Islam And Women – Hamza Yusuf (5/5)
April 13, 2010 by
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Back to part (1/5): www.youtube.com Islam And Women – with Muslim scholar and lecturer Hamza Yusuf. Hamza Yusuf: Hamza Yusuf Hanson was born in Washington State and raised in northern California. After exploring religion at an early age, he entered Islam at 18 and set out to study in England, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Algeria, and finally West Africa. He became fluent in the Arabic language and then began his studies of the traditional Islamic sciences under the tutelage of some of the greatest Muslim scholars of our age. After a sojourn of ten years abroad, Hamza Yusuf returned to the US and took degrees in Nursing and Religious Studies. In 1996, he co-founded the Zaytuna Institute in order to teach the traditional sciences of Islam to people in the West. He serves as the director of the Institute and has translated several texts from Arabic for the Institute’s curriculum. He is recognized today as one of the most influential voices for Islam in the West and has advised several world leaders including the President of the United States and the head of the Arab League. Hamza Yusuf resides in northern California with his wife and children.
Thank you so much for sharing this, very insightful, masha’Allah. Jazak’Allah Khayrun!
bottom line honour killings is a cultural practice not something sanctioned by Islamic tradition.
i realy never heard or learn or get teached about the honer this idea of killing in islam ,and we have no source in islam can teach muslims to this idea of HONER KILLING…may be it was some habbits of sometribs in evry where in this world according to their own tradations…THERE IS NO HONER KILLING IN ISLAM its a dumb devil stupid dirty idea
Lock at the people of Israel and there questionings to Mousa
@BilliKhanum: No question is “dumb” and obviously honor killing is a concern for women. I wish Hamza had addressed the issue as it stands today rather than referring to the past. He usually is so thorough.
No there is’t, there is only dumb people asking questions
Western Crimes of passion are the equivalent to Middle Eastern honor killings. Neither is religious and is more cultural if anything.
actually there is!
There is no such thing as a dumb question
how? it is carried out by muslims, it needs to be addressed don’t you think?
Ridiculous beyond belief! Anyone who has any knowledge of religion, understand that honour killing isn’t even a concept within an religion!
Her honour killing question was just dumb…irrelevant to islam!
what people dont understand is that in islam there is an incredibly MASSIVE burden put on men to protect, conserve and look after the women not only in the family but in the whole community, if something happens to a woman, the man who was supposed to be looking after her gets his head put on the guillotine, because it was his responsibility to look after her. if women dont want to work in islam, they dont have to, they can stay at home and relax, the money they have is for themselves.
Realistically…its good for a mom to have the ability to work, and to work a little part-time, but breastfeeding which is super-good for children..is very hard to do and work at the same time. Believe me..I know a bunch of women who tried and couldn’t do it. And naturally children wean slowly over the course of a few years while slowly starting foods. You can have a career before&after your kids are little. But they need someone who LOVES them to take care of them, not just a babysitter.
Homeschooled kids do better, not just on tests of academic achievement, but on tests of emotional maturity. They do far better. And of course they get out of the house! : ) What do you think their mother does with them when she goes shopping, to the post office, etc?
Watch homeschooler Holly Dodd’s video to see the typical healthy attitude of a homeschooling “graduate”.
Was An Enlightening Series. YES!! Refreshing to Hear an Articulate Spokesman who has History in Both East and West!! Is Critical We Hear Many Voices like His!! Is So True the West has an Amazingly Short Memory…We expect the Rest of the World to Catch-up to Our Advantages IMMEDIATELY (without acnowledging or incurring the Problems) and somehow Avoid the Journey! Is Ludicrous…but a WESTERN BEAM IN THE EYE!! Sorry about that…WAAR is Constantly Striving to at least Recognize My Beams!!
I meant Laleh Bakhtiar.
Adding lightly in brackets does not solve the problem. What LearnTruth says is still condescending for the woman. Layla Bakhtiar gives a new interpretation according to classical Arabic. Please look it up.
3) When discussing domestic violence, the interviewer should have asked about the role of the Koranic verses relating to beating of women.
4) He says that not all women are mothers, but discusses them as inevitably wives and mothers.
Good point:
I like what he says Part 4, 4: 48-825
Problems:
1) In terms of property, if men are more aggressive and have the responsibility of looking after the family, then they have the power to earn that money. A woman is made inevitably dependent by giving her less money/ assets. If her husband dies or has other issues she has only her money to fall back on?
2) marriage dos not turn people into one person so his incredulous attitude toward two votes is immature.
It;s also true that many parents should spend more time eith their kids rather than sending them off with nannies all the time. Yusuf said his kids are homeschooled. Do they ever get out of the house or interact with other kids? Certainly he can protect his kids from some negative cultural influences, but they are also missing out important experiences.
This man’s ideas are highly educational and I agree with most of them, but I don’t think men only should carry the responsibility of the provider nor should women be the only ones to take care of their children.
bless u sis/bro
I also hate the fact that these boxes are small 
and receive comments from ppl saying “I talk too much” lool 
finally I found someone who makes his/her point the same way I do 
and “talks too much” 
lool 
blesss you for ur great comments that should be enough to clarify the truth to ppl
salam
Masalaam, brother. Oh don’t worry about it—actually disfunctional relationships are one of California’s biggest exports. (joke)
Salam Alaikum MustafaSpeaks, sorry to hear that. I pray to Allah (swt) that may He make it easy on you.