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al-Shawkani

Cited in 21 segments across 12 recordings · 2017 to 2020 · scholar/scholar:al-shawkani

Citing segments

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19 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Did classical scholars permit masturbation, and for women too? The guest cites al-Shawkani's treatise and some Hanafi, Maliki and Hanbali reports permitting masturbation, and says some held the prohibition applies only to men; Mufti Abu Layth notes Malik's disdain as a social attitude. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Kashif Khan (guest)al-ShawkaniImam MalikIbn Hazm machine5 min 16 s1:51:38on YouTube
19 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is pornography today like the concubines of the past? The guest rejects likening pornography to concubinage or mut'ah, calling it instant gratification, and describes Salafi efforts to suppress permissive classical texts; Mufti Abu Layth says these are real questions that need open discussion. Discussionguest speechShaykh Kashif Khan (guest)Yuval Noah HarariSapiensal-Shawkani machine5 min 11 s1:56:54on YouTube
19 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Does masturbation or other sexual activity break the fast? The guest says only intercourse is agreed to break the fast, citing Aisha's report and al-Albani; Mufti Abu Layth says he agrees that masturbation per se does not break the fast. Discussionguest speechShaykh Kashif Khan (guest)Aishareport: the prophet did everything with his wives while fasting except intercourseal-Albani machine5 min 08 s2:08:19on YouTube
18 Sep 2019From the Mind of a Mufti Which scholars held that music is permissible, and what did Imam Malik's school say? Al-Shawkani, Ibn Hazm, Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi and al-Fakihani all found no sahih hadith prohibiting music, and the people of Madinah, including the qadi Sa'd ibn Ibrahim, held it permissible, with some transmitting this as Imam Malik's own position. Only Allah and His Messenger are authorities, so a refutation needs a sahih hadith. Lessonposition checkedal-ShawkaniNayl al-AwtarSalafithe practice of the people of Madinah machine7 min 50 s2:41on YouTube
18 Sep 2019From the Mind of a Mufti Is listening to music haram? In Mufti Abu Layth's understanding music is not forbidden, because no text is at once conclusive, sahih and explicit: the Bukhari hadith speaks of entertainment, not music, and the texts naming music are not authentic. People find this hard to accept because they come to religion expecting it to oppose entertainment and desire. Question from the audienceposition checkedharamSahih al-Bukharireport: at the end of time people will consider maazif permissible (Sahih al-Bukhari, number not stated)ma'azif (musical instruments; read as 'entertainment') machine5 min 16 s10:31on YouTube
18 Sep 2019From the Mind of a Mufti Is it haram to write or sing lyrics about alcohol? Lyrics about alcohol are not haram, since such poetry was recited in the Prophet's mosque, and declaring something haram because it might lead to bad behaviour is lying on God's behalf. Enjoining good is not policing, scholars need not be followed blindly, and God understands sarcasm as well as we do. Question from the audienceposition checkedSahih al-Bukharireport: they recited poetry with the prophet through the night and then he said now read quran (Sahih al-Bukhari, number not stated)al-amr bil-ma'ruf wa al-nahy an al-munkar (commanding good and forbidding evil)taqlid machine3 min 59 s26:09on YouTube
10 Jul 2018Quick Fiqh! Is it haram for men to wear gold or silk? In Mufti Abu Layth's view the prohibition of gold and silk for men is a matter of dislike (karaha), not a categorical haram, since many Companions wore both all their lives and the Prophet's aim was to keep people focused in hard times. He notes the popular opinion is that it is haram and says nobody has to follow his understanding. Question written questionposition checkedreport: allah has made these two gold and silk haram upon the males of my ummah (unresolved)report: whoever wears silk in this world is deprived of it in jannah (unresolved)report: the prophet permitted al-zubayr and abd al-rahman ibn awf to wear silk because of an itch (unresolved)al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam [?] machine15 min 13 s0:00on YouTube
10 May 2018Ponderings on the Holy Quran Were apostates punished for disbelief or for fighting against Muslims? The classical punishment targeted apostates who took up arms against the community, not disbelief itself: Umar preferred to restrain and persuade, al-Tahawi tied it to waging war, and the Hanafis exempted women because they were not combatants. Lessonposition checkedUmar ibn al-Khattabreport: umar said i would have restrained him and tried to bring him back (unresolved)al-ShawkaniNayl al-Awtar machine7 min 46 s15:42on YouTube
15 Apr 2018Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions Is jinn possession just a difference of opinion among scholars? Mufti Abu Layth refuses to treat it that way: although scholars from Fakhr al-Din al-Razi to Shaltut, Ibn Ashur and al-Shawkani rejected possession while Ibn Taymiyya affirmed it, this is not a harmless fiqh difference like raising the hands in prayer, because the belief drives abuse and exploitation and brings ridicule on Islam. Lessonposition checkedShaykh Akram NadwiFakhr al-Din al-RaziAbu Ya'la al-Hanbali [?]Mu'tazila machine2 min 07 s1:05:31on YouTube
