Mufti Abu Layth Archive: fiqh/divorce

Why was Imam Malik flogged?

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Why was Imam Malik flogged?

Malik was flogged for refusing to stop transmitting that a coerced divorce is invalid, which undercut forced oaths of allegiance to the Abbasids. Mufti Abu Layth says he doubts Malik stayed away from the mosque because of ill health, since he kept teaching at home for hours until his death.

Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 49:58)

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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Did Abu Hanifa allow wudu with nabidh when there was no water?

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Did Abu Hanifa allow wudu with nabidh when there was no water?

In the early school of Abu Hanifa, someone without water could make wudu with nabidh, a weak fermented date drink, and he helped people out of rash conditional divorce oaths, unlike the sterner Imam Malik.

Answer from 10 December 2022 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Imam Abu Hanifa | Mufti Abu Layth (at 28:48)

A more recent answer on fiqh/purification exists (18 October 2025): Why does the guest's prayer have no fixed number of units, and what counts as wudu?

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Why is it so hard to find real, honest people?

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

Why is it so hard to find real, honest people?

Mufti Abu Layth says nobody fully knows anyone, social media feeds an endless search for someone better, and the appalling conduct of some Muslim men pushes women into hardline feminism. Mufti Abu Layth says the appalling attitude of some Muslim minority ethnic men in Britain unfortunately pushes many women into hardline feminism.

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 1:24:37)

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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Does a civil divorce count as an Islamic divorce?

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

Does a civil divorce count as an Islamic divorce?

Usually not: a civil divorce is not an Islamic divorce by default, unless the husband intended talaq, and an irrevocable divorce from a Sharia council is better. Mufti Abu Layth says a civil divorce is not an Islamic divorce by default.

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 23:48)

A more recent answer on fiqh/divorce exists (10 March 2023): Why was Imam Malik flogged?

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Is my divorce automatic if my husband has been unreachable for over a year?

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

Is my divorce automatic if my husband has been unreachable for over a year?

It is not automatic: there are processes for a woman to obtain a divorce, and though they cost money, mosques will usually ask for proof of talaq before a new nikah. Mufti Abu Layth says that most mosques will ask for proof of talaq before conducting a new nikah for someone previously married.

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 21:17)

A more recent answer on fiqh/divorce exists (10 March 2023): Why was Imam Malik flogged?

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Are there Sharia courts in the UK?

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

Are there Sharia courts in the UK?

There are no Sharia courts in the UK, only Sharia councils dealing with religious marriages and divorces. Mufti Abu Layth says there are no Sharia courts in the UK, only Sharia councils dealing with religious marriages and divorces.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth 173 (at 1:47:19)

A more recent answer on fiqh/divorce exists (10 March 2023): Why was Imam Malik flogged?

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Does a triple talaq count as one divorce or three?

Sun, 19 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Does a triple talaq count as one divorce or three?

The guest says triple talaq drives many to the Ahl al-Hadith view that it counts as one, while some Ahl al-Hadith scholars privately hold it counts as three but will not publish this for fear of controversy.

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

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

Recording: Shaykh Kashif Khan | Policing thought, Pornography & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 1:13:31)

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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Do some muftis use lenient rulings for themselves but give strict ones to others?

Sun, 19 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Do some muftis use lenient rulings for themselves but give strict ones to others?

The guest says some muftis take concessions such as the Ahl al-Hadith view on triple talaq for themselves while giving people harsh rulings, citing an account about a mufti in his neighbourhood.

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

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

Recording: Shaykh Kashif Khan | Policing thought, Pornography & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 1:04:24)

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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Does 'those who have not menstruated' in Quran 65:4 refer to little girls?

Thu, 25 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Does 'those who have not menstruated' in Quran 65:4 refer to little girls?

No: Mufti Abu Layth says the phrase refers to women whose cycles are absent through illness or irregularity, as Abu Hayyan, Ibn Ashur, al-Samarqandi, Abu al-Su'ud and Ibn Atiyya read it. Al-Tha'labi records that the verse was revealed about a man who divorced his wife during her menses. Mufti Abu Layth holds that 'those who have not menstruated' in 65:4 refers to women whose cycles are absent through illness or irregularity, not to prepubescent girls, as Abu Hayyan, Ibn Ashur and other commentators read it.

Answer from 25 July 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: A Reply to Abdullah Sameer's Allegation: The Quran Teaches Paedophilia | Mufti Abu Layth (at 18:09)

A more recent answer on fiqh/divorce exists (10 March 2023): Why was Imam Malik flogged?

