Mufti Abu Layth Archive: fiqh/sexual-ethicsAnswers on fiqh/sexual-ethics, newest recording first.https://muftiabulayth.org/feeds/topics/fiqh-sexual-ethics.atom.xml2023-02-22T00:00:00ZMufti Abu Layth Archivepipeline/feeds.pyDid some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/2023-02-22T00:00:00Z2023-02-22T00:00:00ZDid some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?
Mufti Abu Layth says he described, not endorsed, a minority view that it is not haram; Islamic history holds diverse views, many scholars' poetry shows bisexual appreciation, and persecution is unacceptable. Mufti Abu Layth says that many scholars of Islam clearly had an appreciation for bisexuality, whether or not they practised it.
Answer from 22 February 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Muslim Scholars Allying With LGBTQ Community ? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 14:40)
Watch on YouTube at 16:33: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOfS_0uGn4E&t=993s<p><b>Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says he described, not endorsed, a minority view that it is not haram; Islamic history holds diverse views, many scholars' poetry shows bisexual appreciation, and persecution is unacceptable. Mufti Abu Layth says that many scholars of Islam clearly had an appreciation for bisexuality, whether or not they practised it.</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 14:40)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOfS_0uGn4E&t=993s">Watch on YouTube at 16:33</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/">Open the segment</a></p>Why did scholars say a slave woman's awrah is the same as a man's?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/49_s1ud7utk/s/1/2021-05-09T00:00:00Z2021-05-09T00:00:00ZWhy did scholars say a slave woman's awrah is the same as a man's?
Mufti Abu Layth says most scholars of the past legitimised the practice of slave girls out of pragmatism, realism and sex, and even presented it as a religious act. He contrasts this with music, which they were less keen to permit, and polygamy, which few manage today. Mufti Abu Layth says that, if one is honest, the way most scholars of the past dealt with slave girls was simply an issue of pragmatism, realism and, he supposes, sex.
Answer from 9 May 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Hypocrisy of scholars regarding awrah of free women & slave women | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:01)
A more recent answer on fiqh/legal-theory exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/23/
Watch on YouTube at 0:38: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49_S1uD7UTk&t=38s<p><b>Why did scholars say a slave woman's awrah is the same as a man's?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says most scholars of the past legitimised the practice of slave girls out of pragmatism, realism and sex, and even presented it as a religious act. He contrasts this with music, which they were less keen to permit, and polygamy, which few manage today. Mufti Abu Layth says that, if one is honest, the way most scholars of the past dealt with slave girls was simply an issue of pragmatism, realism and, he supposes, sex.</p>
<p>Answer from 9 May 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Hypocrisy of scholars regarding awrah of free women & slave women | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:01)</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=49_S1uD7UTk&t=38s">Watch on YouTube at 0:38</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/49_s1ud7utk/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>Are many people's frustrations really about unmet sexual needs?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/41/2021-04-13T00:00:00Z2021-04-13T00:00:00ZAre many people's frustrations really about unmet sexual needs?
Mufti Abu Layth says much bitterness comes from unmet sexual needs, that Islam itself does not see sex negatively, and that Freud should be judged on his ideas, not his character. Mufti Abu Layth says unmet sexual needs underlie much unhappiness and bitterness, that Islam does not view sex negatively though institutionalised religion does, and that Freud's insights should be judged on their merits rather than on his character.
Answer from 13 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:43:47)
A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 2:43:47: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XuHMCz2N3U&t=9827s<p><b>Are many people's frustrations really about unmet sexual needs?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says much bitterness comes from unmet sexual needs, that Islam itself does not see sex negatively, and that Freud should be judged on his ideas, not his character. Mufti Abu Layth says unmet sexual needs underlie much unhappiness and bitterness, that Islam does not view sex negatively though institutionalised religion does, and that Freud's insights should be judged on their merits rather than on his character.</p>
<p>Answer from 13 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:43:47)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists</b> (22 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/">Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XuHMCz2N3U&t=9827s">Watch on YouTube at 2:43:47</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/41/">Open the segment</a></p>Are disgusting sexual fetishes between spouses haram?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zz85auzek5w/s/11/2021-04-06T00:00:00Z2021-04-06T00:00:00ZAre 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): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/19/
Watch on YouTube at 1:04:21: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ85AUzeK5w&t=3861s<p><b>Are disgusting sexual fetishes between spouses haram?</b></p>
<p>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.</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&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:04:21)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/purification exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/19/">Why does the guest's prayer have no fixed number of units, and what counts as wudu?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ85AUzeK5w&t=3861s">Watch on YouTube at 1:04:21</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zz85auzek5w/s/11/">Open the segment</a></p>Why did Imam Malik say nothing between spouses is haram and only pork is forbidden to eat?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/3rpugpmwep0/s/2/2021-03-05T00:00:00Z2021-03-05T00:00:00ZWhy did Imam Malik say nothing between spouses is haram and only pork is forbidden to eat?
