Shaykh Azhar Nasser

Husband and Father | Student of Knowledge.

[Shaykh Azhar Nasser @ShaykhAzhar]

The prophet the Qur’an speaks of most.

Mūsā (‘a) is mentioned by name 136 times in the Qur’an, more than any other prophet. My new book, Mūsā: The Interlocutor of God, gathers those passages into one unfolding study of his life, his mission, and the people he was sent to guide.

From an infant cast into the river to a messenger standing before Pharaoh, his story holds the full range of the human condition: fear and courage, exile and belonging, betrayal and vindication. It is read alongside the Bible and wider Jewish and Christian traditions, and illuminated by the teachings of the Ahl al-Bayt (‘a).

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Only Allah knows what each person was given in life. The love they received, the wounds they carry, the battles they fight in silence.
Two children can grow up under the same roof. One remembers love and warmth. The other remembers loneliness and pain. Same parents. Same home. Different childhoods.

﴿لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا مَا آتَاهَا﴾ (65:7)

Allah knows what each soul was given and what it endured. We don't. That should make us far more humble in our judgments.

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What the academy of Imam Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq (a) can teach a university in crisis: what knowledge is for, how it holds together, and what a teacher owes a student.

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Understand your faith more deeply.

The new Tasneem Institute website is live: 40 on-demand courses, 14 scholars and teachers, a clear learning path, documentaries, books and retreats, all in one place.

A quick tour 🧵

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Claude is now Khalid.

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Sometimes hardships are precursors for the greatest blessings.

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If only Lindsey Graham was alive to see this.

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Voting when no candidate is ideal:

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@Jabeenhaideri Yes, but the book is much more detailed

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If religious institutions cannot produce serious students of knowledge, perhaps the problem is not simply that students lack discipline.

Perhaps the educational systems we have created reward attendance, consumption, and popularity more than understanding, application, and intellectual development.

This is where we can learn something valuable from the Prophetic example.

We should stop measuring the success of our institutions exclusively by how many people they attract.

We should ask what kinds of people they are forming.

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Unpopular opinion:

Invoking the example of hijab-wearing women with Ivy League degrees to refute the notion that hijab is “backward” inadvertently reinforces the very colonial mindset it seeks to challenge.

It seems to concede that intellectual sophistication and progress are best measured by credentials from elite Western institutions.

But why should Western academic validation be the benchmark by which we establish the dignity, intelligence, or intellectual agency of Muslim women?

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Listen to this.

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Typical Israeli young voter who's obviously indigenous to the land discusses the situation outside a rally for Itamar Ben Gvir

Ben Gvir's "Jewish Power" party will gain seats in Tuesday's election thanks to youth voters

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Addiction proves that you are capable of extraordinary devotion.

The tragedy is that you have surrendered yourself to something that destroys you, rather than the One who created you.

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Understand your faith more deeply.

The new Tasneem Institute website is live: 40 on-demand courses, 14 scholars and teachers, a clear learning path, documentaries, books and retreats, all in one place.

A quick tour 🧵

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Stories that open new perspectives.

Watch our original documentaries and lecture series, including our most-watched film, The Story of Ashura, free on YouTube.

And in person: Knowledge Retreat 2027, Purity & Prayer, 23–25 April in Ontario.