Mufti Abu Layth Archive: dialogue/responses-to-critics/yasir-qadhi

Where are the answers to the questions on the Jesus debate?

2021-04-13T00:00:00Z

Where are the answers to the questions on the Jesus debate?

Mufti Abu Layth says most of the Jesus debate questions are answered in his long reply, and that the shaykh he answered has substance but is torn between his views and his following.

Answer from 13 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:39:28)

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Why does Mufti Abu Layth say it is not a huge claim that Imam Malik denied the second coming?

2021-04-06T00:00:00Z

Why does Mufti Abu Layth say it is not a huge claim that Imam Malik denied the second coming?

Malik's record and Ibn Ashur's standing show a Maliki can deny the second coming, and the Dajjal reports insult the Prophet. He invites Qadhi to a dialogue on MindTrap. Mufti Abu Layth says it is not a huge claim that Imam Malik did not believe in the second coming, given his statement that Jesus died, the contents of the Muwatta and his fatwas, and that the reports of the one-eyed Dajjal and of the Prophet spying on Ibn Sayyad insult the Prophet's dignity.

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 2:58:36)

A more recent answer on dialogue/responses-to-critics/yasir-qadhi exists (13 April 2021): Where are the answers to the questions on the Jesus debate?

Watch on YouTube at 2:58:36 · Open the segment

Are the signs of the Hour part of Islamic creed?

2021-04-06T00:00:00Z

Are the signs of the Hour part of Islamic creed?

One can be a Maliki and doubt these reports: Ibn Ashur, Shaykh al-Islam of the Malikis, classed the signs of the Hour as information rather than creed, and Imam Ahmad said the malahim reports have no foundation.

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 2:51:30)

A more recent answer on belief/creed-and-kalam-schools exists (13 February 2023): Why orthodoxy took hold, and who wrote the checklist

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Did Imam Malik believe Jesus will return?

2021-04-06T00:00:00Z

Did Imam Malik believe Jesus will return?

There is a statement from Imam Malik that Jesus died, and Malik never taught the second coming in his fatwas or the Muwatta, so it is no huge claim that he did not hold it. Transmitting a report is not endorsing it. Mufti Abu Layth says there is a statement from Imam Malik that Jesus died, that Malik never taught the second coming in his fatwas or the Muwatta, and that transmitting a report is not endorsing it, so it is not a huge claim that Malik did not hold the belief.

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 2:17:23)

A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists (19 April 2023): Did Imam Malik reject the hadith he did not act on?

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What does Yasir Qadhi argue about Malikis and the return of Jesus?

2021-04-06T00:00:00Z

What does Yasir Qadhi argue about Malikis and the return of Jesus?

Yasir Qadhi argues in the clip that the return of Jesus is established by mutawatir hadith and affirmed by the great Maliki scholars, so a Maliki cannot deny it. Mufti Abu Layth sets out the points he will answer.

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

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

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:13:03)

A more recent answer on fiqh/maliki-school exists (19 April 2023): Why does the practice of Madinah matter more than a single hadith?

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Is there a single hadith on Jesus's return with an unproblematic chain?

2021-03-14T00:00:00Z

Is there a single hadith on Jesus's return with an unproblematic chain?

Every chain Mufti Abu Layth examined for the strongest reports in Bukhari and Muslim contains a criticised narrator, so Qadhi's claim that they leave no doubt fails; accepting a report because al-Bukhari included it, while ignoring critics who were his equals or seniors, is arbitrary. Mufti Abu Layth says every chain he examined for the strongest reports of Jesus's return in Bukhari and Muslim has a criticised narrator, so Qadhi's claim that they leave no doubt fails, and that accepting a report because al-Bukhari included it while ignoring critics who were his equals or seniors is arbitrary.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Reply to Yasir Qadhi's False Claims on 2nd Coming of Jesus | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:57:02)

A more recent answer on hadith/authentication/narrator-criticism exists (19 April 2023): Why does the practice of Madinah matter more than a single hadith?

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Is separating hadith from the Sunnah a Hanafi and Maliki principle, and what does Mufti Abu Layth say about Salafi creed?

2021-03-14T00:00:00Z

Is separating hadith from the Sunnah a Hanafi and Maliki principle, and what does Mufti Abu Layth say about Salafi creed?

Distinguishing hadith from the Sunnah is the usul of the Hanafi and Maliki schools, not Abduh's invention, and Qadhi applies to Gog and Magog the very reasoning he condemns in others. Mufti Abu Layth adds that Salafi kalam rests on fabricated chains, such as companions debating whether the Quran is created, a debate that arose only around 190 to 210 AH. Mufti Abu Layth holds that distinguishing hadith from the Sunnah is the usul of the Hanafi and Maliki schools rather than an innovation of Abduh, that Qadhi applies to Gog and Magog the reasoning he condemns in others, and that Salafi kalam rests on fabrications such as chains to companions debating whether the Quran is created, a debate that arose only around 190 to 210 AH.

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

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Recording: Reply to Yasir Qadhi's False Claims on 2nd Coming of Jesus | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:15:01)

A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists (18 October 2025): Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?

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Is there really ijma that Jesus will return, and did Muhammad Abduh invent the denial?

2021-03-14T00:00:00Z

Is there really ijma that Jesus will return, and did Muhammad Abduh invent the denial?

Mufti Abu Layth says none of Qadhi's claims hold: not one of the hundred narrations is sound, Ibn Hazm recorded Muslim disagreement on the return nine centuries ago, major creed works omit it, and the Maliki authorities Qadhi cites held the reports not to be mutawatir. He announces a reply series, Disclosure with a big D. Mufti Abu Layth holds that Qadhi's claims fail: the Quran does not suggest a second coming, none of the hundred narrations is sound, Ibn Hazm recorded Muslim disagreement on the return nine centuries ago, major creed works omit it, and the Maliki authorities Qadhi cites held the reports to carry doubt rather than to be mutawatir.

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

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Recording: Reply to Yasir Qadhi's False Claims on 2nd Coming of Jesus | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:09:48)

A more recent answer on hadith/mutawatir-and-epistemology exists (18 October 2025): Is the Quran-only position an argument from epistemology or from principle?

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Does Yasir Qadhi hold that even positions in aqidah lie within a spectrum of opinion?

2021-03-14T00:00:00Z

Does Yasir Qadhi hold that even positions in aqidah lie within a spectrum of opinion?

In the clip Qadhi says that even in aqidah positions lie within a spectrum, that absorbing one's teachers' view does not make it true, and that no scholar's word is evidence in itself. Mufti Abu Layth says this sits ill with Qadhi declaring him a heretic for departing from the majority on the return of Jesus.

