Mufti Abu Layth Archive: belief/sectarianism-and-takfir/salafism-and-wahhabismAnswers on belief/sectarianism-and-takfir/salafism-and-wahhabism, newest recording first.https://muftiabulayth.org/feeds/topics/belief-sectarianism-and-takfir-salafism-and-wahhabism.atom.xml2022-08-19T00:00:00ZMufti Abu Layth Archivepipeline/feeds.pyWhat does the Mufti think of Ibn Taymiyya and Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/19/2022-08-19T00:00:00Z2022-08-19T00:00:00ZWhat does the Mufti think of Ibn Taymiyya and Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab?
Mufti Abu Layth says Ibn Taymiyya's contribution is mainly to the Salafis and that Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab's misplaced zeal did great harm, while stressing that all scholars are human and make mistakes. Mufti Abu Layth says Ibn Hajar and al-Suyuti contributed greatly to Islam and Ibn Taymiyya to a lesser degree, while Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, in his view not a scholar of depth, had a misplaced zeal that did great harm to Muslims.
Answer from 19 August 2022 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Salman Rushdie & The Satanic Verses | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:42:10)
A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams exists (10 December 2022): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/2/
Watch on YouTube at 1:42:10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0pHQRNJjBY&t=6130s<p><b>What does the Mufti think of Ibn Taymiyya and Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says Ibn Taymiyya's contribution is mainly to the Salafis and that Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab's misplaced zeal did great harm, while stressing that all scholars are human and make mistakes. Mufti Abu Layth says Ibn Hajar and al-Suyuti contributed greatly to Islam and Ibn Taymiyya to a lesser degree, while Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, in his view not a scholar of depth, had a misplaced zeal that did great harm to Muslims.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 August 2022 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Salman Rushdie & The Satanic Verses | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:42:10)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams exists</b> (10 December 2022): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/2/">How did Abu Hanifa become a scholar after starting out as a merchant?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0pHQRNJjBY&t=6130s">Watch on YouTube at 1:42:10</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/19/">Open the segment</a></p>Which scholars accepted the satanic verses story and which rejected it?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/18/2022-08-19T00:00:00Z2022-08-19T00:00:00ZWhich scholars accepted the satanic verses story and which rejected it?
Mufti Abu Layth says al-Albani and Ibn Khuzayma rejected the story as a fabrication, while Ibn Taymiyya, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab and Ibn Hajar leaned towards giving it some basis. Mufti Abu Layth says the satanic verses story was fabricated by people unhappy with Islam, as Ibn Khuzayma said, and that Ibn Taymiyya and Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab were wrong to incline towards accepting it.
Answer from 19 August 2022 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Salman Rushdie & The Satanic Verses | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:34:20)
A more recent answer on hadith/false-and-fabricated exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/
Watch on YouTube at 1:34:20: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0pHQRNJjBY&t=5660s<p><b>Which scholars accepted the satanic verses story and which rejected it?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says al-Albani and Ibn Khuzayma rejected the story as a fabrication, while Ibn Taymiyya, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab and Ibn Hajar leaned towards giving it some basis. Mufti Abu Layth says the satanic verses story was fabricated by people unhappy with Islam, as Ibn Khuzayma said, and that Ibn Taymiyya and Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab were wrong to incline towards accepting it.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 August 2022 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Salman Rushdie & The Satanic Verses | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:34:20)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/false-and-fabricated exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/">Why does Mufti Abu Layth see the Quran-only movement as a reaction of anger?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0pHQRNJjBY&t=5660s">Watch on YouTube at 1:34:20</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/18/">Open the segment</a></p>Why do Mufti Abu Layth's critics defend Bukhari reports that demean the Prophet?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8zy0ndqvl2u/s/1/2021-04-19T00:00:00Z2021-04-19T00:00:00ZWhy do Mufti Abu Layth's critics defend Bukhari reports that demean the Prophet?
Critics who defend Bukhari reports Mufti Abu Layth regards as insulting to the Prophet, such as marrying a child, forcing Safiyya, forgetting the Quran or being made impotent by magic, cannot claim to love the Prophet. Mariya al-Qibtiyya was a wife, not a concubine, and the critics' real concern is a fantasy caliphate and power. Mufti Abu Layth holds that Mariya al-Qibtiyya was a wife of the Prophet and not a concubine, and calls nonsense the teachings, some of them in Sahih al-Bukhari, that the Prophet married a child, forcibly took Safiyya, tried to force himself on a woman, forgot the Quran or was made impotent by magic.
Answer from 19 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Saudi Arabia & Sahih Al-Bukhari | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:04)
A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/10/
Watch on YouTube at 0:04: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zY0NDQvL2U&t=4s<p><b>Why do Mufti Abu Layth's critics defend Bukhari reports that demean the Prophet?</b></p>
<p>Critics who defend Bukhari reports Mufti Abu Layth regards as insulting to the Prophet, such as marrying a child, forcing Safiyya, forgetting the Quran or being made impotent by magic, cannot claim to love the Prophet. Mariya al-Qibtiyya was a wife, not a concubine, and the critics' real concern is a fantasy caliphate and power. Mufti Abu Layth holds that Mariya al-Qibtiyya was a wife of the Prophet and not a concubine, and calls nonsense the teachings, some of them in Sahih al-Bukhari, that the Prophet married a child, forcibly took Safiyya, tried to force himself on a woman, forgot the Quran or was made impotent by magic.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Saudi Arabia & Sahih Al-Bukhari | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:04)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/10/">Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zY0NDQvL2U&t=4s">Watch on YouTube at 0:04</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8zy0ndqvl2u/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>Why is Salafi content so dominant online?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/24/2021-04-13T00:00:00Z2021-04-13T00:00:00ZWhy 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.
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 1:28:55)
A more recent answer on society/technology-and-media exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/4/
Watch on YouTube at 1:28:55: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XuHMCz2N3U&t=5335s<p><b>Why is Salafi content so dominant online?</b></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Answer from 13 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:28:55)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on society/technology-and-media exists</b> (22 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/4/">Is there an LGBTQ push in media and schools?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XuHMCz2N3U&t=5335s">Watch on YouTube at 1:28:55</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/24/">Open the segment</a></p>Is Mufti Abu Layth against Salafis?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/21/2021-04-13T00:00:00Z2021-04-13T00:00:00ZIs 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.
