Person

Dan Gibson

Cited in 8 segments across 4 recordings · 2019 to 2021 · person/person:dan-gibson

Citing segments

Newest first. Each opens the whole segment, not a bare quote.

5 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Did early Muslims really not count Ali as the fourth rightly guided caliph? Ali is a hero of Islam and preferring him is a personal matter, but he rejects the story of Umar burning Fatima's door and urges moving on. Question from live chatposition checkedDan GibsonAli ibn Abi TalibImam Malikal-Khulafa al-Rashidun (the rightly guided caliphs) machine8 min 09 s2:05:48on YouTube

4 Aug 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Will there be a video on the Zaydi and Ibadi sects? Mufti Abu Layth says the agreement of Sunnis, Shia and Ibadis, who would never have conspired together, supports the Kaaba being where it always was. Question from live chatposition checkedIbadiZaydiKaabathe Petra thesis machine6 min 38 s20:06on YouTube

17 Dec 2019From the Mind of a Mufti Was pre-Islamic Makkah really a significant city? Mufti Abu Layth thinks the revisionists have a point: Makkah was not a significant city or even a popular town, and its later image was an innocent reconstruction by Muslims rather than propaganda. He notes that Crone and Cook placed Makkah further north without settling on Petra. Lessonposition checkedDan GibsonPatricia CroneMichael Cook [?] machine2 min 35 s0:01on YouTube

17 Dec 2019From the Mind of a Mufti What is Dan Gibson's Petra theory and are his measurements trustworthy? Gibson measured around 160 early mosque foundations and found the earliest pointing to Petra rather than Makkah. Mufti Abu Layth says the data are transparent and not falsified, though Gibson is somewhat mischievous, and that his explanation of the south-pointing North African mosques is ridiculous. LessonDan GibsonEarly Islamic Qiblas [?]qiblahthe tradition lacks, and needs, critical review machine2 min 39 s2:36on 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 Did ancient civilisations have knowledge that was later lost? Mufti Abu Layth finds convincing the view that advanced ancient civilisations were destroyed around the Younger Dryas and left knowledge seen in old maps and constellation-aligned sites. He believes the Nabataeans built on earlier sites at Petra and set up devotion sites aligned to its constellation. Lessonposition checkedGraham Hancockthe Younger Dryas eventPtolemyPiri Reis [?] machine3 min 55 s14:26on YouTube

17 Dec 2019From the Mind of a Mufti Why did the earliest mosques face Petra instead of Makkah? Most likely, he says, because Muslims inherited Nabataean devotion sites already aligned to Petra's constellation, so Gibson is right about the measurements but wrong that Petra was Makkah. Makkah was called Umm al-Qura, he suggests, after Petra's name, brought by Qusayy. Lessonposition checkedDan GibsonPatricia Cronethe NabataeansQusayy ibn Kilab machine3 min 31 s18:21on YouTube

19 Jul 2019From the Mind of a Mufti Was the first qibla really Petra, as Dan Gibson claims? Mufti Abu Layth is not convinced that the first qibla was Petra: the statistical argument is a fallacy and Sunnis, Shia and Khawarij would never all have agreed on the Ka'bah. He still finds revisionist research compelling on some other matters and says Muslims should engage with it. Question source not recordedposition checkedDan GibsonEarly Islamic Qiblas [?]Quranic Geography [?]qiblah machine6 min 45 s0:00on YouTube