https://muftiabulayth.org/themes/fiqh-maliki-school-primers-risalah-and-ashmawiya/ Answers on fiqh/maliki-school/primers-risalah-and-ashmawiya, newest recording first. en Mon, 06 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000 pipeline/feeds.py https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vzrrlx3livk/s/14/ https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vzrrlx3livk/s/14/ Mon, 06 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000 dialogue/the-mufti-and-the-channel fiqh/maliki-school/primers-risalah-and-ashmawiya history/foundations-of-islam-qadi-iyad <p><b>What is Mufti Abu Layth currently teaching?</b></p> <p>An online fiqh course on the Risalah of Ibn Abi Zayd, al-Ashmawiyyah, a completed reading of Qadi Iyad's Foundations of Islam and a sirah series, with hadith categorisation, an Andalusi poem in hadith terms and a Maliki retreat planned. He believes the school of Madinah would make the deen a way of life for Muslims in the West. Mufti Abu Layth says he believes the principles of the school of Madinah would lend the deen an angle that makes it comfortable for people in the West to embrace it themselves.</p> <p>Answer from 6 April 2015 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: Unanswered Questions- An interview with Mufti Abu Layth (at 49:46)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on dialogue/the-mufti-and-the-channel exists</b> (18 May 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t9ei_hrzl84/s/2/">Response to accusations over Palestine remarks and claims he is not Muslim</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZRrlX3lIVk&amp;t=2986s">Watch on YouTube at 49:46</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vzrrlx3livk/s/14/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/awbo9rhpvpu/s/1/ https://muftiabulayth.org/r/awbo9rhpvpu/s/1/ Fri, 20 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000 fiqh/dress-and-appearance fiqh/legal-theory fiqh/maliki-school/primers-risalah-and-ashmawiya <p><b>Do I have to wear my trousers above my ankles?</b></p> <p>No: for men, wearing the garment below the ankles is not haram unless it is done out of arrogance, in which case the hadith apply; otherwise it is at most makruh. In today's societies covering the ankles is normal and carries no arrogance, so insisting on it misses the purpose of the ruling. Mufti Abu Layth holds that a man letting his garment hang below the ankles is not haram unless it is done out of arrogance and is at most makruh otherwise, adding that in present-day societies covering the ankles is normal and is not a sign of arrogance.</p> <p>Answer from 20 March 2015 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: Do I have to wear my trousers above my ankles? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/legal-theory exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/23/">If reason helps us understand the Quran, does the reasoning of earlier scholars matter too?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awbO9rHPvpU&amp;t=78s">Watch on YouTube at 1:18</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/awbo9rhpvpu/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>