Mufti Abu Layth Archive: dialogue/christians-and-other-faiths

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

How does the Chinese state deal with religion?

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

How does the Chinese state deal with religion?

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

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

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

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

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

Watch on YouTube at 44:07 · Open the segment

What does Lupe Fiasco think the soul is?

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

What does Lupe Fiasco think the soul is?

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

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

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

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

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

Watch on YouTube at 36:27 · Open the segment

Did Jesus survive the crucifixion?

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

Did Jesus survive the crucifixion?

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

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

Kind: general teaching

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

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

Watch on YouTube at 3:40:28 · Open the segment

Does the Muslim account of the Mahdi, Jesus and Gog and Magog parallel Jewish messianic literature?

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

Does the Muslim account of the Mahdi, Jesus and Gog and Magog parallel Jewish messianic literature?

Qadhi's own clip lays out the Midrash's two messiahs, Gog and Magog and judgement, notes the parallel with the Muslim Mahdi, Messiah and Gog and Magog, and suggests both traditions simply had it. Mufti Abu Layth responds with sarcasm and notes Qadhi's admission that Muslim books contain bizarre material.

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

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

Recording: Reply to Yasir Qadhi's False Claims on 2nd Coming of Jesus | Mufti Abu Layth (at 43:24)

A more recent answer on dialogue/christians-and-other-faiths exists (26 April 2021): What does Lupe Fiasco think of Killah Priest's song B.I.B.L.E.?

Watch on YouTube at 43:24 · Open the segment

Do Muslim beliefs about the Mahdi, Jesus and Gog and Magog mirror Jewish messianic texts?

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

Do Muslim beliefs about the Mahdi, Jesus and Gog and Magog mirror Jewish messianic texts?

In the clip Qadhi sets out the Jewish belief in a minor and a major messiah alongside Gog and Magog, mirroring Muslim end-time beliefs; Mufti Abu Layth mocks his 'what a coincidence'.

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

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

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:46:36)

A more recent answer on dialogue/christians-and-other-faiths exists (26 April 2021): What does Lupe Fiasco think of Killah Priest's song B.I.B.L.E.?

Watch on YouTube at 1:46:36 · Open the segment

Is following the Sunnah like believing in the Trinity?

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is following the Sunnah like believing in the Trinity?

No: following the Sunnah is of course not akin to the Trinity. Mufti Abu Layth says the quick answer is that following the Sunnah is of course not akin to the Trinity.

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 1:16:17)

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

Watch on YouTube at 1:16:17 · Open the segment

Did the early Muslims respect the Torah and Bible, and are they corrupted?

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

Did the early Muslims respect the Torah and Bible, and are they corrupted?

The Bible has changed in words, stories and translation, but Mufti Abu Layth says its core message is still valid and the Quran does not call it wholly corrupted. Mufti Abu Layth says that in much of the Bible words, stories and translations would have changed, but its message would still be very much valid.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #200| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 19:31)

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

Watch on YouTube at 20:22 · Open the segment

Was docetism about someone else being crucified in Jesus's place?

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Was docetism about someone else being crucified in Jesus's place?

No: he says docetism was a debate over whether Jesus was truly human, and that the Quran says the crucifixion only appeared to succeed, not that a look-alike was crucified.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #199 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:30:22)

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

Watch on YouTube at 2:31:42 · Open the segment

Was Christianity still a true religion until Muhammad's first revelation?

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Was Christianity still a true religion until Muhammad's first revelation?

Mufti Abu Layth reframes the question: Jesus was sent to the Israelites, not the Arabs, and monotheists existed in Arabia before the Prophet. Mufti Abu Layth says Jesus was never sent to the Arabs but to the Israelites.

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 2:13:21)

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

Watch on YouTube at 2:13:43 · Open the segment

Can a Christian really speak with God?

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Can a Christian really speak with God?

Anyone can have a direct line to God whatever they call Him; he says the atheist one-god-further argument is a fallacy. Mufti Abu Layth says he believes that anybody and everybody has a direct line to Allah, whatever they call him.

