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Modern reformers and movements

7 segments in 5 recordings · 2018 to 2021 · 0 verified · 2 checked positions · history/modern-reformers-and-movements · Feed

Most recent statement · 6 Apr 2021Where does the belief in the Mahdi come from?Older segments link here so no earlier explanation is read as the last word.

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Latest answer · 6 Apr 2021

6 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth LatestWhere does the belief in the Mahdi come from? The Mahdi belief is disrespectful to the Prophet, who was the rightly guided saviour, and entered Sunni Islam from early Shia political movements; the Mahdi hadith describe figures of that time. Lessonposition checkedMahdiShiaal-Mukhtar al-ThaqafiMuhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya machine8 min2:43:30on YouTube

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2021 · 3

6 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Why does Mufti Abu Layth say it is not a huge claim that Imam Malik denied the second coming? Malik's record and Ibn Ashur's standing show a Maliki can deny the second coming, and the Dajjal reports insult the Prophet. He invites Qadhi to a dialogue on MindTrap. Lessonposition checkedImam MalikIsa (Jesus)Yasir QadhiIbn Ashur machine8 min 12 s2:58:36on YouTube
14 Mar 2021video LatestWho does Yasir Qadhi say first denied the return of Jesus, and what is the Ahmadiyya connection? Qadhi's clip claims ijma on the return, names Muhammad Abduh as the first to deny it and links deniers to the Ahmadiyya. Mufti Abu Layth calls the association ironic, since that movement is itself messianic, and says Qadhi's own evolution theory comes from Abduh. Lessonguest speechYasir QadhiImam MalikIbn Atiyya al-Andalusi [?]Muhammad Abduh machine6 min 35 s15:50on YouTube
2 Mar 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Was Muhammad Abduh the first Muslim to deny the return of Jesus? In the clip Qadhi claims ijma on the return, names Muhammad Abduh as the first to deny it and links deniers to the Ahmadiyya; Mufti Abu Layth calls the link ironic, since the Ahmadiyya is built on a messianic claim. Lessonguest speechYasir QadhiImam MalikIbn Atiyya [?]ijma' machine6 min 28 s1:19:40on YouTube

2020 · 1

10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth How did Iqbal see Western civilisation? The guest sets out Iqbal's two-layer view of the West; Mufti Abu Layth says the prophets' message was simply to reconnect creation with the Creator. Discussionguest speechShaykh Omar BalochMuhammad IqbalThe Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam machine3 min 49 s1:12:44on YouTube

2018 · 2

13 Mar 2018Islamic Eschatology Anwar Shah Kashmiri's claim of ijma, and the scholars who rejected the return Kashmiri's compilation of over a hundred return hadith contains mostly weak reports by his own count, and a line of Azhar and other scholars from Abduh to Muhammad al-Ghazali rejected the second coming. Lessonquoted view, not his positionAnwar Shah Kashmirial-ShawkaniIbn TaymiyyaMuhammad Abduh machine2 min 38 s1:47:50on YouTube
13 Mar 2018Islamic Eschatology Rashid Rida at Deoband: how scholars disagree with adab Rida and Kashmiri held opposite views on the return of Jesus yet honoured each other at Deoband; Mufti Abu Layth says this is how scholars should disagree. LessonRashid RidaAnwar Shah Kashmirial-ShawkaniRashid Rida's visit to India and Deoband machine2 min 36 s1:50:28on YouTube