Mufti Abu Layth Archive: all answers

How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?

Those with very different views still come from love for the religion, and the only way forward is dialogue and humanising one another; the guest says the Quran is the only thing that can unite Shia and Sunni, and both sign off warmly.

Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:46:26)

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Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?

The guest cites a Muwatta report that a Companion's contemporary recognised nothing of the Companions' practice except the call to prayer, as proof the religion had changed; Mufti Abu Layth says the report refers to those in governance and that Malik throughout his works transmits the living practice of Madinah.

Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:41:21)

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Why are two of the daily prayers recited silently when 17:110 says not to be silent?

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Why are two of the daily prayers recited silently when 17:110 says not to be silent?

The silent prayers come from the living tradition Malik described, handed down from the Companions' descendants; Mufti Abu Layth reads 17:110 as being about crying out to Allah, neither in despair nor in silence, rather than the five prayers, citing 8:35 where 'prayer' means whistling and clapping.

Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:31:09)

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Why do Quranists reject the Islamic tradition as a whole?

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Why do Quranists reject the Islamic tradition as a whole?

The guest says Quranists differ in interpretation but agree that the Islamic tradition is riddled with errors, and that Mufti Abu Layth's BukhariGate work leads people to Quranism; Mufti says the guest's own prayer choices came from the tradition and objects to disrespect towards the people of the mosque.

Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)

Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:24:01)

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What is Mufti Abu Layth's case for keeping the Islamic scholarly tradition?

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

What is Mufti Abu Layth's case for keeping the Islamic scholarly tradition?

The guest restates Mufti Abu Layth's view as relying on the tradition for a few hard verses and says the Quran's overall message has no such problems; Mufti says the 1,400-year tradition beginning with the Prophet's Sunnah is invaluable and discarding it is a disservice to Islam.

Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:18:51)

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Why did Mufti Abu Layth bring up 3:188 against the Quran-only position?

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Why did Mufti Abu Layth bring up 3:188 against the Quran-only position?

Mufti Abu Layth cited 3:188 because its apparent reading is harsher than the Prophet's explanation, showing that the reasoning of those who came before is valuable; the guest says he asked for the Prophet's book of explanations and was pointed back to the Quran.

Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:14:00)

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If most people love praise and are punished, how is God the most merciful?

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

If most people love praise and are punished, how is God the most merciful?

The guest says most people are mushrikun according to the Quran and that God is merciful in giving them messengers and exits, so those who refuse to reason deserve punishment; guidance follows the attributes God has set, not chance.

Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)

Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:10:46)

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Is it a sin to enjoy being praised?

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Is it a sin to enjoy being praised?

The guest holds that 3:188 describes people buying into the worldly life, exulting in what they have and loving praise for what they have not done, and that such people are punished; pressed, he confirms that anyone with these traits faces punishment.

Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)

Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:04:39)

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Does 3:188 mean everyone who likes praise will be punished?

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Does 3:188 mean everyone who likes praise will be punished?

The apparent reading of 3:188 threatens anyone who loves praise for what he has not done, which troubled the Companions until the Prophet explained it as concerning tyrants and the arrogant; the guest reads it as a warning listing traits a believer must shed.

Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:58:33)

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If reason helps us understand the Quran, does the reasoning of earlier scholars matter too?

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

If reason helps us understand the Quran, does the reasoning of earlier scholars matter too?

Both agree reason is essential to understanding revelation; Mufti Abu Layth adds that by the same logic the reasoning of the Prophet, the Companions and the scholars before us is a valuable reservoir, not his reason alone, and the guest demands the Prophet's own explanation.

Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:55:37)

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Is the daytime ban on eating and intimacy in Ramadan stated in the Quran or inferred?

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Is the daytime ban on eating and intimacy in Ramadan stated in the Quran or inferred?

The daytime prohibition of eating and intimacy in Ramadan comes from 2:187 by mafhum al-mukhalafa, an adverse inference Mufti Abu Layth accepts but which is not the explicit reading, so some verses need the tradition's explanation; the guest says each reader is rewarded according to his understanding.

Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:50:02)

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Can the Quran be used to call the Prophet the best of creation?

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Can the Quran be used to call the Prophet the best of creation?

The guest says calling the Prophet the best of creation is an unprovable inference contradicted by verses and reports favouring Abraham; Mufti Abu Layth says the guest rejects inference for that title while relying on inference to say what breaks the fast.

Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)

Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:46:26)

Watch on YouTube at 1:47:07 · Open the segment

Does the Quran alone say what breaks the fast?

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Does the Quran alone say what breaks the fast?

The guest says 2:187 shows that eating, drinking and intercourse break the fast by making them lawful at night; Mufti Abu Layth says the verse does not explicitly forbid them by day, so the Quran-only reader is inferring by reason rather than reporting what God said.

Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:42:01)

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Why does the guest's prayer have no fixed number of units, and what counts as wudu?

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Why 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.

Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)

Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:36:54)

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Does the Quranist prayer have any set structure?

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

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.

Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)

Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:31:09)

Watch on YouTube at 1:31:46 · Open the segment

How do Muslims know how to pray if the Quran does not spell it out?

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

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.

Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:26:18)

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How does a Quranist pray salah?

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

How 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.

Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)

Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:19:58)

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How do Quranists perform Hajj and apply Islam without the fiqh tradition?

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

How do Quranists perform Hajj and apply Islam without the fiqh tradition?

The guest says the application of Islam is all in the Quran: his group performs Hajj in months other than the usual days, since the Quran speaks of plural months, and Ramadan is fully detailed; he does not rely on the fatwa tradition.

Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)

Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:17:13)

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Can 'light' in 5:15 refer to the Prophet, or only to guidance and the book?

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Can 'light' in 5:15 refer to the Prophet, or only to guidance and the book?

