Term

fitrah

Cited in 3 segments across 2 recordings · 2014 to 2020 · term/term:fitrah

Citing segments

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11 Dec 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is morality an instinct God put in us? Mufti Abu Layth holds that the fitrah is a hardwired moral instinct of recognising harm and feeling empathy, built on by environment and a collective consciousness; the guest adds that morality can be confidently grounded in God. Discussionguest speechDr Javad T. Hashmi (guest)fitrahNoam Chomskymoral realism machine3 min 30 s39:47on YouTube

11 Dec 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Do animals have morality, and does that mean morality just evolved? Mufti Abu Layth sees a sense of justice in primates as evidence of a raw moral fitrah that humans develop further; the guest warns this can suggest morality is merely evolved and says rooting it in God is the necessary step. Discussionguest speechDr Javad T. Hashmi (guest)fitrah machine4 min 06 s49:52on YouTube

12 Apr 2014video Is it haram to trim my beard shorter than a fist's length? Trimming the beard below a fist is not haram according to many great scholars, a well-founded view in the tradition, though others may follow stricter opinions. Lessonposition checkedlihyah (beard)report: be different to the mushrikin trim the moustaches and let the beards growreport: be different to the jews and the christians and dye your hairreport: be different to the jews and the christians and pray in your shoes machine12 min 48 s0:04on YouTube