Mufti Abu Layth Archive: MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth

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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Closing: thanks, the guest's message and sign-off

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Closing: thanks, the guest's message and sign-off

Housekeeping: thanks, the guest's closing message and Mufti Abu Layth's sign-off.

Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 2:06:40)

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How is Lupe Fiasco finding Ramadan during Covid?

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

How is Lupe Fiasco finding Ramadan during Covid?

The guest says Ramadan has been easy, though he misses the mosque and tarawih after staying away during Covid to protect older worshippers.

Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 2:04:44)

A more recent answer on society/current-events/covid-19 exists (29 November 2021): Is it wrong to joke about people who are seriously ill with covid?

Watch on YouTube at 2:05:24 · Open the segment

Is life just a dream in the mind of God?

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is life just a dream in the mind of God?

The guest says life is real and material, the unseen is part of nature, and ordinary people do not need the supernatural.

Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 2:01:29)

Watch on YouTube at 2:02:07 · Open the segment

Is Lupe Fiasco retiring from music?

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is Lupe Fiasco retiring from music?

The guest says he is not retiring but reorganising his life at forty around the metaphor of a garden, preparing for major technological change.

Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 1:57:50)

A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?

Watch on YouTube at 1:58:29 · Open the segment

How did Lupe Fiasco discover Mufti Abu Layth?

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

How did Lupe Fiasco discover Mufti Abu Layth?

The guest says he found Mufti Abu Layth while looking for alternatives to the Salafi content that dominates Muslim YouTube, and values his different point of view.

Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 1:54:40)

A more recent answer on dialogue/the-mufti-and-the-channel exists (18 May 2021): Response to accusations over Palestine remarks and claims he is not Muslim

Watch on YouTube at 1:55:15 · Open the segment

Did Lupe Fiasco know DMX?

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Did Lupe Fiasco know DMX?

The guest says he did not know DMX closely, and describes meeting Dave Chappelle.

Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 1:53:21)

A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?

Watch on YouTube at 1:53:21 · Open the segment

What does Lupe Fiasco think of Killah Priest's song B.I.B.L.E.?

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

What does Lupe Fiasco think of Killah Priest's song B.I.B.L.E.?

The guest calls Killah Priest's 'B.I.B.L.E.' an amazing record about a spiritual journey, noting that studying Islam's Jewish and Christian sources creates intellectual tension.

Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 1:51:28)

A more recent answer on fiqh/entertainment/music exists (10 March 2023): Is it haram for men to wear earrings?

Watch on YouTube at 1:52:06 · Open the segment

What inspired Lupe Fiasco's song Words I Never Said?

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

What inspired Lupe Fiasco's song Words I Never Said?

The guest says 'Words I Never Said' was his attempt, at the height of his fame, to speak truth to power about wealth disparity and militarism.

Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 1:48:51)

A more recent answer on fiqh/entertainment/music exists (10 March 2023): Is it haram for men to wear earrings?

Watch on YouTube at 1:48:51 · Open the segment

What is Lupe Fiasco's view of Kanye West's religious rebirth?

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

What is Lupe Fiasco's view of Kanye West's religious rebirth?

The guest declines to judge Kanye West's faith, praising his work ethic while disagreeing with him, and calls Jay-Z a mentor and a genius with words.

Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 1:44:23)

A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?

Watch on YouTube at 1:45:38 · Open the segment

Are young people today facing an existential crisis?

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Are young people today facing an existential crisis?

The guest says most people face a crisis of purpose rather than of existence, urges anyone with suicidal thoughts to seek expert help, and says young people can find value without conventional success.

Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 1:36:35)

A more recent answer on wellbeing/motivation-and-purpose exists (4 March 2024): How much does Allah love me?

Watch on YouTube at 1:37:14 · Open the segment

Do obscene or blasphemous thoughts during prayer ruin my salah?

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Do 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.

Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 1:28:55)

A more recent answer on fiqh/prayer/conditions-and-validity exists (10 December 2022): Why did Abu Hanifa allow things like praying in Persian?

Watch on YouTube at 1:31:29 · Open the segment

Is humanity becoming more or less moral?

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is humanity becoming more or less moral?

The guest says morality is remade daily, with no overall rise or fall and no consistent definition; Mufti Abu Layth says he agrees.

Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 1:23:42)

A more recent answer on society/islam-and-modernity exists (19 August 2022): Should all religions be free to compete without state backing?

