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Sulayman (Solomon)

Cited in 16 segments across 9 recordings · 2017 to 2021 · person/person:sulayman

Citing segments

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15 May 2021video LatestIs there archaeological evidence for David's kingdom, and how did Jerusalem become holy for Muslims? Archaeology has not found the kingdoms of David and Solomon, and Mufti Abu Layth says Muslims should apply the same scrutiny to their own narrations, where early scholars differed over al-Aqsa and the first qibla and the Umayyads under Abd al-Malik promoted Jerusalem with fabricated hadith to rival Ibn al-Zubayr. Lessonposition checkedDavid (Dawud)Solomon (Sulayman)al-Masjid al-Aqsaqiblah machine3 min 52 s20:57on YouTube
6 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth News clip: the Pharaohs' Golden Parade in Cairo, and the Amenhotep III theory A news clip on the Pharaohs' Golden Parade in Cairo, with Mufti Abu Layth recalling his discussion of whether Amenhotep III may have been Sulayman. Otherguest speechthe Pharaohs' Golden Parade (Cairo, 2021)Ramesses IIAmenhotep IIISulayman (Solomon) machine4 min 23 s8:14on YouTube
6 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Was Solomon's hudhud really a bird? The hudhud is addressed in Arabic forms used only for humans, so Mufti Abu Layth reads it as a person, perhaps an agent of Solomon's intelligence service, and he rejects a reading that makes a prophet steal a throne. Lessonguest speechSulayman (Solomon)hudhud (hoopoe)the Queen of Shebazindiq machine4 min 27 s3:36:01on YouTube
27 Oct 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Are jinn just archetypes in our unconscious mind? Mufti Abu Layth thinks the jinn are beings in a dimension of consciousness we cannot normally reach, not mental archetypes. Question from live chatposition checkedjinncollective unconsciousSulaymanQuran 27:18 (the ant) machine8 min 11 s1:34:18on YouTube
28 Feb 2020From the Mind of a Mufti LatestWho was right about Fadak, Fatima or Abu Bakr? Both, in his view: Fatima was right that prophets can be inherited from, but Fadak was fay' belonging to the public, so Abu Bakr was right to keep it under the state. Lessonposition checkedFadakFatimaAbu Bakrfay' (property gained without fighting) machine3 min 13 s16:39on YouTube
14 Jan 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran Is al-Khidr a real person who is still alive? No: he reads al-Khidr as part of a vision shown to Musa, whose three events mirrored Musa's own life and mission. The boy was not really killed, and al-Khidr does not roam the earth. Lessonposition checkedal-KhidrMusa (Moses)Pharaohthe golden calf of the Israelites machine6 min 19 s22:48on YouTube
8 Jan 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran Does the Quran criticise the Queen of Sheba for ruling over men? No: the Quran portrays her as a woman of great power over male ministers and never rebukes her for it. Lessonposition checkedthe Queen of ShebaSulayman (Solomon)Quran 27:23 (I found a woman ruling over them, given of everything, with a mighty throne)hudhud (hoopoe) machine2 min 32 s15:58on YouTube
8 Jan 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran Was the hoopoe in the story of Sulayman really a bird? Probably not, in his reading: the Arabic used of it is used only for humans, so the tafsir that it was one of Sulayman's intelligence agents makes sense. Lessonposition checkedhudhud (hoopoe)Sulayman (Solomon)Maulana Abdul Karim Athari [?]Tafsir Urwat al-Wuthqa [?] (Abdul Karim Athari) machine6 min 24 s18:30on YouTube
8 Jan 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran What does the Quran say about kings in the story of Sheba? The Queen's saying that kings ruin the towns they enter raises the question of what gives anyone the right to rule others. Lessonposition checkedthe Queen of ShebaSulayman (Solomon)Quran 27:34 (kings, when they enter a town, ruin it) machine2 min 34 s24:54on YouTube
8 Jan 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran Did a jinn really bring the Queen of Sheba's throne to Sulayman? Mufti Abu Layth doubts it: following Athari's tafsir, the 'jinn' here were a division of Sulayman's forces, one of three branches of his state. Lessonposition checkedSulayman (Solomon)the Queen of ShebaMaulana Abdul Karim Athari [?]Tafsir Urwat al-Wuthqa [?] (Abdul Karim Athari) machine6 min 26 s27:28on YouTube
8 Jan 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran Did Prophet Sulayman steal the Queen of Sheba's throne? No: he reads the story as Sulayman having a grander replica made from a detailed description, since prophets do not steal thrones. Lessonposition checkedSulayman (Solomon)the Queen of ShebaMaulana Abdul Karim Athari [?]Tafsir Urwat al-Wuthqa [?] (Abdul Karim Athari) machine6 min 57 s33:54on YouTube
8 Jan 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran What happened when the Queen of Sheba came to Sulayman? She was shown a throne grander than hers in a mere waiting room and humbled, then became Muslim; her uncovering her legs on the glass floor was no obscenity. Lessonposition checkedthe Queen of ShebaSulayman (Solomon)Quran 27:42 (is your throne like this? it is as though it were)Quran 27:44 (enter the palace; she thought it a pool and uncovered her shins) machine4 min 18 s40:51on YouTube
8 Jan 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran Did Jesus really speak as a baby in the cradle? Mufti Abu Layth reads it as Jesus aged about twelve debating the Temple elders, as in the Gospel of Luke, which fits the history better than a speaking baby. Lessonposition checkedIsa (Jesus)Maryam (Mary)Quran 19:27-33 (Mary brings him to her people; how can we speak to one in the cradle)Quran 9:92 (those who came to you to be carried, i.e. given mounts) machine10 min 10 s45:09on YouTube
24 Dec 2018Ponderings on the Holy Quran Why did Khidr kill the boy in Surah al-Kahf? Mufti Abu Layth reads the ship, the boy and the wall as a vision mirroring Musa's mission; no child was really killed, since God would never allow that. Lessonposition checkedMusa (Moses)Bani Isra'il (the Israelites)the golden calf of the IsraelitesDawud (David) machine5 min 18 s11:22on YouTube
1 Sep 2018BukhariGate: Issues with Sahih al-Bukhari Why does Mufti Abu Layth reject the Bukhari report of Sulayman and the hundred women? The report of Sulayman going to a hundred women in one night is absurd and disrespects a prophet, and its moral that God punished him with a disabled child paints a troubling picture of God. A report that clashes with reason, the Quran or Islamic principles goes out of the window. Lessonposition checkedSahih al-Bukhari 2819 (Sulayman: tonight I will go to a hundred women)Sahih al-BukhariSulayman (Solomon)Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Farabri machine3 min 55 s18:15on YouTube
20 Sep 2017Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions Which classical scholars denied that jinn can possess people? Ibn Hazm held that claiming possession is a claim without knowledge and haram, since the Prophet spoke only of whispering; al-Tahawi noted that every taught du'a is against whispering, al-Razi said Shaytan cannot cause illness, and al-Shafi'i rejected the testimony of anyone claiming to see jinn, which only prophets can. Lessonquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Akram Nadwi (guest)Ibn Hazmal-Fisal fi al-Milal wal-Ahwa' wal-Nihal (Ibn Hazm)al-Tahawi machine7 min 53 s23:06on YouTube