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Can positions in aqidah fall within a range of scholarly opinion?

aqeedah aqida creed theology aqeeda aqaid muftis bida biddat bidaa innovation dalil daleel adillah adilla proof ulama ulema ulamaa

Qadhi on aqidah as a spectrum and scholars' words as secondary evidence

LessonRecorded 2 Mar 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu LaythSegment 29 of 45 in the recording2021-03-02-S29

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Mufti Abu Layth shows Qadhi teaching that even aqidah positions lie on a spectrum and that no scholar's word is evidence in itself, while calling Mufti a heretic for departing from the majority.

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Mufti Abu Layth says that on one hand he is listening to Qadhi say this, and on the other he is all but thrown out of Islam and called a heretic doing bid'ah: the hand that gives takes away. The clip continues that people are taught a certain philosophy, that even in aqidah every position lies within a spectrum of opinion, that very few are brave or foolish enough to break away and think for themselves because it comes with costs, and that no matter who says what, it is secondary or even tertiary evidence, not evidence in itself; Mufti underlines that Qadhi says this even of aqidah. Qadhi ends by saying that the position transcends the quantity and the big names who held it, whether Ibn Taymiyya or others, and that this was one of the most important points of his lecture. Mufti says that, with Qadhi's own assistance, he has made his case without even beginning his reply.

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2:09:14

it here on one hand i'm listening to him on the other hand i'm being chucked out of almost islam and being called a heretic and doing biddah [Laughter] one hand you know the hand that giveth take it away huh this one this one people a certain philosophy and they're taught a certain whether it's whether it's whether it is a position like his might and his health the fact that you have not heard contrary and all now it's important here what he said and they're taught a certain whether it's whether it's

2:09:53

not i don't know what just happened to his face there but note how he says that even if it is akita if it is akida as well because that's important i don't know the zombies have taken over position like it's made in his house the fact that you have no i don't know what's happened to your face and all that have not heard contrary means nothing because in the end of the day every filk on every trend is basically within a spectrum of opinion very few people are brave enough or foolish enough depending on how you want to look at it because it comes with cons when you break away right to to go outside the box and think

2:10:32

for themselves like okay of a fact that i want every student of knowledge and and and potential adam and adam to be aware of and that is that no matter who says what that is a secondary maybe even tertiary evidence it is not an evidence in and of itself the evidence so people it is not do you hear this it is not an evidence of itself that he wants people it's the the brave or the people

2:11:07

so the people the true lovers the people of the of the up they make their own place in this world [Laughter] we are not those this is as we are not those who the world made us we made our own place in this world so people as you can see being paying attention pay attention pay attention

2:11:43

so let me just play the ending of the position and bother the position it transcends the quantity and even the big names that said it whether it's ibn tamiya whether it's whether it's all of this is secondary we look at the evidences and of course for every field they have their different evidences but anyway for me this was one of the most important points that i wanted to stress uh via this lecture that if you say

2:12:12

so you could see from there that by the assistance of without me even beginning yet by the assistance of biggie d himself we've managed to say well mother father what is going on man what is this mother father what is this man what is this man so father means father and father father that's a sanskriti word so now

2:12:51

here this is what yasir khadi sahib has been going on about right so let's take a look very briefly now i mean not brief let's take a quick look now at if i can some people who are being this people is a quick overview now to show what is it that yes said to sum it up for you guys all right so you've got

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Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment 2021-03-02-S29, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/b1ooltqtptw/s/29/ (accessed 1 November 2026)

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Mufti Abu Layth. (2021, March 2). Can positions in aqidah fall within a range of scholarly opinion? [Video, segment 2021-03-02-S29, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/b1ooltqtptw/s/29/
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Mufti Abu Layth. 2021. "Can positions in aqidah fall within a range of scholarly opinion?" Video, segment 2021-03-02-S29, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Recorded March 2, 2021. Accessed November 1, 2026. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/b1ooltqtptw/s/29/
BibTeX 
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  author = {Mufti Abu Layth},
  title = {{Can positions in aqidah fall within a range of scholarly opinion?}},
  year = {2021},
  month = {3},
  date = {2021-03-02},
  howpublished = {\url{https://muftiabulayth.org/r/b1ooltqtptw/s/29/}},
  url = {https://muftiabulayth.org/r/b1ooltqtptw/s/29/},
  organization = {Mufti Abu Layth Archive},
  urldate = {2026-11-01},
  note = {Segment 2021-03-02-S29, auto-transcribed, may contain errors}
}
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