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Cited in 3 segments across 3 recordings · 2018 to 2020 · scholar/scholar:ibn-khaldun
Citing segments
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15 Nov 2020video
Is the evil eye based on science?
It rested on the old belief that eyes shoot out rays, which people once took as science; Ibn al-Qayyim described envious 'arrows' from the eye. Ibn al-Haytham and later science showed that eyes only take in light.
machine12 min 34 s28:32on 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.
machine2 min 37 s43:38on YouTube
13 Mar 2018Islamic Eschatology
Ibn Ashur, al-Shatibi and Ibn Khaldun on the Mahdi: a discussion within Islam
Ibn Ashur, al-Shatibi and Ibn Khaldun all problematised the Mahdi reports and treated such matters as information rather than creed; Mufti Abu Layth says the return of Jesus is a discussion within Islam.
machine2 min 38 s2:00:56on YouTube