Ibn Rushd (Averroes) - Champion of Reason 

From an Englishman who knows very little of Islam in general..TY ,you've widened my knowledge and opinion...

Your Arabic pronunciation is on point

"Just because you have a biased view of Islam as being irrational and can't imagine a rationalist like Ibn Rushd being a devout Muslim, doesn't make it true."

I wanna say that I really appreciate how you as a European and non-Muslim have a very nuanced view of our faith. I feel like both Western academics and our own scholars possess view that rationalism, science, philosophy, etc are incompatible with religion, that Islam can only be one set of beliefs, and the Orthodoxy is infallible, even though for our entire history up this has never been the case Perhaps it is due to your European and non-Muslim upbringing. There was a man in the 20th century named Leopold Weiss aka Muhammad Asad, who was born a secular European Jew who later become a devout Muslim and scholar. When he visited Al-Azhar University, he noticed that the students would sit all day reciting and learning the works of great medieval theologians and philosophers to be taught Islamic law. However this was all they did, and were hardly allowed to become theologians and philosophers for themselves. Asad wondered why these students were being taught this way and could not get a decent answer from the people there. He wrote extensively about how crazy it was to say, in what was once the greatest places of thinking in the world, that only these specific medieval thinkers ideas were correct and that thinking in the modern era was heavily discouraged for seemingly no good reason. Though this problem still is an issue among many Muslims today, but I am glad many people like you, Muslim or not, are still able to see Islam for what it really is

He was one of the brilliant minds of the Islamic Golden Age. Often dubbed as the 'Founding Father of western thought', his works left a profound & ever lasting effect on names like Voltaire & Rene Descartes.

Ibn "I'm the biggest fan of Aristotle" Rushd

I love how you compare the intellectual battle between al-Ghazali and Averroes as "a medieval rap battle". We have to ask the youtube channel Rap Battles of history to actually translate these discussions into a rap battle.

Thank you for this. I am middle aged and not a scholar, I am semi retired and enjoy travelling (predominantly long distance mountain hikes). These travels have piqued my curiosity about the histories of our societies that are symbiotice with our geographical world. I will never be a scholar, but having hiked through the mountains of Andalucia for multiple weeks at a time, visiting the archeolological sites, the seats of learning such as Córdoba and Toledo amongst many others, learning about figures such as Averroes ignites my mind and inspires me to read more and walk further. A second month-long coast to coast hike across the mountains of Andalucia will start soon, and I hope to carry Averroes and his thoughts with me. Life is good at such times! Good for the body, soul and mind.

These videos are genuinely so amazing, excellent work.

I'm an Aussie Anglo-Scot and in my youth/uni i loved my art history esp the European Renaissance and have long sought to understand the Ancients, near Ancients and deep ones alike. I'm into that which presaged the Sumerians and set the scene for all the derivatives! So much came from those excellent Islamic scholars. I 'love' Averroes (Ibn Rusd.) He was/is so astute, sensitive, firm and gentle and keenly balanced especially clearly so in his understanding of the non-duality of gender. Hip hip hooray! There were so many fine chaps in all the traditions. Nuance nuance nuance! THANK YOU FOR YOU SUPERB VIDEO FORMAT AND CONTENT.

I have been searching for a video like this. As an Spaniard, I feel sad because we usually tend to reject, or to at least forget, what Al-Andalus meant for the whole country, and how it went to model our society. It is usually seen as something from 'abroad', and we do not really get to know much of it, and generally from a biased perspective. Of course, views might differ from mine, and other Spanish may have a different impression, but I really feel like we lost a lot when the Catholic Kings expeled all Muslims... They had no right to do so; they claimed being descendents from the Visigoths, and the Moors, invadors. But what were the Visigoths, if not the same? What were the Romans, then, who came before them, and thus the Carthanigians, the Celts, the Greeks, the Iberians, and all those who came before? Islam is seen today as a religion of hate, and that does not seem fair. And I myself am a convinced atheist, I would not change that for anything, but we should learn to see other cultures as having depth, different points of view within them, just like our societies. Spain was once half Muslim, and although we might tend to forget that part of our national history, at least in our language remain a notable amount of words from Arabic; ojalá que la albóndiga esté en la alhacena junto a la almohada.

