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Cited in 5 segments across 5 recordings · 2018 to 2021 · scholar/scholar:al-farabi

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15 Mar 2021video Does using reason in Islam make someone a Mu'tazili? The Mu'tazila were defined by doctrines about sin and God's obligations, not by reason; the Sunni distrust of reason was a later reaction to losing debates. Calling someone Mu'tazili for using reason is a tactic to avoid debate. Lessonposition checkedMu'tazilaaql (intellect)Sunnisalaf machine7 min 07 s6:58on YouTube
16 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Were the Mu'tazila really defined by their use of reason? Mufti Abu Layth says the Mu'tazila were defined by doctrines like a sinner leaving Islam and God being duty-bound, not by reason; the Sunni rejection of reason came later as a reaction. Lessonposition checkedMu'tazila'aql (reason)salafal-Kindi machine7 min 02 s51:46on YouTube
19 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth How did Ibn Rushd answer al-Ghazali's attack on the philosophers? Mufti Abu Layth explains that Ibn Rushd answered al-Ghazali by showing that what he refuted was mostly neoplatonism, not Aristotle. Lessonposition checkedal-GhazaliIbn Rushd (Averroes)Tahafut al-Falasifa (The Incoherence of the Philosophers)Tahafut al-Tahafut (The Incoherence of the Incoherence) machine3 min 52 s2:16:37on YouTube
3 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Do Ash'aris and Maturidis believe the Arabic Quran is God's eternal speech? In Ash'ari and Maturidi theology God's eternal speech is not Arabic sounds and letters; the Arabic Quran expresses it and is created. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechDr Khalil Andani (guest)al-BaqillaniKalam Allahkalam nafsi machine5 min 51 s34:47on YouTube
9 Apr 2018The Voice of Reason in Islam How did the Golden Age backlash and the clergy contribute to Muslim hostility to reason? The philosophy and reason promoted in the Golden Age provoked a reaction that dumbed reason down, and institutionalised clergy found 'who said the deen is supposed to make sense' a useful tool of control. Lessonposition checkedthe house of wisdom (Bayt al-Hikma), which he calls Dar al-HikmahIbn Sina [?]al-Kindi [?]al-Farabi [?] machine2 min 36 s56:08on YouTube