a Hamza Yusuf reader

In addition to being a powerful speaker, Shaykh Hamza is a profilic scholary writer. Following my compilation of a Sherman Jackson reader, here's a list of books and articles that Shaykh Hamza Yusuf has written, translated or contributed to . 

 (much love and thanks for Rayad Khan for his support and suggestions for this new blog :) )

If you come across anything else that should be added, please do let me know.

(You should be able to click on the titles of the all articles and books below by the way)

Books

Submission, Faith and Beauty : The Religion of Islam (Joseph E. Lumbard, edited by Zaid Shakir and Hamza Yusuf)

Agenda to Change Our Condition By: Shaykh Hamza Yusuf & Imam Zaid Shakir

The Creed of Imam al Tahawi (Translated, Introduced, and Annotated by Hamza Yusuf) 

Content of Character: Ethical Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (Translation and Introduction by Hamza Yusuf, Collected by Shaykh Al-Amin Ali Mazrui, Foreword by Ali Mazrui)

The Content of Character Copybook: Arabic Handwriting Workbook of Ethical Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad

The Burda of al-Busiri: The Peom of the Cloak: Translation and introduction by Hamza Yusuf

Purification of the Heart: Signs, Symptoms and Cures of the Spiritual Diseases of the Heart: Translation and Commentary of Imam al-Mawlud's Matharat al-Qulub

Cesarean Moon Births: Calculation, Moon sighting and the Prophetic Way by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf (also available as an article online as below)

Educating Your Child in Modern Times : Raising an Intelligent, Sovereign, & Ethical Human Being (John Taylor Gatto, Hamza Yusuf Hanson, Dorothy Sayers

Forthcoming/Unpublished

Ibn ‘Ashir (English Translation)

Akhdari (English Translation)

Qurat ‘ul-Absar (English Translation)

[Source: Zaytuna Publications]

Walk on Water The Wisdom of Jesus

Forewords:

Instruction of the Student : The Method of Learning by Imam al-Zarnuji, translated by Grunebaum and Abel

The Prophetic Invocations Imam Abdallah ibn Alawi al Haddad (compiler); Mostafa al-Badawi (translator); Shaykh Hamza Yusuf (foreword)

Blurbs (Yes I've made a category for this :) )

Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation

"Eboo Patel is an exciting new voice of a new America: diverse but not divisive, hopeful but not utopian. He speaks for all of us from a rising generation of bright, brown and bold Americans who have much to offer a country embarking on a new millennium and in need of new blood." —Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, executive director of the Zaytuna Institute

Islam, Fundamentalism, and the Betrayal of Tradition: Essays by Western Muslim Scholars

"Islam must be concilated in the West if we are to move on to better days. Knowledge is the only means we have to do so and this book is a step in the right direction."-Hamza Yusuf, Director and Founder of the Zaytuna Institute

Narratives in Books:

Geneive Abdo starts off her first chapter "Imams for a New Generation" in Mecca and Main Street: Muslim Life in America After 9/11 (2004) with a profile on Shaykh Hamza (pg. 11-26)

and Steven Barboza's 1995 book American Jihad: Islam After Malcolm X ends with a chapter on the "Nomad: Hamza Hanson (pg. 350-356)

Poems

Spring's Gift

A Tree Knelt In Praise

Articles

Climbing Mt. Purgatorio: Reflections from the Seventh Cornice

(presented at a consultation on "The Social Costs of Pornography was organized by the Witherspoon Institute in conjunction with the Institute for the Psychological Sciences in Washington, DC and held at Princeton University, December 11 - 13, 2008.) See the rest of the panel, their papers and more information here

This section of articles is taken from the Seasons Journal website of Zaytuna Institute:

Who are the Disbelievers?

A Spiritual Witness Imam al-Tahawi's Gift of Simplicity

Can Women Serve as Imams?

Generous Tolerance in Islam And its Effects on the Life of a Muslim

Chess in the Light of the Jurist

Chess and the Divine Decree By Emir Abdal-Qadir al-Jaza’iri (translation)

Prayer for Rain By Imam Umar al-Yafi. (Translation)

Biography of Nizam al-Mulk By Imam Shams ad-Deen. (Translation)

Despair Not of God’s Grace By Shaykh Abdallah bin Bayyah. (Translation)

Making the Quran the Spring of Our Hearts

Florence of Arabia

Religion, Violence, and the Modern World

Othert articles available in the Article section of the Zaytuna website under Resources:

Another Mother of the Believers on Maryam Bint Bwayba, the beloved wife of the great scholar and teacher Murabit al-Hajj Ould Fahfu

GUARDIAN: Face to Faith Fasting is not just about giving up food, but trying to be a better person for it, writes Hamza Yusuf

Holocaust Denial Undermines Islam Tikkun Magazine, 2007.

Cesarean Moon Births

The Real Teddy Bear Tragedy Newsweek/Washington Post Dec 6, 2008 (thanks to Ammar for this link)

BBC Viewpoint: What the West can learn from Islam Last Updated: Tuesday, 23 September, 2003,

In Praise of God - The Prophet’s Birthday BBC World Service

BBC: Thought of the Day 2002 BBC

BBC Features: al-Burda

Islam has a progressive tradition too The Guardian Wednesday June 19, 2002 Interviews: FRONTLINE: Interview with Shaykh Hamza Yusuf Linden MacIntyre September 2006. Love Even Those Who Revile You An Interview by Nazim Baksh -Q News Magazine (2004) BBC: Islam post-9/11 with Frank Gardne