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

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Recording: Reply to Yasir Qadhi's False Claims on 2nd Coming of Jesus | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:05:54)

A more recent answer on belief/sectarianism-and-takfir exists (22 February 2023): Should Sunnis preach to Shia Muslims about what they get wrong?

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Did Yasir Qadhi say that majority scholarly opinion rests on socio-political factors?

2021-03-14T00:00:00Z

Did Yasir Qadhi say that majority scholarly opinion rests on socio-political factors?

In the clip Qadhi says correct opinion is independent of the names and number of scholars and that dominant positions rest on socio-political factors such as the Ghaznavids, the Hanbalis of Baghdad and the Seljuks. Mufti Abu Layth says this is exactly what modernists say and contradicts Qadhi's appeal to the giants on the return of Jesus.

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

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Recording: Reply to Yasir Qadhi's False Claims on 2nd Coming of Jesus | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:01:57)

A more recent answer on hadith/mutawatir-and-epistemology exists (18 October 2025): Is the Quran-only position an argument from epistemology or from principle?

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What has Yasir Qadhi said about challenging the giants of the Islamic tradition?

2021-03-14T00:00:00Z

What has Yasir Qadhi said about challenging the giants of the Islamic tradition?

A clip circulated by a critic shows Qadhi saying that even the giants' views should not matter to a true researcher and that scholarship has become regurgitation. Mufti Abu Layth notes that the critic accuses Qadhi of exactly what Qadhi accuses Mufti of.

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

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Recording: Reply to Yasir Qadhi's False Claims on 2nd Coming of Jesus | Mufti Abu Layth (at 57:59)

A more recent answer on society/education-and-madrasas/how-to-study-islam exists (10 March 2023): Is studying religious knowledge better than voluntary prayer?

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Is Yasir Qadhi consistent about whether Gog and Magog could be hidden underground?

2021-03-14T00:00:00Z

Is Yasir Qadhi consistent about whether Gog and Magog could be hidden underground?

In one clip Qadhi says it is not impossible, since Allah is all-powerful and Ibn Taymiyya's rule allows what astounds the mind, that thousands live underground; in another he says he cannot believe a tribe has been trapped for four thousand years. Mufti Abu Layth asks where the consistency is.

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

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Recording: Reply to Yasir Qadhi's False Claims on 2nd Coming of Jesus | Mufti Abu Layth (at 55:19)

A more recent answer on hadith/authentication/text-criticism-and-reason exists (19 August 2022): What does the Quran say against the satanic verses story?

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What is Yasir Qadhi's zombie theory about Gog and Magog?

2021-03-14T00:00:00Z

What is Yasir Qadhi's zombie theory about Gog and Magog?

Qadhi's clip calls a hidden tribe of billions ludicrous and floats, through a friend, the idea that Gog and Magog could be zombie-like humans. Mufti Abu Layth responds with jokes and introduces Qadhi's answer to the Google Earth objection.

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

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Recording: Reply to Yasir Qadhi's False Claims on 2nd Coming of Jesus | Mufti Abu Layth (at 49:56)

A more recent answer on dialogue/responses-to-critics/yasir-qadhi exists (13 April 2021): Where are the answers to the questions on the Jesus debate?

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Did Yasir Qadhi himself say a hadith came into Islam from Jewish sources through Abu Hurayra?

2021-03-14T00:00:00Z

Did Yasir Qadhi himself say a hadith came into Islam from Jewish sources through Abu Hurayra?

Qadhi's clip endorses Ibn Kathir's view that the Gog and Magog report is defective and came from Israelite material through Abu Hurayra and Ka'b al-Ahbar. Mufti Abu Layth calls this hypocrisy, since Qadhi called the same claim about the Jesus reports preposterous.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Reply to Yasir Qadhi's False Claims on 2nd Coming of Jesus | Mufti Abu Layth (at 47:19)

A more recent answer on hadith/authentication/narrator-criticism exists (19 April 2023): Why does the practice of Madinah matter more than a single hadith?

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What did Yasir Qadhi himself say about problematic signs of the Hour such as Gog and Magog?

2021-03-14T00:00:00Z

What did Yasir Qadhi himself say about problematic signs of the Hour such as Gog and Magog?

Mufti Abu Layth plays Qadhi's earlier talk calling Gog and Magog the most problematic sign of the Hour and a cause of people leaving Islam. He accuses Qadhi of half truths, such as omitting that the Maliki authorities held the Jesus reports unestablished, and says a Jesus who descends from the sky to chase pigs is a reasonable thing to question.

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

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Recording: Reply to Yasir Qadhi's False Claims on 2nd Coming of Jesus | Mufti Abu Layth (at 38:07)

A more recent answer on dialogue/responses-to-critics/yasir-qadhi exists (13 April 2021): Where are the answers to the questions on the Jesus debate?

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Was Yasir Qadhi's video on the return of Jesus an academic discussion?

2021-03-14T00:00:00Z

Was Yasir Qadhi's video on the return of Jesus an academic discussion?

Mufti Abu Layth says Qadhi's video, announced as academic, ended by fabricating a modernist-school narrative and declaring deniers heretics guilty of bid'ah, which he calls a preachy khutbah rather than academic discussion.

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

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Recording: Reply to Yasir Qadhi's False Claims on 2nd Coming of Jesus | Mufti Abu Layth (at 35:30)

A more recent answer on belief/sectarianism-and-takfir exists (22 February 2023): Should Sunnis preach to Shia Muslims about what they get wrong?

Watch on YouTube at 35:30 · Open the segment

How does Yasir Qadhi answer the objection that Jesus killing pigs and refusing jizya makes no sense?

2021-03-14T00:00:00Z

How does Yasir Qadhi answer the objection that Jesus killing pigs and refusing jizya makes no sense?

Qadhi's clip concedes that one early authority held Jesus died a natural death, and answers the objection that the return reports are irrational, Jesus killing pigs and refusing jizya, with 'Allah said so' and the claim that there will be no middle category between Islam and the Dajjal.

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

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Recording: Reply to Yasir Qadhi's False Claims on 2nd Coming of Jesus | Mufti Abu Layth (at 32:51)

A more recent answer on hadith/authentication/text-criticism-and-reason exists (19 August 2022): What does the Quran say against the satanic verses story?

Watch on YouTube at 32:51 · Open the segment

What does Yasir Qadhi say about the claim that the return of Jesus came from Judeo-Christian sources?

