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Hamza Yusuf

Cited in 20 segments across 15 recordings · 2018 to 2021 · scholar/scholar:hamza-yusuf

Citing segments

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6 Oct 2021Malik Resources Is there a sahih hadith on where to put my hands in salah? There is no sahih hadith fixing where the hands go in salah; sadl, praying with the hands at the sides, is a sunnah of the school of Madinah without a hadith. Not every hadith is sunnah and not every sunnah was recorded in a hadith. Lessonposition checkeddistinction between sunnah and hadithImam MalikAbu HanifaHanafi school machine9 min 51 s0:00on YouTube
17 May 2021video LatestAre Bin Bayyah and Hamza Yusuf to blame for the UAE's deal with Israel? No, in Mufti Abu Layth's view: the UAE's ruler does not take direction from scholars, Bin Bayyah is said to have disliked the treaty while deferring to the ruler's decision, and Hamza Yusuf had nothing to do with it. He opens with condolences for the losses in Gaza. Lessonthe UAE-Israel normalisation deal (2020)Donald TrumpShaykh Abdullah bin BayyahHamza Yusuf machine3 min 58 s1:22on YouTube
17 May 2021video Why does Mufti Abu Layth compare the Palestinian situation to facing a knife? His escrima teacher's rule was to run from a knife and fight only when running is impossible, and he applies it to an enemy that will not back down. He repeats that the UAE deal has brought nothing and that Bin Bayyah and Hamza Yusuf should not be blamed for it. Lessonthe UAE-Israel normalisation deal (2020)Shaykh Abdullah bin BayyahHamza Yusuf machine3 min 57 s18:30on YouTube
13 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth LatestIs it obligatory for Muslims to establish a caliphate? No: Mufti Abu Layth says there is no obligation to establish a caliphate, citing classical Maliki scholars and Akram Nadwi against the claim of consensus. Lessonposition checkedHizb ut-TahrirHamza YusufAkram Nadwikhilafah machine6 min 36 s54:24on YouTube
6 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Where can I learn the Maliki school in English? Mufti Abu Layth suggests the translations of Aisha Bewley, Hamza Yusuf's recorded lessons on a basic Maliki text, Shaykh Ali Laraki's translation, and teachers such as Abdalhaqq Bewley. Question from live chatMaliki schoolAisha BewleyHamza Yusufal-Murshid al-Mu'in [?] machine2 min 47 s1:50:03on YouTube
26 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Will the Mufti open an academy to train muftis? No: he says founding an institution drains one's life and takes away the freedom to think and speak, and that online teaching and books reach more people. Question from live chatHamza YusufZaytuna College machine5 min 15 s30:45on YouTube
26 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth What does the Mufti think of Dr Umar Faruq Abdullah? Mufti Abu Layth calls Dr Umar Faruq Abdullah exceptionally talented, with remarkable Arabic, but says his later turn to a pir-style spiritual role wastes that talent. LessonDr Umar Faruq AbdullahShaykh Abdalqadir as-SufiHamza Yusufal-Ghazali machine6 min 33 s2:40:53on YouTube
19 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Why don't you open an Islamic academy? Mufti Abu Layth will not open an academy because he feels institutions consume their founders and religion is a hard market to sustain one in. Question from live chatposition checkedAbdul Rahman HassanHamza Yusuf machine3 min 08 s1:35:18on YouTube
19 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Has Zaytuna College limited what Hamza Yusuf can say? Mufti Abu Layth says Hamza Yusuf's rise was remarkable but that Zaytuna now constrains him, so he avoids anything controversial; Mufti prefers his own freedom. LessonHamza YusufZaytuna CollegeGeorge W. Bushthe September 11 attacks machine6 min 20 s1:37:44on YouTube
5 Nov 2020video What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Shaykh Hamza Yusuf? Mufti Abu Layth loves Hamza Yusuf as an icon for Western Muslims and a key inspiration for his own studies, while disagreeing with his neo-traditionalist views. He adds second-hand reports that his personal manner can seem unwelcoming, and says their personalities would probably not match. Question from live chatHamza Yusufneo-traditionalism machine5 min 54 s0:00on YouTube
24 Aug 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Are Abdullah bin Bayyah and Hamza Yusuf to blame for the UAE-Israel deal? Mufti Abu Layth says it is unfair to blame Abdullah bin Bayyah and Hamza Yusuf for the UAE-Israel deal, since the UAE's ruler does not care what scholars think. Lessonthe UAE-Israel normalisation deal (2020)Abdullah bin BayyahHamza YusufDonald Trump machine4 min 30 s1:41:10on YouTube
