Mufti Abu Layth Archive: fiqh/fasting/what-breaks-the-fastAnswers on fiqh/fasting/what-breaks-the-fast, newest recording first.https://muftiabulayth.org/feeds/topics/fiqh-fasting-what-breaks-the-fast.atom.xml2025-10-18T00:00:00ZMufti Abu Layth Archivepipeline/feeds.pyIs the daytime ban on eating and intimacy in Ramadan stated in the Quran or inferred?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/22/2025-10-18T00:00:00Z2025-10-18T00:00:00ZIs the daytime ban on eating and intimacy in Ramadan stated in the Quran or inferred?
The daytime prohibition of eating and intimacy in Ramadan comes from 2:187 by mafhum al-mukhalafa, an adverse inference Mufti Abu Layth accepts but which is not the explicit reading, so some verses need the tradition's explanation; the guest says each reader is rewarded according to his understanding.
Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:50:02)
Watch on YouTube at 1:50:43: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONzjD7XMDhE&t=6643s<p><b>Is the daytime ban on eating and intimacy in Ramadan stated in the Quran or inferred?</b></p>
<p>The daytime prohibition of eating and intimacy in Ramadan comes from 2:187 by mafhum al-mukhalafa, an adverse inference Mufti Abu Layth accepts but which is not the explicit reading, so some verses need the tradition's explanation; the guest says each reader is rewarded according to his understanding.</p>
<p>Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:50:02)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONzjD7XMDhE&t=6643s">Watch on YouTube at 1:50:43</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/22/">Open the segment</a></p>Does the Quran alone say what breaks the fast?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/20/2025-10-18T00:00:00Z2025-10-18T00:00:00ZDoes the Quran alone say what breaks the fast?
The guest says 2:187 shows that eating, drinking and intercourse break the fast by making them lawful at night; Mufti Abu Layth says the verse does not explicitly forbid them by day, so the Quran-only reader is inferring by reason rather than reporting what God said.
Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:42:01)
Watch on YouTube at 1:42:01: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONzjD7XMDhE&t=6121s<p><b>Does the Quran alone say what breaks the fast?</b></p>
<p>The guest says 2:187 shows that eating, drinking and intercourse break the fast by making them lawful at night; Mufti Abu Layth says the verse does not explicitly forbid them by day, so the Quran-only reader is inferring by reason rather than reporting what God said.</p>
<p>Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:42:01)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONzjD7XMDhE&t=6121s">Watch on YouTube at 1:42:01</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/20/">Open the segment</a></p>Under the microscope: a text on the fast breaking through a 'direct channel'https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/10/2021-01-19T00:00:00Z2021-01-19T00:00:00ZUnder the microscope: a text on the fast breaking through a 'direct channel'
Mufti Abu Layth mocks a fiqh text saying the fast breaks when a substance reaches the stomach or brain through a 'direct channel'.
Answer from 19 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 34:42)
A more recent answer on fiqh/fasting/what-breaks-the-fast exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/22/
Watch on YouTube at 34:42: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&t=2082s<p><b>Under the microscope: a text on the fast breaking through a 'direct channel'</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth mocks a fiqh text saying the fast breaks when a substance reaches the stomach or brain through a 'direct channel'.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 34:42)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/fasting/what-breaks-the-fast exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/22/">Is the daytime ban on eating and intimacy in Ramadan stated in the Quran or inferred?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&t=2082s">Watch on YouTube at 34:42</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/10/">Open the segment</a></p>Does masturbation or other sexual activity break the fast?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/25/2020-04-19T00:00:00Z2020-04-19T00:00:00ZDoes masturbation or other sexual activity break the fast?
The guest says only intercourse is agreed to break the fast, citing Aisha's report and al-Albani; Mufti Abu Layth says he agrees that masturbation per se does not break the fast.
