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Karbala

Cited in 9 segments across 5 recordings · 2018 to 2023 · event/event:karbala

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10 Mar 2023video LatestIs it haram for men to wear earrings? Early imams including Malik wore earrings as boys; Malik disliked golden earrings for boys because of the gold, not the earring. Lessonposition checkedImam MalikSufyan [?]makruhsalaf machine4 min 57 s13:23on YouTube
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 LatestWhat is the Sunni view of Karbala? Karbala was unquestionably a great tragedy, and Mufti Abu Layth says Muslims generally agree on that; the major events are known and only details are disputed. Lessonposition checkedKarbalaHusayn ibn Ali machine1 min 49 s0:01on YouTube
16 Oct 2020video Who were the Shia who invited Husayn to Kufa? The Shia who invited Husayn to Kufa were a political faction favouring Ali, not today's sect; a force of perhaps a couple of hundred under Umar ibn Sa'd intercepted him at Karbala. Lessonposition checkedKarbalaHusayn ibn AliAli ibn Abi TalibUmar ibn Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas machine4 min 35 s1:50on YouTube
16 Oct 2020video Why did the army at Karbala not let Husayn go back? After Muslim ibn Aqil was killed, Husayn's party was intercepted and the men martyred; Mufti Abu Layth thinks the army may have refused to let him go because some of its own clans had invited him. Lessonposition checkedKarbalaHusayn ibn AliMuslim ibn AqilHani (ibn Urwa) machine5 min 10 s45:10on YouTube
16 Oct 2020video Are the stories that Husayn's family was denied water at Karbala true? Mufti Abu Layth doubts many details of the Karbala story, including the denial of water, and thinks Yazid did not want Husayn killed but was not troubled that it happened. Lessonposition checkedKarbalaHusayn ibn AliYazid ibn Mu'awiyaShia machine4 min 35 s50:20on YouTube
16 Oct 2020video Who was really responsible for the killing of Husayn at Karbala? Mufti Abu Layth blames first the Shia who invited Husayn, then Ubaydullah ibn Ziyad as the active agent, and Yazid as the passive one. Lessonposition checkedKarbalaHusayn ibn AliUbaydullah ibn ZiyadYazid ibn Mu'awiya machine1 min 53 s1:00:00on YouTube
24 Jul 2019Quick Fiqh! Did Hasan and Husayn wear earrings? Ibn Abbas lists piercing the ear among seven sunnahs for a newborn boy, and Hasan and Husayn had their ears pierced and wore earrings, Husayn wearing two. The reports come through Imam Jafar al-Sadiq's chain and an eyewitness account from Karbala. Lessonposition checkedIbn Abbasreport: ibn abbas said seven things are from the sunnah for the boy on the seventh day he is named circumcised and his ear is piercedaqiqahHasan ibn Ali machine3 min 58 s13:00on 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