2021-03-14T00:00:00Z

What does Yasir Qadhi say about the claim that the return of Jesus came from Judeo-Christian sources?

Qadhi's clip calls the claim that the return of Jesus entered Islam from Judeo-Christian sources through Wahb, Ka'b or al-Zuhri a preposterous charge without evidence that would mean the faith was corrupted and the ummah misguided for fourteen centuries. Mufti Abu Layth asks listeners to remember these words.

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

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Recording: Reply to Yasir Qadhi's False Claims on 2nd Coming of Jesus | Mufti Abu Layth (at 30:17)

A more recent answer on hadith/mutawatir-and-epistemology exists (18 October 2025): Is the Quran-only position an argument from epistemology or from principle?

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Is distinguishing the Sunnah from hadith a modernist invention?

2021-03-14T00:00:00Z

Is distinguishing the Sunnah from hadith a modernist invention?

Mufti Abu Layth says distinguishing hadith from the Sunnah is the teaching of the madhhabs and of Imam Malik, not an invention of Muhammad Abduh, and that he does not treat Bukhari as special but judges every hadith by the same criteria. Qadhi's clip calls this separation a bigger problem than denying Jesus's return.

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

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Recording: Reply to Yasir Qadhi's False Claims on 2nd Coming of Jesus | Mufti Abu Layth (at 26:18)

A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists (18 October 2025): Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?

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Do those who deny Jesus's return reject the unseen, as Yasir Qadhi claims?

2021-03-14T00:00:00Z

Do those who deny Jesus's return reject the unseen, as Yasir Qadhi claims?

Mufti Abu Layth rejects Qadhi's charge that deniers of the return refuse the unseen: belief itself concerns the unseen God, and Mufti is preoccupied with consciousness, which science cannot explain and which he understands to be non-local. Qadhi's clip names Mufti among the heretics.

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

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Recording: Reply to Yasir Qadhi's False Claims on 2nd Coming of Jesus | Mufti Abu Layth (at 22:25)

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 Yasir Qadhi claim about the hadith on Jesus's return being mutawatir?

2021-03-14T00:00:00Z

What does Yasir Qadhi claim about the hadith on Jesus's return being mutawatir?

Qadhi's clip claims the hadith of the return are too numerous to discount, narrated from about ten companions, held to be mutawatir and found in dozens of theological works, including those of the Maliki school's leading figures. Mufti Abu Layth responds with sarcasm and says the reply is still to come.

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

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Recording: Reply to Yasir Qadhi's False Claims on 2nd Coming of Jesus | Mufti Abu Layth (at 10:34)

A more recent answer on hadith/mutawatir-and-epistemology exists (18 October 2025): Is the Quran-only position an argument from epistemology or from principle?

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Which Quranic verses does Yasir Qadhi say point to the return of Jesus?

2021-03-14T00:00:00Z

Which Quranic verses does Yasir Qadhi say point to the return of Jesus?

Qadhi's clip cites three or four Quranic phrases, Jesus speaking in maturity, the People of the Book believing before his death, and Jesus as a sign of the Hour, and concedes they only strongly suggest a return. Mufti Abu Layth interjects that the sign of the Hour would then have come two thousand years ago.

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

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Recording: Reply to Yasir Qadhi's False Claims on 2nd Coming of Jesus | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:46)

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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Opening: Qadhi's post on the drama of refutations and tonight's plan

2021-03-14T00:00:00Z

Opening: Qadhi's post on the drama of refutations and tonight's plan

Yasir Qadhi has complained about refutations; Mufti Abu Layth says ideas, not people, are being refuted and that tonight's session will reply to Qadhi's video on the second coming of Jesus.

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

Recording: Reply to Yasir Qadhi's False Claims on 2nd Coming of Jesus | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:03)

A more recent answer on dialogue/responses-to-critics/yasir-qadhi exists (13 April 2021): Where are the answers to the questions on the Jesus debate?

Watch on YouTube at 0:03 · Open the segment

Is there a single hadith on Jesus's return with a flawless chain?

2021-03-02T00:00:00Z

Is there a single hadith on Jesus's return with a flawless chain?

Every chain he examined among the strongest Bukhari and Muslim reports, including that of al-Nawwas ibn Sam'an, has a criticised narrator, so Qadhi's 'no doubt' fails; preferring al-Bukhari over equal critics is arbitrary. Mufti Abu Layth says every single chain he examined among the strongest reports in Bukhari and Muslim has a problem in it.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:00:24)

A more recent answer on hadith/authentication/narrator-criticism exists (19 April 2023): Why does the practice of Madinah matter more than a single hadith?

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Is separating hadith from the Sunnah a Hanafi and Maliki principle?

2021-03-02T00:00:00Z

Is separating hadith from the Sunnah a Hanafi and Maliki principle?

The hadith-Sunnah distinction is Hanafi and Maliki usul, not Abduh's invention; Mufti Abu Layth lists Qadhi's inconsistencies and says Salafi kalam rests on fabricated chains. Mufti Abu Layth says that distinguishing hadith from the Sunnah is the usul of the Hanafi and Maliki madhhabs.

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

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:18:13)

A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists (18 October 2025): Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?

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Is there really scholarly consensus that Jesus will return?

2021-03-02T00:00:00Z

Is there really scholarly consensus that Jesus will return?

Mufti Abu Layth rejects Qadhi's claims one by one: the Quran does not suggest a return, no narration is sound, Ibn Hazm recorded disagreement on it, and the Maliki authorities did not hold the reports to be mutawatir. Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran does not strongly suggest a second coming of Jesus, contrary to Qadhi's claim.

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

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:12:52)

A more recent answer on hadith/mutawatir-and-epistemology exists (18 October 2025): Is the Quran-only position an argument from epistemology or from principle?

Watch on YouTube at 2:12:52 · Open the segment

Can positions in aqidah fall within a range of scholarly opinion?

2021-03-02T00:00:00Z

Can positions in aqidah fall within a range of scholarly opinion?

Mufti Abu Layth shows Qadhi teaching that even aqidah positions lie on a spectrum and that no scholar's word is evidence in itself, while calling Mufti a heretic for departing from the majority.

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

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:09:14)

A more recent answer on belief/sectarianism-and-takfir exists (22 February 2023): Should Sunnis preach to Shia Muslims about what they get wrong?

Watch on YouTube at 2:09:14 · Open the segment

Does the majority of scholars holding a view make it right?

2021-03-02T00:00:00Z

Does the majority of scholars holding a view make it right?