Answer from 19 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Shaykh Kashif Khan | Policing thought, Pornography & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 2:08:19)
A more recent answer on fiqh/fasting/what-breaks-the-fast exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/22/
Watch on YouTube at 2:08:19: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=7699s<p><b>Does masturbation or other sexual activity break the fast?</b></p>
<p>The guest says only intercourse is agreed to break the fast, citing Aisha's report and al-Albani; Mufti Abu Layth says he agrees that masturbation per se does not break the fast.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Shaykh Kashif Khan | Policing thought, Pornography & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 2:08:19)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/fasting/what-breaks-the-fast exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/22/">Is the daytime ban on eating and intimacy in Ramadan stated in the Quran or inferred?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=7699s">Watch on YouTube at 2:08:19</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/25/">Open the segment</a></p>Doesn't the Islamic teaching on modesty make pornography haram?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/24/2020-04-19T00:00:00Z2020-04-19T00:00:00ZDoesn't the Islamic teaching on modesty make pornography haram?
The guest says the general teaching on modesty is not enough to declare something haram without clear evidence; Mufti Abu Layth says he is not convinced by the report that eating ice does not break the fast.
Answer from 19 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Shaykh Kashif Khan | Policing thought, Pornography & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 2:02:05)
A more recent answer on fiqh/fasting/what-breaks-the-fast exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/22/
Watch on YouTube at 2:02:05: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=7325s<p><b>Doesn't the Islamic teaching on modesty make pornography haram?</b></p>
<p>The guest says the general teaching on modesty is not enough to declare something haram without clear evidence; Mufti Abu Layth says he is not convinced by the report that eating ice does not break the fast.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Shaykh Kashif Khan | Policing thought, Pornography & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 2:02:05)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/fasting/what-breaks-the-fast exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/22/">Is the daytime ban on eating and intimacy in Ramadan stated in the Quran or inferred?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=7325s">Watch on YouTube at 2:02:05</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/24/">Open the segment</a></p>Is masturbation haram in Islam?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/21/2020-04-19T00:00:00Z2020-04-19T00:00:00ZIs masturbation haram in Islam?
The guest says no Companion is reported to have forbidden masturbation and that the only evidence cited against it is the advice to fast; Mufti Abu Layth says modern society demonises men's sexuality.
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 1:47:50)
A more recent answer on fiqh/fasting/what-breaks-the-fast exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/22/
Watch on YouTube at 1:47:50: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=6470s<p><b>Is masturbation haram in Islam?</b></p>
<p>The guest says no Companion is reported to have forbidden masturbation and that the only evidence cited against it is the advice to fast; Mufti Abu Layth says modern society demonises men's sexuality.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p>
<p>Recording: Shaykh Kashif Khan | Policing thought, Pornography & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 1:47:50)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/fasting/what-breaks-the-fast exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/22/">Is the daytime ban on eating and intimacy in Ramadan stated in the Quran or inferred?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=6470s">Watch on YouTube at 1:47:50</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/21/">Open the segment</a></p>Does smoking break my fast?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/2hezqyp_s4m/s/2/2019-05-25T00:00:00Z2019-05-25T00:00:00ZDoes smoking break my fast?
Some scholars hold that smoking does not break the fast and those who follow them are not to blame, but Mufti Abu Layth's own advice is to use nicotine patches instead. Mufti Abu Layth says his own advice and ruling is for a fasting smoker to resort to nicotine patches rather than smoke.
Answer from 25 May 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Can we use nicotine packs or smoke/vape while fasting? -Mufti Abu Layth (at 4:29)
A more recent answer on fiqh/fasting/what-breaks-the-fast exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/22/
Watch on YouTube at 4:29: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HeZQyp_S4M&t=269s<p><b>Does smoking break my fast?</b></p>
<p>Some scholars hold that smoking does not break the fast and those who follow them are not to blame, but Mufti Abu Layth's own advice is to use nicotine patches instead. Mufti Abu Layth says his own advice and ruling is for a fasting smoker to resort to nicotine patches rather than smoke.</p>
<p>Answer from 25 May 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Can we use nicotine packs or smoke/vape while fasting? -Mufti Abu Layth (at 4:29)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/fasting/what-breaks-the-fast exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/22/">Is the daytime ban on eating and intimacy in Ramadan stated in the Quran or inferred?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HeZQyp_S4M&t=269s">Watch on YouTube at 4:29</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/2hezqyp_s4m/s/2/">Open the segment</a></p>Does a nicotine patch or vaping break my fast?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/2hezqyp_s4m/s/1/2019-05-25T00:00:00Z2019-05-25T00:00:00ZDoes a nicotine patch or vaping break my fast?
