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Cited in 10 segments across 10 recordings · 2018 to 2022 · term/term:sufi

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10 Dec 2022video How did Abu Hanifa die, and what was he known for among people? Abu Hanifa was imprisoned by the Abbasids for supporting an uprising from the Prophet's family and died, perhaps poisoned, in prison; he was loved above all for his compassion and generosity. Lessonposition checkedAbu HanifaMuhammad al-Nafs al-ZakiyyaIbrahim, brother of al-Nafs al-Zakiyya [?]the Abbasids machine3 min 55 s41:54on YouTube
22 Dec 2021video What do Sunni Muslims think of the twelve Shia imams? The Shia imams are generally respected in Sunni Islam but are not used as reference points; he suspects Ja'far al-Sadiq was closer to the Shia picture of him than Sunnis admit, as an assumption. Sunnis and Shia should agree to disagree and be fair to each other. Question source not recordedposition checkedthe twelve imamsAhl al-BaytImam Ja'far al-SadiqImam Malik machine6 min 24 s0:00on YouTube
25 Oct 2021video Did Muslims learn how to pray from hadith books? No: the practice of Islam reached us through the living tradition, taught from parent to child, not through hadith collections compiled two centuries later. Quranists are not one group, and many only doubt the accuracy of hadith. Lessonposition checkedQuranist (Quran-only)SunniSufiSalafi machine2 min 37 s4:30on YouTube
27 Apr 2021video Does today's Hanafi madhhab reflect Imam Abu Hanifa? Not in spirit: Mufti Abu Layth calls later Hanafi rulings fossilised and pedantic, behind the sectarian attacks on Shaykh Aslam, and praises Shaykh Atabek as a fresh voice. Lessonposition checkedBarelviSufiAbu HanifaShaykh Atabek machine4 min 23 s0:00on YouTube
9 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Was al-Ghazali against science and philosophy? Mufti Abu Layth says al-Ghazali was not against reason at first, but after a crisis of faith he turned to ascetic mysticism, and through later Sufism this indirectly harmed the voice of reason. Question from live chatposition checkedal-Ghazalial-Munqidh min al-Dalal (Deliverance from Error)Qadi Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi [?]hikmah (wisdom) machine12 min 41 s34:23on YouTube
5 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth What miracle do you have as a saint? Mufti Abu Layth answers with a joke about Sufi hagiographies rather than claiming any karama. Question from live chatkarama (saintly miracle)wali (saint)Sufi machine1 min 06 s2:17:07on YouTube
3 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Where do anthropomorphic ideas of God in Islam come from? Mufti Abu Layth suggests anthropomorphic texts were partly inherited from the Judeo-Christian tradition; the guest describes the Sufi, philosophical and Isma'ili view that God's names describe relations, not his essence. Discussionguest speechDr Khalil Andani (guest)report: allah created adam in his imageImam MalikIsma'ili machine4 min 41 s1:24:04on YouTube
6 Apr 2020video What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi? Mufti Abu Layth regards Shaykh al-Yaqoubi as a level-headed scholar who has spoken against extremism and would point someone set on joining a Sufi order to a figure like him, while thinking his admirers overdo it. He himself once took issue with al-Yaqoubi's statements on Bukhari. LessonShaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubitariqa (Sufi order)SufiSahih al-Bukhari machine2 min 37 s0:00on YouTube
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 Feb 2018From the Mind of a Mufti Is it worth studying at a madrasa? The madrasa is an excellent place if you bring critical thinking to it, and dogmatising if you do not; studying with several denominations, as he did, helps you see the good and the bad in each. Lessonposition checkedmadrasaSufiSalafiDeobandi machine2 min 34 s15:16on YouTube