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Quran 2:256 (there is no compulsion in religion)

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Cited in 9 segments across 9 recordings · 2016 to 2021 · quran/quran:2:256

Citing segments

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14 Feb 2021video Do Muslims have to believe that Jesus will come back? Mufti Abu Layth rejects the hadith of Jesus returning as a judge who offers Islam or the sword, saying it came from Christian belief and clashes with the Quran's no compulsion in religion. Discussionposition checkedIsa (Jesus)report: when jesus descends the people are offered islam or the swordAbu HurayraQuran 2:256 (no compulsion in religion), paraphrased machine8 min 12 s0:01on YouTube
9 Oct 2020video Can a hadith be rejected because it goes against reason? Mufti Abu Layth says reason is what immediately tells you whether a hadith is sahih, and that an early classical text on hadith says so. Lessonposition checkedaql (reason)judging a report by its content (matn)sahihQuran 2:256 (no compulsion in religion) machine4 min 12 s0:01on YouTube
22 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Does the Quran prescribe a punishment for apostasy? The Quran prescribes no worldly penalty for apostasy, only punishment in the hereafter, and 'there is no compulsion in religion' is stated as emphatically as the testimony of faith. Rightly representing the Quran is about pleasing Allah, not the kuffar. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechDr Shabir Ally (guest)Quran 2:256 (there is no compulsion in religion)Quran 88:22 (you are not a supervisor over them) machine2 min 37 s11:34on YouTube
1 Aug 2019On Current Events Is it wrong to judge someone who has become an atheist or left Islam? A person's atheism or doubts are their own choice and he does not judge them; what he objects to, he says, is staged exorcisms and charity money taken under false pretences. Lessonposition checkedruqyajinnQuran 2:256 (no compulsion in religion), alluded to machine5 min 43 s10:45on YouTube
20 Sep 2018Clarifying False Hadith Which Insult Islam What is the war-wager hadith paradox? Mufti Abu Layth presents the report that the Prophet was commanded to fight people until they believe, which hadith dogmatists call mutawatir, and notes that the same scholars agree no one may be fought merely for disbelief or compelled into Islam. Lessonposition checkedreport: i have been commanded to fight the people until they testify that there is no god but allah (unresolved; Abu Hurayra, wording of Sahih Muslim, number not stated)Sahih MuslimSahih al-BukhariSunan Abi Dawud machine7 min 54 s0:00on YouTube
30 Aug 2018BukhariGate: Issues with Sahih al-Bukhari The first problem: Bukhari's semi-divine status above the Quran in practice Sahih al-Bukhari has been given a semi-divine status that in practice places it on par with or above the Quran, which he rejects outright. The Quran always takes precedence, and Bukhari is a book like the other hadith collections. Lessonposition checkedSahih al-BukhariSunan Ibn MajahSunan Said ibn MansurQuran 2:256 machine5 min 17 s6:33on YouTube
10 May 2018Ponderings on the Holy Quran Does Islam punish someone for leaving the faith? Islam gives freedom of belief: the Quran says there is no compulsion in religion and leaves belief to choice, and neither the Quran nor the established Sunnah says an apostate must be killed. Lessonposition checkedQuran 2:256 (there is no compulsion in religion)Quran 18:29 (whoever wishes, let him believe, and whoever wishes, let him disbelieve)Quran 10:99 (would you compel people to become believers?)Quran 109:1-6 (Surah al-Kafirun: to you your religion and to me mine) machine5 min 16 s0:00on YouTube
21 Feb 2018On the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ How should Muslims judge hadith that say the Prophet took Safiyya on the night of Khaybar? Weigh them against the Quran and the Prophet's character: the story contradicts the widow's waiting period, the verse on no compulsion and everything known of his conduct, and all its versions come from one conflicting source. Mufti Abu Layth says relaying it is a lie against the Prophet and the picture it draws is rape. Lessonposition checkedSafiyyaQuran 2:256 (there is no compulsion in religion)Quran 2:234 (widows wait four months and ten days)The Quran takes precedence over an isolated hadith machine5 min 12 s35:13on YouTube
15 Mar 2016video Apostasy: execution as divine policy, tribal loyalty and treason in wartime The speakers present the execution of apostates as tied to wartime treason and tribal loyalty in early Arab society rather than to belief alone, and say the Quran should be the primary reference in the discussion. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechNouman Ali KhanQuran 3:72 (believe at the start of the day and disbelieve at its end) [?]Quran 2:256 (no compulsion in religion) [?] machine5 min 19 s0:06on YouTube