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 1:18:09)
A more recent answer on belief/sectarianism-and-takfir/salafism-and-wahhabism exists (19 August 2022): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/19/
Watch on YouTube at 1:18:09: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XuHMCz2N3U&t=4689s<p><b>Is Mufti Abu Layth against Salafis?</b></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Answer from 13 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:18:09)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/sectarianism-and-takfir/salafism-and-wahhabism exists</b> (19 August 2022): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/19/">What does the Mufti think of Ibn Taymiyya and Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XuHMCz2N3U&t=4689s">Watch on YouTube at 1:18:09</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/21/">Open the segment</a></p>A critic's reaction video: the Wahhabi jibe and the setuphttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/zz85auzek5w/s/30/2021-04-06T00:00:00Z2021-04-06T00:00:00ZA 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): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/19/
Watch on YouTube at 3:06:48: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ85AUzeK5w&t=11208s<p><b>A critic's reaction video: the Wahhabi jibe and the setup</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth introduces a critic's reaction video that he says distorts his views, and trades jokes about the label Wahhabi.</p>
<p>Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:06:48)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/sectarianism-and-takfir/salafism-and-wahhabism exists</b> (19 August 2022): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/19/">What does the Mufti think of Ibn Taymiyya and Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ85AUzeK5w&t=11208s">Watch on YouTube at 3:06:48</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zz85auzek5w/s/30/">Open the segment</a></p>Is Mohammed Hijab breaking away from the Salafis?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/b1ooltqtptw/s/44/2021-03-02T00:00:00Z2021-03-02T00:00:00ZIs 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): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/1/
Watch on YouTube at 3:27:30: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1OOltqtPTw&t=12450s<p><b>Is Mohammed Hijab breaking away from the Salafis?</b></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Answer from 2 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:27:30)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on dialogue/views-on-contemporary-scholars exists</b> (22 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/1/">Should scholars publicly condemn a scholar said to have joined in a libation ritual?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1OOltqtPTw&t=12450s">Watch on YouTube at 3:27:30</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/b1ooltqtptw/s/44/">Open the segment</a></p>Is the hadith about a woman breastfeeding the adult Salim authentic?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/b1ooltqtptw/s/43/2021-03-02T00:00:00Z2021-03-02T00:00:00ZIs 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): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/
Watch on YouTube at 3:23:56: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1OOltqtPTw&t=12236s<p><b>Is the hadith about a woman breastfeeding the adult Salim authentic?</b></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Answer from 2 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:21:30)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/false-and-fabricated exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/">Why does Mufti Abu Layth see the Quran-only movement as a reaction of anger?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1OOltqtPTw&t=12236s">Watch on YouTube at 3:23:56</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/b1ooltqtptw/s/43/">Open the segment</a></p>An invitation to MindTrap on aqidah and Bukhari, and an open challenge to Salafi imamshttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/krigi3omjd4/s/3/2021-02-22T00:00:00Z2021-02-22T00:00:00ZAn invitation to MindTrap on aqidah and Bukhari, and an open challenge to Salafi imams
Mufti Abu Layth invites Abdul Rahman Hassan, and any Salafi imam, to discuss aqidah or Bukhari on MindTrap, challenging them to prove the Salafi creed from the Quran and Sunnah alone. Mufti Abu Layth says his challenge is that Salafi imams will not be able to prove their aqidah from the Quran or Sunnah alone.
Answer from 22 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Ustadh Abdul Rahman Hassan Misquoting Hadith & Invite Challenge | Mufti Abu Layth (at 10:01)
A more recent answer on belief/creed-and-kalam-schools exists (13 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/f_4jnua3arq/s/6/
Watch on YouTube at 10:01: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrIGi3OmJD4&t=601s<p><b>An invitation to MindTrap on aqidah and Bukhari, and an open challenge to Salafi imams</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth invites Abdul Rahman Hassan, and any Salafi imam, to discuss aqidah or Bukhari on MindTrap, challenging them to prove the Salafi creed from the Quran and Sunnah alone. Mufti Abu Layth says his challenge is that Salafi imams will not be able to prove their aqidah from the Quran or Sunnah alone.</p>
<p>Answer from 22 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Ustadh Abdul Rahman Hassan Misquoting Hadith & Invite Challenge | Mufti Abu Layth (at 10:01)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/creed-and-kalam-schools exists</b> (13 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/f_4jnua3arq/s/6/">Why orthodoxy took hold, and who wrote the checklist</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrIGi3OmJD4&t=601s">Watch on YouTube at 10:01</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/krigi3omjd4/s/3/">Open the segment</a></p>Do Ash'aris believe the Quran is created?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/17/2021-02-16T00:00:00Z2021-02-16T00:00:00ZDo Ash'aris believe the Quran is created?
Mufti Abu Layth says Ash'ari texts do teach that the Arabic Quran is created, but use the word muhdath instead of makhluq because of the stigma; many Ash'aris today do not know this. Mufti Abu Layth says the Ash'aris believe the Quran was created but, embarrassed by it, hide the wording behind terms the public would not understand.
Answer from 16 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 59:57)
A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/10/
Watch on YouTube at 59:57: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--PntsaR8ck&t=3597s<p><b>Do Ash'aris believe the Quran is created?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says Ash'ari texts do teach that the Arabic Quran is created, but use the word muhdath instead of makhluq because of the stigma; many Ash'aris today do not know this. Mufti Abu Layth says the Ash'aris believe the Quran was created but, embarrassed by it, hide the wording behind terms the public would not understand.</p>
<p>Answer from 16 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 59:57)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/10/">Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--PntsaR8ck&t=3597s">Watch on YouTube at 59:57</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/17/">Open the segment</a></p>Has the Salafi movement done more good or harm?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/1zghntbmpis/s/7/2021-01-12T00:00:00Z2021-01-12T00:00:00ZHas the Salafi movement done more good or harm?
Mufti Abu Layth says the Salafi dawah revived interest in hadith and forced a re-evaluation, but its dislodging of the tradition did far more damage overall. Mufti Abu Layth says the biggest problem of the Salafi dawah was that it dislodged the entire tradition that was the general understanding of Islam.
Answer from 12 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #197 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 32:40)
A more recent answer on fiqh/legal-theory exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/23/
Watch on YouTube at 32:40: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zgHntbMPis&t=1960s<p><b>Has the Salafi movement done more good or harm?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says the Salafi dawah revived interest in hadith and forced a re-evaluation, but its dislodging of the tradition did far more damage overall. Mufti Abu Layth says the biggest problem of the Salafi dawah was that it dislodged the entire tradition that was the general understanding of Islam.</p>
<p>Answer from 12 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #197 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 32:40)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/legal-theory exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/23/">If reason helps us understand the Quran, does the reasoning of earlier scholars matter too?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zgHntbMPis&t=1960s">Watch on YouTube at 32:40</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/1zghntbmpis/s/7/">Open the segment</a></p>What do you think of a particular Salafi preacher?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/1zghntbmpis/s/6/2021-01-12T00:00:00Z2021-01-12T00:00:00ZWhat do you think of a particular Salafi preacher?
