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Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time? The guest cites a Muwatta report that a Companion's contemporary recognised nothing of the Companions' practice except the call to prayer, as proof the religion had changed; Mufti Abu Layth says the report refers to those in governance and that Malik throughout his works transmits the living practice of Madinah. 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 2:41:21) Watch on YouTube at 2:42:52: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONzjD7XMDhE&t=9772s

<p><b>Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?</b></p> <p>The guest cites a Muwatta report that a Companion's contemporary recognised nothing of the Companions' practice except the call to prayer, as proof the religion had changed; Mufti Abu Layth says the report refers to those in governance and that Malik throughout his works transmits the living practice of Madinah.</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 2:41:21)</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONzjD7XMDhE&amp;t=9772s">Watch on YouTube at 2:42:52</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/1/ 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z

Did Imam Malik reject the hadith he did not act on? No: Mufti Abu Layth says Imam Malik respected such hadith by recording them in the Muwatta while noting that Madinah did not act on them, a model of hadith relativism he recommends following. Mufti Abu Layth says, as his own thought, that someone choosing an imam to guide them in a broad methodology should look to legends like Imam Malik. Answer from 19 April 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: The Methodology Of Imam Malik | How To Treat Hadith | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:01) A more recent answer on hadith/hadith-in-legal-reasoning exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/ Watch on YouTube at 0:01: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkklciv1TK8&t=1s

<p><b>Did Imam Malik reject the hadith he did not act on?</b></p> <p>No: Mufti Abu Layth says Imam Malik respected such hadith by recording them in the Muwatta while noting that Madinah did not act on them, a model of hadith relativism he recommends following. Mufti Abu Layth says, as his own thought, that someone choosing an imam to guide them in a broad methodology should look to legends like Imam Malik.</p> <p>Answer from 19 April 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: The Methodology Of Imam Malik | How To Treat Hadith | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:01)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/hadith-in-legal-reasoning exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/">Is there a middle way between rejecting all hadith and accepting every hadith?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkklciv1TK8&amp;t=1s">Watch on YouTube at 0:01</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zz85auzek5w/s/25/ 2021-04-06T00:00:00Z 2021-04-06T00:00:00Z

Why does the Muwatta contain hadith that Imam Malik did not follow? Malik included in the Muwatta reports he did not practise, and the only report about Jesus there shows him telling a pig to pass in peace. Mufti Abu Layth reads this as a sign Malik rejected the reports that Jesus will return to kill pigs. Mufti Abu Layth says Imam Malik included in the Muwatta reports he did not practise, and infers from the only report about Jesus there, in which Jesus tells a pig to pass in peace, that Malik had a problem with the reports that Jesus will return and kill 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 2:25:05) A more recent answer on fiqh/maliki-school/muwatta-and-mudawwana exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/ Watch on YouTube at 2:25:05: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ85AUzeK5w&t=8705s

<p><b>Why does the Muwatta contain hadith that Imam Malik did not follow?</b></p> <p>Malik included in the Muwatta reports he did not practise, and the only report about Jesus there shows him telling a pig to pass in peace. Mufti Abu Layth reads this as a sign Malik rejected the reports that Jesus will return to kill pigs. Mufti Abu Layth says Imam Malik included in the Muwatta reports he did not practise, and infers from the only report about Jesus there, in which Jesus tells a pig to pass in peace, that Malik had a problem with the reports that Jesus will return and kill pigs.</p> <p>Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&amp;A Unscripted &amp; Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:25:05)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/maliki-school/muwatta-and-mudawwana exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/">Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ85AUzeK5w&amp;t=8705s">Watch on YouTube at 2:25:05</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zz85auzek5w/s/25/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eo90sv4jvho/s/6/ 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Which hadith book is the most authentic? Mufti Abu Layth takes each hadith on its merits rather than trusting one book; if anything, he would call Imam Malik's Muwatta the most authentic. Mufti Abu Layth says he would not single out a particular hadith book, taking each hadith on its merits, but if anything he supposes he would call the Muwatta of Imam Malik the most authentic. 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 17:21) A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/10/ Watch on YouTube at 17:21: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo90sV4JVHo&t=1041s

<p><b>Which hadith book is the most authentic?</b></p> <p>Mufti Abu Layth takes each hadith on its merits rather than trusting one book; if anything, he would call Imam Malik's Muwatta the most authentic. Mufti Abu Layth says he would not single out a particular hadith book, taking each hadith on its merits, but if anything he supposes he would call the Muwatta of Imam Malik the most authentic.</p> <p>Answer from 5 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #196 | Q&amp;A Unscripted &amp; Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 17:21)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/10/">Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo90sV4JVHo&amp;t=1041s">Watch on YouTube at 17:21</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eo90sv4jvho/s/6/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/4urwiwu3x7o/s/1/ 2020-10-21T00:00:00Z 2020-10-21T00:00:00Z

Why criticise Sahih al-Bukhari but not Imam Malik's Muwatta? The Muwatta is not caught up in the same debate: many people transmitted it, and Imam Malik himself shows in it that some well-chained hadith are not acted upon, so there is no dogmatism around it. Mufti Abu Layth says the debate over al-Bukhari does not apply to Imam Malik's book because Imam Malik himself teaches in it that a hadith with a good chain may not be acted upon. Answer from 21 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: Why criticize Bukhari but not the Muwatta of Imam Malik? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:03) A more recent answer on fiqh/maliki-school/muwatta-and-mudawwana exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/ Watch on YouTube at 0:03: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4URwiwu3X7o&t=3s

