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Cited in 28 segments across 12 recordings · 2017 to 2021 · term/term:shaytan

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13 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Are the devils really chained up during Ramadan? No verse says so; Mufti Abu Layth reads the hadith on chained devils as meaning that good deeds become easier in Ramadan's shared spirit. Question from live chatposition checkedreport: idha dakhala ramadan sulsilat al-shayatin (paraphrased by the host; unresolved)shaytan machine1 min 20 s2:58:11on YouTube
16 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Is the devil a real creature or a symbol of bad impulses? Mufti Abu Layth presents two readings of Shaytan, a literal creature or a personification of negative impulses, and refers viewers to his detailed video. Question from live chatquoted view, not his positionShaytan machine2 min 38 s42:20on YouTube
2 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Is jinn possession real? There is no such thing as jinn possession, Mufti Abu Layth says; these are mental health issues, and exorcisms can be abuse. Lessonguest speechjinnShaytanQuran 14:22Shaytan's only power is to whisper and call; he cannot force or possess machine13 min 34 s2:50:29on YouTube
11 Dec 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Are the jinn real, or a symbol? The guest says the Quran rearticulated a late antique belief in jinn to subordinate them to God, that he does not literally believe in them, and that Shaytan personifies human evil; Mufti Abu Layth agrees that inner impulses are personified as good and bad forces. Discussionguest speechDr Javad T. Hashmi (guest)jinnruhshirk machine6 min 46 s2:41:04on YouTube
21 Nov 2020video The clip: Omar Suleiman on jinn possession, the riba verse and disobedience In the clip Omar Suleiman says jinn possession is real and affirmed by the riba verse, that most imams have seen supernatural cases, and that disobedience, especially leaving prayer and riba, removes Allah's protection and invites possession. Otherquoted view, not his positionguest speechOmar SuleimanQuran 2:275 (those who consume riba stand as one struck by Satan)report: satan flows through the son of adam like bloodqarin machine3 min 53 s2:41on YouTube
21 Nov 2020video Does the riba verse prove that jinn can possess people? The riba verse 2:275 uses the image of being struck by the devil as a frame of reference the Arabs knew, like the heads of devils in 37:65; it does not establish possession. Lessonposition checkedQuran 2:275 (those who consume riba stand as one struck by Satan)Quran 37:65 (its shoots are like the heads of devils)Quran 14:22 (Satan: I had no power over you)riba machine3 min 53 s17:05on YouTube
21 Nov 2020video If a jinn could possess me, how could I be blamed for anything? Satan's own words in 14:22, that he had no power over people and only invited them, rule out possession: if the devil could physically prevent prayer or cause harm, people could not be blamed and responsibility would collapse. Lessonposition checkedQuran 14:22 (Satan: I had no power over you, I only invited you)Quran 38:41 (Ayyub: Satan has touched me with hardship)Ayyub (Job)waswasa (whispering) machine5 min 16 s20:58on YouTube
21 Nov 2020video What did classical scholars say about whether jinn can harm or possess people? Imam al-Shafi'i rejected the testimony of anyone claiming to see jinn, Ibn Hazm forbade adding to what Allah said about them, and al-Tahawi held that Satan can only insinuate, not harm; what is called possession is mental illness, and accepting it would void responsibility. Lessonposition checkedImam al-Shafi'ial-BayhaqiIbn Hazmal-Fisal fi al-Milal (Ibn Hazm) machine7 min 46 s26:14on YouTube
21 Nov 2020video Do any authentic hadith prove jinn possession? The hadith cited for possession prove nothing: the Bukhari report that Satan runs in the veins concerns suspicion, the Bukhari report of the epileptic woman treats epilepsy as an illness to be borne patiently, and the remaining reports are weak. Lessonposition checkedreport: satan flows through the son of adam like bloodreport: the woman with epilepsy who asked the prophet to pray for her and chose patience so long as she would not be uncoveredreport: the prophet struck the chest of a man and blew on him to drive out the devilreport: yala ibn murra and the child from whom the prophet drove out a demon on a journey machine9 min 12 s34:00on YouTube
13 Oct 2020video Was Iblis condemned for using his reason? No: Iblis was condemned for arrogance and stubbornness, not reason, and much of what people picture about angels is imagination filling in the Quran's outline. Discussionposition checkedIblis (Shaytan)AdamJibrilmala'ika (angels) machine3 min 12 s4:34on YouTube
22 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Does the Quran support the idea that Shaytan or jinn can control a person? The verse cited for possession is about rising on the Day of Judgment, and the Quran as a whole gives Shaytan only the power to whisper and no authority over Allah's servants. Possession would also destroy personal responsibility and let any criminal evade punishment, and Mufti Abu Layth says the claim that jinn can take any form makes the whole idea absurd. Discussionguest speechDr Shabir Ally (guest)jinnShaytanQuran 2:275 (like one whom Shaytan has driven to madness by his touch) machine4 min 55 s1:20:45on YouTube
