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Quran 5:38 (the thief's hand)

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Cited in 2 segments across 2 recordings · 2020 to 2021 · quran/quran:5:38

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12 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Does the Quran clearly forbid homosexuality? Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran has no explicit prohibition of homosexuality, though most Muslims have held it haram; he thinks the aim was to push people into marriage. Question from live chatposition checkedLutQuran 5:38 (the thief's hand) machine3 min 50 s1:20:42on YouTube
26 Jun 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth How does the guest translate the verses on cutting off the thief's hand, jizya and polygamy? The guest's translation renders the thief's punishment as cutting off the means, the tax on non-Muslims as war reparations, sa'ihat as women active in society, and polygamy as permitted only for widows with orphans in exigent circumstances. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechEdip YukselQuran 5:38 (the thief, cut off their hands)jizyasa'ihat machine3 min 58 s2:12:32on YouTube