Mufti Abu Layth Archive: dialogue/views-on-contemporary-scholars

Should scholars publicly condemn a scholar said to have joined in a libation ritual?

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Should scholars publicly condemn a scholar said to have joined in a libation ritual?

Mufti Abu Layth does not think people have to condemn the scholar; to Mufti, pouring some water at a protest, as the scholar says he did without knowing the ritual's history, is not a big deal.

Answer from 22 February 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Muslim Scholars Allying With LGBTQ Community ? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:08)

Watch on YouTube at 5:12 · Open the segment

Is Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza consistent in how he criticises hadith?

Mon, 06 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Is Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza consistent in how he criticises hadith?

Not fully, says Mufti Abu Layth: Engineer Mirza's rational critique of others' hadith stops short of scrutinising how sahih hadith were authenticated. Mufti still calls him a legend and a much-needed voice.

Answer from 6 February 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Engineer Muhammad Mirza's Methods | Hadith Vs Sunnah | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:01)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 0:01 · Open the segment

What do you think of the rational readings of the Quran on the Marvelous Quran channel?

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000

What do you think of the rational readings of the Quran on the Marvelous Quran channel?

Mufti Abu Layth welcomes his fresh, reason-based approach to the Quran but does not agree with some readings he understood from him, such as Zakariya being the father of Jesus. Mufti Abu Layth says he personally does not agree with the view, if he has understood it correctly, that Zakariya married Mary and was the father of Jesus.

Answer from 19 February 2022 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: What Are You Thoughts About The Channel Marvelous Quran? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 0:00 · Open the segment

Why does Mufti Abu Layth compare the Palestinian situation to facing a knife?

Mon, 17 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Why does Mufti Abu Layth compare the Palestinian situation to facing a knife?

His escrima teacher's rule was to run from a knife and fight only when running is impossible, and he applies it to an enemy that will not back down. He repeats that the UAE deal has brought nothing and that Bin Bayyah and Hamza Yusuf should not be blamed for it.

Answer from 17 May 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Israel's war crimes, UAE ties & possible solutions? (full context) | Mufti Abu Layth (at 18:30)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 18:30 · Open the segment

Are Bin Bayyah and Hamza Yusuf to blame for the UAE's deal with Israel?

Mon, 17 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Are Bin Bayyah and Hamza Yusuf to blame for the UAE's deal with Israel?

No, in Mufti Abu Layth's view: the UAE's ruler does not take direction from scholars, Bin Bayyah is said to have disliked the treaty while deferring to the ruler's decision, and Hamza Yusuf had nothing to do with it. He opens with condolences for the losses in Gaza.

Answer from 17 May 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Israel's war crimes, UAE ties & possible solutions? (full context) | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:02)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 1:22 · Open the segment

Does today's Hanafi madhhab reflect Imam Abu Hanifa?

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Does today's Hanafi madhhab reflect Imam Abu Hanifa?

Not in spirit: Mufti Abu Layth calls later Hanafi rulings fossilised and pedantic, behind the sectarian attacks on Shaykh Aslam, and praises Shaykh Atabek as a fresh voice. Mufti Abu Layth says the Hanafi madhhab as it is today is like a Frankenstein compared to what Imam Abu Hanifa was.

Answer from 27 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Shaykh Aslam & Sectarian Jealousy of the Molvis | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

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 0:00 · Open the segment

What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Adnan Ibrahim?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Adnan Ibrahim?

Mufti Abu Layth admires Adnan Ibrahim as a voice of reason in the Arabic-speaking world whose message is close to his own and who is what a real imam should be.

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 1:59:15)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 1:59:15 · Open the segment

What does the Mufti think of Shaykh Dedew?

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

What does the Mufti think of Shaykh Dedew?

Mufti Abu Layth has a soft spot for Shaykh Dedew and finds some of his fatawa very interesting, though he is critical in some things and dogmatic in others. Take the critical things from him and stay open-minded on the dogmatic ones.

Answer from 16 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Thoughts on Shaykh Dedew Al-Shanqiti | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 0:00 · Open the segment

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

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

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

Kind: general teaching

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?

Watch on YouTube at 57:59 · Open the segment

Can I have a close non-Muslim friend and answer his salam?

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Can I have a close non-Muslim friend and answer his salam?

Mufti Abu Layth rejects as ignorance and nonsense the view that a Muslim cannot have a close non-Muslim friend or return his greeting. Assim al-Hakeem's answer in the clip, that only acquaintances are allowed and a non-Muslim's salam gets a smile at most, is the view being replied to.

Answer from 10 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Reply to Sheikh Assim on Having Non-Muslim Friend | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:01)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 2:37 · Open the segment

Is Mohammed Hijab breaking away from the Salafis?

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

Is Mohammed Hijab breaking away from the Salafis?

Mufti Abu Layth thinks Hijab's point against the fatwa is fair, though his language was crude and not Mufti's style, and welcomes what he sees as Hijab outgrowing Salafism.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:27:30)

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

Watch on YouTube at 3:27:30 · Open the segment

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

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

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

Kind: general teaching

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

Is the great love Muslims have for the Prophet a kind of prophet worship?

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

Is the great love Muslims have for the Prophet a kind of prophet worship?

Muslims' love for the Prophet is not prophet worship: people need a human figure to love, and for Muslims it is the Prophet, though praying to him is wrong. He strongly disagrees with the shaykh and calls it an unnecessary battle.

