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al-manzila bayn al-manzilatayn (the position between the two positions)

Cited in 2 segments across 2 recordings · 2018 to 2019 · term/term:manzila-bayn-al-manzilatayn

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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
9 Apr 2018The Voice of Reason in Islam Why did Muslims become hostile to reason? Mufti Abu Layth traces Muslim hostility to reason to the centuries-long sectarian conflict with the Mu'tazila, in which the mainstream answered the Mu'tazila's use of reason by disparaging reason itself and defending absurd narrations. Lessonposition checkedMu'tazilaKhawarijal-manzila bayn al-manzilatayn (the position between the two positions)ISIS machine6 min 35 s49:33on YouTube