Master Class on Hadith Criticism | Khaled Abou El Fadl | Usuli Excerpts

In this excerpt from the Surah 4: Al Nisa’ (Day 4) Project Illumine Halaqa at the Usuli Institute (www.usuli.org), Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl comments on verse 32 in the chapter, while discussing the true nature of a hadith in relation to the contemporaneous context, as well as how it relates to this verse and beyond. The Shaykh discusses just why taking the science of transmission without scrutiny of thought is dangerous.
Listen as Dr. Abou El Fadl lectures on gender relations in Islam, 'the beating verse’, and Umayyad state propaganda in the context of hadith criticism. Watch the full Halaqa on Surah Al Nisa' for more, in our Project Illumine playlist.
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[@TwinofIcarus]

Its sad how people who say the truth like u sheikh don't have a reach in vast muslim audiences. Plainly because people only follow what gives them more entitlement and gives their agenda support.

[@burhan8147]

Where are you from?

[@bbilal111]

Yep. Also because most of our Muslim brothers and sisters tend to just watch what I call 'fluff Sheikhs' who discuss very, very basic/ limited ideas...

[@shahwiqarshahin2130]

Muslims are still living under the shadow of European colonialism. The Ummah is still experiencing collective PTSD and assumed the social philosophy of taqlid. Most Sunni Muslims are proud to declare they are all muqallidun. Mujtahidūn like Prof Fadl and Zaki Badawi are gems we need to polish and crown.

[@sarkhangasimov9249]

Dr Abou El Fadl book “And God Knows the Soldiers: The Authoritative and Authoritarian in Islamic Discourses” is itself master-book in hadith criticism..

[@kamlasayeen]

Jazakallah khair for mentioning the book. Just bought it

[@Ryan-iw2rg]

Very good book - made the cognitive dissonance that I had with Islam make sense (in terms of why I had it)

[@chegeuvera]

It's foundational for all Muslims who break through the barrier of ummayad Islam.

[@OrtegaSeason]

@@chegeuvera Does ummayad Islam just mean Sunni Islam.

[@kanizfatima3447]

@@chegeuvera it’s crazy

[@lialalodah3968]

Wow. This is wonderful. You’ve saved my deen, God bless you.

[@obaidulhaque7687]

So mind boggling , never heard from any other schooler

[@seletarroots3258]

A very interesting and resourceful take on the early history of how Islam spreads and develops in the various contexts it´s nacent times.

[@007firenut9]

Sh. Hasan al Maliki's influence is clear to see here, you should credit him and help in translating his work

[@MrYusha]

The page Quranic Islam has A LOT of Shaykh Farhan Al Maliki's talks with subs.

[@007firenut9]

Its okay, he is the same guy, his full name is Hasan bin Farhan al Maliki

[@Hamza00011]

@@007firenut9 how do you know shaykh is influenced by shaykh farhan al maliki?

[@007firenut9]

@@Hamza00011 he said so in a khutbah a few days back and the influence of sh Hasan ideas in this video was pretty obvious almost verabatim

[@batman-sr2px]

@@007firenut9 he discovered him after forming his own views. what influence are you seeing.

[@aqibjavaid5291]

Wonderful and sensible. I have a humble submission to make: Logically speaking, just because one is of Ummayad ancestry or a supporter of it, doesn't make his tradition ipso facto susceptible. I believe Ustaad is giving an impression that every Ummayad action was wrongly motivated.

[@MrYusha]

Women get to be mothers! And Janna is under the feet of the mother. A woman can be martyred if she dies during birth. Leave alone being killed in battle. There are many ways to be martyred, not just being killed in battle.

[@jamies7899]

I disagree. But I have realized over the years that many Muslims are extremely uncomfortable hearing these statements, and what they imply about the reality of Muslim history and historical Muslims themselves, and what they signal as a “utopic” ideation contemporary Muslims project backwards on Muslim history. They, contemporary Muslims, just don’t want their minds to go there and consider some of these implications.

[@SwiggityPeanut]

If its Ummayad, it should be Ummah checked. No, not all will be thrown out. But all should be looked at with a different filter than what we have been using.