Denying and Trivialising a Miraculous Hadith to Exonerate Mu‘awiyah

Описание: Some scholars have tried to undermine or even dismiss the stunning prophecy by the Prophet Muhammad that the great companion, ‘Ammar ibn Yasir, would be killed by an “aggressor group” (fi’a baghiya). They have done this despite claiming to be the Ahl al-Hadith (the people of hadith) who give precedence to naql (tradition) over ‘aql (reason). The motive for this is to exonerate Muʿāwiya ibn Abū Sufyān, the leader of the “aggressor group.” To this end, they have employed three strategies: trivialising the hadith, casting doubt on its authenticity, and distorting and erasing its meaning and implications. This video critiques these seriously flawed strategies and the extremely sectarian motive behind them, both historically and religiously.
00:00 Introduction
01:30 Targeting hadith
05:16 First targeting strategy: Misinterpretation
11:35 Second targeting strategy: Doubting authenticity
21:54 Methodological contradiction
26:14 Third targeting strategy: weakening meaning
28:58 First argument: Pretext, not ijtihad
31:32 Second argument: Bad intentions
39:39 Third argument: Gravity of rebellion
47:58 Fourth argument: Chief rebel
50:52 Fifth argument: Endless rebellion
57:06 Sixth argument: Rebel is unjust
58:47 Seventh argument: Ali’s guardianship
01:03:12 Eighth argument: Ali vs Mu’awiya
01:17:44 Historical, not sectarian, analysis
01:19:40 Ibn Taymiyyah’s sectarianism
01:26:33 Summary