Mufti Abu Layth says the primary readings of 'light' in 5:15 are guidance or the Prophet, as many mufassirun held, and that the guest's reading as the book is acceptable but may not negate the others; the guest says the word cannot refer to a human and that the mufassirun inserted the Prophet from presupposition.

Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:08:12)

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Is the 'light' that came with the clear book in 5:15 the Prophet or the Quran itself?

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Is the 'light' that came with the clear book in 5:15 the Prophet or the Quran itself?

The guest reads the light of 5:15 as an aspect of the book itself, arguing from the pronoun in 5:16 and the conjunction in 33:7; Mufti Abu Layth presents the view of the mufassirun that the light is the Prophet and accepts the guest's reading as one interpretation while objecting that the others are not negated.

Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)

Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:01:24)

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Does 16:44 mean the Prophet explains the Quran, or that the Quran clarifies earlier scriptures?

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Does 16:44 mean the Prophet explains the Quran, or that the Quran clarifies earlier scriptures?

Mufti Abu Layth reads 16:44 as showing the Prophet's role in explaining the revelation, as nearly every tafsir does; the guest says the verse is about the Quran clarifying earlier scriptures to the people of the book, and points to 5:15 as naming a single source.

Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 56:40)

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What is the 'wisdom' the Prophet teaches alongside the Book in 2:129?

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

What is the 'wisdom' the Prophet teaches alongside the Book in 2:129?

The guest holds that the wisdom taught alongside the Book is the Quran's own application and is found in the Quran itself; Mufti Abu Layth says the primary reading of 2:129 is that the messenger teaches the Book and, separately, the wisdom, and himself purifies the people.

Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 50:49)

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Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?

Mufti Abu Layth says his hadith criticism, including BukhariGate, was driven by reports that insult the Prophet, whose honour comes before Muslims' own; the guest says calling the Prophet the most beloved of creation is unprovable and a lie against God, and that the Quran favours Abraham, whom Muhammad is told to follow.

Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 43:36)

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Does 'we sent you only as a mercy' (21:107) describe the Prophet or the act of sending him?

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Does 'we sent you only as a mercy' (21:107) describe the Prophet or the act of sending him?

Mufti Abu Layth says the primary Arabic reading of 21:107 is that the Prophet himself was sent as a mercy for the worlds, with the exclusive negation amplifying that, while the guest's reading that the sending is the mercy is a secondary understanding he may hold but not impose.

Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 32:42)

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Is the Prophet Muhammad the most beloved of creation and a mercy to the worlds?

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Is the Prophet Muhammad the most beloved of creation and a mercy to the worlds?

The guest holds that God's sending of the messenger, not the Prophet himself, is the mercy, and that calling him the most beloved of creation is unprovable celebrity worship; Mufti Abu Layth says the Prophet is a mercy for the worlds and that if some are more beloved than others one must be at the top.

Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 27:42)

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Do Quranists accept any Sunnah of the Prophet?

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Do Quranists accept any Sunnah of the Prophet?

Both agree the Quran is central, but the guest says the Quran names only two sunnahs, of earlier peoples and of God, and that the Prophet's own clarifications were not preserved and so cannot have been necessary; Mufti Abu Layth presents this as the school of Madinah's Quran-centred view with other sources orbiting it.

Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 22:29)

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Is the Quran-only position an argument from epistemology or from principle?

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Is the Quran-only position an argument from epistemology or from principle?

The guest says the Quran-only position rests on principle, since God refers earlier communities only to their books, and is confirmed by epistemology, since hadith are contradictory and insulting; Quranists reject the religious authority of hadith, not history or narrations as such.

Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)

Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 15:38)

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Is there a middle way between rejecting all hadith and accepting every hadith?

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Is there a middle way between rejecting all hadith and accepting every hadith?

There is a middle way between rejecting hadith and hadith absolutism: Malik and Abu Hanifa distinguished Sunnah from hadith and accepted reports only if they do not contradict reason, the Quran, the living tradition or a principle of Islam. Mufti Abu Layth says Quranists should be met with love, not cornered, and recalls his own past anger. Mufti Abu Layth holds the middle position of Imam Malik and Abu Hanifa that the Sunnah is what is followed and hadith only document it, so a report is accepted unless it contradicts reason, the Quran or the living tradition or uproots a principle of Islam, and that discarding the Sunnah is a disservice to faith.

Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 10:44)

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Why does Mufti Abu Layth see the Quran-only movement as a reaction of anger?

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Why does Mufti Abu Layth see the Quran-only movement as a reaction of anger?

Mufti Abu Layth sees the Quran-only movement as a reaction of anger, sometimes justified, to hadith that are misused, such as the Bukhari report on Aisha's age, the report on killing apostates and reports used to justify abuse; the question is what Quranists actually mean by rejecting hadith. Mufti Abu Layth says he perceives the Quranist movement as a reaction of anger to hadith that are misused, an anger sometimes justified, and he holds that Aisha married in her late teens, that the hadith on killing the apostate is fabricated and its application was political, and that hadith are wrongly used to justify abuse and misogyny.

Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 7:32)

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How the dialogue came about: a guest who waited two hours at the last meetup

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

How the dialogue came about: a guest who waited two hours at the last meetup

The guest waited two hours at the previous meetup, said his followers wanted a dialogue, and tonight Mufti Abu Layth wants to hear a Quranist make the case for the Quran-only position.

Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 4:52)

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Apology for the delay and how the dialogue was scheduled

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Apology for the delay and how the dialogue was scheduled

Mufti Abu Layth apologises for being late, explains why Friday evenings suit guests in America, and says he postponed another MindTrap to hold this dialogue.

Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:35)

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Opening: music and sharing the link with the guest

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Opening: music and sharing the link with the guest

Music and housekeeping while Mufti Abu Layth shares the stream link with the guest.

Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

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Spread love, and take account of the damage our words have done

Sun, 29 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Spread love, and take account of the damage our words have done

Mufti Abu Layth says this deen is one of love and hope, and everyone, himself included, must reckon with the harm their words may have done. Mufti Abu Layth says that all Muslims, himself included, have to take themselves to account for the damage their past words may have done.

Answer from 29 September 2024 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Deen of Hope NOT Hate - Mufti Tariq Masood | Mufti Abu Layth (at 20:58)

A more recent answer on society/dawah-and-debate-culture exists (18 October 2025): How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?

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Why is lanasfa'an in Quran 96:15 written with an alif, and is it a mistake?

Sun, 29 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Why is lanasfa'an in Quran 96:15 written with an alif, and is it a mistake?

It is not a mistake: Mufti Abu Layth shows from Sibawayh that the emphatic nun becomes an alif when stopping on it, so the alif spelling is the traditional one. Mufti Abu Layth says that writing the emphatic nun of lanasfa'an with an alif is the traditional way of writing it.

Answer from 29 September 2024 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Deen of Hope NOT Hate - Mufti Tariq Masood | Mufti Abu Layth (at 14:51)

A more recent answer on quran/arabic-language exists (18 October 2025): Is the 'light' that came with the clear book in 5:15 the Prophet or the Quran itself?

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How scholars' rhetoric fed Pakistan's blasphemy killings, in Mufti Abu Layth's view

Sun, 29 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

How scholars' rhetoric fed Pakistan's blasphemy killings, in Mufti Abu Layth's view

Mufti Abu Layth says scholars who long told the public to kill blasphemers, Mufti Tariq Masood once among them, helped build the culture now threatening him, and must teach mercy for everyone.

Answer from 29 September 2024 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Deen of Hope NOT Hate - Mufti Tariq Masood | Mufti Abu Layth (at 9:46)

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Is someone who says something wrong about the Prophet guilty of blasphemy?

Sun, 29 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Is someone who says something wrong about the Prophet guilty of blasphemy?

Not when there was no such intention: Mufti Abu Layth says Mufti Tariq Masood was clearly wrong, but he meant to praise the Prophet, so calling him a blasphemer is unacceptable. Mufti Abu Layth says that when people make mistakes it does not mean they are blaspheming, even if the mistake is horrendous.

Answer from 29 September 2024 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Deen of Hope NOT Hate - Mufti Tariq Masood | Mufti Abu Layth (at 5:12)

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Mufti Tariq Masood's remark on scribal errors, and Islam as a deen of mercy

Sun, 29 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Mufti Tariq Masood's remark on scribal errors, and Islam as a deen of mercy

Mufti Abu Layth says there are no mistakes in the Quran's script, but Islam is a deen of mercy, so Mufti Tariq Masood's error should not bring calls for his death. Mufti Abu Layth says that Islam is a deen of mercy.

Answer from 29 September 2024 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Deen of Hope NOT Hate - Mufti Tariq Masood | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:03)

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Which verse of the Quran promises more blessings for being grateful?

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Which verse of the Quran promises more blessings for being grateful?

Mufti Abu Layth points to Quran 14:7: Allah promises abundance to the grateful, so by giving you receive. Mufti Abu Layth says that in Quran 14:7 Allah promises abundance to those who express gratitude.

Answer from 5 March 2024 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: The Secret To Abundance - Quranic Gems - #Shorts #Perspective #MALM (at 0:03)

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A fate worse than death: each of us is a mirror for divine potential

Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

A fate worse than death: each of us is a mirror for divine potential

Each person mirrors a divine potential given by Allah; do not let it go to waste and live to mourn the person you could have become. Mufti Abu Layth says each of us is a mirror for the divine potential that Allah has gifted and urges people not to let it go to waste.

Answer from 28 February 2024 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: A Fate Worse Than Death - #Shorts #Perspective #MALM (at 0:02)

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What can the death of a parent teach us?

Fri, 02 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

What can the death of a parent teach us?

Mufti Abu Layth says death is the greatest admonition and grief brings families together; one lesson may be to serve those who have no one around them. Mufti Abu Layth says that maybe one of the great lessons of death is to try to give forward, helping and serving other people.

Answer from 2 June 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: A Brief Foreword @ My Mum's Khatm - Lessons from Life & Death - Ghamkol Mosque (at 0:01)

A more recent answer on wellbeing/gratitude-giving-and-contentment exists (5 March 2024): Which verse of the Quran promises more blessings for being grateful?

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What is the funeral prayer and what do you say in it?

Fri, 26 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

What is the funeral prayer and what do you say in it?

The funeral prayer is in essence a sincere du'a for the deceased; many scholars allow any du'a, in any language, across its four takbirs. Mufti Abu Layth says the janazah is in essence a du'a for the deceased.

Answer from 26 May 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Before my Mum's Burial - Final Farewell #Duas #LoveYouMum الله يرحمك ❤️🙏🏽 (at 0:01)

A more recent answer on wellbeing/death-and-mortality exists (2 June 2023): What can the death of a parent teach us?

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How do I stop worrying about the ups and downs of my faith?

Tue, 09 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

How do I stop worrying about the ups and downs of my faith?

Mufti Abu Layth tells the convert not to worry about turbulence in faith, which is part of the journey; faith often shows its worth later as a bedrock in hard times. Mufti Abu Layth tells the caller not to sweat the turbulence in their faith, saying it is all part of the journey.

Answer from 9 May 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Converts And The YouTube Dawah Scene | Mufti Abu Layth (at 19:33)

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Why do religious debates make people so defensive?

Tue, 09 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Why do religious debates make people so defensive?