I am a traditional Roman Catholic and even a seminarian for my diocese, but I am grateful to this man for the intellectual contribution in the discipline of reason.

Ibn-Rushd,John Locke,Rousseau and Socrates are my favourite philosophers,they changed my life!

“If Scripture conflicts with science or common sense, that means you have to read Scripture as an allegory.” How much mess and suffering could be prevented if more people took that to heart!

Much appreciated.. May God bless you more with knowledge, wisdom and success.

Thanks for the video. He very much sounds like Thomas Aquinas

i always love learning religion and philosophy, great video. and contrary to popular belief among the non-muslim word. Islam focuses on rationality alot!

In Morocco we have many places in his name, a very famous philosopher, I love his theories, they wronged him when they burned his books 🥺🥺

I like to think Ibn Rushd IS the reason why Christianity became more accepting of scientific and philosophical ideas over time. Not the direct reason, of course, but the people his work influenced.

I would love you to make a podcast or something like that discussing philosophical treaties in depth. I love your videos, they are very useful for a student of arabic philology.

Bro, your channel is a gem and I’m so thankful I found it. Keep up the great work!

Few people in the modern West realise that Thomas Aquinas' religious philosophy came directly from Ibn Rushd's reading and interpretation of Aristotle. Personally I don't like Aristotle but it amuses me and annoys me in equal measure how Aquinas is cited as a very important figure in the development of "Western thought" without understanding the role of Rushd and Islamic civilisation in that development. Ibn Rushd's attitude to women is heartening especially considering he was a student of Aristotle who had decidedly reactionary views on female emancipation. It is remarkable to think about the high level of philosophical debate that Rushd was engaged in Al Andalus at that time, especially if we contrast it to the limited intellectual life of the rest of Europe at the same period. Today people cite Oxford, Cambridge and Bologna as the first "European" universities without ever considering that of Cordoba, or the fact that those first educational institutions in Christendom were based on an Islamic model and filled (in terms of the curriculum) with Islamic learning.

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U gotta appreate the level of research that has gone into this vid

I enjoy learning about Ibn Rushd. Thank you for giving us such a simple yet informative video about this great philosopher.

Thank you for an interesting and very informative presentation of ibn Rushd, his influence on European philosophy and his eminent position in his own time and place. Your style was direct and most eloquent!

I was patiently waiting for this one

you are younger to me by age. but I admire you as one of my teachers in knowing, understanding and contextualizing different streams of ancient knowledge across the civilizations. you are making a great contribution to bridging religious traditions, philosophical schools of antiquity and medieval periods to our contemporary consciousness beyond the rational irrational binary. in this days of postmodern xenophobia, Islamophobia in particular and hatred of lesser known or understood cultures and traditions, it has huge value for immediate learning as well as illumination of our darkened souls. Indeed you are offering us, a conference of birds in in search of a common sky for the divided humanity. Kudos.

What an awesome guy! Would like to see more like him in our age.

I really love your videos, and I thank you for your truthfulness about religion. Am a Muslim from the Caribbean, who knew is muslims from my country, but nothing about Islam 😍 as did most of the muslims in my Country at that time. But when I migrated to the USA I started listening to African Americans giving dua, and I became very interested in Islam.

Thank you very much for introducing personalities of past. You way of narration is wonderful, and your grip on topic is remarkable and unbiased. Thanks again.

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Thankyou for this video! I love the quality of this information and production of the video. Normally history is very boring for me and you held my attention for 30 minutes 🙌🏼👏🏼 May God bless you and your efforts. Thankyou so much!

Brilliant ! Thank you so much for this remarquable work.

