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Cited in 8 segments across 2 recordings · 2020 to 2021 · term/term:fadak

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5 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Did early Muslims really not count Ali as the fourth rightly guided caliph? Ali is a hero of Islam and preferring him is a personal matter, but he rejects the story of Umar burning Fatima's door and urges moving on. Question from live chatposition checkedDan GibsonAli ibn Abi TalibImam Malikal-Khulafa al-Rashidun (the rightly guided caliphs) machine8 min 09 s2:05:48on YouTube
28 Feb 2020From the Mind of a Mufti A visit to the Al-Mahdi Institute symposium on Fadak Mufti Abu Layth describes attending a Sunni-Shia symposium on Fadak at the Al-Mahdi Institute in Birmingham and calls for more collaboration. OtherAl-Mahdi InstituteFadak machine4 min 33 s0:00on YouTube
28 Feb 2020From the Mind of a Mufti What was Fadak and why did it matter? Fadak was fertile land near Khaybar that came to the Prophet as fay', without war, and he used its produce for travellers, his household and public needs. Lessonposition checkedFadakfay' (property gained without fighting)Quran 59:6-7 (what God gave His Messenger without war; the categories of fay')the campaign of Khaybar machine5 min 42 s4:33on YouTube
28 Feb 2020From the Mind of a Mufti Why did Abu Bakr refuse to give Fadak to Fatima? Abu Bakr cited the hadith that prophets leave no inheritance; Shia sources say Fadak had been gifted to Fatima, while Sunni sources say the Prophet did not give it to her. Lessonquoted view, not his positionFadakFatimaAbu Bakrreport: la nurathu ma taraknahu sadaqah (we prophets do not leave inheritance; what we leave is charity; Sahih al-Bukhari, number not stated) machine6 min 24 s10:15on YouTube
28 Feb 2020From the Mind of a Mufti LatestWho was right about Fadak, Fatima or Abu Bakr? Both, in his view: Fatima was right that prophets can be inherited from, but Fadak was fay' belonging to the public, so Abu Bakr was right to keep it under the state. Lessonposition checkedFadakFatimaAbu Bakrfay' (property gained without fighting) machine3 min 13 s16:39on YouTube
28 Feb 2020From the Mind of a Mufti Why didn't Ali take back Fadak when he became caliph? Mufti Abu Layth finds it a huge open question that Ali never reclaimed Fadak as caliph, and says the Shia answers he heard did not make sense to him. Lessonposition checkedFadakAli ibn Abi Talibal-Abbas ibn Abd al-MuttalibUmar ibn al-Khattab machine5 min 13 s19:52on YouTube
28 Feb 2020From the Mind of a Mufti Why might Abu Bakr have refused Fatima's claim so quickly? Mufti Abu Layth speculates, stressing it is only speculation, that the size of the claim at a time of crisis may have led Abu Bakr to refuse it at once. Lessonposition checkedFadakFatimaAbu Bakrthe ridda wars (refusal of zakah after the Prophet) machine3 min 14 s25:05on YouTube
28 Feb 2020From the Mind of a Mufti Was Abu Bakr wrong to refuse Fatima Fadak? Not in his view: Abu Bakr was right that Fadak was public fay', while Fatima was right that prophets can be inherited from, so both were right from different angles. Question from live chatposition checkedAbu BakrFatimaFadakreport: if you do not find me come to abu bakr (the woman told to return; Sahih al-Bukhari, number not stated) machine2 min 33 s28:19on YouTube