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  <title>Mufti Abu Layth Archive: arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters</title>
  <subtitle>Answers on arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters, newest recording first.</subtitle>
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  <updated>2023-02-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title>Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?</title>
    <link href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/</id>
    <updated>2023-02-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2023-02-22T00:00:00Z</published>
    <category term="relationships-sexuality-and-orientation" label="relationships/sexuality-and-orientation" />
    <category term="fiqh-sexual-ethics" label="fiqh/sexual-ethics" />
    <category term="arts-arabic-poetry-and-letters" label="arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters" />
    <summary type="text">Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?
Mufti Abu Layth says he described, not endorsed, a minority view that it is not haram; Islamic history holds diverse views, many scholars' poetry shows bisexual appreciation, and persecution is unacceptable. Mufti Abu Layth says that many scholars of Islam clearly had an appreciation for bisexuality, whether or not they practised it.
Answer from 22 February 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Muslim Scholars Allying With LGBTQ Community ? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 14:40)
Watch on YouTube at 16:33: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOfS_0uGn4E&amp;t=993s</summary>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mufti Abu Layth says he described, not endorsed, a minority view that it is not haram; Islamic history holds diverse views, many scholars' poetry shows bisexual appreciation, and persecution is unacceptable. Mufti Abu Layth says that many scholars of Islam clearly had an appreciation for bisexuality, whether or not they practised it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Answer from 22 February 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kind: general teaching&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recording: Muslim Scholars Allying With LGBTQ Community ? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 14:40)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOfS_0uGn4E&amp;amp;t=993s"&gt;Watch on YouTube at 16:33&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/"&gt;Open the segment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>What inspired the story of Lupe Fiasco's album The Cool?</title>
    <link href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/15/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/15/</id>
    <updated>2021-04-26T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2021-04-26T00:00:00Z</published>
    <category term="arts-arabic-poetry-and-letters" label="arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters" />
    <category term="arts-philosophy-and-ideas-narrative-and-story" label="arts/philosophy-and-ideas/narrative-and-story" />
    <category term="belief-afterlife" label="belief/afterlife" />
    <summary type="text">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 &amp; 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): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 1:17:52: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYiiPEhuiHA&amp;t=4672s</summary>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;What inspired the story of Lupe Fiasco's album The Cool?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics &amp;amp; Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki  MALM (at 1:15:55)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A more recent answer on arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters exists&lt;/b&gt; (22 February 2023): &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/"&gt;Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYiiPEhuiHA&amp;amp;t=4672s"&gt;Watch on YouTube at 1:17:52&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/15/"&gt;Open the segment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Did everyone at the time of the Prophet accept Islam without questions?</title>
    <link href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/14/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/14/</id>
    <updated>2021-04-26T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2021-04-26T00:00:00Z</published>
    <category term="arts-arabic-poetry-and-letters" label="arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters" />
    <category term="history-pre-islamic-arabia" label="history/pre-islamic-arabia" />
    <category term="society-islam-and-modernity" label="society/islam-and-modernity" />
    <summary type="text">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 &amp; 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): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 1:10:04: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYiiPEhuiHA&amp;t=4204s</summary>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Did everyone at the time of the Prophet accept Islam without questions?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The guest says early Muslims, including poets, had real critiques; Mufti Abu Layth says the deen should complement life rather than complicate it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kind: general teaching&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics &amp;amp; Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki  MALM (at 1:10:04)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A more recent answer on arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters exists&lt;/b&gt; (22 February 2023): &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/"&gt;Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYiiPEhuiHA&amp;amp;t=4204s"&gt;Watch on YouTube at 1:10:04&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/14/"&gt;Open the segment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Does Ibn Hazm contradict himself in The Ring of the Dove?</title>
    <link href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/b1ooltqtptw/s/6/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://muftiabulayth.org/r/b1ooltqtptw/s/6/</id>
    <updated>2021-03-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2021-03-02T00:00:00Z</published>
    <category term="relationships-love-and-romance-classical-love-stories" label="relationships/love-and-romance/classical-love-stories" />
    <category term="history-scholars-and-imams" label="history/scholars-and-imams" />
    <category term="arts-arabic-poetry-and-letters" label="arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters" />
    <summary type="text">Does Ibn Hazm contradict himself in The Ring of the Dove?