From what he has heard, he says the preacher is generally level-headed and balanced within the Salafi dawah, though he has not followed him closely.
Answer from 12 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #197 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 30:07)
A more recent answer on dialogue/views-on-contemporary-scholars exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/1/
Watch on YouTube at 30:07: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zgHntbMPis&t=1807s<p><b>What do you think of a particular Salafi preacher?</b></p>
<p>From what he has heard, he says the preacher is generally level-headed and balanced within the Salafi dawah, though he has not followed him closely.</p>
<p>Answer from 12 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #197 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 30:07)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on dialogue/views-on-contemporary-scholars exists</b> (22 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/1/">Should scholars publicly condemn a scholar said to have joined in a libation ritual?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zgHntbMPis&t=1807s">Watch on YouTube at 30:07</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/1zghntbmpis/s/6/">Open the segment</a></p>How can we stop Salafi ideas from dominating how people see Islam?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eo90sv4jvho/s/13/2021-01-05T00:00:00Z2021-01-05T00:00:00ZHow can we stop Salafi ideas from dominating how people see Islam?
Denounce every preacher of hatred, Shia or Salafi, and spread a reasoned narrative; he feels the Salafi dawah is already losing ground.
Answer from 5 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #196 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 54:29)
A more recent answer on society/extremism-crime-and-justice exists (29 September 2024): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hmurvu2c9yq/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 54:50: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo90sV4JVHo&t=3290s<p><b>How can we stop Salafi ideas from dominating how people see Islam?</b></p>
<p>Denounce every preacher of hatred, Shia or Salafi, and spread a reasoned narrative; he feels the Salafi dawah is already losing ground.</p>
<p>Answer from 5 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #196 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 54:29)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on society/extremism-crime-and-justice exists</b> (29 September 2024): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hmurvu2c9yq/s/3/">How scholars' rhetoric fed Pakistan's blasphemy killings, in Mufti Abu Layth's view</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo90sV4JVHo&t=3290s">Watch on YouTube at 54:50</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eo90sv4jvho/s/13/">Open the segment</a></p>What would jinn gain by possessing people, and what follows if they could?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/6apj1fumn24/s/4/2020-11-21T00:00:00Z2020-11-21T00:00:00ZWhat would jinn gain by possessing people, and what follows if they could?
If jinn could possess people or take any form, nothing in Islam could be trusted and no one would be responsible for their crimes; Mufti Abu Layth notes that only Muslims who believe in possession seem to be afflicted. Mufti Abu Layth says that if jinn could possess people or take any form, as Ibn Taymiyya held, nothing in Islam could be trusted and no one would be responsible for their crimes, and he notes that only Muslims who believe in possession seem to be afflicted by it.
Answer from 21 November 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: There is no jinn possession in Islam (reply to Sh Omar Suleiman's video) | Mufti Abu Layth (at 11:49)
A more recent answer on belief/reason-and-revelation exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/27/
Watch on YouTube at 11:49: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aPj1fuMN24&t=709s<p><b>What would jinn gain by possessing people, and what follows if they could?</b></p>
<p>If jinn could possess people or take any form, nothing in Islam could be trusted and no one would be responsible for their crimes; Mufti Abu Layth notes that only Muslims who believe in possession seem to be afflicted. Mufti Abu Layth says that if jinn could possess people or take any form, as Ibn Taymiyya held, nothing in Islam could be trusted and no one would be responsible for their crimes, and he notes that only Muslims who believe in possession seem to be afflicted by it.</p>
<p>Answer from 21 November 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: There is no jinn possession in Islam (reply to Sh Omar Suleiman's video) | Mufti Abu Layth (at 11:49)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/reason-and-revelation exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/27/">Why did Mufti Abu Layth bring up 3:188 against the Quran-only position?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aPj1fuMN24&t=709s">Watch on YouTube at 11:49</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/6apj1fumn24/s/4/">Open the segment</a></p>Would the Mufti debate a Salafi scholar on aqidah?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/cv8zmcmypk0/s/1/2020-11-17T00:00:00Z2020-11-17T00:00:00ZWould the Mufti debate a Salafi scholar on aqidah?
Yes: he challenges any learned Salafi to prove their aqidah obligatory from the Quran alone. He says he is sure none can do it clearly. Mufti Abu Layth says he guarantees that no Salafi scholar can clearly prove from the Quran alone that the Salafi aqidah, as they preach it, is valid and a must.
Answer from 17 November 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Debate challenge to any salafi scholar on aqeedah | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)
A more recent answer on belief/creed-and-kalam-schools exists (13 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/f_4jnua3arq/s/6/
Watch on YouTube at 0:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV8ZMcMyPk0&t=0s<p><b>Would the Mufti debate a Salafi scholar on aqidah?</b></p>
<p>Yes: he challenges any learned Salafi to prove their aqidah obligatory from the Quran alone. He says he is sure none can do it clearly. Mufti Abu Layth says he guarantees that no Salafi scholar can clearly prove from the Quran alone that the Salafi aqidah, as they preach it, is valid and a must.</p>
<p>Answer from 17 November 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Debate challenge to any salafi scholar on aqeedah | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/creed-and-kalam-schools exists</b> (13 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/f_4jnua3arq/s/6/">Why orthodoxy took hold, and who wrote the checklist</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV8ZMcMyPk0&t=0s">Watch on YouTube at 0:00</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/cv8zmcmypk0/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>Would you debate a Salafi scholar?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/w6tqwuuumcg/s/20/2020-10-27T00:00:00Z2020-10-27T00:00:00ZWould you debate a Salafi scholar?
Mufti Abu Layth challenges any Salafi scholar to debate him and prove a practice they call obligatory from the Quran or sunnah alone.
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 2:18:30)
A more recent answer on belief/sectarianism-and-takfir/salafism-and-wahhabism exists (19 August 2022): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/19/
Watch on YouTube at 2:18:30: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6TqWuUumCg&t=8310s<p><b>Would you debate a Salafi scholar?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth challenges any Salafi scholar to debate him and prove a practice they call obligatory from the Quran or sunnah alone.</p>
<p>Answer from 27 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #188 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:18:30)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/sectarianism-and-takfir/salafism-and-wahhabism exists</b> (19 August 2022): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/19/">What does the Mufti think of Ibn Taymiyya and Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6TqWuUumCg&t=8310s">Watch on YouTube at 2:18:30</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/w6tqwuuumcg/s/20/">Open the segment</a></p>What do you think of the Mu'tazila?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/jtyem-eee78/s/21/2020-09-22T00:00:00Z2020-09-22T00:00:00ZWhat do you think of the Mu'tazila?
