Mufti Abu Layth Archive: fiqh/purification

Why does the guest's prayer have no fixed number of units, and what counts as wudu?

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Why does the guest's prayer have no fixed number of units, and what counts as wudu?

The guest's prayer is about duration and connection rather than numbers of units, with an imam supplying structure only in congregation; prostration, kneeling and standing are components without a set order, and wudu is as 5:6 describes it, without the tradition's additions.

Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)

Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:36:54)

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Language embeds power: 'inconvenience' versus 'hardship' in tayammum

Mon, 13 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Language embeds power: 'inconvenience' versus 'hardship' in tayammum

The words scholars choose, such as 'inconvenience' or 'hardship', already decide the ruling, embedding power even when used sincerely. Mufti Abu Layth says that the moment we deploy words we embed power structures, maybe subconsciously.

Answer from 13 February 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Birth Of Islamic Orthodoxy And Institutionalisation | Mufti Abu Layth (at 26:17)

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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Did Abu Hanifa allow wudu with nabidh when there was no water?

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Did Abu Hanifa allow wudu with nabidh when there was no water?

In the early school of Abu Hanifa, someone without water could make wudu with nabidh, a weak fermented date drink, and he helped people out of rash conditional divorce oaths, unlike the sterner Imam Malik.

Answer from 10 December 2022 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Imam Abu Hanifa | Mufti Abu Layth (at 28:48)

A more recent answer on fiqh/purification exists (18 October 2025): Why does the guest's prayer have no fixed number of units, and what counts as wudu?

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Are disgusting sexual fetishes between spouses haram?

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

Are disgusting sexual fetishes between spouses haram?

Such fetishes are not haram, however disgusting most people find them: contact with impurity is unclean but not forbidden, and what a consenting couple do in private is their own business. Nobody is obliged to do them. Mufti Abu Layth says that fetishes involving impurity, however disgusting, are not haram, since contact with impurity is unclean but not forbidden and only God declares something haram, and that what consenting spouses do in private is their own business.

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 1:04:21)

A more recent answer on fiqh/purification exists (18 October 2025): Why does the guest's prayer have no fixed number of units, and what counts as wudu?

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Should I use water or toilet paper after going to the toilet?

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

Should I use water or toilet paper after going to the toilet?

Mufti Abu Layth says a person should always clean with water after the toilet where possible, with paper only as a fallback. Mufti Abu Layth says a person should always, if possible, use water when cleaning after the toilet.

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 1:22:19)

A more recent answer on fiqh/purification exists (18 October 2025): Why does the guest's prayer have no fixed number of units, and what counts as wudu?

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Can I do tayammum instead of wudu if water makes my cough worse?

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

Can I do tayammum instead of wudu if water makes my cough worse?

Yes: tayammum is allowed for anyone with an excuse, and whether the excuse applies is for the person to judge. Mufti Abu Layth says someone whose cough worsens with water may perform tayammum, since the Quran allows it for those with an excuse, and that the person judges for themselves whether the excuse applies.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #199 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 39:55)

A more recent answer on fiqh/purification exists (18 October 2025): Why does the guest's prayer have no fixed number of units, and what counts as wudu?

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Will I go to hell for not shaving my pubic hair?

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

Will I go to hell for not shaving my pubic hair?

Nobody goes to hell for not shaving pubic hair, Mufti Abu Layth says; it is a matter of hygiene, which religion tied to reward and closeness to God. Mufti Abu Layth says nobody is going to hell for not shaving pubic hair; it is a hygiene matter.

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 1:02:38)

A more recent answer on fiqh/purification exists (18 October 2025): Why does the guest's prayer have no fixed number of units, and what counts as wudu?

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Does smoking break my wudu?

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

Does smoking break my wudu?

Smoking does not break wudu, Mufti Abu Layth says; only relieving oneself and meaningful sexual activity do, not a peck on the cheek or eating. Mufti Abu Layth says smoking does not break wudu.

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 38:30)

A more recent answer on fiqh/purification exists (18 October 2025): Why does the guest's prayer have no fixed number of units, and what counts as wudu?

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Do I have to be in a state of purity to say verses of the Quran?

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

Do I have to be in a state of purity to say verses of the Quran?

