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Cited in 6 segments across 3 recordings · 2018 to 2021 · scholar/scholar:al-layth-ibn-sad

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14 Mar 2021video Why does Mufti Abu Layth say the Bukhari chain for Jesus's descent is unreliable? The first Bukhari chain leaves two narrators' names ambiguous, a practice al-Dhahabi and Ibn Hajar record of al-Bukhari, and passes through al-Zuhri, whom the critics describe as inserting his own words into reports and making mursal reports reach the Prophet. Lessonposition checkedreport: yanzilu fikum ibn maryam hakaman adlanreport: the prophet tried to end his life on several occasionsSahih al-Bukharial-Bukhari machine9 min 18 s1:35:56on YouTube
14 Mar 2021video What problems does Mufti Abu Layth find in the Sahih Muslim chains for Jesus's return? The second Bukhari chain passes through Qutayba, who once concealed a known forger in a chain, and the Sahih Muslim chains pass through narrators faulted for lax or inaccurate transmission from al-Zuhri, notably Yunus ibn Yazid, with al-Zuhri himself recurring in each. Lessonposition checkedSahih al-BukhariSahih Muslimal-BukhariQutayba ibn Said machine5 min 16 s1:45:14on YouTube
2 Mar 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Is the hadith in Bukhari about Jesus coming down reliable? The first Bukhari chain is doubtful: al-Bukhari left two narrators unnamed, which he is known to have done deliberately, and the chain runs through al-Zuhri, who was known to insert his own words into hadith. Lessonposition checkedYasir Qadhireport: yanzilu fikum ibn maryam hakaman adlanSahih al-Bukharial-Bukhari machine9 min 33 s2:38:55on YouTube
2 Mar 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth What is wrong with the other Bukhari and Muslim chains on Jesus's return? The second Bukhari chain passes through Qutayba, who once concealed a forger, and al-Zuhri; the Sahih Muslim chains include Harmala, Yunus ibn Yazid and others the critics faulted. Lessonposition checkedSahih al-BukhariSahih MuslimQutayba ibn Saidal-Layth ibn Sa'd machine5 min 42 s2:48:28on YouTube
2 Mar 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Are the Sahih Muslim reports about Jesus's return reliable? Further Sahih Muslim chains contain a narrator with memory loss, an unidentifiable narrator who could not have met Abu Hurayra, Ibn Jurayj, whom he calls a major mudallis, and Abu al-Zubayr. Lessonposition checkedSahih Muslimal-BukhariAbu Dawudal-Layth ibn Sa'd machine6 min 14 s2:54:10on YouTube
10 May 2018Ponderings on the Holy Quran Are the Abu Hurayra and Hamza al-Aslami narrations on apostasy authentic? The other narrations used for killing apostates, from Abu Hurayra and Hamza al-Aslami, also have problems in their chains: rejected or unknown narrators and a known mudallis. LessonAbu Hurayrareport: abu hurayra narration on killing the apostate (unresolved; content not quoted)Hamza al-Aslami [?]report: hamza al-aslami narration on killing the apostate (unresolved; content not quoted) machine3 min 57 s39:14on YouTube