Mufti Abu Layth says the Mu'tazila were an extinct, extremist yet rationalist sect, and mocks calling anyone who uses reason a Mu'tazili. Mufti Abu Layth says the Mu'tazila were an ancient sect that has not existed for something like six or seven hundred years.
Answer from 22 September 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #183 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:06:56)
A more recent answer on belief/reason-and-revelation exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/27/
Watch on YouTube at 2:06:56: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTYEM-eEe78&t=7616s<p><b>What do you think of the Mu'tazila?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says the Mu'tazila were an extinct, extremist yet rationalist sect, and mocks calling anyone who uses reason a Mu'tazili. Mufti Abu Layth says the Mu'tazila were an ancient sect that has not existed for something like six or seven hundred years.</p>
<p>Answer from 22 September 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #183 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:06:56)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/reason-and-revelation exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/27/">Why did Mufti Abu Layth bring up 3:188 against the Quran-only position?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTYEM-eEe78&t=7616s">Watch on YouTube at 2:06:56</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/jtyem-eee78/s/21/">Open the segment</a></p>Who were the Murji'a and why do Salafis talk about them so much?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/jtyem-eee78/s/15/2020-09-22T00:00:00Z2020-09-22T00:00:00ZWho were the Murji'a and why do Salafis talk about them so much?
Mufti Abu Layth says Salafis fixate on long-extinct sects because they read Ibn Taymiyya, whom he sees as a troubled man with mental health issues whom they all but worship. Mufti Abu Layth says Ibn Taymiyya suffered from a lot of mental health issues.
Answer from 22 September 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #183 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:18:25)
A more recent answer on belief/creed-and-kalam-schools exists (13 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/f_4jnua3arq/s/6/
Watch on YouTube at 1:18:25: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTYEM-eEe78&t=4705s<p><b>Who were the Murji'a and why do Salafis talk about them so much?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says Salafis fixate on long-extinct sects because they read Ibn Taymiyya, whom he sees as a troubled man with mental health issues whom they all but worship. Mufti Abu Layth says Ibn Taymiyya suffered from a lot of mental health issues.</p>
<p>Answer from 22 September 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #183 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:18:25)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/creed-and-kalam-schools exists</b> (13 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/f_4jnua3arq/s/6/">Why orthodoxy took hold, and who wrote the checklist</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTYEM-eEe78&t=4705s">Watch on YouTube at 1:18:25</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/jtyem-eee78/s/15/">Open the segment</a></p>Is the hadith that Aisha was married at six authentic?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/20/2020-08-24T00:00:00Z2020-08-24T00:00:00ZIs the hadith that Aisha was married at six authentic?
Mufti Abu Layth holds the hadith on Aisha's young age to be fabricated, since every transmitter is Iraqi, and says sectarian scholars defend it out of loyalty to their teachers. Mufti Abu Layth says the hadith on Aisha's age at marriage is fabricated, attributing it to Hisham and noting that all its transmitters at the lower level are Iraqi.
Answer from 24 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:17:12)
A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/
Watch on YouTube at 1:17:12: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmtt2TQAO0&t=4632s<p><b>Is the hadith that Aisha was married at six authentic?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth holds the hadith on Aisha's young age to be fabricated, since every transmitter is Iraqi, and says sectarian scholars defend it out of loyalty to their teachers. Mufti Abu Layth says the hadith on Aisha's age at marriage is fabricated, attributing it to Hisham and noting that all its transmitters at the lower level are Iraqi.</p>
<p>Answer from 24 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:17:12)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/">Why does Mufti Abu Layth see the Quran-only movement as a reaction of anger?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmtt2TQAO0&t=4632s">Watch on YouTube at 1:17:12</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/20/">Open the segment</a></p>Why do Salafis ignore Imam Malik's Muwatta?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/foizott_sog/s/1/2020-08-23T00:00:00Z2020-08-23T00:00:00ZWhy do Salafis ignore Imam Malik's Muwatta?
Mufti Abu Layth feels Salafis struggle with Imam Malik because he is a master of hadith who also rejects hadith that go against established practice. In the Muwatta he narrates a hadith and then says it is not acted upon. Mufti Abu Layth says he feels that deep down Salafis struggle with Imam Malik, who is an unquestionable authority in hadith yet rejects hadith that go against certain practices.
Answer from 23 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Why do the salafis struggle with the Muwatta? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)
A more recent answer on fiqh/maliki-school/muwatta-and-mudawwana exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/
Watch on YouTube at 0:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foIzotT_sog&t=0s<p><b>Why do Salafis ignore Imam Malik's Muwatta?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth feels Salafis struggle with Imam Malik because he is a master of hadith who also rejects hadith that go against established practice. In the Muwatta he narrates a hadith and then says it is not acted upon. Mufti Abu Layth says he feels that deep down Salafis struggle with Imam Malik, who is an unquestionable authority in hadith yet rejects hadith that go against certain practices.</p>
<p>Answer from 23 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Why do the salafis struggle with the Muwatta? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/maliki-school/muwatta-and-mudawwana exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/">Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foIzotT_sog&t=0s">Watch on YouTube at 0:00</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/foizott_sog/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>Do Salafis believe God has a body?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/xznxiyp0b5s/s/16/2020-07-03T00:00:00Z2020-07-03T00:00:00ZDo Salafis believe God has a body?
Mufti Abu Layth says Hanbalis and modern Salafis in effect believe God has body parts and so project a human image onto God; the guest notes philosophers and Isma'ilis objected that attributes give God parts.
Answer from 3 July 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Prof. Dr Khalil Andani | The Oral Text & the Ontology of The Quran | Mindtrap with Mufti #28 (at 1:20:44)
A more recent answer on belief/god-and-attributes exists (4 March 2024): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/fko_fzwwnba/s/1/
Watch on YouTube at 1:21:43: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xznXIYp0B5s&t=4903s<p><b>Do Salafis believe God has a body?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says Hanbalis and modern Salafis in effect believe God has body parts and so project a human image onto God; the guest notes philosophers and Isma'ilis objected that attributes give God parts.</p>
<p>Answer from 3 July 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Prof. Dr Khalil Andani | The Oral Text & the Ontology of The Quran | Mindtrap with Mufti #28 (at 1:20:44)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/god-and-attributes exists</b> (4 March 2024): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/fko_fzwwnba/s/1/">How much does Allah love me?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xznXIYp0B5s&t=4903s">Watch on YouTube at 1:21:43</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/xznxiyp0b5s/s/16/">Open the segment</a></p>Why do so many Muslims think God speaks Arabic if their scholars said otherwise?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/xznxiyp0b5s/s/9/2020-07-03T00:00:00Z2020-07-03T00:00:00ZWhy do so many Muslims think God speaks Arabic if their scholars said otherwise?
