Answers on fiqh/prayer/conditions-and-validity, newest recording first. https://muftiabulayth.org/feeds/topics/fiqh-prayer-conditions-and-validity.atom.xml 2022-12-10T00:00:00Z Mufti Abu Layth Archive pipeline/feeds.py https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/4/ 2022-12-10T00:00:00Z 2022-12-10T00:00:00Z

Why did Abu Hanifa allow things like praying in Persian? Abu Hanifa's legal stratagems, such as letting someone who knew no Arabic pray in Persian, were meant to create ease for new Muslims, not to change Islam, and Mufti Abu Layth says that spirit is needed today. Mufti Abu Layth says Abu Hanifa's legal stratagems, such as allowing prayer in Persian, were meant to create ease and welcome people rather than to change Islam, and that this spirit is the one needed today. Answer from 10 December 2022 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: Imam Abu Hanifa | Mufti Abu Layth (at 17:01) A more recent answer on fiqh/legal-theory exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/23/ Watch on YouTube at 17:01: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-Vm6mgbLl8&t=1021s

<p><b>Why did Abu Hanifa allow things like praying in Persian?</b></p> <p>Abu Hanifa's legal stratagems, such as letting someone who knew no Arabic pray in Persian, were meant to create ease for new Muslims, not to change Islam, and Mufti Abu Layth says that spirit is needed today. Mufti Abu Layth says Abu Hanifa's legal stratagems, such as allowing prayer in Persian, were meant to create ease and welcome people rather than to change Islam, and that this spirit is the one needed today.</p> <p>Answer from 10 December 2022 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: Imam Abu Hanifa | Mufti Abu Layth (at 17:01)</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=s-Vm6mgbLl8&amp;t=1021s">Watch on YouTube at 17:01</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/4/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/wcgxqdwchks/s/2/ 2021-04-27T00:00:00Z 2021-04-27T00:00:00Z

Can I pray while carrying my child? Yes: the Hanafi rule that three consecutive movements break the prayer is made up, and the Prophet prayed carrying Umama; Mufti Abu Layth puts the attacks on Shaykh Aslam down to jealousy. Mufti Abu Layth says rulings such as prayer breaking after three consecutive movements are made up. Answer from 27 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: Shaykh Aslam & Sectarian Jealousy of the Molvis | Mufti Abu Layth (at 4:23) A more recent answer on belief/sectarianism-and-takfir exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/7/ Watch on YouTube at 4:23: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCgxQDwCHKs&t=263s

<p><b>Can I pray while carrying my child?</b></p> <p>Yes: the Hanafi rule that three consecutive movements break the prayer is made up, and the Prophet prayed carrying Umama; Mufti Abu Layth puts the attacks on Shaykh Aslam down to jealousy. Mufti Abu Layth says rulings such as prayer breaking after three consecutive movements are made up.</p> <p>Answer from 27 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: Shaykh Aslam &amp; Sectarian Jealousy of the Molvis | Mufti Abu Layth (at 4:23)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on belief/sectarianism-and-takfir exists</b> (22 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/7/">Should Sunnis preach to Shia Muslims about what they get wrong?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCgxQDwCHKs&amp;t=263s">Watch on YouTube at 4:23</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/wcgxqdwchks/s/2/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/17/ 2021-04-26T00:00:00Z 2021-04-26T00:00:00Z

Do obscene or blasphemous thoughts during prayer ruin my salah? Intrusive or blasphemous thoughts in prayer are not a reason to worry: noticing them is a sign of faith, as a hadith says. Mufti Abu Layth adds that jinn in the Quran means the unseen and possession stories are folklore. Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 1:28:55) A more recent answer on fiqh/prayer/conditions-and-validity exists (10 December 2022): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/4/ Watch on YouTube at 1:31:29: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYiiPEhuiHA&t=5489s

<p><b>Do obscene or blasphemous thoughts during prayer ruin my salah?</b></p> <p>Intrusive or blasphemous thoughts in prayer are not a reason to worry: noticing them is a sign of faith, as a hadith says. Mufti Abu Layth adds that jinn in the Quran means the unseen and possession stories are folklore.</p> <p>Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics &amp; Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 1:28:55)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/prayer/conditions-and-validity exists</b> (10 December 2022): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/4/">Why did Abu Hanifa allow things like praying in Persian?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYiiPEhuiHA&amp;t=5489s">Watch on YouTube at 1:31:29</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/17/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zz85auzek5w/s/6/ 2021-04-06T00:00:00Z 2021-04-06T00:00:00Z

Can I carry a child while I pray? Mufti Abu Layth says one may carry a child while praying and that Hanafi rulings such as the three-movement rule, or that laughing or reading something breaks the prayer, are made up. He sees the campaign against the preacher who showed this as sectarian jealousy. Mufti Abu Layth says that one may carry a child while praying and that Hanafi rulings such as the invalidation of prayer by three consecutive movements, by laughing or by mentally processing information are made up. 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 23:17) A more recent answer on fiqh/madhhabs-and-following/hanafi-school exists (10 December 2022): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/12/ Watch on YouTube at 23:17: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ85AUzeK5w&t=1397s

