Imam Ghazali's analysis of the nafs: God Won, Satan 0̷ - Shaykh Hamza Yusuf

Season 3 of Sacred Text Messages continues with the second part of Shaykh Hamza's insightful commentary on Imam al-Ghazali's analysis of the nafs. In this episode, we learn the secret to winning the battle with our lower self: we need God. That realization alone is the critical first step toward success. No matter how strong we think we are, the inner jihad is a lifelong battle that requires complete reliance on God. For those ready to arm themselves with divine guidance, this is not an episode to be missed.
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In this age of material excess and spiritual privation, grounding ourselves in divine guidance has never been more critical. The Sacred Text Messages podcast with Shaykh Hamza Yusuf provides an antidote to the modern madness by reconnecting us with God and His Messenger ﷺ. Listen to timeless wisdoms from sacred sources and rediscover Truth, Goodness, and Beauty.

[@HuCoaching]

I was addicted to alcohol, drugs, sex, gambling. overnight i started praying 5 times a day. I work as a therapist now and know the psychological challenges of addiction and how rare that is. Only with the help of Allah almighty, turned my heart instantly. I will be forever grateful. I would love if Shayhk Hamza heard my story

[@ohyehyeh31]

Hey can I contact you

[@rrff1643]

Ameen.

[@victorytopalestine]

Bro same thing here wallahi...and now I find refuge in Salah by the permission of Allah

[@asmaimran3417]

One of the great blessings of Allah subhanahu watala, after faith, is having dedicated scholars around us who are consistently taking us back to Allah. May Allah bless us the company of the saliheen in this world and hereafter. 💝

[@rodneywarr9974]

What is a scholar?

[@sabinasalam1397]

ameen

[@riz8313]

That's the best comment I have ever read on KZbin. In the age of internet knowledge..we have really underappreciated our ulmas.

[@rodneywarr9974]

@@riz8313 what i said?

[@rodneywarr9974]

@@riz8313 what comment?

[@Musaferjanewale]

MashaAllah Every time I listen to sheik Hamza Yousaf my iman is refreshed

[@hajrudinmustafic]

I try to listen to this every day, may Allah pardon us from our mistakes and sins. Inshallah all of us will master our nafs one day 🤲 Although I know that this too is from God almighty, I want to thank sheik Hamza for all of the incredible work he is doing. Alhamdulillah! I’m so grateful! May God give you the highest of places in Jannah🤲

[@londonbluechelseaarmy3296]

Aameen

[@XYZZ2112]

Originally, It's from God and as a reason it's from sheikh Hamza Sheikh had the will to help and sought to do that .. Allah will thank sheikh for that in the hereafter so we should thank God and also thank sheikh Hamza وَوَصَّيْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ بِوَالِدَيْهِ حَمَلَتْهُ أُمُّهُ وَهْنًا عَلَىٰ وَهْنٍ وَفِصَالُهُ فِي عَامَيْنِ أَنِ اشْكُرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيْكَ إِلَيَّ الْمَصِيرُ 14 We have entrusted the human being with the care of his parents. His mother carried him through hardship upon hardship, weaning him in two years. So give thanks to Me, and to your parents. To Me is the destination.

[@Search4Knowledge]

Its no coincedence I found this today alhamdulillah

[@user-lu8vq2qd9c]

Walaikum slaam wa rahmatulla wa barakaty

[@shaistazuberi7835]

Imam ghazaali has been the 2nd most important phillosopher of golden islamic era

[@mohammedumarfarhan9900]

@@ebrahimi44 but still he was a great shafai scholar although he stopped following following it in his last years

[@phoe8765]

*Sheikh Hamza Yusuf.. We appreciate your American Way of presenting. It helps my US grown nieces/nephews. IA..soon my own baby will be born. Allahu Akbar*

[@fatimagulbadan9006]

I remember my mother use to tell do not become horse of nafs. But make nafs your horse, so that reins will be in your hands and under your control.

[@ibrahimahmedal-amin9009]

Allah barakah to you and your family we love you from Nigeria.

[@ibrahimahmedal-amin9009]

We all here are filled with hope in Shaa Allah

[@tahniyatahmed6310]

SubhanAllah what a reminder of Towhid and tawaqqul. We must fight with full rely on Allah Subhanatala to turn back to him . Allah ya Mannan ya Hadi ya at Tawab accept our sincere niyat

[@justavoice]

Sheikh mentioned his next talk about “Protecting eyes”….the pornography crisis…I think that talk should be linked at the end rather that the current one about “anxiety”. Please swap the right one if you agree. JazzakAllah khair for all your good works.

