this lecture and many of his other lectuers,that are false and taking one away from islam ?

so wut.. but his speech open many hearts to enter Islam.. he is better than us maybe.. :-) May Allah give him prosperity and mercy... Ameen..

MashAllah

the Prophet SAW said, say good or be quiet. so please shut up people. stop hating on Imam Hamza Yusuf because you "think" he's sufi. First he isn't and even if he was, hes way more educated than you are and has a higher place in heaven for all we know. May Allah bless him and help him to continue his beautiful works

man. i wish my Friday prayers were this interesting :)

that waht i wish´d to hear´d and see´d ., Thx! :) for thinking.

Wa 'alaykum assalaam wa rahmatullaah akhee. You're welcome.

ماشالله عليه ماشالله عليه ماشالله عليه لا اله الا الله I respect this man all the respection . I would like to meet him some day by god willing . He is a miracle .

wow this was really so true

@translationwiz I agree dealing with the self should come first, but as muslims we also have social obligations. In my experience those who talk about social issues, governments, injustices etc do it to make the masses aware of what the reality is around them. yes Allah swt is most important, and it is He who demands us to enjoin good and forbid evil.

mansha allah,

AsSalamu Alaykum, very informative. Thank you.

MasyaAllah.. it is so obvious, we're more interested in looking other ppl false/wrongdoings instead of our own... as for at least have respect for the shaykh, they are the ppl of 'ilm and we are jahill(less knowledge and understanding).. listen and obey all the good things from them and apply to our own selves.. if there is contradiction/something that we don't understand, refer to our Ustaz(the scholars).. they will explain it to us. insyaAllah.. Assalammualaimkumm.

ٱقۡتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمۡ وَهُمۡ فِى غَفۡلَةٍ۬ مُّعۡرِضُونَ

masha allah

SubhanAllah

Allah knows best, It is not for us to judge Akhi.

how can you comment bad against this man, such a beautiful lecture...

@DhulkiiHooyo I've been wondering now for so long myself. Its one of the best recitations Ive heard! Please, if anyone knows do tell!

I love Islam!

@tolerancia500, may I know which mosque is it?? I live somewhere in southeast asia so i may not know which mosque you are talking about.. :D... peace...

I love you.

Whenever I watch these videos I feel like I just get slapped in the face

Wa 'alaykum assalaam. Laa hawla wa laa quwwata illaa billaah. Verily, the words of Rasoolullaah (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) are true. He said: "Now there are many scholars among you, and few speakers. There will come a time when there will be few scholars and many speakers." And he also said: "They (ignorant people, pseudo-scholars) will speak without knowledge and will be astray and make also others go astray." May Allaah protect us.

it means being unaware of gods watchfulness, or in other words being heedless

never follow an organization where everyone wears funny hats or wont let you wear funny hats

If you guys are done arguing about whether or not he's a Sufi, he's got a great message here to give.

Mr. Yusuf, you are such a great speaker, only fi you were not a Sufi... You have been fooled by ignorants like Ali Al Jeffry into ways of Sufism and their deviations from original Islam brouhgt to us by the Prophet, peace be upon him. I sak Allah to guide you from Sufism into Ahlessuna Wal Jamaa'ah. Brothers and sisters in Islam, please go to the following site and learn Islam from those who follow true Islam: thedeenshow where brother Yusuf Estes speaks who is of Ahlessunna...

5) Many people take knowledge of these kind of people. They forget about the Salaf as-Saalih (pious predecessors). They don't follow major scholars of our time or those who passed away long ago. You have to stick to the Sunnah. And you need evidence for the sayings of people. If they contradict, then you don't follow them in it. This can be a difference in jurisprudence issues. But also in 'Aqeedah. Then it is serious. Many sufis say "Allaah is everywhere". This is clear kufr (unbelief).

I'm an athiest, but this guy talks sense.

@laintriga1 umm i am muslim and born and raised in europe "bosnia" so where am i going to go back to?