Mufti Abu Layth says debates rarely change minds and feed the ego, so he prefers conversations where people can disagree. Mufti Abu Layth says debating is so wrapped up in the ego that it is not healthy and is not what iman is about.

Answer from 9 May 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Converts And The YouTube Dawah Scene | Mufti Abu Layth (at 13:09)

A more recent answer on society/dawah-and-debate-culture exists (18 October 2025): How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?

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How did the Prophet balance gentleness and strength?

Tue, 09 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

How did the Prophet balance gentleness and strength?

Mufti Abu Layth says the Prophet was tender, kissing his children, yet firm when safety demanded, riding out alone at night to check on a frightening sound. Mufti Abu Layth says the Prophet combined compassion with firmness, being firm for the well-being of people and not in an intimidating way.

Answer from 9 May 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Converts And The YouTube Dawah Scene | Mufti Abu Layth (at 10:04)

A more recent answer on wellbeing/character-and-virtue exists (29 September 2024): Spread love, and take account of the damage our words have done

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Was the Prophet harsh with people?

Tue, 09 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Was the Prophet harsh with people?

No: Mufti Abu Layth says the Prophet was soft and attentive with people and came from mercy, unlike harsh dawah that puts others down. Mufti Abu Layth says the Prophet did not come from intimidation but from mercy and compassion for the world.

Answer from 9 May 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Converts And The YouTube Dawah Scene | Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:18)

A more recent answer on society/dawah-and-debate-culture exists (18 October 2025): How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?

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I'm a new Muslim and my faith has crashed after the first high. What should I do?

Tue, 09 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

I'm a new Muslim and my faith has crashed after the first high. What should I do?

Mufti Abu Layth says the first energy of faith always burns out, so the aim is to learn and live the faith while it lasts; at its core Islam is justice and kindness. Mufti Abu Layth says the energy that comes with embracing a faith is temporary, so a burnout is inevitable.

Answer from 9 May 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Converts And The YouTube Dawah Scene | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

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Why does the practice of Madinah matter more than a single hadith?

Wed, 19 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Why does the practice of Madinah matter more than a single hadith?

Mufti Abu Layth says the inherited practice of Madinah, like its adhan, outweighs an isolated report, since not every Sunnah was documented and narrators made honest mistakes; this is why he favours the school of Madinah. Mufti Abu Layth says he greatly favours the method of the school of Madinah.

Answer from 19 April 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: The Methodology Of Imam Malik | How To Treat Hadith | Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:49)

A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists (18 October 2025): Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?

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Did Imam Malik reject the hadith he did not act on?

Wed, 19 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Did Imam Malik reject the hadith he did not act on?

No: Mufti Abu Layth says Imam Malik respected such hadith by recording them in the Muwatta while noting that Madinah did not act on them, a model of hadith relativism he recommends following. Mufti Abu Layth says, as his own thought, that someone choosing an imam to guide them in a broad methodology should look to legends like Imam Malik.

Answer from 19 April 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: The Methodology Of Imam Malik | How To Treat Hadith | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:01)

A more recent answer on hadith/hadith-in-legal-reasoning exists (18 October 2025): Is there a middle way between rejecting all hadith and accepting every hadith?

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Who carried on Imam Malik's teaching after him?

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Who carried on Imam Malik's teaching after him?

His daughter, who had memorised his hadith and taught his classes after him, while his sons showed little interest. Mufti Abu Layth says it was Imam Malik's daughter who carried his legacy forward, continuing to teach his classes after him.

Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:02:17)

A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists (19 April 2023): Did Imam Malik reject the hadith he did not act on?

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Can we ever be completely certain about religious answers?

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Can we ever be completely certain about religious answers?

Only God is certain; every answer we hold is limited by our own understanding and that of those we learned from, a humility Imam Malik modelled. Mufti Abu Layth says the ultimate certainty is God alone, and whatever we think is the answer is ultimately limited by our understanding.

Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 57:27)

A more recent answer on belief/reason-and-revelation exists (18 October 2025): Why did Mufti Abu Layth bring up 3:188 against the Quran-only position?

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Why was Imam Malik flogged?

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Why was Imam Malik flogged?

Malik was flogged for refusing to stop transmitting that a coerced divorce is invalid, which undercut forced oaths of allegiance to the Abbasids. Mufti Abu Layth says he doubts Malik stayed away from the mosque because of ill health, since he kept teaching at home for hours until his death.

Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 49:58)

A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists (19 April 2023): Did Imam Malik reject the hadith he did not act on?

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Why did Imam Malik never leave Madinah?

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Why did Imam Malik never leave Madinah?

Out of love for the Prophet, Malik held Madinah above Makkah, never left it except once for Hajj, and would not wear shoes or ride near the Prophet's mosque. Mufti Abu Layth says the Maliki school holds Madinah to be more virtuous than Makkah, while the other schools disagree.

Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 46:44)

A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists (19 April 2023): Did Imam Malik reject the hadith he did not act on?

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Is studying religious knowledge better than voluntary prayer?

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Is studying religious knowledge better than voluntary prayer?

Imam Malik taught that devotion to learning is not lesser than voluntary worship, the paths to God being many, and Mufti Abu Layth urges not underestimating it. Mufti Abu Layth says one should not underestimate the value of devotion to learning, or think voluntary prayer is somehow more valuable to God.

Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 42:25)

A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists (19 April 2023): Did Imam Malik reject the hadith he did not act on?

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What is the difference between a hadith and the Sunnah in the Maliki school?

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

What is the difference between a hadith and the Sunnah in the Maliki school?

The school of Madinah is 'hadith relativist': it accepts a hadith where it matches the living Sunnah and not otherwise, since hadith is historical data and the Sunnah is the Prophet's teaching. Mufti Abu Layth says those who follow the school of Madinah are not hadith dogmatists but hadith relativists, embracing a hadith where it correlates with the Sunnah.

Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 37:24)

A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists (18 October 2025): Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?

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Why did Imam Malik sometimes reject authentic hadith?

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Why did Imam Malik sometimes reject authentic hadith?

Malik would cite a hadith and say Madinah did not act on it, a devastating stance for later hadith-centred scholars, given his unmatched authority. Mufti Abu Layth calls Malik's saying that his city does not act upon a hadith a catastrophe for the later hadith dogmatists.

Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 31:02)

A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists (18 October 2025): Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?

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Is the Muwatta of Imam Malik more authentic than Sahih al-Bukhari?

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Is 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. Mufti Abu Layth says the Muwatta is arguably the most authentic book of hadith from a hadith perspective.

Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 26:01)

A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists (19 April 2023): Did Imam Malik reject the hadith he did not act on?

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Was Imam Malik an ascetic?

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Was Imam Malik an ascetic?

No: Imam Malik was a wealthy merchant who enjoyed fine clothes and daily meat, unlike the ascetic tradition, and was criticised for it. Mufti Abu Layth says Imam Malik was not from the ascetic tradition in Islam; he enjoyed the wealth God had given him.

Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 23:27)

A more recent answer on wellbeing/gratitude-giving-and-contentment exists (5 March 2024): Which verse of the Quran promises more blessings for being grateful?

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What did Imam Malik's teachers teach him about hadith and Sunnah?

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

What did Imam Malik's teachers teach him about hadith and Sunnah?

Rabi'a taught him that a practice transmitted by a thousand from a thousand outweighs a hadith passed one from one, the living tradition of Madinah. Mufti Abu Layth says Rabi'a's saying 'a thousand from a thousand is more beloved to me than one from one' perfectly instantiates the debate of hadith versus Sunnah.

Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 22:12)

A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists (18 October 2025): Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?

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How did Imam Malik come to study religion?

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

How did Imam Malik come to study religion?

His mother gently steered him from singing to study, and that choice made him one of the most influential figures in Islamic history.

Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 17:40)

A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists (19 April 2023): Did Imam Malik reject the hadith he did not act on?

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Is it haram for men to wear earrings?

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Is 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. Mufti Abu Layth says many of the great imams of the early period, Imam Malik among them, used to wear earrings.

Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 12:43)

A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists (19 April 2023): Did Imam Malik reject the hadith he did not act on?

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Can a pregnancy last for years, as was said of Imam Malik's birth?

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Can a pregnancy last for years, as was said of Imam Malik's birth?

No: reports of years-long pregnancies are best explained by phantom pregnancies followed by real conception, not dismissed as lies or taken literally. Mufti Abu Layth says the old reports of pregnancies lasting years, as with Imam Malik's, can be explained by phantom pregnancies.

Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 5:36)

A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists (19 April 2023): Did Imam Malik reject the hadith he did not act on?

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Who was Imam Malik and where did he come from?

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Who was Imam Malik and where did he come from?

Imam Malik was born in Madinah around 93 AH into an Arab family of Himyarite origin, with a Companion great-grandfather and a grandfather among the tabi'un.

Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists (19 April 2023): Did Imam Malik reject the hadith he did not act on?

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What should Muslims focus on in confusing times?

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

What should Muslims focus on in confusing times?

Mufti Abu Layth says the best thing is to focus on yourself and be an example of light, inviting and welcoming people rather than condemning them. Mufti Abu Layth says the best possible thing a person can do is focus on themselves and be an example of light.

Answer from 22 February 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Muslim Scholars Allying With LGBTQ Community ? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 40:07)

A more recent answer on society/dawah-and-debate-culture exists (18 October 2025): How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?

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Is it my duty as a Muslim to preach to others?

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Is it my duty as a Muslim to preach to others?

Mufti Abu Layth says Muslims have a duty to be an example, not a duty to preach; turning religion into preaching information makes people judgmental. Mufti Abu Layth says Muslims have a duty to be an example, not a duty to preach.

Answer from 22 February 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Muslim Scholars Allying With LGBTQ Community ? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 37:42)

A more recent answer on society/dawah-and-debate-culture exists (18 October 2025): How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?

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Should Sunnis preach to Shia Muslims about what they get wrong?

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Should Sunnis preach to Shia Muslims about what they get wrong?

Mufti Abu Layth says no: it only leads to sectarian fighting. Answer people who come asking, but Sunni-Shia debating does no good. Mufti Abu Layth says he is not personally for Sunni-Shia debating because he feels it does no good and only does harm.

Answer from 22 February 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Muslim Scholars Allying With LGBTQ Community ? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 35:08)

A more recent answer on society/dawah-and-debate-culture exists (18 October 2025): How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?

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Is it okay for adults or children to change gender?

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Is it okay for adults or children to change gender?

Mufti Abu Layth says gender transition is an adult's own choice after professional advice, but children should not be put through it until they can decide for themselves. Mufti Abu Layth says children should not be put through gender transition until they can make the decision for themselves, setting aside intersex conditions.

Answer from 22 February 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Muslim Scholars Allying With LGBTQ Community ? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 28:41)

A more recent answer on fiqh/medical-ethics exists (10 March 2023): Can a pregnancy last for years, as was said of Imam Malik's birth?

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Will gay people around us make Muslims gay?

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Will gay people around us make Muslims gay?

Mufti Abu Layth says people being gay does not make others gay and the fear of it is an unnecessary insecurity; like Imam Malik on others' customs, their way of life is theirs. Mufti Abu Layth says the fear that people being gay will make Muslims gay is, in his view, an unnecessary insecurity.

Answer from 22 February 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Muslim Scholars Allying With LGBTQ Community ? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 24:50)

A more recent answer on belief/salvation-and-non-muslims exists (18 October 2025): If most people love praise and are punished, how is God the most merciful?