Imam Malik held that nothing sexual between spouses is haram and that no meat is haram in itself except pig, and Mufti Abu Layth says such rulings defend the principle that only Allah declares things haram. Saying something is not haram is not the same as recommending it. Mufti Abu Layth says that imams such as Malik, in ruling that nothing sexual between spouses is haram and that no meat but pig is haram in itself, were not advocating those practices but defending the principle that no one may declare haram what Allah has not, since a scholar is not God.
Answer from 5 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Intoxicants: Imam Abu Hanifa vs the rest | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:59)
A more recent answer on fiqh/legal-theory exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/23/
Watch on YouTube at 3:59: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rPUgpmWEp0&t=239s<p><b>Why did Imam Malik say nothing between spouses is haram and only pork is forbidden to eat?</b></p>
<p>Imam Malik held that nothing sexual between spouses is haram and that no meat is haram in itself except pig, and Mufti Abu Layth says such rulings defend the principle that only Allah declares things haram. Saying something is not haram is not the same as recommending it. Mufti Abu Layth says that imams such as Malik, in ruling that nothing sexual between spouses is haram and that no meat but pig is haram in itself, were not advocating those practices but defending the principle that no one may declare haram what Allah has not, since a scholar is not God.</p>
<p>Answer from 5 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Intoxicants: Imam Abu Hanifa vs the rest | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:59)</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=3rPUgpmWEp0&t=239s">Watch on YouTube at 3:59</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/3rpugpmwep0/s/2/">Open the segment</a></p>If the hijab has become sexualised, should scholars still push it?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/s/14/2021-02-02T00:00:00Z2021-02-02T00:00:00ZIf the hijab has become sexualised, should scholars still push it?
Mufti Abu Layth argues that since the hijab is now widely sexualised, fatwas should not keep pushing it, though people may wear it as culture. Mufti Abu Layth says he would argue that, under these circumstances of sexualisation, the hijab should not still be pushed forward by fatwas.
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 1:20:04)
A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 1:20:04: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijwBevcC6o8&t=4804s<p><b>If the hijab has become sexualised, should scholars still push it?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth argues that since the hijab is now widely sexualised, fatwas should not keep pushing it, though people may wear it as culture. Mufti Abu Layth says he would argue that, under these circumstances of sexualisation, the hijab should not still be pushed forward by fatwas.</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&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:20:04)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists</b> (22 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/">Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijwBevcC6o8&t=4804s">Watch on YouTube at 1:20:04</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/s/14/">Open the segment</a></p>What can I do if I can't afford to marry but want to avoid zina?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/19/2021-01-19T00:00:00Z2021-01-19T00:00:00ZWhat can I do if I can't afford to marry but want to avoid zina?
Mufti Abu Layth has no easy answer: religion is failing people here because scholars and cultures will not discuss options, and marriage has become too costly for the young. Mufti Abu Layth says religion is failing people on this, not because it lacks the inbuilt mechanisms, but because scholars are not ready to have that conversation.
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 1:17:06)
A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 1:17:35: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&t=4655s<p><b>What can I do if I can't afford to marry but want to avoid zina?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth has no easy answer: religion is failing people here because scholars and cultures will not discuss options, and marriage has become too costly for the young. Mufti Abu Layth says religion is failing people on this, not because it lacks the inbuilt mechanisms, but because scholars are not ready to have that conversation.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:17:06)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists</b> (22 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/">Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&t=4655s">Watch on YouTube at 1:17:35</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/19/">Open the segment</a></p>Does the Quran clearly forbid homosexuality?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/1zghntbmpis/s/20/2021-01-12T00:00:00Z2021-01-12T00:00:00ZDoes the Quran clearly forbid homosexuality?
Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran has no explicit prohibition of homosexuality, though most Muslims have held it haram; he thinks the aim was to push people into marriage. Mufti Abu Layth says there is nothing in the Quran that explicitly prohibits homosexuality, though it may target it implicitly.
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 1:20:42)
A more recent answer on relationships/sexuality-and-orientation exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/6/
Watch on YouTube at 1:20:42: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zgHntbMPis&t=4842s<p><b>Does the Quran clearly forbid homosexuality?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran has no explicit prohibition of homosexuality, though most Muslims have held it haram; he thinks the aim was to push people into marriage. Mufti Abu Layth says there is nothing in the Quran that explicitly prohibits homosexuality, though it may target it implicitly.</p>
<p>Answer from 12 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #197 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:20:42)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on relationships/sexuality-and-orientation exists</b> (22 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/6/">Is it okay for adults or children to change gender?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zgHntbMPis&t=4842s">Watch on YouTube at 1:20:42</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/1zghntbmpis/s/20/">Open the segment</a></p>Is anal intercourse with my wife haram?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eo90sv4jvho/s/32/2021-01-05T00:00:00Z2021-01-05T00:00:00ZIs anal intercourse with my wife haram?
Mufti Abu Layth says no sahih hadith makes anal intercourse with one's wife haram, and that preachers should stop guilt-tripping people over private matters.
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 2:21:42)
A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 2:23:10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo90sV4JVHo&t=8590s<p><b>Is anal intercourse with my wife haram?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says no sahih hadith makes anal intercourse with one's wife haram, and that preachers should stop guilt-tripping people over private matters.</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&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:21:42)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists</b> (22 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/">Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo90sV4JVHo&t=8590s">Watch on YouTube at 2:23:10</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eo90sv4jvho/s/32/">Open the segment</a></p>A preacher's video on masturbation: would you do it in front of your parents?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eo90sv4jvho/s/31/2021-01-05T00:00:00Z2021-01-05T00:00:00ZA preacher's video on masturbation: would you do it in front of your parents?
Mufti Abu Layth plays and mocks a preacher's anti-masturbation video built on the question of whether you would do it in front of your parents.
Answer from 5 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #196 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:18:13)
A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 2:18:13: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo90sV4JVHo&t=8293s<p><b>A preacher's video on masturbation: would you do it in front of your parents?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth plays and mocks a preacher's anti-masturbation video built on the question of whether you would do it in front of your parents.</p>
<p>Answer from 5 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #196 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:18:13)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists</b> (22 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/">Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo90sV4JVHo&t=8293s">Watch on YouTube at 2:18:13</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eo90sv4jvho/s/31/">Open the segment</a></p>Why are Salafi scholars now saying masturbation is not a sin after years of calling it haram?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/yzrvpdckjxq/s/3/2021-01-04T00:00:00Z2021-01-04T00:00:00ZWhy are Salafi scholars now saying masturbation is not a sin after years of calling it haram?
Mufti Abu Layth says these scholars owe an apology to the Muslims they guilt-tripped for decades, since Ibn Hazm's and the Hanbali view were known to them all along and nothing new has come to light. He attributes the reversal to imams saying what the public expects until they feel they can say otherwise.
Answer from 4 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Yasir Qadhi on Masturbation | Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:38)
A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 6:38: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZrVPdcKjxQ&t=398s<p><b>Why are Salafi scholars now saying masturbation is not a sin after years of calling it haram?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says these scholars owe an apology to the Muslims they guilt-tripped for decades, since Ibn Hazm's and the Hanbali view were known to them all along and nothing new has come to light. He attributes the reversal to imams saying what the public expects until they feel they can say otherwise.</p>
<p>Answer from 4 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Yasir Qadhi on Masturbation | Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:38)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists</b> (22 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/">Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZrVPdcKjxQ&t=398s">Watch on YouTube at 6:38</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/yzrvpdckjxq/s/3/">Open the segment</a></p>Reaction to the clip: Qadhi joins Zakir Naik in calling it not haram, with jokes about 'the nobility'https://muftiabulayth.org/r/yzrvpdckjxq/s/2/2021-01-04T00:00:00Z2021-01-04T00:00:00ZReaction to the clip: Qadhi joins Zakir Naik in calling it not haram, with jokes about 'the nobility'
Mufti Abu Layth notes that Yasir Qadhi, like Zakir Naik before him, now says masturbation is not haram but merely not a noble deed, and jokes about left-handers and 'the nobility'.