Watch on YouTube at 1:24:22 · Open the segment

What inspired the story of Lupe Fiasco's album The Cool?

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

What inspired the story of Lupe Fiasco's album The Cool?

Mufti Abu Layth describes a classical tale of a poet's journey through paradise; the guest explains the resurrection story behind his album The Cool and the slave-ship myth of Drogas Wave.

Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 1:15:55)

A more recent answer on arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters exists (22 February 2023): Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?

Watch on YouTube at 1:17:52 · Open the segment

Did everyone at the time of the Prophet accept Islam without questions?

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Did everyone at the time of the Prophet accept Islam without questions?

The guest says early Muslims, including poets, had real critiques; Mufti Abu Layth says the deen should complement life rather than complicate it.

Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 1:10:04)

A more recent answer on arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters exists (22 February 2023): Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?

Watch on YouTube at 1:10:04 · Open the segment

Can a Muslim work in the music industry and keep their faith?

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Can a Muslim work in the music industry and keep their faith?

The guest says religion should be judged apart from the actions of its followers in any industry; Mufti Abu Layth says relatable poetry and music inspire people more than being told to go to the mosque.

Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 1:02:16)

A more recent answer on fiqh/entertainment/music exists (10 March 2023): Is it haram for men to wear earrings?

Watch on YouTube at 1:02:56 · Open the segment

Are psychedelics like mushrooms and DMT haram?

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Are psychedelics like mushrooms and DMT haram?

Mufti Abu Layth says he has a video saying psychedelics are not haram; the guest says he has never drunk or used drugs and judges such substances by a medicinal line.

Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 57:45)

A more recent answer on fiqh/intoxicants-and-substances/psychedelics exists (30 August 2021): Is a DMT ego death the same as the Sufi idea of fana?

Watch on YouTube at 58:24 · Open the segment

Why does China try to control who becomes the Dalai Lama?

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Why does China try to control who becomes the Dalai Lama?

The guest says China's attempt to control the Dalai Lama's reincarnation shows a state using religion, something he sees in pieces in Muslim countries and elsewhere.

Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 52:34)

A more recent answer on society/current-events/middle-east-and-world exists (17 May 2021): What does Mufti Abu Layth think the solution for Kashmir is?

Watch on YouTube at 53:12 · Open the segment

How does the Chinese state deal with religion?

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

How does the Chinese state deal with religion?

The guest describes Chinese paper offerings burned for the dead, a government crackdown on their modern forms, and the Anti-Spiritual Pollution Campaign as examples of the state managing religion.

Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 43:35)

A more recent answer on society/current-events/middle-east-and-world exists (17 May 2021): What does Mufti Abu Layth think the solution for Kashmir is?

Watch on YouTube at 44:07 · Open the segment

Is it normal for faith to keep changing over a lifetime?

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is it normal for faith to keep changing over a lifetime?

Mufti Abu Layth says faith is a lifelong journey and iman an organic process, not a fixed mould to be fitted onto everyone.

Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 42:17)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 42:17 · Open the segment

What does Lupe Fiasco think the soul is?

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

What does Lupe Fiasco think the soul is?

The guest says exposure to many faiths has left him still searching, and that he thinks of the soul as a name for many functions of the body, holding his 'I don't know' comfortably.

Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 36:27)

A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?

Watch on YouTube at 36:27 · Open the segment

Is the soul the same thing as consciousness?

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is the soul the same thing as consciousness?

The guest describes storytelling as a syncing of minds; Mufti Abu Layth says he feels consciousness is synonymous with the ruh and links people weakly at a distance.

Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 33:13)

Watch on YouTube at 35:08 · Open the segment

Do we think in words or in images?

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Do we think in words or in images?

The guest argues that shapes are more fundamental than words or pictures; Mufti Abu Layth says words are also reductive, forcing profound things into limited form.

Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 25:25)

A more recent answer on wellbeing/islamic-psychology exists (19 August 2022): Why did Salman Rushdie write The Satanic Verses?

Watch on YouTube at 26:43 · Open the segment

Did Lupe Fiasco's way with words come naturally?

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Did Lupe Fiasco's way with words come naturally?

The guest says words did not come naturally: he trained himself by copying words from magazine covers into raps until metaphors and images came easily.

Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 19:02)

A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?

Watch on YouTube at 19:40 · Open the segment

How did Lupe Fiasco go from science to rap?

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

How did Lupe Fiasco go from science to rap?