Mufti Abu Layth shows Qadhi saying that majority opinion rests on socio-political factors and that numbers do not make a view right, against his own appeal to the giants on the second coming.

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

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:05:05)

A more recent answer on hadith/mutawatir-and-epistemology exists (18 October 2025): Is the Quran-only position an argument from epistemology or from principle?

Watch on YouTube at 2:05:05 · Open the segment

Has Yasir Qadhi said that the views of great scholars should not bind a researcher?

2021-03-02T00:00:00Z

Has Yasir Qadhi said that the views of great scholars should not bind a researcher?

Mufti Abu Layth plays a clip of Qadhi urging researchers to break from inherited scholarship, and notes that the critic sharing it accuses Qadhi of the modernism Qadhi charges others with.

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

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:01:49)

A more recent answer on society/education-and-madrasas/how-to-study-islam exists (10 March 2023): Is studying religious knowledge better than voluntary prayer?

Watch on YouTube at 2:01:49 · Open the segment

Has Yasir Qadhi been consistent about whether Gog and Magog could be hidden underground?

2021-03-02T00:00:00Z

Has Yasir Qadhi been consistent about whether Gog and Magog could be hidden underground?

Mufti Abu Layth sets an older Qadhi clip defending the Gog and Magog hadith as 'not impossible' against his later statement that he cannot believe it.

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

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:57:36)

A more recent answer on hadith/authentication/text-criticism-and-reason exists (19 August 2022): What does the Quran say against the satanic verses story?

Watch on YouTube at 1:57:36 · Open the segment

What is Yasir Qadhi's zombie theory of Gog and Magog?

2021-03-02T00:00:00Z

What is Yasir Qadhi's zombie theory of Gog and Magog?

In the clip Qadhi rejects a hidden tribe of Gog and Magog as irrational and floats a zombie theory instead, which Mufti Abu Layth mocks.

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

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:53:29)

A more recent answer on dialogue/responses-to-critics/yasir-qadhi exists (13 April 2021): Where are the answers to the questions on the Jesus debate?

Watch on YouTube at 1:53:29 · Open the segment

Did Yasir Qadhi himself say a hadith came into Islam from Jewish lore?

2021-03-02T00:00:00Z

Did Yasir Qadhi himself say a hadith came into Islam from Jewish lore?

Mufti Abu Layth says Qadhi is inconsistent: he calls Israelite origins for the return preposterous, yet with Ibn Kathir firmly believes the Gog and Magog report came from Israelite lore through Abu Hurayra's circle.

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

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:50:26)

A more recent answer on hadith/authentication/narrator-criticism exists (19 April 2023): Why does the practice of Madinah matter more than a single hadith?

Watch on YouTube at 1:50:26 · Open the segment

Is Yasir Qadhi giving the whole picture on the Maliki scholars and Jesus's return?

2021-03-02T00:00:00Z

Is Yasir Qadhi giving the whole picture on the Maliki scholars and Jesus's return?

Using Qadhi's own talk on Gog and Magog, Mufti Abu Layth says Qadhi tells half truths, citing the Maliki authorities without their view that the hadith on Jesus are not conclusively established.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:42:06)

A more recent answer on dialogue/responses-to-critics/yasir-qadhi exists (13 April 2021): Where are the answers to the questions on the Jesus debate?

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Was Yasir Qadhi's lecture on Jesus's return really academic?

2021-03-02T00:00:00Z

Was Yasir Qadhi's lecture on Jesus's return really academic?

Mufti Abu Layth says Qadhi's lecture, billed as academic, ended by branding deniers of the return innovators and heretics, making it a preachy Friday sermon rather than an academic discussion.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:39:06)

A more recent answer on belief/sectarianism-and-takfir exists (22 February 2023): Should Sunnis preach to Shia Muslims about what they get wrong?

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How does Yasir Qadhi answer the objection that Jesus killing pigs makes no sense?

2021-03-02T00:00:00Z

How does Yasir Qadhi answer the objection that Jesus killing pigs makes no sense?

In the clip Qadhi admits one early authority held that Jesus died, and answers objections to Jesus killing pigs and refusing the jizya with 'Allah said so'.

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 1:36:30)

A more recent answer on hadith/authentication/text-criticism-and-reason exists (19 August 2022): What does the Quran say against the satanic verses story?

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What does Yasir Qadhi say about the return of Jesus coming from Jewish and Christian sources?

2021-03-02T00:00:00Z

What does Yasir Qadhi say about the return of Jesus coming from Jewish and Christian sources?

In the clip Qadhi calls the claim that the return came from Judeo-Christian sources baseless and says it would destroy Islamic epistemology; Mufti Abu Layth marks his words for later.

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 1:33:47)

A more recent answer on hadith/mutawatir-and-epistemology exists (18 October 2025): Is the Quran-only position an argument from epistemology or from principle?

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Is distinguishing the Sunnah from hadith a modernist invention?

2021-03-02T00:00:00Z

Is distinguishing the Sunnah from hadith a modernist invention?

Qadhi calls the hadith-Sunnah distinction a modernist invention worse than denying the return; Mufti Abu Layth says it is what the madhhabs and Imam Malik actually teach, and that Bukhari is not beyond criticism.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:29:15)

A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists (18 October 2025): Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?

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Do people who deny Jesus's return reject the unseen?

2021-03-02T00:00:00Z

Do people who deny Jesus's return reject the unseen?

Mufti Abu Layth rejects Qadhi's charge that deniers of the return reject the unseen: belief itself is in the unseen God, and he is himself preoccupied with consciousness, which science cannot explain.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:26:08)

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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Are the hadith about Jesus's return mutawatir, as Yasir Qadhi claims?

2021-03-02T00:00:00Z

Are the hadith about Jesus's return mutawatir, as Yasir Qadhi claims?

In the clip Qadhi says the hadith on Jesus's return are mutawatir, found in dozens of tafsir and creed works and held by the Maliki authorities; Mufti Abu Layth answers with sarcasm.

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 1:13:56)

A more recent answer on hadith/mutawatir-and-epistemology exists (18 October 2025): Is the Quran-only position an argument from epistemology or from principle?

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Which Quranic verses does Yasir Qadhi say point to Jesus coming back?

2021-03-02T00:00:00Z

Which Quranic verses does Yasir Qadhi say point to Jesus coming back?

In the clip Qadhi says three verses strongly suggest Jesus's return; Mufti Abu Layth mocks the readings and says the return is not in the Quran.