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 1:51:46)

A more recent answer on belief/salvation-and-non-muslims exists (18 October 2025): If most people love praise and are punished, how is God the most merciful?

Watch on YouTube at 1:52:12 · Open the segment

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Watch on YouTube at 2:06:50 · Open the segment

Did the Prophet Muhammad perform miracles?

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

Did the Prophet Muhammad perform miracles?

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

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

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

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

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?

Watch on YouTube at 1:30:29 · Open the segment

Does God's morality change over time?

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

Does God's morality change over time?

The guest says universal morality does not change, only ritual law: the Quran corrects the biblical conquest narrative by implying the Israelites inherited Egypt rather than slaughtering another people.

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

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

Recording: Dr Javad T. Hashmi | Axis of Morality & Archetypal Myths in the Quran | MindTrap 46 |Mufti Abu Layth (at 47:41)

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

Watch on YouTube at 47:41 · Open the segment

Is Jay Smith a reliable critic of the Quran's preservation?

Thu, 10 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Is Jay Smith a reliable critic of the Quran's preservation?

No: he agrees with Yasir Qadhi that Jay Smith and David Wood are not clued up and chase sensation, repeating academics' summaries without understanding them.

Answer from 10 December 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Yasir Qadhi's reply to Jay Smith & ultracrepidarian | Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:58)

A more recent answer on quran/preservation-and-qiraat exists (29 September 2024): Why is lanasfa'an in Quran 96:15 written with an alif, and is it a mistake?

Watch on YouTube at 6:58 · Open the segment

Yasir Qadhi's reply to Jay Smith over 'holes in the standard narrative'

Thu, 10 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Yasir Qadhi's reply to Jay Smith over 'holes in the standard narrative'

A played clip of Yasir Qadhi answering Christian polemicists who used his 'holes in the standard narrative' remark, calling them unqualified and likening variant readings to accents.

Answer from 10 December 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Yasir Qadhi's reply to Jay Smith & ultracrepidarian | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

A more recent answer on quran/preservation-and-qiraat exists (29 September 2024): Why is lanasfa'an in Quran 96:15 written with an alif, and is it a mistake?

Watch on YouTube at 0:00 · Open the segment

Why does the biblical tradition say God commanded Abraham to sacrifice his son?

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Why does the biblical tradition say God commanded Abraham to sacrifice his son?

Mufti Abu Layth says the Israelites adopted the name Yahweh, a Near Eastern war god from the household of El, and that god's brutal character carried over into their picture of God, making such a command plausible to them. For Muslims, he says, that is not the true image of Allah. Mufti Abu Layth holds that the Israelite picture of God inherited the brutal character of the war god Yahweh, which made a command to sacrifice a son plausible to them, and that this is not the true image of Allah.

Answer from 28 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: "God did NOT ask Abraham to sacrifice his son" | Mufti Abu Layth (at 17:12)

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

Watch on YouTube at 17:12 · Open the segment

Where did the idea of sacrificing a son come from in Ibrahim's time?

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Where did the idea of sacrificing a son come from in Ibrahim's time?

Human sacrifice to gods such as Moloch and Baal was a widespread practice of the ancient Near East, and the Bible's story of Jephthah sacrificing his daughter shows it. Mufti Abu Layth says this surrounding culture explains how such a dream could come to Ibrahim. Mufti Abu Layth holds that Ibrahim's dream of sacrificing his son is explained by the surrounding Near Eastern culture of human sacrifice working on the subconscious, not by a command from God.

Answer from 28 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: "God did NOT ask Abraham to sacrifice his son" | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:58)

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

Watch on YouTube at 3:58 · Open the segment

What were soma and haoma in the Hindu and Persian traditions?

Sat, 17 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

What were soma and haoma in the Hindu and Persian traditions?