Mufti Abu Layth says scholars' habit of not discussing this before ordinary people helped the public believe something different from their own scholars; the guest describes the popular Hanbali view that even the Mushaf is uncreated.
Answer from 3 July 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Prof. Dr Khalil Andani | The Oral Text & the Ontology of The Quran | Mindtrap with Mufti #28 (at 39:44)
A more recent answer on belief/creed-and-kalam-schools exists (13 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/f_4jnua3arq/s/6/
Watch on YouTube at 40:15: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xznXIYp0B5s&t=2415s<p><b>Why do so many Muslims think God speaks Arabic if their scholars said otherwise?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says scholars' habit of not discussing this before ordinary people helped the public believe something different from their own scholars; the guest describes the popular Hanbali view that even the Mushaf is uncreated.</p>
<p>Answer from 3 July 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Prof. Dr Khalil Andani | The Oral Text & the Ontology of The Quran | Mindtrap with Mufti #28 (at 39:44)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/creed-and-kalam-schools exists</b> (13 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/f_4jnua3arq/s/6/">Why orthodoxy took hold, and who wrote the checklist</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xznXIYp0B5s&t=2415s">Watch on YouTube at 40:15</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/xznxiyp0b5s/s/9/">Open the segment</a></p>Is pornography today like the concubines of the past?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/23/2020-04-19T00:00:00Z2020-04-19T00:00:00ZIs pornography today like the concubines of the past?
The guest rejects likening pornography to concubinage or mut'ah, calling it instant gratification, and describes Salafi efforts to suppress permissive classical texts; Mufti Abu Layth says these are real questions that need open discussion.
Answer from 19 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Shaykh Kashif Khan | Policing thought, Pornography & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 1:56:54)
A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/
Watch on YouTube at 1:56:54: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=7014s<p><b>Is pornography today like the concubines of the past?</b></p>
<p>The guest rejects likening pornography to concubinage or mut'ah, calling it instant gratification, and describes Salafi efforts to suppress permissive classical texts; Mufti Abu Layth says these are real questions that need open discussion.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Shaykh Kashif Khan | Policing thought, Pornography & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 1:56:54)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/">How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=7014s">Watch on YouTube at 1:56:54</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/23/">Open the segment</a></p>Is it haram for medical students to dissect dead bodies?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/6/2020-04-19T00:00:00Z2020-04-19T00:00:00ZIs it haram for medical students to dissect dead bodies?
The guest says dissecting cadavers for medical training is permissible, and cites a Salafi fatwa forbidding it as an example of Ahl al-Hadith rigidity.
Answer from 19 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)
Recording: Shaykh Kashif Khan | Policing thought, Pornography & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 25:17)
A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/
Watch on YouTube at 25:17: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=1517s<p><b>Is it haram for medical students to dissect dead bodies?</b></p>
<p>The guest says dissecting cadavers for medical training is permissible, and cites a Salafi fatwa forbidding it as an example of Ahl al-Hadith rigidity.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p>
<p>Recording: Shaykh Kashif Khan | Policing thought, Pornography & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 25:17)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/">How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=1517s">Watch on YouTube at 25:17</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/6/">Open the segment</a></p>How did Shaykh Kashif Khan become religious, and does he regret his zealous phase?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/3/2020-04-19T00:00:00Z2020-04-19T00:00:00ZHow did Shaykh Kashif Khan become religious, and does he regret his zealous phase?
The guest describes turning religious through the internet, cutting off friends and failing his degrees to travel with scholars, and says he does not regret it, calling it a developing experience.
Answer from 19 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)
Recording: Shaykh Kashif Khan | Policing thought, Pornography & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 8:28)
A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/
Watch on YouTube at 8:28: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=508s<p><b>How did Shaykh Kashif Khan become religious, and does he regret his zealous phase?</b></p>
<p>The guest describes turning religious through the internet, cutting off friends and failing his degrees to travel with scholars, and says he does not regret it, calling it a developing experience.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p>
<p>Recording: Shaykh Kashif Khan | Policing thought, Pornography & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 8:28)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/">How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=508s">Watch on YouTube at 8:28</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/3/">Open the segment</a></p>Where did Shaykh Kashif Khan study, and what is the difference between Salafi and Ahl al-Hadith?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/2/2020-04-19T00:00:00Z2020-04-19T00:00:00ZWhere did Shaykh Kashif Khan study, and what is the difference between Salafi and Ahl al-Hadith?
The guest studied with Salafi scholars in Pakistan, mostly privately; he says Madinah graduates prefer the name Salafi and the Pakistani Ahl al-Hadith prefer Ahl al-Hadith.
Answer from 19 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)
Recording: Shaykh Kashif Khan | Policing thought, Pornography & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 3:16)
A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/
Watch on YouTube at 3:16: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=196s<p><b>Where did Shaykh Kashif Khan study, and what is the difference between Salafi and Ahl al-Hadith?</b></p>
<p>The guest studied with Salafi scholars in Pakistan, mostly privately; he says Madinah graduates prefer the name Salafi and the Pakistani Ahl al-Hadith prefer Ahl al-Hadith.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p>
<p>Recording: Shaykh Kashif Khan | Policing thought, Pornography & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 3:16)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/">How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=196s">Watch on YouTube at 3:16</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/2/">Open the segment</a></p>What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/g57bdmdaukm/s/1/2020-04-19T00:00:00Z2020-04-19T00:00:00ZWhat does Mufti Abu Layth think of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab?
On balance Mufti Abu Layth places Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab in the negative: a puritan dogmatist who demolished tombs, killed pilgrims and inspired the Salafi movement, which he feels did more harm than good and is a springboard for extremism. He adds that the movement also revived hadith and challenged blind following and superstition. Mufti Abu Layth says that, forced to choose, he would probably classify Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab as negative, a puritan dogmatist allied with the Saud family who demolished tombs and killed pilgrims, and that the Salafi movement he inspired did more harm than good and is the number one springboard for extremism, though it also revived hadith and challenged blind following and superstition.