Answer from 4 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Recording: Yasir Qadhi on Masturbation | Mufti Abu Layth (at 4:00)
A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 4:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZrVPdcKjxQ&t=240s<p><b>Reaction to the clip: Qadhi joins Zakir Naik in calling it not haram, with jokes about 'the nobility'</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth notes that Yasir Qadhi, like Zakir Naik before him, now says masturbation is not haram but merely not a noble deed, and jokes about left-handers and 'the nobility'.</p>
<p>Answer from 4 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Recording: Yasir Qadhi on Masturbation | Mufti Abu Layth (at 4:00)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists</b> (22 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/">Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZrVPdcKjxQ&t=240s">Watch on YouTube at 4:00</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/yzrvpdckjxq/s/2/">Open the segment</a></p>Is masturbation haram in Islam?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/yzrvpdckjxq/s/1/2021-01-04T00:00:00Z2021-01-04T00:00:00ZIs masturbation haram in Islam?
In the clip Yasir Qadhi says the majority hold masturbation to be haram, but that others held it makruh or permissible, citing Ibn Abbas's reply to a young man and Ibn Hazm, and that he believes there is no sin in it although it is better avoided. This is Qadhi's view played for discussion, not Mufti Abu Layth's own statement.
Answer from 4 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)
Recording: Yasir Qadhi on Masturbation | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:02)
A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 1:22: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZrVPdcKjxQ&t=82s<p><b>Is masturbation haram in Islam?</b></p>
<p>In the clip Yasir Qadhi says the majority hold masturbation to be haram, but that others held it makruh or permissible, citing Ibn Abbas's reply to a young man and Ibn Hazm, and that he believes there is no sin in it although it is better avoided. This is Qadhi's view played for discussion, not Mufti Abu Layth's own statement.</p>
<p>Answer from 4 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p>
<p>Recording: Yasir Qadhi on Masturbation | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:02)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists</b> (22 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/">Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZrVPdcKjxQ&t=82s">Watch on YouTube at 1:22</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/yzrvpdckjxq/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>Did Zakir Naik say masturbation is not haram?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/9kk28jhdca8/s/1/2020-12-11T00:00:00Z2020-12-11T00:00:00ZDid Zakir Naik say masturbation is not haram?
Zakir Naik has said masturbation is not haram but only discouraged. Mufti Abu Layth says those who preached it as haram for decades owe people an admission and an apology, and ridicules the view that only one's own hand makes it haram.
Answer from 11 December 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Zakir Naik - New revelations on masturbation | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:01)
A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 0:01: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kK28jhdcA8&t=1s<p><b>Did Zakir Naik say masturbation is not haram?</b></p>
<p>Zakir Naik has said masturbation is not haram but only discouraged. Mufti Abu Layth says those who preached it as haram for decades owe people an admission and an apology, and ridicules the view that only one's own hand makes it haram.</p>
<p>Answer from 11 December 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Zakir Naik - New revelations on masturbation | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:01)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists</b> (22 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/">Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kK28jhdcA8&t=1s">Watch on YouTube at 0:01</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/9kk28jhdca8/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>A Hanbali opinion on women's sexual desire, and Dawah Man quoting Ibn al-Qayyimhttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/jtyem-eee78/s/19/2020-09-22T00:00:00Z2020-09-22T00:00:00ZA Hanbali opinion on women's sexual desire, and Dawah Man quoting Ibn al-Qayyim
Mufti Abu Layth reads a Hanbali view that a woman may use a sexual aid when her desire is unmet, and mocks a claim quoted by Dawah Man from Ibn al-Qayyim.
Answer from 22 September 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #183 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:57:55)
A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 1:57:55: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTYEM-eEe78&t=7075s<p><b>A Hanbali opinion on women's sexual desire, and Dawah Man quoting Ibn al-Qayyim</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth reads a Hanbali view that a woman may use a sexual aid when her desire is unmet, and mocks a claim quoted by Dawah Man from Ibn al-Qayyim.</p>
<p>Answer from 22 September 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #183 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:57:55)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists</b> (22 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/">Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTYEM-eEe78&t=7075s">Watch on YouTube at 1:57:55</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/jtyem-eee78/s/19/">Open the segment</a></p>Should Muslims expose the private lives of religious figures?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/a6h5lye4mn8/s/39/2020-07-14T00:00:00Z2020-07-14T00:00:00ZShould Muslims expose the private lives of religious figures?
