Mufti Abu Layth Archive: dialogue/debate-challenges-and-reviewsAnswers on dialogue/debate-challenges-and-reviews, newest recording first.https://muftiabulayth.org/feeds/topics/dialogue-debate-challenges-and-reviews.atom.xml2021-04-13T00:00:00ZMufti Abu Layth Archivepipeline/feeds.pyDid Dr Abdul Majid refute Mufti Abu Layth's BukhariGate arguments?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/31/2021-04-13T00:00:00Z2021-04-13T00:00:00ZDid Dr Abdul Majid refute Mufti Abu Layth's BukhariGate arguments?
No: Mufti Abu Layth says Dr Abdul Majid accepted Bukhari because other scholars had and did not answer the points on its transmission, though he respects him for having the dialogue.
Answer from 13 April 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:52:38)
A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/10/
Watch on YouTube at 1:53:57: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XuHMCz2N3U&t=6837s<p><b>Did Dr Abdul Majid refute Mufti Abu Layth's BukhariGate arguments?</b></p>
<p>No: Mufti Abu Layth says Dr Abdul Majid accepted Bukhari because other scholars had and did not answer the points on its transmission, though he respects him for having the dialogue.</p>
<p>Answer from 13 April 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:52:38)</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=8XuHMCz2N3U&t=6837s">Watch on YouTube at 1:53:57</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/31/">Open the segment</a></p>Will Mufti Abu Layth invite his critics onto MindTrap?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/29/2021-04-13T00:00:00Z2021-04-13T00:00:00ZWill Mufti Abu Layth invite his critics onto MindTrap?
Yes: Mufti Abu Layth says he has invited many of his critics onto MindTrap for respectful dialogue, but not hate preachers or extremists.
Answer from 13 April 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:48:40)
A more recent answer on dialogue/the-mufti-and-the-channel exists (18 May 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t9ei_hrzl84/s/2/
Watch on YouTube at 1:48:40: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XuHMCz2N3U&t=6520s<p><b>Will Mufti Abu Layth invite his critics onto MindTrap?</b></p>
<p>Yes: Mufti Abu Layth says he has invited many of his critics onto MindTrap for respectful dialogue, but not hate preachers or extremists.</p>
<p>Answer from 13 April 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:48:40)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on dialogue/the-mufti-and-the-channel exists</b> (18 May 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t9ei_hrzl84/s/2/">Response to accusations over Palestine remarks and claims he is not Muslim</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XuHMCz2N3U&t=6520s">Watch on YouTube at 1:48:40</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/29/">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 路 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 路 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> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/krigi3omjd4/s/3/">Open the segment</a></p>An open challenge: defend Salafi aqidah from the Quran alonehttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/39/2021-02-16T00:00:00Z2021-02-16T00:00:00ZAn open challenge: defend Salafi aqidah from the Quran alone
Mufti Abu Layth repeats his open challenge to Abdul Rahman Hassan and any Salafi imam to defend Salafi aqidah from the Quran alone, on MindTrap.
Answer from 16 February 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:16:57)
A more recent answer on dialogue/debate-challenges-and-reviews exists (13 April 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/31/
Watch on YouTube at 2:16:57: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--PntsaR8ck&t=8217s<p><b>An open challenge: defend Salafi aqidah from the Quran alone</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth repeats his open challenge to Abdul Rahman Hassan and any Salafi imam to defend Salafi aqidah from the Quran alone, on MindTrap.</p>
<p>Answer from 16 February 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:16:57)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on dialogue/debate-challenges-and-reviews exists</b> (13 April 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/31/">Did Dr Abdul Majid refute Mufti Abu Layth's BukhariGate arguments?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--PntsaR8ck&t=8217s">Watch on YouTube at 2:16:57</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/39/">Open the segment</a></p>Do Muslims have to believe that Jesus will come back?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/qaxeur-uxvo/s/1/2021-02-14T00:00:00Z2021-02-14T00:00:00ZDo Muslims have to believe that Jesus will come back?
Mufti Abu Layth rejects the hadith of Jesus returning as a judge who offers Islam or the sword, saying it came from Christian belief and clashes with the Quran's no compulsion in religion. Mufti Abu Layth says the hadith of Jesus descending as a judge on earth was made up from Christian belief taken from the Bible.
Answer from 14 February 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Caller runs off from the debate - Will Jesus Return | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:01)
A more recent answer on hadith/false-and-fabricated exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/
Watch on YouTube at 0:01: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAXeuR-UXvo&t=1s<p><b>Do Muslims have to believe that Jesus will come back?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth rejects the hadith of Jesus returning as a judge who offers Islam or the sword, saying it came from Christian belief and clashes with the Quran's no compulsion in religion. Mufti Abu Layth says the hadith of Jesus descending as a judge on earth was made up from Christian belief taken from the Bible.</p>
<p>Answer from 14 February 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Caller runs off from the debate - Will Jesus Return | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:01)</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=QAXeuR-UXvo&t=1s">Watch on YouTube at 0:01</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/qaxeur-uxvo/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>Why do critics keep attacking Shabir Ally?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/l4n4wd2jjps/s/34/2021-02-09T00:00:00Z2021-02-09T00:00:00ZWhy do critics keep attacking Shabir Ally?
Mufti Abu Layth says the critics target Shabir Ally as a soft target who will not hit back, and repeats his offer to debate them.