Answer from 19 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Thoughts on Muhammad Ibn Abdul Wahab? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)
A more recent answer on society/extremism-crime-and-justice exists (29 September 2024): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hmurvu2c9yq/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 0:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g57BdMdAUKM&t=0s<p><b>What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab?</b></p>
<p>On balance Mufti Abu Layth places Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab in the negative: a puritan dogmatist who demolished tombs, killed pilgrims and inspired the Salafi movement, which he feels did more harm than good and is a springboard for extremism. He adds that the movement also revived hadith and challenged blind following and superstition. Mufti Abu Layth says that, forced to choose, he would probably classify Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab as negative, a puritan dogmatist allied with the Saud family who demolished tombs and killed pilgrims, and that the Salafi movement he inspired did more harm than good and is the number one springboard for extremism, though it also revived hadith and challenged blind following and superstition.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Thoughts on Muhammad Ibn Abdul Wahab? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on society/extremism-crime-and-justice exists</b> (29 September 2024): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hmurvu2c9yq/s/3/">How scholars' rhetoric fed Pakistan's blasphemy killings, in Mufti Abu Layth's view</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g57BdMdAUKM&t=0s">Watch on YouTube at 0:00</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/g57bdmdaukm/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>Is al-wala wal-bara, loving and hating for the sake of Allah, part of Islam?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oxtsv9fn3ze/s/4/2019-12-12T00:00:00Z2019-12-12T00:00:00ZIs al-wala wal-bara, loving and hating for the sake of Allah, part of Islam?
The doctrine of loving and hating for the sake of God (al-wala wal-bara) is a Wahhabi invention spread with Gulf money and not part of the tradition. The Quranic bara'a means detachment of association, not hatred. Mufti Abu Layth says the doctrine of loving and hating for the sake of God, al-wala wal-bara, does not exist in the tradition but is a Wahhabi innovation written about only by Saudi, Gulf and Wahhabi scholars, and that the Quranic bara'a means detachment of association rather than hatred.
Answer from 12 December 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: My Thoughts on Mohammed Hijab & His Approach | Mufti Abu Layth (at 7:52)
A more recent answer on belief/creed-and-kalam-schools exists (13 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/f_4jnua3arq/s/6/
Watch on YouTube at 7:52: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXTsV9fn3zE&t=472s<p><b>Is al-wala wal-bara, loving and hating for the sake of Allah, part of Islam?</b></p>
<p>The doctrine of loving and hating for the sake of God (al-wala wal-bara) is a Wahhabi invention spread with Gulf money and not part of the tradition. The Quranic bara'a means detachment of association, not hatred. Mufti Abu Layth says the doctrine of loving and hating for the sake of God, al-wala wal-bara, does not exist in the tradition but is a Wahhabi innovation written about only by Saudi, Gulf and Wahhabi scholars, and that the Quranic bara'a means detachment of association rather than hatred.</p>
<p>Answer from 12 December 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: My Thoughts on Mohammed Hijab & His Approach | Mufti Abu Layth (at 7:52)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/creed-and-kalam-schools exists</b> (13 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/f_4jnua3arq/s/6/">Why orthodoxy took hold, and who wrote the checklist</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXTsV9fn3zE&t=472s">Watch on YouTube at 7:52</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oxtsv9fn3ze/s/4/">Open the segment</a></p>Why does Mufti Abu Layth say Salafis cannot debate atheists without borrowing Ash'ari arguments?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oxtsv9fn3ze/s/3/2019-12-12T00:00:00Z2019-12-12T00:00:00ZWhy does Mufti Abu Layth say Salafis cannot debate atheists without borrowing Ash'ari arguments?
Salafis argue from a standpoint that cannot hold its own against atheists, so Salafi-background debaters end up using Ash'ari and Maturidi arguments. The Hanbalis were literalists, not the theologians of the tradition.
Answer from 12 December 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: My Thoughts on Mohammed Hijab & His Approach | Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:33)
A more recent answer on dialogue/views-on-contemporary-scholars exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/1/
Watch on YouTube at 6:33: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXTsV9fn3zE&t=393s<p><b>Why does Mufti Abu Layth say Salafis cannot debate atheists without borrowing Ash'ari arguments?</b></p>
<p>Salafis argue from a standpoint that cannot hold its own against atheists, so Salafi-background debaters end up using Ash'ari and Maturidi arguments. The Hanbalis were literalists, not the theologians of the tradition.</p>
<p>Answer from 12 December 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: My Thoughts on Mohammed Hijab & His Approach | Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:33)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on dialogue/views-on-contemporary-scholars exists</b> (22 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/1/">Should scholars publicly condemn a scholar said to have joined in a libation ritual?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXTsV9fn3zE&t=393s">Watch on YouTube at 6:33</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oxtsv9fn3ze/s/3/">Open the segment</a></p>What is the difference between the Ash'ari and Athari (Hanbali) creeds?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/fz6mtrfzudi/s/1/2019-11-05T00:00:00Z2019-11-05T00:00:00ZWhat is the difference between the Ash'ari and Athari (Hanbali) creeds?
The core difference is that the Athari (Hanbali) creed attributes body parts to God and the Ash'ari creed does not. Mufti Abu Layth would broadly align himself with the Ash'aris, with reservations, and ranks the philosophers above all the theologians. Mufti Abu Layth dismisses the Athari (Hanbali) creed, which he says attributes body parts to God, says he would broadly align himself with the Ash'ari school while disagreeing with it on certain points, and ranks the philosophers above all the theologians.
Answer from 5 November 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: The differences between the Ashari & Athari School | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)
A more recent answer on belief/god-and-attributes exists (4 March 2024): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/fko_fzwwnba/s/1/
Watch on YouTube at 0:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz6mtRfzUDI&t=0s<p><b>What is the difference between the Ash'ari and Athari (Hanbali) creeds?</b></p>
<p>The core difference is that the Athari (Hanbali) creed attributes body parts to God and the Ash'ari creed does not. Mufti Abu Layth would broadly align himself with the Ash'aris, with reservations, and ranks the philosophers above all the theologians. Mufti Abu Layth dismisses the Athari (Hanbali) creed, which he says attributes body parts to God, says he would broadly align himself with the Ash'ari school while disagreeing with it on certain points, and ranks the philosophers above all the theologians.</p>
<p>Answer from 5 November 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: The differences between the Ashari & Athari School | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/god-and-attributes exists</b> (4 March 2024): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/fko_fzwwnba/s/1/">How much does Allah love me?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz6mtRfzUDI&t=0s">Watch on YouTube at 0:00</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/fz6mtrfzudi/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>Did the Salafi movement play a part in producing modern extremism?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/smoocevigde/s/10/2019-11-03T00:00:00Z2019-11-03T00:00:00ZDid the Salafi movement play a part in producing modern extremism?
Mufti Abu Layth says Salafis now oppose terrorism but their movement helped produce it, from the 1970s Salafi group to the 1979 Kaaba seizure, and that Qadhi's teachers belonged to that past. Mufti Abu Layth says that, although Salafis today are against terrorism, a huge part of the terrorism seen today came from these Wahhabis.