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 1:06:29)

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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Qadhi's post on the 'drama of refutations', and tonight's reply

2021-03-02T00:00:00Z

Qadhi's post on the 'drama of refutations', and tonight's reply

Mufti Abu Layth says Yasir Qadhi, who complained of the drama of refutations, cannot change the rules after his clips on the second coming of Jesus, and introduces his reply.

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

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:03:51)

A more recent answer on dialogue/responses-to-critics/yasir-qadhi exists (13 April 2021): Where are the answers to the questions on the Jesus debate?

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Yasir Qadhi's mugs and Bollywood lines: do his critics watch him?

2021-02-09T00:00:00Z

Yasir Qadhi's mugs and Bollywood lines: do his critics watch him?

Mufti Abu Layth plays a clip of Yasir Qadhi with branded mugs and wonders aloud how closely his critics watch him.

Answer from 9 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #201| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 49:37)

A more recent answer on dialogue/the-mufti-and-the-channel exists (18 May 2021): Response to accusations over Palestine remarks and claims he is not Muslim

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Did the Prophet fall in love with Zaynab bint Jahsh?

2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Did the Prophet fall in love with Zaynab bint Jahsh?

No: he says the early hadith collections do not carry the love story, and it makes no sense given the Prophet had known Zaynab all his life. Mufti Abu Layth says that many of the major early muhaddithun, including Malik, do not transmit the love story of the Prophet and Zaynab.

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 2:38:27)

A more recent answer on history/sirah/defending-the-prophet exists (19 August 2022): Should loyalty to a scholar ever come before the honour of the Prophet?

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Why is Yasir Qadhi saying the Prophet was infatuated with Zaynab?

2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Why is Yasir Qadhi saying the Prophet was infatuated with Zaynab?

Mufti Abu Layth finds Yasir Qadhi's recent claim, that the Prophet's infatuation with Zaynab was the early normative account, baffling and harmful, and plays clips to show it.

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 2:29:10)

A more recent answer on dialogue/responses-to-critics/yasir-qadhi exists (13 April 2021): Where are the answers to the questions on the Jesus debate?

Watch on YouTube at 2:30:24 · Open the segment

Why are Salafi scholars now saying masturbation is not a sin after years of calling it haram?

2021-01-04T00:00:00Z

Why are Salafi scholars now saying masturbation is not a sin after years of calling it haram?

Mufti Abu Layth says these scholars owe an apology to the Muslims they guilt-tripped for decades, since Ibn Hazm's and the Hanbali view were known to them all along and nothing new has come to light. He attributes the reversal to imams saying what the public expects until they feel they can say otherwise.

Answer from 4 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Yasir Qadhi on Masturbation | Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:38)

A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists (22 February 2023): Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?

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Reaction to the clip: Qadhi joins Zakir Naik in calling it not haram, with jokes about 'the nobility'

2021-01-04T00:00:00Z

Reaction to the clip: Qadhi joins Zakir Naik in calling it not haram, with jokes about 'the nobility'

Mufti Abu Layth notes that Yasir Qadhi, like Zakir Naik before him, now says masturbation is not haram but merely not a noble deed, and jokes about left-handers and 'the nobility'.

Answer from 4 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Yasir Qadhi on Masturbation | Mufti Abu Layth (at 4:00)

A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists (22 February 2023): Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?

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Is masturbation haram in Islam?

2021-01-04T00:00:00Z

Is masturbation haram in Islam?

In the clip Yasir Qadhi says the majority hold masturbation to be haram, but that others held it makruh or permissible, citing Ibn Abbas's reply to a young man and Ibn Hazm, and that he believes there is no sin in it although it is better avoided. This is Qadhi's view played for discussion, not Mufti Abu Layth's own statement.

Answer from 4 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Yasir Qadhi on Masturbation | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:02)

A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists (22 February 2023): Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?

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Why does the guest criticise Yasir Qadhi's views on jinn and evolution?

2020-12-11T00:00:00Z

Why does the guest criticise Yasir Qadhi's views on jinn and evolution?

The guest criticises Yasir Qadhi's dogmatic style and his literal readings of Dhul Qarnayn, evolution and jinn, offering a medical explanation for exorcism accounts; Mufti Abu Layth jokes about the zombie theory and calls Brubaker courteous.

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 2:33:08)

A more recent answer on quran/quran-and-science/evolution exists (19 January 2022): Where do Neanderthals fit in the Islamic story of Adam?

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Yasir Qadhi still has not explained his 'holes in the narrative'

2020-12-10T00:00:00Z

Yasir Qadhi still has not explained his 'holes in the narrative'

Mufti Abu Layth says that the controversy over 'holes in the narrative' is one Yasir Qadhi landed himself in deeply, since he never offered a response or clarity at the time beyond suggesting people take his course. He expects critics like Jay Smith to chase him over it because they know he cannot answer it. He jokes at length about Yasir Qadhi wanting Muslims to popularise the word 'ultracrepidarian', saying it shows he has lived most of his life in a library. He says he respects him for saying he holds a different view and for raising awareness that there are some forty views, but is disappointed that in what was meant as his final word he again evaded explaining what he actually believes.

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 13:57)

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?

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

2020-12-10T00:00:00Z

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?

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

2020-12-10T00:00:00Z

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

Is it haram for men to wear necklaces, rings or earrings?

2020-12-09T00:00:00Z

Is it haram for men to wear necklaces, rings or earrings?

Mufti Abu Layth disagrees with Yasir Qadhi that men's jewellery is effeminate, saying men have always worn it and Western executives are no benchmark for Islamic etiquette.

Answer from 9 December 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Reaction to Yasir Qadhi on mens jewellery | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

A more recent answer on relationships/masculinity-and-gender-roles exists (9 May 2023): How did the Prophet balance gentleness and strength?

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Why don't scholars like Yasir Qadhi come on Mind Trap with you?

2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Why 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 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #188 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 26:02)

A more recent answer on dialogue/debate-challenges-and-reviews exists (13 April 2021): Did Dr Abdul Majid refute Mufti Abu Layth's BukhariGate arguments?

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Did the scholars now attacking Daniel Haqiqatjou once promote him?

2020-09-22T00:00:00Z

Did the scholars now attacking Daniel Haqiqatjou once promote him?

Mufti Abu Layth says Daniel Haqiqatjou's critics in Omar Suleiman's circle created and promoted him for years, so they cannot now claim they did not know him.

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 2:39:01)

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

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Is it a virtue for a scholar never to hold an original position?

2020-08-24T00:00:00Z

Is it a virtue for a scholar never to hold an original position?

Mufti Abu Layth argues that a teacher of Islam who claims never to have held a position of his own is admitting he has never had an original thought in the faith.

