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Quran 2:275 (like one whom Shaytan has driven to madness by his touch)

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Cited in 7 segments across 5 recordings · 2017 to 2020 · quran/quran:2:275

Citing segments

Newest first. Each opens the whole segment, not a bare quote.
21 Nov 2020video The clip: Omar Suleiman on jinn possession, the riba verse and disobedience In the clip Omar Suleiman says jinn possession is real and affirmed by the riba verse, that most imams have seen supernatural cases, and that disobedience, especially leaving prayer and riba, removes Allah's protection and invites possession. Otherquoted view, not his positionguest speechOmar SuleimanQuran 2:275 (those who consume riba stand as one struck by Satan)report: satan flows through the son of adam like bloodqarin machine3 min 53 s2:41on YouTube
21 Nov 2020video Does the riba verse prove that jinn can possess people? The riba verse 2:275 uses the image of being struck by the devil as a frame of reference the Arabs knew, like the heads of devils in 37:65; it does not establish possession. Lessonposition checkedQuran 2:275 (those who consume riba stand as one struck by Satan)Quran 37:65 (its shoots are like the heads of devils)Quran 14:22 (Satan: I had no power over you)riba machine3 min 53 s17:05on YouTube
22 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Does the Quran support the idea that Shaytan or jinn can control a person? The verse cited for possession is about rising on the Day of Judgment, and the Quran as a whole gives Shaytan only the power to whisper and no authority over Allah's servants. Possession would also destroy personal responsibility and let any criminal evade punishment, and Mufti Abu Layth says the claim that jinn can take any form makes the whole idea absurd. Discussionguest speechDr Shabir Ally (guest)jinnShaytanQuran 2:275 (like one whom Shaytan has driven to madness by his touch) machine4 min 55 s1:20:45on YouTube
15 Apr 2018Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions Does the Quran's riba verse prove that Satan can possess people? No: Mufti Abu Layth says the verse is imagery, read by the commentators as describing how riba-takers rise on the Day of Judgement or as a picture of consuming greed, and the Quran uses such images, like the zaqqum tree's heads of devils, because humans have imagination. Lessonposition checkedQuran 2:275 (like one whom Shaytan has driven to madness by his touch)Quran 37:65 (its shoots are like the heads of devils)ribaShaytan machine5 min 16 s7:47on YouTube
19 Oct 2017video What was the riba of the jahiliyyah that the Quran condemned? Riba is spoken of as three kinds: riba al-jahiliyyah, riba al-fadl and riba al-nasi'a. The riba of the jahiliyyah was a tyrannical loan-shark practice of compounding debt enforced by killing, torture and enslavement. Lessonposition checkedQuran 2:275 (Allah has permitted sale and forbidden riba)ribariba al-jahiliyyahriba al-fadl (riba of excess) machine3 min 45 s6:12on YouTube
19 Oct 2017video Does the Quran forbid every kind of excess when it forbids riba? The definite article in 'Allah forbade riba' points to a specific known kind of riba, not every excess, since most excesses are not haram. Umar wished the Prophet had explained riba, and Ibn Abbas held there was no riba except in delay. Lessonposition checkedQuran 2:275 (Allah has permitted sale and forbidden riba)ribaal-'ahd al-dhihni (definite article referring to a known thing)khars (estimating dates on the tree) [?] machine2 min 56 s14:16on YouTube
20 Sep 2017Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions Does the Quran's verse about the touch of Shaytan prove that jinn possess people? No: the riba verse describes how usurers will rise on the Day of Judgement or pictures their greed, and the image of Shaytan's touch is drawn from human imagination, like the tree of Jahannam whose fruit is 'like the heads of devils'. It is a misused verse, not a proof. Lessonposition checkedQuran 2:275 (like one whom Shaytan has driven to madness by his touch)Quran 37:65 (the tree of Jahannam, its fruit like the heads of devils)Ibn Atiyya [?]riba machine3 min 56 s58:35on YouTube