Mufti Abu Layth knows of no contradiction; he describes The Ring of the Dove as Ibn Hazm's mature study of the psychology of love and retells one of its bawdy stories.
Answer from 2 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&amp;A Unscripted &amp; Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 28:09)
A more recent answer on arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 28:09: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1OOltqtPTw&amp;t=1689s</summary>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Does Ibn Hazm contradict himself in The Ring of the Dove?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mufti Abu Layth knows of no contradiction; he describes The Ring of the Dove as Ibn Hazm's mature study of the psychology of love and retells one of its bawdy stories.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Answer from 2 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kind: general teaching&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&amp;amp;A Unscripted &amp;amp; Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 28:09)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A more recent answer on arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters exists&lt;/b&gt; (22 February 2023): &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/"&gt;Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1OOltqtPTw&amp;amp;t=1689s"&gt;Watch on YouTube at 28:09&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/b1ooltqtptw/s/6/"&gt;Open the segment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>A sung Andalusian Arabic poem shared from YouTube</title>
    <link href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/l4n4wd2jjps/s/3/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://muftiabulayth.org/r/l4n4wd2jjps/s/3/</id>
    <updated>2021-02-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2021-02-09T00:00:00Z</published>
    <category term="arts-arabic-poetry-and-letters" label="arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters" />
    <summary type="text">A sung Andalusian Arabic poem shared from YouTube
Mufti Abu Layth plays a sung classical Arabic poem and calls it majestic.
Answer from 9 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #201| Q&amp;A Unscripted &amp; Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 20:02)
A more recent answer on arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 20:02: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4n4wD2jjps&amp;t=1202s</summary>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A sung Andalusian Arabic poem shared from YouTube&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mufti Abu Layth plays a sung classical Arabic poem and calls it majestic.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Answer from 9 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #201| Q&amp;amp;A Unscripted &amp;amp; Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 20:02)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A more recent answer on arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters exists&lt;/b&gt; (22 February 2023): &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/"&gt;Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4n4wD2jjps&amp;amp;t=1202s"&gt;Watch on YouTube at 20:02&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/l4n4wd2jjps/s/3/"&gt;Open the segment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>A modern Arabic love poem: choosing honour over a friend's wife</title>
    <link href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/s/10/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/s/10/</id>
    <updated>2021-02-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2021-02-02T00:00:00Z</published>
    <category term="arts-arabic-poetry-and-letters" label="arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters" />
    <category term="relationships-love-and-romance" label="relationships/love-and-romance" />
    <summary type="text">A modern Arabic love poem: choosing honour over a friend's wife
Mufti Abu Layth reads an Arabic love poem in which the poet turns down his friend's wife, preferring honour to betrayal.
Answer from 2 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #200| Q&amp;A Unscripted &amp; Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 55:20)
A more recent answer on arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 55:20: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijwBevcC6o8&amp;t=3320s</summary>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A modern Arabic love poem: choosing honour over a friend's wife&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mufti Abu Layth reads an Arabic love poem in which the poet turns down his friend's wife, preferring honour to betrayal.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Answer from 2 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #200| Q&amp;amp;A Unscripted &amp;amp; Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 55:20)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A more recent answer on arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters exists&lt;/b&gt; (22 February 2023): &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/"&gt;Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijwBevcC6o8&amp;amp;t=3320s"&gt;Watch on YouTube at 55:20&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/s/10/"&gt;Open the segment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>A risque proverb from al-Andalus: 'the nerves are connected'</title>
    <link href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/40/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/40/</id>
    <updated>2021-01-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2021-01-19T00:00:00Z</published>
    <category term="history-al-andalus-and-the-maghrib" label="history/al-andalus-and-the-maghrib" />
    <category term="arts-arabic-poetry-and-letters" label="arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters" />
    <summary type="text">A risque proverb from al-Andalus: 'the nerves are connected'
A bawdy Andalusian proverb, 'the nerves are connected', shared by Mufti Abu Layth as a joke.
