Mufti Abu Layth Archive: belief/ahmadiyya-and-false-messiahs

Who does Yasir Qadhi say first denied the return of Jesus, and what is the Ahmadiyya connection?

Sun, 14 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Who does Yasir Qadhi say first denied the return of Jesus, and what is the Ahmadiyya connection?

Qadhi's clip claims ijma on the return, names Muhammad Abduh as the first to deny it and links deniers to the Ahmadiyya. Mufti Abu Layth calls the association ironic, since that movement is itself messianic, and says Qadhi's own evolution theory comes from Abduh.

Answer from 14 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Reply to Yasir Qadhi's False Claims on 2nd Coming of Jesus | Mufti Abu Layth (at 15:50)

A more recent answer on belief/eschatology/second-coming-of-jesus exists (13 April 2021): Where are the answers to the questions on the Jesus debate?

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Was Muhammad Abduh the first Muslim to deny the return of Jesus?

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

Was Muhammad Abduh the first Muslim to deny the return of Jesus?

In the clip Qadhi claims ijma on the return, names Muhammad Abduh as the first to deny it and links deniers to the Ahmadiyya; Mufti Abu Layth calls the link ironic, since the Ahmadiyya is built on a messianic claim.

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 1:19:40)

A more recent answer on belief/eschatology/second-coming-of-jesus exists (13 April 2021): Where are the answers to the questions on the Jesus debate?

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A debater, Saqib Shaami's crew and a conference on the finality of prophethood

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

A debater, Saqib Shaami's crew and a conference on the finality of prophethood

Mufti Abu Layth recalls a debater facing down Saqib Shaami's entourage when it disrupted a finality-of-prophethood conference in Birmingham.

Answer from 19 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 56:57)

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

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Is the second coming of Jesus the right answer to the Qadianis?

Tue, 27 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Is the second coming of Jesus the right answer to the Qadianis?

Mufti Abu Layth says that the real answer to the Qadiani claim is that no messiah is coming, not a defence of the second coming. Mufti Abu Layth says that people like him do not believe in awaiting a messiah.

Answer from 27 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #188 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:53:59)

A more recent answer on belief/eschatology/second-coming-of-jesus exists (13 April 2021): Where are the answers to the questions on the Jesus debate?

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The Peshawar courtroom killing of an Ahmadi accused of blasphemy

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The Peshawar courtroom killing of an Ahmadi accused of blasphemy

Mufti Abu Layth condemns the Peshawar courtroom killing, says a claim to prophethood is not an insult to the Prophet, and blames the authorities for failing to prevent it. Mufti Abu Layth says that, although Muslims generally do not accept such beliefs, a person claiming to be a prophet is not automatically insulting the Prophet.

Answer from 4 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth #176 *Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted!* 🤣 (at 1:36:23)

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

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Mirza's death from cholera, closing jokes and sign-off

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Mirza's death from cholera, closing jokes and sign-off

Mufti Abu Layth closes with Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's death from cholera, more jokes about his appearance, and a sign-off.

Answer from 31 March 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Responding to Qadiani Trolls | Mufti Abu Layth (at 21:10)

A more recent answer on belief/ahmadiyya-and-false-messiahs exists (14 March 2021): Who does Yasir Qadhi say first denied the return of Jesus, and what is the Ahmadiyya connection?

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What was Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's prophecy about Muhammadi Begum and did it come true?

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

What was Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's prophecy about Muhammadi Begum and did it come true?

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's claimed revelation that Muhammadi Begum's husband would die if she married another was not fulfilled, since the husband lived on and the couple had children. Mufti Abu Layth also mocks his claim to be an incarnation of Ram and Vishnu. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's claimed revelation that Muhammadi Begum's husband would die within a year or two if she were married to anyone but him was not fulfilled, since the husband lived on and the couple had children.

Answer from 31 March 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Responding to Qadiani Trolls | Mufti Abu Layth (at 15:54)

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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What was the purpose of God sending Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as a prophet?

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

What was the purpose of God sending Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as a prophet?

A prophet is sent with a purpose, as with Jesus, Moses, David and Muhammad, but Mufti Abu Layth sees none in Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, who lived and died under British rule without liberating even Qadian. The caller could not name a message and asked to call a friend. God sends a prophet with a purpose, as with Jesus, Moses, David and Muhammad, and no such purpose or achievement can be shown for Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, who lived and died under British colonial rule without liberating even Qadian.

Answer from 31 March 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Responding to Qadiani Trolls | Mufti Abu Layth (at 9:16)

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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The caller from Canada: trolling, the word Qadiani, and pictures of Mirza

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The caller from Canada: trolling, the word Qadiani, and pictures of Mirza

Mufti Abu Layth recounts telling a caller that the trolling did not suit him and asking whether he believed Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was a prophet, then mocks pictures of Mirza on screen.

Answer from 31 March 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Responding to Qadiani Trolls | Mufti Abu Layth (at 4:01)

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

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Does Abul Kalam Azad praising Mirza Ghulam Ahmad prove anything?