The guest says he wanted to be a rocket scientist but struggled with maths, and signed a record deal straight out of high school.

Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 14:35)

A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?

Watch on YouTube at 15:14 · Open the segment

What was Lupe Fiasco's childhood like?

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

What was Lupe Fiasco's childhood like?

The guest describes growing up in Chicago in a family of martial arts, music and engineering, giving up chess over a hadith, and turning to rap when he could not learn the clarinet.

Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 6:52)

A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?

Watch on YouTube at 6:52 · Open the segment

What does Lupe Fiasco's name Wasalu mean, and how was he raised?

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

What does Lupe Fiasco's name Wasalu mean, and how was he raised?

The guest says he has never confirmed what his name Wasalu means; Mufti Abu Layth suggests the Arabic 'to connect'. Born to convert parents, he says he was born Muslim.

Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 3:14)

A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?

Watch on YouTube at 3:14 · Open the segment

Opening: sound trouble and welcoming Lupe Fiasco to MindTrap

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Opening: sound trouble and welcoming Lupe Fiasco to MindTrap

Housekeeping: after sound checks Mufti Abu Layth introduces his guest, the rapper Lupe Fiasco.

Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 0:01)

Watch on YouTube at 0:01 · Open the segment

Closing: thanks, a promised follow-up and the guest's book on Hanafi principles

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Closing: thanks, a promised follow-up and the guest's book on Hanafi principles

Mufti Abu Layth thanks the guest, promises a follow-up, and recommends his book Hanafi Principles of Testing Hadith.

Answer from 29 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Shaykh Atabek Shukurov | Mortgages, Madhabs & Molvi-ism | MindTrap 48 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:32:29)

Watch on YouTube at 1:32:29 · Open the segment

When should I pray Isha in the UK summer when it never gets fully dark?

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

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.

Answer from 29 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Shaykh Atabek Shukurov | Mortgages, Madhabs & Molvi-ism | MindTrap 48 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:28:21)

A more recent answer on fiqh/prayer exists (18 October 2025): Why are two of the daily prayers recited silently when 17:110 says not to be silent?

Watch on YouTube at 1:28:21 · Open the segment

What does Shaykh Atabek think of his debate on the Isha time?

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

What does Shaykh Atabek think of his debate on the Isha time?

The guest says his much-watched exchange on the Isha time was not a real debate, since his opponent never addressed his proofs.

Answer from 29 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Shaykh Atabek Shukurov | Mortgages, Madhabs & Molvi-ism | MindTrap 48 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:24:25)

A more recent answer on fiqh/prayer exists (18 October 2025): Why are two of the daily prayers recited silently when 17:110 says not to be silent?

Watch on YouTube at 1:24:53 · Open the segment

The guest's laptop battery runs low; viewers' questions deferred

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

The guest's laptop battery runs low; viewers' questions deferred

The guest's laptop is running out of battery, so viewers' questions are kept for a follow-up session.

Answer from 29 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Shaykh Atabek Shukurov | Mortgages, Madhabs & Molvi-ism | MindTrap 48 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:23:10)

Watch on YouTube at 1:23:10 · Open the segment

Did Abu Hanifa really write al-Fiqh al-Akbar?

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Did Abu Hanifa really write al-Fiqh al-Akbar?

The guest says Abu Hanifa did write al-Fiqh al-Akbar but the text has later additions, and that Zufar's books survive only in fragments.

Answer from 29 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Shaykh Atabek Shukurov | Mortgages, Madhabs & Molvi-ism | MindTrap 48 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:20:26)

A more recent answer on belief/creed-and-kalam-schools exists (13 February 2023): Why orthodoxy took hold, and who wrote the checklist

Watch on YouTube at 1:20:26 · Open the segment

Who was Abu Hanifa's most trusted student?

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Who was Abu Hanifa's most trusted student?

The guest relies chiefly on Zufar, whom he says Abu Hanifa himself authorised to teach, over Imam Muhammad, who was a teenager when Abu Hanifa died; Zufar's sidelining is left for another session.

Answer from 29 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Shaykh Atabek Shukurov | Mortgages, Madhabs & Molvi-ism | MindTrap 48 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:16:23)

A more recent answer on fiqh/madhhabs-and-following/hanafi-school exists (10 December 2022): What did Abu Hanifa say about Imam Malik?

