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How to disagree: A meeting between Sh Rashid Rida & Anwar Shah Kashmiri - Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki

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Let's go to Rashid Rida, when he was in his time, the great Sheikh of Al-Azhar. This is going from the 1800s into the early 1900s. Did you know, people, he visited India? He's also known as, by the way, one of the father figures of Salafiyyah. All right? Now, did you know he visited India? A lot of people don't I mean, people may not know this, but you can just Google it.

0:25

And guess where he visited. He first of all went to Nadwa, and he says, "I had a low expectation of Hanafis." That he didn't think the Hanafi madhhab was of any worth or any regard. Check this out. Do you know where he's invited to come? Where? Deoband.

0:47

Deoband invite him. With great hospitality. They do this great do for Sheikhul Azhar Rashid Rida. Guess who is the keynote speaker? The keynote speaker to address Sheikh Rashid Rida is who? Allama Anwar Shah Kashmiri.

1:10

Gives a whole speech. He praises Rashid Rida so much. And and he they respect him. They they they do this incredible do for him. And they try to show him that we are like we Hanafis are as grounded in Hadith as well. And then Rashid Rida goes back and writes about how his visit to Deoband made his entire visit to India worthwhile.

1:38

This is available. It's online. Rashid Rida, who championed this understanding as well, one of the key figures that Jesus ain't coming back. And Anwar Shah Kashmiri is saying all these praises about him. He's pleasing He's trying to please him. He's giving a whole speech just to him. So, if you want to disagree, disagree like that.

2:01

That is how you disagree. That is adab. That is this deen. That you can disagree. You know, that Look at the adab. Is he calling him a kafir? You've gone against the mutawatir. You know, I found the mutawatir. You know, you've gone against them. What's all of this? None of this. Very respectful.

2:26

That is how you disagree, people. That is how you discuss this thing.

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Mufti Abu Layth. (2018, March 15). How to disagree: A meeting between Sh Rashid Rida & Anwar Shah Kashmiri - Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki [Video, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/z54mveggi2y/
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Mufti Abu Layth. 2018. "How to disagree: A meeting between Sh Rashid Rida & Anwar Shah Kashmiri - Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki." Video, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Recorded March 15, 2018. Accessed November 1, 2026. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/z54mveggi2y/
BibTeX 
@misc{abulayth-z54mVEgGi2Y,
  author = {Mufti Abu Layth},
  title = {{How to disagree: A meeting between Sh Rashid Rida \& Anwar Shah Kashmiri - Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki}},
  year = {2018},
  month = {3},
  date = {2018-03-15},
  howpublished = {\url{https://muftiabulayth.org/r/z54mveggi2y/}},
  url = {https://muftiabulayth.org/r/z54mveggi2y/},
  organization = {Mufti Abu Layth Archive},
  urldate = {2026-11-01},
  note = {Auto-transcribed, may contain errors}
}