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Cited in 14 segments across 13 recordings · 2017 to 2023 · term/term:shafii

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10 Mar 2023video LatestIs the Muwatta of Imam Malik more authentic than Sahih al-Bukhari? The Muwatta, with Malik's 'golden chain', is arguably the most authentic book of hadith and predates al-Bukhari, though others do not rank it first. Lessonposition checkedImam Malikal-MuwattaImam al-Bukharisilsilat al-dhahab (the golden chain) machine5 min 01 s26:01on YouTube
20 Nov 2021video What does the Mufti think of Quran-only Muslims? Mufti Abu Layth commends Quranists' love for the Quran but feels they have misunderstood the living tradition. Most of the ummah, Hanafi and Maliki, were hadith relativists who put the sunnah before hadith. Lessonposition checkedQuranist (Quran-only)Shafi'i schoolHanafi schoolMaliki school machine2 min 02 s0:00on YouTube
14 Mar 2021video Is separating hadith from the Sunnah a Hanafi and Maliki principle, and what does Mufti Abu Layth say about Salafi creed? Distinguishing hadith from the Sunnah is the usul of the Hanafi and Maliki schools, not Abduh's invention, and Qadhi applies to Gog and Magog the very reasoning he condemns in others. Mufti Abu Layth adds that Salafi kalam rests on fabricated chains, such as companions debating whether the Quran is created, a debate that arose only around 190 to 210 AH. Lessonposition checkedYasir QadhiMuhammad AbduhHanafi schoolShafi'i school machine5 min 12 s1:15:01on YouTube
2 Mar 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Is separating hadith from the Sunnah a Hanafi and Maliki principle? The hadith-Sunnah distinction is Hanafi and Maliki usul, not Abduh's invention; Mufti Abu Layth lists Qadhi's inconsistencies and says Salafi kalam rests on fabricated chains. Lessonposition checkedYasir QadhiMuhammad AbduhHanafi schoolMaliki school machine5 min 03 s2:18:13on YouTube
29 Jan 2021MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Why do Hanafis defend Sahih al-Bukhari when their school differs from it? Mufti Abu Layth says Bukhari has question marks and is not the gold standard; the guest says its canonisation was an Abbasid-era Athari project, and that for Hanafis the Athar of their own imams should rank highest. Discussionguest speechShaykh Atabek Shukurov (guest)Sahih al-BukhariImam al-BukhariAbu Hanifa machine7 min 38 s59:28on YouTube
29 Jan 2021MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth When should I pray Isha in the UK summer when it never gets fully dark? The guest says that where twilight never fades, the Hanafi school allows Isha to be prayed keeping the order of prayers, rather than dividing the night into seven. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Atabek Shukurov (guest)Isha (the night prayer)shafaq (evening twilight)Abu Hanifa machine4 min 08 s1:28:21on YouTube
5 Jan 2021video Is the niqab required, and is it right to make women take it off? The face veil has no basis in the Quran and Sunnah, being the opinion of some later scholars. Forcing a woman to remove it is still wrong; one may only advise. Discussionposition checkedniqab (face veil)WahhabiHanafi schoolMaliki school machine6 min 31 s0:19on YouTube
19 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is looking at an image of a naked person the same as looking at a real one in Islamic law? The guest says he cannot call something haram without a text prohibiting it, so he presents the scholars' differing views on looking at a reflection or image and leaves the choice to the asker. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Kashif Khan (guest)a Shafi'i jurist [?]haramno one may declare haram what Allah has not declared haram machine4 min1:28:23on YouTube
22 Mar 2019The School of Madinah Why does Mufti Abu Layth follow the Maliki school rather than the Hanafi? Mufti Abu Layth follows the Maliki school of Madinah because it is built on welfare and rooted in evidence and made the most sense to him. He says the Hanafi school, despite Abu Hanifa's greatness, has been hijacked into a controlling school. Lessonposition checkedMaliki schoolHanafi schoolShafi'i schoolHanbali school machine4 min 46 s2:35on 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
20 Apr 2018From the Mind of a Mufti Was Abu Hanifa considered a deviant by the scholars of his time? Many leading scholars of Abu Hanifa's time considered him misguided. His school rose to dominance because his student Abu Yusuf became chief judge and appointed only Hanafis, which Mufti Abu Layth says shows that power, not evidence, often decides which views prevail. Lessonposition checkedAbu HanifaAbu Bakr ibn Abi Dawud al-Sijistani [?]Abu DawudImam Malik machine3 min 57 s0:00on YouTube
2 Jan 2018Responding to Refutations Shaving the beard: Qadi Iyad's view and the demand for one hadith The view that shaving the beard is not haram is presented as Qadi Iyad's, and Mufti Abu Layth challenges the critic to produce a hadith teaching how to keep a beard. He adds that truth is not decided by the number of scholars holding a view. Lessonquoted view, not his positionAbu Ibraheem HusnaynQadi IyadSahih MuslimIbn Baz machine3 min 53 s10:31on YouTube
19 Oct 2017video Did the scholars ever agree on what counts as riba? There has never been clarity or agreement on what riba applies to: the Hanafi, Shafi'i and Maliki schools each defined its scope differently, and nobody calls a phone-for-phones swap riba. No scholar has given Mufti Abu Layth a satisfying explanation of why delay in barter is riba. Lessonposition checkedribaIbn Ulayya [?]Hanafi schoolShafi'i school machine4 min 34 s17:12on YouTube
17 May 2017Ramadan Q&A Fast & Fiqhious Should Muslims in the UK follow Saudi Arabia for moon sighting? Not necessarily: he would follow countries on the same horizon such as Morocco, distrusting Saudi sightings that contradict calculations, while not condemning those who follow Saudi. Question source not recordedposition checkedShafi'i schoolMaliki schoolHanafi schoolAbu Hanifa machine13 min 09 s0:45on YouTube