Answer from 19 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&amp;A Unscripted &amp; Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:09:50)
A more recent answer on arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 3:09:50: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&amp;t=11390s</summary>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A risque proverb from al-Andalus: 'the nerves are connected'&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A bawdy Andalusian proverb, 'the nerves are connected', shared by Mufti Abu Layth as a joke.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Answer from 19 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&amp;amp;A Unscripted &amp;amp; Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:09:50)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A more recent answer on arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters exists&lt;/b&gt; (22 February 2023): &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/"&gt;Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&amp;amp;t=11390s"&gt;Watch on YouTube at 3:09:50&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/40/"&gt;Open the segment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>A classical Arabic love poem on how the prophets' attributes are shared out</title>
    <link href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/2/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/2/</id>
    <updated>2021-01-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2021-01-19T00:00:00Z</published>
    <category term="arts-arabic-poetry-and-letters" label="arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters" />
    <summary type="text">A classical Arabic love poem on how the prophets' attributes are shared out
Mufti Abu Layth recites a classical Arabic love poem in which the beloved gets the prophets' beauty and the poet their sorrows.
Answer from 19 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&amp;A Unscripted &amp; Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 7:57)
A more recent answer on arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 7:57: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&amp;t=477s</summary>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A classical Arabic love poem on how the prophets' attributes are shared out&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mufti Abu Layth recites a classical Arabic love poem in which the beloved gets the prophets' beauty and the poet their sorrows.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Answer from 19 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&amp;amp;A Unscripted &amp;amp; Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 7:57)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A more recent answer on arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters exists&lt;/b&gt; (22 February 2023): &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/"&gt;Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&amp;amp;t=477s"&gt;Watch on YouTube at 7:57&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/2/"&gt;Open the segment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>If Muslims focus too much on the beard, what deserves more focus?</title>
    <link href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/31/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/31/</id>
    <updated>2020-08-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2020-08-24T00:00:00Z</published>
    <category term="fiqh-dress-and-appearance-beard-and-hair" label="fiqh/dress-and-appearance/beard-and-hair" />
    <category term="arts-arabic-poetry-and-letters" label="arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters" />
    <summary type="text">If Muslims focus too much on the beard, what deserves more focus?
Mufti Abu Layth answers by mocking the focus on beards and shaved moustaches, quoting al-Mutanabbi that such an ummah has become a laughing stock.
Answer from 24 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&amp;A Unscripted &amp; Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:17:34)
A more recent answer on arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 2:18:44: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmtt2TQAO0&amp;t=8324s</summary>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;If Muslims focus too much on the beard, what deserves more focus?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mufti Abu Layth answers by mocking the focus on beards and shaved moustaches, quoting al-Mutanabbi that such an ummah has become a laughing stock.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Answer from 24 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kind: general teaching&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&amp;amp;A Unscripted &amp;amp; Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:17:34)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A more recent answer on arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters exists&lt;/b&gt; (22 February 2023): &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/"&gt;Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmtt2TQAO0&amp;amp;t=8324s"&gt;Watch on YouTube at 2:18:44&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/31/"&gt;Open the segment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Arabic poetry: Antara ibn Shaddad's love for Abla</title>
    <link href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/a6h5lye4mn8/s/35/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://muftiabulayth.org/r/a6h5lye4mn8/s/35/</id>
    <updated>2020-07-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2020-07-14T00:00:00Z</published>
    <category term="arts-arabic-poetry-and-letters" label="arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters" />
    <category term="history-pre-islamic-arabia" label="history/pre-islamic-arabia" />
    <category term="relationships-love-and-romance-classical-love-stories" label="relationships/love-and-romance/classical-love-stories" />
    <summary type="text">Arabic poetry: Antara ibn Shaddad's love for Abla
Mufti Abu Layth reads and translates love poetry by Antara ibn Shaddad for Abla, including his lines of pride in his dark skin and his courage.
