--- title: "1 People Faults Quotes By Hamza Yusuf" description: "1 People Faults quotes by Hamza Yusuf. Plus more from Hamza Yusuf and more People Faults sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c11/hamza-yusuf-3536_religion_in-essence-what-is-forbidden-to-do-is-li_118309.png" --- > [“In essence, what is forbidden to do is likewise forbidden as an object of reflection. Included in this is thinking about the weaknesses or faults of others, whether they are present or not. The Prophet said, "There is a tree…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamza-yusuf/in-essence-what-is-forbidden-to-do-is-likewise-forbidden-as-an-object/) [Hamza Yusuf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamza-yusuf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c11/hamza-yusuf-3536_religion_in-essence-what-is-forbidden-to-do-is-li_118309.png) ## More by Hamza Yusuf > [We must assert to the Abrahamic people that we are the last extension of the Abrahamic religion... There is no such thing as an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamza-yusuf/we-must-assert-to-the-abrahamic-people-that-we-are-the-last-extension/) [Hamza Yusuf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamza-yusuf/) > [September 11 was a wake-up call to me. I don't want to contribute to the hate in any shape or form. I now regret…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamza-yusuf/september-11-was-a-wake-up-call-to-me-i-don-t-want-to-contribute-to/) [Hamza Yusuf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamza-yusuf/) > [Islam is based on naql (texts) and ‘aql (intellect). Some people just have the texts – we call them naql-heads.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamza-yusuf/islam-is-based-on-naql-texts-and-aql-intellect-some-people-just-have/) [Hamza Yusuf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamza-yusuf/) > [The entrenched beliefs many westerners profess about Islam often reveal more about the West than they do about Islam or Muslims.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamza-yusuf/the-entrenched-beliefs-many-westerners-profess-about-islam-often/) [Hamza Yusuf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamza-yusuf/) > [Our duty is to be patient.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamza-yusuf/our-duty-is-to-be-patient/) [Hamza Yusuf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamza-yusuf/) > [“In essence, what is forbidden to do is likewise forbidden as an object of reflection. Included in this is thinking about the weaknesses or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamza-yusuf/in-essence-what-is-forbidden-to-do-is-likewise-forbidden-as-an-object/) [Hamza Yusuf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamza-yusuf/) > [I don't align myself with the West of the Muslim world. I align myself with what I perceive to be just and in accordance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamza-yusuf/i-don-t-align-myself-with-the-west-of-the-muslim-world-i-align-myself/) [Hamza Yusuf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamza-yusuf/) > [Religion is here to unite us. It's not here to divide us. If it's dividing us, it's not God's religion, it's something else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamza-yusuf/religion-is-here-to-unite-us-it-s-not-here-to-divide-us-if-it-s/) [Hamza Yusuf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamza-yusuf/) > [For young people, if someone tells you: you are the future - say No! I'm the present. You have things to do right now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamza-yusuf/for-young-people-if-someone-tells-you-you-are-the-future-say-no-i-m/) [Hamza Yusuf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamza-yusuf/) > [I would rather live as a Muslim in the West than in most of the Muslim countries, because I think the way Muslims are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamza-yusuf/i-would-rather-live-as-a-muslim-in-the-west-than-in-most-of-the/) [Hamza Yusuf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamza-yusuf/) > [America is about choices, including those to live certain lifestyles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamza-yusuf/america-is-about-choices-including-those-to-live-certain-lifestyles/) [Hamza Yusuf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamza-yusuf/) > [We live in the age of Noah (a.s.) in the sense that a flood of distraction accosts us. It is a slow and subtle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamza-yusuf/we-live-in-the-age-of-noah-a-s-in-the-sense-that-a-flood-of/) [Hamza Yusuf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamza-yusuf/) > [“Everybody wants to change the world yet no one wants to change themselves.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamza-yusuf/everybody-wants-to-change-the-world-yet-no-one-wants-to-change/) [Hamza Yusuf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamza-yusuf/) > [“Desire is an attempt to fill the void”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamza-yusuf/desire-is-an-attempt-to-fill-the-void/) [Hamza Yusuf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamza-yusuf/) > [Practice makes permanent, not perfect. If you practice the wrong thing, you make the wrong act permanent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamza-yusuf/practice-makes-permanent-not-perfect-if-you-practice-the-wrong-thing/) [Hamza Yusuf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamza-yusuf/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people-faults/hamza-yusuf/#itemlist", "name": "1 People Faults Quotes By Hamza Yusuf", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In essence, what is forbidden to do is likewise forbidden as an object of reflection. Included in this is thinking about the weaknesses or faults of others, whether they are present or not. The Prophet said, \"There is a tree in Paradise reserved for one whose own faults preoccupied him from considering the faults of others.\" Spending time thinking or talking about other people's faults is foolish. 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