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 46:41)

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

Watch on YouTube at 48:28 · Open the segment

Did the Prophet say he would kill the lineage of the first Khariji?

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Did the Prophet say he would kill the lineage of the first Khariji?

Mufti Abu Layth says the speaker, carried away defending the Saudi rulers, attributed to the Prophet words he did not say: in the hadith the Prophet stopped Umar from killing the man. Respect for the Prophet comes before kings.

Answer from 22 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Ustadh Abdul Rahman Hassan Misquoting Hadith & Invite Challenge | Mufti Abu Layth (at 5:30)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 6:10 · Open the segment

What does the Mufti think of Shaykh Dedew, and did Imam Ahmad dislike Abu Hanifa?

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

What does the Mufti think of Shaykh Dedew, and did Imam Ahmad dislike Abu Hanifa?

Imam Ahmad did say harsh things about Abu Hanifa, he says; of Shaykh Dedew, take his critical views and stay open-minded on his dogmatic ones.

Answer from 16 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:24:25)

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?

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

Did the Prophet say he would kill the first Khariji's descendants?

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

Did the Prophet say he would kill the first Khariji's descendants?

Mufti Abu Layth says the Prophet never said 'I will kill his lineage'; in the Bukhari report he stopped Umar from killing the man, so the clip misrepresents the Prophet to defend rulers.

Answer from 16 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:06:20)

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 2:13:51 · Open the segment

Can a Muslim have a close non-Muslim friend?

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

Can a Muslim have a close non-Muslim friend?

Mufti Abu Layth calls the teaching that Muslims cannot have close non-Muslim friends ignorance and venom that makes the deen suffer.

Answer from 16 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:00:50)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 2:03:51 · Open the segment

A mufti's clip on ear piercing: 'decency', 'manipulation' and muthla

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

A mufti's clip on ear piercing: 'decency', 'manipulation' and muthla

Mufti Abu Layth mocks a mufti's argument that piercing beyond the earlobe is abnormal and amounts to muthla, saying muthla means disfiguring a body, not piercing it.

Answer from 16 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:53:05)

A more recent answer on fiqh/dress-and-appearance/jewellery-gold-and-silk exists (10 March 2023): Is it haram for men to wear earrings?

Watch on YouTube at 1:53:05 · Open the segment

Why is quoting science to defend hadith like camel urine risky?

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

Why is quoting science to defend hadith like camel urine risky?

Mufti Abu Layth says Hijab cannot yet leave his Salafi audience, and that using science to prove absurd claims usually backfires, as with camel-urine research and earlier polemics. Mufti Abu Layth says that when you quote scientific material to prove absurdities, it will more often than not come back and sting you.

Answer from 16 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:32:50)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 1:32:50 · Open the segment

Did the Prophet tell people to drink camel urine as medicine?

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

Did the Prophet tell people to drink camel urine as medicine?

Mufti Abu Layth says camel urine is not medicine and the Prophet never really told anyone to drink it; the report is weak in its chain and, if taken at all, reads as a rebuke.

Answer from 16 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:26:20)

A more recent answer on fiqh/medical-ethics exists (10 March 2023): Can a pregnancy last for years, as was said of Imam Malik's birth?

Watch on YouTube at 1:26:20 · Open the segment

What does the Mufti think of Fethullah Gulen?

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

What does the Mufti think of Fethullah Gulen?

Mufti Abu Layth says he knows little about Gulen beyond his influential network of schools with an Islamic ethos, and will read up on him.

Answer from 16 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 58:48)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 59:27 · Open the segment

Tonight's clips under the microscope, and a project coming soon

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

Tonight's clips under the microscope, and a project coming soon

Mufti Abu Layth previews the clips he will respond to tonight, on ear piercing, non-Muslim friends, the Khawarij and drugs, and says a new project is coming soon.

Answer from 16 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 7:30)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 7:30 · Open the segment

What do you think of Abdur Rahman Mangera?

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

What do you think of Abdur Rahman Mangera?

Mufti Abu Layth calls Abdur Rahman Mangera very talented and respectful, but says his thinking is ultimately closed Deobandi thinking.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #200| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:03:22)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 1:03:47 · Open the segment

Did Shadee Elmasry mistranslate Ibn Ashur on purpose?

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

Did Shadee Elmasry mistranslate Ibn Ashur on purpose?

Mufti Abu Layth says the mistranslation shows either incompetence in Arabic or deliberate misleading.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Messiah, Masri & Misquotations | Mufti Abu Layth (at 21:10)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 21:10 · Open the segment

Could a senior scholar ever publicly change his fatwa on mortgages?

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Could a senior scholar ever publicly change his fatwa on mortgages?

Mufti Abu Layth doubts the jurist could ever publicly accept the guest's view; the guest says almost no scholar is fully independent of politics, audience or salary.

Answer from 29 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Shaykh Atabek Shukurov | Mortgages, Madhabs & Molvi-ism | MindTrap 48 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 39:38)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 40:13 · Open the segment

What happened when Shaykh Atabek wrote to Mufti Taqi Usmani about mortgages?

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

What happened when Shaykh Atabek wrote to Mufti Taqi Usmani about mortgages?

The guest says his respectful open letter to Mufti Taqi Usmani on mortgages got no reply, only an abusive reaction from students, which he does not think the mufti ordered.