[@247artsnsourcing6]

Sheikh spoke the truth here. There is no actuality or any kind of potentiality except through God. I was sinning since a long time and was helpless. One day i enquire about my friend who was also sinning when we were not matured but he told me that he as left the sin and he is now pure. At that point i realized that Allah saved him from that sin and not me. I prayed to Allah indeed i am wrong in your eyes otherwise you would have also save me. Please save me also like you save him and since that Allah saved me from that sin and what was strange was that i was not even tempted after that. There was zero temptation. It was a miracle. Guys there is help to do good or to save except Allah wills.

[@muhammadaizat3796]

love this part

[@asifkhan9446]

Best video of my life.. Jazakallah

[@hasnahjaffar2109]

Masya Allah Tabarak Allah Jazak Allah khayr Sheikh🙏👍♥️🇸🇬

[@revert2islam2005]

So emotional, may Allah enable us to succeed, ameen

[@zwatts38]

May Allah bless you shaykh and grant you Jannah

[@omarwasim9688]

Jazak ALLAH .

[@zs4926]

I really needed to hear this! JazakAllah Sheikh! May Allah (SWT) bless you always, Aameen. I heard this at an opportune time.

[@quantumo2099]

Alhamdulilah, heavy material!

[@Theocracy8]

Masha'Allah

[@Protagonistt]

What a treat to hear this polymath ♥️

[@nazanwary8864]

Well said , thank you for this beautiful message

[@shafiq154]

Very nice I learnt so much thank you Shaikh, I’m waiting for next clip inshaAllah

[@NicholasMoskov1]

alhamduillah such an insightful clip. thank you!

[@tahir2256]

AlhumdhulillahiRaabilÁlameen for Sheikh Hamza, and whatever he has done to be so blessed, MashaAllah!

[@hadensancho3284]

Best video ever!!! Subhanallah

[@hashimkhan5895]

what abouth Arab Sufi Scholar on Mushrik biddati Ahmad Raza Khan Bareilvi

[@FactFusionU]

Amazing. Looking forward to his next lecture about the sin of the eye. I hope you upload it too, please.

[@ismailaden7]

MashaAllah I needed this May Allah bless Sheikh.

[@rodneywarr9974]

I needed to read my bible

[@ismailaden7]

@@rodneywarr9974 yeah good but go and read the Quran as well

[@rodneywarr9974]

@@ismailaden7 reading koran and understanding koran is 2 different things.

[@OliverAllan]

@@rodneywarr9974 Which version?

[@rodneywarr9974]

@@OliverAllan now i refuse to reply

[@aftychodhu758]

Mashallah, May Allah bless this man.. it amazes me how this video came at the perfect timing.. i was literally just asking my self WHY i sin… PS does anyone know where the next episode can be found? Hamza yusuf speaking about the inner eye? Thank you Asalamwalaikum

[@nazanwary8864]

Good one

[@noreenakhtar4162]

kind request please can you pray for my mom n brother who are in critical care with covid. my neice was also hospitalised last night and is in a bad way. so duas please #bani adam

[@africandawahrevival]

May Allah cure them.

[@zubairahmed6892]

May Allah give complete shifa ameen

[@s.i6177]

Wa Alaikumussala-m wa Rahmatulla-hi wa Baraka-tuh

[@kittychannel8261]

ahamdulallah

[@fouziasoeker4434]

Alhamdulillah. May the almighty spare you for many more healthy yrs tog with the Ummah not fgetting ur fami ameen yarabbal aalameen shukran

[@roubaissa6996]

Masha’Allah

[@khaledur2023studying]

My notes 20.10.23 843am 0:01 begins Duration

[@malhamaulkubra4437]

Tawakul - A great gift

[@noreenakhtar4162]

Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilayhi Raji Un my mother passed away, Duas please

[@aminahshahid8878]

May Allah grant her jannah

[@mohammedumarfarhan9900]

May Allah have mercy on her

[@fibonacci3138]

Salam everyone! The next talk on the sin of the eyes is called 'beware of the habits you inhabit'; a part of his series titled 'Sacred Text Messages'.

