Mufti Abu Layth Archive: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth

I don't feel spiritual in Ramadan; am I a bad Muslim?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

I don't feel spiritual in Ramadan; am I a bad Muslim?

No: Mufti Abu Layth says not feeling Ramadan's atmosphere is no reflection of your faith, since worship is not measured by how good it feels. Mufti Abu Layth says not feeling the spiritual atmosphere of Ramadan or hajj is no reflection of a person's faith and no cause for guilt, since worship is not measured by how it feels.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:34:59)

A more recent answer on wellbeing/religious-guilt-and-scrupulosity exists (16 April 2022): Am I only praying because I fear God will punish me?

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Can I skip fasting because of work, exams or health, and what do I do instead?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Can I skip fasting because of work, exams or health, and what do I do instead?

It is your call: make the fast up later if you can, or give fidya if your situation will not change, which Mufti Abu Layth bases on the plain wording of Quran 2:184. Mufti Abu Layth says whether one can fast is one's own decision, that those who cannot should make the fast up later or, if their situation will not change, give fidya on the apparent reading of 2:184, and that fasting is a personal commitment, not a punishment.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:28:21)

A more recent answer on quran/hermeneutics exists (18 October 2025): Does 3:188 mean everyone who likes praise will be punished?

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Can I fast for a fixed 12 hours when the days are very long?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Can I fast for a fixed 12 hours when the days are very long?

Follow any timetable you like; Mufti Abu Layth endorses the al-Azhar-derived fatwa that a fast of twelve hours or more is valid for anyone who needs it. Mufti Abu Layth says one may follow any reasonable fasting timetable, and that he endorses the fatwa that a fast of twelve hours or more is valid for those who need it, whose need others may not judge.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:21:50)

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Is it wrong for a Muslim to want to make money?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is it wrong for a Muslim to want to make money?

No: Mufti Abu Layth says make money and enjoy what it brings, but do not love money for itself, and remember that giving opens the way to provision. Mufti Abu Layth says it is good to be enterprising and make money, provided one loves what money brings rather than money itself, and that provision is counterintuitively increased through giving.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:08:42)

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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Was Adam a real person?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Was Adam a real person?

Yes: Mufti Abu Layth believes Adam was a literal person, the father of the cognitive revolution, though he accepts some read him as a metaphor. Mufti Abu Layth says he believes Adam was a literal person, the father of the cognitive revolution, while accepting that some see him as a metaphor.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:06:04)

A more recent answer on quran/stories-of-the-prophets/adam-and-creation exists (19 January 2022): Where do Neanderthals fit in the Islamic story of Adam?

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What does Mufti Abu Layth think of al-Shaybani's critique of the Madinan school?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

What does Mufti Abu Layth think of al-Shaybani's critique of the Madinan school?

Mufti Abu Layth calls al-Shaybani's book an arrogant reply to Malik that failed from its title, since Islam was lived in Madinah and preserved in Malik's school. Mufti Abu Layth says al-Shaybani's book against the people of Madinah failed from its title, since Islam was lived and taught in Madinah and captured by Imam Malik, whose school tries to preserve the practice of Madinah.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:02:08)

A more recent answer on fiqh/maliki-school exists (19 April 2023): Why does the practice of Madinah matter more than a single hadith?

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Is the pursuit of knowledge a deeper drive than sex?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is the pursuit of knowledge a deeper drive than sex?

Yes for the conscious mind, Mufti Abu Layth says, which is driven by curiosity; and the fact that being is intelligible, as DNA shows, points to a creator. Mufti Abu Layth says the conscious mind is driven by curiosity and the pursuit of knowledge, and that the intelligibility of being, as seen in the coding of DNA, points to an intelligent creator.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:59:31)

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

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Are the devils really chained up during Ramadan?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Are the devils really chained up during Ramadan?

No verse says so; Mufti Abu Layth reads the hadith on chained devils as meaning that good deeds become easier in Ramadan's shared spirit. Mufti Abu Layth says no verse speaks of hell during Ramadan, and that the hadith on the devils being chained means that doing good becomes easier in the shared spirit of the month.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:58:11)

A more recent answer on fiqh/fasting exists (26 April 2021): How is Lupe Fiasco finding Ramadan during Covid?

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How can I be sure my reason is not wrong?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

How can I be sure my reason is not wrong?

Mufti Abu Layth says al-Ghazali answered his doubt by relying on God; today, he says, the very existence of a consciousness that can doubt is itself the sign of God. Mufti Abu Layth says al-Ghazali resolved his doubt by reliance on God, that science has since taken us far beyond his time, and that for him the existence of consciousness is the sign of God.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:52:58)

A more recent answer on arts/philosophy-and-ideas exists (26 April 2021): Is life just a dream in the mind of God?

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Are many people's frustrations really about unmet sexual needs?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Are many people's frustrations really about unmet sexual needs?

Mufti Abu Layth says much bitterness comes from unmet sexual needs, that Islam itself does not see sex negatively, and that Freud should be judged on his ideas, not his character. Mufti Abu Layth says unmet sexual needs underlie much unhappiness and bitterness, that Islam does not view sex negatively though institutionalised religion does, and that Freud's insights should be judged on their merits rather than on his character.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:43:47)

A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists (22 February 2023): Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?

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What was the real crime of the people of Lut?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

What was the real crime of the people of Lut?

Mufti Abu Layth says the people of Lut were destroyed for rejecting God, as in every prophet's story, with their other behaviour secondary. Mufti Abu Layth says the crime for which the people of Lut, like the other peoples in the stories of the prophets, were destroyed was their rejection of God, other behaviours mentioned being secondary signs of arrogance.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:42:28)

A more recent answer on relationships/sexuality-and-orientation exists (22 February 2023): Is it okay for adults or children to change gender?