Answer from 29 January 2021 · 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 33:53)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 33:53 · Open the segment

Dawah Man on intimacy positions, citing Ibn al-Qayyim, played and mocked

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

Dawah Man on intimacy positions, citing Ibn al-Qayyim, played and mocked

Mufti Abu Layth plays and mocks a preacher's advice, attributed to Ibn al-Qayyim, against the woman-on-top position as encouraging femininity in men.

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

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #199 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:59:20)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 2:59:20 · Open the segment

What does the Mufti think of Dr Umar Faruq Abdullah?

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

What does the Mufti think of Dr Umar Faruq Abdullah?

Mufti Abu Layth calls Dr Umar Faruq Abdullah exceptionally talented, with remarkable Arabic, but says his later turn to a pir-style spiritual role wastes that talent.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #199 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:40:53)

A more recent answer on belief/sufism exists (28 February 2024): A fate worse than death: each of us is a mirror for divine potential

Watch on YouTube at 2:40:53 · Open the segment

The snowman fatwas: building a snowman as an idol, or permitted by the dolls hadith

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

The snowman fatwas: building a snowman as an idol, or permitted by the dolls hadith

Mufti Abu Layth plays and mocks two fatwas on snowmen, one calling them idols and one permitting them by a hadith about dolls, saying such reasoning makes Muslims a laughing stock.

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

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #199 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:45:37)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 1:45:37 · Open the segment

What does the Mufti think of Pir Naseeruddin Naseer?

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

What does the Mufti think of Pir Naseeruddin Naseer?

Mufti Abu Layth says Pir Naseeruddin Naseer was a widely respected authority across the spectrum of Sunnis.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #199 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:15:25)

A more recent answer on belief/sufism exists (28 February 2024): A fate worse than death: each of us is a mirror for divine potential

Watch on YouTube at 1:15:25 · Open the segment

Has Zaytuna College limited what Hamza Yusuf can say?

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

Has Zaytuna College limited what Hamza Yusuf can say?

Mufti Abu Layth says Hamza Yusuf's rise was remarkable but that Zaytuna now constrains him, so he avoids anything controversial; Mufti prefers his own freedom.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:37:44)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 1:37:44 · Open the segment

Does joking and laughing a lot mean I lack high aspiration?

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

Does joking and laughing a lot mean I lack high aspiration?

Mufti Abu Layth rejects a preacher's claim that joking and laughing show low aspiration, calling laughter the very definition of happiness and joy.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 29:53)

A more recent answer on wellbeing/character-and-virtue exists (29 September 2024): Spread love, and take account of the damage our words have done

Watch on YouTube at 29:53 · Open the segment

Will you ever do a Mind Trap with Mohammed Hijab?

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

Will 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 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 20:49)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 21:27 · Open the segment

What do you think of a particular online activist?

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

What do you think of a particular online activist?

Mufti Abu Layth warns that anyone who says Muslims need to take over the world should set alarm bells ringing. Mufti Abu Layth says that anybody who tells you that we need to take over the world should set alarm bells ringing.

Answer from 12 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #197 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:19:13)

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

Watch on YouTube at 2:19:51 · Open the segment

Will you invite Javed Ahmad Ghamidi onto Mind Trap?

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Will you invite Javed Ahmad Ghamidi onto Mind Trap?

Mufti Abu Layth says, as his personal view, that Ghamidi himself is down to earth, but the team around him is protective and hard to reach; Dr Shehzad Saleem is the exception.

Answer from 12 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #197 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:11:08)

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

Watch on YouTube at 2:11:08 · Open the segment

Why do clever preachers stay stuck in dogmatism?

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Why do clever preachers stay stuck in dogmatism?

Mufti Abu Layth says knowing a lot is not the same as reasoning well; much of the dogmatist scene relies on rote learning, and Zakir Naik has done Islam real damage.

Answer from 12 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #197 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:51:38)

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

Watch on YouTube at 1:51:38 · Open the segment

What do you think of Harun Yahya and his books?

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

What do you think of Harun Yahya and his books?

Mufti Abu Layth says Harun Yahya's scientific-miracles books spread a lot of wrong information, and mocks the 1,000-year sentence given to Adnan Oktar.

Answer from 12 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #197 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 51:30)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 51:30 · Open the segment

What do you think of Shaykh al-Sha'rawi?

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

What do you think of Shaykh al-Sha'rawi?

His thoughts on al-Sha'rawi are positive, though he says he has not been influenced by him.

Answer from 12 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #197 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 50:44)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 50:44 · Open the segment

What do you think of a particular Salafi preacher?

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

What do you think of a particular Salafi preacher?

From what he has heard, he says the preacher is generally level-headed and balanced within the Salafi dawah, though he has not followed him closely.

Answer from 12 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #197 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 30:07)

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

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Do Shia scholars treat ordinary people better than Salafi scholars do?

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

Do Shia scholars treat ordinary people better than Salafi scholars do?

The problem lies in the extremes of both; from the few clips he has seen he cannot promote Ammar Nakshawani, though he may be wrong.

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 2:14:41)

A more recent answer on dialogue/sunni-shia-dialogue exists (22 February 2023): Should Sunnis preach to Shia Muslims about what they get wrong?