Watch on YouTube at 1:16:23 · Open the segment

Did Abu Hanifa allow drinks with a little alcohol?

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Did Abu Hanifa allow drinks with a little alcohol?

The guest says Abu Hanifa's ruling that mildly fermented non-wine drinks are not haram shows he followed the Quran over reports; Mufti Abu Layth says the lesson is his way of thinking.

Answer from 29 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Shaykh Atabek Shukurov | Mortgages, Madhabs & Molvi-ism | MindTrap 48 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:12:59)

A more recent answer on fiqh/madhhabs-and-following/hanafi-school exists (10 December 2022): What did Abu Hanifa say about Imam Malik?

Watch on YouTube at 1:13:24 · Open the segment

Did the early Hanafis hold that apostates should be killed?

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Did the early Hanafis hold that apostates should be killed?

The guest says the early Hanafi view, from Abu Hanifa and Zufar, is that apostasy itself carries no punishment and only an actual threat is punished; Mufti Abu Layth calls today's Hanafi blasphemy laws upside down.

Answer from 29 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Shaykh Atabek Shukurov | Mortgages, Madhabs & Molvi-ism | MindTrap 48 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:11:04)

A more recent answer on fiqh/public-law-and-governance/apostasy-and-blasphemy exists (29 September 2024): Is someone who says something wrong about the Prophet guilty of blasphemy?

Watch on YouTube at 1:11:43 · Open the segment

What is wijada, and why does it matter for the hadith on killing apostates?

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

What is wijada, and why does it matter for the hadith on killing apostates?

The guest says the apostasy hadith cannot justify killing, since its own wording is not followed and it reaches us only by wijada; Mufti Abu Layth blames the Salafi call for putting raw hadith in place of the madhhabs.

Answer from 29 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Shaykh Atabek Shukurov | Mortgages, Madhabs & Molvi-ism | MindTrap 48 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:06:26)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 1:06:26 · Open the segment

Why do Hanafis defend Sahih al-Bukhari when their school differs from it?

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

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.

Answer from 29 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Shaykh Atabek Shukurov | Mortgages, Madhabs & Molvi-ism | MindTrap 48 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 58:48)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 59:28 · Open the segment

Is the Musnad really Imam Ahmad's book, and is it authentic?

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is the Musnad really Imam Ahmad's book, and is it authentic?

The guest says the Musnad is Imam Ahmad's draft but cannot be authentic by its own rules, since it reached us by wijada with additions by his son; Mufti Abu Layth holds that it was not Ahmad's book at all.

Answer from 29 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Shaykh Atabek Shukurov | Mortgages, Madhabs & Molvi-ism | MindTrap 48 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 54:39)

A more recent answer on hadith/collections-and-compilation exists (10 March 2023): Is the Muwatta of Imam Malik more authentic than Sahih al-Bukhari?

Watch on YouTube at 55:06 · Open the segment

Was there a power struggle in the early Hanafi school?

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Was there a power struggle in the early Hanafi school?

Mufti Abu Layth feels the early Hanafi school saw power struggles and that Abu Yusuf lacked Abu Hanifa's reason; the guest calls Ahmad ibn Hanbal the greatest muhaddith but not a jurist of the first rank.

Answer from 29 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Shaykh Atabek Shukurov | Mortgages, Madhabs & Molvi-ism | MindTrap 48 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 50:40)

A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams exists (10 December 2022): How did Abu Hanifa become a scholar after starting out as a merchant?

Watch on YouTube at 51:13 · Open the segment

Why does Shaykh Atabek want to restore the early Hanafi school?

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Why does Shaykh Atabek want to restore the early Hanafi school?

The guest wants to restore the early Hanafi school of a fully independent Abu Hanifa; Mufti Abu Layth says Abu Hanifa championed reason but his school later became almost his opposite.

Answer from 29 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Shaykh Atabek Shukurov | Mortgages, Madhabs & Molvi-ism | MindTrap 48 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 46:49)

A more recent answer on fiqh/madhhabs-and-following/hanafi-school exists (10 December 2022): What did Abu Hanifa say about Imam Malik?

Watch on YouTube at 46:49 · Open the segment

Could a senior scholar ever publicly change his fatwa on mortgages?

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Could a senior scholar ever publicly change his fatwa on mortgages?

Mufti Abu Layth doubts the jurist could ever publicly accept the guest's view; the guest says almost no scholar is fully independent of politics, audience or salary.

