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The issue of Fadak | Mufti Abu Layth

hadeeth ahadith ahaadeeth hadis hadees ahaadith sahih saheeh sahih hadith saheeh hadith sound hadith malik ibn anas malik bin anas imam maalik imam malik ibn anas imaam imams prayer leader muftis hukm ahkam hukum hukam ahkaam koran quraan al-quran madinah madina al-madinah madeenah yathrib ahl al-sunnah ahl as-sunnah ahlus sunnah ahl al-sunna sunnis shiah shiite shi'i twelver ithna ashari niqab niqaab burka purdah parda face veil deen al-din ad-deen ad-din

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[Music] okay let's take a look at this I've been asked about fadak right so okay let's take a look at what this is without going into too much detail but phobic is one of the oh the issue of Adak is one is a central issue between shia-sunni conflict verdict refers to a piece of land that belonged to the prophet sallallaahu leaves the land and the question was after the Prophet had

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passed away should his children or in this particular case Fatima rhodiola on her inherit the land now Fatima or the law on her believed Fatima believed rajala and heard that she was entitled to that land because it's her father's land the prophet's land but this isn't a prophethood issue this is just a regular issue of propriety of ownership so she is entitled as the as the child to

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inherit the father's property now a worker or the allahu on he kind of blocked that inheritance and he said that you're not allowed to inherit it because there is a hadith where the Prophet said natural am BIA the Norris movie through their Hammond or lat in Iran or lacking new rasulillah that we do not be quit that we the prophets do not leave as they like we'd bequeath

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this to kind of leave as inheritance that we do not leave as inheritance money the nerves and their arms rather we leave behind knowledge that famine were ISA who that whosoever inherits it has indeed obtained and a husband Kabira northern mafia I know that he has obtained something you know of great fortune now the question was when the Prophet said this was he

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speaking generically was he speaking legislatively now to be honest in my opinion I I don't feel that the prophet sallallaahu live Salem was saying that legislatively so I do agree personally with for tomorrow the lonja on this issue that I feel that she was right in her claim to Frederick to the land of Adak because to her this hadith would have been speaking generally like making a general statement that or what do you

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think prophets leave they leave knowledge of course it's a it's a kind of like a what do you think prophets bring but it's not to say that prophets don't have do not participate in worldly affairs but it's to emphasize that the the primary focus of prophets is Dara salad that the message that said look I'm just saying here because somebody saying well would you say Josephine she reminds me of the famous statement

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of Napoleon that not tonight Josephine not getting distracted has asked a question here that so did Abu Bakr get it wrong you see I you see I just pause right there I don't think this is a I can see why Abu Bakr or the Ilan who said what he said I can see it it's not like a you know it's not like he got the working out wrong you know this is not like a mathematical equation that I look at it and I say oh well you know you've

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forgot to include these numbers or you didn't remove the bracket so you didn't do this is not a right or wrong this is a matter of opinion you understand so when the Prophet was saying this what do you think he was saying there is no definitive response to it because the Prophet is no longer there to explain that when he's saying this what did he exactly have in mind so now I can see why a Buttkicker or the allow and took it literally he took it in the sense that oh the Prophet said we do not leave as inheritance except knowledge colors

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we do not leave as inheritance anything so you cannot other than knowledge therefore you cannot inherit anything however for tomorrow the Ilan has claimed that this is not really speaking on this is not speaking legislatively this is just giving a generic kind of teaching I would personally see that like I that would resonate more with me as what the Prophet was trying to say as opposed to that the Prophet was speaking

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legislatively on this particular opinion so it's not a right or wrong in my cos it's not to say oh you got this totally wrong it's not like that but I would find myself more in agreement with what far tomorrow the Allahu Allah her claim obviously our Bakr was the ruler now he was the Calif so his decision is final I wouldn't agree in any kind of rebellion against his decision although even if I was to say I would as an opinion disagree with the outcome but you know

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you can disagree there's nothing you know I work out of the 11 for example just so you understand this the a worker of the Ilan has many opinions in fact in how to pray in how to do things we have they not that many people we have rulings for we are ruling from Omaha by the way most of which people don't follow you know I'm just not trying to know before you try to kind of go oh my god deviant I'm I'm just saying I've got an entire encyclopedia play of the thick of armor of the Elan I guarantee you most people hanafis definitely don't follow