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Dawah Man on pigs, wife-sharing and handshakes, played and mocked

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

Dawah Man on pigs, wife-sharing and handshakes, played and mocked

Mufti Abu Layth plays and mocks Dawah Man's claims about pigs and handshakes, and says shaking hands is not haram.

Answer from 5 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #196 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:00:54)

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 football really more haram than alcohol and gambling?

Wed, 16 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Is football really more haram than alcohol and gambling?

Mufti Abu Layth calls a fatwa that football is more haram than alcohol and gambling the most ridiculous he has seen recently. Mufti Abu Layth says a fatwa declaring football more haram than alcohol and gambling is the most ridiculous fatwa he has come across in recent times.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Funny Fatwa: Football is more haram the gambling & alcohol | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:02)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 0:02 · Open the segment

Did Zakir Naik say masturbation is not haram?

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

Did Zakir Naik say masturbation is not haram?

Zakir Naik has said masturbation is not haram but only discouraged. Mufti Abu Layth says those who preached it as haram for decades owe people an admission and an apology, and ridicules the view that only one's own hand makes it haram.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Zakir Naik - New revelations on masturbation | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:01)

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 Omar Suleiman trained as a scholar, and will anyone debate Mufti Abu Layth on jinn possession?

Sat, 21 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Is 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 · 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): Should scholars publicly condemn a scholar said to have joined in a libation ritual?

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Can there be a balanced view on whether jinn possess people?

Sat, 21 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Can there be a balanced view on whether jinn possess people?

A supernatural claim cannot be balanced; possession is either real or not. If disobedience, missing prayer and riba invited possession, most of the globe would be possessed. Mufti Abu Layth says there can be no balanced version of a supernatural claim, since jinn possession is either real or not, and that if disobedience, missing prayer or riba invited possession then most of the globe would be possessed.

Answer from 21 November 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: There is no jinn possession in Islam (reply to Sh Omar Suleiman's video) | Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:34)

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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The clip: Omar Suleiman on jinn possession, the riba verse and disobedience

Sat, 21 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The clip: Omar Suleiman on jinn possession, the riba verse and disobedience

In the clip Omar Suleiman says jinn possession is real and affirmed by the riba verse, that most imams have seen supernatural cases, and that disobedience, especially leaving prayer and riba, removes Allah's protection and invites possession.

Answer from 21 November 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: There is no jinn possession in Islam (reply to Sh Omar Suleiman's video) | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:41)

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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Why do popular preachers promote belief in jinn possession?

Sat, 21 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Why do popular preachers promote belief in jinn possession?

Mufti Abu Layth will answer Omar Suleiman's clip as a prime example of preachers promoting superstition; he says they appease the market that buys their commodity.

Answer from 21 November 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: There is no jinn possession in Islam (reply to Sh Omar Suleiman's video) | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:02)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 0:02 · Open the segment

A clip of Shaykh Hassan Ali on the evil eye from loved ones

Sun, 15 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

A clip of Shaykh Hassan Ali on the evil eye from loved ones

A played clip in which Shaykh Hassan Ali says the evil eye can come even from loving relatives, with a story about his own son.

Answer from 15 November 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: There is NO evil eye in Islam (Detailed Overview) | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 0:00 · Open the segment

What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Shaykh Hamza Yusuf?

Thu, 05 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Shaykh Hamza Yusuf?

Mufti Abu Layth loves Hamza Yusuf as an icon for Western Muslims and a key inspiration for his own studies, while disagreeing with his neo-traditionalist views. He adds second-hand reports that his personal manner can seem unwelcoming, and says their personalities would probably not match.

Answer from 5 November 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Thoughts on Shaykh Hamza Yusuf | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 0:00 · Open the segment

Why do preachers attack views in public that they tolerate in private?

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Why do preachers attack views in public that they tolerate in private?

Most preachers are controlled by the crowd that follows them: the same figures who are friendly off camera attack Mufti Abu Layth on camera because their followers expect it. Al-Farabri likewise took an opportunity that brought fame, which does not oblige others to be blind.

Answer from 20 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Why people run from the Bukhari debate? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:37)

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

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Is the preacher Muhammad ibn Munir actually a qualified mufti?

Mon, 12 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Is the preacher Muhammad ibn Munir actually a qualified mufti?

Mufti Abu Layth says Mufti Munir turned out not to be a certified mufti, the title being a nickname, but seems a cool, funny and charismatic person he would like to host.

Answer from 12 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Mufti's thoughts on Mufti Muhammad ibn Munir? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 0:00 · Open the segment

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

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

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

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

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #183 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:49:04)

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

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

Did the scholars now attacking Daniel Haqiqatjou once promote him?

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

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?

Watch on YouTube at 2:39:01 · Open the segment

Clip: Daniel Haqiqatjou's video on the libation ritual

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

Clip: Daniel Haqiqatjou's video on the libation ritual

A clip, played by Mufti Abu Layth, in which Daniel Haqiqatjou accuses Omar Suleiman of joining a pagan libation ritual and calls his denial deceptive.

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

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #183 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:33:51)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 2:33:51 · Open the segment

What is the Pagan-gate row about Omar Suleiman?

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

What is the Pagan-gate row about Omar Suleiman?

Mufti Abu Layth sees Pagan-gate as a power game: imams may seek status, but wrapping it in high religiosity is what invites attacks like this.

