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Cited in 14 segments across 9 recordings · 2016 to 2022 · term/term:khalifah

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19 Jan 2022video LatestWhere do Neanderthals fit in the Islamic story of Adam? Islam is not a science manual and says nothing directly about them, but he says the Quran hints that other hominins came before Adam, who was the final 'successor' in that line. Question from live chatposition checkedAdambasharQuran 2:30 (I will place a khalifah on the earth; verse not numbered by him)khalifah machine8 min 16 s0:39on YouTube
19 Apr 2021video Why do Mufti Abu Layth's critics defend Bukhari reports that demean the Prophet? Critics who defend Bukhari reports Mufti Abu Layth regards as insulting to the Prophet, such as marrying a child, forcing Safiyya, forgetting the Quran or being made impotent by magic, cannot claim to love the Prophet. Mariya al-Qibtiyya was a wife, not a concubine, and the critics' real concern is a fantasy caliphate and power. Lessonposition checkedFarid [?]Asim Qureshi [?]Sahih al-BukhariSafiyya machine8 min 01 s0:04on 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
16 Jul 2020video Should Pakistan allow a Hindu temple to be built in Islamabad? Yes, he says: Pakistan is a nation-state of equal citizens, not a khilafah, and Muslims who demand tolerance abroad while opposing a temple at home have become bigots. The Quran itself says Allah's name is glorified in other faiths' places of worship. Lessonposition checkedQuran 22:40-41 (Surah al-Hajj)Imran Khanthe Hindu temple (mandir) in Islamabadkhilafah machine4 min 08 s26:20on YouTube
14 Jul 2020live stream Should Pakistan allow a Hindu temple in Islamabad? Mufti Abu Layth supports the Islamabad temple: Pakistan is a nation-state of equal citizens, and Muslims who demand tolerance abroad but deny it at home are bigots. Lessonposition checkedQuran 22:40-41 (Surah al-Hajj)Imran Khanthe Hindu temple (mandir) in Islamabadkhilafah machine4 min 27 s1:40:22on YouTube
20 Oct 2018Responding to Refutations Is evolution compatible with the Quran? The Quran's verses on creation in stages, growth from the earth, the single self and the couple of 7:189 are reconcilable with evolution, which Mufti Abu Layth calls a scientific fact established through genetics. Hawwa is not named in the Quran, and those who accept evolution should not be called deviants. Lessonposition checkedYasir QadhiQuran 71:14 (He created you in stages)Quran 71:17 (Allah grew you from the earth like plants)Quran 21:30 (the heavens and earth were one; every living thing from water) machine10 min 29 s1:02:49on YouTube
3 Sep 2018Responding to Refutations Reply to Abdullah al-Andalusi: the 'white saviour' and the caliphate Mufti Abu Layth mocks Abdullah al-Andalusi's call to establish the caliphate as a 'white saviour complex', while praising converts who devoted themselves to study. DiscussionAbdullah al-AndalusiVasco da Gamaal-GhazaliHamza Yusuf machine9 min 31 s0:00on YouTube
3 Sep 2018Responding to Refutations Are the hadith about the khilafah authentic? Mufti Abu Layth says every hadith about the khilafah is fabricated, since the notion did not exist in the Prophet's lifetime and the Companions did not know them. Lessonposition checkedkhalifah (caliphate)Abu Bakrreport: there will be twelve caliphs all from quraysh (unresolved; called fabricated by the host)report: if allegiance is given to two caliphs kill the latter of them (unresolved; called fabricated by the host) machine2 min 38 s12:04on YouTube
3 Sep 2018Responding to Refutations Did al-Ghazali say Muslims must establish a caliphate? When al-Ghazali argued for a caliph he meant a king who keeps law and order, as opposed to anarchy, not a system to be set against democracy. Lessonposition checkedal-Ghazalithe Crusader capture of Jerusalem (1099)khalifah (caliphate)tasawwuf machine3 min 49 s14:42on YouTube
9 Sep 2017From the Mind of a Mufti Are Muslims obliged to establish an Islamic state or khilafah? The guest says religion is a personal matter between a person and God, and believers have no obligation to obtain a society or a state, though if they have power they must run it by God's command. Prophets such as Ibrahim and Isa, and Zakariya, Yahya and Maryam under Roman rule, never sought power and remain examples. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Akram Nadwi (guest)khilafahal-amr bil-ma'ruf wa al-nahy an al-munkar (commanding good and forbidding evil)Ibrahim (Abraham) machine2 min 10 s0:00on YouTube
9 Sep 2017From the Mind of a Mufti Did the Prophet migrate to Madinah to set up a state, and when did the khilafah end? The guest says the Prophet left Makkah because he was forced out, not to found a state, and the khilafah rashidah ended with Ali, after which Umayyads and Abbasids were kings in all but name. The Quranic promise of khilafah was for the first generation only, and the 1924 abolition ended a powerless kingship, not a khilafah. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Akram Nadwi (guest)khilafahthe hijrah to Madinahreport: o makkah had your people not forced me out i would never have left you machine3 min 01 s2:10on YouTube
9 Sep 2017From the Mind of a Mufti Why is the call to restore the khilafah dangerous for young Muslims? Mufti Abu Layth says the nostalgic 'Bollywood version' of Islamic history, in which a perfect khilafah existed until 1924, is a fantasy, since the khilafah rashidah never went beyond Ali. Guilt-tripping young Muslims with it and with Dar al-Harb rhetoric breeds the extremist narrative and needs tackling. Discussionguest speechShaykh Akram Nadwi (guest)khilafahal-Khulafa al-Rashidun (the rightly guided caliphs)Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi machine3 min 38 s5:11on YouTube
9 Sep 2017From the Mind of a Mufti If Muslims want a khilafah, why not first establish Islam in the countries they already have? Mufti Abu Layth says those pushing a purely politicised Islam are, in his understanding, near the modern Khawarij and use the same evidences as ISIS. The guest says Muslims already have fifty countries, that Pakistanis who sought Nizam-e-Mustafa now want to leave, that khilafah groups cannot even unite, and that Allah does not give what people do not deserve. Discussionguest speechShaykh Akram Nadwi (guest)khilafahKhawarijtaghut machine3 min 40 s8:49on YouTube
15 Mar 2016video Ritualisation of the deen and the angels' question about Adam: can believers ask? The deen has been ritualised so that scholarly conclusions cannot be questioned, while the angels' question to Allah about creating Adam is read as a model that believers may ask questions. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechNouman Ali KhanQuran 2:30 (the angels ask about the khalifah) [?]Quran 2:260 (show me how You give life to the dead) [?]khalifah [?] machine5 min 12 s23:55on YouTube