Hamza Yusuf

About Hamza Yusuf

Hamza Yusuf is a cofounder of Zaytuna College, located in Berkeley, California. He is an advisor to Stanford University’s Program in Islamic Studies and the Center for Islamic Studies at Berkeley’s Graduate Theological Union. He also serves as vice-president for the Global Center for Guidance and Renewal, which was founded and is currently presided over by Shaykh Abdallah bin Bayyah, one of the top jurists and masters of Islamic sciences in the world. Recently, Hamza Yusuf was ranked as “the Western world’s most influential Islamic scholar” by The 500 Most Influential Muslims. Hamza Yusuf has also authored several encyclopedia articles and research papers. His published books include The Burda (2003), Purification of the Heart (2004), The Content of Character (2004), The Creed of Imam al-Tahawi (2007), Agenda to Change our Condition (2007), Walk on Water (2010), and The Prayer of the Oppressed (2010). Shaykh Hamza was born in Washington State and raised in Northern California. In 1977, he became Muslim and subsequently traveled to the Muslim world and studied for ten years in the U. A. E., Saudi Arabia, as well as North and West Africa. He received teaching licenses in various Islamic subjects from several well-known scholars in various countries. After ten years of studies abroad, he returned to the USA and earned degrees in Religious Studies and Health Care. He has traveled all over the world giving talks on Islam. He also founded Zaytuna Institute which has established an international reputation for presenting a classical picture of Islam in the West and which is dedicated to the revival of traditional study methods and the sciences of Islam. Shaykh Hamza is the first American lecturer to teach in Morocco’s prestigious and oldest University, the Qarawiyin in Fes. In addition, he has translated into modern English several classical Arabic traditional texts and poems. Shaykh Hamza currently resides in Northern California with his wife and five children.

Publisher

Muslim Central

Category

religion & spirituality · religion & spirituality · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

18 Feb 2017

Latest episode

18 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

6 of 340 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   18 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Safeguarding Our Souls #04

2. 

   15 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Safeguarding Our Souls With - Part Four

   Hamza Yusuf explores safeguarding souls, offering profound spiritual insights in this interview.

3. 

   11 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Safeguarding Our Souls #03

Inside a recent episode

Safeguarding Our Souls #04

Published 18 Mar 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So you have, I mean, one of the amazing things about Islam is poor people and rich people live together. They live together, they pray together. I mean, I, in Medina, I, many times, because I was fortunate to spend several Ramadan in the Haramane. Many times, I went to the wealthiest people and they fed all the poor people for iftar. They would invite them to their house and feed them. There's people living right down the road that haven't, they don't even speak to the people but if they go to, they don't even go to the stores. But if they do go to stores, you see them, they don't even talk to these people. […]

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YouTube views

9,428,781

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

299 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 60 / 100

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Quality

55

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

67

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