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Does Abul Kalam Azad praising Mirza Ghulam Ahmad prove anything?

Abul Kalam Azad may well have spoken kindly of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, as people who knew and liked a decent man would. Mufti Abu Layth finds it illogical that the critics accept a prophet who achieved nothing yet call his view that tattoos are not haram absurd. Mufti Abu Layth says Abul Kalam Azad may well have spoken kindly of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, since Mirza may have been a decent person and people who knew and liked him would be expected to say nice things about him.

Answer from 31 March 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Responding to Qadiani Trolls | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:21)

A more recent answer on dialogue/responses-to-critics exists (6 April 2021): Donors, deathbed remarks and 'no hatred': an invitation to the critic

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Introduction: a map of Qadian and another Qadiani video

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Introduction: a map of Qadian and another Qadiani video

Mufti Abu Layth opens by locating Qadian on a map and announces that he will respond to another Qadiani video made against him.

Answer from 31 March 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Responding to Qadiani Trolls | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

A more recent answer on belief/ahmadiyya-and-false-messiahs exists (14 March 2021): Who does Yasir Qadhi say first denied the return of Jesus, and what is the Ahmadiyya connection?

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Final thoughts: mental health, persecution, free speech and the victim card

Tue, 15 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Final thoughts: mental health, persecution, free speech and the victim card

Mufti Abu Layth condemns any persecution of Ahmadis but says criticising their beliefs is free speech, not persecution, and that not calling them Muslims does not amount to persecuting them. Mufti Abu Layth condemns any persecution of Ahmadis but holds that criticising their beliefs is free speech, not persecution, and that not declaring them Muslims does not add to their persecution.

Answer from 15 January 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: A Reply to False Messiahs: Mirza Ghulam Qadiani! -Mufti Abu Layth (at 35:37)

A more recent answer on society/blasphemy-and-free-speech exists (29 September 2024): How scholars' rhetoric fed Pakistan's blasphemy killings, in Mufti Abu Layth's view

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Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's unfulfilled prophecies, the mubahala oaths and his death

Tue, 15 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's unfulfilled prophecies, the mubahala oaths and his death

Mirza's prophecies about living to eighty, further marriages, another son and dying in Makkah or Madinah were not fulfilled, and he died first after mubahala oaths. He died of cholera and bowel illness, as his son's biography records. Mufti Abu Layth says Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's prophecies about his lifespan, his marriages, a further son and his place of death were not fulfilled, and that he died of cholera and bowel illness.

Answer from 15 January 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: A Reply to False Messiahs: Mirza Ghulam Qadiani! -Mufti Abu Layth (at 27:43)

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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Early denials, the second coming, revelations in English and claims of divinity

Tue, 15 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Early denials, the second coming, revelations in English and claims of divinity

Mirza's early denials of prophethood were superseded by later claims to be Christ, to receive Quranic verses, to own the real al-Aqsa and to be God. Mufti Abu Layth believes Mirza was mentally unwell rather than lying. Mufti Abu Layth says he believes Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was not lying but had mental health problems, and that the Ahmadi denial of the second coming rests on Mirza's claim to be the awaited Christ.

Answer from 15 January 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: A Reply to False Messiahs: Mirza Ghulam Qadiani! -Mufti Abu Layth (at 21:06)

A more recent answer on belief/ahmadiyya-and-false-messiahs exists (14 March 2021): Who does Yasir Qadhi say first denied the return of Jesus, and what is the Ahmadiyya connection?

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Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's developing claims: reformer, messiah, prophet, Krishna

Tue, 15 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's developing claims: reformer, messiah, prophet, Krishna

The claim that Mirza never claimed prophethood is a half-truth: he began as a reformer in 1884, then claimed to be the promised messiah, a prophet in 1901 and Krishna in 1904. Mufti Abu Layth quotes these claims from Mirza's own books. Mufti Abu Layth says the claim that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad never claimed prophethood is a half-truth, since his early writings disclaim it but from 1891 onward he claimed to be the promised messiah, then a prophet, then Krishna.

Answer from 15 January 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: A Reply to False Messiahs: Mirza Ghulam Qadiani! -Mufti Abu Layth (at 14:32)

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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Who Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was and the claim that God spoke to him in Punjabi

Tue, 15 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Who Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was and the claim that God spoke to him in Punjabi

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was born in 1839 in Punjab. Mufti Abu Layth argues that God intervening in an age of colonial suffering by merely talking to one man in Punjabi, with nothing changing, is not a credible divine plan.

Answer from 15 January 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: A Reply to False Messiahs: Mirza Ghulam Qadiani! -Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:33)

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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Backdrop: trolling by Ahmadis and the video that prompted the reply

Tue, 15 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Backdrop: trolling by Ahmadis and the video that prompted the reply

The reply was prompted by an Ahmadi video claiming Mufti Abu Layth borrowed his views from them, followed by days of online trolling. Mufti says he opposes persecution of Ahmadis but will respond.

Answer from 15 January 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: A Reply to False Messiahs: Mirza Ghulam Qadiani! -Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

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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