[@muhashartaj]

If we disbelievers can only change through Allah's power, why doesn't Allah have mercy upon us and make us change then? Quran Chapter 12:53: "And I do not seek to free myself from blame, for indeed the soul is ever inclined to evil, except those shown mercy by my Lord. Surely my Lord is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”

[@flamuraliu1684]

Can someone please find the quote the sheikh mentions at 5:18, or the name of the scholar that said it, i really find it amazing and would love to read more on it, May Allah be pleased with all of you inshaAllah.

[@0786rizwan]

Can someone plz give link to full lecture I really need that.....especially what sheikh mentioned in start about his previous lecture......plz plz admin plz give me link

[@RevivificationQs-]

Is there the next video about the sin of the eye. By Syaikh Hamza.

[@hashimkhan5895]

what abouth Arab Sufi Scholar on Mushrik biddati Ahmad Raza Khan Bareilvi

[@privatejr2702]

Where can I find part 2 please??

[@rossbrooks5816]

Knowledge of one language should not deprive you of understanding.

[@Leo-ue6xz]

I have the same issue. I sin, then pray, then I don’t feel comfortable and become a murtad. May Allah help my soul because I don’t know what to do.

[@privatejr2702]

Why do you become a murtad after praying?

[@NeoThobejane]

سبحان الله. لا حول ولا قوة الا بالله

[@techconbd7661]

Source of main video please?

[@TheUneducatedTeacher]

JazakAllah Khairin KM Hemmans The KZbinr

[@shalizalacombe6330]

🙏❤🤲🙂

[@Chromasophy]

I have a question - I was attacked by several Jewish men in Japan. That have been sent by my old business partner who was a Jew. How can I get away from these people?

[@johneleven25]

♥️

[@both82]

Saya juga sampai pernah menghitung luas alam semesta Ternyata memang benar akal ada batasnya😪

[@muhammadhasham9547]

I want to talk with shaykh even if it is for a minute

[@malhamaulkubra4437]

Are you unsound of the mind? Man worshipping inclination. 😂

[@gambuck4503]

❤️👍

[@azmi2671]

الحمد لله.

[@sensei121]

Could you please edit your title and spell it correctly? Thank you.

[@mtom2237]

It’s a play on words. God won sounds like one. Get it!

[@sensei121]

@@mtom2237 yeah I ‘get it’ but it still doesn’t sound right or come across as meaning that….it just looks like a misspelt word ….🤷🏻‍♂️

[@coc862]

Conquer the MIND platform which is inside, you already surrendered the complete Ego, pick up the inner truest NAMES then you will understand what i saying...just goodness n badness related topics are just for the lower ego, then you have the higher ego, then another one mega ego.. Understand what actually are this truest NAMES, Actually they are melodies beyond what is written on piece of paper and any languages

[@abdelbaasit1]

13:04-15:55 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@hashimkhan5895]

what abouth Arab Sufi Scholar on Mushrik biddati Ahmad Raza Khan Bareilvi

[@rossbrooks5816]

Martin Luther made it possible to break language and religion so it can be brought to the people.

[@zainsdeco11]

Has anyone of you conquered and controlled your self/nafs. Can you share tips and advise

[@muhammadabdulmateen8473]

What are u specifically talking abt? So many types of nafs we each go through

[@zainsdeco11]

@@muhammadabdulmateen8473 the basic nafs ammarah

[@muhammadabdulmateen8473]

@@zainsdeco11 like lust gluttony envy etc ?

[@zainsdeco11]

No. More like extreme love and yearning for women

[@muhammadabdulmateen8473]

@@zainsdeco11 how old are u ?

[@iceloly1234]

Even though al-Ghazzaali was very advanced in knowledge, he had little knowledge of hadeeth and its sciences, and he could not distinguish between sound ahaadeeth and weak ones. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: “If we assume that someone narrated the view of the salaf but what he narrated is far removed from what the view of the salaf actually is, then he has little knowledge of the view of the salaf, such as Abu’l-Ma’aali, Abu Haamid al-Ghazzaali, Ibn al-Khateeb and the like, who did not have enough knowledge of hadeeth to qualify them as ordinary scholars of hadeeth, let alone as prominent scholars in that field. For none of these people had any knowledge of al-Bukhaari and Muslim and their ahaadeeth, apart from what they heard, which is similar to the situation of the ordinary Muslim, who cannot distinguish between a hadeeth which is regarded as saheeh and mutawaatir according to the scholars of hadeeth, and a hadeeth which is fabricated and false. Their books bear witness to that, for they contain strange things and most of these scholars of ‘ilm al-kalaam and Sufis who have drifted away from the path of the salaf admit that, either at the time of death or before death. Let’s not backbite the imam but it’s safe to say his books and opinions are refuted by the scholars and deviant , May Allah have mercy on him .