Ancient traditions such as the Vedic soma and the Avestan haoma point to the same entheogenic experiences, which those cultures had no vocabulary to explain; soma is argued to be Amanita muscaria, which may explain the deification of cows and the drinking of their urine. Mufti Abu Layth says ancient traditions such as the Vedic soma and the Avestan haoma record the same entheogenic experiences without a vocabulary for them, and that if soma was Amanita muscaria this explains the Hindu drinking of cow urine and the deification of the animals.

Answer from 17 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Psychedelics are NOT haram | Mufti Abu Layth (at 18:24)

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

Watch on YouTube at 18:24 · Open the segment

Why doesn't the Quran clearly deny the virgin birth?

Tue, 13 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Why doesn't the Quran clearly deny the virgin birth?

To build bridges with the Christians: the Quran used their terms and left room for their belief without affirming it, compromising only not on the Trinity. Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran did not affirm the virgin birth but gave Christians the space to infer it, as a middle ground.

Answer from 13 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Discussion on Miracles: A fallacy against God | Mufti Abu Layth (at 55:00)

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

Watch on YouTube at 55:00 · Open the segment

Is it haram to take part in another religion's rituals, like eating prasad at a gurdwara?

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Is it haram to take part in another religion's rituals, like eating prasad at a gurdwara?

Mufti Abu Layth would personally avoid ritual-filled protests, but says joining another faith's rituals to experience them is not haram or shirk, as intention decides. Mufti Abu Layth says it is not haram to eat the prasad offered on a visit to a gurdwara, because the objective of going is to experience what those people do.

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 2:49:04)

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

Watch on YouTube at 2:49:43 · Open the segment

Did the Prophet really order Jews and Christians expelled from Arabia?

Mon, 24 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Did the Prophet really order Jews and Christians expelled from Arabia?

Mufti Abu Layth finds the hadith ordering the expulsion of Jews and Christians from Arabia suspect, since the Prophet traded with a Jewish man days before he died, and sees it as a later fabrication. Mufti Abu Layth says he finds the hadith ordering the expulsion of the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula incredibly suspect and does not believe it is true.

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 2:06:49)

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

Watch on YouTube at 2:07:28 · Open the segment

How should Muslims react when someone tears or burns the Quran?

Mon, 24 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000

How should Muslims react when someone tears or burns the Quran?

Mufti Abu Layth says tearing the Quran harms nothing in Islam and Muslims should never be enraged by it, while he condemns it and urges everyone to respect religious symbols.

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 1:27:21)

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

Watch on YouTube at 1:27:21 · Open the segment

Should Pakistan allow a Hindu temple to be built in Islamabad?

Thu, 16 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Should Pakistan allow a Hindu temple to be built in Islamabad?

Yes, he says: Pakistan is a nation-state of equal citizens, not a khilafah, and Muslims who demand tolerance abroad while opposing a temple at home have become bigots. The Quran itself says Allah's name is glorified in other faiths' places of worship. Mufti Abu Layth says Muslims have become bigoted and intolerant, demanding tolerance for themselves while opposing a Hindu temple in Islamabad, and that he supports building places of worship for other communities in Pakistan, which is a nation-state of equal citizens and not a khilafah.

Answer from 16 July 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Why converting the Hagia Sophia to a mosque is a mistake | Mufti Abu Layth (at 26:20)

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

Watch on YouTube at 26:20 · Open the segment

Should Pakistan allow a Hindu temple in Islamabad?

Tue, 14 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Should Pakistan allow a Hindu temple in Islamabad?

Mufti Abu Layth supports the Islamabad temple: Pakistan is a nation-state of equal citizens, and Muslims who demand tolerance abroad but deny it at home are bigots. Mufti Abu Layth says he supports building places of worship for other communities in Pakistan, which is a nation-state in which all citizens are equal.

Answer from 14 July 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth 173 (at 1:40:22)

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

Watch on YouTube at 1:40:22 · Open the segment

Was it right for Turkey to turn the Hagia Sophia back into a mosque?

Fri, 10 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Was it right for Turkey to turn the Hagia Sophia back into a mosque?

