# Critics sharing clips of al-Dedew and al-Awni: double standards in scholarship

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/nhzyu3bkbwe/s/4/
- Date: 2018-03-13 · Kind: lesson · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: PRELUDE: Why There Is NO 2nd Coming Of Jesus (as) In Islam- Mufti Abu Layth (14:16–17:41)
- Status: general teaching
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHzYu3BKBWE&t=856s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/nhzyu3bkbwe/

**Topics:** Responses to critics; Views on contemporary scholars; The second coming of Jesus

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Critics are circulating old clips and articles by scholars they otherwise reject; Mufti Abu Layth says this is cherry-picking and poor scholarship, and that others have held his view before him.

## Longer summary

Mufti Abu Layth observes that Deobandis and others are suddenly sharing clips of the Mauritanian scholar Muhammad al-Hasan al-Dedew saying that whoever denies the return of Jesus is a kafir, although most Muslims do not hold that such a denial makes someone a kafir, and the same people never share his clips declaring blind taqlid haram or permitting women's make-up. He calls this a failure of justice and poor scholarship, and says people may mock his appearance but he refuses double standards. He points out that the Arabic clips circulating are years old and were aimed at Dr Adnan Ibrahim, an Arab scholar who has long taught the same view in Europe, not at him. Likewise Shaykh al-Awni's [?] article is shared while his fatwas on following easier opinions and on saying Merry Christmas were not. He says those accusing him of picking and choosing are cherry-picking clips from scholars they otherwise disagree with ninety percent of the time, and that the claim that nobody in Islam has said this is wrong.

## Sources and names cited

- Muhammad al-Hasan Ould al-Dedew
- Adnan Ibrahim
- Shaykh al-Awni [?]
- taqlid

## Transcript (machine tier, 14:16–17:41)

[13:42] one does this never sees her wonders never cease so nice so that's what's been going on and anybody who's had an issue with me is they haven't they just they're trying to have a field day sharing all these quotes sharing all these clips I mean it's amazing it's amazing what partisan and sectarian politics can do to people what sectarian politics can do to people all these do Bundy's and people sharing clips all of

[14:20] a sudden of people like cher Mohammed wallet Hasan a doodle you know the Mauritanian 50 sharing his clips all of a sudden on G anybody who denies Jesus coming back as a kaffir Wow Wow no apart from the fact that most Muslims do not believe that you can call somebody a Kaffir for denying that apart including them apart from that fact they don't you know they don't share his clips on saying following doing tuck lead is is haram doing blind that lead is Haram you're not allowed to do it they don't

[14:59] share his clips on saying women can wear makeup and go around and do things like this they don't share his clips on promoting selfie after either they don't share his clips on but all of a sudden Jesus Christ let's share his clips this is information la la justice this is this is justice people this is justice this is the state this is why we are in the state that we're in ok this is why we're in the state that we're in poor scholarship you know people can

[15:38] mock me all they want for the way I look and the way I dress that I dress and I've explained that previously I refuse to have double standards because I this because I dress like this I will be like this so what you see is what you get with me but I tell you these people these people the poor standard of scholarship that we are currently seeing people circulating all of somebody all of a sudden sharing chef Alaniz articles now on cheryl oneis article on by the way all these video clips that are in arabic are

[16:17] not actually aimed at me for the record there are actually a few years old and they're addressing chef dr. Adnan Ibrahim who's an Arab scholar with an enlightened scholar with amazing thoughts who had also been teaching this in Arabic throughout Europe so there a refutation of him so if you watch the complete clips there addressing him and they speaking about him now all of a sudden people are sharing these clips they sharing chef a Loney's article but tell me when shall I only spoke forget this article being years old when shares Allah only spoke not so long ago about following giving the fatwa to follow

[16:57] easier opinions in Islam nobody shade that when he criticized when Sheryl I only said there was nothing wrong in saying Merry Christmas and things like this nobody said that you know all of a sudden it's okay now he's now really okay my friend you my friend you disagree with a bullet you my friend so I mean it's interesting you know and then they're accusing me of picking and choosing but everybody's doing this they're doing exactly the same you know they're just

[17:35] cherry-picking clips from people who they disagree with almost 90% of the time but now they found one thing and hamdulillah and they share a clip saying things like nobody has said this in Islam wrong again many people have said this in Islam I'm not the first person to say this so okay let's take a look at this pre-lit now right so what's going on this is a prelude this is a kind of a

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment NHzYu3BKBWE/s/4. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/nhzyu3bkbwe/s/4/

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