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 10:54)

A more recent answer on fiqh/madhhabs-and-following exists (10 December 2022): What did Abu Hanifa say about Imam Malik?

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Masala segment: mockery over who leaked Yasir Qadhi's 2016 emails

2020-08-04T00:00:00Z

Masala segment: mockery over who leaked Yasir Qadhi's 2016 emails

A comic segment in which Mufti Abu Layth mocks those he presents as behind the leak of Yasir Qadhi's 2016 emails.

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

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth #176 *Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted!* 🤣 (at 2:26:34)

A more recent answer on society/technology-and-media/social-media exists (15 May 2021): What can ordinary people do about the Palestinian crisis, and do social-media posts help?

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What does he think will happen to Yasir Qadhi and Mohammed Hijab after this controversy?

2020-06-17T00:00:00Z

What does he think will happen to Yasir Qadhi and Mohammed Hijab after this controversy?

Mufti Abu Layth predicts Qadhi must choose between owning his view and losing followers, and that Hijab will face a similar crisis within a decade because their claimed certainties are unsustainable. He says he is glad he never pandered to a crowd that would turn on him.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: On Shaykh Yasir Qadhi "How not to do controversy!" | Mufti Abu Layth (at 16:48)

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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What should Yasir Qadhi have said about the preservation of the Quran?

2020-06-17T00:00:00Z

What should Yasir Qadhi have said about the preservation of the Quran?

Mufti Abu Layth says the mistake was raising the problem in public without any answer: Qadhi should have given some answer, such as saying plainly that the Quran would come out the same as it is today. The fallout, he says, is Qadhi's own fault.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: On Shaykh Yasir Qadhi "How not to do controversy!" | Mufti Abu Layth (at 10:24)

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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Why does he say the backlash against Yasir Qadhi is his own doing?

2020-06-17T00:00:00Z

Why does he say the backlash against Yasir Qadhi is his own doing?

Mufti Abu Layth says Qadhi and Hijab built the refutation culture that has now turned on them, and that a shaykh who calls Halloween, Christmas greetings, music and the beard too controversial should not open with the preservation of the Quran.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: On Shaykh Yasir Qadhi "How not to do controversy!" | Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:27)

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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How did Mohammed Hijab react after his interview with Yasir Qadhi backfired?

2020-06-17T00:00:00Z

How did Mohammed Hijab react after his interview with Yasir Qadhi backfired?

According to Mufti Abu Layth, Hijab posted that Yasir Qadhi 'will be refuted' once the mob turned, which Mufti attributes to a wish for popularity. Mufti says he would never backstab a guest in that way.

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

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

Recording: On Shaykh Yasir Qadhi "How not to do controversy!" | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:36)

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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What did Yasir Qadhi say to Mohammed Hijab about the preservation of the Quran?

2020-06-17T00:00:00Z

What did Yasir Qadhi say to Mohammed Hijab about the preservation of the Quran?

In Mufti Abu Layth's account, Yasir Qadhi said there were 'huge problems' with the preservation of the Quran, discussed only the problem and not the answer, and pointed people to his paid course. Mufti himself says the standard narrative has holes and leaves pressing questions unanswered.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: On Shaykh Yasir Qadhi "How not to do controversy!" | 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?

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If Islam was not forced on people, why did so many convert?

2019-12-16T00:00:00Z

If Islam was not forced on people, why did so many convert?

Forced conversion was never the norm: Islam's power, trade and prestige drew people, and nobody could have policed the faith of a rural population. Some were surely forced, but not most. Mufti Abu Layth says he is sure that, over the whole of history, many people were converted by force, but that this was never the norm or the majority of how Islam spread.

Answer from 16 December 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: A Response to Yasir Qadhi: "Islam was spread by the sword" | Mufti Abu Layth (at 8:15)

A more recent answer on history/orthodoxy-and-how-islam-spread exists (13 February 2023): Why orthodoxy took hold, and who wrote the checklist

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Why did people in the past convert to new religions so readily?

2019-12-16T00:00:00Z

Why did people in the past convert to new religions so readily?

People in the past were far more open to new gods than we are, adopting them in hope of good luck, so judging their conversions by today's identity-bound religion misleads. Mufti Abu Layth says people in the past were much more open to new gods and welcomed them if they felt they would bring them good luck.

Answer from 16 December 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: A Response to Yasir Qadhi: "Islam was spread by the sword" | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:11)

A more recent answer on history/orthodoxy-and-how-islam-spread exists (13 February 2023): Why orthodoxy took hold, and who wrote the checklist

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Was Islam spread by the sword?

2019-12-16T00:00:00Z

Was Islam spread by the sword?

Mufti Abu Layth says it is simply not true that Islam was spread by the sword, though there was surely compulsion in some places, and that it was wrong. Mufti Abu Layth says the claim that Islam was spread by the sword is simply not true, though he is sure there was compulsion in certain places.

Answer from 16 December 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: A Response to Yasir Qadhi: "Islam was spread by the sword" | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:01)

A more recent answer on history/orthodoxy-and-how-islam-spread exists (13 February 2023): Why orthodoxy took hold, and who wrote the checklist

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Can old interpretations of the Quran be revisited, and what role does reason play?

2019-11-03T00:00:00Z

Can old interpretations of the Quran be revisited, and what role does reason play?

Mufti Abu Layth says long-standing interpretations that are not the Quran's clear expression may be revisited and that reason has primacy, but one must not condemn others for doing what one does oneself. Mufti Abu Layth says the voice of reason is always paramount and that he gives it primacy, because through it one can understand that the deen of Islam holds true.

Answer from 3 November 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: A Response to Yasir Qadhi on Miracles | Mufti Abu Layth (at 46:59)

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 Salafi movement play a part in producing modern extremism?

2019-11-03T00:00:00Z

Did the Salafi movement play a part in producing modern extremism?

Mufti Abu Layth says Salafis now oppose terrorism but their movement helped produce it, from the 1970s Salafi group to the 1979 Kaaba seizure, and that Qadhi's teachers belonged to that past. Mufti Abu Layth says that, although Salafis today are against terrorism, a huge part of the terrorism seen today came from these Wahhabis.

Answer from 3 November 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: A Response to Yasir Qadhi on Miracles | Mufti Abu Layth (at 40:39)

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

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Is it inconsistent to reinterpret Gog and Magog by geography but not other beliefs by science?

2019-11-03T00:00:00Z

Is it inconsistent to reinterpret Gog and Magog by geography but not other beliefs by science?

