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Cited in 24 segments across 17 recordings · 2014 to 2025 · term/term:salah

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18 Oct 2025MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth LatestHow does a Quranist pray salah? The guest's prayer has no unit count: after wudu he seeks refuge, reads al-Fatiha by his own choice and a full chapter, then prostrates once with supplication, filling the prayer time as the moment dictates; in congregation the imam leads a single long prostration and prayers last up to an hour, three times a day. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechBr Muhammad (MFG, MuhammadFromGod channel)salahwudusujud machine6 min 20 s1:19:58on YouTube
18 Oct 2025MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth How do Muslims know how to pray if the Quran does not spell it out? Mufti Abu Layth says Muslims know how to pray from an unbroken living tradition of more than 1,400 years, father to child, documented in the books of every century; the guest asks why God describes prayer in the Quran if it must be learned at the mosque, and why two prayers are silent when 17:110 forbids silence. Discussionguest speechBr Muhammad (MFG, MuhammadFromGod channel)The deen reaches us through continuous living practiceQuran 17:110 (be neither loud nor silent in your prayer, but seek a way between)salah machine4 min 51 s1:27:01on YouTube
18 Oct 2025MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Does the Quranist prayer have any set structure? The guest's prayer has no set structure: it changes in the moment, may include hours of prostration or prostrating mid-recitation when a verse moves him, and its purpose per 29:45 is to restrain immorality; he says Quranists may also pray like Sunnis, minus words not from God. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechBr Muhammad (MFG, MuhammadFromGod channel)Quran 29:45 (prayer restrains from immorality and wrong, and the remembrance of Allah is greater)salahsujud machine5 min 45 s1:31:46on YouTube
18 Oct 2025MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth LatestWhy does the guest's prayer have no fixed number of units, and what counts as wudu? The guest's prayer is about duration and connection rather than numbers of units, with an imam supplying structure only in congregation; prostration, kneeling and standing are components without a set order, and wudu is as 5:6 describes it, without the tradition's additions. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechBr Muhammad (MFG, MuhammadFromGod channel)Quran 5:6 (wash your faces and hands, wipe your heads and your feet)Quran 96:19 (prostrate and draw near)salah machine5 min 07 s1:36:54on YouTube
16 Dec 2022video Is someone who prays but commits major sins better than someone who doesn't pray? Mufti Abu Layth says it is categorically wrong that someone who prays, however evil, is better than someone who does not, and calls the idea dangerous. Question from live chatposition checkedsalahISIS machine7 min 08 s0:00on YouTube
16 Apr 2022Positive Faith LatestAm I only praying because I fear God will punish me? Mufti Abu Layth says praying only out of fear of punishment is unhealthy: salah is devotion that benefits us, bringing structure and order into our day. Question raised by Mufti Abu Laythposition checkedsalahQuran 74:42-46 (what brought you to Saqar? We were not of those who prayed ... we used to deny)Blaise PascalJordan Peterson machine8 min 20 s0:38on YouTube
27 Apr 2021video Can I pray while carrying my child? Yes: the Hanafi rule that three consecutive movements break the prayer is made up, and the Prophet prayed carrying Umama; Mufti Abu Layth puts the attacks on Shaykh Aslam down to jealousy. Lessonposition checkedsalahwudureport: the prophet prayed carrying a child (Umama)Ibn Abidin machine7 min 58 s4:23on YouTube
26 Apr 2021MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth LatestDo obscene or blasphemous thoughts during prayer ruin my salah? Intrusive or blasphemous thoughts in prayer are not a reason to worry: noticing them is a sign of faith, as a hadith says. Mufti Abu Layth adds that jinn in the Quran means the unseen and possession stories are folklore. Discussionguest speechLupe Fiasco (guest)salahwuduwaswasa machine7 min 40 s1:31:29on YouTube
16 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth LatestCan I pray in my car if I don't feel safe praying outside? Yes: in the worst case, if you need to or do not feel safe praying outside, you can pray in your car. Question from live chatposition checkedsalah machine38 s2:37:32on YouTube
22 Sep 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth How do I stop being obsessive and fearful about prayer? Mufti Abu Layth says pray out of gratitude, not fear: missing salah should feel disappointing, and the answer is to renew your resolve every day. Question from live chatposition checkedsalahQuran 51:56 (I did not create jinn and humans except to worship Me), paraphrased machine5 min 09 s52:47on YouTube
24 Aug 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Are psychedelics like DMT haram in Islam? Mufti Abu Layth does not consider psychedelics such as DMT haram or intoxicants, and advocates them as entheogens for spiritual discovery rather than recreation. Question from live chatposition checkedDMTentheogenayahuascaPlato machine9 min 54 s30:58on YouTube
24 Aug 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Can I hit my children if they don't pray? Yes: he says hitting children over prayer misreads the hadith, and that children should be drawn to prayer by example and love, not fear. Question from live chatposition checkedreport: command your children to pray at seven discipline them at ten and separate them in their bedssalah machine1 min 59 s46:48on YouTube
