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Cited in 7 segments across 7 recordings · 2018 to 2025 · term/term:hikmah

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18 Oct 2025MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth LatestWhat is the 'wisdom' the Prophet teaches alongside the Book in 2:129? The guest holds that the wisdom taught alongside the Book is the Quran's own application and is found in the Quran itself; Mufti Abu Layth says the primary reading of 2:129 is that the messenger teaches the Book and, separately, the wisdom, and himself purifies the people. Discussionguest speechBr Muhammad (MFG, MuhammadFromGod channel)Quran 2:129 (send a messenger who teaches them the Book and the Wisdom and purifies them)Quran 2:231 (the Book and the Wisdom with which He admonishes you)hikmah (wisdom) machine5 min 51 s51:35on YouTube
10 Mar 2021video LatestCan I have a close non-Muslim friend and answer his salam? Mufti Abu Layth rejects as ignorance and nonsense the view that a Muslim cannot have a close non-Muslim friend or return his greeting. Assim al-Hakeem's answer in the clip, that only acquaintances are allowed and a non-Muslim's salam gets a smile at most, is the view being replied to. Question from a callerguest speechAssim al-Hakeemsalam (the greeting of peace)hikmah (wisdom) machine5 min 20 s2:37on YouTube
16 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Can a Muslim have a close non-Muslim friend? Mufti Abu Layth calls the teaching that Muslims cannot have close non-Muslim friends ignorance and venom that makes the deen suffer. Lessonguest speechAssim al-Hakeemsalam (the greeting of peace)duahikmah (wisdom) machine5 min 30 s2:03:51on YouTube
9 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Was al-Ghazali against science and philosophy? Mufti Abu Layth says al-Ghazali was not against reason at first, but after a crisis of faith he turned to ascetic mysticism, and through later Sufism this indirectly harmed the voice of reason. Question from live chatposition checkedal-Ghazalial-Munqidh min al-Dalal (Deliverance from Error)Qadi Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi [?]hikmah (wisdom) machine12 min 41 s34:23on YouTube
14 Jul 2020live stream What do you think of Shah Wali Allah? Mufti Abu Layth calls Shah Wali Allah an amazing scholar, ahead of his time, who revived hadith studies and wrote on the objectives of the Sharia without using the word maqasid. Question from live chatposition checkedShah Wali Allah al-DihlawiHujjat Allah al-Balighamaqasid al-shari'ahikmah (wisdom) machine2 min 32 s31:30on YouTube
3 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is the 'Book of Allah' the same thing as the written Quran? The guest argues that equating Kitab Allah with the Mushaf is a later interpretation that downsized the Quran's concept of a transcendent divine writing. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechDr Khalil Andani (guest)Kitab AllahMushafreport: the book of allah is sufficient for us (unresolved; cited as in Sahih al-Bukhari, number not stated) machine5 min 55 s27:58on YouTube
9 Apr 2018The Voice of Reason in Islam Why are so many Muslims and scholars opposed to using reason in religion? Opposition to reason comes from insecurity, Mufti Abu Layth says; God is not unreasonable and would not give people reason and then command what clashes with it, and Muslims have ceded reason, once called hikmah, to atheists and scientists. Lessonposition checkedhikmah (wisdom) machine5 min 04 s23:41on YouTube