Mufti Abu Layth would not issue a fatwa against praying in the Hagia Sophia, but says Muslims should stop being insecure and be comfortable in their skin.

Answer from 10 July 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Shaykh Omar Baloch | Cynicism, Consumerism & the Catch 22 of Riba | Mindtrap with Mufti #30 (at 2:25:24)

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

Watch on YouTube at 2:25:24 · Open the segment

Should Pakistan allow a Hindu temple to be built in Islamabad?

Fri, 10 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Should Pakistan allow a Hindu temple to be built in Islamabad?

Mufti Abu Layth thinks building a temple for Pakistani Hindus is a kind gesture and that Muslims have no reason to feel insecure about it.

Answer from 10 July 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Shaykh Omar Baloch | Cynicism, Consumerism & the Catch 22 of Riba | Mindtrap with Mufti #30 (at 2:22:12)

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

Watch on YouTube at 2:22:50 · Open the segment

Is love one of God's attributes in Islam?

Fri, 03 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Is love one of God's attributes in Islam?

The guest says Sufi traditions understand God's mercy as love even though Kalam rarely speaks of it, and rejects the polemic that the God of Islam is not loving.

Answer from 3 July 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Prof. Dr Khalil Andani | The Oral Text & the Ontology of The Quran | Mindtrap with Mufti #28 (at 1:33:10)

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

Watch on YouTube at 1:33:37 · Open the segment

Where do anthropomorphic ideas of God in Islam come from?

Fri, 03 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Where do anthropomorphic ideas of God in Islam come from?

Mufti Abu Layth suggests anthropomorphic texts were partly inherited from the Judeo-Christian tradition; the guest describes the Sufi, philosophical and Isma'ili view that God's names describe relations, not his essence.

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 1:24:04)

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

Watch on YouTube at 1:24:04 · Open the segment

If possession were real, why is there no sahih hadith of the Prophet casting out a jinn?

Wed, 22 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

If possession were real, why is there no sahih hadith of the Prophet casting out a jinn?

The Gospels make exorcism a chief miracle of Jesus, but the Quran never mentions it and there is no sahih hadith of the Prophet casting out a jinn, so the guest calls the belief overstated. Following Bilal Philips's study, he says the symptoms match psychological illness and medical treatment should come first.

Answer from 22 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Shaykh Dr. Shabir Ally | Juxtaposing the Quran, Jumbling Aisha's age & Jinn Possession | MindTrap#16 (at 1:29:36)

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

Watch on YouTube at 1:29:36 · Open the segment

Who is Uzair mentioned in the Quran?

Sun, 29 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Who is Uzair mentioned in the Quran?

Mufti Abu Layth says the common reading of Uzair as Ezra does not really fit, since Jews never called Ezra the son of God. Mufti Abu Layth says the interpretation of Uzair as Ezra does not really fit the bill and can only be a forced fit.

Answer from 29 December 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Who is Uzair in the Quran? Ezra or Osiris? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

A more recent answer on quran/tafsir/contested-verses exists (19 August 2022): Is Quran 22:52 about the satanic verses incident?

Watch on YouTube at 0:33 · Open the segment

Does the Quran forbid Muslims from being friends with non-Muslims who challenge Islam?

Thu, 12 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Does the Quran forbid Muslims from being friends with non-Muslims who challenge Islam?

The verse about not loving those who oppose Allah was revealed when tribes were confederating to attack the Muslims and concerns loyalty to them, not friendship with non-Muslims. Permission to marry Christians and Jews shows love and friendship with non-Muslims are allowed. Mufti Abu Layth says the verse that believers will not be found loving those who oppose Allah and His Messenger was revealed about Muslims who kept ties with tribes confederating to attack the Muslims, and that it does not forbid friendship with non-Muslims, as the permission to marry Christians and Jews shows.

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 2:40)

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

Watch on YouTube at 2:40 · Open the segment

Is today's Bible the same one Christians and Jews read in the Prophet's time?

Sat, 14 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Is today's Bible the same one Christians and Jews read in the Prophet's time?