I pray for you brother, what a great service you are doing. I don’t have money now, but I invite you to my house in Andalusia when all of this pandemic finishes God willing. And I show you some secrets of Al-Andalus. There is a beautiful Sufi community in here. We have also people from Sweden living amongst us. You’ll love it 😊

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I am Arabic and Muslim and I appreciate how you pronounce the names! 👍🏽

Here to compliment your perfect pronounciation of the names ^-^

Thank you for creating this great video. Also, your narration is of good quality. Thanks again.🌹

Ibn Rushd was Galileo 400 years before.

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Found your channel recently.. absolutely love it . Keep up the good work

Finally we see recognition from them ! It is a consideration of history , and a consideration of the peoples as well..... Yes , it's the universality of thought and creativity.

The most informative 27 minutes of my life I've spent watching a RU-vid video

Superb and engaging, highly informative, well-summarized ( a great skill), as are all your lectures. Love the images, the notes, dates, names of books, terminology, very helpful for students. I use your videos in the courses I teach.

Thank you very much for short and concise explanation! I think many people need to watch your channel if they want to understand Salman Rushdie's books, in particular his "Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights".

Another great teaching Brother Holm!

Great video, It has helped me to understand who this great philosopher was and his contribution to history.

Mashallah, your channel has grown

Excellent yet again as we all expect it to be a big thank you and keep it up 👍🏼

Excellent material.

Averroes (Ibn Rushd) was so admired as an Aristotle commentator in the latin Europe that they didn't even have to mention his name.. they just said "the commentators says" and they knew you are referring to Averroes

But it took me a few years before I started gravitating more and more toward Islam. Am Muslim today and am very very happy with my conversion, and that decision. And listening to you I have learned soooo much more about the religion and am very happy with your teachings. I saying thank you very very much for your truthfulness and dedication. But I really will like to know something about Africans and Islam, all of your study is based on Arab people, and nothing on The African Preasants and input in Islam. Don't we have some history in the Islamic world, did we not play a part in the time of the Prophet Muhammad. Was Arabia all people of olive skin ? It's very hard to believe that the people of Africa had not real important role at the time of the Prophet Muhammad, except the call to pray, and the first woman who died for her belief in The oneness of Allah/God. PLEASE I will love for you to elaborate on my questions. And again I thank you very much for for all your videos. Peace always love always 😍❤

Exceptionally well done 🌹 Thank you so much for sharing.

Definitely have been waiting for this but you should do a video on Muslim alchemy it has vary mysterious

Great work so informative , keep up the great work.

Your Arabic pronunciation is super good!

i have an exam on islamic philosophy tomorrow, you saved my life thank you so much !

Outstanding commentary excellently explained Ibn e Rushd

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This is amazing, real gems on your channel. Love it

This channel is an absolute gem of a channel and I'm LOVING it. I cannot go back to my courses and studies, I'm really addicted to your videos!!! Thanks a lot to you wonderful people. I have a suggestion, could you dig deeper into "Mansour Hallaj"? He is a legendary sufi who has a famous story in one of Attar's works. He is a kind of symbol of searching for the truth in our culture. Thanks a lot again!

I aver the brilliance and genius of this fine work :)

Thanks for sharing such informative videos. Keep it up. I also love those arguments/counter arguments between Ghazali and Ibn e Rushd and you can agree or disagree with their ideas but the most important thing is that they are trying to convey their ideas with arguments, logic and references which brings up the question that where did that all went wrong as a society and culture and I really don’t have any answer for that but as a Muslim I really appreciate those people who lived and did such great work many centuries ago. Stay blessed. P.S: You have grown a beard which suits you very well and you also have a good “Talafuz” :)

Wow you explain videos in-depth and accurate information.

With Ibn Rushd went the passing of the baton of philosophy from the Muslim to the Western world, what a historical tragedy.

Thank you for the Video. Can you do a video of Abdul Qadir Jilani, I’m especially interested in his views on Hannafis. Your videos are great. Keep it up 👍

It’s time now bro...you’ve covered Ibn rushd and hardcore rationalism. Your audience wants it, and you’ve seen them ask and ask over again that I know it has annoyed you to death. You have to make that highly anticipated video about salafism now. You know you got to do it, now is the perfect time! Cmon man, it will be fun!

How greatly did Thomas Aquinas incorporste this thought in his Summa,s!!!!

