Scholar

al-Nawawi

Cited in 14 segments across 12 recordings · 2015 to 2023 · scholar/scholar:al-nawawi

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22 Feb 2023video LatestDid some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram? Mufti Abu Layth says he described, not endorsed, a minority view that it is not haram; Islamic history holds diverse views, many scholars' poetry shows bisexual appreciation, and persecution is unacceptable. Question from a callerposition checkedal-Nawawi [?] (name garbled in the transcript) machine5 min 43 s16:33on YouTube

21 Nov 2020video Do any authentic hadith prove jinn possession? The hadith cited for possession prove nothing: the Bukhari report that Satan runs in the veins concerns suspicion, the Bukhari report of the epileptic woman treats epilepsy as an illness to be borne patiently, and the remaining reports are weak. Lessonposition checkedreport: satan flows through the son of adam like bloodreport: the woman with epilepsy who asked the prophet to pray for her and chose patience so long as she would not be uncoveredreport: the prophet struck the chest of a man and blew on him to drive out the devilreport: yala ibn murra and the child from whom the prophet drove out a demon on a journey machine9 min 12 s34:00on YouTube

18 Sep 2019From the Mind of a Mufti Why is celibacy praised despite a hadith against it while music is condemned without one? A sahih hadith condemns the vow never to marry, yet unmarried scholars are praised in books like Abu Ghudda's, because celibacy fits the picture of religion as self-denial; music, which fits the opposite picture, is condemned although no clear sahih hadith names it. The default law remains that everything is permissible unless proven otherwise. Lessonposition checkedreport: three men vowed to pray all night fast every day and never marry and the prophet condemned themAbd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddaal-Ulama al-Uzzab alladhina atharu al-ilm ala al-zawaj (the unmarried scholars) [?]al-Nawawi machine6 min 30 s1:00:02on YouTube

21 Aug 2019BukhariGate: Issues with Sahih al-Bukhari Opening: al-Yaqoubi's heated public remarks about Mufti Abu Layth, and the title 'His Eminence' Al-Yaqoubi criticised Mufti Abu Layth in a public gathering for mocking al-Nawawi, for his remarks on homosexuality and for calling himself a mufti; Mufti says he was surprised and partly flattered, and teases the title 'His Eminence'. OtherShaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubial-Nawawi machine2 min 35 s0:00on YouTube

21 Aug 2019BukhariGate: Issues with Sahih al-Bukhari Did Mufti Abu Layth mock Imam al-Nawawi? Mufti Abu Layth says he did not mock al-Nawawi but read his own words, which assume as a given that young boys are prettier than many women and that anyone would be tempted by them. Al-Yaqoubi, he says, should have watched the whole video before judging. LessonShaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubial-Nawawi machine3 min 50 s13:09on YouTube

21 Aug 2019BukhariGate: Issues with Sahih al-Bukhari Why did medieval scholars like al-Nawawi write that boys are prettier than women? Mufti Abu Layth says al-Nawawi voiced a sentiment of his age, shared by many medieval Muslims and by the Greeks, in which attraction to adolescent boys was assumed; reporting this is not mockery. A Saudi critic's reply that many women are ugly, he says, proves the point. Lessonposition checkedal-NawawiSocratesPlatoAristotle machine3 min 55 s16:59on 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

15 Apr 2018Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions Are there authentic hadith showing the Prophet casting out jinn? No report of the Prophet expelling a jinn is free of criticism: the Ya'la ibn Murra and Umm Aban reports are weak, and the sound version of Uthman ibn Abi al-As's story in Sahih Muslim mentions no jinn at all, as al-Nawawi points out. Mufti Abu Layth asks why a Prophet sent as a mercy would never have taught about so common a danger. Lessonposition checkedYa'la ibn Murra [?]report: yala ibn murra and the child from whom the prophet drove out a demon on a journeyUthman ibn Abi al-As al-Thaqafireport: uthman ibn abi al-as said i struggle with the quran and the prophet struck his chest and told him to lead his people machine6 min 31 s13:03on YouTube

15 Apr 2018Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions The seven ajwa dates hadith as hyperbole The hadith that ajwa dates protect from poison and magic is hyperbole praising dates; classical commentators did not take it literally either. Lessonposition checkedreport: whoever eats such dates will not be harmed by poison or magicSahih MuslimQadi Iyadal-Mazari [?] machine2 min 37 s43:38on YouTube

13 Mar 2018Islamic Eschatology Shawkani against claimed consensus: music, following a madhhab, four wives, raf' al-yadayn Those who cite Shawkani's claim that the return is mutawatir do not follow him when he rejects other consensuses or calls raf' al-yadayn mutawatir; claimed consensuses have been overturned before. Lessonposition checkedal-Shawkanial-NawawiIbn Hajar al-Asqalanial-Shafi'i machine3 min 55 s1:53:04on YouTube

21 Feb 2018Responding to Refutations How does he view the Salafi movement, and is hadith narrator criticism a divine science? The Salafi movement began as a courageous rejection of tradition but, once established, became as dogmatic as what it opposed. Narrator criticism is a human science, so it is always open to revision and disagreement. Lessonposition checkedSalafi movementHanbali creedAsh'ari and Maturidi creedIbn Hajar machine3 min 54 s10:29on YouTube

20 Sep 2017Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions Are there authentic hadith of the Prophet casting a jinn out of someone? None of the hadith cited for possession is free of criticism; the only sound version, Uthman ibn Abi al-As in Sahih Muslim, mentions no jinn, as al-Nawawi notes, and the 'come out, enemy of Allah' reports are weak. The Prophet, a mercy to mankind, would not have left such a thing untaught. Lessonposition checkedreport: yala ibn murra said i saw three things from the prophet including that he said to a boy come out enemy of allah i am the messenger of allahYa'la ibn Murrareport: uthman ibn abi al-as said i struggle with the quran and the prophet struck his chest and said go and lead your peopleUthman ibn Abi al-As al-Thaqafi machine6 min 31 s1:02:31on YouTube

5 May 2015video Is a short back and sides or faded haircut haram? A short back and sides, or hair of unequal lengths, is permissible and does not fall under the hadith forbidding qaza'. Shaving patches and leaving others (qaza') is at most disliked, not haram, in the view he presents, unless done to disfigure or to imitate a religious practice. Question raised by Mufti Abu Laythposition checkedqaza'report: the prophet forbade qaza (unresolved; Ibn Umar, Sahih Muslim and Sahih al-Bukhari, number not stated)report: shave all of it or leave all of it (unresolved; the child with a patch of hair, al-Nasa'i and Abu Dawud)report: i will not cut it for i saw the prophet hold you by it (unresolved; the braid of Anas ibn Malik, Abu Dawud) machine15 min 52 s1:20on YouTube

20 Mar 2015video Do I have to wear my trousers above my ankles? No: for men, wearing the garment below the ankles is not haram unless it is done out of arrogance, in which case the hadith apply; otherwise it is at most makruh. In today's societies covering the ankles is normal and carries no arrogance, so insisting on it misses the purpose of the ruling. Question raised by Mufti Abu Laythposition checkedisbal (garments below the ankle)khuyala (arrogance)makruhizar machine12 min 57 s1:18on YouTube