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Kitab al-Zahra [?]

Cited in 1 segment across 1 recording · 2018 · book/book:kitab-al-zahra

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20 Dec 2018From the Mind of a Mufti Were there Muslim scholars and caliphs in history known to be homosexual? Mufti Abu Layth reports, without endorsing their views, that several celebrated Abbasid-era figures were known for homosexuality, including a chief judge of Basra who argued for it from the Quran, the caliphs al-Amin and al-Ma'mun, and Muhammad ibn Dawud al-Zahiri. He cites al-Dhahabi and the poetry of the period as his sources. Lessonquoted view, not his positionYahya ibn Aktham [?]Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbalal-Ma'munal-Amin machine10 min 31 s7:56on YouTube