Answer from 29 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Shaykh Atabek Shukurov | Mortgages, Madhabs & Molvi-ism | MindTrap 48 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 39:38)

A more recent answer on dialogue/views-on-contemporary-scholars exists (22 February 2023): Should scholars publicly condemn a scholar said to have joined in a libation ritual?

Watch on YouTube at 40:13 · Open the segment

What happened when Shaykh Atabek wrote to Mufti Taqi Usmani about mortgages?

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

What happened when Shaykh Atabek wrote to Mufti Taqi Usmani about mortgages?

The guest says his respectful open letter to Mufti Taqi Usmani on mortgages got no reply, only an abusive reaction from students, which he does not think the mufti ordered.

Answer from 29 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Shaykh Atabek Shukurov | Mortgages, Madhabs & Molvi-ism | MindTrap 48 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 33:53)

A more recent answer on dialogue/views-on-contemporary-scholars exists (22 February 2023): Should scholars publicly condemn a scholar said to have joined in a libation ritual?

Watch on YouTube at 33:53 · Open the segment

Isn't calling a mortgage agency just a loophole for interest?

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Isn't calling a mortgage agency just a loophole for interest?

The guest says the loophole charge is backwards: what counts is what is technically happening, and a bank that also gives loans can still offer a permissible mortgage, as a pub also sells food.

Answer from 29 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Shaykh Atabek Shukurov | Mortgages, Madhabs & Molvi-ism | MindTrap 48 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 31:13)

Watch on YouTube at 31:13 · Open the segment

Is a mortgage riba?

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is a mortgage riba?

The guest says a mortgage is not riba because the bank acts as an agent buying a specific house and then sells it on in instalments; riba is only a free loan repaid with extra.

Answer from 29 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Shaykh Atabek Shukurov | Mortgages, Madhabs & Molvi-ism | MindTrap 48 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 23:22)

A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?

Watch on YouTube at 25:59 · Open the segment

Is growing a beard obligatory in the Hanafi school?

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is growing a beard obligatory in the Hanafi school?

The guest says Hanafi principles act as a constitution before which everyone is equal, and that by them keeping the beard is mubah, not wajib as subcontinent scholars concluded.

Answer from 29 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Shaykh Atabek Shukurov | Mortgages, Madhabs & Molvi-ism | MindTrap 48 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 17:37)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 18:37 · Open the segment

How do people react when a scholar from Uzbekistan challenges subcontinent scholars?

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

How do people react when a scholar from Uzbekistan challenges subcontinent scholars?

Mufti Abu Layth says UK Islam comes almost wholly from Indo-Pakistani and Saudi culture; the guest says challenging subcontinent scholars from Uzbekistan draws harsh reactions, but open-minded people keep him going.

Answer from 29 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Shaykh Atabek Shukurov | Mortgages, Madhabs & Molvi-ism | MindTrap 48 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 13:06)

A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?

Watch on YouTube at 15:01 · Open the segment

How did Shaykh Atabek Shukurov become a scholar?

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

How did Shaykh Atabek Shukurov become a scholar?

The guest traces his path from a Soviet childhood through Karachi and Saudi Arabia to eight years in Syria, where he learned to compare inherited cultures with the classical texts.

Answer from 29 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Shaykh Atabek Shukurov | Mortgages, Madhabs & Molvi-ism | MindTrap 48 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:17)

A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?

Watch on YouTube at 6:17 · Open the segment

What is Shaykh Atabek Shukurov working on, and why does he teach principles before rulings?

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

What is Shaykh Atabek Shukurov working on, and why does he teach principles before rulings?

The guest says his main work is separating inherited culture from religion and teaching principles before detailed rulings, alongside a college of traditional medicine and writing books.

Answer from 29 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Shaykh Atabek Shukurov | Mortgages, Madhabs & Molvi-ism | MindTrap 48 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:37)

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Opening: welcoming Shaykh Atabek Shukurov and an audio check

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Opening: welcoming Shaykh Atabek Shukurov and an audio check

Mufti Abu Layth welcomes Shaykh Atabek Shukurov from Uzbekistan, introduced as a voice of reason, and checks the audio.

Answer from 29 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Shaykh Atabek Shukurov | Mortgages, Madhabs & Molvi-ism | MindTrap 48 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:08)

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Closing: the guest's projects, his statement of faith, and a safe space for views

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Closing: the guest's projects, his statement of faith, and a safe space for views

The guest describes his planned article and book, affirms that he believes the Quran is divine revelation and that his views are legitimate, and Mufti Abu Layth says no one has the authority to silence learned opinions by calling them misguided.

