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Cited in 5 segments across 4 recordings · 2020 to 2023 · person/person:lut

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22 Feb 2023video Should Muslims tell gay people what the Quran says about homosexuality? Mufti Abu Layth says Americans are overwhelmingly not Muslim, so speaking on issues there means speaking to non-Muslim norms rather than preaching the Quran to them. Question from a callerposition checkedOmar SuleimanLut (Lot) machine5 min 45 s10:48on YouTube
13 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth What was the real crime of the people of Lut? Mufti Abu Layth says the people of Lut were destroyed for rejecting God, as in every prophet's story, with their other behaviour secondary. Question from live chatposition checkedLut machine1 min 19 s2:42:28on YouTube
12 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Super chats read out: bitcoin, an escort question, prophethood and the story of Lut Housekeeping: super chats are read out, with the questions on prophethood and on the story of Lut kept for later. OtherIbrahim, the son of the ProphetLut machine3 min 30 s59:36on YouTube
12 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Does the Quran clearly forbid homosexuality? Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran has no explicit prohibition of homosexuality, though most Muslims have held it haram; he thinks the aim was to push people into marriage. Question from live chatposition checkedLutQuran 5:38 (the thief's hand) machine3 min 50 s1:20:42on YouTube
11 Dec 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Why does the Quran tell the same story in different ways? The guest says the Quran's stories are set in sacred, not historical, time and follow archetypes that speak to the Prophet's own circumstances, which is why the same story, such as Lot's or the golden calf, is told differently. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechDr Javad T. Hashmi (guest)Lut (Lot)the golden calf of the IsraelitesAhl al-Kitab (People of the Book) machine4 min 29 s1:20:23on YouTube