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What did Ibn Rushd mean by the 'double truth' of religion and philosophy?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

What did Ibn Rushd mean by the 'double truth' of religion and philosophy?

Mufti Abu Layth says it is not 'double truth', but he agrees fully with Ibn Rushd that the sharia is built for ordinary people while the gifted can find its deeper meanings. Mufti Abu Layth says he agrees fully with Ibn Rushd that the sharia is designed for ordinary people, who need structured and visible religion, while those gifted with deeper understanding can discover its deeper meanings.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:35:57)

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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Did one of al-Bukhari's teachers call Imam Malik a disbeliever?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Did one of al-Bukhari's teachers call Imam Malik a disbeliever?

Mufti Abu Layth knows of no such takfir by a teacher of al-Bukhari; harsh words against Malik came from a contemporary who objected to his not acting on some sahih hadith. Mufti Abu Layth says he knows of no teacher of al-Bukhari who declared Imam Malik a disbeliever, and that harsh statements against Malik came from a contemporary, Ibn Abi Dhi'b [?], over Malik not acting on some sahih hadith.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:33:20)

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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Can the soul travel into the spiritual world through meditation or dhikr?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Can the soul travel into the spiritual world through meditation or dhikr?

Mufti Abu Layth says such practices may work for the dedicated, and that the soul is not inside the body but a non-local consciousness the brain connects to, like a phone picking up a signal. Mufti Abu Layth says he understands the soul not as a ghost inside the body but as a non-local consciousness that the brain connects to, like a handset picking up a signal, and that collective consciousness shifts over time.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:24:10)

A more recent answer on belief/sufism exists (28 February 2024): A fate worse than death: each of us is a mirror for divine potential

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Can I pray for a non-Muslim who has died?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Can I pray for a non-Muslim who has died?

Yes: Mufti Abu Layth says Muslims may pray for a non-Muslim like DMX who touched many lives, since no one has a monopoly on salvation, and that music is not haram.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:18:55)

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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When should reason take priority over religious texts?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

When should reason take priority over religious texts?

Reason always comes first, Mufti Abu Layth says, because every reading of scripture is already an interpretation; hadith dogmatism grew from Ibn Taymiyya's era and revived under colonialism. Mufti Abu Layth says reason necessarily comes first because scripture can only be understood through human interpretation, and that hadith dogmatism took shape in the era of Ibn Taymiyya and revived under colonialism, when attacks on religion amid instability pushed people towards fundamentalism.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:09:48)

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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Calling for Facebook questions; shout-outs and a guest suggestion

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Calling for Facebook questions; shout-outs and a guest suggestion

Mufti Abu Layth asks for Facebook questions and responds to a suggestion for a MindTrap guest.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:05:50)

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Is child marriage legal in Western countries?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is child marriage legal in Western countries?

No: Mufti Abu Layth says Western ages of consent cluster around sixteen and do not allow an adult with a child, and imams should condemn child marriage with one voice. Mufti Abu Layth says Western age-of-consent laws do not permit adults to marry or have relations with children, and that imams should speak with one voice in condemning child marriage.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:01:53)

A more recent answer on fiqh/marriage-contracts exists (10 December 2022): How did Abu Hanifa solve the case of two brides sent to the wrong grooms?

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What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Adnan Ibrahim?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Adnan Ibrahim?

Mufti Abu Layth admires Adnan Ibrahim as a voice of reason in the Arabic-speaking world whose message is close to his own and who is what a real imam should be.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:59:15)

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 1:59:15 · Open the segment

Did Dr Abdul Majid refute Mufti Abu Layth's BukhariGate arguments?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Did Dr Abdul Majid refute Mufti Abu Layth's BukhariGate arguments?

No: Mufti Abu Layth says Dr Abdul Majid accepted Bukhari because other scholars had and did not answer the points on its transmission, though he respects him for having the dialogue.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:52:38)

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 1:53:57 · Open the segment

Will religious dogmatism ever disappear?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Will religious dogmatism ever disappear?

No: Mufti Abu Layth says dogmatism is built into institutional religion and will survive, so his aim is to keep the voice of reason alive as a choice. Mufti Abu Layth says dogmatism will not disappear because it is built into institutionalised religion, and that his aim is not to end it but to keep the voice of reason alive so that people can choose.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:51:19)

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 1:51:19 · Open the segment

Will Mufti Abu Layth invite his critics onto MindTrap?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Will Mufti Abu Layth invite his critics onto MindTrap?

Yes: Mufti Abu Layth says he has invited many of his critics onto MindTrap for respectful dialogue, but not hate preachers or extremists.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:48:40)

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 1:48:40 · Open the segment

What is the most important thing to get right in life?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

What is the most important thing to get right in life?

Try never to be hurtful or hateful; Mufti Abu Layth says that validates your Islam as a human being, and that disliking what people do is not the same as hating them. Mufti Abu Layth says that living one's life trying never to be hurtful or hateful is what validates one's Islam as a human being, and that disliking what people do is different from hating them.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:46:01)

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

Watch on YouTube at 1:46:01 · Open the segment

Can critics cancel an independent preacher?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Can critics cancel an independent preacher?

Mufti Abu Layth says efforts to cancel him cannot work, because he is independent and speaks to the silent majority of ordinary Muslims, not his critics' followers.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:42:05)

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 1:42:05 · Open the segment

Where are the answers to the questions on the Jesus debate?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Where are the answers to the questions on the Jesus debate?

Mufti Abu Layth says most of the Jesus debate questions are answered in his long reply, and that the shaykh he answered has substance but is torn between his views and his following.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:39:28)

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How should I deal with online hate preachers?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

How should I deal with online hate preachers?

