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al-Jahiz [?]

Cited in 3 segments across 3 recordings · 2020 to 2021 · scholar/scholar:al-jahiz

Citing segments

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16 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Did Imam Ahmad really refuse to say the Quran is created? Mufti Abu Layth says later Hanbalis made Imam Ahmad a hero of the Mihna, though he likely said the Quran was created to save himself; Ash'ari books also call the worded Quran created. Lessonposition checkedImam Ahmad ibn HanbalHanbalistajsim (anthropomorphism)Salafi machine8 min 12 s1:02:31on YouTube
21 Nov 2020video Is the jinn exorcism and ruqya industry a fraud? The ruqya industry is largely a fraud drenched in abuse; the Mu'tazila, who rejected possession, were never afflicted, and al-Jahiz already recorded a practitioner using a possession claim to explain away a lost virginity. Lessonposition checkedal-JahizMu'tazilaruqyaOmar Suleiman machine6 min 37 s43:12on YouTube
14 Jul 2020live stream Is al-Zamakhshari's tafsir al-Kashshaf worth reading? Mufti Abu Layth praises al-Kashshaf as linguistically overwhelming and al-Zamakhshari as a legend, while noting the Mu'tazili oddities in it; the Mu'tazila were great scholars, often over-demonised. Question from live chatposition checkedal-Kashshafal-ZamakhshariAsas al-Balagha [?]balagha (rhetoric) machine4 min 24 s45:21on YouTube