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Cited in 3 segments across 2 recordings · 2018 · person/person:abu-musa-al-ashari

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4 May 2018Clarifying False Hadith Which Insult Islam What evidence do scholars use to allow men and women to shake hands? Scholars who permit it cite 'do not frighten people away', the verse on returning greetings, Abu Musa having a woman comb his hair on Hajj, and the Sahih report that Umm Haram combed the Prophet's hair and let him nap at her house. The Umm Haram report is one scholars struggled with. Lessonquoted view, not his positionreport: give glad tidings and do not frighten people awayQuran 4:86 (when you are greeted, return a better greeting or return it)Yusuf al-Qaradawi [?] (name garbled in the transcript)report: abu musa al-ashari had a woman of his tribe comb through his hair while on hajj machine2 min 37 s6:33on YouTube
4 May 2018Clarifying False Hadith Which Insult Islam Is there a hadith that says a woman who wears perfume outside is a zaniya? The report, transmitted only from Abu Musa al-Ash'ari and found in al-Nasa'i, Abu Dawud, Ahmad and al-Tirmidhi, says a woman who passes people while wearing perfume is a fornicator. Lessonquoted view, not his positionreport: ayyuma imraatin istatarat fa marrat ala qawmin li yajidu rihaha fa hiya zaniya (with the variant every eye is a fornicator)Abu Musa al-Ash'ariZaynab al-ThaqafiyyaIbn Mas'ud machine2 min 39 s0:00on YouTube
4 May 2018Clarifying False Hadith Which Insult Islam Is the hadith about women wearing perfume being zaniya authentic? Mufti Abu Layth says the report is not authentic: every version comes through one weak narrator, Thabit ibn Umara, from the obscure Ghunaym ibn Qays, and some early authorities stopped it at the companion. Lessonposition checkedreport: ayyuma imraatin istatarat fa marrat ala qawmin li yajidu rihaha fa hiya zaniyareport: antum al-yawm ala iddati ashabi talut (Abu Musa, via Ghunaym, in Ahmad)Abu Musa al-Ash'ariGhunaym ibn Qays machine7 min 53 s2:39on YouTube