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Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi

Cited in 13 segments across 3 recordings · 2019 to 2020 · scholar/scholar:muhammad-al-yaqoubi

Citing segments

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6 Apr 2020video What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi? Mufti Abu Layth regards Shaykh al-Yaqoubi as a level-headed scholar who has spoken against extremism and would point someone set on joining a Sufi order to a figure like him, while thinking his admirers overdo it. He himself once took issue with al-Yaqoubi's statements on Bukhari. LessonShaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubitariqa (Sufi order)SufiSahih al-Bukhari machine2 min 37 s0:00on 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
6 Apr 2020video The letter's attack on Shaykh Akram Nadwi, and a played debate clip: 'one, two, three, kufr' The letter also demanded that Shaykh Akram Nadwi be called a deviant. Mufti Abu Layth plays a debate clip of one signatory repeatedly counting 'one, two, three' and pronouncing kufr, which he holds up as absurd bullying. Otherguest speechShaykh Akram NadwiShaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubitakfirkufr machine3 min 40 s7:51on YouTube
6 Apr 2020video Why does Mufti Abu Layth say both the attackers and the admirers of Shaykh al-Yaqoubi need balance? People cannot be bullied into beliefs, and al-Yaqoubi has rightly not responded to the letter. But his admirers also need balance: claims that he performs miracles or read the Shama'il in four hours go too far and provoke hatred of him. LessonShaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubithe Shama'il [?]karama (saintly miracle)Shaykh Abdullah bin Bayyah machine3 min 56 s11:31on YouTube
6 Apr 2020video Why is demanding that a scholar make takfir a form of bullying? It is bullying because it pushes a sectarian agenda by threatening to declare al-Yaqoubi a deviant or a kafir for refusing to pronounce on others' beliefs. The deen belongs to Allah, and it is nobody's duty to expel people from it. Question from live chatShaykh Muhammad al-YaqoubitakfirdeenSunni machine1 min 25 s15:27on YouTube
3 Mar 2020From the Mind of a Mufti What does the Mufti think of Shaykh Ramadan al-Buti? Mufti Abu Layth regards al-Buti as a great scholar of his time whose books, especially Ma'a al-Nas, he benefited from. He says it is a shame al-Buti got caught up in Syrian politics. Question source not recordedSa'id Ramadan al-ButiMa'a al-Nas (al-Buti's question-and-answer books) [?]Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubijannah (Paradise) machine1 min 24 s0:00on YouTube
21 Aug 2019BukhariGate: Issues with Sahih al-Bukhari Opening: al-Yaqoubi's heated public remarks about Mufti Abu Layth, and the title 'His Eminence' Al-Yaqoubi criticised Mufti Abu Layth in a public gathering for mocking al-Nawawi, for his remarks on homosexuality and for calling himself a mufti; Mufti says he was surprised and partly flattered, and teases the title 'His Eminence'. OtherShaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubial-Nawawi machine2 min 35 s0:00on YouTube
21 Aug 2019BukhariGate: Issues with Sahih al-Bukhari What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi? Mufti Abu Layth likes al-Yaqoubi as one of the more level-headed and knowledgeable pirs, from a family of scholars, though he has only seen his generic talks. He recalls meeting him in Damascus two decades ago as an ordinary, respected academic with no entourage. LessonShaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubipir (Sufi shaykh, subcontinent usage)tariqah (Sufi order) machine4 min 01 s2:35on YouTube
21 Aug 2019BukhariGate: Issues with Sahih al-Bukhari How did Shaykh al-Yaqoubi become so influential in the UK? After his earlier UK hosts parted with him, al-Yaqoubi found a devoted following in the Barelvi community of the Midlands and the north, learnt to avoid praising Deobandi scholars, and rose to prominence, wealth and power on its back. LessonShaykh Muhammad al-YaqoubiBarelviDeobandiMawlana Ashraf Ali Thanwi [?] machine3 min 57 s6:36on YouTube
21 Aug 2019BukhariGate: Issues with Sahih al-Bukhari Does Mufti Abu Layth regard Sufi tariqahs led by pirs as cults? Mufti Abu Layth says all such tariqahs are in essence cults, though al-Yaqoubi's is a better and less harmful one than the usual exploitative pir. The SKT charity boycott, he says, shows how much power such shaykhs now wield. LessonShaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubipir (Sufi shaykh, subcontinent usage)tariqah (Sufi order)murid (disciple) machine2 min 36 s10:33on YouTube
21 Aug 2019BukhariGate: Issues with Sahih al-Bukhari Did Mufti Abu Layth mock Imam al-Nawawi? Mufti Abu Layth says he did not mock al-Nawawi but read his own words, which assume as a given that young boys are prettier than many women and that anyone would be tempted by them. Al-Yaqoubi, he says, should have watched the whole video before judging. LessonShaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubial-Nawawi machine3 min 50 s13:09on YouTube
21 Aug 2019BukhariGate: Issues with Sahih al-Bukhari Is al-Yaqoubi's edition of Sahih al-Bukhari really the most authentic copy on earth? No special claim can rest on being based on the Sultaniyya, Mufti Abu Layth says, since every copy of Bukhari is. He sees the advertising as business, which he does not mind in itself, but calls the tactics problematic. LessonShaykh Muhammad al-YaqoubiSahih al-Bukharithe Sultaniyya edition of Sahih al-Bukhari machine3 min 55 s20:54on YouTube
21 Aug 2019BukhariGate: Issues with Sahih al-Bukhari Would Mufti Abu Layth debate Shaykh al-Yaqoubi on Sahih al-Bukhari? Yes: he invites al-Yaqoubi to a civil, respectful discussion because he rejects the claim that Sahih al-Bukhari is impossible to doubt. He expects it will never happen. LessonShaykh Muhammad al-YaqoubiSahih al-Bukhari machine2 min 15 s24:49on YouTube