Mufti Abu Layth says Qadhi calls him a heretic for revisiting interpretations on grounds of science and reason, yet revisits Gog and Magog on grounds of geography with his own teacher's precedent, which he calls hypocrisy.

Answer from 3 November 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: A Response to Yasir Qadhi on Miracles | Mufti Abu Layth (at 33:10)

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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Does the Quran say Jesus was born of a virgin?

2019-11-03T00:00:00Z

Does the Quran say Jesus was born of a virgin?

Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran does not explicitly state a virgin birth, citing recent scholars who read Mary's glad tidings like those given to Ibrahim and Zakariyya. Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran does not explicitly mention that Jesus was born of a virgin birth.

Answer from 3 November 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: A Response to Yasir Qadhi on Miracles | Mufti Abu Layth (at 28:07)

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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Do most Sunnis consider Wahhabis and Salafis to be Sunni?

2019-11-03T00:00:00Z

Do most Sunnis consider Wahhabis and Salafis to be Sunni?

Mufti Abu Layth says it is ironic for a Wahhabi to expel others from Sunni Islam, since most Sunnis do not count Wahhabis as Sunni, while he himself is among the few who do. Mufti Abu Layth says he is among the minority who hold that Salafis too should be considered part of the Sunni majority of Muslims.

Answer from 3 November 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: A Response to Yasir Qadhi on Miracles | Mufti Abu Layth (at 22:29)

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What did Yasir Qadhi say about Mufti Abu Layth on the Mad Mamluks podcast?

2019-11-03T00:00:00Z

What did Yasir Qadhi say about Mufti Abu Layth on the Mad Mamluks podcast?

Mufti Abu Layth says Qadhi, trying to reassert his traditional credentials on a podcast, said people like Mufti should declare themselves Mu'tazila rather than Sunni.

Answer from 3 November 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: A Response to Yasir Qadhi on Miracles | Mufti Abu Layth (at 16:47)

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Can Yasir Qadhi's zombie theory of Gog and Magog be defended?

2019-11-03T00:00:00Z

Can Yasir Qadhi's zombie theory of Gog and Magog be defended?

Mufti Abu Layth says Qadhi's zombie theory, refuted even by Salafi critics, cannot be justified and should simply be disowned.

Answer from 3 November 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: A Response to Yasir Qadhi on Miracles | Mufti Abu Layth (at 12:00)

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What are Ya'juj and Ma'juj (Gog and Magog), and could they be zombies?

2019-11-03T00:00:00Z

What are Ya'juj and Ma'juj (Gog and Magog), and could they be zombies?

Qadhi rejected the traditional reading of Ya'juj and Ma'juj on geographical grounds and floated colonialism and zombies; Mufti Abu Layth says the colonial reading holds strongly for him and mocks the zombie idea. Mufti Abu Layth says he has said in the past that the colonial phenomenon holds a very strong interpretation of Ya'juj and Ma'juj for him.

Answer from 3 November 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: A Response to Yasir Qadhi on Miracles | Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:22)

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Why is Mufti Abu Layth responding to Yasir Qadhi?

2019-11-03T00:00:00Z

Why is Mufti Abu Layth responding to Yasir Qadhi?

Mufti Abu Layth says he feels Qadhi may be in an existential crisis and does not believe much of what he says, and that even hypocrisy should keep some integrity, like the frankly self-confessed fraud of an Urdu poem.

Answer from 3 November 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: A Response to Yasir Qadhi on Miracles | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:34)

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What verses do Muslims use to argue Jesus had a natural birth with a father?

2018-10-25T00:00:00Z

What verses do Muslims use to argue Jesus had a natural birth with a father?

The Quran implies a virgin conception but never states it, and the scholars who held Jesus had a father argue from 6:85-87 and 6:101. People may believe either, but calling those scholars deviant is a huge stretch. Mufti Abu Layth says that declaring those who read the Quran as not teaching a virgin birth deviant or no longer mainstream Muslims is a huge stretch, when the Quran itself does not actually say it.

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

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Recording: Does the Quran Mention a Virgin Birth for Jesus (a.s.)? - Mufti Abu Layth (at 11:43)

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Does the Quran actually say Mary had a virgin birth?

2018-10-25T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

2018-10-25T00:00:00Z

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

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

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When is a hadith set aside, and is rejecting hadith acceptable?

2018-10-20T00:00:00Z

When is a hadith set aside, and is rejecting hadith acceptable?

Mufti Abu Layth is not in favour of rejecting hadith in general, but follows Imam Malik in setting aside a report where it goes against the established tradition, reason, the principles of Islam or the Quran. He calls the khutbah dangerous and regrets what he sees as Qadhi's turn away from reason. Mufti Abu Layth says he is not in favour of rejecting hadith in general, but follows Imam Malik in rejecting a report where it goes against the established tradition, reason, the principles of Islam or the Quran.

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

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Recording: A Reply to Sheikh Yasir Qadhi - Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:23:42)

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Is a new interpretation of the Quran the same as claiming to be a new prophet?

2018-10-20T00:00:00Z

Is a new interpretation of the Quran the same as claiming to be a new prophet?

Equating a new interpretation with a claim to prophethood is out of order, since the Salafi movement itself is a radical reinterpretation that rejects the majority and holds that God has a leg and a foot. The majority of Muslims have always accepted metaphor in the Quran. Mufti Abu Layth says that equating a new interpretation with a claim to prophethood is out of order, that the Salafi movement is itself a radical reinterpretation which rejects the majority and attributes a leg and a foot to God, and that the majority of Muslims have always accepted non-literal usage in the Quran.

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

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Recording: A Reply to Sheikh Yasir Qadhi - Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:19:53)

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Is hadith the same as the sunnah, and is hadith certain knowledge?

2018-10-20T00:00:00Z

Is hadith the same as the sunnah, and is hadith certain knowledge?

The sunnah is distinct from hadith and reaches Muslims through the living tradition of fiqh, not from hadith books. Hadith are khabar ahad, not certain knowledge, so the Ash'ari and Maturidi orthodoxy does not build beliefs on them, and the Hanafis and Malikis reject solitary reports that contradict reason or their principles. Mufti Abu Layth says the sunnah is distinct from hadith and reaches Muslims through the living tradition of fiqh, that hadith are khabar ahad and so cannot found beliefs according to the Ash'ari and Maturidi orthodoxy, and that the Hanafi and Maliki schools reject solitary reports that contradict reason or their principles.

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

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Recording: A Reply to Sheikh Yasir Qadhi - Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:13:18)

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Is evolution compatible with the Quran?

2018-10-20T00:00:00Z

Is evolution compatible with the Quran?

