Shaykh Yasir Qadhi
- Hails from: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
- Expertise: Theology (Aqeedah)
- Famous Quote: ”Be careful of laughing at others for perhaps Allah might forgive their ignorance and not forgive your arrogance.”
- Most Likely To Say: “In and of itself” and “Forgive me for this tangent but…….”
- Classroom Pet Peeve: He might just coin an abstractly long seemingly academic word about you if he finds you sleeping in class.
- Known for: Friend and foe alike acknowledge that his greatest weakness is his passion for ice cream, which he seems to devour with an almost sinister delight.
Shaykh Yasir Qadhi is the Dean of Academic Affairs at AlMaghrib Institute, the man behind the curriculum and other academically intensive programs like IlmSummit. Shaykh Yasir is known among his students for his excellent Tajweed in both Arabic and the English language (i.e. his perfect enunciation of every letter). Give him any old and dry subject and Shaykh Yasir can rehash it, spice it up, and hand it back to you an exciting and intriguing topic of discussion. We dare you!
He was born in Houston, Texas and completed his primary and secondary education in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He graduated with a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Houston, after which he was accepted as a student at the Islamic University of Madinah. After completing a diploma in Arabic, he graduated with a B.A. from the College of Hadith and Islamic Sciences. Thereafter, he completed a M.A. in Islamic Theology from the College of Dawah. He is in the final stages of completing his PhD in Religious Studies from Yale University.
His published works include Riya’a: The Hidden Shirk, Du’aa: The Weapon of the Believer, An Introduction to the Sciences of the Qur’an, and many others. He is also active on a number of Islamic Satellite stations around the world including Islam Channel, Al-Huda Channel, and PeaceTV.
Shaykh Yasir Qadhi lives in Memphis, Tennessee where he serves as a resident Scholar of Memphis Islamic Center. He is also a lecturer at Rhodes College, in the Department of Religious Studies.
Check out Shaykh Yasir’s previous seminars taught @ Haadi:
Light of Guidance – Doctrines of Faith 1 – March 2005
Route 114 – Sciences of the Qur’an – April 2009
Precious Provisions – Fiqh of Food and Dress – January 2011