[@AbdulRahim-qo3yt]

"The stomach verily will tends to lead to badness"(distractedly distructively distrayed misleading prolonged assumptions" what of this world is the enjoyments of delusions"(materialistic worshipping,idolized, facts and figures(sculptures, pictured, narratives/perspectives/perceptions instead of...)'if only you knew where the 'fats' is more appropriate" "(relevant).

[@mawlankhidir4361]

Very amazing human phenomenon, see here how a smart person like Hamza believing in myths.

[@suhaleify]

If you have nothing nice to say best to keep quiet

[@TopCity76]

If I won why do Y'all still lie!

[@rossbrooks5816]

I'm sorry when you brought hatred in this video - I left - what are we like Christians now. That comment was very poor.

[@privatejr2702]

Did you understand the comment to begin with?

[@hesamabaszadeh162]

God won ? Satan 0? Satan is from god

[@both82]

Coretan 0 Menyalahkan pembentukan Adam dari tanah Sedangkan iblis dari api Itulah yg menimbulkan kesombongan nafsu😪

[@both82]

God not number

[@both82]

Tuhan itu tunggal maha segalanya esa/infinity Because is tauhid Aku males bahasa inggris😂

[@both82]

Aku saat sekolah banyak membolos karena tidak pada intinnya jadi malas dan mengantuk maaf😂

[@hamdanangullia1048]

Pp

[@brezbrez7845]

Hadiths such as the claim where a ‘front-row’ implorer to Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) got him to make a personal prayer for wealth for him is so wholly implausible in light of Quranic evidence. They are demeaning not only to Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) but Islam and Allah(S.W.T). The prophet directly expresses in the Qur’an that he has no power to direct the fate of anyone, is directly told by Allah (S.W.T) his prayers will make no difference to the fate of wrongdoers and that Allah(S.W.T) recognises those munafiqs who attend public prayer primarily for show-“ to be seen amongst men”. Guidance from Allah(S.W.T) is earned by doing your own reflective groundwork. Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) even before his designation as a nabi/rasool kept aloof from and eschewed some traditional Meccan Arab practices.

[@MAli-br7lo]

That is a well known hadith. So you might want to do some research before you make a comment on a statement by such a prominent scholar. The point isn't that the Prophet pbuh changed his fate. Rather that the Prophet pbuh told him not to ask for that dua, and yet he insisted repeatedly, and due to his not relying on the Prophet's hikmah, but his own, about what was best for him, Allaah allowed him to have the increases in wealth that he was seeking. And that resulted in his destruction. So, we need to understand, that sometimes God's gift to us is in a state of Him witholding from us.

[@brezbrez7845]

@@MAli-br7lo It would be reasonable to conclude that one would need incontrovertible evidence to determine what a Prophet of Allah(S.W.T) actually said or not, rather than wholly rely on hearsay from over a period of 2 1/2 centuries at the least before documentation. With regard to the referenced hadith , your mention of 'Allah allowed him to have the increases in wealth' ignores the hadith's strange and rather arrogant claim that it was on the Prophet's acquiesce to the man's request that Allah granted wealth to the man. For it sits squarely at odds with the Qur'an/Allah's(S.W.T) clear position that the Prophet's remit does not permit him to succeed in such requests. You may want to and benefit from research on how no source can override or undermine the prominence and integrity of the Qur'an.

[@brezbrez7845]

@@gambuck4503 I make a clear reference to and place reliance the Qur'an- is that what a satanist does? Are you cognizant of your faculties? Or a Salman Rushdie loyalist fan- perhaps?

[@e.a297]

God won, Satan 0?!!! This is absolute Sherk. You mean God also could lose?! Shame on you.

[@elgoblinospark2949]

Please be careful there is no such thing as inner eye or third eye in the Quran and the Sunnah. Hamza Yusuf keeps mentioning the inner eye in his lectures and that's not from Islam.