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 2:27:01)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 2:27:01 · Open the segment

Clip: a Dawah Man and Daniel Haqiqatjou interview that calls Omar Suleiman a fasiq

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

Clip: a Dawah Man and Daniel Haqiqatjou interview that calls Omar Suleiman a fasiq

A clip in which Dawah Man and Daniel Haqiqatjou call Omar Suleiman a fasiq, which Mufti Abu Layth introduces as part of the Pagan-gate row.

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

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #183 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:25:06)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 2:25:06 · Open the segment

Mufti Abu Layth rates Dawah Man's video marketing

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

Mufti Abu Layth rates Dawah Man's video marketing

Mufti Abu Layth rates Dawah Man's marketing and production as clever, while saying his religion is skewed.

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

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #183 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:21:50)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 2:21:50 · Open the segment

What does Mufti Abu Layth make of the Brown and Haqiqatjou dispute over mushkil?

Wed, 02 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

What does Mufti Abu Layth make of the Brown and Haqiqatjou dispute over mushkil?

Mufti Abu Layth says Brown tends to nitpick Arabic instead of engaging the argument, rejects Haqiqatjou's claim that his credentials are irrelevant, and calls both sides strangely dogmatic.

Answer from 2 September 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Jonathan Brown, Daniel Haqiqatjou & the mushkil of mushkil | Mufti Abu Layth (at 9:17)

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

Watch on YouTube at 9:17 · Open the segment

Does mushkil mean ambiguous or problematic?

Wed, 02 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Does mushkil mean ambiguous or problematic?

Both sides have a point: mushkil was used technically for texts needing reconciliation and for the indeterminable, while Yasir Qadhi most likely meant it simply as 'problematic'. Mufti Abu Layth says mushkil has been used technically both for texts that seem to conflict and need reconciling and for what cannot be determined, so both sides have a point, and that Yasir Qadhi was probably using it as the common Arabic word for problematic.

Answer from 2 September 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Jonathan Brown, Daniel Haqiqatjou & the mushkil of mushkil | Mufti Abu Layth (at 5:11)

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

Watch on YouTube at 6:30 · Open the segment

What is the background to the feud between Daniel Haqiqatjou and Jonathan Brown?

Wed, 02 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

What is the background to the feud between Daniel Haqiqatjou and Jonathan Brown?

The feud goes back to Haqiqatjou's dismissal from Yaqeen Institute and his replacement by Jonathan Brown; Mufti Abu Layth says Haqiqatjou has since accused Yaqeen of selling out, and he calls his views extreme.

Answer from 2 September 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Jonathan Brown, Daniel Haqiqatjou & the mushkil of mushkil | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:37)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 2:37 · Open the segment

What did Daniel Haqiqatjou say about Yasir Qadhi calling verses mushkil?

Wed, 02 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

What did Daniel Haqiqatjou say about Yasir Qadhi calling verses mushkil?

In a clip, Daniel Haqiqatjou argues that Yasir Qadhi's explanation of 'problematic' verses as mushkil fails, since he says mushkil classically means ambiguous, not at odds with reason or science.

Answer from 2 September 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Jonathan Brown, Daniel Haqiqatjou & the mushkil of mushkil | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

A more recent answer on quran/hermeneutics exists (18 October 2025): Does 3:188 mean everyone who likes praise will be punished?

Watch on YouTube at 0:00 · Open the segment

Are Abdullah bin Bayyah and Hamza Yusuf to blame for the UAE-Israel deal?

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

Are Abdullah bin Bayyah and Hamza Yusuf to blame for the UAE-Israel deal?

Mufti Abu Layth says it is unfair to blame Abdullah bin Bayyah and Hamza Yusuf for the UAE-Israel deal, since the UAE's ruler does not care what scholars think.

Answer from 24 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:41:10)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 1:41:10 · Open the segment

Is it right to attack critics of Islam personally?

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

Is it right to attack critics of Islam personally?

Mufti Abu Layth says Mohammed Hijab bears some responsibility for provoking the Quran-tearing, and urges Muslims to attack arguments, not people and their families.

Answer from 24 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:35:34)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 1:35:34 · Open the segment

Is it a problem that Muslim scholars today have no secular education?

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

Is it a problem that Muslim scholars today have no secular education?

Mufti Abu Layth agrees secular education matters but says it is no cure for obsession, and holds that other people being gay does not make anyone gay.

Answer from 24 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:03:21)

A more recent answer on relationships/sexuality-and-orientation exists (22 February 2023): Is it okay for adults or children to change gender?

Watch on YouTube at 1:03:21 · Open the segment

What did the leak of Yasir Qadhi's emails on the Quran's preservation lead to?

Wed, 19 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000

What did the leak of Yasir Qadhi's emails on the Quran's preservation lead to?

The leak of Yasir Qadhi's emails set off a fitna in which people doubted or left Islam, and Yasir Qadhi's own explanation made it worse. Being clever and well-read does not make someone an academic.

Answer from 19 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Farid Gangu Teli leaking Yasir Qadhi's emails | Mufti Abu Layth (at 8:46)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 8:46 · Open the segment

Is it haram to shake hands with women?

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

Is it haram to shake hands with women?

Mufti Abu Layth defends a preacher caught on camera shaking a girl's hand and says shaking hands with women is not haram anyway.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth #176 *Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted!* 🤣 (at 2:38:23)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 2:39:37 · Open the segment

What does Mufti Abu Layth think of preachers linked to extremism?

