There are irrational fears. If you see a woman wearing a hijab and fear is your first thought, something's really wrong.
Hamza YusufI definitely have sympathy for people who are struggling. I've met with young Muslims who have told me about their struggles.
Hamza YusufEverything that we do has a spiritual essence. There is a spiritual dimension in everything. All of life has meaning and everything that you do in life is in preparation for your great meeting. This great meeting is your meeting with your Lord, which is absolutely inevitable.
Hamza YusufPeople say to you, 'you've changed', or something like that, well, I hope, for the sake of God, that you have changed, because I don't want to be the same person all my life. I want to be growing, I want to be expanding. I want to be changing. Because animate things change, inanimate things don&'t change. Dead things don't change. And the heart should be alive, it should be changing, it should be moving, it should be growing, its knowledge should be expanding.
Hamza Yusuf