Answer from 3 November 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: A Response to Yasir Qadhi on Miracles | Mufti Abu Layth (at 40:39)
A more recent answer on society/extremism-crime-and-justice exists (29 September 2024): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hmurvu2c9yq/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 40:39: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMOOcEVIGDE&t=2439s<p><b>Did the Salafi movement play a part in producing modern extremism?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says Salafis now oppose terrorism but their movement helped produce it, from the 1970s Salafi group to the 1979 Kaaba seizure, and that Qadhi's teachers belonged to that past. Mufti Abu Layth says that, although Salafis today are against terrorism, a huge part of the terrorism seen today came from these Wahhabis.</p>
<p>Answer from 3 November 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: A Response to Yasir Qadhi on Miracles | Mufti Abu Layth (at 40:39)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on society/extremism-crime-and-justice exists</b> (29 September 2024): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hmurvu2c9yq/s/3/">How scholars' rhetoric fed Pakistan's blasphemy killings, in Mufti Abu Layth's view</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMOOcEVIGDE&t=2439s">Watch on YouTube at 40:39</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/smoocevigde/s/10/">Open the segment</a></p>Do most Sunnis consider Wahhabis and Salafis to be Sunni?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/smoocevigde/s/6/2019-11-03T00:00:00Z2019-11-03T00:00:00ZDo most Sunnis consider Wahhabis and Salafis to be Sunni?
Mufti Abu Layth says it is ironic for a Wahhabi to expel others from Sunni Islam, since most Sunnis do not count Wahhabis as Sunni, while he himself is among the few who do. Mufti Abu Layth says he is among the minority who hold that Salafis too should be considered part of the Sunni majority of Muslims.
Answer from 3 November 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: A Response to Yasir Qadhi on Miracles | Mufti Abu Layth (at 22:29)
A more recent answer on belief/sectarianism-and-takfir/salafism-and-wahhabism exists (19 August 2022): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/19/
Watch on YouTube at 22:29: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMOOcEVIGDE&t=1349s<p><b>Do most Sunnis consider Wahhabis and Salafis to be Sunni?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says it is ironic for a Wahhabi to expel others from Sunni Islam, since most Sunnis do not count Wahhabis as Sunni, while he himself is among the few who do. Mufti Abu Layth says he is among the minority who hold that Salafis too should be considered part of the Sunni majority of Muslims.</p>
<p>Answer from 3 November 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: A Response to Yasir Qadhi on Miracles | Mufti Abu Layth (at 22:29)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/sectarianism-and-takfir/salafism-and-wahhabism exists</b> (19 August 2022): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/19/">What does the Mufti think of Ibn Taymiyya and Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMOOcEVIGDE&t=1349s">Watch on YouTube at 22:29</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/smoocevigde/s/6/">Open the segment</a></p>What is Yasir Qadhi's background, and where does the Salafi movement come from?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7cylt19gx5k/s/4/2018-10-20T00:00:00Z2018-10-20T00:00:00ZWhat is Yasir Qadhi's background, and where does the Salafi movement come from?
Qadhi's arguments stem from a hard-line Salafi formation, and Wahhabism in Mufti Abu Layth's account is a doctrine of literalism hostile to reason founded by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, whom he calls a deviant for permitting the killing and enslavement of Muslims. He traces the Salafi scholars of the 1970s to the movement behind the 1979 seizure of Mecca. Mufti Abu Layth says Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab was a deviant because he held it permissible to kill Muslims he deemed disbelievers, enslave their wives and take their wealth, including pilgrims on Hajj, and that Wahhabism is in essence a doctrine of literalism and dogmatism hostile to reason.
Answer from 20 October 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: A Reply to Sheikh Yasir Qadhi - Mufti Abu Layth (at 14:22)
A more recent answer on society/extremism-crime-and-justice exists (29 September 2024): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hmurvu2c9yq/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 14:22: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CYLT19GX5k&t=862s<p><b>What is Yasir Qadhi's background, and where does the Salafi movement come from?</b></p>
<p>Qadhi's arguments stem from a hard-line Salafi formation, and Wahhabism in Mufti Abu Layth's account is a doctrine of literalism hostile to reason founded by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, whom he calls a deviant for permitting the killing and enslavement of Muslims. He traces the Salafi scholars of the 1970s to the movement behind the 1979 seizure of Mecca. Mufti Abu Layth says Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab was a deviant because he held it permissible to kill Muslims he deemed disbelievers, enslave their wives and take their wealth, including pilgrims on Hajj, and that Wahhabism is in essence a doctrine of literalism and dogmatism hostile to reason.</p>
<p>Answer from 20 October 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: A Reply to Sheikh Yasir Qadhi - Mufti Abu Layth (at 14:22)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on society/extremism-crime-and-justice exists</b> (29 September 2024): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hmurvu2c9yq/s/3/">How scholars' rhetoric fed Pakistan's blasphemy killings, in Mufti Abu Layth's view</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CYLT19GX5k&t=862s">Watch on YouTube at 14:22</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7cylt19gx5k/s/4/">Open the segment</a></p>Why does Mufti Abu Layth say BukhariGate matters?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/iijbmtxueow/s/10/2018-09-01T00:00:00Z2018-09-01T00:00:00ZWhy does Mufti Abu Layth say BukhariGate matters?
BukhariGate matters because the whole of Sahih al-Bukhari rests on one transmitter, al-Farabri, and because the reports in it repay the Prophet and his companions with disrespect. Mufti Abu Layth attributes their circulation to Wahhabis and their sympathisers, whom he condemns in strong terms. Mufti Abu Layth holds that BukhariGate matters because the whole of Sahih al-Bukhari rests on al-Farabri alone and because its reports repay the Prophet, Umar and Aisha with disrespect, and he attributes the circulation of these reports to Wahhabis and their sympathisers, whom he calls haters of the Prophet.
Answer from 1 September 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: BukhariGate Part 2: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 30:03)
A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/10/
Watch on YouTube at 30:03: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IijbMTxUEOw&t=1803s<p><b>Why does Mufti Abu Layth say BukhariGate matters?</b></p>
<p>BukhariGate matters because the whole of Sahih al-Bukhari rests on one transmitter, al-Farabri, and because the reports in it repay the Prophet and his companions with disrespect. Mufti Abu Layth attributes their circulation to Wahhabis and their sympathisers, whom he condemns in strong terms. Mufti Abu Layth holds that BukhariGate matters because the whole of Sahih al-Bukhari rests on al-Farabri alone and because its reports repay the Prophet, Umar and Aisha with disrespect, and he attributes the circulation of these reports to Wahhabis and their sympathisers, whom he calls haters of the Prophet.</p>
<p>Answer from 1 September 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: BukhariGate Part 2: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 30:03)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/10/">Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IijbMTxUEOw&t=1803s">Watch on YouTube at 30:03</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/iijbmtxueow/s/10/">Open the segment</a></p>What do Saudi scholars say about women travelling without a mahram?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/jp8gjvvonms/s/5/2018-04-22T00:00:00Z2018-04-22T00:00:00ZWhat do Saudi scholars say about women travelling without a mahram?
