What do you guys think? Do you agree that Abu Layth may be cleverly hiding his Shiasm to lure the Sunnis?
I mean he advocates Mu'tah, criticises Bukhari and Sunni hadith tradition, subtly argues against uprightness of the Sahabah (criticises Abu Hurairah via Ka'b as has been argued by Shia) , "borrows" shi'ite hadith narrator criticism, rejects sunni understanding of mutawatir, rejects seeing Allah, advocates maliki fiqh (similar to jafari e.g. in Salah) and argues that Sunnis should be receptive to Shia.
He doesn't talk about the imams as that would be too obvious and obviously outwardly expresses sunni views on other issues (but its like this isn't the main focus). Can't be too obvious. But the way he attacks sunni hadith and opens the door to criticism of the Sahabah does make you think...
I think his strategy is to get Sunnis to doubt or reject their hadith and scholars. He's the push to conventional twelver pull. It's an interesting take on reconciliatory taqiyyah.
What do you guys think?