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assassination of Uthman

Cited in 3 segments across 3 recordings · 2018 to 2020 · event/event:assassination-of-uthman

Citing segments

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27 Oct 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Which civil war did early Muslims mean by 'the fitnah'? Mufti Abu Layth says it is often unclear which civil war early scholars meant by 'the fitnah', as several upheavals were each called the great one. Question from live chatposition checkedfitnahthe murder of UthmanUthman ibn AffanHusayn ibn Ali machine4 min 24 s7:47on YouTube
16 Oct 2020video Why did the Muslims fight each other at Siffin? When Ali tried to remove Uthman's Umayyad governors the old rivalry flared into civil war, and Mufti Abu Layth calls Siffin the point of no return that left Muslims forever divided. Lessonposition checkedassassination of UthmanAli ibn Abi TalibAishaMu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan machine2 min 45 s21:33on YouTube
13 Mar 2018Islamic Eschatology How could fabricated hadith have crept into mainstream Islam? Fear of questioning drives the backlash; Mufti Abu Layth says the murder of Uthman, Karbala, the sack of Madinah and the catapulting of the Kaaba all happened within decades, long before hadith were documented, so corruption of reports was possible. Question raised by Mufti Abu Laythassassination of UthmanKarbalasack of Madinah (al-Harra) machine3 min 55 s1:24:13on YouTube