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

What does Mufti Abu Layth think of preachers linked to extremism?

Mufti Abu Layth says extremist sympathisers are poison and that he retracted earlier praise of one preacher after learning of his past. Mufti Abu Layth says that his approach is that any extremist sympathisers are poison.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth #176 *Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted!* 🤣 (at 2:19:29)

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

Watch on YouTube at 2:19:29 · Open the segment

What does Mufti Abu Layth think of a young Leicester mufti?

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

What does Mufti Abu Layth think of a young Leicester mufti?

Mufti Abu Layth says the Leicester mufti seems enlightened but, like others from his background, is too worried about backlash to speak out.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth #176 *Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted!* 🤣 (at 2:00:05)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 2:00:05 · Open the segment

Will there be a discussion with someone from Hizb ut-Tahrir?

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

Will there be a discussion with someone from Hizb ut-Tahrir?

Mufti Abu Layth says he does not respect Hizb ut-Tahrir but respects one of its members personally and will reach out for a discussion. Mufti Abu Layth says he does not respect HT at all and thinks they are a cancer in this ummah.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth #176 *Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted!* 🤣 (at 1:23:35)

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

Watch on YouTube at 1:23:35 · Open the segment

What do you think of the scholars on Mohammed Hijab's podcast?

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

What do you think of the scholars on Mohammed Hijab's podcast?

Mufti Abu Layth says those now promoted as representatives of mainstream Islam have only mediocre knowledge, while those with more knowledge, like himself, lack the image.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth 173 (at 42:49)

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?

Watch on YouTube at 43:29 · Open the segment

What is Imran Hosein's approach, and why did he disagree with Israr Ahmed?

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

What is Imran Hosein's approach, and why did he disagree with Israr Ahmed?

Mufti Abu Layth praises Imran Hosein's stand on the age of Aisha but finds his outlook almost conspiratorial; the guest says Imran Hosein and Israr Ahmed fell out over eschatology.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Shaykh Omar Baloch | Cynicism, Consumerism & the Catch 22 of Riba | Mindtrap with Mufti #30 (at 9:38)

A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha exists (18 October 2025): Why does Mufti Abu Layth see the Quran-only movement as a reaction of anger?

Watch on YouTube at 9:38 · Open the segment

Who did Shaykh Omar Baloch study with?

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

Who did Shaykh Omar Baloch study with?

The guest describes studying with Dr Israr Ahmed from the age of about thirteen and then with Imran Hosein in New York.

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

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

Recording: Shaykh Omar Baloch | Cynicism, Consumerism & the Catch 22 of Riba | Mindtrap with Mufti #30 (at 3:50)

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

Watch on YouTube at 3:50 · Open the segment

Is alcohol under forty percent permissible, as a Pakistani mufti reportedly said?

Mon, 29 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Is alcohol under forty percent permissible, as a Pakistani mufti reportedly said?

Mufti Abu Layth says he cannot tell what the mufti meant: forty percent strength would be ridiculous, a diluted drink might rest on the Hanafi view on nabidh, and the cigarette analogy made no sense to him. He wants to hear the mufti's explanation before judging.

Answer from 29 June 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Masala Segment: Mufti Abdul Qavi & Alcohol | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

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

Watch on YouTube at 1:13 · Open the segment

Is the Quran preserved exactly as it was revealed?

Fri, 19 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Is the Quran preserved exactly as it was revealed?

The guest says the Quran is preserved absolutely, dot for dot and in the revealed order, and that the other readings need a separate explanation; preservation in its original language is what distinguishes it from the Bible. His view develops Farahi's thesis as transmitted through Islahi and Ghamidi.

Answer from 19 June 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Dr. Shehzad Saleem | the Preservation of the Quran & the Problem of Qira'at | MindTrap with Mufti#26 (at 10:32)

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

Watch on YouTube at 13:10 · Open the segment

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

Wed, 17 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

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?

Watch on YouTube at 6:27 · Open the segment

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

Wed, 17 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

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?

Watch on YouTube at 0:00 · Open the segment

What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Hasan Farhan al-Maliki?

Tue, 09 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Hasan Farhan al-Maliki?

Mufti Abu Layth admires Hasan Farhan al-Maliki's open-minded rejection of folkloric Islam but disagrees with his dismissive, Shia-inclined stance on companions such as Mu'awiya.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Thoughts on Farhan Al-Maliki from Saudi Arabia? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

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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Was the arrest of Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza justified?

Fri, 29 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Was the arrest of Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza justified?

No: Mufti Abu Layth calls the arrest unacceptable and the product of jealousy and sectarianism, praising Engineer Mirza as an open-minded scholar.

Answer from 29 May 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Pakistan arresting Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

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

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Is it wrong to preach modesty to society?

Tue, 28 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Is it wrong to preach modesty to society?

There is nothing wrong with a message about modesty: like avoiding profanity in front of children, social propriety has a place even when one disagrees on details. Tariq Jamil's apology, he says, was big of him. Mufti Abu Layth says there is nothing wrong in having a message about modesty.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Maulana Tariq Jamil on Media, Modesty & Women | Mufti Abu Layth (at 9:52)

A more recent answer on society/women-and-gender exists (10 March 2023): Who carried on Imam Malik's teaching after him?

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Did Maulana Tariq Jamil blame women for the coronavirus?

Tue, 28 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Did Maulana Tariq Jamil blame women for the coronavirus?

