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Cited in 10 segments across 7 recordings · 2017 to 2021 · term/term:sihr

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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
1 Jun 2020video If a religious teacher seduces someone, is the other person also to blame? Mufti Abu Layth says both the mufti and the woman in the shared story are to blame, and dismisses the claim of a magic spell. Discussionsihr (magic)ta'wiz (amulet) [?] machine6 min 20 s0:00on YouTube
1 Jun 2020video Should a person accused of magic be killed? Mufti Abu Layth says calls to kill the 'magician' show the sorry state of Muslims and why they are a laughing stock. Discussionposition checkedsihr (magic) machine1 min 40 s8:54on YouTube
22 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is belief in magic spells and jinn possession part of Islam? Belief in possession and magic spells holds Muslims back and harms mental health, and the guest says it is not a religious teaching because no verse or authentic hadith establishes it, whatever people believe they have seen. Mufti Abu Layth notes that to believers in jinn the ordinary explanation seems the far-fetched one. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechDr Shabir Ally (guest)jinnsihr (magic) machine6 min 33 s1:34:50on YouTube
22 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Does Surat al-Falaq confirm that black magic is real? The verse about those who blow on knots does not establish that magic is effective: the guest says it asks protection from the fear such practices create, and Mufti Abu Layth says the surah names things not harmful in themselves but the superstitions attached to them. The question whether Islam is feudal went unanswered. Question from live chatguest speechDr Shabir Ally (guest)Quran 113:4 (from the evil of those who blow on knots)sihr (magic) machine2 min 38 s1:40:04on YouTube
20 Apr 2018Ponderings on the Holy Quran Did Musa's staff really turn into a snake? No: Mufti Abu Layth holds the staff was described as moving as though it were a snake, while the magicians' sticks moved by a chemical trick. Question raised by Mufti Abu Laythposition checkedMusa (Moses)Pharaoh (Fir'awn)Quran 20:59 (the meeting at forenoon on the day of the festival)Quran 20:66 (their ropes and sticks seemed to him to move) machine6 min 15 s0:01on YouTube
15 Apr 2018Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions What magic means: fantasy magic versus illusion, and the Arabic sihr The question is not illusion or trickery but 'fantasy magic' that changes reality, which he calls absurd; the Arabs used sihr for anything inexplicable. Lessonposition checkedShaykh Akram Nadwisihr (magic)Ibn Ashur machine5 min 07 s0:00on YouTube
13 Feb 2018Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions Is the evil eye real in Islam? Belief that a look can cause disease or disaster contradicts tawhid; the evil eye is simply envy, whose harm lies in how it is acted upon. Lessonposition checkedImam Malikreport: the evil eye is realal-'ayn (the evil eye)hasad (envy) machine6 min 50 s0:00on YouTube
13 Feb 2018Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions Did someone really do magic on the Prophet? No: he calls the report of magic on the Prophet falsely attributed and an affront to his honour, and says the Quls were revealed years earlier in Makkah. Lessonposition checkedQuran 112 (Surat al-Ikhlas)Quran 113:1-5 (Surat al-Falaq)Quran 114 (Surat al-Nas)Quran 113:4 (from the evil of those who blow on knots) machine3 min 44 s6:50on YouTube
20 Sep 2017Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions Could a jinn fall in love with my spouse and break up my marriage? No: a jinn, created from fire, would belong to a domain of life as alien to us as extremophile bacteria, which do not fall in love or envy marriages. Blaming jinn or magic for a failed relationship comes from the stigma Muslims attach to mental illness. Lessonposition checkedjinnQuran 15:27 (the jinn created before from the fire of scorching wind)sihr (magic) machine2 min 37 s1:48:25on YouTube