Answer from 9 February 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #201| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:59:51)
A more recent answer on dialogue/debate-challenges-and-reviews exists (13 April 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/31/
Watch on YouTube at 2:59:51: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4n4wD2jjps&t=10791s<p><b>Why do critics keep attacking Shabir Ally?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says the critics target Shabir Ally as a soft target who will not hit back, and repeats his offer to debate them.</p>
<p>Answer from 9 February 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #201| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:59:51)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on dialogue/debate-challenges-and-reviews exists</b> (13 April 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/31/">Did Dr Abdul Majid refute Mufti Abu Layth's BukhariGate arguments?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4n4wD2jjps&t=10791s">Watch on YouTube at 2:59:51</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/l4n4wd2jjps/s/34/">Open the segment</a></p>Debate invitations to Abdul Rahman Hassan and 'Danny boy'https://muftiabulayth.org/r/l4n4wd2jjps/s/15/2021-02-09T00:00:00Z2021-02-09T00:00:00ZDebate invitations to Abdul Rahman Hassan and 'Danny boy'
Mufti Abu Layth invites Abdul Rahman Hassan to defend Salafi creed and 'Danny boy' to define ijma', saying critics pick on Shabir Ally instead.
Answer from 9 February 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #201| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:12:41)
A more recent answer on dialogue/debate-challenges-and-reviews exists (13 April 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/31/
Watch on YouTube at 1:12:41: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4n4wD2jjps&t=4361s<p><b>Debate invitations to Abdul Rahman Hassan and 'Danny boy'</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth invites Abdul Rahman Hassan to defend Salafi creed and 'Danny boy' to define ijma', saying critics pick on Shabir Ally instead.</p>
<p>Answer from 9 February 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #201| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:12:41)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on dialogue/debate-challenges-and-reviews exists</b> (13 April 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/31/">Did Dr Abdul Majid refute Mufti Abu Layth's BukhariGate arguments?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4n4wD2jjps&t=4361s">Watch on YouTube at 1:12:41</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/l4n4wd2jjps/s/15/">Open the segment</a></p>Why not invite your critics to give their side of Islamic history?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/s/8/2021-02-02T00:00:00Z2021-02-02T00:00:00ZWhy not invite your critics to give their side of Islamic history?
Mufti Abu Layth says his account was analysis, not a 'side', and renews his standing invitation to the commentator to come on Mind Trap.
Answer from 2 February 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #200| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 47:22)
A more recent answer on dialogue/the-mufti-and-the-channel exists (18 May 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t9ei_hrzl84/s/2/
Watch on YouTube at 47:48: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijwBevcC6o8&t=2868s<p><b>Why not invite your critics to give their side of Islamic history?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says his account was analysis, not a 'side', and renews his standing invitation to the commentator to come on Mind Trap.</p>
<p>Answer from 2 February 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #200| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 47:22)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on dialogue/the-mufti-and-the-channel exists</b> (18 May 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t9ei_hrzl84/s/2/">Response to accusations over Palestine remarks and claims he is not Muslim</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijwBevcC6o8&t=2868s">Watch on YouTube at 47:48</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/s/8/">Open the segment</a></p>What does Shaykh Atabek think of his debate on the Isha time?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/rtwywca2-pq/s/20/2021-01-29T00:00:00Z2021-01-29T00:00:00ZWhat does Shaykh Atabek think of his debate on the Isha time?
The guest says his much-watched exchange on the Isha time was not a real debate, since his opponent never addressed his proofs.
Answer from 29 January 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)
Recording: Shaykh Atabek Shukurov | Mortgages, Madhabs & Molvi-ism | MindTrap 48 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:24:25)
A more recent answer on fiqh/prayer exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/30/
Watch on YouTube at 1:24:53: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtwyWCa2-pQ&t=5093s<p><b>What does Shaykh Atabek think of his debate on the Isha time?</b></p>
<p>The guest says his much-watched exchange on the Isha time was not a real debate, since his opponent never addressed his proofs.</p>
<p>Answer from 29 January 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p>
<p>Recording: Shaykh Atabek Shukurov | Mortgages, Madhabs & Molvi-ism | MindTrap 48 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:24:25)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/prayer exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/30/">Why are two of the daily prayers recited silently when 17:110 says not to be silent?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtwyWCa2-pQ&t=5093s">Watch on YouTube at 1:24:53</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/rtwywca2-pq/s/20/">Open the segment</a></p>An invitation to Sunni Defence, bad blood with Farid, and interrupting in debateshttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/eokcnwggiba/s/21/2021-01-26T00:00:00Z2021-01-26T00:00:00ZAn invitation to Sunni Defence, bad blood with Farid, and interrupting in debates
Mufti Abu Layth invites a presenter of Sunni Defence to discuss BukhariGate on MindTrap, describes the bad blood with Farid, and defends occasional interruptions in debate.
Answer from 26 January 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #199 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:37:45)
A more recent answer on dialogue/debate-challenges-and-reviews exists (13 April 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/31/
Watch on YouTube at 1:37:45: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoKcNwGGIBA&t=5865s<p><b>An invitation to Sunni Defence, bad blood with Farid, and interrupting in debates</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth invites a presenter of Sunni Defence to discuss BukhariGate on MindTrap, describes the bad blood with Farid, and defends occasional interruptions in debate.</p>
<p>Answer from 26 January 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #199 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:37:45)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on dialogue/debate-challenges-and-reviews exists</b> (13 April 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/31/">Did Dr Abdul Majid refute Mufti Abu Layth's BukhariGate arguments?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoKcNwGGIBA&t=5865s">Watch on YouTube at 1:37:45</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eokcnwggiba/s/21/">Open the segment</a></p>How did the BukhariGate discussion go on manuscripts and problematic hadith?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eokcnwggiba/s/19/2021-01-26T00:00:00Z2021-01-26T00:00:00ZHow did the BukhariGate discussion go on manuscripts and problematic hadith?
