Practice makes permanent, not perfect. If you practice the wrong thing, you make the wrong act permanent.
Hamza YusufReligion 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.
Hamza YusufWhatever is for the sake of Allah will go on and continue. Whatever is for other than Allah, it will end and be severed
Hamza YusufIn our inherent contradictions as humans, and in order to validate our own pain, we deny the pain of others. But it is in acknowledging the pain of others that we achieve fully our humanity.
Hamza YusufWhere is your heart? Is your heart with God? Is it with your own ego or your lust? Is it with your greed, your pride, envy, or your resentment? This is a time where you can go into yourself and ask: Where is my heart? Ramadan is a time to give the heart back to the One who possesses the hearts.
Hamza Yusuf