8 Jan 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran Did a jinn really bring the Queen of Sheba's throne to Sulayman? Mufti Abu Layth doubts it: following Athari's tafsir, the 'jinn' here were a division of Sulayman's forces, one of three branches of his state. Lessonposition checkedSulayman (Solomon)the Queen of ShebaMaulana Abdul Karim Athari [?]Tafsir Urwat al-Wuthqa [?] (Abdul Karim Athari) machine6 min 26 s27:28on YouTube
12 Aug 2018Clarifying False Hadith Which Insult Islam What is the hadith about Abu Hurayra, the thief and Ayat al-Kursi? The report has Abu Hurayra guarding the zakat treasury and releasing a thief three nights running despite the Prophet calling him a liar, until the thief teaches him to recite Ayat al-Kursi before sleep. Mufti Abu Layth calls it fabricated or mis-transmitted and contrary to the Quran and Sunnah. Lessonposition checkedreport: abu hurayra guarded the zakat wealth and let a thief go three nights until the thief taught him ayat al-kursi and the prophet said that was a devil who told the truthAbu HurayraSahih al-BukhariQuran 2:255 (Ayat al-Kursi) machine5 min 14 s0:00on YouTube
12 Aug 2018Clarifying False Hadith Which Insult Islam Did Abu Hurayra learn to recite Ayat al-Kursi at bedtime from a devil? Mufti Abu Layth rejects the report as blasphemous: it has the devil teaching Islam while the Prophet confirms it, against Imam Malik's principle that everything of the deen came from the Prophet. It also portrays Abu Hurayra as clumsy and disobedient and the Prophet as tolerating theft. Lessonposition checkedreport: abu hurayra guarded the zakat wealth and let a thief go three nights until the thief taught him ayat al-kursi and the prophet said that was a devil who told the truthAbu HurayraSahih al-BukhariQuran 2:255 (Ayat al-Kursi) machine2 min 37 s5:14on YouTube
15 Apr 2018Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions Does jinn possession exist in Islam? Not as popularly pictured, Mufti Abu Layth holds: the idea of demons taking over a body and causing illness and insanity does not survive the Quran, the authentic Sunnah and reason. He asks what the jinn would even gain by it and sets out to trace where the belief comes from. Lessonposition checkedjinnShaytanfitnahShaykh Akram Nadwi machine3 min 52 s0:00on YouTube
15 Apr 2018Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions Does the Quran's riba verse prove that Satan can possess people? No: Mufti Abu Layth says the verse is imagery, read by the commentators as describing how riba-takers rise on the Day of Judgement or as a picture of consuming greed, and the Quran uses such images, like the zaqqum tree's heads of devils, because humans have imagination. Lessonposition checkedQuran 2:275 (like one whom Shaytan has driven to madness by his touch)Quran 37:65 (its shoots are like the heads of devils)ribaShaytan machine5 min 16 s7:47on YouTube
15 Apr 2018Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions What does the hadith 'Satan flows through the son of Adam like blood' mean? In context it is about suspicion: the Prophet said it after explaining to some men that the woman with him was his wife Safiyya, so it refers to the insinuations that pass through human minds, not to possession. Mufti Abu Layth adds that the exorcism trade is a large industry whose practitioners may nonetheless be sincere. Lessonposition checkedreport: satan flows through the son of adam like bloodSafiyyaShaytanwaswasa (whispering) machine2 min 39 s22:09on YouTube
9 Apr 2018Islamic Eschatology Does the Dajjal (Antichrist) exist in Islam? No: the Dajjal as the Antichrist is a myth that does not exist in Islam, since a God who tested people with a miracle-working devil child would contradict al-Rahman and al-Rahim. The Dajjal hadith refer either to Shaytan or, tentatively, to an age where the virtual becomes indistinguishable from the real. Question from live chatposition checkedDajjalIsa (Jesus)MahdiShaytan machine6 min 12 s0:00on YouTube
20 Sep 2017Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions What are the jinn and what can Shaytan actually do to people? Jinn exist and Shaytan is a clear enemy, but his only power is to whisper, as human misleaders do, and Allah gave people the fitra and reason to resist. Any claim about the jinn must be met by asking for its proof in the Quran and Sunnah and weighing its consequences; an unexplained illness is not proof of a jinn. Lessonquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Akram Nadwi (guest)jinnShaytanfitra machine7 min 49 s0:04on YouTube
20 Sep 2017Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions Does the Quran say that Shaytan or the jinn can possess or control a person? The Quran never says people lose their will; it commands believers not to follow Shaytan's footsteps, which presupposes the will and power to refuse. On the Day of Judgement Shaytan himself says he had no authority except to call people, so he teaches and whispers but never forces. Lessonquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Akram Nadwi (guest)ShaytanjinnQuran 24:21 (do not follow the footsteps of Shaytan; he commands shameful and evil things) machine5 min 13 s7:53on YouTube