14 Jul 2020live stream What parts of the body count as 'awrah for men and women? Mufti Abu Layth follows the school of Madinah: the core 'awrah is the private parts (for women, from below the navel to the thighs), and uncovering the rest in prayer does not invalidate it. Question from live chatposition checked'awrahMaliki school (the school of Madinah)salah machine5 min 02 s34:01on YouTube
26 Jun 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth If you reject all hadith, how do you know how to pray? The guest rejects every hadith collection, including Nahj al-Balagha, as a source of religion, and says the objection that the Quran does not detail the five prayers is a circular argument built on fabricated details. Question from live chatquoted view, not his positionguest speechEdip YukselNahj al-BalaghaAli ibn Abi Talibsalah machine3 min 55 s2:32:11on YouTube
26 Jun 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth What does the word salat mean in the Quran according to the Quran-only view? The guest defines salat from the Quran as solidarity rather than ritual: with God, which is remembrance and connection, and with people, which is the secular Friday gathering; the essence is dhikr, not physical form. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechEdip YukselQuran 75:31 (he neither believed nor prayed)Quran 33:56 (Allah and his angels send salat upon the Prophet)Quran 9:103 (take from their wealth a charity and pray for them) machine3 min 54 s2:38:46on YouTube
26 Jun 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Does prayer have to be physical, or is remembering God enough? The guest is not against the physical form of prayer but says it is only an expression; the one necessary component of salat according to the Quran is conscious connection with God, so one may pray sitting or while travelling. Question from live chatquoted view, not his positionguest speechEdip YukselQuran 4:43 (do not approach prayer while intoxicated)salahsujud machine2 min 34 s2:42:40on YouTube
25 May 2020video I stopped praying because it feels mechanical and forced; will I go to hell? Pray out of gratitude and connection, not fear of hell, and do not develop hatred for the prayer even if you slack or combine prayers; each person's journey is their own. The Prophet told a Companion who slept past dawn simply to pray when he wakes. Question from live chatposition checkedreport: idha istayqazta fa-salli (when you wake up, pray)Safwan ibn al-Mu'attalSayf al-Din al-Amidi [?]Sunan Abi Dawud machine11 min 26 s0:00on YouTube
24 Jul 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran Does the Quran say there are three or five daily prayers? The Quran does not spell out the number of prayers, but Sunnis, Shia and Ibadis all hold there are five, which Mufti Abu Layth takes as proof of an early living tradition that preceded the hadith books. The Shia combine the five rather than reducing them to three. Question from live chatposition checkedsalahproto-Sunnah (the early living tradition)ShiaKhawarij machine3 min 21 s0:01on YouTube
4 Mar 2019Quick Fiqh! Is my prayer valid if I pray in a bikini or swimwear? On the Maliki view of Qadi Isma'il, which he finds strong, her prayer would have been valid, since covering is an obligation separate from salah; it is still not something he recommends. Either way nobody has the right to attack her. Question raised by Mufti Abu Laythposition checkedQadi Isma'il (Isma'il ibn Ishaq al-Qadi)al-Bukharisalah'awrah machine10 min 18 s0:38on YouTube
24 Dec 2018From the Mind of a Mufti What does it mean that Allah performs salah upon the Prophet? Wood kept asking to whom Allah prays if He 'performs salah' on the Prophet, which Hijab answered well as sending blessings. Mufti Abu Layth says pressing a linguistic point after it was answered, without knowing Arabic, was pathetic. LessonMohammed HijabDavid WoodQuran 33:56 (Allah and His angels perform salah upon the Prophet) [?]salah machine2 min 05 s9:11on 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
2 Jul 2014video Why did Mufti Abu Layth choose the Maliki madhhab? Its personality matched his own: the Maliki school keeps things natural, for example in how one stands, holds the hands and makes du'a in salah. Question source not recordedposition checkedMaliki schoolHanafi schoolamal ahl al-Madinah (the practice of Madinah)Imam Malik machine3 min 53 s6:27on YouTube
18 Jan 2014video What is the dua for memorising the Quran and how do I perform it? On Thursday night, in the last part of the night, pray four units with al-Fatiha and a set surah in each, then say the dua the Prophet taught Ali asking that the Quran stick to the heart, for three, five or seven Fridays. The Quran may be held and read from during the prayer according to the majority. Lessonposition checkedAli ibn Abi Talibreport: ali said he found it difficult to retain the quran and the prophet taught him to pray four rakahs on the night of friday and a dua so it would stickduasalah machine5 min 21 s2:39on YouTube
18 Jan 2014video What practical techniques help me memorise the Quran? Understand the words and translation first, keep a fixed place and a time that suits you, familiarise yourself with each verse before a break, then memorise the verses cumulatively, practise them in salah and recall them at night before reading to your teacher. In the hadith, Ali went from struggling with four verses to recalling forty. Lessonposition checkedAli ibn Abi TalibIbn Abbasreport: ali said he found it difficult to retain the quran and the prophet taught him to pray four rakahs on the night of friday and a dua so it would sticksalah machine5 min 38 s8:00on YouTube