Mufti Abu Layth says the guest did not contest the manuscript evidence, and that defending the problematic reports amounts to claiming the Prophet could err but al-Bukhari could not. Mufti Abu Layth says that defending reports in Bukhari which portray the Prophet as bewitched or forgetting the Quran amounts to claiming the Prophet could err but al-Bukhari could not, when errors in the book's transmission are far more likely.
Answer from 26 January 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #199 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:21:59)
A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/10/
Watch on YouTube at 1:21:59: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoKcNwGGIBA&t=4919s<p><b>How did the BukhariGate discussion go on manuscripts and problematic hadith?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says the guest did not contest the manuscript evidence, and that defending the problematic reports amounts to claiming the Prophet could err but al-Bukhari could not. Mufti Abu Layth says that defending reports in Bukhari which portray the Prophet as bewitched or forgetting the Quran amounts to claiming the Prophet could err but al-Bukhari could not, when errors in the book's transmission are far more likely.</p>
<p>Answer from 26 January 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #199 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:21:59)</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=eoKcNwGGIBA&t=4919s">Watch on YouTube at 1:21:59</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eokcnwggiba/s/19/">Open the segment</a></p>Did the debate with Dr Abdullah Abdul Majid answer the BukhariGate challenge?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eokcnwggiba/s/18/2021-01-26T00:00:00Z2021-01-26T00:00:00ZDid the debate with Dr Abdullah Abdul Majid answer the BukhariGate challenge?
Mufti Abu Layth says the discussion did not settle BukhariGate but strengthened it, since doubts about the book's transmission mean reports contradicting reason or the Quran should be set aside. Mufti Abu Layth says the discussion did not put BukhariGate to rest but further cemented it, and that because Sahih al-Bukhari cannot be shown with certainty to reach us exactly from its author, reports in it that contradict reason, the Quran or Islam's principles should be set aside.
Answer from 26 January 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #199 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:16:45)
A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/10/
Watch on YouTube at 1:16:45: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoKcNwGGIBA&t=4605s<p><b>Did the debate with Dr Abdullah Abdul Majid answer the BukhariGate challenge?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says the discussion did not settle BukhariGate but strengthened it, since doubts about the book's transmission mean reports contradicting reason or the Quran should be set aside. Mufti Abu Layth says the discussion did not put BukhariGate to rest but further cemented it, and that because Sahih al-Bukhari cannot be shown with certainty to reach us exactly from its author, reports in it that contradict reason, the Quran or Islam's principles should be set aside.</p>
<p>Answer from 26 January 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #199 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:16:45)</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=eoKcNwGGIBA&t=4605s">Watch on YouTube at 1:16:45</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eokcnwggiba/s/18/">Open the segment</a></p>Who is Dr Abdul Majid, your Mind Trap guest?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/14/2021-01-19T00:00:00Z2021-01-19T00:00:00ZWho is Dr Abdul Majid, your Mind Trap guest?
Mufti Abu Layth will discuss BukhariGate with Dr Abdul Majid on Mind Trap, despite past hostile videos, and hopes it will be positive. Mufti Abu Layth says swearing is not haram.
Answer from 19 January 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 47:58)
A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/10/
Watch on YouTube at 47:58: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&t=2878s<p><b>Who is Dr Abdul Majid, your Mind Trap guest?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth will discuss BukhariGate with Dr Abdul Majid on Mind Trap, despite past hostile videos, and hopes it will be positive. Mufti Abu Layth says swearing is not haram.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 January 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 47:58)</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=Hv-BlBVTr4M&t=2878s">Watch on YouTube at 47:58</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/14/">Open the segment</a></p>Will you ever do a Mind Trap with Mohammed Hijab?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/6/2021-01-19T00:00:00Z2021-01-19T00:00:00ZWill you ever do a Mind Trap with Mohammed Hijab?
Mufti Abu Layth would welcome Mohammed Hijab on Mind Trap but doubts he would risk it, and would be glad to host Shaykh Imran Hosein.
Answer from 19 January 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 20:49)
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 21:27: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&t=1287s<p><b>Will you ever do a Mind Trap with Mohammed Hijab?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth would welcome Mohammed Hijab on Mind Trap but doubts he would risk it, and would be glad to host Shaykh Imran Hosein.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 January 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 20:49)</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=Hv-BlBVTr4M&t=1287s">Watch on YouTube at 21:27</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/6/">Open the segment</a></p>Announcement: a Mind Trap discussion with Dr Abdullah Abdul Majid on BukhariGatehttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/1zghntbmpis/s/23/2021-01-12T00:00:00Z2021-01-12T00:00:00ZAnnouncement: a Mind Trap discussion with Dr Abdullah Abdul Majid on BukhariGate
Announcement: a Mind Trap discussion on BukhariGate with Dr Abdullah Abdul Majid is set for next Thursday, and he asks viewers to be respectful.