20 Sep 2017Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions Is there any sound hadith that a jinn possessed someone? There is no sound hadith of Shaytan possessing anyone; the Ibn Mas'ud report shows the jinn as a lowly creation fed on bones, not masters over humans. The guest's own investigations of 'haunted' houses and 'possessed' women found tricks and nothing else, and exorcism has become a big business. Lessonquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Akram Nadwi (guest)jinnShaytanreport: ibn masud said we missed the prophet one night and he said the caller of the jinn came to me and i read the quran to them and bones are the food of your brothers machine6 min 34 s13:06on YouTube
20 Sep 2017Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions If doctors cannot explain an illness, could it be a jinn? An illness doctors cannot explain is not thereby a jinn; that is a story made up without proof. The Quran attributes harm to Shaytan only in the sense that people follow his whispering, as in Ayyub's prayer, and forbids claiming what one has no knowledge of. Lessonquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Akram Nadwi (guest)ShaytanQuran 38:41 (Ayyub: Shaytan has touched me with hardship and pain)Ayyub (Job) machine3 min 26 s19:40on YouTube
20 Sep 2017Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions Which classical scholars denied that jinn can possess people? Ibn Hazm held that claiming possession is a claim without knowledge and haram, since the Prophet spoke only of whispering; al-Tahawi noted that every taught du'a is against whispering, al-Razi said Shaytan cannot cause illness, and al-Shafi'i rejected the testimony of anyone claiming to see jinn, which only prophets can. Lessonquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Akram Nadwi (guest)Ibn Hazmal-Fisal fi al-Milal wal-Ahwa' wal-Nihal (Ibn Hazm)al-Tahawi machine7 min 53 s23:06on YouTube
20 Sep 2017Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions Did the Prophet use ruqya or doctors when he was ill? When the Prophet fell ill Arab doctors treated him, which is how Aisha learnt medicine, so recited verses were never meant as a cure-all and the 'treatment by Quran' books misuse the book. The Quran's verses help against whispering, and one reads them for oneself without any raqi. Lessonquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Akram Nadwi (guest)AishaAbu Bakrreport: aisha learned medicine from the arab doctors who treated the prophet when he fell ill machine5 min 18 s38:51on YouTube
20 Sep 2017Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions What do people mean when they say someone is possessed by a jinn? The popular picture is that a jinn or demon takes over a person's mind or body, causing illness, obsessive or insane behaviour and broken relationships, supposedly to create mischief. Mufti Abu Layth presents this as the urban myth he will test against the Quran, the authentic Sunnah and reason, after the guest's closing call to disbelieve the whole business. Lessonquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Akram Nadwi (guest)jinnShaytanfitna and fasad (mischief and corruption) machine3 min 58 s49:23on YouTube
20 Sep 2017Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions Does the Quran's verse about the touch of Shaytan prove that jinn possess people? No: the riba verse describes how usurers will rise on the Day of Judgement or pictures their greed, and the image of Shaytan's touch is drawn from human imagination, like the tree of Jahannam whose fruit is 'like the heads of devils'. It is a misused verse, not a proof. Lessonposition checkedQuran 2:275 (like one whom Shaytan has driven to madness by his touch)Quran 37:65 (the tree of Jahannam, its fruit like the heads of devils)Ibn Atiyya [?]riba machine3 min 56 s58:35on YouTube
20 Sep 2017Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions Does the hadith that Shaytan flows in a person's blood prove possession? No: the Prophet said it to two men who saw him with his wife Safiyya, about human suspicion, and nobody present was possessed. The Quran itself appeals to reason and proof, so possession must be tested by reason, which someone reading the Quran without cultural baggage would never find in it. Lessonposition checkedal-Razi [?]aql (intellect)Quran 88:17-18 (do they not look at the camel, how it was created, and at the sky)report: the shaytan flows in the son of adam like blood said when two men saw the prophet with safiyya machine6 min 32 s1:09:02on YouTube
20 Sep 2017Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions How do we know mental illnesses are not really jinn possessions? A theory that explains everything, like a child's cyborg conspiracy, is not thereby true, and 'the jinn' is such a theory for Muslims. Like Basil Mitchell's partisan who rationalises everything the stranger does, this is non-propositional faith that no evidence can reach. Lessonposition checkedBasil Mitchellnon-propositional faith (Basil Mitchell)Donald Trumpjinn machine5 min 18 s1:19:28on YouTube