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report: if you destroyed the kaaba and rebuilt it and destroyed it that is not as great as harming the honour of a muslim

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Cited in 2 segments across 2 recordings · 2017 to 2021 · hadith/hadith:fp:aabca51a

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17 May 2021video Should Palestinians stay and defend the holy land at the cost of their lives? No, in Mufti Abu Layth's view: life comes before place, a Muslim's honour outweighs the Kaaba rebuilt seven times, and the whole earth is a place of prayer. He says the war is lost and that those who insist Palestinians stay would stop caring about them once they were safe elsewhere. Lessonposition checkedreport: if you destroyed the kaaba and rebuilt it and destroyed it that is not as great as harming the honour of a muslimKa'bahreport: the earth has been made a place of prostration for me machine2 min 39 s15:51on YouTube
29 Sep 2017From the Mind of a Mufti Is cyberbullying and attacking someone's honour haram in Islam? Harming the honour of a Muslim is graver than destroying the Kaaba, Mufti Abu Layth says citing a hadith, and bullying, cyberbullying and maligning people are haram. A crime goes to the authorities; a haram act is for God alone to judge. Lessonposition checkedNouman Ali Khanal-Fadl ibn AbbasSahih Muslimreport: al-fadl ibn abbas kept looking at a woman and the prophet turned his face away machine6 min 16 s40:31on YouTube