Early version. Transcripts and tags are labelled by accuracy tier. A position is shown only after two independent reviews have found it in his own words.
Mufti Abu Layth ArchiveBeta
Subscribe on YouTube Support on Patreon

Topics › History and the Prophet's life › Succession and the first civil wars › Karbala

Karbala

12 segments in 2 recordings · 2019 to 2020 · 0 verified · 12 checked positions · history/early-succession-and-civil-strife/karbala · Feed

Most recent statement · 16 Oct 2020What is the Sunni view of Karbala?Older segments link here so no earlier explanation is read as the last word.

Segments on this topic per year

Click a year to jump to it
1920 · 11

Latest answer · 16 Oct 2020

16 Oct 2020video LatestWhat is the Sunni view of Karbala? Karbala was unquestionably a great tragedy, and Mufti Abu Layth says Muslims generally agree on that; the major events are known and only details are disputed. Lessonposition checkedKarbalaHusayn ibn Ali machine1 min 49 s0:01on YouTube

Earlier answers · 11 · newest first

2020 · 10

16 Oct 2020video Who were the Shia who invited Husayn to Kufa? The Shia who invited Husayn to Kufa were a political faction favouring Ali, not today's sect; a force of perhaps a couple of hundred under Umar ibn Sa'd intercepted him at Karbala. Lessonposition checkedKarbalaHusayn ibn AliAli ibn Abi TalibUmar ibn Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas machine4 min 35 s1:50on YouTube
16 Oct 2020video Where did the rivalry between Banu Umayya and Banu Hashim come from? The rivalry behind Karbala began before Islam between Banu Umayya and Banu Hashim; Mufti Abu Layth holds that Makkah and Quraysh mattered far less in pre-Islamic Arabia than later Muslims assumed. Lessonposition checkedBanu UmayyaBanu HashimQurayshAbu Sufyan machine4 min 15 s6:25on YouTube
16 Oct 2020video What kind of ruler was Yazid? Mufti Abu Layth calls Muawiya's choice of Yazid a grave mistake: Yazid was a Muslim but a disappointment who attacked Madinah and installed the tyrant Ubaydullah ibn Ziyad in Kufa. Lessonposition checkedYazid ibn Mu'awiyaMu'awiya ibn Abi SufyanAbdullah ibn UmarIbn Abbas machine5 min 40 s35:11on YouTube
16 Oct 2020video Why did Husayn go to Kufa when he was warned not to? Mufti Abu Layth says Husayn was invited by thousands in Kufa but warned by his relatives and Ibn Abbas, who urged Yemen instead, while Ibn al-Zubayr resisted Yazid from Makkah. Lessonposition checkedHusayn ibn AliYazid ibn Mu'awiyaAbdullah ibn UmarIbn Abbas machine4 min 19 s40:51on YouTube
16 Oct 2020video Why did the army at Karbala not let Husayn go back? After Muslim ibn Aqil was killed, Husayn's party was intercepted and the men martyred; Mufti Abu Layth thinks the army may have refused to let him go because some of its own clans had invited him. Lessonposition checkedKarbalaHusayn ibn AliMuslim ibn AqilHani (ibn Urwa) machine5 min 10 s45:10on YouTube
16 Oct 2020video Are the stories that Husayn's family was denied water at Karbala true? Mufti Abu Layth doubts many details of the Karbala story, including the denial of water, and thinks Yazid did not want Husayn killed but was not troubled that it happened. Lessonposition checkedKarbalaHusayn ibn AliYazid ibn Mu'awiyaShia machine4 min 35 s50:20on YouTube
16 Oct 2020video Should Muslims mourn Husayn every year on Ashura? Mufti Abu Layth does not see annual mourning for Husayn as an Islamic practice and does not do it, but he does not condemn those who do. Lessonposition checkedHusayn ibn Alimatam (ritual mourning)Ashura (the tenth of Muharram)Shia machine1 min 56 s54:55on YouTube
16 Oct 2020video Was Yazid a kafir, and is it right to curse him? No: Mufti Abu Layth calls Yazid a wretched, arrogant tyrant, but he does not call him a kafir or curse him, since he rejects a culture of cursing. He can believe Yazid would not have killed Husayn himself. Question from live chatposition checkedYazid ibn Mu'awiyaHusayn ibn AliImam Ahmad ibn HanbalAbu Hanifa machine3 min 09 s56:51on YouTube
16 Oct 2020video Who was really responsible for the killing of Husayn at Karbala? Mufti Abu Layth blames first the Shia who invited Husayn, then Ubaydullah ibn Ziyad as the active agent, and Yazid as the passive one. Lessonposition checkedKarbalaHusayn ibn AliUbaydullah ibn ZiyadYazid ibn Mu'awiya machine1 min 53 s1:00:00on YouTube
16 Oct 2020video Is it right to curse the companions or beat oneself in mourning for Husayn? Mufti Abu Layth condemns using Husayn's mourning to curse the companions, a disservice to Husayn, and calls self-flagellation ignorance that many Shia authorities also reject. Lessonposition checkedHusayn ibn Alimatam (ritual mourning)ShiaAyatollah Khomeini machine2 min 10 s1:01:53on YouTube

2019 · 1

24 Jul 2019Quick Fiqh! Did Hasan and Husayn wear earrings? Ibn Abbas lists piercing the ear among seven sunnahs for a newborn boy, and Hasan and Husayn had their ears pierced and wore earrings, Husayn wearing two. The reports come through Imam Jafar al-Sadiq's chain and an eyewitness account from Karbala. Lessonposition checkedIbn Abbasreport: ibn abbas said seven things are from the sunnah for the boy on the seventh day he is named circumcised and his ear is piercedaqiqahHasan ibn Ali machine3 min 58 s13:00on YouTube