Answers on fiqh/medical-ethics, newest recording first. https://muftiabulayth.org/feeds/topics/fiqh-medical-ethics.atom.xml 2023-03-10T00:00:00Z Mufti Abu Layth Archive pipeline/feeds.py https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/2/ 2023-03-10T00:00:00Z 2023-03-10T00:00:00Z

Can a pregnancy last for years, as was said of Imam Malik's birth? No: reports of years-long pregnancies are best explained by phantom pregnancies followed by real conception, not dismissed as lies or taken literally. Mufti Abu Layth says the old reports of pregnancies lasting years, as with Imam Malik's, can be explained by phantom pregnancies. Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 5:36) A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists (19 April 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/1/ Watch on YouTube at 6:54: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhqVM47pNS0&t=414s

<p><b>Can a pregnancy last for years, as was said of Imam Malik's birth?</b></p> <p>No: reports of years-long pregnancies are best explained by phantom pregnancies followed by real conception, not dismissed as lies or taken literally. Mufti Abu Layth says the old reports of pregnancies lasting years, as with Imam Malik's, can be explained by phantom pregnancies.</p> <p>Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 5:36)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists</b> (19 April 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/1/">Did Imam Malik reject the hadith he did not act on?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhqVM47pNS0&amp;t=414s">Watch on YouTube at 6:54</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/2/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/6/ 2023-02-22T00:00:00Z 2023-02-22T00:00:00Z

Is it okay for adults or children to change gender? Mufti Abu Layth says gender transition is an adult's own choice after professional advice, but children should not be put through it until they can decide for themselves. Mufti Abu Layth says children should not be put through gender transition until they can make the decision for themselves, setting aside intersex conditions. Answer from 22 February 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: Muslim Scholars Allying With LGBTQ Community ? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 28:41) A more recent answer on fiqh/medical-ethics exists (10 March 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/2/ Watch on YouTube at 28:41: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOfS_0uGn4E&t=1721s

<p><b>Is it okay for adults or children to change gender?</b></p> <p>Mufti Abu Layth says gender transition is an adult's own choice after professional advice, but children should not be put through it until they can decide for themselves. Mufti Abu Layth says children should not be put through gender transition until they can make the decision for themselves, setting aside intersex conditions.</p> <p>Answer from 22 February 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: Muslim Scholars Allying With LGBTQ Community ? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 28:41)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/medical-ethics exists</b> (10 March 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/2/">Can a pregnancy last for years, as was said of Imam Malik's birth?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOfS_0uGn4E&amp;t=1721s">Watch on YouTube at 28:41</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/6/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/28/ 2021-02-16T00:00:00Z 2021-02-16T00:00:00Z

Did the Prophet tell people to drink camel urine as medicine? Mufti Abu Layth says camel urine is not medicine and the Prophet never really told anyone to drink it; the report is weak in its chain and, if taken at all, reads as a rebuke. Answer from 16 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:26:20) A more recent answer on fiqh/medical-ethics exists (10 March 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/2/ Watch on YouTube at 1:26:20: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--PntsaR8ck&t=5180s

<p><b>Did the Prophet tell people to drink camel urine as medicine?</b></p> <p>Mufti Abu Layth says camel urine is not medicine and the Prophet never really told anyone to drink it; the report is weak in its chain and, if taken at all, reads as a rebuke.</p> <p>Answer from 16 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&amp;A Unscripted &amp; Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:26:20)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/medical-ethics exists</b> (10 March 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/2/">Can a pregnancy last for years, as was said of Imam Malik's birth?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--PntsaR8ck&amp;t=5180s">Watch on YouTube at 1:26:20</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/28/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/s/9/ 2021-02-02T00:00:00Z 2021-02-02T00:00:00Z

Is it haram to have an anal swab test for COVID? An anal-swab COVID test is not haram, Mufti Abu Layth says, any more than a colonoscopy, if that is the test. Mufti Abu Layth says that a rectal swab test for COVID is permissible if that is the test, and that it is not haram. Answer from 2 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #200| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 49:09) A more recent answer on fiqh/medical-ethics exists (10 March 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/2/ Watch on YouTube at 53:23: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijwBevcC6o8&t=3203s