Answer from 11 December 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Dr Javad T. Hashmi | Axis of Morality & Archetypal Myths in the Quran | MindTrap 46 |Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:47:50)

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Are the jinn real, or a symbol?

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Are the jinn real, or a symbol?

The guest says the Quran rearticulated a late antique belief in jinn to subordinate them to God, that he does not literally believe in them, and that Shaytan personifies human evil; Mufti Abu Layth agrees that inner impulses are personified as good and bad forces.

Answer from 11 December 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Dr Javad T. Hashmi | Axis of Morality & Archetypal Myths in the Quran | MindTrap 46 |Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:41:04)

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Why does the guest criticise Yasir Qadhi's views on jinn and evolution?

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Why does the guest criticise Yasir Qadhi's views on jinn and evolution?

The guest criticises Yasir Qadhi's dogmatic style and his literal readings of Dhul Qarnayn, evolution and jinn, offering a medical explanation for exorcism accounts; Mufti Abu Layth jokes about the zombie theory and calls Brubaker courteous.

Answer from 11 December 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Dr Javad T. Hashmi | Axis of Morality & Archetypal Myths in the Quran | MindTrap 46 |Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:33:08)

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Why does the Quran give so little detail about some prophets?

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Why does the Quran give so little detail about some prophets?

The guest says the brief, repeated stories are archetypes recalled to console the Prophet, which audiences already knew; Mufti Abu Layth argues that following an archetype does not show a story was invented.

Answer from 11 December 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Dr Javad T. Hashmi | Axis of Morality & Archetypal Myths in the Quran | MindTrap 46 |Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:25:43)

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What do the unusual words in the Dhul Qarnayn verses mean?

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

What do the unusual words in the Dhul Qarnayn verses mean?

Mufti Abu Layth argues the wording of 18:83-90 is too vague to be a retelling of the Alexander legend; the guest says the Syriac subtext explains it and that without it the passage invites endless speculative readings, and they agree to differ.

Answer from 11 December 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Dr Javad T. Hashmi | Axis of Morality & Archetypal Myths in the Quran | MindTrap 46 |Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:17:04)

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Why does the Quran tell the story of Dhul Qarnayn so briefly?

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Why does the Quran tell the story of Dhul Qarnayn so briefly?

The guest says the Quran retells the known legend concisely to show the Prophet's knowledge from God, while stripping its Christian imperial ending; Mufti Abu Layth objects that its unusual wording is too vague for that.

Answer from 11 December 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Dr Javad T. Hashmi | Axis of Morality & Archetypal Myths in the Quran | MindTrap 46 |Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:11:24)

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Is the Dhul Qarnayn story based on the legend of Alexander?

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Is the Dhul Qarnayn story based on the legend of Alexander?

The guest says scholarship shows the Dhul Qarnayn story derives from a Byzantine Christian legend of Alexander walling in Gog and Magog, known to the Quran's first audience; Mufti Abu Layth asks why the Quran then tells it so ambiguously.

Answer from 11 December 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Dr Javad T. Hashmi | Axis of Morality & Archetypal Myths in the Quran | MindTrap 46 |Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:06:50)

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Who was Dhul Qarnayn, and who are Gog and Magog?

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Who was Dhul Qarnayn, and who are Gog and Magog?

Mufti Abu Layth identifies Dhul Qarnayn most likely with Cyrus the Great and reads Gog and Magog as havoc-wreaking forces, later the colonial powers; the guest says this already relies on ad hoc literary reinterpretation.

Answer from 11 December 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Dr Javad T. Hashmi | Axis of Morality & Archetypal Myths in the Quran | MindTrap 46 |Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:01:55)

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Does the Quran actually say the miracles happened?

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Does the Quran actually say the miracles happened?

Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran often never states that a miracle occurred, as with the table for Jesus, and that the prophets were real though later assumptions colour them; the guest says the Quran rearticulates the discourses of its milieu.

Answer from 11 December 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Dr Javad T. Hashmi | Axis of Morality & Archetypal Myths in the Quran | MindTrap 46 |Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:56:12)

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Does the Quran treat every human life as sacred, even in war?

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Does the Quran treat every human life as sacred, even in war?

