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raf' al-yadayn (raising the hands in prayer)

Cited in 4 segments across 4 recordings · 2017 to 2019 · term/term:raf-al-yadayn

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4 Aug 2019From the Mind of a Mufti Mohammed Hijab's liberalism lecture argues like a sectarian polemic Mufti Abu Layth turns to a university lecture by Mohammed Hijab on liberalism, which people had sent him and which claimed liberalism is baseless. He says the lecture seemed aimed at a Muslim audience and that, since Mohammed Hijab is intelligent, he is unsure whether he has not grasped the concept or is deliberately arguing to win points, but calls it a very poor job. He explains that the lecture argues against liberalism the way Muslims conduct sectarian debates: finding a figure the opponent supposedly reveres, such as Abu Hanifa, Ibn Taymiyya, Imam Malik or a Shia ayatollah, and quoting him to corner the opponent through compelling authority. He says this tactic makes no sense outside religion, where people do not feel bound by allegiance to such figures. DiscussionMohammed HijabShiaSufiHanafi school machine6 min 24 s0:00on YouTube
15 Apr 2018Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions Is jinn possession just a difference of opinion among scholars? Mufti Abu Layth refuses to treat it that way: although scholars from Fakhr al-Din al-Razi to Shaltut, Ibn Ashur and al-Shawkani rejected possession while Ibn Taymiyya affirmed it, this is not a harmless fiqh difference like raising the hands in prayer, because the belief drives abuse and exploitation and brings ridicule on Islam. Lessonposition checkedShaykh Akram NadwiFakhr al-Din al-RaziAbu Ya'la al-Hanbali [?]Mu'tazila machine2 min 07 s1:05:31on YouTube
15 Apr 2018Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions Why great scholars accepted it: sectarian turf war with the Mu'tazila Mufti Abu Layth argues that belief in magic, even on the Prophet, hardened as a sectarian reaction against the Mu'tazila, just as other issues hardened against Salafis or Shia. Lessonposition checkedImam Malikal-MudawwanaAbu Hanifaal-Fiqh al-Akbar [?] machine10 min 12 s30:12on YouTube
20 Sep 2017Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions Why not treat jinn possession as just a difference of opinion among scholars? Because it is not a harmless difference like raising the hands in prayer: belief in possession underwrites mass exploitation, a multi-million pound industry and ridicule of Islam and its Prophet. Al-Razi, al-Maraghi, Ibn Ashur and al-Shawkani are among those who denied it, and the abuse must end. Lessonposition checkedFakhr al-Din al-RaziAbu Ya'la al-Farra [?] (Hanbali)Mu'tazilaMustafa al-Maraghi machine1 min 55 s1:56:14on YouTube