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What does Quran 65:4 say about the waiting period for women whose periods have stopped?

Thu, 25 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000

What does Quran 65:4 say about the waiting period for women whose periods have stopped?

Women who have despaired of menstruation wait three months, a rule Mufti Abu Layth reads as addressed to men who are unsure whether a woman has reached the menopause, so that pregnancy can be excluded; the pregnant wait until childbirth. Mufti Abu Layth holds that the doubt in 65:4 is the men's doubt about whether a woman has reached the menopause, in which case her iddah is a flat three months so that pregnancy can be excluded.

Answer from 25 July 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: A Reply to Abdullah Sameer's Allegation: The Quran Teaches Paedophilia | Mufti Abu Layth (at 15:33)

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 the Quran say about how a divorce should end and about a divorced woman's future?

Thu, 25 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000

What does the Quran say about how a divorce should end and about a divorced woman's future?

At the end of the iddah the couple must either reconcile or part with kindness before witnesses, and Mufti Abu Layth reads the promise that God makes a way out and provides from unexpected places as reassurance to the vulnerable party that she need not accept oppression for shelter. The objector, he says, skips all of this. Mufti Abu Layth holds that the promise in 65:2-3 that God makes a way out and provides from unexpected places is addressed to the vulnerable party in a divorce, who need not accept oppression for the sake of shelter and food.

Answer from 25 July 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: A Reply to Abdullah Sameer's Allegation: The Quran Teaches Paedophilia | Mufti Abu Layth (at 10:20)

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 is the iddah after divorce and why does the Quran require it?

Thu, 25 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000

What is the iddah after divorce and why does the Quran require it?

The iddah is a waiting period of one to three cycles after a divorce which establishes whether the woman is pregnant and prevents suspicion and conflict, and during it she keeps the right to stay in the home. Mufti Abu Layth reads this as the opening of the passage the objector quotes from. Mufti Abu Layth holds that the iddah in Surah al-Talaq serves to establish pregnancy and to prevent suspicion and conflict after a divorce, and that the divorced woman is entitled to remain in the home during it.

Answer from 25 July 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: A Reply to Abdullah Sameer's Allegation: The Quran Teaches Paedophilia | Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:26)

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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Should I register my nikah as a civil marriage?

Mon, 05 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Should I register my nikah as a civil marriage?

Mufti Abu Layth is not sure civil registration is the answer, because he objects to needing the state's permission to leave a relationship. He accepts the financial arguments on both sides, the man's fear of losing half his property and the woman's risk of being left with nothing. Mufti Abu Layth says he is not sure civil registration is the solution for Muslim marriages, because he objects to needing the state's permission to leave a relationship, while acknowledging the financial arguments on both sides.

Answer from 5 March 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Zina, Marriage and Relationships - Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki (at 13:02)

A more recent answer on fiqh/divorce exists (10 March 2023): Why was Imam Malik flogged?

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Could the Prophet have married Safiyya right after Khaybar?

Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Could the Prophet have married Safiyya right after Khaybar?

No: she was a widow and the Quran requires a waiting period of four months and ten days, so a marriage at Khaybar would contradict the Quran. The companions only assumed a marriage because they saw the Prophet veil her and took a victory meal for a wedding feast. Mufti Abu Layth holds that the Prophet cannot have married Safiyya at Khaybar, since as a widow she owed the Quranic waiting period of four months and ten days, and that the companions' belief that he had married her rested on Anas's assumption from seeing her veiled and a feast held.

Answer from 21 February 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: The Story of Safiyya: the Prophet's Jewish wife -Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki (at 19:29)

A more recent answer on fiqh/divorce exists (10 March 2023): Why was Imam Malik flogged?

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Is choosing the easier scholarly opinion just following my desires?

Wed, 06 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Is choosing the easier scholarly opinion just following my desires?

In this clip Shaykh Akram Nadwi gives examples of al-Shafi'i, Abu Hanifa and al-Tabari giving easier minority rulings, and says choosing among the jurists' opinions is not following one's nafs. Mufti Abu Layth only asks the question.

Answer from 6 September 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Giving rulings based on minority opinions- Shaykh Akram Nadwi & Mufti Abu Layth (at 8:07)

A more recent answer on fiqh/divorce exists (10 March 2023): Why was Imam Malik flogged?

Watch on YouTube at 8:07 · Open the segment