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the Byzantine Empire

Cited in 8 segments across 6 recordings · 2019 to 2020 · org/org:byzantine-empire

Citing segments

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11 Dec 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is the Dhul Qarnayn story based on the legend of Alexander? The guest says scholarship shows the Dhul Qarnayn story derives from a Byzantine Christian legend of Alexander walling in Gog and Magog, known to the Quran's first audience; Mufti Abu Layth asks why the Quran then tells it so ambiguously. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechDr Javad T. Hashmi (guest)Alexander the GreatSidney Griffith [?]the Byzantine Empire machine4 min 34 s2:06:50on YouTube
11 Dec 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Why does the Quran tell the story of Dhul Qarnayn so briefly? The guest says the Quran retells the known legend concisely to show the Prophet's knowledge from God, while stripping its Christian imperial ending; Mufti Abu Layth objects that its unusual wording is too vague for that. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechDr Javad T. Hashmi (guest)Dhul QarnaynAhl al-Kitab (People of the Book)Muhammad Ahmad Khalafallah machine5 min 40 s2:11:24on YouTube
16 Oct 2020video Why did Uthman appoint his relatives as governors? In Mufti Abu Layth's assessment, Uthman lacked Umar's iron fist for an empire that had doubled, so he relied on his own Umayyad relatives as governors, reviving the old clan rivalry. Lessonposition checkedUthman ibn AffanUmar ibn al-KhattabMu'awiya ibn Abi SufyanBanu Umayya machine6 min 33 s15:00on YouTube
13 Oct 2020video Why do most Muslims believe in the virgin birth? Mufti Abu Layth says the belief spread through the dominance of the Christian narrative across the empires surrounding Arabia. Discussionposition checkedthe virgin birththe Byzantine Empirethe Aksumite kingdomAdam machine1 min 50 s19:49on YouTube
13 Oct 2020video Why doesn't the Quran clearly deny the virgin birth? To build bridges with the Christians: the Quran used their terms and left room for their belief without affirming it, compromising only not on the Trinity. Discussionposition checkedIsa (Jesus)Quran 3:59 (the likeness of Jesus is that of Adam)Quran 4:171 (the Messiah, His word)Quran 3:64 (People of the Book, come to a common word) machine2 min 31 s55:00on YouTube
22 Sep 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Is it right to build very elaborate mosques? Mufti Abu Layth says there is little need for so many lavish mosques, and that mosques should suit their local surroundings. Question from live chatposition checkedByzantine Empire machine2 min 39 s1:15:17on YouTube
24 Aug 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Did the Prophet really order Jews and Christians expelled from Arabia? Mufti Abu Layth finds the hadith ordering the expulsion of Jews and Christians from Arabia suspect, since the Prophet traded with a Jewish man days before he died, and sees it as a later fabrication. Question from live chatposition checkedreport: akhriju al-yahud wa al-nasara min jazirat al-arabreport: the prophet died with his shield pledged to a jewish man for bags of wheat (unresolved; cited as in Sahih Muslim, number not stated)Sahih MuslimUmar ibn al-Khattab machine10 min 45 s2:07:28on YouTube
31 Dec 2019On the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ Were the angels at Badr actually Persian knights? Mufti Abu Layth finds the theory that Persian knights summoned by Salman al-Farisi were taken for angels at Badr interesting but most likely untrue, and harmless even if true. Lessonposition checkedSalman al-Farisithe House of Karenthe Sasaniansthe Byzantine Empire machine7 min 24 s7:42on YouTube