Answer from 12 January 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #197 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:30:41)
A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/10/
Watch on YouTube at 1:30:41: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zgHntbMPis&t=5441s<p><b>Announcement: a Mind Trap discussion with Dr Abdullah Abdul Majid on BukhariGate</b></p>
<p>Announcement: a Mind Trap discussion on BukhariGate with Dr Abdullah Abdul Majid is set for next Thursday, and he asks viewers to be respectful.</p>
<p>Answer from 12 January 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #197 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:30:41)</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=1zgHntbMPis&t=5441s">Watch on YouTube at 1:30:41</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/1zghntbmpis/s/23/">Open the segment</a></p>Is Omar Suleiman trained as a scholar, and will anyone debate Mufti Abu Layth on jinn possession?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/6apj1fumn24/s/10/2020-11-21T00:00:00Z2020-11-21T00:00:00ZIs Omar Suleiman trained as a scholar, and will anyone debate Mufti Abu Layth on jinn possession?
Mufti Abu Layth challenges any shaykh to debate jinn possession on his show and says Omar Suleiman, though commendable for his civil rights work, is not trained as a scholar or qualified to give rulings.
Answer from 21 November 2020 路 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 49:49)
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 49:49: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aPj1fuMN24&t=2989s<p><b>Is Omar Suleiman trained as a scholar, and will anyone debate Mufti Abu Layth on jinn possession?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth challenges any shaykh to debate jinn possession on his show and says Omar Suleiman, though commendable for his civil rights work, is not trained as a scholar or qualified to give rulings.</p>
<p>Answer from 21 November 2020 路 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 49:49)</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=6aPj1fuMN24&t=2989s">Watch on YouTube at 49:49</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/6apj1fumn24/s/10/">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 路 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 路 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> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/cv8zmcmypk0/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>Mufti Abu Layth challenges Shadee Elmasry to debate Maliki fiqhhttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/s9jka9zji28/s/1/2020-11-12T00:00:00Z2020-11-12T00:00:00ZMufti Abu Layth challenges Shadee Elmasry to debate Maliki fiqh
Mufti Abu Layth says his critics do not know Maliki fiqh and challenges them to debate him on any Maliki topic.
Answer from 12 November 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Recording: Debate challenge to Shadee Elmasry on Maliki Fiqh | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)
A more recent answer on fiqh/maliki-school exists (19 April 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/2/
Watch on YouTube at 0:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9JKA9ZjI28&t=0s<p><b>Mufti Abu Layth challenges Shadee Elmasry to debate Maliki fiqh</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says his critics do not know Maliki fiqh and challenges them to debate him on any Maliki topic.</p>
<p>Answer from 12 November 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Recording: Debate challenge to Shadee Elmasry on Maliki Fiqh | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/maliki-school 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=s9JKA9ZjI28&t=0s">Watch on YouTube at 0:00</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s9jka9zji28/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 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #188 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | 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 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #188 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | 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> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/w6tqwuuumcg/s/20/">Open the segment</a></p>Would you debate Mohammed Hijab or talk with Richard Dawkins?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/w6tqwuuumcg/s/18/2020-10-27T00:00:00Z2020-10-27T00:00:00ZWould you debate Mohammed Hijab or talk with Richard Dawkins?
Mufti Abu Layth doubts Mohammed Hijab would come on Mind Trap, and says he would love to talk with Richard Dawkins, whom he admires.
Answer from 27 October 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #188 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:07:42)
A more recent answer on dialogue/debate-challenges-and-reviews exists (13 April 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/31/
Watch on YouTube at 2:07:42: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6TqWuUumCg&t=7662s<p><b>Would you debate Mohammed Hijab or talk with Richard Dawkins?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth doubts Mohammed Hijab would come on Mind Trap, and says he would love to talk with Richard Dawkins, whom he admires.</p>
<p>Answer from 27 October 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #188 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:07:42)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on dialogue/debate-challenges-and-reviews exists</b> (13 April 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/31/">Did Dr Abdul Majid refute Mufti Abu Layth's BukhariGate arguments?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6TqWuUumCg&t=7662s">Watch on YouTube at 2:07:42</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/w6tqwuuumcg/s/18/">Open the segment</a></p>Why don't scholars like Yasir Qadhi come on Mind Trap with you?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/w6tqwuuumcg/s/4/2020-10-27T00:00:00Z2020-10-27T00:00:00ZWhy don't scholars like Yasir Qadhi come on Mind Trap with you?
Mufti Abu Layth says critics such as Yasir Qadhi will not join him on Mind Trap, and he feels the real reason is that they are intimidated by him.
Answer from 27 October 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #188 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 26:02)
A more recent answer on dialogue/debate-challenges-and-reviews exists (13 April 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/31/
Watch on YouTube at 26:02: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6TqWuUumCg&t=1562s<p><b>Why don't scholars like Yasir Qadhi come on Mind Trap with you?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says critics such as Yasir Qadhi will not join him on Mind Trap, and he feels the real reason is that they are intimidated by him.</p>
<p>Answer from 27 October 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #188 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 26:02)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on dialogue/debate-challenges-and-reviews exists</b> (13 April 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/31/">Did Dr Abdul Majid refute Mufti Abu Layth's BukhariGate arguments?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6TqWuUumCg&t=1562s">Watch on YouTube at 26:02</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/w6tqwuuumcg/s/4/">Open the segment</a></p>Who vouched for al-Farabri, the transmitter of Sahih al-Bukhari?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/v-1hd1uambm/s/2/2020-10-20T00:00:00Z2020-10-20T00:00:00ZWho vouched for al-Farabri, the transmitter of Sahih al-Bukhari?
Sahih al-Bukhari reaches us through al-Farabri alone, and nobody who knew him vouched for him, so Mufti Abu Layth says the whole edifice rests on one man. Critics who only know how to debate the Shia avoid this question.