Mufti Abu Layth says critics who use him for views, especially hate preachers, should be mocked and blocked, and that their obsession harms them more than him.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:32:53)

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 1:32:53 · Open the segment

Why is Salafi content so dominant online?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Why is Salafi content so dominant online?

Mufti Abu Layth says the Najdi dawah is a small puritan movement kept alive by oil money, which dominates Islamic content online only because it invested early in Q&A websites. Mufti Abu Layth says the Najdi or Salafi dawah is a cultish puritanism sustained by oil money, followed by perhaps three percent of Muslims, but dominating Islamic content online because others did not invest in it.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:28:55)

A more recent answer on society/technology-and-media exists (22 February 2023): Is there an LGBTQ push in media and schools?

Watch on YouTube at 1:28:55 · Open the segment

Why does Ramadan fall in different seasons each year?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Why does Ramadan fall in different seasons each year?

Mufti Abu Layth says the early Islamic calendar was kept in line with the seasons by an extra month, nasi, and Ramadan only began moving through the year after that practice lapsed. Mufti Abu Layth says that in his view the calendar in the Prophet's time was lunisolar, kept aligned with the seasons by an intercalary month, nasi, and that Ramadan probably began to rotate through the year only after the practice lapsed during the expansion of the state.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:23:41)

A more recent answer on history/pre-islamic-arabia exists (26 April 2021): Did everyone at the time of the Prophet accept Islam without questions?

Watch on YouTube at 1:23:41 · Open the segment

Apologies for the equipment, and no Monday Nights during Ramadan

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Apologies for the equipment, and no Monday Nights during Ramadan

There will be no Monday Nights during Ramadan, though MindTrap and other content continue.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:22:23)

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Is Mufti Abu Layth against Salafis?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is Mufti Abu Layth against Salafis?

No: Mufti Abu Layth says he has no problem with anyone being Salafi; his objection is to cult-like dogmatism in any group. Mufti Abu Layth says his objection is not to Salafis as a denomination but to dogmatic, cult-like mentality in any group, which he says suffocates religion.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:18:09)

A more recent answer on belief/sectarianism-and-takfir/salafism-and-wahhabism exists (19 August 2022): What does the Mufti think of Ibn Taymiyya and Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab?

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More messages: a middle path between Salafism and Quranism, and 'God is not dumb'

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

More messages: a middle path between Salafism and Quranism, and 'God is not dumb'

Supporters' messages describe finding a middle path between Salafism and Quranism and using the intellect in faith, and Mufti Abu Layth responds.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:14:11)

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 1:14:11 · Open the segment

Why do some religious people dislike laughter?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Why do some religious people dislike laughter?

Mufti Abu Layth says humour lets ordinary people see absurdity and question authority, which is why institutional religion dislikes it and why reports against laughter were fabricated. Mufti Abu Layth says institutionalised religion has always disliked humour because satire lets ordinary people see absurdity and question authority, and that reports against laughing much were fabricated for this reason.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:10:13)

A more recent answer on hadith/false-and-fabricated exists (18 October 2025): Why does Mufti Abu Layth see the Quran-only movement as a reaction of anger?

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Is God someone I should mainly be afraid of?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is God someone I should mainly be afraid of?

No: Mufti Abu Layth says seeing God as an angry disciplinarian is a distortion, and that Allah is the Most Merciful who invites people to reflect. Mufti Abu Layth says the picture of God as an angry, strict disciplinarian or tyrant is a distortion, and that Allah is al-Rahman al-Rahim, who invites people to ponder the cosmos.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:07:35)

A more recent answer on belief/god-and-attributes exists (4 March 2024): How much does Allah love me?

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Do I need a religious authority to own my faith?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Do I need a religious authority to own my faith?

No: Mufti Abu Layth says Islam has no papacy, the deen belongs to everyone equally, and no one can throw you out of it. Mufti Abu Layth says Muslims can take ownership of their own faith, since Islam has no papacy and no one can expel a person from the deen.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:06:16)

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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Is everything halal unless proven haram?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is everything halal unless proven haram?

Yes: Mufti Abu Layth says things are halal by default and prohibiting is a heavy task, and teachers should say 'in my understanding' because they could be wrong. Mufti Abu Layth says things are halal by default and declaring something haram is a heavy task, and that a teacher should present rulings as his own understanding of what God wants, acknowledging that he could be wrong.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:03:39)

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 1:03:39 · Open the segment

Will traditional religious institutions survive if they do not adapt?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Will traditional religious institutions survive if they do not adapt?

Mufti Abu Layth predicts that institutions refusing to adapt, such as many Deobandi madrasas, will fossilise, while Barelvis who modernised their style stay approachable. Mufti Abu Layth predicts that denominations which refuse to adapt, including many Deobandi institutions in the UK, will become fossilised, while those that adapted, as many Barelvis have, remain approachable to young people.

Answer from 13 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:01:00)

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

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Is it obligatory for Muslims to establish a caliphate?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is it obligatory for Muslims to establish a caliphate?

No: Mufti Abu Layth says there is no obligation to establish a caliphate, citing classical Maliki scholars and Akram Nadwi against the claim of consensus. Mufti Abu Layth says there is no obligation in Islam to establish a caliphate system, that classical Maliki scholars held this, so the claimed consensus fails, and that Akram Nadwi takes the same view.

Answer from 13 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 54:24)

A more recent answer on fiqh/maliki-school exists (19 April 2023): Why does the practice of Madinah matter more than a single hadith?

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Why are some clerics so hostile to Mufti Abu Layth?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Why are some clerics so hostile to Mufti Abu Layth?

Mufti Abu Layth says clerics who oppose him see in his approach the end of their institutional religion, and calls their reaction its final pangs.

Answer from 13 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 50:26)

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

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Are the stories in the Quran true but not historical, like the story of Adam?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Are the stories in the Quran true but not historical, like the story of Adam?

