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18 Oct 2025MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth LatestHow do Quranists perform Hajj and apply Islam without the fiqh tradition? The guest says the application of Islam is all in the Quran: his group performs Hajj in months other than the usual days, since the Quran speaks of plural months, and Ramadan is fully detailed; he does not rely on the fatwa tradition. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechBr Muhammad (MFG, MuhammadFromGod channel)hajjfatwaImam Malik machine2 min 45 s1:18:06on YouTube

10 Dec 2022video LatestWhy did Abu Hanifa allow things like praying in Persian? Abu Hanifa's legal stratagems, such as letting someone who knew no Arabic pray in Persian, were meant to create ease for new Muslims, not to change Islam, and Mufti Abu Layth says that spirit is needed today. Lessonposition checkedAbu HanifaImam Malikal-Awza'i [?]Sufyan al-Thawri machine5 min 15 s17:01on YouTube

19 Aug 2022video LatestIdentity, Midnight's Children, the fatwa and the years in hiding Mufti Abu Layth says Rushdie's lack of a secure identity runs through his books, and recounts Midnight's Children, Khomeini's fatwa and the years in hiding before turning to The Satanic Verses. LessonSalman RushdieMidnight's ChildrenThe Satanic Verses (novel)Ayatollah Khomeini machine2 min 38 s25:03on YouTube

6 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Why are some clerics so harsh in their rulings on women? Mufti Abu Layth says harsh rulings from some clergy, especially towards women, come from sexual deprivation and a closed madrasa culture, and that love and a normal life soften people. Lessonposition checkedhijabfatwa machine8 min 44 s1:12:51on YouTube

16 Mar 2021video What does the Mufti think of Shaykh Dedew? Mufti Abu Layth has a soft spot for Shaykh Dedew and finds some of his fatawa very interesting, though he is critical in some things and dogmatic in others. Take the critical things from him and stay open-minded on the dogmatic ones. Question source not recordedMuhammad al-Hasan Ould al-Dedewfatwa machine1 min 25 s0:00on YouTube

5 Mar 2021video Why did Imam Malik say nothing between spouses is haram and only pork is forbidden to eat? Imam Malik held that nothing sexual between spouses is haram and that no meat is haram in itself except pig, and Mufti Abu Layth says such rulings defend the principle that only Allah declares things haram. Saying something is not haram is not the same as recommending it. Lessonposition checkedImam MalikMaliki schoolAbu Hanifafatwa machine5 min 04 s3:59on YouTube

29 Jan 2021MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth What happened when Shaykh Atabek wrote to Mufti Taqi Usmani about mortgages? The guest says his respectful open letter to Mufti Taqi Usmani on mortgages got no reply, only an abusive reaction from students, which he does not think the mufti ordered. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Atabek Shukurov (guest)Mufti Taqi Usmani [?]Darul Uloom Karachifatwa machine5 min 45 s33:53on YouTube

26 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth If the Prophet couldn't forbid what Allah allowed, how can scholars issue fatwas? The verse rebukes the Prophet for forbidding himself something permissible to please others, not for legislating; things are permissible by default, so declaring something haram is a weighty step. Question from live chatposition checkedQuran 66:1 (why do you forbid what Allah has made lawful for you, seeking to please your wives)everything is permissible by default until proven otherwise (al-asl al-ibaha)istishab [?] (the presumption of continuity)fatwa machine3 min 59 s41:12on YouTube

12 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Has Islam become more polarised between puritans and liberals? Yes, he says Islam is far more polarised today than historically, but he is optimistic it is a fever through which a more natural Islam can return. Question from live chatposition checkedfatwaAbu YusufSalafiWahhabi machine4 min 10 s35:37on YouTube

21 Nov 2020video Is Omar Suleiman trained as a scholar, and will anyone debate Mufti Abu Layth on jinn possession? Mufti Abu Layth challenges any shaykh to debate jinn possession on his show and says Omar Suleiman, though commendable for his civil rights work, is not trained as a scholar or qualified to give rulings. LessonOmar Suleimankhutbah (khatib)fatwamufti machine4 min 27 s49:49on YouTube