"Ignore the ignorants and say Peace" Quran. Peace.

hes doing it on behalf of a friend who is a scholar, and he isnt the only one..and being able to recite dosnt matter if someone says things that goes againt Aqeeda..like in his interview with michael enright about many things including Allah having hearing & seeing some likeness to this world when majority of scholors all agree that there is nothing like Allah in this world..if you can do a course in Aqeeda very important, HY is Sufi and not with the majority ulama,still he says some good things

Naf is the self/ego.

Wa 'alaykum assalaam wa rahmatullaah. First of all, the da'wah of AhlusSunnah came to Chechnya, but a lot of brothers went astray. They had beards, prayed, etc. but had very bad manners. They showed disrespect to elderly people or their parents etc. So the Akhlaaq was very bad, unfortunately. So there were also some mistakes in applying of the punishments of the Sharee'ah. As you say, there may have been beheadings etc. Although beheading is a punishment in Sharee'ah for certain crimes.

The name of god; translated from Arabic to English as Allah in the Qu'ran, translated from Hebrew to English as El in the Old Testament; is the same word, with only slight spelling variation. This is something too few people remember, that the People of the Book, called today Christian, Jew, and Muslim, acknowledge the same god, and only differ in interpretation. In our zeal to correct the defects of one another let us not forget our common goal: to praise god and draw closer to him.

@rencrow i have many questions bro/sis, can i send my questions to your inbox? the word count here if very limited.

@salarashour hey ...hawa is self desires and wut our selves likes the most !

yes

@goodoldBrainfood LMAO!,that would be awesome. A Muslim President...Now that is REAL change.

Umm, i think that video was uploaded before the 10 minute limit was set... and i think there is a setting also, where if you set it like that then you can post more than 10 mins. Allahu alim..

@AsianCrackhead91 you r welcome ... hawa means what your self loves the most in a bad way .. as following what your is in love with ,may ruin your heart ..

@karlsmith00 "I dont hate anything" is that what you think or what you want to think see the subconscious is an amazing thing and while you may think you are healthy and psychologically stable deep inside you you know that you arent its called denial and admitting theres a problem is the first step to healing the wounds that have been repressed for so long "you have no clue what im talking about" then tell me tell me why you have to argue with someone using nasty words when simple words suffice

how u say recomended not ordered.....do u diffrnciate between the too or just u think or u heard they say that......read and reread u will see

﷽ Al Salamu 'alaykom wa rahmatu Allah wa barakatuh السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 「 Subhan Allah wa bihamdihi 「 Subhan Allah Al 'Adim 「 Astaghfiru-الله 「 Alhamduliالله ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 「 Allahuma ssali 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala ali Muhammad kama salayta 'ala Ibrahim wa 'ala ali Ibrahim inaka hamidun majid, Allahuma barik 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala ali Muhammad kama barakta 'ala Ibrahim wa 'ala ali Ibrahim inaka hamidun majid ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 「 La ilaha illa Allah wahdahu la sharika lah lahul mulku wa lahul hamd wa huwa 'ala kuli shayyin qadir

If someone declares their shahada, then it is not for any other Muslim to decide how strong they are in their iman. It is for Allah to decide this, not you or me.

Nationalism did bring alot of cultural race and less care for the deen and more pride in who you are and where you are from and this is a huge problem with our ummah today.

To be honest i have never seen Hamza Yusuf dance or beat drums, as for dhikr i think it is clear what the prophet(saw) said about the good of it. Tasawuf is getting rid of the self and ego, another thing which is a neccessity for muslims. Hamza Yusuf is a maliki and i am a hanifi so i dont know how i follow him.

لاتنســــــى ذكــــرالله

Islam is a religion or "way of life" for intelligent beings - those who "use their intellect" and faculties of reasoning, thinking etc.. The foolish will NEVER fully understand this deen - peace - Till the day of rising.

اللهم صل على سيدنا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم

@AsianCrackhead91 he said" nafs" means self .. "shaitan" ,,,"hawaa" and "dunya"

Does he want us to be on alert all the time cause that's lame other than that he is an AWESOME SPEAKER WITH GREAT KNOWLEDGE.

@muhith haha i asked the same question. salaamu alaykum, in maliki fiqh, the beard is what's on the chin. he also can't grow a full beard.