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creed cannot be blind-followed

Cited in 4 segments across 4 recordings · 2018 to 2021 · principle/principle:no-taqlid-in-creed

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14 Feb 2021video Can I blindly follow scholars in matters of belief? No: Mufti Abu Layth says blind following in belief is forbidden by scholarly consensus, and the majority of one school is not ijma'. Discussionposition checkedno taqlid in matters of creedtaqlid (blind following)ijma'Maliki school machine5 min 37 s8:13on YouTube
9 Apr 2018The Voice of Reason in Islam Is blind faith (taqlid) in creed acceptable in Islam? The theologians held that blind-following in creed is haram and that faith must rest on reasoning; later scholars tolerated inherited faith as a lower level while holding that Islam aspires to faith that knows God to be one. Lessonposition checkednazar (reasoned contemplation, in theology)taqlidQuran 47:19 (know that there is no god but Allah; verse not numbered by him) [?]al-Safarini [?] machine7 min 47 s15:54on YouTube
13 Mar 2018Islamic Eschatology A Christian belief that crept into Islam; creed cannot be blind-followed Mufti Abu Layth holds that Jesus's return is a Christian belief that entered Islam and contradicts the Quran and its principles. Creed cannot be blind-followed, so he will not be intimidated into it. Lessonposition checkedaqidahtaqlidcreed cannot be blind-followedreport: i heard people saying something so i said it machine2 min 37 s37:15on 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