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hadith absolutism

Cited in 5 segments across 3 recordings · 2017 to 2023 · principle/principle:hadith-absolutism

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6 Feb 2023video Is Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza consistent in how he criticises hadith? Not fully, says Mufti Abu Layth: Engineer Mirza's rational critique of others' hadith stops short of scrutinising how sahih hadith were authenticated. Mufti still calls him a legend and a much-needed voice. LessonEngineer Muhammad Ali MirzaImam Ahmaddistinction between sunnah and hadiththe living tradition as a source machine8 min 28 s0:01on YouTube
13 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth When should reason take priority over religious texts? Reason always comes first, Mufti Abu Layth says, because every reading of scripture is already an interpretation; hadith dogmatism grew from Ibn Taymiyya's era and revived under colonialism. Question from live chatposition checkedaql (reason)Sapir-Whorf hypothesisIbn TaymiyyaIbn al-Salah machine9 min 07 s2:09:48on YouTube
11 Jan 2017Mothers of the Believers: The Wives of the Blessed Prophet ﷺ Premise two: hadith absolutism versus hadith relativism Scholars were divided from the start between treating every authenticated hadith as binding and reading it against Islam's wider principles. Imam Malik and the school of Madinah left many sound-chained reports they did not hold to be the sunnah. Lessonposition checkedImam MalikIbn Shihab al-ZuhriIbn Abd al-Barr [?]Sahih al-Bukhari machine13 min 02 s16:58on YouTube
11 Jan 2017Mothers of the Believers: The Wives of the Blessed Prophet ﷺ Why is Aisha's age only being questioned now, and is it just to appease the West? The age was treated as an issue historically through rulings against marrying girls incapable of marriage, and it is prominent now because Islam faces more scrutiny. Mufti Abu Layth rejects the report with certainty and calls the appeasement charge preposterous. Question source not recordedposition checkedSahih al-Bukharial-Dawudi [?]hadith absolutismmaqasid al-shari'ah machine10 min 25 s1:18:33on YouTube
11 Jan 2017Mothers of the Believers: The Wives of the Blessed Prophet ﷺ Why is the report that Aisha was six and nine so much better known than the others? The six-and-nine report became prominent as a by-product of hadith absolutism and the later sanctification of Bukhari and Muslim. Ordinary Muslims historically knew only that Aisha was young. Question source not recordedposition checkedSahih al-BukhariSahih MuslimImam MalikIbn al-Salah [?] machine7 min 53 s1:27:41on YouTube