Mufti Abu Layth Archive: fiqh/food

Does Allah love everybody?

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Does Allah love everybody?

Allah loves His creation and detests harmful actions, not creatures. Pork being forbidden, most likely for hygiene, does not mean God hates pigs. Mufti Abu Layth says Allah loves His creation and detests harmful actions rather than creatures, so pork being forbidden, most likely for reasons of hygiene, does not mean God hates pigs.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:10:23)

A more recent answer on belief/god-and-attributes exists (4 March 2024): How much does Allah love me?

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Are insects haram to eat in the Maliki school?

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Are insects haram to eat in the Maliki school?

Insects are not haram in the Maliki school: almost everything is halal except pork and what is sacrificed to other than God. Ritual slaughter applies only to domesticated livestock, not insects. Mufti Abu Layth says that in the Maliki school almost everything is halal to eat except pork and what is sacrificed to other than God, that carrion is avoided for health, that insects are not haram, and that ritual slaughter applies only to domesticated livestock.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:52:50)

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

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What does Mufti Abu Layth think of France banning the hijab for girls under 18?

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

What does Mufti Abu Layth think of France banning the hijab for girls under 18?

If France has banned headscarves for girls under 18, he says it is an abhorrent breach of basic rights that he strongly condemns. He also opposes pressuring girls to wear it: it should be their genuine choice. Mufti Abu Layth says that if France has banned the headscarf for girls under eighteen it is an abhorrent breach of basic human rights that he strongly condemns, while he also opposes pressuring girls to wear it and holds that it should be a genuine choice.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:21:35)

A more recent answer on society/current-events exists (19 August 2022): What was Salman Rushdie's family background?

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Why did Imam Malik say nothing between spouses is haram and only pork is forbidden to eat?

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Why did Imam Malik say nothing between spouses is haram and only pork is forbidden to eat?

Imam Malik held that nothing sexual between spouses is haram and that no meat is haram in itself except pig, and Mufti Abu Layth says such rulings defend the principle that only Allah declares things haram. Saying something is not haram is not the same as recommending it. Mufti Abu Layth says that imams such as Malik, in ruling that nothing sexual between spouses is haram and that no meat but pig is haram in itself, were not advocating those practices but defending the principle that no one may declare haram what Allah has not, since a scholar is not God.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Intoxicants: Imam Abu Hanifa vs the rest | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:59)

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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Is pork the only meat that is haram in the Maliki school?

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is pork the only meat that is haram in the Maliki school?

Mufti Abu Layth says that in the Maliki school no meat is haram in itself except the pig, which does not mean the imams urged people to eat everything. Mufti Abu Layth says that in the Maliki school no meat is haram to eat in and of itself except the pig.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #201| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 29:59)

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

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Is it haram to eat meat that is not halal-slaughtered, like a non-halal burger?

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

Is it haram to eat meat that is not halal-slaughtered, like a non-halal burger?

Eating meat that is not dhabiha is not haram in Mufti Abu Layth's view, because its original purpose of separating Muslims from pagan sacrifice has lapsed. He still supports and advocates halal meat for its identity value and eats it himself. Mufti Abu Layth holds that eating meat that is not dhabiha is not haram today, because the primary purpose of halal slaughter, distinguishing Muslims from those who offered meat to pagan gods, has lapsed, while he still supports and advocates halal meat for its remaining identity value.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Can we eat non halal burgers? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:02)

A more recent answer on fiqh/food exists (6 April 2021): Does Allah love everybody?

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Is it haram to eat with my left hand?

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

Is it haram to eat with my left hand?

Eating with the left hand is not haram, Mufti Abu Layth says; the right hand is good etiquette taught to a child, so do it if you can. Mufti Abu Layth says eating with the left hand is not haram.

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 2:36:50)

A more recent answer on fiqh/food exists (6 April 2021): Does Allah love everybody?

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Are king prawns halal?

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

Are king prawns halal?

Yes, prawns are halal: in the school of Medina everything from the sea is halal, and only the pig is haram by its nature. Mufti Abu Layth says that in Islam everything in the sea is halal, according to the school of Medina.

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 44:32)

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

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Is non-halal chicken and beef actually haram?

Tue, 27 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Is non-halal chicken and beef actually haram?

Mufti Abu Layth says eating non-dhabiha meat is not haram, since its original purpose has gone, but he advocates halal meat for the sake of identity. Mufti Abu Layth says he does not feel it would be haram if a person ate non-dhabiha meat, but that because of identity Muslims should stick to halal meat.

Answer from 27 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #188 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:31:27)

A more recent answer on fiqh/food exists (6 April 2021): Does Allah love everybody?

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Is it haram to eat dog meat?

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

Is it haram to eat dog meat?

Dog is not haram in the school of Madinah, which follows Quran 6:145, but not being haram does not mean people eat it. Mufti Abu Layth says dogs are not haram to eat according to the school of Madinah, though people do not really eat them.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth 173 (at 1:54:56)

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

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Is it halal to eat crocodile?

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

Is it halal to eat crocodile?

Yes, crocodile is halal in the school of Madinah, where only pig is categorically forbidden besides carrion and what is sacrificed to idols. Mufti Abu Layth says crocodile meat is halal in the school of Madinah, in which only pig is categorically haram.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth 173 (at 1:52:30)

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

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