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hadith grading is not a democracy; the majority does not decide

Cited in 4 segments across 4 recordings · 2018 to 2021 · principle/principle:truth-not-decided-by-numbers

Citing segments

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14 Mar 2021video Did Yasir Qadhi say that majority scholarly opinion rests on socio-political factors? In the clip Qadhi says correct opinion is independent of the names and number of scholars and that dominant positions rest on socio-political factors such as the Ghaznavids, the Hanbalis of Baghdad and the Seljuks. Mufti Abu Layth says this is exactly what modernists say and contradicts Qadhi's appeal to the giants on the return of Jesus. Lessonguest speechYasir QadhiKarramiyyaGhaznavidsSeljuks machine3 min 57 s1:01:57on YouTube
2 Mar 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Does the majority of scholars holding a view make it right? Mufti Abu Layth shows Qadhi saying that majority opinion rests on socio-political factors and that numbers do not make a view right, against his own appeal to the giants on the second coming. Lessonguest speechYasir QadhiKarramiyyaGhaznavids [?]Seljuks machine4 min 09 s2:05:05on YouTube
21 Feb 2018Responding to Refutations Can a hadith narrated by Jabir alone be mutawatir? No: mutawatir requires so many transmissions that a lie is impossible, which a report from Jabir alone cannot be, and he says the report is not even sahih. He defends following the critics who weakened the narrator rather than those who graded him reliable. Lessonposition checkedSunni Defence (YouTube channel)mutawatirJabir ibn Abdullahal-Bukhari machine5 min 01 s19:41on YouTube
2 Jan 2018Responding to Refutations Shaving the beard: Qadi Iyad's view and the demand for one hadith The view that shaving the beard is not haram is presented as Qadi Iyad's, and Mufti Abu Layth challenges the critic to produce a hadith teaching how to keep a beard. He adds that truth is not decided by the number of scholars holding a view. Lessonquoted view, not his positionAbu Ibraheem HusnaynQadi IyadSahih MuslimIbn Baz machine3 min 53 s10:31on YouTube