Hamza Yusuf Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• Knowledge is taken from breath, not lives in a book

  Hamza Yusuf

  Wisdom, Book, Taken

• Language is the crowning achievement of human beings, and that is something Muslims have always known and revered. We are a literate people whose miracle is a Book from an unlettered man, peace and blessings be upon him, who was the most articulate and eloquent human being who ever lived. We honor our Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, in honoring language that he loved so much and used so well.

  Hamza Yusuf

  Love, Book, Blessing

• 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, including prohibited heterosexual acts like adultery. And the punishments are strong, but they are legal fictions because they are impossible to prove. You need four witnesses to say they witnessed (sexual) penetration. In what circumstances are you going to find someone to testify to that?

  Hamza Yusuf

  Strong, Book, Islamic

  "Muslim leaders: 'We will not allow the extremists to define us'". Interview with Daniel Burke, edition.cnn.com. June 15, 2016.

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