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Safiyya

Cited in 20 segments across 9 recordings · 2017 to 2021 · person/person:safiyya-bint-huyayy

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19 Apr 2021video Why do Mufti Abu Layth's critics defend Bukhari reports that demean the Prophet? Critics who defend Bukhari reports Mufti Abu Layth regards as insulting to the Prophet, such as marrying a child, forcing Safiyya, forgetting the Quran or being made impotent by magic, cannot claim to love the Prophet. Mariya al-Qibtiyya was a wife, not a concubine, and the critics' real concern is a fantasy caliphate and power. Lessonposition checkedFarid [?]Asim Qureshi [?]Sahih al-BukhariSafiyya machine8 min 01 s0:04on YouTube
21 Nov 2020video Do any authentic hadith prove jinn possession? The hadith cited for possession prove nothing: the Bukhari report that Satan runs in the veins concerns suspicion, the Bukhari report of the epileptic woman treats epilepsy as an illness to be borne patiently, and the remaining reports are weak. Lessonposition checkedreport: satan flows through the son of adam like bloodreport: the woman with epilepsy who asked the prophet to pray for her and chose patience so long as she would not be uncoveredreport: the prophet struck the chest of a man and blew on him to drive out the devilreport: yala ibn murra and the child from whom the prophet drove out a demon on a journey machine9 min 12 s34:00on YouTube
22 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth What does the Quran mean by 'what your right hands possess', and did the Prophet have a concubine? The guest reads the Quran's 'right-hand possessions' as a category of wife who was not free, since 4:25 speaks of marrying slave girls, and thinks Mariya al-Qibtiyya may have been a wife misunderstood as a concubine. Mufti Abu Layth says Mariya was a wife, as he has taught, and that under trajectory hermeneutics slavery would have become haram. Question from live chatguest speechDr Shabir Ally (guest)ma malakat aymanukum (what your right hands possess)Ibrahim (Abraham)Hajar machine7 min 13 s1:42:42on YouTube
7 Apr 2020video Does the Mufti teach disrespect for the Prophet? No: he says he has repeatedly defended the Prophet, denying that he married a child and rejecting narrations he finds insulting. Those accusing him took none of these stances. Discussionposition checkedAishareport: magic was done on the prophet and he became impotentreport: musa ran naked so that people could see he had no herniaMusa (Moses) machine4 min 27 s8:19on YouTube
15 Apr 2018Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions What does the hadith 'Satan flows through the son of Adam like blood' mean? In context it is about suspicion: the Prophet said it after explaining to some men that the woman with him was his wife Safiyya, so it refers to the insinuations that pass through human minds, not to possession. Mufti Abu Layth adds that the exorcism trade is a large industry whose practitioners may nonetheless be sincere. Lessonposition checkedreport: satan flows through the son of adam like bloodSafiyyaShaytanwaswasa (whispering) machine2 min 39 s22:09on YouTube
28 Feb 2018Responding to Refutations Reactions to his Safiyya narrative, and the parable of the wife who is never pleased Mufti Abu Layth notes that his account of Safiyya was mostly well received, but some critics still found fault, which he illustrates with the story of a wife who cannot be pleased. OtherSafiyya machine2 min 27 s0:01on YouTube
28 Feb 2018Responding to Refutations Did the Prophet marry Safiyya on the same night she was captured? No: Mufti Abu Layth says Safiyya was a Muslim when the Prophet married her and so had to observe a waiting period, which rules out a marriage on the night of her capture. Lessonposition checkedSafiyyaiddah (waiting period) machine2 min 38 s2:28on YouTube
21 Feb 2018Responding to Refutations Is it acceptable to criticise a hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari? Al-Albani himself rejected around a dozen reports in Bukhari, so criticising a Bukhari report does not make someone a deviant. The salaf understood the Quran's miracles in several ways, and miracles had causes within God's natural law. Lessonposition checkedal-AlbaniSahih al-BukhariIbn Abbasreport: maymuna married the prophet while he was in ihram machine2 min 40 s14:23on YouTube
21 Feb 2018On the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ Did the Prophet take Safiyya the night her husband was killed, as the Tommy Robinson clip claims? No: Mufti Abu Layth says the story conceded by the Muslim debater is false and that, as described, it would be rape, so conceding it and arguing over the word is indefensible. Muslims who have not studied Islamic history should not debate these subjects. Lessonposition checkedSafiyyaTommy RobinsonAisha machine5 min 12 s0:00on 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
21 Feb 2018On the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ What is the common story about how the Prophet married Safiyya? The circulated story is that after Khaybar the Prophet executed Safiyya's husband and father, took her from Dihya al-Kalbi for her beauty, gave her the choice of slavery or marriage and consummated it that night. Mufti Abu Layth says every part of this is false. Lessonposition checkedSafiyyaKinana ibn al-Rabi' [?] (Safiyya's husband)Huyayy ibn AkhtabDihya al-Kalbi machine2 min 31 s9:06on YouTube