16 Jul 2020video Were the Ottomans the representatives of Islam? No, he says: the Ottoman Empire was a dynasty that happened to be Muslim, practised mandatory fratricide and styled its sultans 'Caesar of Rome', and never claimed to be a symbol of Islam. The romantic image is a later invention. Lessonposition checkedthe Ottoman EmpireSultan Mehmed al-FatihHanbali scholars [?]fatwa machine2 min 35 s13:13on YouTube

14 Jul 2020live stream Were the Ottomans representatives of Islam? The Ottoman Empire was a dynasty that happened to be Muslim, never a symbol of Islam; the romantic image is a later invention. Lessonposition checkedthe Ottoman EmpireSultan Mehmed al-FatihHanbali scholars [?]fatwa machine2 min 33 s1:27:33on YouTube

10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Was it right for Turkey to turn the Hagia Sophia back into a mosque? Mufti Abu Layth would not issue a fatwa against praying in the Hagia Sophia, but says Muslims should stop being insecure and be comfortable in their skin. Question from live chatguest speechShaykh Omar Balochthe reconversion of the Hagia Sophia into a mosque (2020)Umar ibn al-Khattabfatwa machine1 min 56 s2:25:24on YouTube

28 Apr 2020From the Mind of a Mufti Is slavery haram in Islam, and did Muslim scholars ban it before the UN? Slavery is categorically haram today, and Maliki scholars issued fatwas forbidding it long before the UN; Mufti Abu Layth explains this through trajectory hermeneutics. Concubines were female slaves, not wives. Lessonposition checkedma malakat aymanukum (what the right hand possesses)trajectory hermeneuticsharamfatwa machine2 min 37 s0:00on YouTube

19 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is it haram for a husband to drink his wife's breast milk? The guest says classical jurists allowed a husband to drink his wife's milk, and Mufti Abu Layth says the Maliki school considers it pure and not haram, unlike a stricter Hanafi view. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Kashif Khan (guest)rada' (breastfeeding)Maliki schoolHanafi school machine9 min 08 s55:16on YouTube

19 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Do some muftis use lenient rulings for themselves but give strict ones to others? The guest says some muftis take concessions such as the Ahl al-Hadith view on triple talaq for themselves while giving people harsh rulings, citing an account about a mufti in his neighbourhood. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Kashif Khan (guest)triple talaqAhl al-Hadithfatwa machine2 min 37 s1:04:24on YouTube

10 Oct 2019Quick Fiqh! Can I hug my female friends? No ruling is given: Mufti Abu Layth answers the question with jokes about the questioner being friend-zoned and declines to issue a fatwa. He moves on saying the questioner has bigger issues to worry about. Question source not recordedquoted view, not his positionfatwa machine2 min 21 s0:00on YouTube

25 Jul 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran Did Imam Malik allow marriage to be consummated with a girl who was not yet nubile? No: Mufti Abu Layth says Imam Malik's fatwa was clear that sexual relations with a wife are haram unless she is nubile. Scholars who read 65:4 to include girls were men influenced by the patriarchy of their age and were wrong, while others such as Ibn Ashur, al-Samarqandi, Abu Hayyan and al-Alusi did not read it so. Lessonposition checkedQuran 65:4 (those who have despaired of menstruation, if you are in doubt, their iddah is three months, and those who have not menstruated; the pregnant until they give birth)Imam MalikfatwaIbn Ashur machine2 min 39 s27:19on YouTube

25 May 2019video Does a nicotine patch or vaping break my fast? No: Mufti Abu Layth says a nicotine patch does not break the fast, and he feels vaping is the same, though neither is being encouraged. Question source not recordedposition checkedMuhammad al-Aziz Ju'ayt [?], Grand Maliki Mufti of Tunissawm (fasting)Hanafifatwa machine4 min 28 s1:18on YouTube

25 May 2019video Does smoking break my fast? Some scholars hold that smoking does not break the fast and those who follow them are not to blame, but Mufti Abu Layth's own advice is to use nicotine patches instead. Lessonposition checkedJamal al-Bannaal-Azharsawm (fasting)fatwa machine4 min 07 s4:29on YouTube