Quoting the Bible where it makes sense is fine. Whether today's Bible matches the one of the Prophet's time he does not know, though it most likely may, and the Quran does not address it. Mufti Abu Layth says that in all honesty he does not know whether the scripture Jews and Christians had in the Prophet's time was identical to today's, though it most likely may have been.

Answer from 14 September 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Is the Quran corrupted? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 13:16)

A more recent answer on dialogue/christians-and-other-faiths exists (26 April 2021): What does Lupe Fiasco think of Killah Priest's song B.I.B.L.E.?

Watch on YouTube at 13:16 · Open the segment

If God knew earlier scriptures would change, why not send the Quran first?

Sat, 14 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000

If God knew earlier scriptures would change, why not send the Quran first?

The earlier prophets were sent only to the Israelites and their books were never meant to be preserved word for word, so the question rests on a misunderstanding. Mufti Abu Layth says that, as far as Muslims are concerned, Jesus came only for the Israelites and not for mankind.

Answer from 14 September 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Is the Quran corrupted? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 11:21)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 11:21 · Open the segment

Is the Bible corrupted?

Sat, 14 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Is the Bible corrupted?

Yes, if corrupted means not preserved word for word, since they were never meant to be a recitation; but the general message of Jesus was most likely kept. Mufti Abu Layth says the earlier scriptures can be called corrupted if that means they were not preserved verbatim.

Answer from 14 September 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Is the Quran corrupted? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 8:17)

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

Watch on YouTube at 8:17 · Open the segment

How do I answer Christians who say the Quran could be corrupted like the Bible?

Sat, 14 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000

How do I answer Christians who say the Quran could be corrupted like the Bible?

Earlier revelation was not like the Quran: the Quran is a recitation meant to be preserved word for word, while the Torah was a message and laws and the Injil was the good news Jesus preached. Mufti Abu Layth says Muslims wrongly assume that earlier revelation was like the revelation they have, the Quran.

Answer from 14 September 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Is the Quran corrupted? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:01)

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Which verses forbid or allow marrying non-Muslims?

Fri, 10 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Which verses forbid or allow marrying non-Muslims?

Al-Baqarah 221 and the verse on the emigrant women are cited against intermarriage, while al-Ma'idah 5 allows marrying Christian and Jewish women. Imam Malik disliked it because a husband may not stop his Christian wife bringing pork and wine home.

Answer from 10 May 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Can a Nikah with a Non-Muslim be valid? - Mufti Abu Layth Al-Maliki (at 20:24)

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

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Did Jesus really speak as a baby in the cradle?

Sat, 23 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Did Jesus really speak as a baby in the cradle?

Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran does not say Jesus spoke as a baby; the Maryam passage most likely refers to Jesus at twelve debating the priests in the Temple, as in Luke. Mufti Abu Layth says that the popular story of the baby Jesus speaking to save Mary from being stoned is, in his understanding, not true at all.

Answer from 23 February 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Did Jesus (a.s.) Speak in the Cradle? -Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:02)

A more recent answer on quran/tafsir/contested-verses exists (19 August 2022): Is Quran 22:52 about the satanic verses incident?

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Do Muslims accept doctrines as irrational as the Trinity, such as the uncreated Quran?

Mon, 24 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Do Muslims accept doctrines as irrational as the Trinity, such as the uncreated Quran?

Wood's real challenge was that Muslims who mock the Trinity as irrational themselves accept doctrines such as the uncreated Quran and attributes that are 'neither God nor other than God'. Mufti Abu Layth says this was a genuinely tough point that Hijab did not fully answer, but Wood put it so badly that few noticed.

Answer from 24 December 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: On the David Wood and Muhammad Hijab Debate: Reflections & Review -Mufti Abu Layth (at 11:16)

A more recent answer on belief/reason-and-revelation exists (18 October 2025): Why did Mufti Abu Layth bring up 3:188 against the Quran-only position?

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What does it mean that Allah performs salah upon the Prophet?