9 Apr 2018The Voice of Reason in Islam Is blind faith (taqlid) in creed acceptable in Islam? The theologians held that blind-following in creed is haram and that faith must rest on reasoning; later scholars tolerated inherited faith as a lower level while holding that Islam aspires to faith that knows God to be one. Lessonposition checkednazar (reasoned contemplation, in theology)taqlidQuran 47:19 (know that there is no god but Allah; verse not numbered by him) [?]al-Safarini [?] machine7 min 47 s15:54on YouTube
15 Mar 2018Responding to Refutations Does Quran 43:61 say Jesus is the sign of the hour? No: Hasan al-Basri read 'knowledge of the hour' as the Quran, others as the Prophet, and the verse says knowledge, not sign, so the critics must interpret it too. Mufti Abu Layth adds that the Mahdi was also called mutawatir by Ibn Hajar, al-Shawkani and others yet is absent from al-Tahawi's creed. Lessonposition checkedIsa (Jesus)Quran 43:61 (and he is knowledge of the hour)Hasan al-Basrimutawatir machine2 min 36 s10:26on YouTube
13 Mar 2018Islamic Eschatology Anwar Shah Kashmiri's claim of ijma, and the scholars who rejected the return Kashmiri's compilation of over a hundred return hadith contains mostly weak reports by his own count, and a line of Azhar and other scholars from Abduh to Muhammad al-Ghazali rejected the second coming. Lessonquoted view, not his positionAnwar Shah Kashmirial-ShawkaniIbn TaymiyyaMuhammad Abduh machine2 min 38 s1:47:50on YouTube
13 Mar 2018Islamic Eschatology Rashid Rida at Deoband: how scholars disagree with adab Rida and Kashmiri held opposite views on the return of Jesus yet honoured each other at Deoband; Mufti Abu Layth says this is how scholars should disagree. LessonRashid RidaAnwar Shah Kashmirial-ShawkaniRashid Rida's visit to India and Deoband machine2 min 36 s1:50:28on 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
13 Mar 2018Islamic Eschatology Why would Jesus need to come back at all? Muslims have had to invent a reason for Jesus's return; killing a Dajjal who melts on sight is an anti-climax, and the other tasks contradict Jesus's own character and the Quran. Question raised by Mufti Abu Laythposition checkedIbn Hajar al-Asqalanial-ShawkaniIbn Hajar al-Haytamial-Sakhawi machine3 min 55 s2:16:41on YouTube
13 Mar 2018Islamic Eschatology Shaykh Abdul Majid's civility; the 'Mufti' remark clarified; music in front of one's daughters Mufti Abu Layth praises a critic's civility, clarifies that he objects to attacks on his qualification rather than seeking a title, and says that not wanting music or dancing before one's daughters does not make them haram. Lessonposition checkedShaykh Abdul Majid [?]al-Shawkani machine5 min 16 s2:25:54on YouTube
2 Jan 2018Responding to Refutations Music: the hadith on singing and hypocrisy, and scholars who permitted music Nothing proven categorically makes music haram, and lyrics by themselves do not make listening haram. The hadith the critic cited on singing and hypocrisy is weak in every chain, and he lists scholars who said no sahih report forbids music. Lessonposition checkedAbu Ibraheem Husnaynreport: singing grows hypocrisy in the heart as water grows vegetation (unresolved)Ibn Mas'ud [?]al-Shawkani machine10 min 26 s14:24on YouTube
2 Jan 2018Responding to Refutations Anal intercourse: the difference of opinion and the chains of the critic's hadith On anal intercourse Mufti Abu Layth says only that there is a difference of opinion: the majority held it haram, many Malikis did not and disliked it for hygiene. He argues that every hadith the critic quoted against it has a weak or disconnected chain. Lessonquoted view, not his positionAbu Ibraheem HusnaynSufyan al-ThawriQadi IyadAbu Muhammad al-Asili [?] machine11 min 53 s24:50on YouTube
20 Sep 2017Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions Why not treat jinn possession as just a difference of opinion among scholars? Because it is not a harmless difference like raising the hands in prayer: belief in possession underwrites mass exploitation, a multi-million pound industry and ridicule of Islam and its Prophet. Al-Razi, al-Maraghi, Ibn Ashur and al-Shawkani are among those who denied it, and the abuse must end. Lessonposition checkedFakhr al-Din al-RaziAbu Ya'la al-Farra [?] (Hanbali)Mu'tazilaMustafa al-Maraghi machine1 min 55 s1:56:14on YouTube
17 May 2017Ramadan Q&A Fast & Fiqhious LatestShould I pray 8 or 20 rak'ahs of tarawih? Tarawih has no fixed number: eight, the least the Prophet prayed, is the base and anything above it is valid. Twenty was the common practice and the schools' broad view, but neither eight nor twenty is wrong. Question source not recordedposition checkedtarawihrak'ahmadhhabImam Malik machine4 min 36 s0:20on YouTube
17 May 2017Ramadan Q&A Fast & Fiqhious Does masturbation break my fast? Scholars differ: the majority hold that masturbation with ejaculation breaks the fast, by analogy with intercourse, while a minority including Ibn Hazm and some Hanafis hold that it does not, since no text says so. Mufti Abu Layth presents both views without committing to one. Question from the audiencequoted view, not his positionsawm (fasting)qada (making up a missed fast) [?]kaffarah (expiation) [?]Ibn Hazm [?] machine5 min 19 s0:50on YouTube