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Husayn ibn Ali

Cited in 22 segments across 8 recordings · 2019 to 2023 · person/person:husayn-ibn-ali

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10 Mar 2023video LatestIs it haram for men to wear earrings? Early imams including Malik wore earrings as boys; Malik disliked golden earrings for boys because of the gold, not the earring. Lessonposition checkedImam MalikSufyan [?]makruhsalaf machine4 min 57 s13:23on YouTube
15 Mar 2021video What actually separates Sunnis and Shia, and is mut'ah really a Shia thing? The Sunni-Shia split is only about who has the right to rule, the Shia holding it stays in the Prophet's bloodline. Mut'ah and wiping the feet have nothing to do with being Shia; Sunnis used them as propaganda. Lessonposition checkedShiaSunniMu'tazilaAhl al-Bayt (the household of the Prophet) machine4 min 34 s2:24on YouTube
16 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Why isn't the Mufti a Mu'tazili? Mufti Abu Layth says he is simply Sunni; sects are defined by core doctrines, the Shia by the sacred bloodline's right to rule, and mut'ah was pinned on them as propaganda. Question from live chatposition checkedMu'tazilaShiaIsmailiSunni machine6 min 48 s44:58on YouTube
15 Feb 2021video Why does Bukhari accept a narrator who praised Ali's killer while Shia narrators are rejected? Mufti Abu Layth calls it a double standard that al-Bukhari accepts as trustworthy a narrator who praised Ibn Muljam for killing Ali, while reports from Imam Jafar and other Shia imams are rejected because of their source. Lessonposition checkedImran ibn Hittan [?]Imam al-BukhariSahih al-BukhariSiyar A'lam al-Nubala machine3 min 33 s0:00on YouTube
5 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Is it haram for a mother to kiss her child on the lips? There is nothing haram in a mother kissing her child; he says the haram lies in the perverted comments, and the Prophet kissed his grandsons. Question written questionguest speechHasan ibn AliHusayn ibn Alireport: the prophet kissed al-hasan and al-husayn machine6 min 32 s26:01on YouTube
27 Oct 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Which civil war did early Muslims mean by 'the fitnah'? Mufti Abu Layth says it is often unclear which civil war early scholars meant by 'the fitnah', as several upheavals were each called the great one. Question from live chatposition checkedfitnahthe murder of UthmanUthman ibn AffanHusayn ibn Ali machine4 min 24 s7:47on YouTube
16 Oct 2020video LatestWhat is the Sunni view of Karbala? Karbala was unquestionably a great tragedy, and Mufti Abu Layth says Muslims generally agree on that; the major events are known and only details are disputed. Lessonposition checkedKarbalaHusayn ibn Ali machine1 min 49 s0:01on YouTube
16 Oct 2020video Who were the Shia who invited Husayn to Kufa? The Shia who invited Husayn to Kufa were a political faction favouring Ali, not today's sect; a force of perhaps a couple of hundred under Umar ibn Sa'd intercepted him at Karbala. Lessonposition checkedKarbalaHusayn ibn AliAli ibn Abi TalibUmar ibn Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas machine4 min 35 s1:50on YouTube
16 Oct 2020video Why did Hasan ibn Ali give up the caliphate to Muawiya? Mufti Abu Layth feels Hasan was the wisest of Ali's family, a diplomat who opposed fighting at Siffin and handed power to Muawiya for peace, fulfilling the hadith on reconciling two factions. Lessonposition checkedHasan ibn AliAli ibn Abi TalibHusayn ibn AliMu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan machine3 min 22 s24:18on YouTube
16 Oct 2020video Why did Muawiya make Yazid his heir? Muawiya named Yazid heir while senior companions lived, and Mufti Abu Layth feels his recognition of Ziyad as Abu Sufyan's son was a political move. Lessonposition checkedMu'awiya ibn Abi SufyanYazid ibn Mu'awiyaZiyad (ibn Abihi)Abu Sufyan machine2 min 21 s29:43on YouTube
16 Oct 2020video What kind of ruler was Yazid? Mufti Abu Layth calls Muawiya's choice of Yazid a grave mistake: Yazid was a Muslim but a disappointment who attacked Madinah and installed the tyrant Ubaydullah ibn Ziyad in Kufa. Lessonposition checkedYazid ibn Mu'awiyaMu'awiya ibn Abi SufyanAbdullah ibn UmarIbn Abbas machine5 min 40 s35:11on YouTube