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the thick of them are by and large maybe as a one-off imam malik more so does because of Medina but hanafis don't so Schaffer is don't as much but so it's not the first time you're turning away from from a ruling within thick of a Calif so it's not you know so we don't need to get so shocked I'm not insulting the kale ifs or anything I'm just saying I would personally find myself in line with how far tomorrow the Elan and her was thinking because I would think that that's how the Prophet would have meant

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that but obviously Walker has ruled differently whatever has happened has happened this then became a huge issue of contention because far tomorrow the law and her was upset I can understand why she was upset I don't think that there was any kind of malice or malevolent intent on the corner boubakr or the law on his part but I can understand how she got upset about the whole matter then this a bit of news about I mean then this like narrations about things that have happened which I feel are not authentic

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I don't know whether any of that is true like people say oh oh worker went and kicked down her door for example that doesn't really sound like a worker or the Elan I'm just saying I I don't know I I find that a bit difficult to believe but people present stories that a worker kicked down her door and then then I think they say Omar kicked down her door sorry and it caused a miscarriage and things like I I don't think they I'm not because there's other nations that will say that nothing like that happened although Fatima was definitely

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unhappy with a burqa that much we have inside body he mentions that that she was unhappy with them and then she passes away so soon within six months after the Prophet that is difficult to establish what exactly happened because a lot is happening in that six months you know there's the rebellions the uprising the civil war taking place Bonnie honey for the tribe of Bani Hanifah apostate there's ma salem al kitab/the the false prophet he begins his religion this a lot is going on this the a lot of the forefathers are dying so workers thinking about putting the Quran together this

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so there's a lot taking place so in this time Fatima also passes away yeah so yeah but I don't I think today there's no I don't agree in fighting over this issue because whatever has happened has happened okay I think why can't we just discuss things sometimes if we want to discuss them we can discuss them but I don't think it we should make a thing out of it do you understand because it's happened I can't change it you can't change it whatever happened has happened yes I do feel in some ways it's definitely quite sad I

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don't think it was done purposely I don't feel so I don't feel that it's fair to accuse a worker or not or the long run home of things because I don't think they did it with any kind of malicious intent I feel that that was just their way of thinking and sometimes as humans interact you upset people you know it's just the nature of of life unfortunately and yeah so that's my thoughts on II I hope that helps right let's move on to another question people

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so yeah we're there is yep so the main thing is we should build bridges okay this whole Shia Sunni thing has kind of gone on too long I mean we won't be able to resolve it but we need to get beyond utter hostility after I'll tell you something I'm going through a book on on Judas Judas Iscariot now Judas the traitor and it really struck me that it's so interesting that Judas who

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betrays Jesus one of the disciples of Jesus ELISA Lam who betrays him and and Judas shortly after the betrayal commits suicide and he's allegedly buried in this place huckle of Emma which is like Huckle edema the the field of blood now he hangs himself there or he commits suicide now it's interesting that such a negative character within Christianity I I don't know I I could be wrong on this but from what I was just reading up on

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him I was going through this book about him and I thought it's amazing how you know despite him being the ultimate traitor you know the Judas the the Judas Kiss in you know the garden of gets Gethsemane you know the whole thing about betraying Jesus to the Romans yet Christianity especially today I mean I don't know whether historically did happen or not but they don't go around cursing Judas you know there isn't this thing of like Judas he and there's none

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of this kind of soup hyperbole of emotions that are attached with Judas and I found I find that quite fascinating that you know you can have a character who is so negative and obviously they don't like him they don't like what he did he is ultimate betrayal of Jesus yet there isn't this kind of hatred this kind of proactive hatred that is transmitted again Tim I just find that fascinating that's all

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somebody said emotions are good I'm sure they are I'm sure they are I'm not saying they ain't alright let me just flip in between here right so people people let me just bring up check up on the Facebook people what is going on see what they saying all right so yeah well as a she I actually agree with you him

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of T yeah I mean children children much appreciated I'm not saying emotions are good but I just feel sometimes we you know we get too emotional

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