Recordings › Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth 173 · 14 Jul 2020 › Segment 30 of 42
Isn't the Prophet clearing the Kaaba of idols a precedent for the Hagia Sophia?
haj pilgrimage hadj ka'bah ka'ba kaabah masjid masjed masaajid masajid shari'ah shariat sharee'ah muftis haraam forbiddenThe Prophet cleansing the Kaaba of idols is no precedent for the Hagia Sophia
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machinesummary, machine-writtenNo: removing the idols from the Kaaba was about ending superstition, and cannot justify converting a museum in a secular country, which he calls a political stunt.
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A question says the Prophet cleansed the Kaaba of idols and rededicated it as the house of Allah, and that this is cited as a precedent. Mufti Abu Layth says he never said such things were haram and has discussed that. He says the Kaaba was a sanctuary rather than a building of that kind, that Islam kept its sanctuary status and opened up the existing Hajj to everyone, and that the idols were removed because they were tied to superstition and harmful pagan rituals. That, he says, cannot be linked to a museum in a secular country with hundreds of mosques, which he calls a political stunt by Erdogan to gain standing among Muslim countries.
Question as read aloud · questioner not identifiedThe Prophet cleansed the Kaaba of idols and rededicated it as the house of Allah; it is cited as a precedent. How do you address that?
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Mufti Abu Layth says the Prophet's removal of the idols from the Kaaba, which were tied to superstition, cannot be linked to converting a museum in a secular country today.
“I'm absolutely again for removing superstition that you can't link that to today in a city in a country that first of all is not an Islamic country”
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because it symbolized power in that region what about somebody says Sharia Courts in the UK there are no Sharia Courts in the UK there are Sharia councils which deal with religious divorces and things like that but there's no Sharia Court I know some idiots amongst them call them Sharia Courts once again just fools you know cool saying everybody let's make it difficult for everyone yeah so there are no sharia courts there's just Sharia councils which deal with religious kind of marriages and
religious divorces right Pakistani m'lady missed your question I missed yep I missed that question right what's going on how do you dress the Prophet cleanse the cab of idols and rededicated it as house of Allah it is cited as a precedence yeah sure of course I mean that was you see I'm not saying that these things haven't happened I discussed that in the first part is it a is it I never said these
things were Haram okay so I already discussed that in a bit of detail and explaining that people used to do these things now the house of the Kaaba first of all was not a a building like that it was not it was just seen as a sanctuary and Islam maintained its sanctuary status and the Hajj already existed and in fact Islam opened it up because really people used to come on Raja never used to come to the Kaaba they used to come to our offer so the Prophet expanded to incorporate that for everyone as far as the idols were concerned they were associated with
superstition and these kind of pagan rituals that were very harmful especially to promoting a healthy mindset and that is what Islam came for so it did remove the idols it removed the superstition I'm absolutely again for removing superstition that you can't link that to today in a city in a country that first of all is not an Islamic country - it's a secular country in a secular world that has hundreds and hundreds of mustards all there's no shortage of praying but it just sees
this museum and it's because hey this used to be a mosque let's now Bree brandy as in Islam and this is just a political stunt her gun is just doing this to take that position of power amongst the Muslim countries that's all he's doing I'm telling you this is nothing but politics Rajan eat the hey Baba Rajan et yeah so it's just some people are too naive to see through this all right right what is going down people oh right
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