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10 Mar 2023video
LatestWhy was Imam Malik flogged?
Malik was flogged for refusing to stop transmitting that a coerced divorce is invalid, which undercut forced oaths of allegiance to the Abbasids.
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2022 · 2
10 Dec 2022video
Was Abu Hanifa involved in politics?
Abu Hanifa supported Zayd ibn Ali's uprising and fled to Makkah under the Umayyads, and the Abbasids later made him chief supervisor of the building of Baghdad.
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10 Dec 2022video
How did Abu Hanifa die, and what was he known for among people?
Abu Hanifa was imprisoned by the Abbasids for supporting an uprising from the Prophet's family and died, perhaps poisoned, in prison; he was loved above all for his compassion and generosity.
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2021 · 2
17 May 2021video
Is Jerusalem really a holy city in Islam?
In Mufti Abu Layth's view Jerusalem was never that sacred in Islam: its glorification began with Abd al-Malik's Dome of the Rock as a rival to Makkah, and he holds that al-Aqsa, 'the farthest' mosque, was in the heavens. Even if holy, it is bricks and mortar, and life comes before buildings.
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2 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
Umayyad, Abbasid and Zubayrid politics behind the recording of history
Mufti Abu Layth argues that rival Umayyad, Abbasid and Zubayrid narratives gave motives to shape reports such as those through Hisham ibn Urwa.
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2020 · 14
27 Oct 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
Which civil war did early Muslims mean by 'the fitnah'?
Mufti Abu Layth says it is often unclear which civil war early scholars meant by 'the fitnah', as several upheavals were each called the great one.
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16 Oct 2020video
Was Muawiya a good ruler?
Under Muawiya there was stability, expansion and economic growth, helped by Sasanid revenue methods, but Banu Umayya's hold on power was cemented.
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16 Oct 2020video
Why did Muawiya make Yazid his heir?
Muawiya named Yazid heir while senior companions lived, and Mufti Abu Layth feels his recognition of Ziyad as Abu Sufyan's son was a political move.
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16 Oct 2020video
Why does Mufti Abu Layth admire Muawiya?
Mufti Abu Layth admires Muawiya for knowing how to handle people, saying ruling is a matter of political skill rather than piety, and that Umar's era was the exception.
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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.
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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.
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22 Sep 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
Is it right to build very elaborate mosques?
Mufti Abu Layth says there is little need for so many lavish mosques, and that mosques should suit their local surroundings.
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22 Sep 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
What does Robert Hoyland's In God's Path say about how Islam spread?
Mufti Abu Layth recommends Hoyland's In God's Path as fair and well researched, and agrees that Islam's ability to integrate other peoples explains its rapid spread.
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24 Aug 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
Were the hadith about the black flags against the Abbasids?
Mufti Abu Layth doubts the black-flag hadith were anti-Abbasid; if anything, he says, they were part of Abbasid propaganda.
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24 Aug 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
Is al-Aqsa really in Jerusalem?
Mufti Abu Layth says Jerusalem was not originally so sacred in Islam and that, in his understanding, al-Aqsa refers to a place in the heavens.
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4 Aug 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
Will there be a video on the Zaydi and Ibadi sects?
Mufti Abu Layth says the agreement of Sunnis, Shia and Ibadis, who would never have conspired together, supports the Kaaba being where it always was.
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14 Jul 2020live stream
Is wearing my hijab turban-style allowed?
Yes, he says a turban-style covering is fine, because covering the hair is not clearly proven from the Quran or Sunnah; the emphasis was on modesty.
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28 Feb 2020From the Mind of a Mufti
Why didn't Ali take back Fadak when he became caliph?
Mufti Abu Layth finds it a huge open question that Ali never reclaimed Fadak as caliph, and says the Shia answers he heard did not make sense to him.
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28 Feb 2020From the Mind of a Mufti
What did Mufti Abu Layth think of Mu'awiya?
Mufti Abu Layth highly respects Mu'awiya as a great figure and an astute statesman, while acknowledging the Companions' disagreements.
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2019 · 1
28 Sep 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran
Why people fabricated hadith: good intentions, false memories, money and politics
Hadith were fabricated for many reasons: pious intentions, false memories, malice, commercial interests, and political and sectarian aims on all sides.
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2018 · 2
20 Dec 2018From the Mind of a Mufti
Were there Muslim scholars and caliphs in history known to be homosexual?
Mufti Abu Layth reports, without endorsing their views, that several celebrated Abbasid-era figures were known for homosexuality, including a chief judge of Basra who argued for it from the Quran, the caliphs al-Amin and al-Ma'mun, and Muhammad ibn Dawud al-Zahiri. He cites al-Dhahabi and the poetry of the period as his sources.
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9 Apr 2018The Voice of Reason in Islam
How did the Golden Age backlash and the clergy contribute to Muslim hostility to reason?
The philosophy and reason promoted in the Golden Age provoked a reaction that dumbed reason down, and institutionalised clergy found 'who said the deen is supposed to make sense' a useful tool of control.
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