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Cited in 13 segments across 11 recordings · 2018 to 2021 · org/org:quraysh

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2 Mar 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Why did Abdullah ibn Abi Sarh leave Islam for a time? Not doubt about the Quran: he feels the man was incentivised by the Makkans and rewarded for intelligence about Madinah, and he later returned to Islam and governed in Egypt. Question from live chatposition checkedAbdullah ibn Abi Sarh [?]al-A'sha [?] (the poet)Quraysh machine3 min 53 s1:00:37on YouTube
16 Oct 2020video Where did the rivalry between Banu Umayya and Banu Hashim come from? The rivalry behind Karbala began before Islam between Banu Umayya and Banu Hashim; Mufti Abu Layth holds that Makkah and Quraysh mattered far less in pre-Islamic Arabia than later Muslims assumed. Lessonposition checkedBanu UmayyaBanu HashimQurayshAbu Sufyan machine4 min 15 s6:25on YouTube
16 Oct 2020video How was Abu Bakr chosen as leader after the Prophet died? Mufti Abu Layth rejects the idea that the companions knew leaders must come from Quraysh, and cites Umar's own words in Bukhari that Abu Bakr's hasty election must not be repeated and leaders should be chosen by shura. Lessonposition checkedAbu BakrUmar ibn al-KhattabFatimaUthman ibn Affan machine4 min 20 s10:40on YouTube
19 Jun 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth If Quraysh did not pronounce the hamza, why does the Hafs reading of the Quran? The guest says dialect only changes pronunciation, not the word, and such variation was permitted, while the claim that Quraysh had no hamza is itself unproven. Mufti Abu Layth says he had concluded that the Quran came in a standardised formal Arabic that used the hamza. Discussionguest speechDr Shehzad Saleem (guest)Qurayshlahja (dialect, accent)hamza (the glottal stop) machine6 min 31 s1:04:16on YouTube
31 Dec 2019On the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ Did angels really fight at the Battle of Badr? Mufti Abu Layth says many take the angelic help at Badr as symbolic language for strengthened resolve, and the companions' later descriptions as storytelling or what they felt they saw. Question from live chatposition checkedthe battle of BadrQurayshreport: o allah if this band perishes you will not be worshipped on earthQuran 48:10 (the hand of Allah is over their hands) machine7 min 42 s0:00on YouTube
17 Dec 2019From the Mind of a Mufti Who was Qusayy ibn Kilab and where was he raised? Mufti proposes that Petra shaped early Islam through the Prophet's great-grandfather Qusayy, who was raised as a foreigner in Wadi al-Qura, which Mufti Abu Layth identifies with Petra. Qusayy's name means 'little stranger', and his longing for belonging drew him back to Makkah. Lessonposition checkedQusayy ibn KilabKilabRabi'a, Qusayy's stepfather [?]Zuhra, Qusayy's brother [?] machine5 min 16 s5:15on YouTube
17 Dec 2019From the Mind of a Mufti Why do early Islamic books call the Ka'bah 'the Shami Ka'bah'? Mufti Abu Layth suggests Qusayy, raised in Petra, rebuilt the Ka'bah and settled Quraysh around it in a Shami style, which is why early books call it the Shami Ka'bah. It does not mean the Ka'bah was in Sham. Lessonposition checkedQusayy ibn KilabQurayshKhuza'a [?]Ka'bah machine3 min 55 s10:31on YouTube
8 Jul 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran Is the story of Hajar running seven times between Safa and Marwa true? Mufti Abu Layth thinks the story of Hajar running seven times between Safa and Marwa was most likely added later to give the ritual an Abrahamic link, though he believes the Zamzam story is true. The Quran mentions Safa and Marwa only as a remembrance of God, without linking them to Hajar or Abraham. Question from live chatposition checkedHajarIsmailIbrahim (Abraham)the Ghassanids machine9 min 08 s15:38on YouTube
30 Nov 2018Mothers of the Believers: The Wives of the Blessed Prophet ﷺ Was Aisha really nine, as Yaqeen Institute concluded? Mufti Abu Layth rejects the conclusion that Aisha was six at marriage and nine at its consummation, saying such a marriage would be morally abhorrent and did not happen. He disputes the claim that the question is not a moral one and says the chains of the report are unreliable. Lessonposition checkedAishaOmar SuleimanYaqeen Institutereport: married her when she was six and consummated the marriage when she was nine machine6 min 33 s0:00on YouTube
12 Jun 2018Quick Fiqh! Do I have to grow a beard? The beard was the custom of all Arabs, not something the Prophet introduced, and the 'be different from the Jews and Christians' wording is applied selectively, since the same words command dyeing hair and praying in shoes. The Prophet never defined what a beard should look like, and scholars disagree whether the command was binding. Lessonposition checkedlihyah (beard)report: be different to the mushrikin trim the moustaches and let the beards growreport: be different to the jews and the christians and dye your hairreport: be different to the jews and the christians and pray in your shoes machine4 min 34 s0:00on YouTube
29 May 2018Islamic Eschatology Ibn Ashur: the creature speaks to the deniers at the gathering In Ibn Ashur's reading, as Mufti Abu Layth presents it, the creature speaks at the gathering on the Day of Judgment to shame the Quraysh who denied the Prophet. Lessonquoted view, not his positionIbn Ashural-Tahrir wa al-Tanwir (Ibn Ashur's tafsir)Quran 27:82 (we will bring out for them a creature from the earth)Quraysh machine3 min 55 s15:30on YouTube
22 Apr 2018Clarifying False Hadith Which Insult Islam Why did the Prophet say women should not travel without a mahram? For their safety: Mufti Abu Layth says the limits tracked how far the safe zone around Madinah reached, widening as treaties spread, not a rule to confine women. Lessonposition checkedreport: a woman may not travel except with a mahram (Ibn Umar, Abu Hurayra, Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, Ibn Abbas; numbers not stated)the treaty of HudaybiyyaQurayshthe coalition against Madinah (al-Ahzab) machine4 min 27 s23:01on YouTube
21 Feb 2018On the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ Who was Safiyya and why did the Muslims march on Khaybar? Safiyya was the daughter of Huyayy ibn Akhtab, a chief of Banu Nadir at Khaybar who had organised the coalition against Madinah, while her uncle was a Muslim. After Hudaybiyya the Prophet marched on Khaybar's fortresses, which fell after weeks of fighting in which about eighty Muslims died. Lessonposition checkedSafiyyaBanu NadirHuyayy ibn AkhtabAbu Yasir ibn Akhtab [?] machine3 min 54 s5:12on YouTube