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al-Ghazali

Cited in 12 segments across 10 recordings · 2018 to 2021 · scholar/scholar:al-ghazali

Citing segments

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13 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth LatestHow can I be sure my reason is not wrong? Mufti Abu Layth says al-Ghazali answered his doubt by relying on God; today, he says, the very existence of a consciousness that can doubt is itself the sign of God. Question from live chatposition checkedal-Ghazalial-Munqidh min al-Dalal (Deliverance from Error)Rene Descartes machine5 min 13 s2:52:58on YouTube
9 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Was al-Ghazali against science and philosophy? Mufti Abu Layth says al-Ghazali was not against reason at first, but after a crisis of faith he turned to ascetic mysticism, and through later Sufism this indirectly harmed the voice of reason. Question from live chatposition checkedal-Ghazalial-Munqidh min al-Dalal (Deliverance from Error)Qadi Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi [?]hikmah (wisdom) machine12 min 41 s34:23on YouTube
26 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth What does the Mufti think of Dr Umar Faruq Abdullah? Mufti Abu Layth calls Dr Umar Faruq Abdullah exceptionally talented, with remarkable Arabic, but says his later turn to a pir-style spiritual role wastes that talent. LessonDr Umar Faruq AbdullahShaykh Abdalqadir as-SufiHamza Yusufal-Ghazali machine6 min 33 s2:40:53on 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
11 Dec 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Isn't reason subjective, and is something good only because God commands it? The guest says the Ash'ari voluntarist view of ethics is the real relativism and argues for universal moral values grounded in God's nature; Mufti Abu Layth calls the Ash'ari denial of inherent good and bad nonsense. Discussionguest speechDr Javad T. Hashmi (guest)al-GhazaliAsh'ariMu'tazila machine4 min 16 s29:42on YouTube
11 Dec 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Are paradise and hell in the Quran meant literally? The guest, following Ibn Rushd against al-Ghazali, says belief requires accepting the afterlife, not literal readings of its details; Mufti Abu Layth agrees the afterlife is symbolic but says the prophets' stories are of this world. Discussionguest speechDr Javad T. Hashmi (guest)al-GhazaliTahafut al-Falasifa (The Incoherence of the Philosophers)Ibn Rushd (Averroes) machine4 min 28 s1:15:55on YouTube
19 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Does Islam teach us to feel guilty? Mufti Abu Layth says guilt-tripping is not an Islamic concept but one taken from the Judeo-Christian tradition, and the guest says forbidding evil applies only to what the texts clearly prohibit. Discussionguest speechShaykh Kashif Khan (guest)al-Ghazali [?]al-amr bil-ma'ruf wa al-nahy an al-munkar (commanding good and forbidding evil)nabidh machine5 min 14 s2:36:00on YouTube
2 Aug 2019From the Mind of a Mufti What did Ibn al-Arabi write about a classmate who was both bearded and breasted? Qadi Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi recorded a classmate with a beard and breasts who came to al-Ghazali's lessons with two servant girls and whose nature puzzled him for years. Mufti Abu Layth reads this as an example of people in the past finding outlets with servants and slaves. Lessonposition checkedQadi Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabial-Ghazali [?]Aridat al-Ahwadhi (Ibn al-Arabi's commentary on al-Tirmidhi) [?]khuntha (hermaphrodite, intersex person) machine5 min 42 s11:42on YouTube
18 Jul 2019From the Mind of a Mufti What is al-Suyuti's book about sex? Al-Suyuti wrote about sex, including a section on names for the penis, and endorsed a saying that the two greatest worldly pleasures are horse riding and sex. Mufti Abu Layth agrees with al-Ghazali that orgasm is the closest worldly pleasure to those of paradise. Question from live chatposition checkedal-Suyutial-Ghazalijannah (Paradise) machine2 min 32 s0:00on YouTube
14 Jan 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran Is al-Khidr a prophet, and is he still alive? Classical scholars disagreed on whether al-Khidr was a prophet or a saint, and many held he is still alive while others denied it. Mufti Abu Layth likens the stories of his appearances to saint legends in other religions. Lessonquoted view, not his positional-KhidrIbn al-JawziIbn Ishaqal-Baghawi [?] machine8 min 46 s14:02on YouTube
3 Sep 2018Responding to Refutations Reply to Abdullah al-Andalusi: the 'white saviour' and the caliphate Mufti Abu Layth mocks Abdullah al-Andalusi's call to establish the caliphate as a 'white saviour complex', while praising converts who devoted themselves to study. DiscussionAbdullah al-AndalusiVasco da Gamaal-GhazaliHamza Yusuf machine9 min 31 s0:00on YouTube
3 Sep 2018Responding to Refutations Did al-Ghazali say Muslims must establish a caliphate? When al-Ghazali argued for a caliph he meant a king who keeps law and order, as opposed to anarchy, not a system to be set against democracy. Lessonposition checkedal-Ghazalithe Crusader capture of Jerusalem (1099)khalifah (caliphate)tasawwuf machine3 min 49 s14:42on YouTube