[@muhashartaj]

You guys are ridiculous!

[@jesusdeity2010]

God walked this earth in Christ. For three years He healed all, raised the dead, casted out demons, controlled nature. Christ is the exact image of the invisible God. Born of and filled with the Spirit of God. He is the image of God we were created after in Genesis. The image that got lost through the fall in Adam. Therefore there is all this predicament on this earth: death, sicknesses, strange religions, atheïsm, satanism, egoism, greed, lust etc, etc, etc. But..... change has come! Through the perfect once and for all love sacrifice of Christ for the fall of man, Holy Spirit can indwell you, for you to be changed in to His image and likeness again. Don't think that is to far-fetched. Looking at Christ, we finally know what we are made of and made for. The Gospel is a restoration of a man-woman back to the unselfish divine power and love image of Christ. For free, because of His love, purpose, destiny for His creation. Holy Spirit bringth forth "fruits" and supernatural "gifts" as described in the Corintian letters. Tremendous peace, divine healings, miracle working power, revelation on situations, etc, etc. Jesus said: "The Father and I are one. If you perceive Me, you perceive the Father. Freely i give you My Kingdom/ Holy Spirit/ divine nature. You will understand that the Father is IN Me and I am IN you. I will send Holy Spirit, He will be IN you, guide you in to truth and give you power. The same miracles I do, you will do too.". Don't think God can't be IN you. After all you were made for His image. All things are possible with God. He does NEW things, things you never heard of. All through Christ. His first disciples walked in it and it is also for you. Mature Spirit language. Not for highminded people, the so called professors, who think they know it all. Always debating and "being right", but never experiencing the power of God. Holy Spirit (God/Christ in Spiritform) is here. Ask Him to guide you into the divine life of the ages and you will become what you were created for and never be led astray. As I discovered this amazing truth, love of God, our origin and destiny in God, our oneness in Him through Christ, my life changed. I alone have already experienced thousands of people get healed and freed people from demons. The Gospel is true. That the Father opens our spirtitual eyes, so we perceive the inexpressible riches (divine life) we have received in Christ Jesus/the last Adam. The ultimate conclusion of God's word. God has come full circle.

[@Arif_Islam1]

You have misunderstood your book, go watch some Ahmed Deedat videos for clarification

[@Hornscope]

It's unfortunate that Hamza is so obsessed with philosophers like Al Ghazali and Rumi, as if they're prophets.

[@abdulazeez5991]

what is wrong in it? as he is interpreting Quranic teachings through noted philosophers perspective because mentioned philosophers themselves influenced by Quran and sunnah

[@gambuck4503]

😮 Philosophers? Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī (Persian: جلال‌الدین محمد رومی‎), also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Balkhī (جلال‌الدین محمد بلخى), Mevlânâ/Mowlānā (مولانا, "our master"), Mevlevî/Mawlawī (مولوی, "my master"), and more popularly simply as Rumi (30 September 1207 - 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century Persian[11][1][12] poet, Hanafi faqih, Islamic scholar, Maturidi theologian, and Sufi mystic originally from Greater Khorasan in Greater Iran.[12][13] Rumi's influence transcends national borders and ethnic divisions: Iranians, Tajiks, Turks, Greeks, Pashtuns, other Central Asian Muslims, and the Muslims of the Indian subcontinent have greatly appreciated his spiritual legacy for the past seven centuries.[14] His poems have been widely translated into many of the world's languages and transposed into various formats. Rumi has been described as the "most popular poet"[15] and the "best selling poet" in the United States and Al-Ghazali, known in Persian-speaking countries as Imam Muhammad-i Ghazali, was a Persian polymath, who was one of the most prominent and influential philosophers, theologians, jurists, logicians and mystics, of Islam.

[@nawazkhanbaluch9098]

Assalaam alaikum. Is Hamza "obsessed "? How can Al Ghazzali be a philosopher when he wrote against philosophy? Unfortunately, this page does not have the space for objective details.

[@abdulazeez5991]

@@nawazkhanbaluch9098 Alaikkumusalaam, as per my understanding imam Gazzali wrote against the intentions of philosophers not against philosophy makkasid al phalasifa was the name of his writting

[@sulemanganchi942]

I have seen people challenging hamazah with stupid test like the place of yajuj and majuj and the wall, and religons going against each other wich i explained to them, but this… this is just tight.