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Cited in 6 segments across 6 recordings · 2014 to 2021 · term/term:al-andalus

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16 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth How did the Maliki school spread to North Africa and Spain? Mufti Abu Layth says the Maliki school had already spread in Imam Malik's lifetime through North Africa to al-Andalus, and into Iraq, especially Basra. Question from live chatposition checkedImam MalikMaliki schoolal-Andalus (the Iberian peninsula)al-Abhari [?] machine1 min 49 s1:50:00on YouTube
22 Mar 2019The School of Madinah Why does Mufti Abu Layth follow the Maliki school rather than the Hanafi? Mufti Abu Layth follows the Maliki school of Madinah because it is built on welfare and rooted in evidence and made the most sense to him. He says the Hanafi school, despite Abu Hanifa's greatness, has been hijacked into a controlling school. Lessonposition checkedMaliki schoolHanafi schoolShafi'i schoolHanbali school machine4 min 46 s2:35on YouTube
10 May 2018Ponderings on the Holy Quran Which hadith are used to justify killing apostates, and were the scholars who used them right? Some scholars did rule that apostates be killed, and he says they were clearly wrong, products of a ruthless age; the time given to apostates in the reports makes sense only as time to withdraw from rebellion. Lessonposition checkedIbn AbbasAbu HurayraAnas ibn MalikHamza al-Aslami [?] machine2 min 38 s23:28on YouTube
15 Apr 2018Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions The seven ajwa dates hadith as hyperbole The hadith that ajwa dates protect from poison and magic is hyperbole praising dates; classical commentators did not take it literally either. Lessonposition checkedreport: whoever eats such dates will not be harmed by poison or magicSahih MuslimQadi Iyadal-Mazari [?] machine2 min 37 s43:38on YouTube
3 Mar 2015video Do Maliki scholars accept good bid'ah? Both views exist: the early Maliki school rejected good bid'ah for centuries, but from around the 600s to 700s Hijri most Malikis accepted such practices while the books still list them as makruh. Lessonposition checkedbid'ah (innovation in religion)makruhthe plague (the Black Death) [?]the Almoravids (al-Murabitun) machine6 min 24 s23:47on YouTube
2 Jul 2014video Why is al-Andalus so important to Muslims? Al-Andalus was eight centuries of native Muslim civilisation in Europe, shaped by the Maliki school, and its rise and fall hold lessons for Muslims today. Question source not recordedposition checkedal-AndalusMaliki schoolAbd al-Rahman III machine5 min 39 s12:53on YouTube