The same hour, spent two completely different ways
Life is a journey. Every one of us is gifted a set amount of time on this earth, and we all must make the best of it before that time is up. While none of us knows exactly how long we have, what is remarkable is that per unit time, we all get the exact same amount every unit — we all get different totals, but no one's hour is discernibly different from another person's hour. Yet that is the only real similarity: some people simply waste entire decades away, while others perform deeds in a few hours, or even minutes, that last for all of eternity.
Some people live life so unremarkably that their existence and non-existence are almost the same to others; some literally change the course of history. Reflections by Dr. Yasir Qadhi is meant to inspire readers on this journey of life so they make the best use of their time.
How the book is put together
Each topic is chosen to be a quick, easy read with a message useful to people at any stage of the journey. The topics were selected from khutbahs and talks the author has given over nearly three decades of public speaking, with extensive editing for content along with the stylistic editing and footnotes a written work deserves.
About the Author
Shaykh Dr. Yasir Qadhi 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 and completed an M.A. in Islamic Theology from the College of Dawah, then an M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. from Yale University. Shaykh Dr. Yasir Qadhi is currently the Dean of the Islamic Seminary of America.