24 Aug 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Is defending the holy land worth Palestinian lives? Mufti Abu Layth says human life comes before any holy place and that Muslims must accept the fight against Israel is lost. Lessonposition checkedreport: the honour of a muslim is greater than the kaabareport: the whole earth has been made a masjid for meKaabaAbdullah bin Bayyah machine6 min 27 s1:57:06on YouTube
6 Apr 2020video What was in the letter attacking Shaykh al-Yaqoubi, and who sent it? A Bradford-based board wrote to Shaykh al-Yaqoubi demanding he declare Shia, Deobandi and Salafi figures kafir and condemn The Study Quran and Hamza Yusuf, which Mufti Abu Layth calls a sectarian bullying session. He recognised only two signatories and was surprised to see Pir Saqib Shaami's name. LessonShaykh Muhammad al-YaqoubiBoard of Ulama and Mashaykh for Protecting the Beliefs of Islam (Bradford) [?]Mufti Taqi Usmani [?]Ashraf Ali Thanwi [?] machine5 min 14 s2:37on YouTube
19 Sep 2019Responding to Refutations Islamic institutes, preachers' depth of learning, and passionate converts Mufti Abu Layth says the preacher was, he believes, referring to the Yaqeen Institute, and that if this is what they promote they need to revisit themselves. He says he respects and applauds Omar Suleiman's social justice work and protests for discriminated communities, but says such preachers have not really studied Islam in depth or qualified through a formal institute, are put on a pedestal by the institution and must then cement it, and were mostly very Wahhabi-inclined at one point. He says Asadullah al-Andalusi [?] once held ridiculous views about killing ex-Muslims and apostates, which he thinks he has since turned away from. He applauds converts for a step he thinks few born Muslims would take, mentioning Hamza Yusuf as one who studied deeply and to whom many are indebted, while noting that some converts with turbulent backgrounds embrace Islam as a cause. DiscussionYaqeen InstituteOmar SuleimanWahhabiAsadullah al-Andalusi [?] machine3 min 15 s13:07on YouTube
10 May 2019video I converted to Islam but my husband didn't. Do I have to leave him? No: he agrees with scholars such as Abdullah bin Bayyah that a convert wife may stay with her non-Muslim husband, and vice versa. Telling converts to leave their spouses is home-wrecking. Question raised by Mufti Abu Laythposition checkedShaykh Abdullah bin BayyahHamza YusufAbdullah al-Judai [?]Yusuf al-Qaradawi [?] (name garbled in the transcript) machine5 min 09 s1:18on YouTube
3 Sep 2018Responding to Refutations Reply to Abdullah al-Andalusi: the 'white saviour' and the caliphate Mufti Abu Layth mocks Abdullah al-Andalusi's call to establish the caliphate as a 'white saviour complex', while praising converts who devoted themselves to study. DiscussionAbdullah al-AndalusiVasco da Gamaal-GhazaliHamza Yusuf machine9 min 31 s0:00on YouTube
3 Sep 2018Responding to Refutations Who should I listen to about political ideas in Islam? Anyone speaking about ideas in Islam should at least be a scholar; he warns young people away from caliphate groups and points to Hamza Yusuf's lecture calling the caliphate a myth. Lessonposition checkedAbdullah al-AndalusiHamza YusufAbu Bakr al-BaghdadiHizb ut-Tahrir [?] machine4 min 22 s18:31on YouTube
10 May 2018Ponderings on the Holy Quran Why did some classical scholars rule that apostates be executed? Where classical scholars ruled that apostates be executed, they were dealing with what would now be treason or armed rebellion in a very different world; those rulings do not apply today, and their prevalence then did not make them right. Lessonposition checkedShaykh Abdullah bin BayyahHamza YusufSina'at al-Fatwa [?] (Abdullah bin Bayyah)Mahmud Shaltut machine3 min 57 s7:52on YouTube
4 May 2018Clarifying False Hadith Which Insult Islam Which scholars say men and women may shake hands, and what about 'I do not shake hands with women'? The hadith 'I do not shake hands with women' is set against Umm Atiyya's narrations of the women's pledge, which some read as the Prophet shaking hands. Contemporary scholars including the Shaykh of al-Azhar, Bin Bayyah and the European fatwa council have ruled that shaking hands is permitted. Lessonquoted view, not his positionQuran 4:43 (aw lamastum al-nisa; the phrase also in 5:6)report: i do not shake hands with womenreport: umm atiyya said the prophet stretched out his hand and we stretched out our hands at the pledgeUmm Atiyya machine3 min 57 s2:36on YouTube
28 Feb 2018Responding to Refutations Are witnesses required for a nikah in the Maliki school? In the Maliki school witnesses are not needed for the nikah to be valid; witnesses or an announcement are needed before consummation. Hamza Maqbool's tweet said Mufti Abu Layth does not represent the school. Lessonposition checkedHamza MaqboolHamza YusufAli ibn Abi TalibLawrence of Arabia machine3 min 54 s5:06on YouTube