Mon, 24 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000

What does it mean that Allah performs salah upon the Prophet?

Wood kept asking to whom Allah prays if He 'performs salah' on the Prophet, which Hijab answered well as sending blessings. Mufti Abu Layth says pressing a linguistic point after it was answered, without knowing Arabic, was pathetic.

Answer from 24 December 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: On the David Wood and Muhammad Hijab Debate: Reflections & Review -Mufti Abu Layth (at 9:11)

A more recent answer on quran/arabic-language exists (18 October 2025): Is the 'light' that came with the clear book in 5:15 the Prophet or the Quran itself?

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What was Hijab's main argument against the Trinity, and did Wood answer it?

Mon, 24 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000

What was Hijab's main argument against the Trinity, and did Wood answer it?

Hijab's central argument was that the Trinitarian creed defined at Nicaea in 325 cannot be shown in any earlier Christian source, which Mufti Abu Layth calls precise and well researched and which Wood failed to answer sufficiently. Wood seemed shaky and unprepared, and the debate leaned less on reason than it could have.

Answer from 24 December 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: On the David Wood and Muhammad Hijab Debate: Reflections & Review -Mufti Abu Layth (at 5:15)

A more recent answer on belief/reason-and-revelation exists (18 October 2025): Why did Mufti Abu Layth bring up 3:188 against the Quran-only position?

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Did the topic of Tawhid versus the Trinity favour the Muslim side, and how well prepared was Hijab?

Mon, 24 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Did the topic of Tawhid versus the Trinity favour the Muslim side, and how well prepared was Hijab?

Tawhid appeals to reason while the Trinity is held by Christians as a supra-rational truth, so the topic itself favoured Hijab. Even so, Mufti Abu Layth was impressed by Hijab's thorough biblical research and impromptu quotation of the Bible, while Wood seemed unprepared. Mufti Abu Layth holds that when one side of a debate appeals to reason and the other defends what it calls irrational truths, the side of reason will generally prevail, so the topic favoured Hijab, whose biblical research he nonetheless credits as impressive.

Answer from 24 December 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: On the David Wood and Muhammad Hijab Debate: Reflections & Review -Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:38)

A more recent answer on belief/reason-and-revelation exists (18 October 2025): Why did Mufti Abu Layth bring up 3:188 against the Quran-only position?

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Who won the David Wood versus Mohammed Hijab debate on Tawhid and the Trinity?

Mon, 24 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Who won the David Wood versus Mohammed Hijab debate on Tawhid and the Trinity?

Mufti Abu Layth calls the Wood versus Hijab debate on Tawhid and the Trinity monumental and worth watching, and says Mohammed Hijab clearly won. He introduces David Wood as an evangelical, anti-Islam preacher who has debated many Muslims.

Answer from 24 December 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: On the David Wood and Muhammad Hijab Debate: Reflections & Review -Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

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 the Quran actually say Mary had a virgin birth?

Thu, 25 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Does the Quran actually say Mary had a virgin birth?

No verse of the Quran directly says Jesus was born of a virgin; a verse implies it, and Muslims have differed on it. Mary was married, is never called the Virgin Mary in Islam, and most likely did not remain a virgin all her life. Mufti Abu Layth says that no verse of the Quran directly says that Mary's was a virgin birth, though a verse implies it.

Answer from 25 October 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Does the Quran Mention a Virgin Birth for Jesus (a.s.)? - Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:33)

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

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Why does the Quran call Jesus the Word of God and mention the Holy Spirit with him?

Thu, 25 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Why does the Quran call Jesus the Word of God and mention the Holy Spirit with him?

The Quran uses terms of Jesus that it uses of no other prophet, the Word of God and the Holy Spirit, which Muslims do not take literally. He suggests this Christian rhetoric was perhaps meant to build bridges with Christians. Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran uses Christian rhetoric about Jesus, such as the Word of God and the Holy Spirit, perhaps in order to build bridges between the Muslim and Christian communities.

