It is Better to be Oppressed than Becoming an Oppressor

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Half moon just before sunset on the 7th of Ramadan
Half moon just before sunset on the 7th of Ramadan

Its an interesting short excerpt from Shaykh Hamza Yusuf from a lecture in 2016.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mdu_jxjitCw


Its only 3 mimutes and worth watching.


I heard a short part of a lecture from SHaykh Hamza Yusuf recently while passing while he was talking about oppression and how a Muslim should react.


The first one was thankfulness - Thank Allah (swt) that the oppression is not worse.


We sometimes get all caught up in slight problems and prejudice that Muslims face here in the UK, but when compared with what others have faced - Muslims and non Muslims, we should be immensely grateful.

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Rethinking Islamic Reform: Hamza Yusuf & Tariq Ramadan

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The Rethinking Islamic Reform conference, originally held May 26, 2010, features two of the world's foremost Muslim intellectuals as they provide guidance in the ever polemical topic of reform in Islam.


Oxford University Islamic Society is honoured to have hosted Sheikh Hamza Yusuf Hanson (Zaytuna Institute, USA) and Professor Tariq Ramadan (Oxford University, UK) to participate at this ground-breaking conference.


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http://vimeo.com/13738819


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Springs Gift

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“I envy the sand that met his feet


I’m jealous of honey he tasted sweet


Of birds that hovered above his head


Of spiders who spun their sacred web


To save him from his enemies


I envy clouds formed from the seas


That gave him cover from the heat


Of a sun whose light could not compete


With his, whose face did shine so bright


That all was clear in blinding night


I envy sightless trees that gazed


Upon his form completely dazed


Not knowing if the sun had risen


But felt themselves in unison


With those who prayed, and fasted too


Simply because he told them to


With truth and kindness, charity


From God who gave such clarity


His mercy comes in one He sent


To mold our hearts more heaven bent


I envy all there at his side



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