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Is there an LGBTQ push in media and schools?

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Is there an LGBTQ push in media and schools?

Mufti Abu Layth agrees there is a disproportionate LGBTQ push in media and objects to sexualising young children, calling it hypocritical that polygamy cannot be described the same way. Mufti Abu Layth says he does feel there is a disproportionate push on LGBTQ themes in media.

Answer from 22 February 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Muslim Scholars Allying With LGBTQ Community ? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 20:23)

A more recent answer on relationships/parents-and-children/raising-children exists (10 March 2023): How did Imam Malik come to study religion?

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Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?

Mufti Abu Layth says he described, not endorsed, a minority view that it is not haram; Islamic history holds diverse views, many scholars' poetry shows bisexual appreciation, and persecution is unacceptable. Mufti Abu Layth says that many scholars of Islam clearly had an appreciation for bisexuality, whether or not they practised it.

Answer from 22 February 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Muslim Scholars Allying With LGBTQ Community ? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 14:40)

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Should Muslims tell gay people what the Quran says about homosexuality?

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Should Muslims tell gay people what the Quran says about homosexuality?

Mufti Abu Layth says Americans are overwhelmingly not Muslim, so speaking on issues there means speaking to non-Muslim norms rather than preaching the Quran to them. Mufti Abu Layth says that when speaking generally about issues in a country such as America one speaks about its norms, not its exceptions.

Answer from 22 February 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Muslim Scholars Allying With LGBTQ Community ? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 8:55)

A more recent answer on society/dawah-and-debate-culture exists (18 October 2025): How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?

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Should scholars publicly condemn a scholar said to have joined in a libation ritual?

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Should scholars publicly condemn a scholar said to have joined in a libation ritual?

Mufti Abu Layth does not think people have to condemn the scholar; to Mufti, pouring some water at a protest, as the scholar says he did without knowing the ritual's history, is not a big deal.

Answer from 22 February 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Muslim Scholars Allying With LGBTQ Community ? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:08)

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Why orthodoxy took hold, and who wrote the checklist

Mon, 13 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Why orthodoxy took hold, and who wrote the checklist

Orthodoxy offered clarity, but its checklist was written by men from their own school and position, not by Allah and his Messenger. Mufti Abu Layth says the creedal list was taught not by Allah and his Messenger but by men, who wrote from their own perspective.

Answer from 13 February 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Birth Of Islamic Orthodoxy And Institutionalisation | Mufti Abu Layth (at 30:09)

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Language embeds power: 'inconvenience' versus 'hardship' in tayammum

Mon, 13 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Language embeds power: 'inconvenience' versus 'hardship' in tayammum

The words scholars choose, such as 'inconvenience' or 'hardship', already decide the ruling, embedding power even when used sincerely. Mufti Abu Layth says that the moment we deploy words we embed power structures, maybe subconsciously.

Answer from 13 February 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Birth Of Islamic Orthodoxy And Institutionalisation | Mufti Abu Layth (at 26:17)

A more recent answer on fiqh/legal-theory exists (18 October 2025): If reason helps us understand the Quran, does the reasoning of earlier scholars matter too?

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Orthodoxy and power: adding to the checklist, ijma and cancel culture

Mon, 13 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Orthodoxy and power: adding to the checklist, ijma and cancel culture

Once creed became a checklist, those in power could keep adding to it, as with ijma; everyone acts from power, even when sincere. Mufti Abu Layth says everybody acts from power and that doing so does not mean one is disingenuous.

Answer from 13 February 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Birth Of Islamic Orthodoxy And Institutionalisation | Mufti Abu Layth (at 19:10)

A more recent answer on fiqh/legal-theory exists (18 October 2025): If reason helps us understand the Quran, does the reasoning of earlier scholars matter too?

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The created Quran controversy and the birth of a creedal checklist

Mon, 13 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The created Quran controversy and the birth of a creedal checklist

In his research, orthodoxy began with the created-Quran controversy, which gave rise to the language of divine attributes and to growing creedal checklists. Mufti Abu Layth says that in his research he feels orthodoxy originates with the question of the creation of the Quran.

Answer from 13 February 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Birth Of Islamic Orthodoxy And Institutionalisation | Mufti Abu Layth (at 10:49)

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Apophatic definition: the early main body defined by what it was not

Mon, 13 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Apophatic definition: the early main body defined by what it was not

Early Muslims had no creed checklist: you belonged to the main body as long as you did not hold the positions of the known sects. Mufti Abu Layth says that in the time of the salaf the main body of Muslims was identified by contrast with outgroups, with no checklist of what to believe.

Answer from 13 February 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Birth Of Islamic Orthodoxy And Institutionalisation | Mufti Abu Layth (at 5:46)

A more recent answer on belief/sectarianism-and-takfir exists (22 February 2023): Should Sunnis preach to Shia Muslims about what they get wrong?

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The birth of orthodoxy: a nameless main body and the hadith project

Mon, 13 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The birth of orthodoxy: a nameless main body and the hadith project

Orthodoxy means belief deemed correct by those with power. For two centuries the main body of Muslims had no name and was marked out by involvement in hadith. Mufti Abu Layth says the name Ahl al-Sunnah did not exist until over two hundred years after the Prophet.

Answer from 13 February 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Birth Of Islamic Orthodoxy And Institutionalisation | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists (18 October 2025): Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?

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Is Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza consistent in how he criticises hadith?

Mon, 06 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Is Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza consistent in how he criticises hadith?

Not fully, says Mufti Abu Layth: Engineer Mirza's rational critique of others' hadith stops short of scrutinising how sahih hadith were authenticated. Mufti still calls him a legend and a much-needed voice.