Mufti Abu Layth did not feel Tariq Jamil was blaming women for the pandemic; he heard a call to self-examination in a calamity. Despite disagreements, he supports him as a caring voice for unity and reflection.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Maulana Tariq Jamil on Media, Modesty & Women | Mufti Abu Layth (at 5:59)

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

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The backlash to Maulana Tariq Jamil's dua on media, modesty and the pandemic, and the clip

Tue, 28 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The backlash to Maulana Tariq Jamil's dua on media, modesty and the pandemic, and the clip

Mufti Abu Layth sets out the controversy over Maulana Tariq Jamil's dua, in which he criticised media lies and spoke of modesty, reads critics who called it misogynistic, and plays the clip.

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

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

Recording: Maulana Tariq Jamil on Media, Modesty & Women | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

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

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Why is demanding that a scholar make takfir a form of bullying?

Mon, 06 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Why is demanding that a scholar make takfir a form of bullying?

It is bullying because it pushes a sectarian agenda by threatening to declare al-Yaqoubi a deviant or a kafir for refusing to pronounce on others' beliefs. The deen belongs to Allah, and it is nobody's duty to expel people from it.

Answer from 6 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: People Attacking Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi | Mufti Abu Layth (at 15:27)

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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Why does Mufti Abu Layth say both the attackers and the admirers of Shaykh al-Yaqoubi need balance?

Mon, 06 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Why does Mufti Abu Layth say both the attackers and the admirers of Shaykh al-Yaqoubi need balance?

People cannot be bullied into beliefs, and al-Yaqoubi has rightly not responded to the letter. But his admirers also need balance: claims that he performs miracles or read the Shama'il in four hours go too far and provoke hatred of him.

Answer from 6 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: People Attacking Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi | Mufti Abu Layth (at 11:31)

A more recent answer on belief/prophethood-and-miracles exists (18 October 2025): Can the Quran be used to call the Prophet the best of creation?

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What was in the letter attacking Shaykh al-Yaqoubi, and who sent it?

Mon, 06 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

What was in the letter attacking Shaykh al-Yaqoubi, and who sent it?

A Bradford-based board wrote to Shaykh al-Yaqoubi demanding he declare Shia, Deobandi and Salafi figures kafir and condemn The Study Quran and Hamza Yusuf, which Mufti Abu Layth calls a sectarian bullying session. He recognised only two signatories and was surprised to see Pir Saqib Shaami's name.

Answer from 6 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: People Attacking Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:37)

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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What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi?

Mon, 06 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi?

Mufti Abu Layth regards Shaykh al-Yaqoubi as a level-headed scholar who has spoken against extremism and would point someone set on joining a Sufi order to a figure like him, while thinking his admirers overdo it. He himself once took issue with al-Yaqoubi's statements on Bukhari.

Answer from 6 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: People Attacking Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

A more recent answer on belief/sufism exists (28 February 2024): A fate worse than death: each of us is a mirror for divine potential

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Abdul Raheem Limbada and the dream of the coronavirus as a man

Sun, 22 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Abdul Raheem Limbada and the dream of the coronavirus as a man

Mufti Abu Layth mocks a preacher's account of a dream in which the coronavirus appeared as a man sent to punish, calling it nonsense that people are preaching and sharing.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Maulana Limbada & Coronavirus Dream | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:01)

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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What does the Mufti think of Shaykh Ramadan al-Buti?

Tue, 03 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

What does the Mufti think of Shaykh Ramadan al-Buti?

Mufti Abu Layth regards al-Buti as a great scholar of his time whose books, especially Ma'a al-Nas, he benefited from. He says it is a shame al-Buti got caught up in Syrian politics.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Thoughts on Shaykh Ramadan Al-Bouti | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

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 Sunnah for women to pray in a wardrobe or the innermost room?

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Is it a Sunnah for women to pray in a wardrobe or the innermost room?

The claim that women praying in a wardrobe is a Sunnah rests on a weak, indeed false, hadith that is not a saying of the Prophet. Mufti Abu Layth sees the following of such claims as dogma and herd mentality. Mufti Abu Layth says the report used to call women praying in a wardrobe a Sunnah is a weak and in fact false hadith, not a saying of the Prophet.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Reply to Daniel Haqiqatjou on Mufti Menk | Mufti Abu Layth (at 5:05)

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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Reaction to Daniel Haqiqatjou's post about Mufti Menk writing 'Almighty' instead of 'Allah'

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Reaction to Daniel Haqiqatjou's post about Mufti Menk writing 'Almighty' instead of 'Allah'

Mufti Abu Layth mocks Daniel Haqiqatjou's complaint that Mufti Menk tweets 'Almighty' rather than 'Allah' as petty, says Haqiqatjou is not trained in the Sharia, and says he is driven by hostility to the left rather than scholarship.

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

Recording: Reply to Daniel Haqiqatjou on Mufti Menk | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

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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Why does Mufti Abu Layth say Salafis cannot debate atheists without borrowing Ash'ari arguments?

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

Why does Mufti Abu Layth say Salafis cannot debate atheists without borrowing Ash'ari arguments?

Salafis argue from a standpoint that cannot hold its own against atheists, so Salafi-background debaters end up using Ash'ari and Maturidi arguments. The Hanbalis were literalists, not the theologians of the tradition.