21 Feb 2018On the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ Why do the hadith about Safiyya's marriage contradict each other? Nearly all the reports come through one companion, Anas ibn Malik, who was a teenager at Khaybar and died decades later, and they contradict each other on almost every detail, so none can be taken as it stands. Only two facts are certain: Safiyya left with the Muslims and later became the Prophet's wife. Lessonposition checkedSafiyyaAnas ibn MalikSahih al-BukhariImam al-Bukhari machine7 min 52 s11:37on YouTube
21 Feb 2018On the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ Could the Prophet have married Safiyya right after Khaybar? No: she was a widow and the Quran requires a waiting period of four months and ten days, so a marriage at Khaybar would contradict the Quran. The companions only assumed a marriage because they saw the Prophet veil her and took a victory meal for a wedding feast. Lessonposition checkedSafiyyaQuran 2:234 (widows wait four months and ten days)'iddah (waiting period)report: a female captive need only observe one menstrual cycle before marriage (awtas) machine5 min 15 s19:29on YouTube
21 Feb 2018On the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ Why was Safiyya bruised when she came to the Prophet after Khaybar? Safiyya had told her husband Kinana she dreamt a moon fell into her lap; he accused her of wanting Muhammad and beat her, leaving her eye bruised when she came before the Prophet. Her uncle was a long-standing Muslim and she had spoken well of the Prophet before. LessonSafiyyaAbu Yasir ibn Akhtab [?]Kinana ibn al-Rabi' [?] (Safiyya's husband)report: safiyya came with her eye bruised and said kinana beat me because i dreamt a moon fell into my lap machine2 min 37 s24:44on YouTube
21 Feb 2018On the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ Why did Safiyya ride with the Prophet on the way back from Khaybar? Because others were abusing her, the Prophet freed her and had her ride with him, laying out a cloth and offering his knee for her to mount, and covering her with his cloak when the camel fell. Mufti Abu Layth says this was kindness, not a marriage. Lessonposition checkedSafiyyaAsma bint Abi Bakrreport: the prophet offered asma bint abi bakr to ride behind him on his camel and she declinedreport: the prophet laid a cloth on the camel and put out his knee for safiyya to step on and mount machine2 min 36 s27:21on YouTube
21 Feb 2018On the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ Where did Safiyya live when she first came to Madinah? She did not live with the Prophet but was lodged with Umm Sulaym and others, and the Prophet rebuked Aisha and others who called her 'that Jew'. The feast on the road was a victory meal, not a wedding, and she embraced Islam in the months that followed. Lessonposition checkedSafiyyaAnas ibn MalikUmm Sulaym [?]Aisha machine2 min 38 s29:57on YouTube
21 Feb 2018On the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ When and how did Safiyya actually marry the Prophet? She embraced Islam in the months after Khaybar, became interested in the Prophet herself and married him with her consent, not on the night of the battle. Abu Hurayra reported that nothing was taken from Khaybar but clothing, cattle and sheep. Lessonposition checkedSafiyyaAnas ibn Malikconsent as the basis of a valid marriageAbu Hurayra machine2 min 38 s32:35on YouTube
21 Feb 2018On the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ How should Muslims judge hadith that say the Prophet took Safiyya on the night of Khaybar? Weigh them against the Quran and the Prophet's character: the story contradicts the widow's waiting period, the verse on no compulsion and everything known of his conduct, and all its versions come from one conflicting source. Mufti Abu Layth says relaying it is a lie against the Prophet and the picture it draws is rape. Lessonposition checkedSafiyyaQuran 2:256 (there is no compulsion in religion)Quran 2:234 (widows wait four months and ten days)The Quran takes precedence over an isolated hadith machine5 min 12 s35:13on YouTube
21 Feb 2018On the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ If the Safiyya story is in Sahih al-Bukhari, why question it? Because Bukhari's own narrations of the incident conflict, all rest on Anas, and Anas himself says nobody witnessed a marriage and they only assumed one from her being veiled. Earlier scholars were great but shaped by their times, and loyalty to them should not come before the Prophet's honour. Lessonposition checkedSahih al-BukhariAnas ibn Malikreport: if the prophet veiled safiyya she was a wife and if not she was what his right hand possessedSafiyya machine5 min 09 s40:25on YouTube
20 Sep 2017Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions Does the hadith that Shaytan flows in a person's blood prove possession? No: the Prophet said it to two men who saw him with his wife Safiyya, about human suspicion, and nobody present was possessed. The Quran itself appeals to reason and proof, so possession must be tested by reason, which someone reading the Quran without cultural baggage would never find in it. Lessonposition checkedal-Razi [?]aql (intellect)Quran 88:17-18 (do they not look at the camel, how it was created, and at the sky)report: the shaytan flows in the son of adam like blood said when two men saw the prophet with safiyya machine6 min 32 s1:09:02on YouTube