Answer from 6 February 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Engineer Muhammad Mirza's Methods | Hadith Vs Sunnah | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:01)

A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists (18 October 2025): Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?

Watch on YouTube at 0:01 · Open the segment

What did Abu Hanifa say about Imam Malik?

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

What did Abu Hanifa say about Imam Malik?

Abu Hanifa called the younger Imam Malik a blonde, blue-eyed lad. Mufti Abu Layth closes that the Hanafi madhhab became restrictive in recent centuries while schools such as the Maliki kept their freedoms. Mufti Abu Layth says the Hanafi madhhab became very restrictive and controlling, especially in the last two or three centuries, whereas other schools such as the Maliki kept their freedoms.

Answer from 10 December 2022 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Imam Abu Hanifa | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:08:15)

A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists (19 April 2023): Did Imam Malik reject the hadith he did not act on?

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What is the story of the woman who tricked Abu Hanifa into a marriage proposal?

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

What is the story of the woman who tricked Abu Hanifa into a marriage proposal?

Abu Hanifa died in 150 AH and is buried in Baghdad. In a story of uncertain accuracy, a woman tricked him into a marriage with a different bride to get him back for the clever reference he once gave a poor suitor.

Answer from 10 December 2022 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Imam Abu Hanifa | Mufti Abu Layth (at 56:24)

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What did Abu Hanifa do about his neighbour who drank and sang at night?

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

What did Abu Hanifa do about his neighbour who drank and sang at night?

Rather than punishing his drunken, noisy neighbour, Abu Hanifa had him released from custody and asked whether he had let him go to waste, a kindness that transformed the man's life. Mufti Abu Layth draws from the story of Abu Hanifa's drunkard neighbour that doing kindness to people conquers their hearts.

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Recording: Imam Abu Hanifa | Mufti Abu Layth (at 45:49)

A more recent answer on wellbeing/character-and-virtue exists (29 September 2024): Spread love, and take account of the damage our words have done

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How did Abu Hanifa die, and what was he known for among people?

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

How did Abu Hanifa die, and what was he known for among people?

Abu Hanifa was imprisoned by the Abbasids for supporting an uprising from the Prophet's family and died, perhaps poisoned, in prison; he was loved above all for his compassion and generosity. Mufti Abu Layth says the feature that most made Abu Hanifa's legacy glow and won people's hearts was his compassion and generosity towards students, teachers and people in need.

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Recording: Imam Abu Hanifa | Mufti Abu Layth (at 41:54)

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How did Abu Hanifa solve the case of two brides sent to the wrong grooms?

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

How did Abu Hanifa solve the case of two brides sent to the wrong grooms?

Where Sufyan al-Thawri advised divorces, a waiting period and remarriage to the original spouses, Abu Hanifa had each man marry on the spot the woman he had spent the night with, sparing a waiting period and jealousy.

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Recording: Imam Abu Hanifa | Mufti Abu Layth (at 32:42)

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Did Abu Hanifa allow wudu with nabidh when there was no water?

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Did Abu Hanifa allow wudu with nabidh when there was no water?

In the early school of Abu Hanifa, someone without water could make wudu with nabidh, a weak fermented date drink, and he helped people out of rash conditional divorce oaths, unlike the sterner Imam Malik.

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Recording: Imam Abu Hanifa | Mufti Abu Layth (at 28:48)

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How did the Hanafi school develop from Abu Hanifa's teaching?

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

How did the Hanafi school develop from Abu Hanifa's teaching?

Abu Hanifa's students, above all Imam Muhammad, turned his spirit into an institution through the six books of the zahir al-riwaya, and Mufti Abu Layth feels the madhhab later lost that spirit and became focused on the letter of the law. Mufti Abu Layth says the Hanafi madhhab, over the generations, lost the spirit Abu Hanifa brought, became radically institutionalised and focused on the letter of the law, declaring most things haram, contrary to his concern to create ease.

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Recording: Imam Abu Hanifa | Mufti Abu Layth (at 24:52)

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Was Abu Hanifa involved in politics?

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Was Abu Hanifa involved in politics?

Abu Hanifa supported Zayd ibn Ali's uprising and fled to Makkah under the Umayyads, and the Abbasids later made him chief supervisor of the building of Baghdad.

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Recording: Imam Abu Hanifa | Mufti Abu Layth (at 22:16)

A more recent answer on history/umayyads-and-abbasids exists (10 March 2023): Why was Imam Malik flogged?

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Why did Abu Hanifa allow things like praying in Persian?

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Why 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. Mufti Abu Layth says Abu Hanifa's legal stratagems, such as allowing prayer in Persian, were meant to create ease and welcome people rather than to change Islam, and that this spirit is the one needed today.

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Recording: Imam Abu Hanifa | Mufti Abu Layth (at 17:01)

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Why was Abu Hanifa criticised so much in his own time?

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Why was Abu Hanifa criticised so much in his own time?

Abu Hanifa was accused in his lifetime of following desire and opinion over the Quran, partly by rivals such as Sufyan al-Thawri, though the imams generally stayed respectful of one another. Mufti Abu Layth says the hostility Sufyan al-Thawri often showed towards Abu Hanifa was not a good thing, and that he has never read Abu Hanifa being venomous about others.

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Recording: Imam Abu Hanifa | Mufti Abu Layth (at 13:05)

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How did Abu Hanifa become a scholar after starting out as a merchant?

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

How did Abu Hanifa become a scholar after starting out as a merchant?

Encouraged by al-Sha'bi to join the circles of knowledge, the merchant Abu Hanifa studied with Hammad ibn Abi Sulayman, succeeded him as the central figure of Kufa and became the voice of the school of reason. Mufti Abu Layth says Abu Hanifa concretised the school of reason in Kufa and was a legendary voice of reason whose story is inspiring.

