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Ubayy ibn Ka'b

Cited in 10 segments across 7 recordings · 2018 to 2021 · person/person:ubayy-ibn-kab

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14 Mar 2021video Which Quranic verses does Yasir Qadhi say point to the return of Jesus? Qadhi's clip cites three or four Quranic phrases, Jesus speaking in maturity, the People of the Book believing before his death, and Jesus as a sign of the Hour, and concedes they only strongly suggest a return. Mufti Abu Layth interjects that the sign of the Hour would then have come two thousand years ago. Lessonquoted view, not his positionguest speechYasir QadhiIsa (Jesus)Quran 3:46 (he will speak to people in the cradle and in maturity)Quran 4:159 (none of the People of the Book but will believe in him before his death) machine7 min 48 s2:46on YouTube
14 Mar 2021video Does 'he will speak to people in maturity' or 'before his death' prove that Jesus will return? The verse about Jesus speaking in the cradle and in maturity concerns those he addresses, children and grown men, and the first to read it as a return was al-Husayn ibn al-Fadl, who died in 282 AH and transmitted strange reports. 'Before his death' was recited by Ubayy and Ibn Abbas as 'before their death' and read by commentators as referring to Jesus, the Prophet, the truth or Allah. Lessonposition checkedQuran 3:46 (he will speak to people in the cradle and in maturity)Quran 5:110 (you spoke to people in the cradle and in maturity)Quran 4:159 (none of the People of the Book but will believe in him before his death)al-Husayn ibn al-Fadl al-Bajali al-Naysaburi machine5 min 14 s1:20:13on YouTube
2 Mar 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Does the verse about Jesus speaking 'in maturity' mean he will come back? Neither verse proves a return: 'in the cradle and in maturity' refers to the people Jesus addresses, the return reading began with a late transmitter of strange reports, and 'before his death' has several readings. Lessonposition checkedYasir QadhiQuran 3:46Quran 5:110Quran 4:159 machine4 min 53 s2:23:16on YouTube
19 Jun 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth How did Dr Shehzad Saleem come to research the history of the Quran? Teaching the history of the Quran at Al-Mawrid in 1999, the guest was shocked by questions in the Muslim sources themselves: multiple extant readings, reports of a lost rajm verse, compilation by two witnesses, differing companion codices and the Shia account. His book is the result of the quest that followed. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechDr Shehzad Saleem (guest)The History of the Quran: A Critical Study (Shehzad Saleem)Al-MawridHafs machine7 min 36 s4:02on YouTube
19 Jun 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is the hadith that the Quran was revealed in seven ahruf authentic, and what does it mean? The guest says the seven-ahruf hadith is ambiguous, as al-Suyuti admitted, that its forty-odd interpretations are inconsistent and its versions unsoundly reported and contradictory, so they cancel each other out. He refrains from guessing what the Prophet originally said. Discussionguest speechDr Shehzad Saleem (guest)report: the quran was revealed in seven ahrufthe seven ahrufal-Suyuti machine5 min 12 s38:06on YouTube
19 Jun 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Was Ibn Mas'ud's Quran different from the Quran we have? No: the guest says the reports that Ibn Mas'ud rejected al-Fatiha or the last two surahs are wrongly ascribed to him, and the major companions vouched for the same Quran, the only traceable dispute being over the word 'qul'. Mufti Abu Layth also says he would not advocate cutting the hand today, since for him the hudud have already changed with the age. Question from live chatguest speechDr Shehzad Saleem (guest)Ibn Mas'udUbayy ibn Ka'bIbn Abbas machine3 min 57 s1:37:31on YouTube
14 Jan 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran What happened between Musa and al-Khidr in Surat al-Kahf? Musa and his companion travel to the meeting of two seas, meet a servant of Allah who damages a ship, kills a boy and repairs a wall, and is rebuked by Musa each time. Al-Bukhari's hadith adds the detail that Musa had claimed to be the most knowledgeable of people. LessonQuran 18:60-82 (Musa and the servant of Allah)Musa (Moses)al-KhidrYusha ibn Nun (Joshua) machine5 min 47 s2:35on YouTube
15 Mar 2018Responding to Refutations Does 'before his death' in Quran 4:159 refer to the return of Jesus? No: Mufti Abu Layth says early authorities including Ibn Abbas, Mujahid and al-Dahhak read the pronoun as the Christian who realises the truth at death, and Ubayy ibn Ka'b's recitation has 'before their death'. Referring it to Jesus's return would exclude every Christian who died over two thousand years. Lessonposition checkedIsa (Jesus)Quran 4:159 (none of the People of the Book but will believe in him before his death)Ibn AbbasIbn Kathir [?] machine2 min 35 s7:51on YouTube
13 Mar 2018Islamic Eschatology Verses 4:159 and 43:61: 'before his death' and 'knowledge of the hour' Neither 4:159 nor 43:61 establishes a return: the early exegetes read 4:159 of each Christian at death, Ubayy's reading is plural, and 43:61 says knowledge, not sign. Lessonposition checkedQuran 4:159Quran 43:61Ibn AbbasMujahid ibn Jabr machine3 min 56 s2:11:25on YouTube
9 Feb 2018On the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ Is the hadith of the crying tree trunk authentic? No: Mufti Abu Layth finds weak narrators in each chain, including those in al-Bukhari, and says only the Quran is preserved in its entirety. Lessonposition checkedreport: the tree crying for the prophetminbarJabir ibn AbdullahAnas ibn Malik machine8 min 52 s7:38on YouTube