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. Thereafter, he completed a M.A.
in Islamic Theology from the College of Dawah.
His published works include Riya'a: The Hidden Shirk, Du'aa: The Weapon
of the Believer, and An Introduction to the Sciences of the Qur'an.
Yasir Qadhi is currently pursuing his doctorate, in Religious Studies,
at Yale University in New Haven, CT.