Taking a medieval philosophy final today… gonna tell my prof I wish I had more time “Ibn Rushd!”

always a pleasure to consult you on any topic you choose

Ibn rushd was still very influential in the islamicate world as a scholar of jurisprudence. His bidayatul mujthahid was a standard text to many of the usulul fiqh students in many madrasas across the eastern World if I'm not mistaken.

Ah you just had to put Al-Ghazali and Ibn Rushd next to each other, I am sure they appreciate the company :). Great Minds, very different outlook and perspective. Fascinating!

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Nice video and quite informative. However I personally find the clash of thoughts and ideas between Ibn Sina and Ibn Rushd (averrose) very refreshing and interesting. The fact that their attitudes towards each other with all that passionate scientific responses ( regardless if we do agree with both of them on every single detail of their philosophy or not) prove that they had no respect to the status quo when it comes to delivering real knowledge and a solid scientific ground” from their perspective” to their followers, students, and all those who have been influencing down the road.It is something in history we don’t get to see a lot. Especially people of their caliber just being fiercely passionate to that awesome meaningful philosophy without caring that it might just provoke a counter attack on their side that might affect their credentials, or taint their reputation but nope they just didn’t care. Which give us a hint to what they were actually loyal toward representing and what side of success they stood for, True and integral science. actually they gave mankind their best and with no fear of risking their fame and that frankly worked as a brainstorming sessions for intellectuals throughout history. And that all what it matters

Quality content right there. I am proud to be a new subscriber.

Very very nice tribute to Ibn e Rushid

Great video as usual! Would love to see your introduction of Ibn Taymiyyah

People today forget how progressive and important to western thought Islam was especially during this time in history. Without them keeping classical thought alive and vibrant, it's unlikely that there would have been a Renaissance.

His books are more up to date than saudi books in 2023.

MashaAllāh. JazākAllāh Khaiyr

Great talk. Much appreciated

The final part about Ibn Rushd being ignored in the muslim world is very very important. The biggest question that has been dominating the very lives of muslims all around the world for the past few centuries is this: Where did we fuck up? And muslims generally default to the very ironic and yet fitting answer "God is testing us". After all this is the natural result of reading too much Ghazali instead of Ibn Rushd. And the answer itself, while completely being incorrect, is useful if you want a real answer. Islamic world is in shambles because muslims read too much Ghazali and because they answered the question with that stupid answer.

Great video. Thank you!

Love this content keep it up

At the end of the day, the way Islam is taught in the Muslim world is the ghazali way and it has been so for centuries. He won.

Great job please keep it continue. God bless you.

I love this work and will love it if you do videos about the sufis like Sheikh Tidjani and Sheikh Ibrahim Nyass and the like😘

It would be great to hear you talk about Imam Abu Hanifa.

Very interesting, insightful and informative video. Thanks!!

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@13:40 thats what Scholar Muhammad Iqbal revived in East Asia, died:1939

4:00 Meeting Ibn Tufayl in Marrakesh Discussion with Abu Yakub Yusuf (Almohad Caliph) 5:21 Becoming a Qadhi in Cordoba & later becoming court physicians to Abu Yakub Yusuf & Abu Yusuf Yakub Championing Aristotle 9:51 *Philosophy & Religion* 20:04 Forced to flee Marrakesh (returned two years later)

Very comprehensible talk n found none like u on this topic. Blessings

Thanks for your vids. An off topic question Im always interested in, is if you're able to memorize all knowledge you talk about/show in your vids? You speak so easy that it seems to be very natural, instead of learned.

Danke!

Who was the philosopher you talked about of the Islamic world whos magnum opus was published following his death for fear of persecution? He theorized that although Islam was the truest faith perhaps Allah if Allah is all powerful then he had allowed the creation of other faiths and worked through various faiths to achieve his ends? I haven’t been able to find someone correlating to this on the internet… I was fascinated by it but lost the video…

Ibn Rushd's argument and rationalization of Islam derived from his understanding of the Maqasid Shariah of the Noble Qur'an.