Occupation: Scholar Birth: 1958
I definitely have sympathy for people who are struggling. I've met with young Muslims who have told me about their struggles..
Every civilization: Hindu, Buddhist, Confucianist, Christian, Jewish and Muslim, all of them understood that LEARNING was to make a BETTER HUMAN BE….
Islam is based on naql (texts) and ‘aql (intellect). Some people just have the texts – we call them naql-heads..
I can't - and won't - impose my beliefs on others, either verbally or otherwise. I'm not going to judge people..
Force yourself to be humble, until it becomes second nature. Then it will be an unconscious activity..
If you don't wake up for Fajr, then don't wake up at all.
If Islam is not making you happy, then something is wrong with your Islam.
I don't have any control over what other people do, and they don't represent me or my faith..
The vast majority of Muslims would never accept the lawfulness of an active homosexual lifestyle. I don't see that happening. But there is also no au….
There are 20,000 Muslim physicians in the United States, Americans putting their lives in the hands of Muslims every day..
If you are looking for happiness in this world (dunya), you're in the wrong place..
Muslims have been an almost entirely benevolent force in the 20th century. They did not wreak the havoc the Western powers wreaked on the world. They….
Hypocrisy is wretched because the hypocrite says with his tongue what is not in his heart. He wrongs his tongue and oppresses his heart. But if the h….
The weak are dominated by their ego, the wise dominate their ego, and the intelligent are in a constant struggle against their ego..
Knowledge is taken from breath, not lives in a book.
Religion is here to unite us. It's not here to divide us. If it's dividing us, it's not God's religion, it's something else..
Intelligent people surround themselves with people who challenge them, not yes people..
People of the world will reject your reminders, because it reminds them that this world is temporary..
After that one fitnah, every time it calms down in one place, it starts somewhere else..
Muhammad Ali put an end to the idea that you can't be an American and a Muslim..
There's no specific punishment in the books of fiqh (Islamic laws) that relate to homosexuality per se. They apply to any illicit sexual relations, i….