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Cited in 9 segments across 4 recordings · 2020 · scholar/scholar:hafs

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10 Dec 2020video Yasir Qadhi's reply to Jay Smith over 'holes in the standard narrative' A played clip of Yasir Qadhi answering Christian polemicists who used his 'holes in the standard narrative' remark, calling them unqualified and likening variant readings to accents. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechYasir QadhiJay SmithDavid WoodDaniel Brubaker machine6 min 58 s0:00on YouTube
3 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Were the companions allowed to change words of the Quran, and was that only a temporary concession? The guest argues the Prophet allowed multiple oral forms of the Quran; Mufti Abu Layth says this dynamism was the Quran's inherent nature, not a temporary concession. Discussionguest speechDr Khalil Andani (guest)ahrufreport: the quran was revealed in seven ahrufImam Malik machine6 min 54 s1:03:43on YouTube
26 Jun 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Does the number 19 structure work in all the readings of the Quran? The guest says the 19 structure is found in the Hafs reading, where it revealed two spelling errors and two added verses, and that the Warsh reading differs little; he also expresses regard for Ghulam Ahmad Parwez. Question from live chatquoted view, not his positionguest speechEdip Yukselqira'atHafsWarsh machine2 min 35 s2:21:49on YouTube
19 Jun 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth How did Dr Shehzad Saleem come to research the history of the Quran? Teaching the history of the Quran at Al-Mawrid in 1999, the guest was shocked by questions in the Muslim sources themselves: multiple extant readings, reports of a lost rajm verse, compilation by two witnesses, differing companion codices and the Shia account. His book is the result of the quest that followed. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechDr Shehzad Saleem (guest)The History of the Quran: A Critical Study (Shehzad Saleem)Al-MawridHafs machine7 min 36 s4:02on YouTube
19 Jun 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth How did the earlier recitation and other readings get mixed up with the Quran? The guest names four sources of the variant readings: remnants of the earlier revelatory sequence kept by the companions and later blurred with the Quran under al-Shafi'i's scholarly transmission, the mixing of similar passages, companions' explanatory synonyms taken as readings, and fabrication in the second and third centuries. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechDr Shehzad Saleem (guest)al-Shafi'ial-Risalah of al-Shafi'iilm al-khassa (the specialists' knowledge) machine7 min 53 s28:54on YouTube
19 Jun 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Why did the reading of Hafs from Asim become the standard Quran? The guest relays Ghamidi's thesis that Hafs alone transmitted the common reading without adding his own choices, so his reading coincides with the original. The seven-ahruf hadith was taken as licence for the reciters' choices, and Ibn Mujahid's seven prevailed through his standing and state position. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechDr Shehzad Saleem (guest)HafsAsim ibn Abi al-Najud (the reciter)Javed Ahmad Ghamidi machine5 min 13 s57:45on YouTube
19 Jun 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth If Quraysh did not pronounce the hamza, why does the Hafs reading of the Quran? The guest says dialect only changes pronunciation, not the word, and such variation was permitted, while the claim that Quraysh had no hamza is itself unproven. Mufti Abu Layth says he had concluded that the Quran came in a standardised formal Arabic that used the hamza. Discussionguest speechDr Shehzad Saleem (guest)Qurayshlahja (dialect, accent)hamza (the glottal stop) machine6 min 31 s1:04:16on YouTube
19 Jun 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Isn't it too convenient that the one preserved reading is exactly the Hafs Quran we have? Mufti Abu Layth states his own view that the Quran was always dynamic and allowed some flexibility of wording, as Imam Malik and al-Shafi'i held companions could substitute words. The guest answers the convenience objection by saying the reasoning, not the result, should be judged, and that later scholars missed the verses of al-Qiyamah because of a flawed report from Ibn Abbas and a hadith-centric mindset. Discussionguest speechDr Shehzad Saleem (guest)Javed Ahmad GhamidiImam Malikal-Shafi'i machine5 min 12 s1:18:35on YouTube
19 Jun 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Which reading of the Quran reached India, Malaysia and Indonesia, and why? The common reading, later called the reading of Hafs, reached the subcontinent and the Far East through the masses, while the other readings took root only where scholars arrived first. Mufti Abu Layth sums up: the Quran is preserved as the qira'a al-'amma of the Prophet's final recitation, and Hafs coincides with it because he made no choices of his own. Question from live chatquoted view, not his positionguest speechDr Shehzad Saleem (guest)HafsAsim ibn Abi al-Najud (the reciter)al-qira'a al-'amma (the common reading) machine4 min 53 s1:46:43on YouTube