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Cited in 20 segments across 15 recordings · 2017 to 2023 · term/term:ijma

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13 Feb 2023video Orthodoxy and power: adding to the checklist, ijma and cancel culture Once creed became a checklist, those in power could keep adding to it, as with ijma; everyone acts from power, even when sincere. Lessonposition checkedijma'al-Shafi'iIbn Hazm [?]Dave Chappelle machine7 min 07 s19:10on YouTube
13 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth LatestIs it obligatory for Muslims to establish a caliphate? No: Mufti Abu Layth says there is no obligation to establish a caliphate, citing classical Maliki scholars and Akram Nadwi against the claim of consensus. Lessonposition checkedHizb ut-TahrirHamza YusufAkram Nadwikhilafah machine6 min 36 s54:24on YouTube
14 Mar 2021video LatestWho does Yasir Qadhi say first denied the return of Jesus, and what is the Ahmadiyya connection? Qadhi's clip claims ijma on the return, names Muhammad Abduh as the first to deny it and links deniers to the Ahmadiyya. Mufti Abu Layth calls the association ironic, since that movement is itself messianic, and says Qadhi's own evolution theory comes from Abduh. Lessonguest speechYasir QadhiImam MalikIbn Atiyya al-Andalusi [?]Muhammad Abduh machine6 min 35 s15:50on YouTube
14 Mar 2021video What does Yasir Qadhi say about the claim that the return of Jesus came from Judeo-Christian sources? Qadhi's clip calls the claim that the return of Jesus entered Islam from Judeo-Christian sources through Wahb, Ka'b or al-Zuhri a preposterous charge without evidence that would mean the faith was corrupted and the ummah misguided for fourteen centuries. Mufti Abu Layth asks listeners to remember these words. Lessonquoted view, not his positionguest speechYasir Qadhial-ZuhriKa'b al-AhbarIsrailiyyat machine2 min 34 s30:17on YouTube
14 Mar 2021video Is there really ijma that Jesus will return, and did Muhammad Abduh invent the denial? Mufti Abu Layth says none of Qadhi's claims hold: not one of the hundred narrations is sound, Ibn Hazm recorded Muslim disagreement on the return nine centuries ago, major creed works omit it, and the Maliki authorities Qadhi cites held the reports not to be mutawatir. He announces a reply series, Disclosure with a big D. Lessonposition checkedYasir QadhiIbn HazmIbn Taymiyyaal-Aqida al-Wasitiyya [?] machine5 min 13 s1:09:48on YouTube
2 Mar 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Was Muhammad Abduh the first Muslim to deny the return of Jesus? In the clip Qadhi claims ijma on the return, names Muhammad Abduh as the first to deny it and links deniers to the Ahmadiyya; Mufti Abu Layth calls the link ironic, since the Ahmadiyya is built on a messianic claim. Lessonguest speechYasir QadhiImam MalikIbn Atiyya [?]ijma' machine6 min 28 s1:19:40on YouTube
2 Mar 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth What does Yasir Qadhi say about the return of Jesus coming from Jewish and Christian sources? In the clip Qadhi calls the claim that the return came from Judeo-Christian sources baseless and says it would destroy Islamic epistemology; Mufti Abu Layth marks his words for later. Lessonquoted view, not his positionguest speechYasir QadhiWahb ibn Munabbih [?]Abu Hurayraal-Zuhri machine2 min 43 s1:33:47on YouTube
2 Mar 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Is there really scholarly consensus that Jesus will return? Mufti Abu Layth rejects Qadhi's claims one by one: the Quran does not suggest a return, no narration is sound, Ibn Hazm recorded disagreement on it, and the Maliki authorities did not hold the reports to be mutawatir. Lessonposition checkedYasir QadhiIbn HazmIbn TaymiyyaMaratib al-Ijma' (Ibn Hazm) [?] machine5 min 21 s2:12:52on YouTube
14 Feb 2021video Can I blindly follow scholars in matters of belief? No: Mufti Abu Layth says blind following in belief is forbidden by scholarly consensus, and the majority of one school is not ijma'. Discussionposition checkedno taqlid in matters of creedtaqlid (blind following)ijma'Maliki school machine5 min 37 s8:13on YouTube
9 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Debate invitations to Abdul Rahman Hassan and 'Danny boy' Mufti Abu Layth invites Abdul Rahman Hassan to defend Salafi creed and 'Danny boy' to define ijma', saying critics pick on Shabir Ally instead. OtherAbdul Rahman HassanDr Shabir Allyijma'Salafi machine9 min 38 s1:12:41on YouTube
12 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Am I doing wrong if I follow a minority opinion? No: the hadith is weak, and even its valid meaning is about the whole ummah agreeing, not about majorities, so following a minority view is not doom. Question from live chatposition checkedreport: my ummah will not agree upon misguidanceijma' machine2 min 21 s1:38:29on YouTube