Answer from 20 October 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Why people run from the Bukhari debate? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:59)
A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/10/
Watch on YouTube at 3:59: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-1HD1uAMBM&t=239s<p><b>Who vouched for al-Farabri, the transmitter of Sahih al-Bukhari?</b></p>
<p>Sahih al-Bukhari reaches us through al-Farabri alone, and nobody who knew him vouched for him, so Mufti Abu Layth says the whole edifice rests on one man. Critics who only know how to debate the Shia avoid this question.</p>
<p>Answer from 20 October 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Why people run from the Bukhari debate? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:59)</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=v-1HD1uAMBM&t=239s">Watch on YouTube at 3:59</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/v-1hd1uambm/s/2/">Open the segment</a></p>Why do critics refuse to debate the authenticity of Sahih al-Bukhari?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/v-1hd1uambm/s/1/2020-10-20T00:00:00Z2020-10-20T00:00:00ZWhy do critics refuse to debate the authenticity of Sahih al-Bukhari?
Critics who say Mufti Abu Layth knows nothing about Sahih al-Bukhari decline his invitation to debate it, and Jonathan Brown admitted on Facebook that he lacked the research. Mufti says al-Farabri's reliability can only be asserted from sources centuries later, not from anyone who knew him.
Answer from 20 October 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Why people run from the Bukhari debate? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)
A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/10/
Watch on YouTube at 0:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-1HD1uAMBM&t=0s<p><b>Why do critics refuse to debate the authenticity of Sahih al-Bukhari?</b></p>
<p>Critics who say Mufti Abu Layth knows nothing about Sahih al-Bukhari decline his invitation to debate it, and Jonathan Brown admitted on Facebook that he lacked the research. Mufti says al-Farabri's reliability can only be asserted from sources centuries later, not from anyone who knew him.</p>
<p>Answer from 20 October 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Why people run from the Bukhari debate? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)</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=v-1HD1uAMBM&t=0s">Watch on YouTube at 0:00</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/v-1hd1uambm/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>A Hanbali opinion on women's sexual desire, and Dawah Man quoting Ibn al-Qayyimhttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/jtyem-eee78/s/19/2020-09-22T00:00:00Z2020-09-22T00:00:00ZA Hanbali opinion on women's sexual desire, and Dawah Man quoting Ibn al-Qayyim
Mufti Abu Layth reads a Hanbali view that a woman may use a sexual aid when her desire is unmet, and mocks a claim quoted by Dawah Man from Ibn al-Qayyim.
Answer from 22 September 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #183 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:57:55)
A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 1:57:55: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTYEM-eEe78&t=7075s<p><b>A Hanbali opinion on women's sexual desire, and Dawah Man quoting Ibn al-Qayyim</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth reads a Hanbali view that a woman may use a sexual aid when her desire is unmet, and mocks a claim quoted by Dawah Man from Ibn al-Qayyim.</p>
<p>Answer from 22 September 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #183 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:57:55)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists</b> (22 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/">Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTYEM-eEe78&t=7075s">Watch on YouTube at 1:57:55</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/jtyem-eee78/s/19/">Open the segment</a></p>'How I destroyed his career': mocking the critic's response videohttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/38/2020-08-24T00:00:00Z2020-08-24T00:00:00Z'How I destroyed his career': mocking the critic's response video
Mufti Abu Layth mocks a critic's video claiming to have destroyed his career.
Answer from 24 August 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:47:19)
A more recent answer on dialogue/debate-challenges-and-reviews exists (13 April 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/31/
Watch on YouTube at 2:47:19: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmtt2TQAO0&t=10039s<p><b>'How I destroyed his career': mocking the critic's response video</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth mocks a critic's video claiming to have destroyed his career.</p>
<p>Answer from 24 August 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:47:19)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on dialogue/debate-challenges-and-reviews exists</b> (13 April 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/31/">Did Dr Abdul Majid refute Mufti Abu Layth's BukhariGate arguments?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmtt2TQAO0&t=10039s">Watch on YouTube at 2:47:19</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/38/">Open the segment</a></p>An offer to discuss Sahih al-Bukhari live, and a demand for a moderated debatehttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/37/2020-08-24T00:00:00Z2020-08-24T00:00:00ZAn offer to discuss Sahih al-Bukhari live, and a demand for a moderated debate
Mufti Abu Layth recounts inviting the critic to a live discussion on Sahih al-Bukhari, which the critic declined in favour of a moderated debate.
Answer from 24 August 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:39:40)
A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/10/
Watch on YouTube at 2:39:40: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmtt2TQAO0&t=9580s<p><b>An offer to discuss Sahih al-Bukhari live, and a demand for a moderated debate</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth recounts inviting the critic to a live discussion on Sahih al-Bukhari, which the critic declined in favour of a moderated debate.</p>
<p>Answer from 24 August 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:39:40)</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=KWmtt2TQAO0&t=9580s">Watch on YouTube at 2:39:40</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/37/">Open the segment</a></p>The critic he nicknames Gangu Teli and his Twitter meltdownhttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/36/2020-08-24T00:00:00Z2020-08-24T00:00:00ZThe critic he nicknames Gangu Teli and his Twitter meltdown
Mufti Abu Layth's account of a critic's Twitter attacks on him and of who the critic is.