<p><b>Can I carry a child while I pray?</b></p> <p>Mufti Abu Layth says one may carry a child while praying and that Hanafi rulings such as the three-movement rule, or that laughing or reading something breaks the prayer, are made up. He sees the campaign against the preacher who showed this as sectarian jealousy. Mufti Abu Layth says that one may carry a child while praying and that Hanafi rulings such as the invalidation of prayer by three consecutive movements, by laughing or by mentally processing information are made up.</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 23:17)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/madhhabs-and-following/hanafi-school exists</b> (10 December 2022): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/12/">What did Abu Hanifa say about Imam Malik?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ85AUzeK5w&amp;t=1397s">Watch on YouTube at 23:17</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zz85auzek5w/s/6/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/jtyem-eee78/s/9/ 2020-09-22T00:00:00Z 2020-09-22T00:00:00Z

Do women have to cover their wrists and ankles in prayer? Mufti Abu Layth says relax: the deen is natural, and obsessing over whether a wrist, ankle or hair shows came centuries after the Prophet. Mufti Abu Layth says people should not obsess over whether a hair or some small part of the body is showing. Answer from 22 September 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #183 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 44:33) A more recent answer on fiqh/prayer/conditions-and-validity exists (10 December 2022): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/4/ Watch on YouTube at 45:48: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTYEM-eEe78&t=2748s

<p><b>Do women have to cover their wrists and ankles in prayer?</b></p> <p>Mufti Abu Layth says relax: the deen is natural, and obsessing over whether a wrist, ankle or hair shows came centuries after the Prophet. Mufti Abu Layth says people should not obsess over whether a hair or some small part of the body is showing.</p> <p>Answer from 22 September 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #183 | Q&amp;A Unscripted &amp; Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 44:33)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/prayer/conditions-and-validity exists</b> (10 December 2022): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/4/">Why did Abu Hanifa allow things like praying in Persian?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTYEM-eEe78&amp;t=2748s">Watch on YouTube at 45:48</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/jtyem-eee78/s/9/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/a6h5lye4mn8/s/6/ 2020-07-14T00:00:00Z 2020-07-14T00:00:00Z

What parts of the body count as 'awrah for men and women? Mufti Abu Layth follows the school of Madinah: the core 'awrah is the private parts (for women, from below the navel to the thighs), and uncovering the rest in prayer does not invalidate it. Mufti Abu Layth says he goes with the school of Madinah's understanding that a woman's core 'awrah is her private parts and the area from beneath the navel to the thighs, the rest being extended 'awrah whose uncovering in prayer does not invalidate it. Answer from 14 July 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth 173 (at 33:22) A more recent answer on fiqh/maliki-school exists (19 April 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/2/ Watch on YouTube at 34:01: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6H5lYE4MN8&t=2041s

<p><b>What parts of the body count as 'awrah for men and women?</b></p> <p>Mufti Abu Layth follows the school of Madinah: the core 'awrah is the private parts (for women, from below the navel to the thighs), and uncovering the rest in prayer does not invalidate it. Mufti Abu Layth says he goes with the school of Madinah's understanding that a woman's core 'awrah is her private parts and the area from beneath the navel to the thighs, the rest being extended 'awrah whose uncovering in prayer does not invalidate it.</p> <p>Answer from 14 July 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth 173 (at 33:22)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/maliki-school exists</b> (19 April 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/2/">Why does the practice of Madinah matter more than a single hadith?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6H5lYE4MN8&amp;t=2041s">Watch on YouTube at 34:01</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/a6h5lye4mn8/s/6/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/gv69xfzfuek/s/1/ 2019-03-04T00:00:00Z 2019-03-04T00:00:00Z

Is my prayer valid if I pray in a bikini or swimwear? On the Maliki view of Qadi Isma'il, which he finds strong, her prayer would have been valid, since covering is an obligation separate from salah; it is still not something he recommends. Either way nobody has the right to attack her. Mufti Abu Layth says he personally feels Qadi Isma'il and the Malikis have a strong point in holding that covering oneself in salah is a separate obligation, not a condition of the prayer. Answer from 4 March 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: Can Women Pray in Bikinis? -Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00) A more recent answer on wellbeing/character-and-virtue exists (29 September 2024): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hmurvu2c9yq/s/5/ Watch on YouTube at 0:38: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV69XFzFuEk&t=38s

<p><b>Is my prayer valid if I pray in a bikini or swimwear?</b></p> <p>On the Maliki view of Qadi Isma'il, which he finds strong, her prayer would have been valid, since covering is an obligation separate from salah; it is still not something he recommends. Either way nobody has the right to attack her. Mufti Abu Layth says he personally feels Qadi Isma'il and the Malikis have a strong point in holding that covering oneself in salah is a separate obligation, not a condition of the prayer.</p> <p>Answer from 4 March 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: Can Women Pray in Bikinis? -Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on wellbeing/character-and-virtue exists</b> (29 September 2024): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hmurvu2c9yq/s/5/">Spread love, and take account of the damage our words have done</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV69XFzFuEk&amp;t=38s">Watch on YouTube at 0:38</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/gv69xfzfuek/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>