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Ibn Sina (Avicenna)

Cited in 6 segments across 4 recordings · 2018 to 2021 · scholar/scholar:ibn-sina

Citing segments

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19 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth How did Ibn Rushd answer al-Ghazali's attack on the philosophers? Mufti Abu Layth explains that Ibn Rushd answered al-Ghazali by showing that what he refuted was mostly neoplatonism, not Aristotle. Lessonposition checkedal-GhazaliIbn Rushd (Averroes)Tahafut al-Falasifa (The Incoherence of the Philosophers)Tahafut al-Tahafut (The Incoherence of the Incoherence) machine3 min 52 s2:16:37on YouTube
11 Dec 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Why don't madrasas teach the Islamic philosophers and the Mu'tazila? The guest says traditionalists value only a narrow sliver of Islam's diverse intellectual heritage, ignoring the philosophers, the early Qadariyya and Mu'tazila, Shia thinkers and modernists, and that he found answers on religion and science in Ibn Rushd. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechDr Javad T. Hashmi (guest)Ibn Rushd (Averroes)Ibn Sina (Avicenna)Ibn Tufayl machine3 min 58 s15:30on YouTube
11 Dec 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Are the stories in the Quran meant to be literal history? The guest argues, following Khalafallah and Ibn Rushd, that the Quran's stories are sacred literature and legend, using symbol and parable for theological ends rather than reporting literal history. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechDr Javad T. Hashmi (guest)Muhammad Ahmad KhalafallahQuran 18:22 (the number of the People of the Cave)Ashab al-Kahf (the People of the Cave) machine6 min 58 s1:02:23on YouTube
3 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Do Salafis believe God has a body? Mufti Abu Layth says Hanbalis and modern Salafis in effect believe God has body parts and so project a human image onto God; the guest notes philosophers and Isma'ilis objected that attributes give God parts. Discussionguest speechDr Khalil Andani (guest)HanbaliSalafiIsma'ili machine3 min 20 s1:21:43on YouTube
3 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Where do anthropomorphic ideas of God in Islam come from? Mufti Abu Layth suggests anthropomorphic texts were partly inherited from the Judeo-Christian tradition; the guest describes the Sufi, philosophical and Isma'ili view that God's names describe relations, not his essence. Discussionguest speechDr Khalil Andani (guest)report: allah created adam in his imageImam MalikIsma'ili machine4 min 41 s1:24:04on YouTube
9 Apr 2018The Voice of Reason in Islam How did the Golden Age backlash and the clergy contribute to Muslim hostility to reason? The philosophy and reason promoted in the Golden Age provoked a reaction that dumbed reason down, and institutionalised clergy found 'who said the deen is supposed to make sense' a useful tool of control. Lessonposition checkedthe house of wisdom (Bayt al-Hikma), which he calls Dar al-HikmahIbn Sina [?]al-Kindi [?]al-Farabi [?] machine2 min 36 s56:08on YouTube