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Cited in 4 segments across 3 recordings · 2017 to 2022 · term/term:hiyal

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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
27 Oct 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Is Sharia-compliant investing really different from normal investing? Mufti Abu Layth says ethical investing is fine, but interest loopholes are absurd: bank interest is not Quranic riba and mortgages are permissible. Question from live chatposition checkedribahiyal (legal stratagems)maslahaImam Malik machine9 min 53 s1:00:41on YouTube
19 Oct 2017video Is an Islamic mortgage any different from a conventional mortgage? Mortgages and bank loans today are not the riba the Quran condemns, in Mufti Abu Layth's understanding. Islamic mortgages are the same thing under another name, a loophole the Maliki school has never liked, as Umar said of the jizya renamed a gift. Lessonposition checkedribahiyal (legal stratagems, loopholes)Maliki schoolUmar ibn al-Khattab machine4 min 57 s53:15on YouTube
19 Oct 2017video Are student loans, car finance and mortgages haram? Mortgages, student loans, car finance and other bank loans are not haram in Mufti Abu Layth's understanding, though nobody is obliged to take them. He encourages Muslims in the West to invest in property, while leaving renting or Islamic mortgages to personal choice. Lessonposition checkedribahiyal (legal stratagems, loopholes)Maliki schoolHanbali school machine3 min 25 s56:42on YouTube