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Cited in 12 segments across 10 recordings · 2018 to 2021 · term/term:kaaba

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17 May 2021video Should Palestinians stay and defend the holy land at the cost of their lives? No, in Mufti Abu Layth's view: life comes before place, a Muslim's honour outweighs the Kaaba rebuilt seven times, and the whole earth is a place of prayer. He says the war is lost and that those who insist Palestinians stay would stop caring about them once they were safe elsewhere. Lessonposition checkedreport: if you destroyed the kaaba and rebuilt it and destroyed it that is not as great as harming the honour of a muslimKa'bahreport: the earth has been made a place of prostration for me machine2 min 39 s15:51on YouTube
2 Mar 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth LatestWas Ali born inside the Kaaba? It may have happened but is uncertain, and most likely means the homes of Banu Hashim attached to the Kaaba rather than the cube itself; Ali's greatness does not depend on it. Question from live chatposition checkedAli ibn Abi TalibKa'bahBanu HashimQusayy ibn Kilab [?] machine6 min 27 s16:03on YouTube
27 Oct 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Which civil war did early Muslims mean by 'the fitnah'? Mufti Abu Layth says it is often unclear which civil war early scholars meant by 'the fitnah', as several upheavals were each called the great one. Question from live chatposition checkedfitnahthe murder of UthmanUthman ibn AffanHusayn ibn Ali machine4 min 24 s7:47on YouTube
24 Aug 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Is defending the holy land worth Palestinian lives? Mufti Abu Layth says human life comes before any holy place and that Muslims must accept the fight against Israel is lost. Lessonposition checkedreport: the honour of a muslim is greater than the kaabareport: the whole earth has been made a masjid for meKaabaAbdullah bin Bayyah machine6 min 27 s1:57:06on YouTube
4 Aug 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Will there be a video on the Zaydi and Ibadi sects? Mufti Abu Layth says the agreement of Sunnis, Shia and Ibadis, who would never have conspired together, supports the Kaaba being where it always was. Question from live chatposition checkedIbadiZaydiKaabathe Petra thesis machine6 min 38 s20:06on YouTube
14 Jul 2020live stream Is al-Zamakhshari's tafsir al-Kashshaf worth reading? Mufti Abu Layth praises al-Kashshaf as linguistically overwhelming and al-Zamakhshari as a legend, while noting the Mu'tazili oddities in it; the Mu'tazila were great scholars, often over-demonised. Question from live chatposition checkedal-Kashshafal-ZamakhshariAsas al-Balagha [?]balagha (rhetoric) machine4 min 24 s45:21on YouTube
14 Jul 2020live stream Isn't the Prophet clearing the Kaaba of idols a precedent for the Hagia Sophia? No: removing the idols from the Kaaba was about ending superstition, and cannot justify converting a museum in a secular country, which he calls a political stunt. Question from live chatposition checkedKa'bahHajjthe reconversion of the Hagia Sophia to a mosqueRecep Tayyip Erdogan machine2 min 36 s1:47:58on YouTube
17 Dec 2019From the Mind of a Mufti Why do early Islamic books call the Ka'bah 'the Shami Ka'bah'? Mufti Abu Layth suggests Qusayy, raised in Petra, rebuilt the Ka'bah and settled Quraysh around it in a Shami style, which is why early books call it the Shami Ka'bah. It does not mean the Ka'bah was in Sham. Lessonposition checkedQusayy ibn KilabQurayshKhuza'a [?]Ka'bah machine3 min 55 s10:31on YouTube
19 Jul 2019From the Mind of a Mufti Was the first qibla really Petra, as Dan Gibson claims? Mufti Abu Layth is not convinced that the first qibla was Petra: the statistical argument is a fallacy and Sunnis, Shia and Khawarij would never all have agreed on the Ka'bah. He still finds revisionist research compelling on some other matters and says Muslims should engage with it. Question source not recordedposition checkedDan GibsonEarly Islamic Qiblas [?]Quranic Geography [?]qiblah machine6 min 45 s0:00on YouTube
8 Jul 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran Why did God stop Abraha's army but let the Qaramita steal the Black Stone? The Black Stone has no sanctity of its own: it was most likely a remnant of pre-Islamic stone worship that Islam kept as a ritual of submission to God, so its theft by the Qaramita, though wrong, was no great matter. Umar himself said it was only a stone that can neither harm nor benefit. Question from live chatposition checkedQuran 105:1 (have you not seen how your Lord dealt with the people of the elephant)Abrahathe Qaramita (Carmathians)Shia machine15 min 38 s0:00on YouTube
8 Jul 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran Did the Prophet restore the original rituals of Ibrahim at the Kaaba? No: nothing was in Makkah when Ibrahim arrived, and although he and Ismail built the house of remembrance, Safa and Marwa are never linked to him. The Quran presents them only as symbols for remembering God, so there is no point guessing at older origins. Question from live chatposition checkedIbrahim (Abraham)IsmailQuran 2:127 (Ibrahim and Ismail raising the foundations of the House)Quran 2:158 (Safa and Marwa are among the symbols of Allah) machine1 min 56 s24:46on YouTube
1 Sep 2018BukhariGate: Issues with Sahih al-Bukhari What does Mufti Abu Layth say about the Bukhari report of the Prophet falling unconscious when he uncovered himself? The Bukhari report that the Prophet removed his izar while carrying stones for the Kaaba, fell unconscious and was never seen naked again is, in Mufti Abu Layth's words, nonsense that disrespects the Prophet, and he dismisses the scholars' attempts to soften it. Lessonposition checkedSahih al-Bukhari 364 (carrying stones for the Kaaba with the izar on his shoulders)Sahih al-Bukharial-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalibizar machine2 min 39 s10:23on YouTube