Mufti Abu Layth says Adam was the father of humans with modern cognition, and that the tree, which the Quran never calls a fruit or apple, may have been a psychedelic plant that sparked the cognitive revolution. Mufti Abu Layth says he holds that Adam was the father of humans with modern cognition and that the forbidden tree may have been a psychedelic plant that triggered the cognitive revolution, the Quran mentioning a tree rather than a fruit.

Answer from 13 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 47:50)

A more recent answer on quran/stories-of-the-prophets/adam-and-creation exists (19 January 2022): Where do Neanderthals fit in the Islamic story of Adam?

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Are there answers to the hardest ethical questions about stories in the Quran?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Are there answers to the hardest ethical questions about stories in the Quran?

Mufti Abu Layth says he has answered every hard question on his 2016 list, such as the killing of the boy in Moses' story, by research true to the text, and others can build on it.

Answer from 13 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 40:01)

A more recent answer on quran/hermeneutics exists (18 October 2025): Does 3:188 mean everyone who likes praise will be punished?

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How has the internet changed who gets to speak about Islam?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

How has the internet changed who gets to speak about Islam?

Mufti Abu Layth says the internet let him reach people without the backing of mosques or organisations, which would never have given him a platform.

Answer from 13 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 36:04)

A more recent answer on society/technology-and-media exists (22 February 2023): Is there an LGBTQ push in media and schools?

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Should Muslims judge their own sources by the standards they apply to other religions?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Should Muslims judge their own sources by the standards they apply to other religions?

Yes: Mufti Abu Layth says Muslims should hold their own sources to the standard they use for others, giving the example of Bukhari resting on one unvouched-for transmitter. Mufti Abu Layth says Muslims should apply to their own tradition the critical standards they apply to other faiths, noting that Sahih al-Bukhari rests on one transmitter whom no one vouched for for about 150 years.

Answer from 13 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 33:26)

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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Humour as a natural gift

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Humour as a natural gift

Mufti Abu Layth says humour comes naturally and cannot be faked, and that he asks serious interlocutors to excuse his.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 32:07)

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

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Should my faith make me happy?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Should my faith make me happy?

Yes: Mufti Abu Layth says faith should make you happy, not hateful or bitter, because Islam is meant to complement daily life. Mufti Abu Layth says faith ought to make a person happy rather than hateful or bitter, and that Islam is meant to complement day-to-day life.

Answer from 13 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 29:29)

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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Reading supporters' messages: ease of deen, the Bukhari series, apostasy

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Reading supporters' messages: ease of deen, the Bukhari series, apostasy

Supporters' messages thank Mufti Abu Layth for making the deen easy and for his work on Bukhari, the age of Aisha and apostasy.

Answer from 13 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 24:08)

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

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Setting up the supporters' messages; technical trouble

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Setting up the supporters' messages; technical trouble

Mufti Abu Layth prepares to read a compilation of supporters' messages and deals with technical trouble.

Answer from 13 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 21:27)

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Responding to viewers' love: a grown-up child, and haters as a measure of impact

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Responding to viewers' love: a grown-up child, and haters as a measure of impact

Mufti Abu Layth says he does not feel he deserves viewers' praise and reads his critics' obsession as a sign that they feel threatened by his ideas.

Answer from 13 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 14:53)

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

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Questions noted for later: fasting at work, a hadith on Quran 4:159

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Questions noted for later: fasting at work, a hadith on Quran 4:159

Mufti Abu Layth notes questions on fasting at work and on a hadith linked to Quran 4:159 to come back to, and thanks a supporter.

Answer from 13 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 12:14)

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Does a community gathering have to be gender segregated?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Does a community gathering have to be gender segregated?

No: Mufti Abu Layth says adults do not need micromanaging and a gathering of men and women need not be segregated. Mufti Abu Layth says adults do not need to be micromanaged and that the proposed get-together would not be gender segregated.

Answer from 13 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 10:56)

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Opening: unwell and late, the last Monday Night before Ramadan, plans for a get-together

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Opening: unwell and late, the last Monday Night before Ramadan, plans for a get-together

Mufti Abu Layth opens the last Monday Night before Ramadan, says either start date for Ramadan is fine, and suggests a viewers' get-together once Covid restrictions lift.

Answer from 13 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:29)

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Closing: super chats, a session before Ramadan, and a revolution of hearts and minds

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Closing: super chats, a session before Ramadan, and a revolution of hearts and minds

Closing remarks: one more session before Ramadan, questions via Instagram, and a call for a faith of reason, compassion and love.

Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:52:50)

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Donors, deathbed remarks and 'no hatred': an invitation to the critic

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Donors, deathbed remarks and 'no hatred': an invitation to the critic

Mufti Abu Layth says he dislikes his critics' conduct but has no hatred for them, and invites the critic to a dialogue on MindTrap.

Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:45:06)

A more recent answer on wellbeing/anger-and-forgiveness exists (19 August 2022): What does holding on to bitterness do to a person?

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Did Jesus survive the crucifixion?

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Did Jesus survive the crucifixion?

Mufti Abu Layth reads the cradle verse as the priests' indignation at being debated by a boy, and says Jesus was taken down from the cross alive after a few hours, which he finds more plausible than a substitute transformed to look like him.

Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:40:28)

A more recent answer on quran/stories-of-the-prophets/jesus exists (19 February 2022): What do you think of the rational readings of the Quran on the Marvelous Quran channel?

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Was Solomon's hudhud really a bird?

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Was Solomon's hudhud really a bird?

The hudhud is addressed in Arabic forms used only for humans, so Mufti Abu Layth reads it as a person, perhaps an agent of Solomon's intelligence service, and he rejects a reading that makes a prophet steal a throne.

Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:36:01)

A more recent answer on quran/hermeneutics exists (18 October 2025): Does 3:188 mean everyone who likes praise will be punished?

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Was the murdered man in the story of the cow brought back to life?

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Was the murdered man in the story of the cow brought back to life?

The verse of the heifer does not say the dead man was revived; like 'in retaliation there is life', it refers to lives saved when a ritual of justice averted tribal war.

Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:33:04)

A more recent answer on quran/hermeneutics exists (18 October 2025): Does 3:188 mean everyone who likes praise will be punished?

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Did the parting of the sea have a natural explanation?

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Did the parting of the sea have a natural explanation?

God acts through the laws of nature, so the parting of the sea can have a natural explanation such as a strong wind, and Moses exposed the magicians' tricks rather than outdoing them with magic.

Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:26:41)

A more recent answer on belief/prophethood-and-miracles exists (18 October 2025): Can the Quran be used to call the Prophet the best of creation?

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Did Abraham really cut up birds that came back to life?

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Did Abraham really cut up birds that came back to life?

In the verse of Abraham and the birds he reads a symbol: birds nurtured by Abraham come to him from afar, a sign of the soul's affinity to God, rather than birds cut up and revived.

Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:19:16)

A more recent answer on quran/hermeneutics exists (18 October 2025): Does 3:188 mean everyone who likes praise will be punished?

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Did Noah really live 950 years?

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Did Noah really live 950 years?

Noah's 950 years refers to an ancient counting system like those of the Sumerian king lists, signalled by the verse's unusual wording, not to ordinary years; he never said the Quran copied an error from the Bible.

Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:14:46)

A more recent answer on history/ancient-near-east-and-scripture exists (15 May 2021): Is there archaeological evidence for David's kingdom, and how did Jerusalem become holy for Muslims?

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Does Mufti Abu Layth have any scholarly precedent for his views?

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Does Mufti Abu Layth have any scholarly precedent for his views?

His views have respected precedents: al-Burzuli, a Maliki Shaykh al-Islam, held that punishments change with the age, and the subcontinent scholars he quotes were Ahl al-Hadith, not heretics. Not every untrue statement is a sin punished with hell.

Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:10:56)

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A critic's reaction video: the Wahhabi jibe and the setup

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

A critic's reaction video: the Wahhabi jibe and the setup

Mufti Abu Layth introduces a critic's reaction video that he says distorts his views, and trades jokes about the label Wahhabi.

Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:06:48)

A more recent answer on belief/sectarianism-and-takfir/salafism-and-wahhabism exists (19 August 2022): What does the Mufti think of Ibn Taymiyya and Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab?

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Why does Mufti Abu Layth say it is not a huge claim that Imam Malik denied the second coming?

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Why does Mufti Abu Layth say it is not a huge claim that Imam Malik denied the second coming?

Malik's record and Ibn Ashur's standing show a Maliki can deny the second coming, and the Dajjal reports insult the Prophet. He invites Qadhi to a dialogue on MindTrap. Mufti Abu Layth says it is not a huge claim that Imam Malik did not believe in the second coming, given his statement that Jesus died, the contents of the Muwatta and his fatwas, and that the reports of the one-eyed Dajjal and of the Prophet spying on Ibn Sayyad insult the Prophet's dignity.

Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:58:36)

A more recent answer on dialogue/responses-to-critics/yasir-qadhi exists (13 April 2021): Where are the answers to the questions on the Jesus debate?

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Are the signs of the Hour part of Islamic creed?

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Are the signs of the Hour part of Islamic creed?

One can be a Maliki and doubt these reports: Ibn Ashur, Shaykh al-Islam of the Malikis, classed the signs of the Hour as information rather than creed, and Imam Ahmad said the malahim reports have no foundation.

Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:51:30)

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

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Where does the belief in the Mahdi come from?

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Where does the belief in the Mahdi come from?

The Mahdi belief is disrespectful to the Prophet, who was the rightly guided saviour, and entered Sunni Islam from early Shia political movements; the Mahdi hadith describe figures of that time. Mufti Abu Layth says the belief in a Mahdi is disrespectful to the Prophet, who was the rightly guided saviour, and that it entered Sunni Islam from early Shia political movements, the Mahdi hadith being fabricated descriptions of figures of that time.

Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:43:30)

A more recent answer on hadith/false-and-fabricated exists (18 October 2025): Why does Mufti Abu Layth see the Quran-only movement as a reaction of anger?

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Did the Prophet really spy on a boy he thought was the Dajjal?

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Did the Prophet really spy on a boy he thought was the Dajjal?

The Ibn Sayyad and Dajjal reports are absurd and insult the Prophet's dignity, and their contradictory accounts of who and where the Dajjal is show they are not revelation. Mufti Abu Layth says the reports in which the Prophet spies on the child Ibn Sayyad suspecting him to be the Dajjal, and related reports in Sahih Muslim and Bukhari, are absurd and insulting to the Prophet's dignity, and that their contradictory accounts of the Dajjal's identity and location show they are not revelation.

Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:30:54)

A more recent answer on hadith/false-and-fabricated/about-the-prophet exists (19 August 2022): Recap: the novel, insult versus critique, and the false story summarised

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Why does the Muwatta contain hadith that Imam Malik did not follow?

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Why does the Muwatta contain hadith that Imam Malik did not follow?

Malik included in the Muwatta reports he did not practise, and the only report about Jesus there shows him telling a pig to pass in peace. Mufti Abu Layth reads this as a sign Malik rejected the reports that Jesus will return to kill pigs. Mufti Abu Layth says Imam Malik included in the Muwatta reports he did not practise, and infers from the only report about Jesus there, in which Jesus tells a pig to pass in peace, that Malik had a problem with the reports that Jesus will return and kill pigs.

Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:25:05)

A more recent answer on fiqh/maliki-school/muwatta-and-mudawwana 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 believe Jesus will return?

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Did Imam Malik believe Jesus will return?

There is a statement from Imam Malik that Jesus died, and Malik never taught the second coming in his fatwas or the Muwatta, so it is no huge claim that he did not hold it. Transmitting a report is not endorsing it. Mufti Abu Layth says there is a statement from Imam Malik that Jesus died, that Malik never taught the second coming in his fatwas or the Muwatta, and that transmitting a report is not endorsing it, so it is not a huge claim that Malik did not hold the belief.

Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:17:23)

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 does Yasir Qadhi argue about Malikis and the return of Jesus?

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

What does Yasir Qadhi argue about Malikis and the return of Jesus?

Yasir Qadhi argues in the clip that the return of Jesus is established by mutawatir hadith and affirmed by the great Maliki scholars, so a Maliki cannot deny it. Mufti Abu Layth sets out the points he will answer.

Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:13:03)

A more recent answer on fiqh/maliki-school exists (19 April 2023): Why does the practice of Madinah matter more than a single hadith?

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Does Allah love everybody?

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Does Allah love everybody?

Allah loves His creation and detests harmful actions, not creatures. Pork being forbidden, most likely for hygiene, does not mean God hates pigs. Mufti Abu Layth says Allah loves His creation and detests harmful actions rather than creatures, so pork being forbidden, most likely for reasons of hygiene, does not mean God hates pigs.

Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:10:23)

A more recent answer on belief/god-and-attributes exists (4 March 2024): How much does Allah love me?

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How can I nourish my soul this Ramadan?

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

How can I nourish my soul this Ramadan?

To deepen the bond with God, read even a little Quran daily, make personal dua and give charity; learning, poetry, art and meaningful music can also strengthen a person inwardly, not only more voluntary prayer. Mufti Abu Layth says that what nourishes the soul includes reading even a little Quran daily, personal dua and charity, and more generally learning, poetry, art or meaningful music, whatever strengthens a person inwardly, adding that for him personally many voluntary prayers would not do so.

Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:02:54)

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

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Are insects haram to eat in the Maliki school?

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Are insects haram to eat in the Maliki school?

Insects are not haram in the Maliki school: almost everything is halal except pork and what is sacrificed to other than God. Ritual slaughter applies only to domesticated livestock, not insects. Mufti Abu Layth says that in the Maliki school almost everything is halal to eat except pork and what is sacrificed to other than God, that carrion is avoided for health, that insects are not haram, and that ritual slaughter applies only to domesticated livestock.

Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:52:50)

A more recent answer on fiqh/maliki-school exists (19 April 2023): Why does the practice of Madinah matter more than a single hadith?

Watch on YouTube at 1:52:50 · Open the segment

Where can I learn the Maliki school in English?

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Where can I learn the Maliki school in English?

Mufti Abu Layth suggests the translations of Aisha Bewley, Hamza Yusuf's recorded lessons on a basic Maliki text, Shaykh Ali Laraki's translation, and teachers such as Abdalhaqq Bewley.

Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:50:03)

A more recent answer on fiqh/maliki-school exists (19 April 2023): Why does the practice of Madinah matter more than a single hadith?

Watch on YouTube at 1:50:03 · Open the segment

How was Mufti Abu Layth's video on Aisha's age received?

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

How was Mufti Abu Layth's video on Aisha's age received?

Mufti Abu Layth is proud of the video: many people, especially women, told him it brought them back to Islam, while most clergy resent it because questioning the inherited ruling threatens their authority and livelihood.

Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:41:54)

A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha exists (18 October 2025): Why does Mufti Abu Layth see the Quran-only movement as a reaction of anger?

Watch on YouTube at 1:42:34 · Open the segment

How often does Mufti Abu Layth change his views, and is that a weakness?

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

How often does Mufti Abu Layth change his views, and is that a weakness?

Mufti Abu Layth changes his views when evidence is compelling and says developing one's opinions over life is a sign of intelligence, not weakness. He advises viewers to do the same. Mufti Abu Layth says that when compelling evidence comes he changes his view, that developing one's opinions over life is a hallmark of intelligence, and he advises everyone to investigate and do the same.

Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:35:40)

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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Is it haram to believe the universe will never end?

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is it haram to believe the universe will never end?

It is not haram: creation, including the afterlife, once brought into being remains forever in some form while still being other than God. Mufti Abu Layth says it is not haram to believe the universe is never-ending, depending on what is meant, since creation once brought into existence, including the afterlife, remains forever in some form while still being other than God.

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Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:34:16)

A more recent answer on arts/science-and-the-universe exists (10 March 2023): Can a pregnancy last for years, as was said of Imam Malik's birth?

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Quick chat items: critics seeking attention, a claim about Foucault, steroids and a joke question

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Quick chat items: critics seeking attention, a claim about Foucault, steroids and a joke question

Brief replies to chat: attention-seeking critics, a claim about Foucault he cannot comment on, steroids referred to earlier videos, and a joke question.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:31:12)

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Is the age of consent in France really 13?

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is the age of consent in France really 13?

Mufti Abu Layth doubts the claim that France's age of consent is thirteen, and distinguishes laws on relationships between teenagers of similar age from an adult engaging with a child.

Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:28:55)

A more recent answer on society/current-events exists (19 August 2022): What was Salman Rushdie's family background?

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What does Mufti Abu Layth think of France banning the hijab for girls under 18?

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

What does Mufti Abu Layth think of France banning the hijab for girls under 18?