The guest says the Quran holds every human soul sacred, which classical exegetes on jihad missed; Mufti Abu Layth says Muslim scholarship must shift from outdated fiqh to ethics.

Answer from 11 December 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Dr Javad T. Hashmi | Axis of Morality & Archetypal Myths in the Quran | MindTrap 46 |Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:52:45)

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Is the story of Adam in the Quran a myth?

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Is the story of Adam in the Quran a myth?

The guest reads the Adam story as sacred myth whose point is human dignity, improving on the Babylonian and biblical accounts by removing original sin and blame of the woman; Mufti Abu Layth holds the figures and events were real but told to appeal to listeners.

Answer from 11 December 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Dr Javad T. Hashmi | Axis of Morality & Archetypal Myths in the Quran | MindTrap 46 |Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:45:37)

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Should archaeology worry believers about the Quran's stories?

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Should archaeology worry believers about the Quran's stories?

The guest, as a self-described Islamic modernist following Fazlur Rahman, says believers need not fear archaeology, since the Quran re-attributes Jesus' miracles to God for theological rather than historical ends.

Answer from 11 December 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Dr Javad T. Hashmi | Axis of Morality & Archetypal Myths in the Quran | MindTrap 46 |Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:42:25)

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Who were the riders seen at Badr?

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Who were the riders seen at Badr?

Mufti Abu Layth takes the Badr angels as strength and vigour rather than a physical event and floats a theory that the riders seen were Persian knights of the House of Karen; the guest prefers a purely literary reading.

Answer from 11 December 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Dr Javad T. Hashmi | Axis of Morality & Archetypal Myths in the Quran | MindTrap 46 |Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:39:02)

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Did angels really fight at the battle of Badr?

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Did angels really fight at the battle of Badr?

The guest says the angels at Badr are a literary description of God strengthening the believers' hearts, since the named Muslims who killed the enemy chiefs are known, and that the same reading applies to earlier prophets' stories.

Answer from 11 December 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Dr Javad T. Hashmi | Axis of Morality & Archetypal Myths in the Quran | MindTrap 46 |Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:34:56)

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Did the Prophet Muhammad perform miracles?

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Did the Prophet Muhammad perform miracles?

The guest argues that the Quran implies the Prophet performed no miracles and ties signs to compulsion, so traditionalists read miracles in from hadith; both speakers appear to reject the view that every prophet needs a miracle.

Answer from 11 December 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Dr Javad T. Hashmi | Axis of Morality & Archetypal Myths in the Quran | MindTrap 46 |Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:30:29)

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Did Jesus really speak in the cradle, and did the earlier prophets exist?

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Did Jesus really speak in the cradle, and did the earlier prophets exist?

The guest says historians can be confident that Muhammad and Jesus existed but less so of earlier figures, and that the Quran's Jesus stories, such as speaking in the cradle, are dramatised; Mufti Abu Layth says no clear verse says Jesus spoke in the cradle.

Answer from 11 December 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Dr Javad T. Hashmi | Axis of Morality & Archetypal Myths in the Quran | MindTrap 46 |Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:24:52)

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Why does the Quran tell the same story in different ways?

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Why does the Quran tell the same story in different ways?

The guest says the Quran's stories are set in sacred, not historical, time and follow archetypes that speak to the Prophet's own circumstances, which is why the same story, such as Lot's or the golden calf, is told differently.

Answer from 11 December 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Dr Javad T. Hashmi | Axis of Morality & Archetypal Myths in the Quran | MindTrap 46 |Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:20:23)

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Are paradise and hell in the Quran meant literally?

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Are paradise and hell in the Quran meant literally?

The guest, following Ibn Rushd against al-Ghazali, says belief requires accepting the afterlife, not literal readings of its details; Mufti Abu Layth agrees the afterlife is symbolic but says the prophets' stories are of this world.

Answer from 11 December 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Dr Javad T. Hashmi | Axis of Morality & Archetypal Myths in the Quran | MindTrap 46 |Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:15:55)

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Does the Quran speak in symbols and metaphors?

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Does the Quran speak in symbols and metaphors?

Mufti Abu Layth agrees with Ibn Rushd that the Quran speaks in symbols and that scripture is a kind of art, but asks whether the guest thinks the prophets and their stories are fictitious.

Answer from 11 December 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Dr Javad T. Hashmi | Axis of Morality & Archetypal Myths in the Quran | MindTrap 46 |Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:13:07)

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