What consenting adults do privately is their business, but abuse must be reported through proper channels; and do not meet anyone, even a famous reciter, in a car park.
Answer from 14 July 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth 173 (at 2:17:52)
A more recent answer on society/extremism-crime-and-justice exists (29 September 2024): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hmurvu2c9yq/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 2:17:52: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6H5lYE4MN8&t=8272s<p><b>Should Muslims expose the private lives of religious figures?</b></p>
<p>What consenting adults do privately is their business, but abuse must be reported through proper channels; and do not meet anyone, even a famous reciter, in a car park.</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 2:17:52)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on society/extremism-crime-and-justice exists</b> (29 September 2024): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hmurvu2c9yq/s/3/">How scholars' rhetoric fed Pakistan's blasphemy killings, in Mufti Abu Layth's view</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6H5lYE4MN8&t=8272s">Watch on YouTube at 2:17:52</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/a6h5lye4mn8/s/39/">Open the segment</a></p>Is it worse to use religion as a cover for wrongdoing?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/y9p342tx6t0/s/2/2020-06-01T00:00:00Z2020-06-01T00:00:00ZIs it worse to use religion as a cover for wrongdoing?
Mufti Abu Layth says people should not use religion to cover what they do; dressing seduction in religious language is a sick game. Mufti Abu Layth says that if you are going to do something as a human being you should just do it and not use religion.
Answer from 1 June 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: A mufti, a convert & hanky panky! | Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:20)
A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 6:20: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9P342Tx6T0&t=380s<p><b>Is it worse to use religion as a cover for wrongdoing?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says people should not use religion to cover what they do; dressing seduction in religious language is a sick game. Mufti Abu Layth says that if you are going to do something as a human being you should just do it and not use religion.</p>
<p>Answer from 1 June 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: A mufti, a convert & hanky panky! | Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:20)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists</b> (22 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/">Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9P342Tx6T0&t=380s">Watch on YouTube at 6:20</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/y9p342tx6t0/s/2/">Open the segment</a></p>How could men in early Islam have sex with their female slaves?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/5is8qpu5llu/s/2/2020-04-28T00:00:00Z2020-04-28T00:00:00ZHow could men in early Islam have sex with their female slaves?
Sexual relations with female slaves were condoned because the society Islam was revealed in had a very different mindset: its slavery resembled servitude rather than transatlantic slavery, and it drew no line between a slave's labour and sexual utility, so the practice could not be changed at once. Mufti Abu Layth says that, in his understanding, one reason sexual relations with female slaves were condoned is that the society in which Islam was revealed had a very different mindset: its slavery resembled servitude rather than transatlantic slavery, and it drew no line between a slave's labour and sexual utility, a mindset that could not be changed at once.
Answer from 28 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Sex Slaves: Concubines and Collective Consciousness -Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:37)
A more recent answer on fiqh/legal-theory exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/23/
Watch on YouTube at 3:55: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5is8qPu5lLU&t=235s<p><b>How could men in early Islam have sex with their female slaves?</b></p>
<p>Sexual relations with female slaves were condoned because the society Islam was revealed in had a very different mindset: its slavery resembled servitude rather than transatlantic slavery, and it drew no line between a slave's labour and sexual utility, so the practice could not be changed at once. Mufti Abu Layth says that, in his understanding, one reason sexual relations with female slaves were condoned is that the society in which Islam was revealed had a very different mindset: its slavery resembled servitude rather than transatlantic slavery, and it drew no line between a slave's labour and sexual utility, a mindset that could not be changed at once.</p>
<p>Answer from 28 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Sex Slaves: Concubines and Collective Consciousness -Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:37)</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=5is8qPu5lLU&t=235s">Watch on YouTube at 3:55</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/5is8qpu5llu/s/2/">Open the segment</a></p>Does watching porn fuel sex trafficking?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/33/2020-04-19T00:00:00Z2020-04-19T00:00:00ZDoes watching porn fuel sex trafficking?
Mufti Abu Layth says saying pornography is not categorically haram is not condoning abuses in the industry and does not in itself aid the market; the guest says people should be told its harms and follow the majority who forbid it.
