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Cited in 5 segments across 5 recordings · 2020 to 2021 · term/term:masjid-al-aqsa

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17 May 2021video Is Jerusalem really a holy city in Islam? In Mufti Abu Layth's view Jerusalem was never that sacred in Islam: its glorification began with Abd al-Malik's Dome of the Rock as a rival to Makkah, and he holds that al-Aqsa, 'the farthest' mosque, was in the heavens. Even if holy, it is bricks and mortar, and life comes before buildings. Lessonposition checkedAbd al-Malik ibn MarwanAbdullah ibn al-Zubayr [?]al-Masjid al-Aqsa machine2 min 37 s13:14on YouTube
15 May 2021video LatestIs there archaeological evidence for David's kingdom, and how did Jerusalem become holy for Muslims? Archaeology has not found the kingdoms of David and Solomon, and Mufti Abu Layth says Muslims should apply the same scrutiny to their own narrations, where early scholars differed over al-Aqsa and the first qibla and the Umayyads under Abd al-Malik promoted Jerusalem with fabricated hadith to rival Ibn al-Zubayr. Lessonposition checkedDavid (Dawud)Solomon (Sulayman)al-Masjid al-Aqsaqiblah machine3 min 52 s20:57on YouTube
12 Jan 2021video Why was Ibn Taymiyya put in prison? Ibn Taymiyya made powerful enemies by declaring Muslims kafir, and Maliki judges finally jailed him over his fatwa, voiced by his student in Jerusalem, that one may not travel to visit the Prophet's grave. Mufti Abu Layth calls the view foolish but says no one should be punished for an opinion. Question from live chatposition checkedIbn TaymiyyaIbn Qayyim al-Jawziyya [?]Imam Ahmad ibn HanbalKhadim Hussain Rizvi [?] machine8 min 17 s0:00on YouTube
24 Aug 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Is al-Aqsa really in Jerusalem? Mufti Abu Layth says Jerusalem was not originally so sacred in Islam and that, in his understanding, al-Aqsa refers to a place in the heavens. Lessonposition checkedal-Masjid al-AqsaAbd al-Malik ibn MarwanDome of the Rock machine2 min 37 s1:54:29on YouTube
14 Jul 2020live stream If Turkey can reconvert the Hagia Sophia, can Israel or India reconvert mosques too? By the 'might is right' logic behind the reconversion, Israel could reclaim al-Aqsa and India's Hindus the Babri Masjid, so Muslims who celebrate cannot then complain. Lessonposition checkedThrasymachusSocratesmight is right (the law of Thrasymachus), rejectedal-Masjid al-Aqsa machine3 min 50 s1:33:19on YouTube