Mufti Abu Layth reports the Saudi fatwa board and Ibn Baz forbidding any journey without a mahram, even a short staff bus trip, and mocks the strictness.
Answer from 22 April 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)
Recording: Hadith Analysis & Fatwa: Women Can Travel Without a Mahram - Mufti Abu Layth (at 19:38)
A more recent answer on belief/sectarianism-and-takfir/salafism-and-wahhabism exists (19 August 2022): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/19/
Watch on YouTube at 19:38: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp8GjvVONMs&t=1178s<p><b>What do Saudi scholars say about women travelling without a mahram?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth reports the Saudi fatwa board and Ibn Baz forbidding any journey without a mahram, even a short staff bus trip, and mocks the strictness.</p>
<p>Answer from 22 April 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p>
<p>Recording: Hadith Analysis & Fatwa: Women Can Travel Without a Mahram - Mufti Abu Layth (at 19:38)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/sectarianism-and-takfir/salafism-and-wahhabism exists</b> (19 August 2022): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/19/">What does the Mufti think of Ibn Taymiyya and Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp8GjvVONMs&t=1178s">Watch on YouTube at 19:38</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/jp8gjvvonms/s/5/">Open the segment</a></p>How does he view the Salafi movement, and is hadith narrator criticism a divine science?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8u9-aslyrze/s/4/2018-02-21T00:00:00Z2018-02-21T00:00:00ZHow does he view the Salafi movement, and is hadith narrator criticism a divine science?
The Salafi movement began as a courageous rejection of tradition but, once established, became as dogmatic as what it opposed. Narrator criticism is a human science, so it is always open to revision and disagreement. Mufti Abu Layth says the Salafi movement, having begun as a courageous iconoclastic rejection of tradition, became as dogmatic as what it opposed once established, and that narrator criticism (ilm al-rijal) is a human science open to revision and disagreement rather than a divine one.
Answer from 21 February 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Reply to Sunni (Wahhabi) Defence Pt.I -Mufti Abu Layth (at 10:29)
A more recent answer on hadith/authentication/narrator-criticism exists (19 April 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/2/
Watch on YouTube at 10:29: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U9-ASlyrzE&t=629s<p><b>How does he view the Salafi movement, and is hadith narrator criticism a divine science?</b></p>
<p>The Salafi movement began as a courageous rejection of tradition but, once established, became as dogmatic as what it opposed. Narrator criticism is a human science, so it is always open to revision and disagreement. Mufti Abu Layth says the Salafi movement, having begun as a courageous iconoclastic rejection of tradition, became as dogmatic as what it opposed once established, and that narrator criticism (ilm al-rijal) is a human science open to revision and disagreement rather than a divine one.</p>
<p>Answer from 21 February 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Reply to Sunni (Wahhabi) Defence Pt.I -Mufti Abu Layth (at 10:29)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/authentication/narrator-criticism exists</b> (19 April 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/2/">Why does the practice of Madinah matter more than a single hadith?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U9-ASlyrzE&t=629s">Watch on YouTube at 10:29</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8u9-aslyrze/s/4/">Open the segment</a></p>Can the detailed aqidah taught today be proven from the Quran and Sunnah alone?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ckwrlhtbygo/s/2/2018-01-14T00:00:00Z2018-01-14T00:00:00ZCan the detailed aqidah taught today be proven from the Quran and Sunnah alone?
Mufti Abu Layth says aqidah as taught today was put together by Muslims over the ages, while the Prophet taught only simple belief. He challenges the maulana to a face-to-face meeting to prove his aqidah exclusively from the Quran and Sunnah, guaranteeing it cannot be done.
Answer from 14 January 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: A Reply To Zakaullah Saleem (Salafi)- By Mufti Abu Layth (at 5:29)
A more recent answer on belief/creed-and-kalam-schools exists (13 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/f_4jnua3arq/s/6/
Watch on YouTube at 5:29: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKWRLHtBYgo&t=329s<p><b>Can the detailed aqidah taught today be proven from the Quran and Sunnah alone?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says aqidah as taught today was put together by Muslims over the ages, while the Prophet taught only simple belief. He challenges the maulana to a face-to-face meeting to prove his aqidah exclusively from the Quran and Sunnah, guaranteeing it cannot be done.</p>
<p>Answer from 14 January 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: A Reply To Zakaullah Saleem (Salafi)- By Mufti Abu Layth (at 5:29)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/creed-and-kalam-schools exists</b> (13 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/f_4jnua3arq/s/6/">Why orthodoxy took hold, and who wrote the checklist</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKWRLHtBYgo&t=329s">Watch on YouTube at 5:29</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ckwrlhtbygo/s/2/">Open the segment</a></p>What did the Green Lane Masjid khutbah say about Mufti Abu Layth?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ckwrlhtbygo/s/1/2018-01-14T00:00:00Z2018-01-14T00:00:00ZWhat did the Green Lane Masjid khutbah say about Mufti Abu Layth?
The khutbah called him a jahil who cannot be a mufti, said he mocks the deen, the people of tawhid and hadith, and blamed his followers' parents for not teaching them the correct aqidah. Mufti Abu Layth reports each charge with mockery and notes a well-funded Salafi organisation targeting one man on Facebook.
Answer from 14 January 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)
Recording: A Reply To Zakaullah Saleem (Salafi)- By Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)
A more recent answer on belief/creed-and-kalam-schools exists (13 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/f_4jnua3arq/s/6/
Watch on YouTube at 0:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKWRLHtBYgo&t=0s<p><b>What did the Green Lane Masjid khutbah say about Mufti Abu Layth?</b></p>
<p>The khutbah called him a jahil who cannot be a mufti, said he mocks the deen, the people of tawhid and hadith, and blamed his followers' parents for not teaching them the correct aqidah. Mufti Abu Layth reports each charge with mockery and notes a well-funded Salafi organisation targeting one man on Facebook.</p>
<p>Answer from 14 January 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p>
<p>Recording: A Reply To Zakaullah Saleem (Salafi)- By Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/creed-and-kalam-schools exists</b> (13 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/f_4jnua3arq/s/6/">Why orthodoxy took hold, and who wrote the checklist</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKWRLHtBYgo&t=0s">Watch on YouTube at 0:00</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ckwrlhtbygo/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>