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Sufyan al-Thawri

Cited in 12 segments across 8 recordings · 2016 to 2022 · scholar/scholar:sufyan-al-thawri

Citing segments

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10 Dec 2022video How did Abu Hanifa become a scholar after starting out as a merchant? Encouraged by al-Sha'bi to join the circles of knowledge, the merchant Abu Hanifa studied with Hammad ibn Abi Sulayman, succeeded him as the central figure of Kufa and became the voice of the school of reason. Lessonposition checkedAbu Hanifaal-Sha'biHammad ibn Abi Sulayman [?]Sufyan al-Thawri machine6 min 29 s6:36on YouTube
10 Dec 2022video Why was Abu Hanifa criticised so much in his own time? Abu Hanifa was accused in his lifetime of following desire and opinion over the Quran, partly by rivals such as Sufyan al-Thawri, though the imams generally stayed respectful of one another. Lessonposition checkedAbu HanifaImam MalikSufyan al-Thawri machine3 min 56 s13:05on YouTube
10 Dec 2022video LatestWhy did Abu Hanifa allow things like praying in Persian? Abu Hanifa's legal stratagems, such as letting someone who knew no Arabic pray in Persian, were meant to create ease for new Muslims, not to change Islam, and Mufti Abu Layth says that spirit is needed today. Lessonposition checkedAbu HanifaImam Malikal-Awza'i [?]Sufyan al-Thawri machine5 min 15 s17:01on YouTube
10 Dec 2022video LatestHow did Abu Hanifa solve the case of two brides sent to the wrong grooms? Where Sufyan al-Thawri advised divorces, a waiting period and remarriage to the original spouses, Abu Hanifa had each man marry on the spot the woman he had spent the night with, sparing a waiting period and jealousy. LessonAbu HanifaSufyan al-Thawrizifaf (the wedding night)nikah machine9 min 12 s32:42on YouTube
6 Dec 2020video Why don't Sunni imams like Malik and Abu Hanifa transmit from Imam Jafar al-Sadiq? Mufti Abu Layth's theory is that the early imams of the Ahl al-Bayt were for the most part as the Shia describe them, so Malik and Abu Hanifa, though respectful of them, did not transmit from them because it would have caused a political storm. He adds that this does not make the Shia theological claims more authentic. Question source not recordedposition checkedImam Jafar al-SadiqImam Muhammad al-BaqirAli Zayn al-AbidinImam Malik machine6 min 35 s0:02on YouTube
19 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Do non-Muslim women in a Muslim country have to cover up? The guest says early scholars held that non-Muslim women cannot be forced to cover and that the prohibition on looking was applied only to believing women. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Kashif Khan (guest)Hasan al-BasriSufyan al-Thawri [?]Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal machine3 min 57 s1:40:19on YouTube
20 Apr 2018From the Mind of a Mufti Was Abu Hanifa considered a deviant by the scholars of his time? Many leading scholars of Abu Hanifa's time considered him misguided. His school rose to dominance because his student Abu Yusuf became chief judge and appointed only Hanafis, which Mufti Abu Layth says shows that power, not evidence, often decides which views prevail. Lessonposition checkedAbu HanifaAbu Bakr ibn Abi Dawud al-Sijistani [?]Abu DawudImam Malik machine3 min 57 s0:00on YouTube
1 Apr 2018Islamic Eschatology Does it matter that the second coming of Jesus is the majority opinion and Mufti Abu Layth's view a minority one? If every detail of the second-coming hadith is a metaphor, Mufti Abu Layth asks why Jesus himself is not. Majority and minority opinions are decided later by power and politics, as Abu Hanifa's case shows: condemned as a deviant by his contemporaries, his school spread when Abu Yusuf appointed only Hanafi judges. Lessonposition checkedShaykh Hassan AliIsa (Jesus)Abu Hanifazakat al-fitr machine5 min 13 s5:13on YouTube
2 Jan 2018Responding to Refutations Anal intercourse: the difference of opinion and the chains of the critic's hadith On anal intercourse Mufti Abu Layth says only that there is a difference of opinion: the majority held it haram, many Malikis did not and disliked it for hygiene. He argues that every hadith the critic quoted against it has a weak or disconnected chain. Lessonquoted view, not his positionAbu Ibraheem HusnaynSufyan al-ThawriQadi IyadAbu Muhammad al-Asili [?] machine11 min 53 s24:50on YouTube
6 Sep 2017From the Mind of a Mufti Should scholars give fatwas based on minority opinions if it makes life easier? In this clip Shaykh Akram Nadwi says scholars may give fatwas on easier minority opinions in minor matters of fiqh, since ease has always guided the jurists. Mufti Abu Layth speaks only at the end. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Akram Nadwi (guest)usul (fundamentals) and furu (branches)taqwawudu machine5 min 27 s0:00on YouTube
21 Dec 2016video How can young Muslims be made interested in their faith? Learn some Arabic and get to know the scholars as the fascinating, humorous people they were, presenting the deen as appealingly as it truly is. Lessonposition checkedImam al-BukhariSufyan al-Thawri machine5 min 09 s40:05on YouTube
21 Dec 2016video Abu Hanifa and Sufyan al-Thawri on the swapped brides of Kufa Abu Hanifa's creative answer to two brides sent to the wrong grooms, outshining Sufyan al-Thawri's ruling, shows the scholars were never dull. LessonAbu HanifaSufyan al-Thawri'iddah (waiting period)ijtihad machine9 min 32 s45:14on YouTube