The Quran's verses on creation in stages, growth from the earth, the single self and the couple of 7:189 are reconcilable with evolution, which Mufti Abu Layth calls a scientific fact established through genetics. Hawwa is not named in the Quran, and those who accept evolution should not be called deviants. Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran's verses on creation in stages, growth from the earth and the single self are reconcilable with evolution, which he calls a scientific fact established through genetics, that Hawwa is not named in the Quran, and that those who accept evolution should not be called deviants.

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

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Recording: A Reply to Sheikh Yasir Qadhi - Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:02:49)

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Which verses are used to argue that Jesus had a father, and does the Quran rule it out?

2018-10-20T00:00:00Z

Which verses are used to argue that Jesus had a father, and does the Quran rule it out?

The Quranic account of Mary implies a virgin conception but does not state it, and 66:12 is not read literally by anyone, so demanding literal reading everywhere is inconsistent. The scholars who held Jesus had a father argue from 6:85-87 and 6:101, and calling them deviants is a huge stretch. Mufti Abu Layth says the Quranic account of Mary implies but does not state a virgin conception, that 66:12 is read literally by no Muslim so literal reading cannot be demanded everywhere, and that declaring deviant those scholars who hold Jesus had a natural birth is a huge stretch; he presents 6:85-87 and 6:101 as those scholars' arguments.

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

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Recording: A Reply to Sheikh Yasir Qadhi - Mufti Abu Layth (at 54:58)

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Does the Quran say Jesus was born of a virgin?

2018-10-20T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

2018-10-20T00:00:00Z

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

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

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Does the Quran say Ibrahim was thrown into the fire, or that the table was sent down to Jesus's disciples?

2018-10-20T00:00:00Z

Does the Quran say Ibrahim was thrown into the fire, or that the table was sent down to Jesus's disciples?

No verse of the Quran says that Ibrahim was thrown into the fire or that the table came down to the disciples, and 'incline them towards you' is the literal wording of 2:260. These are readings of the text as it stands, and calling those who hold them deviants is unacceptable. Mufti Abu Layth says that no verse of the Quran states that Ibrahim was thrown into the fire or that the table was sent down to the disciples, and that reading 2:260 as 'incline them towards you' is the literal wording, so these are readings of the text as it stands rather than reinterpretations, and calling those who hold them deviants is unacceptable.

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

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Recording: A Reply to Sheikh Yasir Qadhi - Mufti Abu Layth (at 31:27)

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Are the Salafis themselves orthodox by their own standard?

2018-10-20T00:00:00Z

Are the Salafis themselves orthodox by their own standard?

The Salafis are themselves unorthodox: the orthodoxy of the ummah has been Ash'ari and the four schools of law, both of which they reject, so their appeal to orthodoxy against new interpretations is inconsistent. Mufti Abu Layth says the Salafis are themselves unorthodox, since the orthodoxy of the ummah has been Ash'ari in belief and the four schools in law, both of which they reject, so their appeal to orthodoxy against new interpretations of verses is inconsistent.

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

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Recording: A Reply to Sheikh Yasir Qadhi - Mufti Abu Layth (at 28:50)

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What did Yasir Qadhi write in the leaked emails about the Quran's preservation and the theological schools?

2018-10-20T00:00:00Z

What did Yasir Qadhi write in the leaked emails about the Quran's preservation and the theological schools?

In emails leaked by Dawah Man, Qadhi wrote that the letter-for-letter account of the Quran's preservation cannot stand and proposed discarding the theological schools to rethink kalam from scratch. Mufti Abu Layth reads this as a radical reinterpretation from the man now condemning them.

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

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

Recording: A Reply to Sheikh Yasir Qadhi - Mufti Abu Layth (at 24:51)

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?

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What is Yasir Qadhi's background, and where does the Salafi movement come from?

2018-10-20T00:00:00Z

What is Yasir Qadhi's background, and where does the Salafi movement come from?

Qadhi's arguments stem from a hard-line Salafi formation, and Wahhabism in Mufti Abu Layth's account is a doctrine of literalism hostile to reason founded by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, whom he calls a deviant for permitting the killing and enslavement of Muslims. He traces the Salafi scholars of the 1970s to the movement behind the 1979 seizure of Mecca. Mufti Abu Layth says Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab was a deviant because he held it permissible to kill Muslims he deemed disbelievers, enslave their wives and take their wealth, including pilgrims on Hajj, and that Wahhabism is in essence a doctrine of literalism and dogmatism hostile to reason.

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

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Recording: A Reply to Sheikh Yasir Qadhi - Mufti Abu Layth (at 14:22)

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Is Yasir Qadhi's case for reading the Quran literally consistent?

2018-10-20T00:00:00Z

Is Yasir Qadhi's case for reading the Quran literally consistent?

The khutbah is internally inconsistent: it allows the Quran to unlock new meanings while condemning new interpretations, and it demands literal reading while itself reading 'the hand of God' non-literally as God's mercy.

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

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Recording: A Reply to Sheikh Yasir Qadhi - Mufti Abu Layth (at 10:26)

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What are the three points of Yasir Qadhi's khutbah on orthodoxy, and is hadith certain knowledge?

2018-10-20T00:00:00Z

What are the three points of Yasir Qadhi's khutbah on orthodoxy, and is hadith certain knowledge?

The khutbah's three points are that reinterpreting the Quran through reason or science is heresy, that doubting the hadith sources is heresy, and that a radical new interpretation amounts to claiming prophethood. Mufti Abu Layth agrees that rejecting hadith wholesale is wrong but says the hadith quoted for it is weak and that hadith is khabar ahad, not certain knowledge. Mufti Abu Layth says he agrees that rejecting hadith altogether is misguided, but that the hadith quoted to prove it is weak and that hadith are khabar ahad, which is not certain knowledge but good enough to act on.

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

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Recording: A Reply to Sheikh Yasir Qadhi - Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:53)

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Introduction: Yasir Qadhi's khutbah on orthodoxy and why he is replying

2018-10-20T00:00:00Z

Introduction: Yasir Qadhi's khutbah on orthodoxy and why he is replying

Mufti Abu Layth introduces Yasir Qadhi's khutbah 'The Importance of Orthodoxy in Islam', which he believes was aimed at him, and says he will reply to its three points despite warnings of repercussions, while affirming his respect for Qadhi.

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

Recording: A Reply to Sheikh Yasir Qadhi - Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

A more recent answer on dialogue/responses-to-critics/yasir-qadhi exists (13 April 2021): Where are the answers to the questions on the Jesus debate?

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