Answer from 24 August 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:35:13)
A more recent answer on society/technology-and-media/social-media exists (15 May 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/umku_ocftes/s/2/
Watch on YouTube at 2:35:13: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmtt2TQAO0&t=9313s<p><b>The critic he nicknames Gangu Teli and his Twitter meltdown</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth's account of a critic's Twitter attacks on him and of who the critic is.</p>
<p>Answer from 24 August 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:35:13)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on society/technology-and-media/social-media exists</b> (15 May 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/umku_ocftes/s/2/">What can ordinary people do about the Palestinian crisis, and do social-media posts help?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmtt2TQAO0&t=9313s">Watch on YouTube at 2:35:13</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/36/">Open the segment</a></p>Is seeing the number 19 everywhere a sign or a superstition?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zmirskjob4o/s/24/2020-06-26T00:00:00Z2020-06-26T00:00:00ZIs seeing the number 19 everywhere a sign or a superstition?
The guest rejects personal and anecdotal sightings of 19 as numerology and chance, distinguishing them from the Quran's structure, and invites Zakir Naik and Nouman Ali Khan to debate him.
Answer from 26 June 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)
Recording: Prof. Edip Yuksel | Rejecting Hadith, Rashad Khalifa & Realizing '19' | MindTrap with Mufti #27 (at 2:17:50)
A more recent answer on quran/hermeneutics exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/24/
Watch on YouTube at 2:17:50: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmIrskjob4o&t=8270s<p><b>Is seeing the number 19 everywhere a sign or a superstition?</b></p>
<p>The guest rejects personal and anecdotal sightings of 19 as numerology and chance, distinguishing them from the Quran's structure, and invites Zakir Naik and Nouman Ali Khan to debate him.</p>
<p>Answer from 26 June 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p>
<p>Recording: Prof. Edip Yuksel | Rejecting Hadith, Rashad Khalifa & Realizing '19' | MindTrap with Mufti #27 (at 2:17:50)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on quran/hermeneutics exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/24/">Does 3:188 mean everyone who likes praise will be punished?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmIrskjob4o&t=8270s">Watch on YouTube at 2:17:50</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zmirskjob4o/s/24/">Open the segment</a></p>The letter's attack on Shaykh Akram Nadwi, and a played debate clip: 'one, two, three, kufr'https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mlnpcjxypqm/s/3/2020-04-06T00:00:00Z2020-04-06T00:00:00ZThe letter's attack on Shaykh Akram Nadwi, and a played debate clip: 'one, two, three, kufr'
The letter also demanded that Shaykh Akram Nadwi be called a deviant. Mufti Abu Layth plays a debate clip of one signatory repeatedly counting 'one, two, three' and pronouncing kufr, which he holds up as absurd bullying.
Answer from 6 April 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Recording: People Attacking Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi | Mufti Abu Layth (at 7:51)
A more recent answer on belief/sectarianism-and-takfir exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/7/
Watch on YouTube at 7:51: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLNpcjXYpqM&t=471s<p><b>The letter's attack on Shaykh Akram Nadwi, and a played debate clip: 'one, two, three, kufr'</b></p>
<p>The letter also demanded that Shaykh Akram Nadwi be called a deviant. Mufti Abu Layth plays a debate clip of one signatory repeatedly counting 'one, two, three' and pronouncing kufr, which he holds up as absurd bullying.</p>
<p>Answer from 6 April 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Recording: People Attacking Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi | Mufti Abu Layth (at 7:51)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/sectarianism-and-takfir exists</b> (22 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/7/">Should Sunnis preach to Shia Muslims about what they get wrong?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLNpcjXYpqM&t=471s">Watch on YouTube at 7:51</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mlnpcjxypqm/s/3/">Open the segment</a></p>Would Mufti Abu Layth debate Shaykh al-Yaqoubi on Sahih al-Bukhari?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/otqqc3k4hwa/s/8/2019-08-21T00:00:00Z2019-08-21T00:00:00ZWould Mufti Abu Layth debate Shaykh al-Yaqoubi on Sahih al-Bukhari?
Yes: he invites al-Yaqoubi to a civil, respectful discussion because he rejects the claim that Sahih al-Bukhari is impossible to doubt. He expects it will never happen.
Answer from 21 August 2019 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: A Reply to Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi on Sahih Al-Bukhari| Mufti Abu layth (at 24:49)
A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/10/
Watch on YouTube at 24:49: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtQqc3K4HWA&t=1489s<p><b>Would Mufti Abu Layth debate Shaykh al-Yaqoubi on Sahih al-Bukhari?</b></p>
<p>Yes: he invites al-Yaqoubi to a civil, respectful discussion because he rejects the claim that Sahih al-Bukhari is impossible to doubt. He expects it will never happen.</p>
<p>Answer from 21 August 2019 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: A Reply to Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi on Sahih Al-Bukhari| Mufti Abu layth (at 24:49)</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=OtQqc3K4HWA&t=1489s">Watch on YouTube at 24:49</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/otqqc3k4hwa/s/8/">Open the segment</a></p>Mohammed Hijab's liberalism lecture argues like a sectarian polemichttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/j6pxwgpnwd0/s/1/2019-08-04T00:00:00Z2019-08-04T00:00:00ZMohammed Hijab's liberalism lecture argues like a sectarian polemic
Mufti Abu Layth turns to a university lecture by Mohammed Hijab on liberalism, which people had sent him and which claimed liberalism is baseless. He says the lecture seemed aimed at a Muslim audience and that, since Mohammed Hijab is intelligent, he is unsure whether he has not grasped the concept or is deliberately arguing to win points, but calls it a very poor job. He explains that the lecture argues against liberalism the way Muslims conduct sectarian debates: finding a figure the opponent supposedly reveres, such as Abu Hanifa, Ibn Taymiyya, Imam Malik or a Shia ayatollah, and quoting him to corner the opponent through compelling authority. He says this tactic makes no sense outside religion, where people do not feel bound by allegiance to such figures.