16 Oct 2020video Why did Husayn go to Kufa when he was warned not to? Mufti Abu Layth says Husayn was invited by thousands in Kufa but warned by his relatives and Ibn Abbas, who urged Yemen instead, while Ibn al-Zubayr resisted Yazid from Makkah. Lessonposition checkedHusayn ibn AliYazid ibn Mu'awiyaAbdullah ibn UmarIbn Abbas machine4 min 19 s40:51on YouTube
16 Oct 2020video Why did the army at Karbala not let Husayn go back? After Muslim ibn Aqil was killed, Husayn's party was intercepted and the men martyred; Mufti Abu Layth thinks the army may have refused to let him go because some of its own clans had invited him. Lessonposition checkedKarbalaHusayn ibn AliMuslim ibn AqilHani (ibn Urwa) machine5 min 10 s45:10on YouTube
16 Oct 2020video Are the stories that Husayn's family was denied water at Karbala true? Mufti Abu Layth doubts many details of the Karbala story, including the denial of water, and thinks Yazid did not want Husayn killed but was not troubled that it happened. Lessonposition checkedKarbalaHusayn ibn AliYazid ibn Mu'awiyaShia machine4 min 35 s50:20on YouTube
16 Oct 2020video Should Muslims mourn Husayn every year on Ashura? Mufti Abu Layth does not see annual mourning for Husayn as an Islamic practice and does not do it, but he does not condemn those who do. Lessonposition checkedHusayn ibn Alimatam (ritual mourning)Ashura (the tenth of Muharram)Shia machine1 min 56 s54:55on YouTube
16 Oct 2020video Was Yazid a kafir, and is it right to curse him? No: Mufti Abu Layth calls Yazid a wretched, arrogant tyrant, but he does not call him a kafir or curse him, since he rejects a culture of cursing. He can believe Yazid would not have killed Husayn himself. Question from live chatposition checkedYazid ibn Mu'awiyaHusayn ibn AliImam Ahmad ibn HanbalAbu Hanifa machine3 min 09 s56:51on YouTube
16 Oct 2020video Who was really responsible for the killing of Husayn at Karbala? Mufti Abu Layth blames first the Shia who invited Husayn, then Ubaydullah ibn Ziyad as the active agent, and Yazid as the passive one. Lessonposition checkedKarbalaHusayn ibn AliUbaydullah ibn ZiyadYazid ibn Mu'awiya machine1 min 53 s1:00:00on YouTube
16 Oct 2020video Is it right to curse the companions or beat oneself in mourning for Husayn? Mufti Abu Layth condemns using Husayn's mourning to curse the companions, a disservice to Husayn, and calls self-flagellation ignorance that many Shia authorities also reject. Lessonposition checkedHusayn ibn Alimatam (ritual mourning)ShiaAyatollah Khomeini machine2 min 10 s1:01:53on YouTube
24 Jul 2019Quick Fiqh! Did Hasan and Husayn wear earrings? Ibn Abbas lists piercing the ear among seven sunnahs for a newborn boy, and Hasan and Husayn had their ears pierced and wore earrings, Husayn wearing two. The reports come through Imam Jafar al-Sadiq's chain and an eyewitness account from Karbala. Lessonposition checkedIbn Abbasreport: ibn abbas said seven things are from the sunnah for the boy on the seventh day he is named circumcised and his ear is piercedaqiqahHasan ibn Ali machine3 min 58 s13:00on YouTube
24 Jul 2019Quick Fiqh! Did early Sunni hadith scholars such as Sufyan ibn Uyayna wear earrings? Yes: the Musnad of Abu Ya'la records a hadith student wearing two earrings, and al-Dhahabi's Siyar A'lam al-Nubala describes the young Sufyan ibn Uyayna sitting in Amr ibn Dinar's hadith class with an earring in his ear. LessonHusayn ibn AliMusnad Abi Ya'laAbu Ya'la al-Mawsilireport: i went to visit him while still a young man and at that time i had two earrings in my ear when i studied hadith machine2 min 35 s16:58on YouTube
24 Jul 2019Quick Fiqh! Can reports from Shia sources about Hasan and Husayn be trusted? Mufti Abu Layth accepts the reports as factual, saying the Shia had no reason to invent earrings for their own Imams, and calls it hypocrisy that Sunnis accept Imran ibn Hittan, a Khariji who praised Ali's killer, as a narrator in Sahih al-Bukhari while rejecting anything from Imam Jafar al-Sadiq. Lessonposition checkedHasan ibn AliHusayn ibn AliImam Jafar al-SadiqShia machine5 min 16 s31:22on YouTube
24 Jul 2019Quick Fiqh! Is it haram for a man to wear an earring? No: men's earrings are permissible, with the precedent of Hasan, Husayn, Imam Malik and Sufyan ibn Uyayna, and the later scholars who opposed them were likely influenced by outside traditions. Mufti Abu Layth accepts that others may call it haram but says the evidence speaks for itself. Lessonposition checkedIbn Qudama [?]Kitab al-Tawwabin [?]report: the most god fearing man i met in my life wore an earringHasan ibn Ali machine2 min 22 s36:38on YouTube