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Qadi Abd al-Jabbar

Cited in 3 segments across 1 recording · 2020 · scholar/scholar:qadi-abd-al-jabbar

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14 Jul 2020live stream Is al-Zamakhshari's tafsir al-Kashshaf worth reading? Mufti Abu Layth praises al-Kashshaf as linguistically overwhelming and al-Zamakhshari as a legend, while noting the Mu'tazili oddities in it; the Mu'tazila were great scholars, often over-demonised. Question from live chatposition checkedal-Kashshafal-ZamakhshariAsas al-Balagha [?]balagha (rhetoric) machine4 min 24 s45:21on YouTube
14 Jul 2020live stream Was Aisha really 48 when she married the Prophet? No: he has never heard of 48, but says it is clear Aisha was in her late teens to about twenty when she married, not six or nine. Question from live chatposition checkedAishaDr Shabbir Ahmed [?]Qadi Abd al-Jabbar machine2 min 25 s52:50on YouTube
14 Jul 2020live stream Was Aisha Abu Bakr's sister rather than his daughter? No, she was definitely Abu Bakr's daughter; her being in her twenties during the Prophet's lifetime fits her personality, not her being fifty. Question from live chatposition checkedAishaAbu BakrQadi Abd al-Jabbar machine3 min 04 s1:04:13on YouTube