Answer from 4 August 2019 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Thoughts on Muhammad Hijab's talk on Liberalism & Islam | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)
A more recent answer on society/dawah-and-debate-culture exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/
Watch on YouTube at 0:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6pXWGpnWd0&t=0s<p><b>Mohammed Hijab's liberalism lecture argues like a sectarian polemic</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth turns to a university lecture by Mohammed Hijab on liberalism, which people had sent him and which claimed liberalism is baseless. He says the lecture seemed aimed at a Muslim audience and that, since Mohammed Hijab is intelligent, he is unsure whether he has not grasped the concept or is deliberately arguing to win points, but calls it a very poor job. He explains that the lecture argues against liberalism the way Muslims conduct sectarian debates: finding a figure the opponent supposedly reveres, such as Abu Hanifa, Ibn Taymiyya, Imam Malik or a Shia ayatollah, and quoting him to corner the opponent through compelling authority. He says this tactic makes no sense outside religion, where people do not feel bound by allegiance to such figures.</p>
<p>Answer from 4 August 2019 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Thoughts on Muhammad Hijab's talk on Liberalism & Islam | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on society/dawah-and-debate-culture 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=j6pXWGpnWd0&t=0s">Watch on YouTube at 0:00</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/j6pxwgpnwd0/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>What should Muslims learn from the Wood versus Hijab debate?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/gyrfzzzca8g/s/9/2018-12-24T00:00:00Z2018-12-24T00:00:00ZWhat should Muslims learn from the Wood versus Hijab debate?
Thorough knowledge wins debates, Muslims must raise their adab, and they must be consistent: if the laws of nature do not matter for miracles, then there is no ground to say three cannot equal one. Clips about camel urine or suspended laws of nature send a confusing message. Mufti Abu Layth holds that Muslims must be consistent in following the voice of reason, because if they say the laws of nature do not matter when it comes to miracles they lose any ground for saying that three cannot equal one, and that Muslims also need to raise their adab in debate.
Answer from 24 December 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: On the David Wood and Muhammad Hijab Debate: Reflections & Review -Mufti Abu Layth (at 27:53)
A more recent answer on belief/reason-and-revelation exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/27/
Watch on YouTube at 27:53: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyRfZZZcA8g&t=1673s<p><b>What should Muslims learn from the Wood versus Hijab debate?</b></p>
<p>Thorough knowledge wins debates, Muslims must raise their adab, and they must be consistent: if the laws of nature do not matter for miracles, then there is no ground to say three cannot equal one. Clips about camel urine or suspended laws of nature send a confusing message. Mufti Abu Layth holds that Muslims must be consistent in following the voice of reason, because if they say the laws of nature do not matter when it comes to miracles they lose any ground for saying that three cannot equal one, and that Muslims also need to raise their adab in debate.</p>
<p>Answer from 24 December 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: On the David Wood and Muhammad Hijab Debate: Reflections & Review -Mufti Abu Layth (at 27:53)</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=gyRfZZZcA8g&t=1673s">Watch on YouTube at 27:53</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/gyrfzzzca8g/s/9/">Open the segment</a></p>Was Hijab right to show David Wood no respect in the debate?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/gyrfzzzca8g/s/8/2018-12-24T00:00:00Z2018-12-24T00:00:00ZWas Hijab right to show David Wood no respect in the debate?
Hijab's aggressive, loud and condescending manner, which he justified by Wood's record of bigotry, was used by non-Muslim commenters as ammunition and made Muslims look rowdy, while Wood stayed composed. Mufti Abu Layth sees it as damned if you do, damned if you don't.
Answer from 24 December 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: On the David Wood and Muhammad Hijab Debate: Reflections & Review -Mufti Abu Layth (at 21:22)
A more recent answer on society/dawah-and-debate-culture exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/
Watch on YouTube at 21:22: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyRfZZZcA8g&t=1282s<p><b>Was Hijab right to show David Wood no respect in the debate?</b></p>
<p>Hijab's aggressive, loud and condescending manner, which he justified by Wood's record of bigotry, was used by non-Muslim commenters as ammunition and made Muslims look rowdy, while Wood stayed composed. Mufti Abu Layth sees it as damned if you do, damned if you don't.</p>
<p>Answer from 24 December 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: On the David Wood and Muhammad Hijab Debate: Reflections & Review -Mufti Abu Layth (at 21:22)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on society/dawah-and-debate-culture 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=gyRfZZZcA8g&t=1282s">Watch on YouTube at 21:22</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/gyrfzzzca8g/s/8/">Open the segment</a></p>If Muslims accept miracles that defy reason, can they still object that the Trinity is irrational?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/gyrfzzzca8g/s/6/2018-12-24T00:00:00Z2018-12-24T00:00:00ZIf Muslims accept miracles that defy reason, can they still object that the Trinity is irrational?
Muslims must hold the Quran to be in line with reason, because accepting miracles that make no sense removes any ground for objecting that three cannot equal one; consistency is all or nothing. Hijab denied that Muslims ever held anthropomorphic beliefs, but some did, though Mufti Abu Layth does not share them. Mufti Abu Layth holds that Muslims must believe the Quran to be in line with the voice of reason, since accepting miracles that make no sense would leave no ground to object that three cannot equal one, and he says that some Muslims did hold anthropomorphic beliefs about God, which he does not share.