Answer from 14 July 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth 173 (at 2:01:41)
A more recent answer on arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 2:01:41: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6H5lYE4MN8&amp;t=7301s</summary>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Arabic poetry: Antara ibn Shaddad's love for Abla&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mufti Abu Layth reads and translates love poetry by Antara ibn Shaddad for Abla, including his lines of pride in his dark skin and his courage.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Answer from 14 July 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth 173 (at 2:01:41)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A more recent answer on arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters exists&lt;/b&gt; (22 February 2023): &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/"&gt;Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6H5lYE4MN8&amp;amp;t=7301s"&gt;Watch on YouTube at 2:01:41&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/a6h5lye4mn8/s/35/"&gt;Open the segment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Should a person accused of magic be killed?</title>
    <link href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/y9p342tx6t0/s/3/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://muftiabulayth.org/r/y9p342tx6t0/s/3/</id>
    <updated>2020-06-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2020-06-01T00:00:00Z</published>
    <category term="belief-unseen-beings-magic-evil-eye-and-superstition" label="belief/unseen-beings/magic-evil-eye-and-superstition" />
    <category term="fiqh-public-law-and-governance-hudud-and-punishments" label="fiqh/public-law-and-governance/hudud-and-punishments" />
    <category term="arts-arabic-poetry-and-letters" label="arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters" />
    <summary type="text">Should a person accused of magic be killed?
Mufti Abu Layth says calls to kill the 'magician' show the sorry state of Muslims and why they are a laughing stock. Mufti Abu Layth says that this is unfortunately the state of Muslims and why they are a laughing stock.
Answer from 1 June 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: A mufti, a convert &amp; hanky panky! | Mufti Abu Layth (at 8:54)
A more recent answer on arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 8:54: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9P342Tx6T0&amp;t=534s</summary>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Should a person accused of magic be killed?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mufti Abu Layth says calls to kill the 'magician' show the sorry state of Muslims and why they are a laughing stock. Mufti Abu Layth says that this is unfortunately the state of Muslims and why they are a laughing stock.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Answer from 1 June 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kind: general teaching&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recording: A mufti, a convert &amp;amp; hanky panky! | Mufti Abu Layth (at 8:54)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A more recent answer on arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters exists&lt;/b&gt; (22 February 2023): &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/"&gt;Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9P342Tx6T0&amp;amp;t=534s"&gt;Watch on YouTube at 8:54&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/y9p342tx6t0/s/3/"&gt;Open the segment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>If obscene lyrics make music haram, what about the classical Arabic poetry taught in madrasas?</title>
    <link href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/axxub9lxfoc/s/8/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://muftiabulayth.org/r/axxub9lxfoc/s/8/</id>
    <updated>2019-09-18T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2019-09-18T00:00:00Z</published>
    <category term="fiqh-entertainment-music" label="fiqh/entertainment/music" />
    <category term="arts-arabic-poetry-and-letters" label="arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters" />
    <category term="society-education-and-madrasas" label="society/education-and-madrasas" />
    <summary type="text">If obscene lyrics make music haram, what about the classical Arabic poetry taught in madrasas?
Classical Arabic poetry taught in every major madrasa, from Abu Nuwas to the Hamasa and Imru' al-Qais, is as full of violence, alcohol and sex as rap lyrics, so condemning rap on religious grounds is a double standard. Parents may set their own rules for their children without attributing them to God. Mufti Abu Layth says classical Arabic poetry, such as that of Abu Nuwas, the Hamasa and the Mu'allaqa of Imru' al-Qais, is full of violence, alcohol and sex much like rap lyrics and is taught in major madrasas, so treating rap differently is a double standard, and parents may set their own rules without attributing them to God.