If France has banned headscarves for girls under 18, he says it is an abhorrent breach of basic rights that he strongly condemns. He also opposes pressuring girls to wear it: it should be their genuine choice. Mufti Abu Layth says that if France has banned the headscarf for girls under eighteen it is an abhorrent breach of basic human rights that he strongly condemns, while he also opposes pressuring girls to wear it and holds that it should be a genuine choice.

Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:21:35)

A more recent answer on society/current-events exists (19 August 2022): What was Salman Rushdie's family background?

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Why are some clerics so harsh in their rulings on women?

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Why are some clerics so harsh in their rulings on women?

Mufti Abu Layth says harsh rulings from some clergy, especially towards women, come from sexual deprivation and a closed madrasa culture, and that love and a normal life soften people. Mufti Abu Layth says that many clergy issue harsh rulings, especially towards women, out of sexual deprivation and frustration, and that their rulings would change if they lived normal lives.

Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:12:51)

A more recent answer on fiqh/hijab-and-niqab exists (9 May 2021): Did scholars let slave women uncover more than free women?

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Are disgusting sexual fetishes between spouses haram?

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Are disgusting sexual fetishes between spouses haram?

Such fetishes are not haram, however disgusting most people find them: contact with impurity is unclean but not forbidden, and what a consenting couple do in private is their own business. Nobody is obliged to do them. Mufti Abu Layth says that fetishes involving impurity, however disgusting, are not haram, since contact with impurity is unclean but not forbidden and only God declares something haram, and that what consenting spouses do in private is their own business.

Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:04:21)

A more recent answer on fiqh/purification exists (18 October 2025): Why does the guest's prayer have no fixed number of units, and what counts as wudu?

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Did Mufti Abu Layth say incest is natural, and is homosexuality unnatural?

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Did Mufti Abu Layth say incest is natural, and is homosexuality unnatural?

Mufti Abu Layth never said incest is natural. He says that calling homosexuality unnatural is not scientific because it occurs in most species, though one may still hold it haram, and that he cited Imam Malik only for not interfering in other people's way of life. Mufti Abu Layth says he never said incest is natural; he said that calling homosexuality unnatural is not scientifically accurate because it occurs in most species, while one may still hold it haram, and he cited Imam Malik's ruling not to interfere in other people's way of life.

Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 54:49)

A more recent answer on relationships/sexuality-and-orientation exists (22 February 2023): Is it okay for adults or children to change gender?

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Did the Prophet say a wife should prostrate to her husband?

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Did the Prophet say a wife should prostrate to her husband?

The report is not authentic: it was probably put into circulation to support the family hierarchy of a patriarchal society. The report urging violent jealousy over female relatives is likewise fabricated. Mufti Abu Layth says the report that the Prophet would have ordered wives to prostrate to their husbands is not authentic and was probably circulated to support the family hierarchy of a patriarchal society, and that the report urging violent jealousy over female relatives is likewise fabricated.

Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 49:54)

A more recent answer on society/women-and-gender exists (10 March 2023): Who carried on Imam Malik's teaching after him?

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Perfume reviews: his top two fragrances

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Perfume reviews: his top two fragrances

Mufti Abu Layth reviews perfumes and names Creed Aventus and Layton as his joint favourites.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 42:30)

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Jealousy, entitlement and the critics who resent his following

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Jealousy, entitlement and the critics who resent his following

Mufti Abu Layth says much of the hostility he receives comes from jealousy and a sense of entitlement among critics who resent his following.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 36:02)

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

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Can I carry a child while I pray?

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Can I carry a child while I pray?

Mufti Abu Layth says one may carry a child while praying and that Hanafi rulings such as the three-movement rule, or that laughing or reading something breaks the prayer, are made up. He sees the campaign against the preacher who showed this as sectarian jealousy. Mufti Abu Layth says that one may carry a child while praying and that Hanafi rulings such as the invalidation of prayer by three consecutive movements, by laughing or by mentally processing information are made up.

Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 23:17)

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

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Is forex trading halal or haram?

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is forex trading halal or haram?

Mufti Abu Layth refers the question to his earlier videos and says inherited fiqh is so out of date that much of it can no longer be applied. Mufti Abu Layth says inherited fiqh is so out of date that much of it cannot be applied and its teaching has become largely ritual, partly because past jurists closed it to later rulings.

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Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 21:11)

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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Preview of tonight's continued response to Yasir Qadhi

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Preview of tonight's continued response to Yasir Qadhi

Mufti Abu Layth previews the second part of his reply to Yasir Qadhi, on the Maliki school, beliefs that crept into Islam, the Mahdi and the Dajjal reports.

Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 19:36)

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An Urdu poem of living on after the beloved

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

An Urdu poem of living on after the beloved

Mufti Abu Layth reads and explains an Urdu poem on living on after the beloved, a mix of despair and hope.

Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 12:37)

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News clip: the Pharaohs' Golden Parade in Cairo, and the Amenhotep III theory

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

News clip: the Pharaohs' Golden Parade in Cairo, and the Amenhotep III theory

A news clip on the Pharaohs' Golden Parade in Cairo, with Mufti Abu Layth recalling his discussion of whether Amenhotep III may have been Sulayman.

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 8:14)

A more recent answer on history/ancient-near-east-and-scripture exists (15 May 2021): Is there archaeological evidence for David's kingdom, and how did Jerusalem become holy for Muslims?

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Opening: sound check, a critic's reaction video, the Peak District and the latest MindTrap

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Opening: sound check, a critic's reaction video, the Peak District and the latest MindTrap

Housekeeping before the questions: a sound check, a note that a critic's reaction video will be discussed later, and a recommendation of the MindTrap episode on gender with Professor Adis Duderija.

Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:32)

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Sign-off: a recap of the night

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Sign-off: a recap of the night

Mufti Abu Layth recaps the night's topics and signs off until next week.

Answer from 2 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:33:50)

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Is Mohammed Hijab breaking away from the Salafis?

