Episode 23 - Unity In Division | Shaykh Omar El-Banna
Boys In The Cave
English - July 28, 2018 21:55 - 1 hour - 69.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 58 ratingsIslam Religion & Spirituality islammuslimpodcast Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
It seems like political events cause huge divisions in the ummah. So we talk with Shaykh Omar El-Banna about how we can reconcile political events. He also clarifies the whole takfir incident that happened with him.
Shaykh Omar completed a Bachelor of Science majoring in Engineering, attained in ijazah in teaching the Quran, studied for 8 years under shaykhs in Egypt, and also graduated from Al-Azhar University in Cairo from the Faculty of Shariah, Islamic Jurisprudence.
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Shownotes
[1:00] Intro to Shaykh Omar's life
[4:00] Shaykh Omar taking Al-Azhar University to court
[8:55] The nature of Al-Azhar in regards to be controlled by the government
[12:00] How should Muslims react to Muslim political divisions?
[17:00] How do we reconcile groups with ideological difference like HT and Muslim Brotherhood?
[22:00] Does finding the Haqq in regards to politics boil down to sincerity?
[27:00] Does each group have a “portion” of the straight path?
[28:00] Tanzim mentions an example of cultish behaviour due to being affiliated with a certain group.
[32:00] Can cultish behaviour be excused on the basis of “taqlid”?
[34:00] What should our actions be when we witness injustice by the government? Should we stay quiet and obey the state or rebel?
[35:25] Are scholars perhaps justifying injustice by the government?
[40:00] Tanzim witnessing the different Islamic groups as a youth and the different ideologies that they bring to the table.
[45:00] Describing the incident where a person takfired Shaykh Omar
[56:00] If you had to hang with 3 people from history who would it be?