Answer from 12 December 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: My Thoughts on Mohammed Hijab & His Approach | Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:33)

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

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

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

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

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

Answer from 12 December 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: My Thoughts on Mohammed Hijab & His Approach | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:40)

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

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What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Mohammed Hijab's aggressive debating style?

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

What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Mohammed Hijab's aggressive debating style?

Mohammed Hijab is intelligent, articulate and shows maturity of thought, but deliberately shouting at and dominating opponents on the claim that Allah commands harshness towards those who challenge Islam is, if that is what he meant, nonsensical and unacceptable.

Answer from 12 December 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: My Thoughts on Mohammed Hijab & His Approach | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:02)

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 does Mufti Abu Layth think of Shaykh Imran Hosein?

Sat, 09 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Shaykh Imran Hosein?

Mufti Abu Layth has not watched much of Imran Hosein but finds him preoccupied with doomsday culture, which he opposes. Islam, he says, is about optimism and seizing the day, as the hadith about carrying on planting when the Hour comes shows, and doom and gloom can fuel death cults.

Answer from 9 November 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: My Thoughts on Sheikh Imran Hosein | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

A more recent answer on wellbeing/motivation-and-purpose exists (4 March 2024): How much does Allah love me?

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Is it a sin for a Muslim woman not to cover her hair?

Sun, 03 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Is it a sin for a Muslim woman not to cover her hair?

Contemporary scholars who say covering the hair is not obligatory hold a valid position, and not wearing hijab is an equally valid opinion to wearing it, which Mufti Abu Layth calls good as part of a woman's identity. What the Quran explicitly establishes is modesty, and the choice is a personal journey, not something to impose. Mufti Abu Layth holds that scholars who say covering the hair is not obligatory have a valid position, that wearing hijab is a good thing as part of a woman's identity, and that not wearing it is an equally valid opinion and not a matter of going to hell, since only modesty is explicitly established in the Quran and the sound Sunnah.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Verse in Surah Al-Nur about the Hijab | Mufti Abu Layth (at 9:10)

A more recent answer on fiqh/legal-theory exists (18 October 2025): If reason helps us understand the Quran, does the reasoning of earlier scholars matter too?

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What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Mufti Menk?

Fri, 18 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000

What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Mufti Menk?

Mixed: Menk fills a real demand for simple, uplifting stories and is likeable and funny, but Mufti Abu Layth says such preachers spread inauthentic stories and cement false beliefs, and he suspects Menk is less strict than he portrays himself.

Answer from 18 October 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Thoughts on Mufti Menk | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:02)

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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Islamic institutes, preachers' depth of learning, and passionate converts

Thu, 19 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Islamic institutes, preachers' depth of learning, and passionate converts

Mufti Abu Layth says the preacher was, he believes, referring to the Yaqeen Institute, and that if this is what they promote they need to revisit themselves. He says he respects and applauds Omar Suleiman's social justice work and protests for discriminated communities, but says such preachers have not really studied Islam in depth or qualified through a formal institute, are put on a pedestal by the institution and must then cement it, and were mostly very Wahhabi-inclined at one point. He says Asadullah al-Andalusi [?] once held ridiculous views about killing ex-Muslims and apostates, which he thinks he has since turned away from. He applauds converts for a step he thinks few born Muslims would take, mentioning Hamza Yusuf as one who studied deeply and to whom many are indebted, while noting that some converts with turbulent backgrounds embrace Islam as a cause.

Answer from 19 September 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: A reply to Asadulah Al-Andalusi on the age of Aisha (r) | Mufti Abu Layth (at 13:07)

A more recent answer on society/converts-and-newcomers exists (9 May 2023): How do I stop worrying about the ups and downs of my faith?

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Would Mufti Abu Layth debate Shaykh al-Yaqoubi on Sahih al-Bukhari?

Wed, 21 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Would 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 · 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): Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?

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Is al-Yaqoubi's edition of Sahih al-Bukhari really the most authentic copy on earth?

Wed, 21 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Is al-Yaqoubi's edition of Sahih al-Bukhari really the most authentic copy on earth?

No special claim can rest on being based on the Sultaniyya, Mufti Abu Layth says, since every copy of Bukhari is. He sees the advertising as business, which he does not mind in itself, but calls the tactics problematic.

Answer from 21 August 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: A Reply to Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi on Sahih Al-Bukhari| Mufti Abu layth (at 20:54)

A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?

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Does Mufti Abu Layth regard Sufi tariqahs led by pirs as cults?

Wed, 21 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Does Mufti Abu Layth regard Sufi tariqahs led by pirs as cults?

Mufti Abu Layth says all such tariqahs are in essence cults, though al-Yaqoubi's is a better and less harmful one than the usual exploitative pir. The SKT charity boycott, he says, shows how much power such shaykhs now wield.

Answer from 21 August 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: A Reply to Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi on Sahih Al-Bukhari| Mufti Abu layth (at 10:33)

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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How did Shaykh al-Yaqoubi become so influential in the UK?

Wed, 21 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000

How did Shaykh al-Yaqoubi become so influential in the UK?

After his earlier UK hosts parted with him, al-Yaqoubi found a devoted following in the Barelvi community of the Midlands and the north, learnt to avoid praising Deobandi scholars, and rose to prominence, wealth and power on its back.

Answer from 21 August 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: A Reply to Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi on Sahih Al-Bukhari| Mufti Abu layth (at 6:36)

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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