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Caliphate

15 segments in 8 recordings · 2017 to 2021 · 0 verified · 10 checked positions · fiqh/public-law-and-governance/caliphate · Feed

Most recent statement · 13 Apr 2021Is it obligatory for Muslims to establish a caliphate?Older segments link here so no earlier explanation is read as the last word.

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Latest answer · 13 Apr 2021

13 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth LatestIs it obligatory for Muslims to establish a caliphate? No: Mufti Abu Layth says there is no obligation to establish a caliphate, citing classical Maliki scholars and Akram Nadwi against the claim of consensus. Lessonposition checkedHizb ut-TahrirHamza YusufAkram Nadwikhilafah machine6 min 36 s54:24on YouTube

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2021 · 1

5 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth What does rightly guided caliph mean, and did Muawiya see Ali as one? The term rashidun came later; he thinks Muawiya saw Ali as more pious but himself as the better ruler, and that piety and governing skill rarely coincide. Question from live chatposition checkedal-Khulafa al-Rashidun (the rightly guided caliphs)Mu'awiya ibn Abi SufyanAli ibn Abi TalibUmar ibn al-Khattab machine8 min 04 s1:57:34on YouTube

2020 · 3

16 Oct 2020video How was Abu Bakr chosen as leader after the Prophet died? Mufti Abu Layth rejects the idea that the companions knew leaders must come from Quraysh, and cites Umar's own words in Bukhari that Abu Bakr's hasty election must not be repeated and leaders should be chosen by shura. Lessonposition checkedAbu BakrUmar ibn al-KhattabFatimaUthman ibn Affan machine4 min 20 s10:40on YouTube
16 Jul 2020video Were the Ottomans the representatives of Islam? No, he says: the Ottoman Empire was a dynasty that happened to be Muslim, practised mandatory fratricide and styled its sultans 'Caesar of Rome', and never claimed to be a symbol of Islam. The romantic image is a later invention. Lessonposition checkedthe Ottoman EmpireSultan Mehmed al-FatihHanbali scholars [?]fatwa machine2 min 35 s13:13on YouTube
14 Jul 2020live stream Were the Ottomans representatives of Islam? The Ottoman Empire was a dynasty that happened to be Muslim, never a symbol of Islam; the romantic image is a later invention. Lessonposition checkedthe Ottoman EmpireSultan Mehmed al-FatihHanbali scholars [?]fatwa machine2 min 33 s1:27:33on YouTube

2018 · 6

3 Sep 2018Responding to Refutations Reply to Abdullah al-Andalusi: the 'white saviour' and the caliphate Mufti Abu Layth mocks Abdullah al-Andalusi's call to establish the caliphate as a 'white saviour complex', while praising converts who devoted themselves to study. DiscussionAbdullah al-AndalusiVasco da Gamaal-GhazaliHamza Yusuf machine9 min 31 s0:00on YouTube
3 Sep 2018Responding to Refutations Is the world today dar al-harb, the land of war? Mufti Abu Layth rejects the teaching that the whole world is dar al-harb, saying it puts people one step from treating their neighbours as enemy combatants. Lessonposition checkedHizb ut-Tahrir [?]Dar al-HarbDar al-Islamjizya machine2 min 33 s9:31on YouTube
3 Sep 2018Responding to Refutations Are the hadith about the khilafah authentic? Mufti Abu Layth says every hadith about the khilafah is fabricated, since the notion did not exist in the Prophet's lifetime and the Companions did not know them. Lessonposition checkedkhalifah (caliphate)Abu Bakrreport: there will be twelve caliphs all from quraysh (unresolved; called fabricated by the host)report: if allegiance is given to two caliphs kill the latter of them (unresolved; called fabricated by the host) machine2 min 38 s12:04on YouTube
3 Sep 2018Responding to Refutations Did al-Ghazali say Muslims must establish a caliphate? When al-Ghazali argued for a caliph he meant a king who keeps law and order, as opposed to anarchy, not a system to be set against democracy. Lessonposition checkedal-Ghazalithe Crusader capture of Jerusalem (1099)khalifah (caliphate)tasawwuf machine3 min 49 s14:42on YouTube
3 Sep 2018Responding to Refutations Who should I listen to about political ideas in Islam? Anyone speaking about ideas in Islam should at least be a scholar; he warns young people away from caliphate groups and points to Hamza Yusuf's lecture calling the caliphate a myth. Lessonposition checkedAbdullah al-AndalusiHamza YusufAbu Bakr al-BaghdadiHizb ut-Tahrir [?] machine4 min 22 s18:31on YouTube
10 May 2018Ponderings on the Holy Quran How should Muslims treat people who leave Islam? People who leave Islam should be left alone, since that is between them and God; those who misrepresent the Prophet bear blame for people's hatred, and the Prophet's way was gentleness, not coercion or a state. Lessonposition checkedreport: did you split open his heart (unresolved)report: leave him alone the bedouin who urinated in the mosque (unresolved)report: my example and yours with this man is like a man whose horse ran away (unresolved)Shaykh Akram Nadwi machine6 min 35 s53:42on YouTube

2017 · 4

9 Sep 2017From the Mind of a Mufti Are Muslims obliged to establish an Islamic state or khilafah? The guest says religion is a personal matter between a person and God, and believers have no obligation to obtain a society or a state, though if they have power they must run it by God's command. Prophets such as Ibrahim and Isa, and Zakariya, Yahya and Maryam under Roman rule, never sought power and remain examples. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Akram Nadwi (guest)khilafahal-amr bil-ma'ruf wa al-nahy an al-munkar (commanding good and forbidding evil)Ibrahim (Abraham) machine2 min 10 s0:00on YouTube
9 Sep 2017From the Mind of a Mufti Did the Prophet migrate to Madinah to set up a state, and when did the khilafah end? The guest says the Prophet left Makkah because he was forced out, not to found a state, and the khilafah rashidah ended with Ali, after which Umayyads and Abbasids were kings in all but name. The Quranic promise of khilafah was for the first generation only, and the 1924 abolition ended a powerless kingship, not a khilafah. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Akram Nadwi (guest)khilafahthe hijrah to Madinahreport: o makkah had your people not forced me out i would never have left you machine3 min 01 s2:10on YouTube
9 Sep 2017From the Mind of a Mufti Why is the call to restore the khilafah dangerous for young Muslims? Mufti Abu Layth says the nostalgic 'Bollywood version' of Islamic history, in which a perfect khilafah existed until 1924, is a fantasy, since the khilafah rashidah never went beyond Ali. Guilt-tripping young Muslims with it and with Dar al-Harb rhetoric breeds the extremist narrative and needs tackling. Discussionguest speechShaykh Akram Nadwi (guest)khilafahal-Khulafa al-Rashidun (the rightly guided caliphs)Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi machine3 min 38 s5:11on YouTube
9 Sep 2017From the Mind of a Mufti If Muslims want a khilafah, why not first establish Islam in the countries they already have? Mufti Abu Layth says those pushing a purely politicised Islam are, in his understanding, near the modern Khawarij and use the same evidences as ISIS. The guest says Muslims already have fifty countries, that Pakistanis who sought Nizam-e-Mustafa now want to leave, that khilafah groups cannot even unite, and that Allah does not give what people do not deserve. Discussionguest speechShaykh Akram Nadwi (guest)khilafahKhawarijtaghut machine3 min 40 s8:49on YouTube