A live evening with Imam Dawood Yasin
Walking the Hijra: what the road teaches that a book cannot
Most of us learned the Hijra from a page or a minbar. One evening with Imam Dawood on what changes when you learn it on foot, on the road he ﷺ travelled, with people who have walked it.
- What the Hijra walk is, and why it exists.
- Knowing about the Hijra and knowing it: why lived experience teaches what study alone cannot.
- What the days on the road are like, and what people carry home.
- How the walk comes together, and your questions answered live.
Hosted by Imam Dawood Yasin
Who this evening is for
For anyone who has read about the signs of Allah and wanted to stand in front of them
You have heard the Hijra from a hundred minbars. This is the road itself: the plants, the ground, the sky, and what they say.
More Islamic content than any generation before us, and still the distance. An evening on why, and on what closes it.
Hunters, hikers, campers, and anyone who has felt closer to Allah under a sky than under a roof.
A spouse, a brother, a friend. Register them too and watch it together.
Know the Hijra, not only about it
Why a story you have heard all your life lands differently when you stand where it happened.
Hear it from someone who walked it
Imam Dawood on the days on the road, and what the people who walked it carried home.
See how you could walk it too
How the walk comes together, from preparing at home to arriving in Medina, with your questions answered live.
Your teacher
Imam Dawood Yasin
Imam Dawood Yasin is an educator and community leader dedicated to principled dialogue, holistic wellbeing, and Islamic scholarship.
Before joining ICGA, he served as Director of Student Life and the Center for Ethical Living and Learning at Zaytuna College and as Muslim Life and Service-Learning Coordinator at Dartmouth College. He also held leadership roles at the Zayed Center for Islamic Culture in the UAE and taught Arabic at Yale University and Zaytuna College.
Read his full story
Imam Dawood embraced Islam in South Africa, then spent five years studying Arabic and Islamic sciences at Abu Nour Institute in Damascus, Syria. He later served as Imam of Masjid Al-Islam in New Haven, CT, while also engaging in academic research at Yale.
He holds a B.A. in Community Studies and an M.A. in Globalization Studies.
With a lifelong commitment to education and service, Imam Dawood continues to build bridges between diverse communities and promote ethical and spiritual development.
Having been blessed to travel with Imam Dawood to Mecca and Medina before, I would encourage you to consider whether this journey may be something meaningful for you.
- I was nervous going into this, but … you all made this experience phenomenal and eye opening for me. Ahsan
- People talk about “Trip of a lifetime” and I must say that this was not only a Trip of OUR lifetime but also one for our Akhirah. Reena
- This week far surpassed anything I could have imagined. My love for Rasul ﷺ has deepened, and so has my love for each of you. Mona
- I feel as if I’m changed forever … Imam, thank you for your teachings and guidance and inspiration. Thank you for letting me ask you all the “dumb” questions. Samia
- We all became family in that desert. Amir
- Imam Dawood thank you for sharing your knowledge and, really for making the trip, despite all the challenges that were in your path to Mecca. … What a time, and what a trip, Alhumdulillah! Aisha
- I don’t have words to describe how deeply I felt during this trip. My heart is full of gratitude and love. Ayesha
- May Allah … make this trip an inflection point to making us better Muslims and human beings. Mustafa
- Alhumdulli Allah this was the most memorable trip ever. Maliha
Monday, October 5 · 8 pm Eastern · 7 pm Central
The evening is for registered guests
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