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Jonathan Brown

Cited in 13 segments across 7 recordings · 2018 to 2020 · scholar/scholar:jonathan-brown

Citing segments

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20 Oct 2020video Why do critics refuse to debate the authenticity of Sahih al-Bukhari? Critics who say Mufti Abu Layth knows nothing about Sahih al-Bukhari decline his invitation to debate it, and Jonathan Brown admitted on Facebook that he lacked the research. Mufti says al-Farabri's reliability can only be asserted from sources centuries later, not from anyone who knew him. Discussionguest speechSahih al-BukhariJonathan BrownMuhammad ibn Yusuf al-FarabriSharaf al-Din al-Yunini [?] machine3 min 59 s0:00on YouTube
20 Oct 2020video Who vouched for al-Farabri, the transmitter of Sahih al-Bukhari? Sahih al-Bukhari reaches us through al-Farabri alone, and nobody who knew him vouched for him, so Mufti Abu Layth says the whole edifice rests on one man. Critics who only know how to debate the Shia avoid this question. Discussionguest speechSahih al-BukhariJonathan BrownMuhammad ibn Yusuf al-FarabriShia machine2 min 38 s3:59on YouTube
22 Sep 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Did the scholars now attacking Daniel Haqiqatjou once promote him? Mufti Abu Layth says Daniel Haqiqatjou's critics in Omar Suleiman's circle created and promoted him for years, so they cannot now claim they did not know him. LessonDaniel HaqiqatjouOmar SuleimanYasir QadhiJonathan Brown machine10 min 03 s2:39:01on YouTube
2 Sep 2020video What did Daniel Haqiqatjou say about Yasir Qadhi calling verses mushkil? In a clip, Daniel Haqiqatjou argues that Yasir Qadhi's explanation of 'problematic' verses as mushkil fails, since he says mushkil classically means ambiguous, not at odds with reason or science. Lessonquoted view, not his positionguest speechDaniel HaqiqatjouJonathan BrownYasir QadhiMohammed Hijab machine2 min 37 s0:00on YouTube
2 Sep 2020video What is the background to the feud between Daniel Haqiqatjou and Jonathan Brown? The feud goes back to Haqiqatjou's dismissal from Yaqeen Institute and his replacement by Jonathan Brown; Mufti Abu Layth says Haqiqatjou has since accused Yaqeen of selling out, and he calls his views extreme. Lessonguest speechDaniel HaqiqatjouJonathan BrownYasir QadhiIbn Taymiyya machine2 min 34 s2:37on YouTube
2 Sep 2020video Does mushkil mean ambiguous or problematic? Both sides have a point: mushkil was used technically for texts needing reconciliation and for the indeterminable, while Yasir Qadhi most likely meant it simply as 'problematic'. Lessonposition checkedJonathan BrownDaniel HaqiqatjouYasir Qadhial-Shafi'i machine4 min 06 s6:30on YouTube
2 Sep 2020video What does Mufti Abu Layth make of the Brown and Haqiqatjou dispute over mushkil? Mufti Abu Layth says Brown tends to nitpick Arabic instead of engaging the argument, rejects Haqiqatjou's claim that his credentials are irrelevant, and calls both sides strangely dogmatic. Lessonguest speechJonathan BrownDaniel Haqiqatjoual-Bunani [?] (the scholar the host quoted in BukhariGate)ijazah (authorisation to teach, with a chain) machine4 min 39 s9:17on YouTube
14 Jul 2020live stream What do you think of the scholars on Mohammed Hijab's podcast? Mufti Abu Layth says those now promoted as representatives of mainstream Islam have only mediocre knowledge, while those with more knowledge, like himself, lack the image. Question from live chatMohammed HijabJonathan Brown machine2 min 32 s43:29on YouTube
28 Apr 2020From the Mind of a Mufti Why did Islam not abolish slavery outright? Islam did not abolish slavery outright because the collective consciousness of the age could not yet see it as wrong, but it encouraged emancipation as a route to that change. Slavery was always wrong, and Mufti Abu Layth says Jonathan Brown's three axioms rest on a shallow analysis. Lessonposition checkedJonathan BrownEmile DurkheimAristotlecollective consciousness machine9 min 23 s11:48on YouTube
22 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth How should hadith be evaluated, and did the companions ever misreport the Prophet? Hadith should be judged one by one against the principles of the religion, observation and reason, as the earliest Muslims did before reason was sidelined. Aisha herself rejected several companions' reports, such as the dog, woman and donkey breaking the prayer, the dead punished by weeping, and the bad omen in a woman, showing how reports were misrelayed. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechDr Shabir Ally (guest)Jonathan BrownAishaIbn Umar machine6 min 31 s1:05:05on YouTube
30 Aug 2018BukhariGate: Issues with Sahih al-Bukhari The third problem: can Bukhari be traced to its author? The bullet points Sahih al-Bukhari cannot be traced to its author beyond reasonable doubt. It rests on one unvouched transmitter, his students admit an incomplete and altered copy, their copies disagree, and later editions needed correction. Lessonposition checkedSahih al-BukhariJonathan BrownMuhammad ibn Yusuf al-FarabriSharaf al-Din al-Yunini machine6 min 33 s11:50on YouTube
30 Aug 2018BukhariGate: Issues with Sahih al-Bukhari More troubling reports: Umar's stoning verse, the adulterous monkeys, women in hellfire Reports such as monkeys stoning an adulterous monkey, women lacking intellect and women filling hellfire are fabricated or misunderstood. Adultery is a human institution that animals cannot commit, and most crime and bloodshed is committed by men. Lessonposition checkedSahih al-BukhariJonathan Brownreport: umar said i would write the verse of stoning if people would not say he added to the book of allahreport: monkeys stoned a monkey that had committed adultery machine3 min 57 s43:54on YouTube
30 Aug 2018BukhariGate: Issues with Sahih al-Bukhari Replies to critics: Jonathan Brown, academic dialogue, going public, the Aisha debate The problems with Bukhari should be discussed openly, because hiding them is what makes people lose faith. He finds Jonathan Brown's response emotional rather than academic and will take up the debate on Aisha's age. Lessonposition checkedJonathan BrownSibawayhJaun Eliafitnah machine7 min 57 s1:40:37on YouTube