Answer from 18 September 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: In Depth: Is Music allowed in Islam? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 36:43)
A more recent answer on fiqh/entertainment/music exists (10 March 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 36:43: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXXuB9lxFoc&amp;t=2203s</summary>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;If obscene lyrics make music haram, what about the classical Arabic poetry taught in madrasas?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Classical Arabic poetry taught in every major madrasa, from Abu Nuwas to the Hamasa and Imru' al-Qais, is as full of violence, alcohol and sex as rap lyrics, so condemning rap on religious grounds is a double standard. Parents may set their own rules for their children without attributing them to God. Mufti Abu Layth says classical Arabic poetry, such as that of Abu Nuwas, the Hamasa and the Mu'allaqa of Imru' al-Qais, is full of violence, alcohol and sex much like rap lyrics and is taught in major madrasas, so treating rap differently is a double standard, and parents may set their own rules without attributing them to God.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Answer from 18 September 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kind: general teaching&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recording: In Depth: Is Music allowed in Islam? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 36:43)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A more recent answer on fiqh/entertainment/music exists&lt;/b&gt; (10 March 2023): &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/3/"&gt;Is it haram for men to wear earrings?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXXuB9lxFoc&amp;amp;t=2203s"&gt;Watch on YouTube at 36:43&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/axxub9lxfoc/s/8/"&gt;Open the segment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Is music with explicit or violent lyrics haram?</title>
    <link href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/axxub9lxfoc/s/4/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://muftiabulayth.org/r/axxub9lxfoc/s/4/</id>
    <updated>2019-09-18T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2019-09-18T00:00:00Z</published>
    <category term="fiqh-entertainment-music" label="fiqh/entertainment/music" />
    <category term="arts-arabic-poetry-and-letters" label="arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters" />
    <summary type="text">Is music with explicit or violent lyrics haram?
Lyrics do not make music haram: Arabic poetry about sex and alcohol was recited in the Prophet's mosque and is still studied by every scholar, and Ka'b ibn Zuhayr recited his love-opening ode from the Prophet's minbar. Mufti Abu Layth does not promote a culture of violence and drugs but says people can judge content for themselves. Mufti Abu Layth says that lyrics do not make music haram, since Arabic poetry about sex and alcohol was recited in the Prophet's mosque, and that while he does not promote a culture of violence and drugs, people are intelligent enough to judge content for themselves.
Answer from 18 September 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: In Depth: Is Music allowed in Islam? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 15:47)
A more recent answer on fiqh/entertainment/music exists (10 March 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 15:47: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXXuB9lxFoc&amp;t=947s</summary>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Is music with explicit or violent lyrics haram?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Lyrics do not make music haram: Arabic poetry about sex and alcohol was recited in the Prophet's mosque and is still studied by every scholar, and Ka'b ibn Zuhayr recited his love-opening ode from the Prophet's minbar. Mufti Abu Layth does not promote a culture of violence and drugs but says people can judge content for themselves. Mufti Abu Layth says that lyrics do not make music haram, since Arabic poetry about sex and alcohol was recited in the Prophet's mosque, and that while he does not promote a culture of violence and drugs, people are intelligent enough to judge content for themselves.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Answer from 18 September 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kind: general teaching&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recording: In Depth: Is Music allowed in Islam? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 15:47)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A more recent answer on fiqh/entertainment/music exists&lt;/b&gt; (10 March 2023): &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/3/"&gt;Is it haram for men to wear earrings?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXXuB9lxFoc&amp;amp;t=947s"&gt;Watch on YouTube at 15:47&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/axxub9lxfoc/s/4/"&gt;Open the segment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
  </entry>
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