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Cited in 4 segments across 4 recordings · 2018 to 2020 · term/term:kafir

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19 Aug 2020video Can non-Muslims be saved according to Sunni scholars? Mufti Abu Layth says broad views on salvation for non-Muslims and on hell, while not necessarily right, are all part of the Sunni tradition. Lessonposition checkedal-Baydawi [?]MaturidiAsh'arikafir machine4 min 47 s0:03on YouTube
7 Apr 2020video Does the Mufti teach disrespect for the Prophet? No: he says he has repeatedly defended the Prophet, denying that he married a child and rejecting narrations he finds insulting. Those accusing him took none of these stances. Discussionposition checkedAishareport: magic was done on the prophet and he became impotentreport: musa ran naked so that people could see he had no herniaMusa (Moses) machine4 min 27 s8:19on YouTube
3 Nov 2019Responding to Refutations Who were the Mu'tazila and what did they believe? The Mu'tazila were an extinct early sect who held that a sinning Muslim is neither believer nor kafir; Mufti Abu Layth says later theologians' defensive reaction left some Muslims thinking the intellect is bad, which he calls the dumbest idea. Question from live chatposition checkedMu'tazilaal-manzila bayn al-manzilatayn (the position between the two positions)kafiraql (intellect) machine2 min 34 s25:33on YouTube
20 Sep 2018Clarifying False Hadith Which Insult Islam What is the war-wager hadith paradox? Mufti Abu Layth presents the report that the Prophet was commanded to fight people until they believe, which hadith dogmatists call mutawatir, and notes that the same scholars agree no one may be fought merely for disbelief or compelled into Islam. Lessonposition checkedreport: i have been commanded to fight the people until they testify that there is no god but allah (unresolved; Abu Hurayra, wording of Sahih Muslim, number not stated)Sahih MuslimSahih al-BukhariSunan Abi Dawud machine7 min 54 s0:00on YouTube