<p><b>Is it haram to have an anal swab test for COVID?</b></p> <p>An anal-swab COVID test is not haram, Mufti Abu Layth says, any more than a colonoscopy, if that is the test. Mufti Abu Layth says that a rectal swab test for COVID is permissible if that is the test, and that it is not haram.</p> <p>Answer from 2 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #200| Q&amp;A Unscripted &amp; Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 49:09)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/medical-ethics exists</b> (10 March 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/2/">Can a pregnancy last for years, as was said of Imam Malik's birth?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijwBevcC6o8&amp;t=3203s">Watch on YouTube at 53:23</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/s/9/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7skyphqzdy8/s/8/ 2020-10-17T00:00:00Z 2020-10-17T00:00:00Z

Does the Quran or Sunnah say anything against psychedelics? Nothing in the Quran or Sunnah forbids psychedelics, which existed for Allah to prohibit had he wished; Mufti Abu Layth says they are non-addictive and therapeutic, unlike alcohol, and are about connecting to God. Mufti Abu Layth holds that nothing in the Quran or Sunnah forbids psychedelics, that Allah could have forbidden these natural substances had he wished, and that they are non-addictive and therapeutic, unlike alcohol, which causes deaths yet is not banned. Answer from 17 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: Psychedelics are NOT haram | Mufti Abu Layth (at 36:01) A more recent answer on fiqh/medical-ethics exists (10 March 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/2/ Watch on YouTube at 36:01: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SkyPhQZdY8&t=2161s

<p><b>Does the Quran or Sunnah say anything against psychedelics?</b></p> <p>Nothing in the Quran or Sunnah forbids psychedelics, which existed for Allah to prohibit had he wished; Mufti Abu Layth says they are non-addictive and therapeutic, unlike alcohol, and are about connecting to God. Mufti Abu Layth holds that nothing in the Quran or Sunnah forbids psychedelics, that Allah could have forbidden these natural substances had he wished, and that they are non-addictive and therapeutic, unlike alcohol, which causes deaths yet is not banned.</p> <p>Answer from 17 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: Psychedelics are NOT haram | Mufti Abu Layth (at 36:01)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/medical-ethics exists</b> (10 March 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/2/">Can a pregnancy last for years, as was said of Imam Malik's birth?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SkyPhQZdY8&amp;t=2161s">Watch on YouTube at 36:01</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7skyphqzdy8/s/8/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr4-gh0qez4/s/17/ 2020-08-04T00:00:00Z 2020-08-04T00:00:00Z

Is hijama (cupping) a sunnah I should practise? Mufti Abu Layth says hijama is an Arab custom rather than an Islamic practice, and nothing about it is proven scientifically. Mufti Abu Layth says that hijama to him is not something Islamic. Answer from 4 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth #176 *Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted!* 🤣 (at 1:24:29) A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/ Watch on YouTube at 1:24:29: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR4-gh0qEZ4&t=5069s

<p><b>Is hijama (cupping) a sunnah I should practise?</b></p> <p>Mufti Abu Layth says hijama is an Arab custom rather than an Islamic practice, and nothing about it is proven scientifically. Mufti Abu Layth says that hijama to him is not something Islamic.</p> <p>Answer from 4 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth #176 *Q&amp;A Unscripted &amp; Unrestricted!* 🤣 (at 1:24:29)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith 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=TR4-gh0qEZ4&amp;t=5069s">Watch on YouTube at 1:24:29</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr4-gh0qez4/s/17/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/6/ 2020-04-19T00:00:00Z 2020-04-19T00:00:00Z

Is it haram for medical students to dissect dead bodies? The guest says dissecting cadavers for medical training is permissible, and cites a Salafi fatwa forbidding it as an example of Ahl al-Hadith rigidity. 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 25:17) A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/ Watch on YouTube at 25:17: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=1517s

<p><b>Is it haram for medical students to dissect dead bodies?</b></p> <p>The guest says dissecting cadavers for medical training is permissible, and cites a Salafi fatwa forbidding it as an example of Ahl al-Hadith rigidity.</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 &amp; Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 25:17)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/">How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&amp;t=1517s">Watch on YouTube at 25:17</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/6/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ecabhd3hf6u/s/1/ 2020-02-16T00:00:00Z 2020-02-16T00:00:00Z

Is it Sunnah to drink camel urine as medicine? No, you should not drink camel urine: he calls it nonsense and says the report is problematic in its chain and its text, even though it is in al-Bukhari. Mufti Abu Layth says that one should not drink camel urine and calls the idea nonsense. Answer from 16 February 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: Drinking Camel Urine? -Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00) A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/10/ Watch on YouTube at 0:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcabHd3Hf6U&t=0s