19 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Did Abu Hanifa hold that there is no hadd punishment for sodomy? The guest says Abu Hanifa held there is no hadd for sodomy, that Salafis attack Hanafis for it, and that a Salafi mufti used the same view to shield one of their own scholars. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Kashif Khan (guest)Abu HanifaIbn QudamaIbn Hazm machine4 min 43 s2:28:54on YouTube
20 Dec 2018From the Mind of a Mufti Does Islam say homosexuals should be thrown off buildings or executed? There is no sahih hadith in which the Prophet spoke about homosexuals, the reports of Ali ordering executions are not authentic in Mufti Abu Layth's view, and the early jurists disagreed, with the Hanafis holding it is not a hadd offence. The claim of a consensus that homosexual acts deserve death is false. Lessonposition checkedreport: whoever does the action of the people of lut (unresolved; Abu Dawud, number not stated)report: ali said execute them chop the head off throw them off a cliff burn them (unresolved; five differing narrations)Sunan Abi DawudAli ibn Abi Talib machine7 min 56 s0:00on YouTube
30 Nov 2018Mothers of the Believers: The Wives of the Blessed Prophet ﷺ Why do some scholars still insist Aisha was nine? Lacking an earlier authority is no reason to keep the young age, since medieval scholars also accepted slavery and other rulings no one would defend today. No hadith gives certain knowledge, so an inconclusive report that blemishes the Prophet's honour is rejected. Lessonposition checkedAishaal-AlbaniIbn Taymiyyaijma' machine4 min 36 s15:43on YouTube
1 Apr 2018Islamic Eschatology On what principles can a hadith in Bukhari be rejected, and may ordinary Muslims do so? A valid chain is not enough: a report must not go against reason, the established Quran and Sunnah, or the principles of Islam, and the Hanafi-Maturidi majority require mutawatir hadith for creed. Lay people may suspend a hadith that troubles them while seeking guidance; the gecko hadith is given as a report Mufti Abu Layth considers made up. Lessonposition checkedShaykh Hassan Aliaqidahmutawatirijma' machine3 min 55 s18:17on YouTube
15 Mar 2018Responding to Refutations Does Quran 43:61 say Jesus is the sign of the hour? No: Hasan al-Basri read 'knowledge of the hour' as the Quran, others as the Prophet, and the verse says knowledge, not sign, so the critics must interpret it too. Mufti Abu Layth adds that the Mahdi was also called mutawatir by Ibn Hajar, al-Shawkani and others yet is absent from al-Tahawi's creed. Lessonposition checkedIsa (Jesus)Quran 43:61 (and he is knowledge of the hour)Hasan al-Basrimutawatir machine2 min 36 s10:26on YouTube
13 Mar 2018Islamic Eschatology Isn't the return of Jesus established by ijma and mutawatir hadith? There is no consensus on what ijma is, and tawatur is applied selectively: the same scholars reject the Gospels, Hindu miracle reports and Shia transmissions that would qualify by their own definition. Question raised by Mufti Abu Laythposition checkedijma'mutawatirIbn Hajar al-Asqalani machine3 min 54 s1:34:43on YouTube
13 Mar 2018Islamic Eschatology Shawkani against claimed consensus: music, following a madhhab, four wives, raf' al-yadayn Those who cite Shawkani's claim that the return is mutawatir do not follow him when he rejects other consensuses or calls raf' al-yadayn mutawatir; claimed consensuses have been overturned before. Lessonposition checkedal-Shawkanial-NawawiIbn Hajar al-Asqalanial-Shafi'i machine3 min 55 s1:53:04on YouTube
19 Oct 2017video What is riba al-fadl and what does the hadith on gold, silver, wheat, barley, dates and salt say? The six-commodities hadith requires equal, hand-to-hand exchange and makes delay riba, even between different goods. Taken literally it would make credit impossible, so the scholars exempted gold and silver by a kind of consensus. Lessonposition checkedreport: gold for gold silver for silver wheat for wheat barley for barley dates for dates salt for salt like for like hand to hand (unresolved; in al-Bukhari and Muslim, number not stated)Sahih al-BukhariSahih Muslimriba al-fadl (riba of excess) machine5 min9:16on YouTube
6 Sep 2017From the Mind of a Mufti Should scholars give fatwas based on minority opinions if it makes life easier? In this clip Shaykh Akram Nadwi says scholars may give fatwas on easier minority opinions in minor matters of fiqh, since ease has always guided the jurists. Mufti Abu Layth speaks only at the end. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Akram Nadwi (guest)usul (fundamentals) and furu (branches)taqwawudu machine5 min 27 s0:00on YouTube