Mufti Abu Layth says religion should be natural, not ritualistic: the menstrual state is not impure, and revelation came to the Prophet while in bed with Aisha. Mufti Abu Layth says these kinds of hadiths are to him an encouragement showing that the deen ought to be very natural to our lives.

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 39:18)

A more recent answer on fiqh/purification exists (18 October 2025): Why does the guest's prayer have no fixed number of units, and what counts as wudu?

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Do I lose good deeds if I keep a dog as a pet?

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Do I lose good deeds if I keep a dog as a pet?

No, owning a dog does not cost you reward; he reads the dog hadith as hygiene measures against diseases like rabies, citing Ibn Rushd al-Jadd. Mufti Abu Layth says owning a dog does not make you lose rewards.

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 40:04)

A more recent answer on fiqh/purification exists (18 October 2025): Why does the guest's prayer have no fixed number of units, and what counts as wudu?

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Can I take a mortgage, and can I urinate standing up?

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Can I take a mortgage, and can I urinate standing up?

Bank interest is not the Quran's riba in his understanding, and urinating standing up is fine, with care over splashing. Mufti Abu Layth says that, in his understanding, the riba of the Quran refers to loan-sharking and not to regular bank interest.

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 36:22)

A more recent answer on fiqh/purification exists (18 October 2025): Why does the guest's prayer have no fixed number of units, and what counts as wudu?

Watch on YouTube at 37:40 · Open the segment

Can I wear perfume that contains alcohol?

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

Can I wear perfume that contains alcohol?

It is pure and nothing to worry about: alcohol is not impure for many scholars of Madinah, and perfume alcohol is not the drinking kind anyway. Mufti Abu Layth says perfume with an alcohol base is pure and there is nothing to worry about.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth 173 (at 1:50:34)

A more recent answer on fiqh/purification exists (18 October 2025): Why does the guest's prayer have no fixed number of units, and what counts as wudu?

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Is a woman on her period ritually impure?

Sun, 19 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Is a woman on her period ritually impure?

Mufti Abu Layth says menstruation is a hygiene matter, not impurity; the guest cites late Hanbali scholars who permitted intercourse during menses and Abu Hanifa's longer breastfeeding period to show how varied the fiqh is.

Answer from 19 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Shaykh Kashif Khan | Policing thought, Pornography & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 35:45)

A more recent answer on fiqh/purification exists (18 October 2025): Why does the guest's prayer have no fixed number of units, and what counts as wudu?

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Is it a sin to pee standing up?

Tue, 17 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Is it a sin to pee standing up?

Mufti Abu Layth says it is not a sin at all; scholars only disliked it because the loose clothing of the past made splashes likely. Mufti Abu Layth says urinating standing up is absolutely fine and there is no sin in it at all.

Answer from 17 September 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Is urinating whilst standing allowed? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

A more recent answer on fiqh/purification exists (18 October 2025): Why does the guest's prayer have no fixed number of units, and what counts as wudu?

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Does Ali's saying about wiping the socks prove that religion is not based on reason?

Mon, 09 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Does Ali's saying about wiping the socks prove that religion is not based on reason?

No: Mufti Abu Layth says the 'if the deen were by opinion' wording has a weak chain and is absent from several versions, that Malik's Muwatta records wiping both sides of the khuff, and that rituals are practices rather than claims against reason. Mufti Abu Layth says the report attributed to Ali that the bottom of the khuff would deserve wiping if religion were by opinion is weak in its chain and absent from several versions, that Malik's Muwatta records wiping both top and bottom, and that rituals are practices rather than claims against reason.

Answer from 9 April 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: The Role Of Reason In Religion - Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:01:20)

A more recent answer on belief/reason-and-revelation exists (18 October 2025): Why did Mufti Abu Layth bring up 3:188 against the Quran-only position?

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Can I brush my teeth with toothpaste or use mouthwash while fasting?

Wed, 17 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Can I brush my teeth with toothpaste or use mouthwash while fasting?

Mufti Abu Layth says you can brush with toothpaste and use mouthwash while fasting, and encourages it; the aftertaste does not break the fast. Mufti Abu Layth says he would encourage all people to brush their teeth when they are fasting.

Answer from 17 May 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Q: Can I brush my teeth with toothpaste whilst Fasting? Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:05)

A more recent answer on fiqh/fasting/what-breaks-the-fast exists (18 October 2025): Is the daytime ban on eating and intimacy in Ramadan stated in the Quran or inferred?

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