<p><b>Is it Sunnah to drink camel urine as medicine?</b></p> <p>No, you should not drink camel urine: he calls it nonsense and says the report is problematic in its chain and its text, even though it is in al-Bukhari. Mufti Abu Layth says that one should not drink camel urine and calls the idea nonsense.</p> <p>Answer from 16 February 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: Drinking Camel Urine? -Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)</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=EcabHd3Hf6U&amp;t=0s">Watch on YouTube at 0:00</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ecabhd3hf6u/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/llllbkdgra4/s/1/ 2019-08-14T00:00:00Z 2019-08-14T00:00:00Z

Does Islam allow gender transition for someone diagnosed with gender dysphoria? Where there are legitimate biological concerns and medical input, he believes it is permissible, but he opposes sowing doubt about gender in children. Mufti Abu Layth says he believes there is permissibility where there are legitimate biological concerns, with medical experts giving their input. Answer from 14 August 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: What does Islam say about Gender Dysphoria? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00) A more recent answer on fiqh/medical-ethics exists (10 March 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/2/ Watch on YouTube at 0:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llllbKdGrA4&t=0s

<p><b>Does Islam allow gender transition for someone diagnosed with gender dysphoria?</b></p> <p>Where there are legitimate biological concerns and medical input, he believes it is permissible, but he opposes sowing doubt about gender in children. Mufti Abu Layth says he believes there is permissibility where there are legitimate biological concerns, with medical experts giving their input.</p> <p>Answer from 14 August 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: What does Islam say about Gender Dysphoria? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/medical-ethics exists</b> (10 March 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/2/">Can a pregnancy last for years, as was said of Imam Malik's birth?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llllbKdGrA4&amp;t=0s">Watch on YouTube at 0:00</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/llllbkdgra4/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/r7s1dcclcwu/s/7/ 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Ruqya and the Quran as a cure: spiritual diseases, not cancer The Quran is a cure for the spiritual diseases of the heart, not a replacement for medicine for physical illness. The Prophet told people to seek medicine. The Quran's description of itself as a cure refers to the spiritual diseases of the heart, not to physical illness, for which the Prophet instructed people to seek medicine. Answer from 2 January 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: Reply to Abu Ibraheem (Salafi)- By Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki (at 40:38) A more recent answer on fiqh/medical-ethics exists (10 March 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/2/ Watch on YouTube at 40:38: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7s1DcClcwU&t=2438s

<p><b>Ruqya and the Quran as a cure: spiritual diseases, not cancer</b></p> <p>The Quran is a cure for the spiritual diseases of the heart, not a replacement for medicine for physical illness. The Prophet told people to seek medicine. The Quran's description of itself as a cure refers to the spiritual diseases of the heart, not to physical illness, for which the Prophet instructed people to seek medicine.</p> <p>Answer from 2 January 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: Reply to Abu Ibraheem (Salafi)- By Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki (at 40:38)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/medical-ethics exists</b> (10 March 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/2/">Can a pregnancy last for years, as was said of Imam Malik's birth?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7s1DcClcwU&amp;t=2438s">Watch on YouTube at 40:38</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/r7s1dcclcwu/s/7/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7z8yu8kr83y/s/8/ 2017-09-20T00:00:00Z 2017-09-20T00:00:00Z

Did the Prophet use ruqya or doctors when he was ill? When the Prophet fell ill Arab doctors treated him, which is how Aisha learnt medicine, so recited verses were never meant as a cure-all and the 'treatment by Quran' books misuse the book. The Quran's verses help against whispering, and one reads them for oneself without any raqi. Answer from 20 September 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held) Recording: Jinn Possessions: Myth and Reality in Islam by Sh. Akram Nadwi & Mufti Abu Layth (at 38:51) A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/ Watch on YouTube at 38:51: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z8yu8Kr83Y&t=2331s

<p><b>Did the Prophet use ruqya or doctors when he was ill?</b></p> <p>When the Prophet fell ill Arab doctors treated him, which is how Aisha learnt medicine, so recited verses were never meant as a cure-all and the 'treatment by Quran' books misuse the book. The Quran's verses help against whispering, and one reads them for oneself without any raqi.</p> <p>Answer from 20 September 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p> <p>Recording: Jinn Possessions: Myth and Reality in Islam by Sh. Akram Nadwi &amp; Mufti Abu Layth (at 38:51)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/">How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z8yu8Kr83Y&amp;t=2331s">Watch on YouTube at 38:51</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7z8yu8kr83y/s/8/">Open the segment</a></p>