Yasir Qadhi

Yasir Qadhi
Qadhi in 2018
Personal
Born (1975-01-30) January 30, 1975 (age 49)[1]
Houston, Texas
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni[2]
JurisprudenceHanbali[3]
CreedAthari[2]
MovementNeo-traditionalism[4] or Wasatism[5][6]
EducationYale University (MA, MPhil, PhD)
Islamic University of Madinah (BA, MA)
University of Houston (BS)
YouTube information
Channel
Years activeMay 23, 2012–present
GenreIslamic
Subscribers616 thousand[7]
Total views99.0 million[7]
Associated actsEpic Masjid
Memphis Islamic Center
100,000 subscribers

Yasir Qadhi (formerly known by his kunya Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi) (born January 30, 1975) is a Pakistani American Muslim scholar and theologian.[8] He is dean of The Islamic Seminary of America and resident scholar of the East Plano Islamic Center in Plano, Texas.[9] He was formerly the dean of AlMaghrib Institute and taught in the religious studies department at Rhodes College.[10] He currently serves as chairman of the Fiqh Council of North America.[11]

Born in Texas to Pakistani Muhajir parents, Qadhi studied chemical engineering at the University of Houston, before studying Hadith and Islamic theology at the Islamic University of Madinah in Saudi Arabia.[8] He earned his PhD from Yale University where his dissertation focused on the writings of Ibn Taymiyyah.[12] Qadhi has written books and lectured widely on Islam and contemporary Muslim issues, and is considered one of the most influential Muslim scholars in the United States.[12] He has also consistently been listed in the annual listicle The 500 Most Influential Muslims.[13]

Qadhi was previously affiliated with Salafism, but has since left it.[14] He now identifies himself as a Wasatist[5] and has been described as such.[4][6]

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  2. ^ a b "On Salafi Islam [With New Video Lecture]". MuslimMatters. April 22, 2014. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
  3. ^ To Wipe or Not to Wipe: Masah Over Socks? | Ask Shaykh YQ #34, retrieved December 23, 2023
  4. ^ a b Modern Islamic Authority and Social Change, Volume 2: Evolving Debates in the West. Edinburgh University Press. 2018. doi:10.3366/j.ctv7n09q1. ISBN 978-1-4744-3326-6.
  5. ^ a b Qadhi, Yasir (2023). Contemporary Issues in the Muslim Ummah: Modern Muslim Movements. The Islamic Seminary of America (TISA)
  6. ^ a b Modern Islamic Authority and Social Change, Volume 1: Evolving Debates in Muslim Majority Countries. Edinburgh University Press. 2018. doi:10.3366/j.ctv7n0978. ISBN 978-1-4744-3322-8.
  7. ^ a b "About Yasir Qadhi". YouTube.
  8. ^ a b "Yasir Qadhi". Finding Your Roots. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
  9. ^ "Yasir Qadhi". Al Jazeera. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  10. ^ "Yasir Qadhi". Princeton University Public Lectures. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
  11. ^ "About". Fiqh Council of North America. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  12. ^ a b Bano, Masooda (March 7, 2018). "Yasir Qadhi and the Development of Reasonable Salafism". Modern Islamic Authority and Social Change, Volume 2: Evolving Debates in the West. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-1-4744-3328-0.
  13. ^ "Yasir Qadhi". The Muslim 500. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  14. ^ Fouad, Khadija (2016). American Muslim Undergraduates Views On Evolution (PhD). Indiana University. p. 14.