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TermBani Isra'il (the Israelites)
Cited in 6 segments across 5 recordings · 2018 to 2021 · term/term:bani-israil
Citing segments
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16 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
Why does the Quran focus so much on the Israelites?
Most peoples had prophets, he says; the Israelites are highlighted because in the Prophet's Arabia they were seen as the scholars of the people of scripture.
machine1 min 46 s1:21:32on YouTube
16 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
Did all prophets after Abraham come from his family?
No: the Quran nowhere limits prophets to Abraham's line, he says; the Israelites' favour is relative, and other peoples were favoured differently.
machine1 min 52 s1:46:51on YouTube
24 Aug 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
Is music allowed in Islam?
Music is permissible; he says people have made far more things haram for themselves than God has.
machine3 min 46 s7:45on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth
Why is America so polarised?
The guest argues that demographic fear and the hollowing out of the middle class by big corporations are driving American polarisation.
machine5 min 09 s41:19on YouTube
14 Sep 2019video
If God knew earlier scriptures would change, why not send the Quran first?
The earlier prophets were sent only to the Israelites and their books were never meant to be preserved word for word, so the question rests on a misunderstanding.
machine1 min 55 s11:21on YouTube
24 Dec 2018Ponderings on the Holy Quran
Why did Khidr kill the boy in Surah al-Kahf?
Mufti Abu Layth reads the ship, the boy and the wall as a vision mirroring Musa's mission; no child was really killed, since God would never allow that.
machine5 min 18 s11:22on YouTube