I edited the video because Hamza Yusuf and people from Zaytuna are not permitted on this website. I do not want to go into big discussion or argument over these things, but it is important that we only seek knowledge from those who follow the Quran and Sunnah. People who have sound Aqeedah.
Unfortunately these people (Zaytuna, Hamza Yusuf etc) have grave errors in Aqeedah, matters of belief in Allah. They are Sufi. They do not believe in Allah's attributes like a Muslim should. They twist the meanings of the Quran and do not believe in them literally. They practise evil acs of of worshipping graves, asking help from the dead such as their Sufi saints etc.
believe in erroneous beliefs such as Wahdatul Wujood (everyone has part of Allah in them, and Allah is part of his creation) and other Sufi things.
Oh and they partake in those trance sufi dances and dhikr sessions. These are innovations in our Religion. We only Worship Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) as the Prophet
worshippeded him.
As for Hamza Yusuf he often says modernist and unIslamic statements, for example he said that all the firefighters who died in the twin towers were shaheed, as tragic as it may have been, they were not Shaheed. A Shaheed is a Muslim who dies in the way of Allah.
Also, he stated every religion (including Hinduism) has some truth. I remember he stated that on a show on arabic satellite TV station MBC. How can polytheist religion have any truth? Astaghfriullah.
Hamza Yusuf is very popular in the West, partly because of the limelight that the US and UK establishment gives him and people of similar modernist viewpoints. They dilute the true Islam, and present their own modernist corrupted interpretations. This is why the establishment likes them.
Islam is always the middle way, we are against all forms of terrroism, hatred and violence against people. We are on correct way by following the Quran and Sunnah. By sticking to Islam as the Prophet
and his companions followed. There is no room in Islam for these Sufi modernist groups just as there is no room for extremists and other evil people.
Furthermore, it is important for people to hold on to the true beliefs a Muslim must have. Make your foundations firm. The only reason Muslims are weak in this day and age is because they have neglected understanding Tawheed, understanding what a Muslims belief must be. Tawheed and Aqeedah are the most important things a Muslim must know. From this foundation other things grow and is the only way for our success and unity.
Importance of Tawheed in Reviving the Ummah
Why Muslims are Weak Today
Fundamental Beliefs in Islam Tawheed and Aqeedah
Wasalam.