<p><b>Why criticise Sahih al-Bukhari but not Imam Malik's Muwatta?</b></p> <p>The Muwatta is not caught up in the same debate: many people transmitted it, and Imam Malik himself shows in it that some well-chained hadith are not acted upon, so there is no dogmatism around it. Mufti Abu Layth says the debate over al-Bukhari does not apply to Imam Malik's book because Imam Malik himself teaches in it that a hadith with a good chain may not be acted upon.</p> <p>Answer from 21 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: Why criticize Bukhari but not the Muwatta of Imam Malik? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:03)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/maliki-school/muwatta-and-mudawwana exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/">Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4URwiwu3X7o&amp;t=3s">Watch on YouTube at 0:03</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/4urwiwu3x7o/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/foizott_sog/s/1/ 2020-08-23T00:00:00Z 2020-08-23T00:00:00Z

Why do Salafis ignore Imam Malik's Muwatta? Mufti Abu Layth feels Salafis struggle with Imam Malik because he is a master of hadith who also rejects hadith that go against established practice. In the Muwatta he narrates a hadith and then says it is not acted upon. Mufti Abu Layth says he feels that deep down Salafis struggle with Imam Malik, who is an unquestionable authority in hadith yet rejects hadith that go against certain practices. Answer from 23 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: Why do the salafis struggle with the Muwatta? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00) A more recent answer on fiqh/maliki-school/muwatta-and-mudawwana exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/ Watch on YouTube at 0:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foIzotT_sog&t=0s

<p><b>Why do Salafis ignore Imam Malik's Muwatta?</b></p> <p>Mufti Abu Layth feels Salafis struggle with Imam Malik because he is a master of hadith who also rejects hadith that go against established practice. In the Muwatta he narrates a hadith and then says it is not acted upon. Mufti Abu Layth says he feels that deep down Salafis struggle with Imam Malik, who is an unquestionable authority in hadith yet rejects hadith that go against certain practices.</p> <p>Answer from 23 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: Why do the salafis struggle with the Muwatta? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/maliki-school/muwatta-and-mudawwana exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/">Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foIzotT_sog&amp;t=0s">Watch on YouTube at 0:00</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/foizott_sog/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/jp8gjvvonms/s/8/ 2018-04-22T00:00:00Z 2018-04-22T00:00:00Z

What did the Maliki scholars say about women travelling with a safe group? Mufti Abu Layth cites al-Baji that a woman is safe without a mahram in large caravans and busy highways, and reads Imam Malik's ordering of the hadith as showing they were about safety. Mufti Abu Layth says the Prophet's calling two travellers devils was religious rhetoric used in that age to safeguard people in hostile territory. Answer from 22 April 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: Hadith Analysis & Fatwa: Women Can Travel Without a Mahram - Mufti Abu Layth (at 30:39) A more recent answer on fiqh/maliki-school/muwatta-and-mudawwana exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/ Watch on YouTube at 30:39: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp8GjvVONMs&t=1839s

<p><b>What did the Maliki scholars say about women travelling with a safe group?</b></p> <p>Mufti Abu Layth cites al-Baji that a woman is safe without a mahram in large caravans and busy highways, and reads Imam Malik's ordering of the hadith as showing they were about safety. Mufti Abu Layth says the Prophet's calling two travellers devils was religious rhetoric used in that age to safeguard people in hostile territory.</p> <p>Answer from 22 April 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: Hadith Analysis &amp; Fatwa: Women Can Travel Without a Mahram - Mufti Abu Layth (at 30:39)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/maliki-school/muwatta-and-mudawwana exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/">Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp8GjvVONMs&amp;t=1839s">Watch on YouTube at 30:39</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/jp8gjvvonms/s/8/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/bc8qsiofawe/s/4/ 2018-02-28T00:00:00Z 2018-02-28T00:00:00Z

What do the classical Maliki books say about witnesses in a marriage? The Maliki authorities he reads hold that a marriage without witnesses is valid unless it is meant to be secret; witnesses or an announcement are required before consummation. Mufti Abu Layth says the standard Maliki texts, including al-Kafi, the Mudawwana as quoted by Ibn Yunus, and later authorities, state that a nikah without witnesses is valid provided it is not meant to be secret, witnessing being a condition of consummation rather than of validity. Answer from 28 February 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: A response to Hamza Maqbool (Deobandi/Maliki) - Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki (at 9:00) A more recent answer on fiqh/maliki-school/muwatta-and-mudawwana exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/ Watch on YouTube at 9:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC8qsIOFAwE&t=540s

<p><b>What do the classical Maliki books say about witnesses in a marriage?</b></p> <p>The Maliki authorities he reads hold that a marriage without witnesses is valid unless it is meant to be secret; witnesses or an announcement are required before consummation. Mufti Abu Layth says the standard Maliki texts, including al-Kafi, the Mudawwana as quoted by Ibn Yunus, and later authorities, state that a nikah without witnesses is valid provided it is not meant to be secret, witnessing being a condition of consummation rather than of validity.</p> <p>Answer from 28 February 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: A response to Hamza Maqbool (Deobandi/Maliki) - Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki (at 9:00)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/maliki-school/muwatta-and-mudawwana exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/">Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC8qsIOFAwE&amp;t=540s">Watch on YouTube at 9:00</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/bc8qsiofawe/s/4/">Open the segment</a></p>