Answer from 25 October 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Does the Quran Mention a Virgin Birth for Jesus (a.s.)? - Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:05)

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

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Does the Quran say Jesus was born of a virgin?

Sat, 20 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Does the Quran say Jesus was born of a virgin?

No verse of the Quran states that Jesus's birth was a virgin birth, only implies it, and Muslim scholars have differed on it. Mary is never called the Virgin Mary in Islam; she was married, and some scholars held that she conceived naturally. Mufti Abu Layth says that no verse of the Quran states that Jesus's birth was a virgin birth, only implies it, that Muslim scholars have differed on the question, and that Mary, who was married, is never called the Virgin Mary in Islam.

Answer from 20 October 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: A Reply to Sheikh Yasir Qadhi - Mufti Abu Layth (at 49:47)

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

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Why does the Quran call Jesus the Word of God and speak of the Holy Spirit?

Sat, 20 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Why does the Quran call Jesus the Word of God and speak of the Holy Spirit?

The Quran applies to Jesus terms it uses of no other prophet, the Word of God and the Holy Spirit, which Muslims do not read literally. Mufti Abu Layth suggests this Christian rhetoric may have been meant to build bridges with Christians. Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran applies to Jesus terms such as the Word of God and the Holy Spirit that it uses for no other prophet and that Muslims do not take literally, and suggests this Christian rhetoric may have been meant to build bridges with the Christian community.

Answer from 20 October 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: A Reply to Sheikh Yasir Qadhi - Mufti Abu Layth (at 43:11)

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

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How do Muslims know Islam is true and other religions are not?

Mon, 09 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

How do Muslims know Islam is true and other religions are not?

Muslims reject Hinduism and the Trinity by reason, relying on a shared human intersubjectivity that judges by practical facts; Mufti Abu Layth says the same standard of reason must therefore be applied to Islam. Mufti Abu Layth holds that Muslims use reason to reject Hinduism and the Trinity, that a shared human intersubjectivity lets a healthy mind judge such claims absurd, and that the same standard of reason must be applied to Islam.

Answer from 9 April 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: The Role Of Reason In Religion - Mufti Abu Layth (at 9:20)

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Why would Jesus need to return if the Prophet Muhammad completed the religion?

Tue, 13 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Why would Jesus need to return if the Prophet Muhammad completed the religion?

Muslims have no reason of their own for Jesus to return; Mufti Abu Layth rejects the descent hadith because they clash with the Quran and other hadith, not from any misunderstanding of yanzilu. Mufti Abu Layth says he does not accept the hadith of Jesus's descent because they clash with the Quran and with other hadith, not because of any misunderstanding of the Arabic yanzilu.

Answer from 13 March 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: PRELUDE: Why There Is NO 2nd Coming Of Jesus (as) In Islam- Mufti Abu Layth (at 42:18)

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The second coming as a central Christian doctrine: Jesus returns as judge

Tue, 13 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000

The second coming as a central Christian doctrine: Jesus returns as judge

The second coming is central to Christianity, and the New Testament's picture of Jesus returning as a judge matches what the hadith say. Mufti Abu Layth says the second coming is perhaps the second most important Christian belief, on which Christianity rose, and that the hadith's picture of Jesus returning as a judge matches the New Testament.

Answer from 13 March 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: PRELUDE: Why There Is NO 2nd Coming Of Jesus (as) In Islam- Mufti Abu Layth (at 39:52)

A more recent answer on dialogue/christians-and-other-faiths exists (26 April 2021): What does Lupe Fiasco think of Killah Priest's song B.I.B.L.E.?

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Can I say Merry Christmas to non-Muslims?

Sun, 27 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Can I say Merry Christmas to non-Muslims?

Yes, saying Merry Christmas is permissible: old rulings against it came from a very different world, and in the UK Christmas is largely a winter festivity. Those who prefer another greeting may use it without feeling pressured. Mufti Abu Layth says it is permissible to say Merry Christmas to non-Muslims.

Answer from 27 December 2015 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Fatwa on saying Merry Christmas - Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

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

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