Answer from 24 December 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: On the David Wood and Muhammad Hijab Debate: Reflections & Review -Mufti Abu Layth (at 15:14)
A more recent answer on belief/reason-and-revelation exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/27/
Watch on YouTube at 15:14: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyRfZZZcA8g&t=914s<p><b>If Muslims accept miracles that defy reason, can they still object that the Trinity is irrational?</b></p>
<p>Muslims must hold the Quran to be in line with reason, because accepting miracles that make no sense removes any ground for objecting that three cannot equal one; consistency is all or nothing. Hijab denied that Muslims ever held anthropomorphic beliefs, but some did, though Mufti Abu Layth does not share them. Mufti Abu Layth holds that Muslims must believe the Quran to be in line with the voice of reason, since accepting miracles that make no sense would leave no ground to object that three cannot equal one, and he says that some Muslims did hold anthropomorphic beliefs about God, which he does not share.</p>
<p>Answer from 24 December 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: On the David Wood and Muhammad Hijab Debate: Reflections & Review -Mufti Abu Layth (at 15:14)</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=gyRfZZZcA8g&t=914s">Watch on YouTube at 15:14</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/gyrfzzzca8g/s/6/">Open the segment</a></p>What does it mean that Allah performs salah upon the Prophet?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/gyrfzzzca8g/s/4/2018-12-24T00:00:00Z2018-12-24T00:00:00ZWhat 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 路 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): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/13/
Watch on YouTube at 9:11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyRfZZZcA8g&t=551s<p><b>What does it mean that Allah performs salah upon the Prophet?</b></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Answer from 24 December 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: On the David Wood and Muhammad Hijab Debate: Reflections & Review -Mufti Abu Layth (at 9:11)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on quran/arabic-language exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/13/">Is the 'light' that came with the clear book in 5:15 the Prophet or the Quran itself?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyRfZZZcA8g&t=551s">Watch on YouTube at 9:11</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/gyrfzzzca8g/s/4/">Open the segment</a></p>What was Hijab's main argument against the Trinity, and did Wood answer it?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/gyrfzzzca8g/s/3/2018-12-24T00:00:00Z2018-12-24T00:00:00ZWhat 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 路 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): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/27/
Watch on YouTube at 5:15: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyRfZZZcA8g&t=315s<p><b>What was Hijab's main argument against the Trinity, and did Wood answer it?</b></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Answer from 24 December 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: On the David Wood and Muhammad Hijab Debate: Reflections & Review -Mufti Abu Layth (at 5:15)</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=gyRfZZZcA8g&t=315s">Watch on YouTube at 5:15</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/gyrfzzzca8g/s/3/">Open the segment</a></p>Did the topic of Tawhid versus the Trinity favour the Muslim side, and how well prepared was Hijab?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/gyrfzzzca8g/s/2/2018-12-24T00:00:00Z2018-12-24T00:00:00ZDid 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 路 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): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/27/
Watch on YouTube at 2:38: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyRfZZZcA8g&t=158s<p><b>Did the topic of Tawhid versus the Trinity favour the Muslim side, and how well prepared was Hijab?</b></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Answer from 24 December 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: On the David Wood and Muhammad Hijab Debate: Reflections & Review -Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:38)</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=gyRfZZZcA8g&t=158s">Watch on YouTube at 2:38</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/gyrfzzzca8g/s/2/">Open the segment</a></p>Who won the David Wood versus Mohammed Hijab debate on Tawhid and the Trinity?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/gyrfzzzca8g/s/1/2018-12-24T00:00:00Z2018-12-24T00:00:00ZWho 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 路 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): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/
Watch on YouTube at 0:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyRfZZZcA8g&t=0s<p><b>Who won the David Wood versus Mohammed Hijab debate on Tawhid and the Trinity?</b></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Answer from 24 December 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: On the David Wood and Muhammad Hijab Debate: Reflections & Review -Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on society/dawah-and-debate-culture 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=gyRfZZZcA8g&t=0s">Watch on YouTube at 0:00</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/gyrfzzzca8g/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>Replies to critics: Jonathan Brown, academic dialogue, going public, the Aisha debatehttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/x6sffyrljey/s/16/2018-08-30T00:00:00Z2018-08-30T00:00:00ZReplies to critics: Jonathan Brown, academic dialogue, going public, the Aisha debate
The problems with Bukhari should be discussed openly, because hiding them is what makes people lose faith. He finds Jonathan Brown's response emotional rather than academic and will take up the debate on Aisha's age. Mufti Abu Layth says the problems with Sahih al-Bukhari should be discussed openly rather than hidden from ordinary Muslims, because concealing them is what causes people to lose their faith.
Answer from 30 August 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: BukhariGate Part 1: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:40:37)
A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/10/
Watch on YouTube at 1:40:37: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6SfFYRljeY&t=6037s<p><b>Replies to critics: Jonathan Brown, academic dialogue, going public, the Aisha debate</b></p>
<p>The problems with Bukhari should be discussed openly, because hiding them is what makes people lose faith. He finds Jonathan Brown's response emotional rather than academic and will take up the debate on Aisha's age. Mufti Abu Layth says the problems with Sahih al-Bukhari should be discussed openly rather than hidden from ordinary Muslims, because concealing them is what causes people to lose their faith.</p>
<p>Answer from 30 August 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: BukhariGate Part 1: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:40:37)</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=X6SfFYRljeY&t=6037s">Watch on YouTube at 1:40:37</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/x6sffyrljey/s/16/">Open the segment</a></p>