No: Mufti Abu Layth says a nicotine patch does not break the fast, and he feels vaping is the same, though neither is being encouraged. Mufti Abu Layth says wearing a nicotine patch does not violate the fast.
Answer from 25 May 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Can we use nicotine packs or smoke/vape while fasting? -Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:01)
A more recent answer on fiqh/fasting/what-breaks-the-fast exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/22/
Watch on YouTube at 1:18: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HeZQyp_S4M&t=78s<p><b>Does a nicotine patch or vaping break my fast?</b></p>
<p>No: Mufti Abu Layth says a nicotine patch does not break the fast, and he feels vaping is the same, though neither is being encouraged. Mufti Abu Layth says wearing a nicotine patch does not violate the fast.</p>
<p>Answer from 25 May 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Can we use nicotine packs or smoke/vape while fasting? -Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:01)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/fasting/what-breaks-the-fast exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/22/">Is the daytime ban on eating and intimacy in Ramadan stated in the Quran or inferred?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HeZQyp_S4M&t=78s">Watch on YouTube at 1:18</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/2hezqyp_s4m/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>Does masturbation break my fast?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zlxm19mte2a/s/1/2017-05-17T00:00:00Z2017-05-17T00:00:00ZDoes masturbation break my fast?
Scholars differ: the majority hold that masturbation with ejaculation breaks the fast, by analogy with intercourse, while a minority including Ibn Hazm and some Hanafis hold that it does not, since no text says so. Mufti Abu Layth presents both views without committing to one.
Answer from 17 May 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)
Recording: Q: Does Masturbation Invalidate the Fast? Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:05)
A more recent answer on fiqh/fasting/what-breaks-the-fast exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/22/
Watch on YouTube at 0:50: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlXm19MtE2A&t=50s<p><b>Does masturbation break my fast?</b></p>
<p>Scholars differ: the majority hold that masturbation with ejaculation breaks the fast, by analogy with intercourse, while a minority including Ibn Hazm and some Hanafis hold that it does not, since no text says so. Mufti Abu Layth presents both views without committing to one.</p>
<p>Answer from 17 May 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p>
<p>Recording: Q: Does Masturbation Invalidate the Fast? Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:05)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/fasting/what-breaks-the-fast exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/22/">Is the daytime ban on eating and intimacy in Ramadan stated in the Quran or inferred?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlXm19MtE2A&t=50s">Watch on YouTube at 0:50</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zlxm19mte2a/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>Can I brush my teeth with toothpaste or use mouthwash while fasting?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/0bomippdvgo/s/1/2017-05-17T00:00:00Z2017-05-17T00:00:00ZCan I brush my teeth with toothpaste or use mouthwash while fasting?
Mufti Abu Layth says you can brush with toothpaste and use mouthwash while fasting, and encourages it; the aftertaste does not break the fast. Mufti Abu Layth says he would encourage all people to brush their teeth when they are fasting.
Answer from 17 May 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Q: Can I brush my teeth with toothpaste whilst Fasting? Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:05)
A more recent answer on fiqh/fasting/what-breaks-the-fast exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/22/
Watch on YouTube at 1:23: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BOmiPpDvgo&t=83s<p><b>Can I brush my teeth with toothpaste or use mouthwash while fasting?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says you can brush with toothpaste and use mouthwash while fasting, and encourages it; the aftertaste does not break the fast. Mufti Abu Layth says he would encourage all people to brush their teeth when they are fasting.</p>
<p>Answer from 17 May 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Q: Can I brush my teeth with toothpaste whilst Fasting? Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:05)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/fasting/what-breaks-the-fast exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/22/">Is the daytime ban on eating and intimacy in Ramadan stated in the Quran or inferred?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BOmiPpDvgo&t=83s">Watch on YouTube at 1:23</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/0bomippdvgo/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>