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al-Shifa (Qadi Iyad)

Cited in 4 segments across 3 recordings · 2018 to 2022 · book/book:al-shifa

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19 Aug 2022video LatestWhat did the classical Maliki scholars say about the satanic verses story? Mufti Abu Layth says the Maliki scholars, Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi and Qadi Iyad among them, rejected the story as fabricated, and that al-Tabari records the narrations but concludes they are false. Lessonposition checkedQadi Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabial-TabariTafsir al-TabariQadi Iyad machine4 min1:14:40on YouTube
19 Aug 2022video Recap: the novel, insult versus critique, and the false story summarised Mufti Abu Layth recaps that Rushdie's novel was an insult rather than a critique and that the satanic verses story is a fabrication rejected by al-Tabari, Ibn Khuzayma and Qadi Iyad, recommending al-Shifa and al-Albani's book. LessonSalman RushdieIbn Rushd (Averroes)The Satanic Verses (novel)Quran 22:52 (Satan cast into the prophet's wish, then God annulled it) machine6 min 09 s1:52:45on YouTube
4 May 2018Clarifying False Hadith Which Insult Islam What evidence do scholars use to allow men and women to shake hands? Scholars who permit it cite 'do not frighten people away', the verse on returning greetings, Abu Musa having a woman comb his hair on Hajj, and the Sahih report that Umm Haram combed the Prophet's hair and let him nap at her house. The Umm Haram report is one scholars struggled with. Lessonquoted view, not his positionreport: give glad tidings and do not frighten people awayQuran 4:86 (when you are greeted, return a better greeting or return it)Yusuf al-Qaradawi [?] (name garbled in the transcript)report: abu musa al-ashari had a woman of his tribe comb through his hair while on hajj machine2 min 37 s6:33on YouTube
9 Apr 2018The Voice of Reason in Islam If Mufti Abu Layth admires Qadi Iyad, must he accept everything in al-Shifa? No: Mufti Abu Layth says al-Shifa was written to instil love of the Prophet in a context of insults and knowingly includes weak and fabricated reports, and that admiring Qadi Iyad, who himself disagreed with Malik, does not make him a clone. Lessonposition checkedQadi IyadImam Malikal-Shifa (Qadi Iyad)Tartib al-Madarik [?] machine3 min 57 s1:19:39on YouTube