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Cited in 10 segments across 8 recordings · 2018 to 2021 · term/term:zakat

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19 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth LatestDo I pay zakat again on savings that haven't grown? Zakat is due again each year on the same savings, Mufti Abu Layth says, giving it as what is technically said. Question written questionquoted view, not his positionzakat machine2 min 30 s2:32:30on YouTube
12 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth What do you think of a particular Salafi preacher? From what he has heard, he says the preacher is generally level-headed and balanced within the Salafi dawah, though he has not followed him closely. Question from live chatSalafizakat machine2 min 33 s30:07on YouTube
27 Oct 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Can a non-Muslim descendant of the Prophet claim sharif status? Mufti Abu Layth says sharif status is a political institution rather than something Islam brought, and descendants of the Prophet can be non-Muslims. Question from live chatposition checkedsharifdescendants of the ProphetzakatJuan Cole machine3 min 45 s2:28:40on YouTube
24 Aug 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Should the zakat threshold be different in each country? Mufti Abu Layth says regional thresholds make sense to him, since the nisab rests on weak hadith and the detailed zakat system was largely built by later scholars. Question from live chatposition checkedzakatnisabdinardirham machine8 min 15 s50:33on YouTube
24 Aug 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Does paying taxes count as paying zakat? Yes, he believes paying taxes suffices for zakat today, provided the person also gives charity at various points in the year. Question from live chatposition checkedzakatsadaqah machine1 min 58 s58:51on YouTube
4 Aug 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Does Abu Bakr's war on Musaylima justify killing someone who claims prophethood? Mufti Abu Layth says Abu Bakr's wars were political and the Prophet never ordered Musaylima killed, so they cannot justify killing a claimant. Lessonposition checkedAbu BakrUmar ibn al-KhattabAhmad ibn Hanbalthe Ridda wars machine7 min 16 s1:47:49on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Does the Quran motivate people through self-interest? Mufti Abu Layth suggests, tentatively, that even the Quran motivates through self-interest; the guest distinguishes healthy from harmful selfishness. Discussionguest speechShaykh Omar Balochjannahzakat machine5 min 09 s1:59:04on YouTube
19 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth How clearly was zakah defined in the Prophet's lifetime? The guest says some salaf and Ibn Taymiyya counted taxes paid to the authorities as zakah; Mufti Abu Layth says zakah was not clearly defined in the Prophet's time and its later rules were a pragmatic tax decision. Discussionguest speechShaykh Kashif Khan (guest)Javed Ahmad Ghamidi [?]Ibn TaymiyyaAbu Hanifa machine5 min 08 s42:21on YouTube
19 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Were the people who refused zakah after the Prophet's death apostates? The guest says taxes that fund welfare can count as zakah, and that the refusers fought by Abu Bakr were rebels against the state rather than apostates; Mufti Abu Layth says he is inclined to that view. Discussionguest speechShaykh Kashif Khan (guest)Abu BakrUmar ibn al-KhattabMusaylima machine7 min 47 s47:29on YouTube
12 Aug 2018Clarifying False Hadith Which Insult Islam What is the hadith about Abu Hurayra, the thief and Ayat al-Kursi? The report has Abu Hurayra guarding the zakat treasury and releasing a thief three nights running despite the Prophet calling him a liar, until the thief teaches him to recite Ayat al-Kursi before sleep. Mufti Abu Layth calls it fabricated or mis-transmitted and contrary to the Quran and Sunnah. Lessonposition checkedreport: abu hurayra guarded the zakat wealth and let a thief go three nights until the thief taught him ayat al-kursi and the prophet said that was a devil who told the truthAbu HurayraSahih al-BukhariQuran 2:255 (Ayat al-Kursi) machine5 min 14 s0:00on YouTube