Hamza Yusuf – Winter Reflection Series Introduction – Where There is Knowledge, There is Hope

			Bismillah R Rahman r Rahim Salam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakatu. I want to thank all of you who
have supported say tuna, and to remind you that the end of the year is coming. And this is a time
that's extremely important for the college because it's a time that we ask for your continued
support. And for those of you who might be new to say tuna, or haven't some more or less in the past
that you think about, inshallah, helping us to continue this endeavor to establish, in perpetuity, a
college for the Muslims in the United States. I also want to say that we will have a campaign that
includes our scholars, inshallah, helping to edify educates and to spread the light of knowledge to
		

			the community through the tools of technology that we've been given. The theme is where there is
learning there is hope, say to the college and the restoration of a lost tradition of knowledge.
Knowledge is at the essence of our tradition. And unfortunately, in many places, knowledge is fallen
on hard times in the Muslim community. So the restoration of the tools of learning and then the
study of those things that not only further our religious understanding, but also those aspects that
are necessary for the cultivation of the earth. Allah subhana wa tada sent the Prophet as a teacher,
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said in the mobile app to mollema, I was only sent a
		

			teacher. The Quran says Fatima, hula ilaha illa Allah know that there is no god except the one true
God. And so knowledge is at the essence, if you look at the word in the Koran knowledge, it's
remarkable how many times it comes in its various iterations. And Allah subhana wa, tada also
reminds us that India may actually have a bad deal, that those who really have this deep awareness
of God and all of God are the people of knowledge. And so we want to be those people of Russia, have
a deep awareness and all of our Lord, and that comes from knowledge. And so this what we're
committed to is a tuna and we hope that you will help us and, and continue to support the college.
		

			And if you haven't, in the past that you become a supporter of this endeavor. This is a college for
the entire community. And we're caretakers right now, but we are all passing through. And we're
hoping to establish something that the fruit of which will be enjoyed by generations after us