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is Mohammed Hijab breaking away from the Salafis?

Mufti Abu Layth thinks Hijab's point against the fatwa is fair, though his language was crude and not Mufti's style, and welcomes what he sees as Hijab outgrowing Salafism.

Answer from 2 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:27:30)

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?

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Is the hadith about a woman breastfeeding the adult Salim authentic?

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is the hadith about a woman breastfeeding the adult Salim authentic?

Mufti Abu Layth calls the report of the adult Salim being suckled fabricated and mocks al-Albani's fatwa permitting it directly, welcoming Mohammed Hijab's attack on it as a sign he is outgrowing Salafism. Mufti Abu Layth says the report that the Prophet told a woman to let the grown Salim drink her milk is fabricated, because it is ridiculous.

Answer from 2 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:21:30)

A more recent answer on hadith/false-and-fabricated exists (18 October 2025): Why does Mufti Abu Layth see the Quran-only movement as a reaction of anger?

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Can the hadith about Jesus's return be questioned?

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Can the hadith about Jesus's return be questioned?

No report on the return is beyond question: about eighty percent come through Abu Hurayra and about half through one narrator, none from Abu Bakr, Umar or Ali; the series will continue. Mufti Abu Layth says eighty percent of the hadith on Jesus's return come through Abu Hurayra alone.

Answer from 2 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:17:49)

A more recent answer on hadith/mutawatir-and-epistemology exists (18 October 2025): Is the Quran-only position an argument from epistemology or from principle?

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Who was the blind narrator of the return hadith who relied on his slave girl?

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Who was the blind narrator of the return hadith who relied on his slave girl?

One transmitter of the return reports went blind, lost his memory and relied on his slave girl to check his hadith, which Mufti Abu Layth says shows the state of some of these narrators. Mufti Abu Layth says a narrator in one of the chains who transmits that Jesus will come back is not reliable.

Answer from 2 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:14:47)

A more recent answer on hadith/authentication/narrator-criticism exists (19 April 2023): Why does the practice of Madinah matter more than a single hadith?

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What does the Ibn Mas'ud hadith about the end of time say, and is it reliable?

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

What does the Ibn Mas'ud hadith about the end of time say, and is it reliable?

The Ibn Mas'ud report has unknown narrators, opens by citing the Christians' claim that Jesus will return, and ends with life regrowing from a fluid sent from beneath the Throne, which Mufti Abu Layth calls preposterous. Mufti Abu Layth says one report begins with the statement that the Christians claim Jesus will come back, which shows the belief creeping in.

Answer from 2 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:10:42)

A more recent answer on hadith/authentication/narrator-criticism exists (19 April 2023): Why does the practice of Madinah matter more than a single hadith?

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Is the hadith of Aisha about Jesus and the Dajjal reliable?

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is the hadith of Aisha about Jesus and the Dajjal reliable?

The Aisha report rests on one transmitter who dictated tens of thousands of hadith from memory in Isbahan, and only his version has the Dajjal emerge from the Jews of Isbahan, which Mufti Abu Layth finds suspicious. Mufti Abu Layth says only one transmitter relates from Aisha the report with Jesus in it.

Answer from 2 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:06:13)

A more recent answer on hadith/authentication/narrator-criticism exists (19 April 2023): Why does the practice of Madinah matter more than a single hadith?

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Is there a single hadith on Jesus's return with a flawless chain?

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is there a single hadith on Jesus's return with a flawless chain?

Every chain he examined among the strongest Bukhari and Muslim reports, including that of al-Nawwas ibn Sam'an, has a criticised narrator, so Qadhi's 'no doubt' fails; preferring al-Bukhari over equal critics is arbitrary. Mufti Abu Layth says every single chain he examined among the strongest reports in Bukhari and Muslim has a problem in it.

Answer from 2 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:00:24)

A more recent answer on hadith/authentication/narrator-criticism exists (19 April 2023): Why does the practice of Madinah matter more than a single hadith?

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Are the Sahih Muslim reports about Jesus's return reliable?

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Are the Sahih Muslim reports about Jesus's return reliable?

Further Sahih Muslim chains contain a narrator with memory loss, an unidentifiable narrator who could not have met Abu Hurayra, Ibn Jurayj, whom he calls a major mudallis, and Abu al-Zubayr. Mufti Abu Layth says one narrator from Abu Hurayra in a Sahih Muslim chain for the return transmits no other hadith and is a ghost who does not exist.

Answer from 2 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:54:10)

A more recent answer on hadith/authentication/narrator-criticism exists (19 April 2023): Why does the practice of Madinah matter more than a single hadith?

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What is wrong with the other Bukhari and Muslim chains on Jesus's return?

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

What is wrong with the other Bukhari and Muslim chains on Jesus's return?

The second Bukhari chain passes through Qutayba, who once concealed a forger, and al-Zuhri; the Sahih Muslim chains include Harmala, Yunus ibn Yazid and others the critics faulted. Mufti Abu Layth says Qutayba heard a fabricated hadith from a known forger, dropped him and presented it as heard from al-Layth, which puts at least a question mark over him.

Answer from 2 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:48:28)

A more recent answer on hadith/authentication/narrator-criticism exists (19 April 2023): Why does the practice of Madinah matter more than a single hadith?

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Is the hadith in Bukhari about Jesus coming down reliable?

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is the hadith in Bukhari about Jesus coming down reliable?

The first Bukhari chain is doubtful: al-Bukhari left two narrators unnamed, which he is known to have done deliberately, and the chain runs through al-Zuhri, who was known to insert his own words into hadith. Mufti Abu Layth says al-Bukhari on purpose referred to his teacher Muhammad ibn Yahya by names he was not known by, so as to deceive his readers.

Answer from 2 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:38:55)

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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