4 May 2018Clarifying False Hadith Which Insult Islam Which scholars say men and women may shake hands, and what about 'I do not shake hands with women'? The hadith 'I do not shake hands with women' is set against Umm Atiyya's narrations of the women's pledge, which some read as the Prophet shaking hands. Contemporary scholars including the Shaykh of al-Azhar, Bin Bayyah and the European fatwa council have ruled that shaking hands is permitted. Lessonquoted view, not his positionQuran 4:43 (aw lamastum al-nisa; the phrase also in 5:6)report: i do not shake hands with womenreport: umm atiyya said the prophet stretched out his hand and we stretched out our hands at the pledgeUmm Atiyya machine3 min 57 s2:36on YouTube

15 Feb 2018From the Mind of a Mufti Does a mufti have to be appointed by the government? No. Being a mufti can be a salaried professional role, as in fatwa institutions, or a voluntary, freelance one. Question source not recordedposition checkedmuftifatwadar al-ifta (fatwa institution) machine41 s17:50on YouTube

13 Feb 2018video What happens if I miss a prayer? A missed prayer is made up; Mufti Abu Layth says to stop obsessing over punishments and just pray the obligatory prayers, even late or together. He cites the Prophet telling a companion whose people slept past sunrise simply to pray when he woke up. Question source not recordedposition checkedsalahFajrfard (the obligatory prayers)report: when you wake up pray said to a companion whose wife complained he did not pray fajr machine6 min 54 s0:00on YouTube

11 Jan 2017Mothers of the Believers: The Wives of the Blessed Prophet ﷺ Why did jurists like Imam Malik let a father marry off his young daughter without her consent? Marrying off an underage girl is impermissible today. Imam Malik's exception was a contract only, without intimacy, tied to welfare in his own circumstances and not based on a clear verse or report. Question source not recordedposition checkedImam Malikal-Shafi'i [?]trajectory hermeneuticsnikah machine9 min 07 s2:00:23on YouTube

21 Dec 2016video Is it wrong to watch Bollywood films and TV series? Mufti Abu Layth does not see films and TV as a priority issue: entertainment is human, as poetry was for the companions, so focus on adding good rather than pushing people away. Question from the audienceposition checkedfatwareport: the companions discussed the poetry of the jahiliyya in the mosque of the prophet (cited as in al-Bukhari, number not stated)jahiliyyaImru' al-Qais machine7 min 36 s56:03on YouTube

27 Dec 2015video Can I say Merry Christmas to non-Muslims? Yes, saying Merry Christmas is permissible: old rulings against it came from a very different world, and in the UK Christmas is largely a winter festivity. Those who prefer another greeting may use it without feeling pressured. Lessonposition checkedfatwaimanharamQuran 5:5 (permission to marry women of the People of the Book) machine3 min 20 s0:00on YouTube

9 May 2014video Is it haram for a woman to go out for a walk? One speaker says nothing makes it haram for a woman to go for a walk and challenges the other to produce a Maliki fatwa forbidding it; the other asks whether fatwa must follow the madhhab's protocols. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechUstadh Abdus Shakur Brooks (guest)fatwaImam Maliksalaf machine10 min 42 s27:38on YouTube

12 Apr 2014video Which scholars have allowed trimming or shaving the beard? Maliki and other classical jurists held that trimming or even shaving the beard is at most makruh, not haram, and many modern scholars across the schools have given the same fatwa or kept trimmed, goateed or clean-shaven beards themselves. Mufti Abu Layth presents this to show the opinion's long standing, not to deny the other view. Lessonposition checkedSahih Muslim (a Maliki commentary on it) [?]makruhMaliki schoolfatwa machine5 min 15 s4:01on YouTube

12 Mar 2014video If the madhhabs differ so much, how can they all be valid? Compare the hadith an imam relied on with the hadith you quote, not the imam's fatwa with the hadith. The schools differ in application under one constitution of Quran and Sunnah, like US states, and learning every ruling from its evidence without a school is impractical. Lessonposition checkedImam MalikAbu Hanifahadithfatwa machine3 min 59 s7:47on YouTube