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Cited in 16 segments across 12 recordings · 2014 to 2023 · term/term:makruh

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10 Mar 2023video LatestIs it haram for men to wear earrings? Early imams including Malik wore earrings as boys; Malik disliked golden earrings for boys because of the gold, not the earring. Lessonposition checkedImam MalikSufyan [?]makruhsalaf machine4 min 57 s13:23on YouTube
12 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Are king prawns halal? Yes, prawns are halal: in the school of Medina everything from the sea is halal, and only the pig is haram by its nature. Question from live chatposition checkedreport: the sea its water is pure and its dead are lawfulHanafiMaliki (the school of Medina)makruh / makruh tahrimi machine4 min 56 s44:32on YouTube
4 Jan 2021video Is masturbation haram in Islam? In the clip Yasir Qadhi says the majority hold masturbation to be haram, but that others held it makruh or permissible, citing Ibn Abbas's reply to a young man and Ibn Hazm, and that he believes there is no sin in it although it is better avoided. This is Qadhi's view played for discussion, not Mufti Abu Layth's own statement. Lessonquoted view, not his positionguest speechYasir QadhiZakir NaikQuran 23:5-6 (those who guard their private parts except from their spouses or right-hand possessions; also 70:29-30)Ibn Abbas machine3 min 58 s1:22on YouTube
4 Jan 2021video Reaction to the clip: Qadhi joins Zakir Naik in calling it not haram, with jokes about 'the nobility' Mufti Abu Layth notes that Yasir Qadhi, like Zakir Naik before him, now says masturbation is not haram but merely not a noble deed, and jokes about left-handers and 'the nobility'. Otherguest speechYasir QadhiZakir NaikIbn Hazmmakruh machine2 min 38 s4:00on YouTube
19 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth If pornography is not called haram, does that mean it is encouraged? The guest distinguishes saying something should not be done from declaring it haram; Mufti Abu Layth restates that they are not encouraging pornography, which may be harmful, but not calling it haram. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Kashif Khan (guest)Imam Ahmad ibn HanbalHanbali commentatorsmakruh machine3 min 34 s1:44:16on YouTube
10 Jul 2018Quick Fiqh! Is it haram for men to wear gold or silk? In Mufti Abu Layth's view the prohibition of gold and silk for men is a matter of dislike (karaha), not a categorical haram, since many Companions wore both all their lives and the Prophet's aim was to keep people focused in hard times. He notes the popular opinion is that it is haram and says nobody has to follow his understanding. Question written questionposition checkedreport: allah has made these two gold and silk haram upon the males of my ummah (unresolved)report: whoever wears silk in this world is deprived of it in jannah (unresolved)report: the prophet permitted al-zubayr and abd al-rahman ibn awf to wear silk because of an itch (unresolved)al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam [?] machine15 min 13 s0:00on YouTube
3 May 2018Clarifying False Hadith Which Insult Islam Are tattoos haram in Islam? Tattoos are permissible in Mufti Abu Layth's understanding, though he notes most scholars held them haram and some Malikis only makruh. He reads the prohibition in its historical context of branding slaves and cattle rather than beautification. Question source not recordedposition checkedal-Qarafi [?]al-RisalahAishamakruh machine10 min 31 s0:00on YouTube
5 Mar 2018Quick Fiqh! Are tattoos haram? Small tattoos for beautification are not haram, at most discouraged. Tattoos that disfigure, such as gang face tattoos, he considers haram. Lessonposition checkedharammakruhMaliki schoolal-Mazari [?] machine55 s0:00on YouTube
17 May 2017Ramadan Q&A Fast & Fiqhious Can I brush my teeth with toothpaste or use mouthwash while fasting? Mufti Abu Layth says you can brush with toothpaste and use mouthwash while fasting, and encourages it; the aftertaste does not break the fast. Question written questionposition checkedsawm (fasting)report: khaluf fam al-saim atyab inda allah min rih al-misk (the odour of the fasting person's mouth is better to Allah than musk)miswakmakruh machine8 min 51 s1:23on YouTube
5 May 2015video Is a short back and sides or faded haircut haram? A short back and sides, or hair of unequal lengths, is permissible and does not fall under the hadith forbidding qaza'. Shaving patches and leaving others (qaza') is at most disliked, not haram, in the view he presents, unless done to disfigure or to imitate a religious practice. Question raised by Mufti Abu Laythposition checkedqaza'report: the prophet forbade qaza (unresolved; Ibn Umar, Sahih Muslim and Sahih al-Bukhari, number not stated)report: shave all of it or leave all of it (unresolved; the child with a patch of hair, al-Nasa'i and Abu Dawud)report: i will not cut it for i saw the prophet hold you by it (unresolved; the braid of Anas ibn Malik, Abu Dawud) machine15 min 52 s1:20on YouTube
20 Mar 2015video Do I have to wear my trousers above my ankles? No: for men, wearing the garment below the ankles is not haram unless it is done out of arrogance, in which case the hadith apply; otherwise it is at most makruh. In today's societies covering the ankles is normal and carries no arrogance, so insisting on it misses the purpose of the ruling. Question raised by Mufti Abu Laythposition checkedisbal (garments below the ankle)khuyala (arrogance)makruhizar machine12 min 57 s1:18on YouTube
3 Mar 2015video What did Imam Malik say about bid'ah? Imam Malik rejected any 'good' bid'ah and called innovations misguidance, yet he often ruled a given innovation only discouraged (makruh), not haram. Lessonposition checkedImam MalikImam Ahmad ibn HanbalAbu Hanifaal-Shafi'i machine4 min 28 s1:58on YouTube
3 Mar 2015video Is it a bid'ah to pray extra prayers on a fixed day every week? Fixing a voluntary prayer to a day for convenience is commendable, but fixing it for a religious reason ritualises it, which the Malikis count as discouraged bid'ah. Lessonposition checkedbid'ah (innovation in religion)nafl (voluntary prayer)tahiyyat al-masjid (prayer on entering the mosque)istikhara machine10 min 56 s12:51on YouTube
3 Mar 2015video Do Maliki scholars accept good bid'ah? Both views exist: the early Maliki school rejected good bid'ah for centuries, but from around the 600s to 700s Hijri most Malikis accepted such practices while the books still list them as makruh. Lessonposition checkedbid'ah (innovation in religion)makruhthe plague (the Black Death) [?]the Almoravids (al-Murabitun) machine6 min 24 s23:47on YouTube
3 Mar 2015video Should I avoid practices that people call good bid'ah? Mufti Abu Layth holds it is safer to stick to the Sunnah as Medina understood it, but does not condemn those who follow good bid'ah, and asks for mutual respect. Lessonposition checkedImam Malikbid'ah (innovation in religion)makruhal-Qarafi machine4 min 18 s30:11on 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