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al-Suyuti

Cited in 13 segments across 10 recordings · 2017 to 2022 · scholar/scholar:al-suyuti

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19 Aug 2022video What does the Quran say against the satanic verses story? Mufti Abu Layth says al-Suyuti repeated Ibn Hajar's mistake, while the Quran rules the story out: the Prophet does not speak from desire and Satan has no power to speak in his voice. Lessonposition checkedal-SuyutiIbn Hajar al-Asqalanial-Tabarireport: the water of zamzam is for whatever it is drunk for (unresolved; collection not stated) machine7 min 51 s1:26:29on YouTube
19 Aug 2022video What does the Mufti think of Ibn Taymiyya and Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab? Mufti Abu Layth says Ibn Taymiyya's contribution is mainly to the Salafis and that Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab's misplaced zeal did great harm, while stressing that all scholars are human and make mistakes. Lessonposition checkedIbn Hajar al-AsqalaniIbn TaymiyyaMuhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhabal-Suyuti machine5 min 14 s1:42:10on YouTube
19 Aug 2022video Should loyalty to a scholar ever come before the honour of the Prophet? No: he says loyalty belongs first to the Prophet, so a report that disparages him must be rejected whoever accepted it, citing Imam Malik's maxim that everyone's words can be accepted or rejected except the Prophet's. Lessonposition checkedal-SuyutiIbn Hajar al-AsqalaniIbn TaymiyyaImam Malik machine5 min 21 s1:47:24on YouTube
19 Aug 2022video Recap: the novel, insult versus critique, and the false story summarised Mufti Abu Layth recaps that Rushdie's novel was an insult rather than a critique and that the satanic verses story is a fabrication rejected by al-Tabari, Ibn Khuzayma and Qadi Iyad, recommending al-Shifa and al-Albani's book. LessonSalman RushdieIbn Rushd (Averroes)The Satanic Verses (novel)Quran 22:52 (Satan cast into the prophet's wish, then God annulled it) machine6 min 09 s1:52:45on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is there an order and coherence to the surahs of the Quran? Mufti Abu Layth and the guest trace Farahi's school of Quranic coherence, which the guest illustrates with surahs that come in pairs. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Omar BalochHamiduddin FarahiAmin Ahsan IslahiJaved Ahmad Ghamidi machine7 min 04 s14:32on YouTube
3 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is Arabic an eternal, divine language? Mufti Abu Layth rejects grammarians' claim that Arabic is eternal; both describe the Ash'ari view that revelation takes the language of its audience. Discussionmay contain a quoted viewguest speechDr Khalil Andani (guest)Abu Ali al-FarisiIbn Abbasreport: jibril was given the message of every prophet in arabic and translated it (unresolved; attributed to Ibn Abbas) machine2 min 02 s50:31on YouTube
19 Jun 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is the hadith that the Quran was revealed in seven ahruf authentic, and what does it mean? The guest says the seven-ahruf hadith is ambiguous, as al-Suyuti admitted, that its forty-odd interpretations are inconsistent and its versions unsoundly reported and contradictory, so they cancel each other out. He refrains from guessing what the Prophet originally said. Discussionguest speechDr Shehzad Saleem (guest)report: the quran was revealed in seven ahrufthe seven ahrufal-Suyuti machine5 min 12 s38:06on YouTube
25 Jul 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran Did classical scholars really say Quran 65:4 includes little girls? Yes, some did: Mufti Abu Layth concedes that commentators such as Ibn Kathir and al-Qurtubi wrote that the phrase can include little girls, which he condemns as a mistake. He says their saying so is not the Quran saying so, and the evidence lies in how the passage opens. Lessonposition checkedQuran 65:4 (those who have despaired of menstruation, if you are in doubt, their iddah is three months, and those who have not menstruated; the pregnant until they give birth)Ibn Kathiral-QurtubiIbn al-Qayyim [?] machine2 min 37 s22:06on 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
9 Apr 2018The Voice of Reason in Islam When should a hadith be rejected, and can a Muslim refuse a religious command that makes no sense? A hadith is accepted only if it does not contradict reason, the transmitted sources or an established principle, as Ibn al-Jawzi wrote; the companion who refused an order to jump into a fire shows reason rightly judging a command. Lessonposition checkedIbn al-Jawzial-Suyutia hadith must not contradict reason, the Quran and established Sunnah, or uproot a principle of IslamAbdullah ibn Hudhafa [?] (name garbled in the transcript) machine5 min 12 s1:09:12on YouTube
1 Apr 2018Islamic Eschatology On what principles can a hadith in Bukhari be rejected, and may ordinary Muslims do so? A valid chain is not enough: a report must not go against reason, the established Quran and Sunnah, or the principles of Islam, and the Hanafi-Maturidi majority require mutawatir hadith for creed. Lay people may suspend a hadith that troubles them while seeking guidance; the gecko hadith is given as a report Mufti Abu Layth considers made up. Lessonposition checkedShaykh Hassan Aliaqidahmutawatirijma' machine3 min 55 s18:17on YouTube
13 Mar 2018Islamic Eschatology Everyone picks and chooses: later scholars on mawlid, shrines, hadra and the Jesus hadith Every group accepts later scholars against earlier ones when it suits them; Mufti Abu Layth says rejecting the Jesus hadith on the later scholars' authority is no different. Lessonposition checkedal-Suyutimawlidhadra machine3 min 57 s1:56:59on 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