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Recording: Imam Abu Hanifa | Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:36)

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Who was Imam Abu Hanifa and where did he come from?

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Who was Imam Abu Hanifa and where did he come from?

Abu Hanifa, a kunya that became his name, was of Persian ancestry with roots in Kabul, was born in Kufa in 80 AH and grew up as a stylish, successful cloth trader before turning to knowledge.

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Recording: Imam Abu Hanifa | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

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Recap: the novel, insult versus critique, and the false story summarised

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Recap: the novel, insult versus critique, and the false story summarised

Mufti Abu Layth recaps that Rushdie's novel was an insult rather than a critique and that the satanic verses story is a fabrication rejected by al-Tabari, Ibn Khuzayma and Qadi Iyad, recommending al-Shifa and al-Albani's book.

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Recording: Salman Rushdie & The Satanic Verses | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:52:45)

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Should loyalty to a scholar ever come before the honour of the Prophet?

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Should loyalty to a scholar ever come before the honour of the Prophet?

No: he says loyalty belongs first to the Prophet, so a report that disparages him must be rejected whoever accepted it, citing Imam Malik's maxim that everyone's words can be accepted or rejected except the Prophet's. Mufti Abu Layth says that when a report disparages the Prophet, loyalty belongs to the Prophet rather than to any scholar who accepted it, and that everyone's words may be accepted or rejected except the Prophet's.

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Recording: Salman Rushdie & The Satanic Verses | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:47:24)

A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?

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What does the Mufti think of Ibn Taymiyya and Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab?

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

What does the Mufti think of Ibn Taymiyya and Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab?

Mufti Abu Layth says Ibn Taymiyya's contribution is mainly to the Salafis and that Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab's misplaced zeal did great harm, while stressing that all scholars are human and make mistakes. Mufti Abu Layth says Ibn Hajar and al-Suyuti contributed greatly to Islam and Ibn Taymiyya to a lesser degree, while Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, in his view not a scholar of depth, had a misplaced zeal that did great harm to Muslims.

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Recording: Salman Rushdie & The Satanic Verses | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:42:10)

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Which scholars accepted the satanic verses story and which rejected it?

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Which scholars accepted the satanic verses story and which rejected it?

Mufti Abu Layth says al-Albani and Ibn Khuzayma rejected the story as a fabrication, while Ibn Taymiyya, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab and Ibn Hajar leaned towards giving it some basis. Mufti Abu Layth says the satanic verses story was fabricated by people unhappy with Islam, as Ibn Khuzayma said, and that Ibn Taymiyya and Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab were wrong to incline towards accepting it.

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Recording: Salman Rushdie & The Satanic Verses | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:34:20)

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What does the Quran say against the satanic verses story?

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

What does the Quran say against the satanic verses story?

Mufti Abu Layth says al-Suyuti repeated Ibn Hajar's mistake, while the Quran rules the story out: the Prophet does not speak from desire and Satan has no power to speak in his voice. Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran itself rules out the satanic verses story, since it says the Prophet does not speak from desire and that Satan has no power over people beyond calling them, so he cannot speak in the Prophet's voice.

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Recording: Salman Rushdie & The Satanic Verses | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:26:29)

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Why did Ibn Hajar say the satanic verses story has some basis?

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Why did Ibn Hajar say the satanic verses story has some basis?

Mufti Abu Layth says Ibn Hajar wrongly argued that the many weak chains give the story a basis, and attributes the mistake to passion for the hadith project rather than malice. Mufti Abu Layth says Ibn Hajar was wrong to argue that the many weak chains give the satanic verses story a basis, a mistake he attributes to passion for the hadith project rather than to malice.

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Recording: Salman Rushdie & The Satanic Verses | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:18:40)

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What did the classical Maliki scholars say about the satanic verses story?

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

What did the classical Maliki scholars say about the satanic verses story?

Mufti Abu Layth says the Maliki scholars, Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi and Qadi Iyad among them, rejected the story as fabricated, and that al-Tabari records the narrations but concludes they are false. Mufti Abu Layth says the Maliki scholars rightly rejected the satanic verses narrations as fabricated, and that even a sahih report contradicting the Quran would be rejected, let alone weak ones.

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Recording: Salman Rushdie & The Satanic Verses | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:14:40)

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Is Quran 22:52 about the satanic verses incident?

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Is Quran 22:52 about the satanic verses incident?

No: he rejects the link to 22:52, noting that Surah al-Hajj is Madinan, that the Prophet refused the Makkans' offers of compromise, and that the Quran calls the idols mere stone. Mufti Abu Layth says the story that the Prophet praised the idols, or that Satan spoke in his voice, is absurd, and that 22:52, in a Madinan surah, has nothing to do with it.

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Recording: Salman Rushdie & The Satanic Verses | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:09:22)

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What are the satanic verses in Islamic history?

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

What are the satanic verses in Islamic history?

Mufti Abu Layth explains that the Prophet's recitation of Surah al-Najm and the prostration of everyone present are documented, but that the added story of him praising the three goddesses is false. Mufti Abu Layth says the prostration of everyone present when the Prophet recited Surah al-Najm is documented, possibly out of respect at the mention of their gods, but that the narrations claiming the Prophet praised the three goddesses are false.

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Recording: Salman Rushdie & The Satanic Verses | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:00:37)

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What does holding on to bitterness do to a person?

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

What does holding on to bitterness do to a person?

After jokes about Rushdie's marriages, he says bitterness consumes the person who carries it and hurts those around them, and prays for such hearts to be healed. Mufti Abu Layth says bitterness harboured against others destroys the one who carries it and hurts those closest to them, and he prays that God heals such hearts.

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Recording: Salman Rushdie & The Satanic Verses | Mufti Abu Layth (at 56:41)

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