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Is Yasir Qadhi consistent about whether Gog and Magog could be hidden underground?

hadeeth ahadith ahaadeeth hadis hadees ahaadith muftis ulama ulema ulamaa sheikh shaikh sheik shuyukh shaykhs

Qadhi on Google Earth: 'Allah is all-powerful' versus 'I cannot believe it'

LessonRecorded 14 Mar 2021Segment 14 of 30 in the recording2021-03-14-S14

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In one clip Qadhi says it is not impossible, since Allah is all-powerful and Ibn Taymiyya's rule allows what astounds the mind, that thousands live underground; in another he says he cannot believe a tribe has been trapped for four thousand years. Mufti Abu Layth asks where the consistency is.

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Mufti Abu Layth plays Qadhi's answer to the question of how one can believe the Gog and Magog hadith when Google Earth has mapped the whole world and no massive land is hidden from mankind: Allah is all-powerful, and if one believes the hadith this is what they say; Qadhi cites a rule of Ibn Taymiyya that a hadith does not bring the impossible but may bring that which astounds the mind, so it is not impossible that somewhere underground Allah has thousands of people living, and it is not surprising that medieval scholars believed it. Mufti sets this beside the other clip, in which Qadhi said that anyone who knows science, geography and modern civilisation cannot believe that a tribe has been trapped behind a wall for four thousand years and that he himself cannot believe it. He asks whether there is any consistency to what Qadhi is saying and says he is trying to fathom it before he even begins his reply; a brief aside shows something a viewer sent him.

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[Music] so let me see so this is the question that yes posed but we've traveled back in time and yes of course everything around us and there is no massive land hidden from mankind the responses

55:39

all powerful didn't you know that that allah is all powerful [Music] if we believe in the hadith this is what the hadith tell us this is what the hadith tell us and there is a simple rule that ibn tamiya mentions memorize this rule memorize it people memorize it even samia yeah we're gonna have one moment one moment man one moment man just to give you guys a bit of what somebody had sent me larry

56:11

that sent me this on ebony this is supposed to be able to save me yeah [Music] [Laughter] right so let's go back man let's go back man what is going on so

56:37

does not bring the impossible so this is possible but it does bring that which astounds the mind is it impossible that somewhere underground allah has thousands of people living it's not impossible it's not impossible it's not surprising that our medieval scholars believe the self-esteem obviously dare i say anybody who knows science and geography and modern civilization you cannot believe you cannot believe that there is a tribe for 4 000 years trapped behind a wall

57:17

i mean if you believe this any that's your position i i cannot believe it i cannot believe it i'm just being i cannot i find this very difficult to believe is it impossible that somewhere underground allah has thousands of people living it's not impossible it's not impossible they're in some place separated from mankind you know what i don't understand

57:52

himself is there any consistency to what shaykh is saying i'm trying to i'm trying to fathom before i even begin my reply this is uh this is all very interesting you see but then i thought it's only fair to to kind of extend see since it's a royal rumble people we got to get everybody in

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Mufti Abu Layth. (2021, March 14). Is Yasir Qadhi consistent about whether Gog and Magog could be hidden underground? [Video, segment 2021-03-14-S14, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr3nsx3ufy8/s/14/
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Mufti Abu Layth. 2021. "Is Yasir Qadhi consistent about whether Gog and Magog could be hidden underground?" Video, segment 2021-03-14-S14, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Recorded March 14, 2021. Accessed November 1, 2026. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr3nsx3ufy8/s/14/
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  author = {Mufti Abu Layth},
  title = {{Is Yasir Qadhi consistent about whether Gog and Magog could be hidden underground?}},
  year = {2021},
  month = {3},
  date = {2021-03-14},
  howpublished = {\url{https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr3nsx3ufy8/s/14/}},
  url = {https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr3nsx3ufy8/s/14/},
  organization = {Mufti Abu Layth Archive},
  urldate = {2026-11-01},
  note = {Segment 2021-03-14-S14, auto-transcribed, may contain errors}
}
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