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Cited in 2 segments across 2 recordings · 2020 · term/term:waqf

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16 Jul 2020video Can a waqf never be overturned, as the argument for the Hagia Sophia claims? Mufti Abu Layth says the waqf argument fails because Abu Hanifa himself held that an endowment can be overturned, a view Hanafis abandon when it does not serve the powerful or the clergy. He calls the reconversion part of a rising right-wing fascism that includes Muslims. Lessonposition checkedAbu Hanifawaqf (endowment)Hanafi schoolQuran 22:40-41 (Surah al-Hajj) machine3 min 58 s22:22on YouTube
14 Jul 2020live stream Can a mosque that was once a waqf never be anything else? The waqf argument fails, he says, because Abu Hanifa held that an endowment can be overturned, a view Hanafis drop when it does not serve power. Lessonposition checkedAbu Hanifawaqf (endowment)Hanafi schoolDonald Trump machine3 min 13 s1:37:09on YouTube