.comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}

Hamza Yusuf

My Photo
Name:
Location: Hayward, California, United States

Alhambra Productions produces spiritual teachings from some of the world’s most prominent and respected Islamic scholars. Alhambra Productions also offers material on education, homeschooling, alternative medicine and other quality products to nurture the heart, mind, body and soul.

Sunday, May 28, 2006

Video available - Tackling Extremism


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7464474174671383831

Please click the link above to watch the video of the 2006 Doha Debates with Shaykh Hamza Yusuf. You can download video by subscribing to the Zaytuna Institute Podcast.



Technorati Tags: , , , ,

Technorati Tags: , , , ,

Saturday, May 27, 2006

Tackling Extremism - Doha Debates


The issue of how to combat extremism and improve relations between the West and Muslim world was the topic of the second Doha Debates Special on February 28th, 2006. The event was part of the Doha meeting of the United Nations’ Alliance of Civilizations. Four guest speakers, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Professor John Esposito and Diana Buttu, answered questions from the student audience.

To listen to the audio version of the panel, please visit our podcast page.


Technorati Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Thursday, May 25, 2006

Etiquettes of Disagreement



New release from Shaykh Abdallah bin Bayyah!
With translation by Hamza Yusuf.

Please visit the product page to view a description written by Hamza Yusuf.

Shaykh Abdallah shares wisdom from the Quran, the Seerah and from examples of our rightly guided scholars regarding the proper manner of disagreeing.

This lecture was recorded in Toronto, Canada during the Reviving the Islamic Spirit Convention.
Special thanks to SpiritWorks for organizing this event.


Technorati Tags: , , , , , ,

Monday, May 01, 2006

A Return to the Spirit - Martin Lings

Just added to our bookstore: A Return to the Spirit by Martin Lings (Shaykh Abu Bakr Sirajudeen).



This final work of the greatly revered Martin Lings opens with an
insightful autobiographical account of his own interior journey, the
finding of a spiritual master, and the conclusions he ultimately
reached regarding the inner life and Islam. The 96-year-old author, a
respected British scholar, recounts the lessons learned from his life
including the answers to profound questions such as: How did I come to
put First things First?, What is the Spiritual Significance of Tears
and Laughter?, What is the Spiritual Significance of Civilization?,
What is the Qur'anic Doctrine of the Afterlife?



Prior to publication of this volume, its distinguished author, Martin
Lings, did in fact "return to the Spirit" on May 12th 2005. This has
occasioned the addition to this work of an "In Memoriam" appendix.
Readers will be treated to tributes that have arrived from the world
over written by those who simply read and loved his work to those who
knew him personally, some of whom were under his spiritual direction.
These diverse accounts of this extraordinary man round out a profound
image of his person. The book also includes a selection of previously
unpublished photographs taken throughout his life.



A special "In Memoriam" section includes words from Shaykh Hamza Yusuf.

While browsing our bookshelves, please take a look at some other important texts like Imam Ghazali's "Faith in Divine Unity and Trust in Divine Providence".





Technorati Tags: , , , , , , ,

Article Archive: The Sunnah and Health

To read the whole article, please visit our forums.

Excerpt:

In Islam, health is actually not seen to be of the body, but rather the
state of the heart. There is a hadith in which the Prophet, peace be
upon him, said, “There is a lump of flesh in the body, if it is sound
the whole body is sound. Is it indeed the heart.” He was not talking
primarily of the physical body or the physical heart but of the
spiritual body and the spiritual heart. A man can be suffering from a
terrible disease and considered to be in excellent health in Islam,
while another can be in perfect bodily health but determined to be sick
according to the Qur’an. In fact, a hallmark of hypocrites is the
excellent appearance of their bodies, “Their outward forms are pleasing
to you.” But the Qur’an says of them, “In their hearts is a disease.”
True health is the state of one’s heart with God. The heart is healthy
when it is filled with trust, love, charity, compassion, lack of
material desire, patience, hope, awe of God, and most importantly,
gratitude.

It is diseased when filled with suspicion, envy, hatred, anger,
pride, anxiety, hopelessness, and ingratitude. But the health of the
body is also important and Islam prohibits its neglect for many
reasons, the least of which is one does not function well in the world
when handicapped by ill health.

- Hamza Yusuf Hanson

Alhambra Productions Forums


Technorati Tags: , , , , ,