# A visit to the Al-Mahdi Institute symposium on Fadak

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/51qevhjqnt4/s/1/
- Date: 2020-02-28 · Kind: other · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Fadak between Fatima (r) & Abu Bakr (r) Detailed Overview | Mufti Abu Layth (0:00–4:33)
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51Qevhjqnt4&t=0s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/51qevhjqnt4/

**Topics:** Sunni-Shia dialogue

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Mufti Abu Layth describes attending a Sunni-Shia symposium on Fadak at the Al-Mahdi Institute in Birmingham and calls for more collaboration.

## Longer summary

Mufti Abu Layth says he has been asked to revisit the issue of Fadak, has since studied the hadith and history in detail, and recently attended a symposium on it at the Al-Mahdi Institute, a Shia institute in Birmingham that looked at the case from Shia and Sunni perspectives. He says he was mesmerised by the modern building and organisation, describes its principal as a balanced Shia scholar who is controversial in Shia circles, and says he was moved by the hospitality of traditional Sunni scholars from Birmingham who also presented. He says Sunnis and Shia need to collaborate much more, and deals briefly with requests in the chat.

## Sources and names cited

- Al-Mahdi Institute
- Fadak

## Transcript (machine tier, 0:00–4:33)

[0:00] poisoning let's take a look at this fadak issue I want to explain that it's right so on momento momento people right so I've explained previously that which was quite brief but I've been asked to go over it I have looked into this in much more detail now gone through you know the entire hadith involved a lot of the history I also had the opportunity to go down to within Birmingham that this just weekend gone really just

[0:39] Saturday there was a kind of symposium held on this are a Shia Institute which was looking at the further issue from a Shia and Sunni perspective and just highlighting the case at hand obviously I mean the Institute was Shia but it's it was kind of with regard to the Sunni perspective as well and the Institute was called al Mahdi Institute it's in Selly Oak in Birmingham I have to say first of all just as a side note for one I was so mesmerized by the actual building and Institute that they've got

[1:18] honestly I I totally loved it it's I think it was part of Birmingham University or something before it's like a university hall or a separate kind of a unit almost which has all its own Suites and everything and very modern amazing kind of landscape just I I was wowed mesmerised by it as a Islamic faculty I mean I've been in faculties like that before the or when I'm going to things like psychology courses at universities and stuff like this but I've never seen anything to do with Muslims like that and it was incredibly

[1:57] organized up to date you know kind of technology I was just wild one with the building two days I think it's under the I think the principal share the is share our if very kind of balanced she a scholar I was the first time I met him but somebody who's he's quite very controversial within the Shia circles he's challenged a lot of controversial she appoints and I think there's a lot of the she I've actually boycotted him but I am a very hospitable person I loved that the way they welcomed me there were many Sunnis there

[2:36] by the way some great traditional Sunni scholars like like trained in back home Pakistan etc people like a lama holid Mahmud sub me and I was overwhelmed with the amount of love he was showing me because I was thinking come on I mean I cuz I really did not expect it from somebody so traditional looking at me I mean because you know I mean just the way I look and things like this and my views are sometimes very kind of challenging but so hospitable he was a lama holid sob and Mufti Farouk's are

[3:14] both these are Sunni kind of scholars from Birmingham old school and they presented their things in order to but it was an amazing opportunity so I thought I'll just mention that they did really enjoy the visit they and I think we need to collaborate so much more you know sunni shia this whole thing we need to really we really need to kind of go through this Vera you are busy but if you get a bit of time please do answer my question oh yes said shukran much

[3:53] love I definitely will I'm just trying to see what the question was right I've got - if you can just repost your question please and he doesn't need to be he could just be a standard post I I will get to it I'm just as soon as let me just go through fadak I can't see the question right so all right so I can't see Mesut I can't see his question can somebody post his question please right so I

[4:32] wanted to discuss so we went through this whole thing a bit about Frederick so fadak is to do we're it's a piece of land I'm going to bring it up let me just see here so for people asking this as you can see I've got it highlighted there fadak and in the center in the kind of rectangle is is Medina so you can see that there right so that's faux

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment 51Qevhjqnt4/s/1. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/51qevhjqnt4/s/1/

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