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 2:45:11)
A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/
Watch on YouTube at 2:46:28: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=9988s<p><b>Does watching porn fuel sex trafficking?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says saying pornography is not categorically haram is not condoning abuses in the industry and does not in itself aid the market; the guest says people should be told its harms and follow the majority who forbid it.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Shaykh Kashif Khan | Policing thought, Pornography & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 2:45:11)</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&t=9988s">Watch on YouTube at 2:46:28</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/33/">Open the segment</a></p>Does making people feel guilty about pornography make things worse?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/32/2020-04-19T00:00:00Z2020-04-19T00:00:00ZDoes making people feel guilty about pornography make things worse?
Mufti Abu Layth says telling people simply not to watch pornography is unrealistic and that guilt-tripping over what is not categorically haram may add to depression; the guest likens past bans on television and the internet.
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 2:41:14)
A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 2:41:14: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=9674s<p><b>Does making people feel guilty about pornography make things worse?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says telling people simply not to watch pornography is unrealistic and that guilt-tripping over what is not categorically haram may add to depression; the guest likens past bans on television and the internet.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Shaykh Kashif Khan | Policing thought, Pornography & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 2:41:14)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists</b> (22 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/">Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=9674s">Watch on YouTube at 2:41:14</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/32/">Open the segment</a></p>Isn't it better to feel guilty when sinning so that you repent?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/30/2020-04-19T00:00:00Z2020-04-19T00:00:00ZIsn't it better to feel guilty when sinning so that you repent?
The guest says most scholars hold watching pornography is haram and people should not watch it, while academically the evidence resembles Imam Ahmad's 'I dislike it but do not say it is haram'.
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 2:33:37)
A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/
Watch on YouTube at 2:33:37: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=9217s<p><b>Isn't it better to feel guilty when sinning so that you repent?</b></p>
<p>The guest says most scholars hold watching pornography is haram and people should not watch it, while academically the evidence resembles Imam Ahmad's 'I dislike it but do not say it is haram'.</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 & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 2:33:37)</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&t=9217s">Watch on YouTube at 2:33:37</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/30/">Open the segment</a></p>Why talk publicly about permissive opinions if it might encourage people?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/28/2020-04-19T00:00:00Z2020-04-19T00:00:00ZWhy talk publicly about permissive opinions if it might encourage people?
The guest says knowledge cannot be hidden in the internet age and that people lose trust when scholars conceal it, so it is better to tell them the recorded opinions.
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 2:23:40)
A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/
Watch on YouTube at 2:23:40: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=8620s<p><b>Why talk publicly about permissive opinions if it might encourage people?</b></p>
<p>The guest says knowledge cannot be hidden in the internet age and that people lose trust when scholars conceal it, so it is better to tell them the recorded opinions.</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 & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 2:23:40)</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&t=8620s">Watch on YouTube at 2:23:40</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/28/">Open the segment</a></p>Is oral sex between spouses haram because the private parts are impure?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/27/2020-04-19T00:00:00Z2020-04-19T00:00:00ZIs oral sex between spouses haram because the private parts are impure?
The guest says the arguments against oral sex within marriage, from the right-hand prohibition and from impurity, do not hold, since one's own body is not impure; Mufti Abu Layth says he agrees.
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 2:21:08)
A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/
Watch on YouTube at 2:21:08: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=8468s<p><b>Is oral sex between spouses haram because the private parts are impure?</b></p>
<p>The guest says the arguments against oral sex within marriage, from the right-hand prohibition and from impurity, do not hold, since one's own body is not impure; Mufti Abu Layth says he agrees.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Shaykh Kashif Khan | Policing thought, Pornography & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 2:21:08)</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&t=8468s">Watch on YouTube at 2:21:08</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/27/">Open the segment</a></p>Why do people get so upset about Islamic rulings on sex?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/26/2020-04-19T00:00:00Z2020-04-19T00:00:00ZWhy do people get so upset about Islamic rulings on sex?
The guest blames a culture of shame in the subcontinent, and says the classical scholars and al-Bukhari show there is no shyness in learning the religion and that legitimate differences cannot be denounced.
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 2:13:27)
A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/
Watch on YouTube at 2:13:27: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=8007s<p><b>Why do people get so upset about Islamic rulings on sex?</b></p>
<p>The guest blames a culture of shame in the subcontinent, and says the classical scholars and al-Bukhari show there is no shyness in learning the religion and that legitimate differences cannot be denounced.</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 & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 2:13:27)</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&t=8007s">Watch on YouTube at 2:13:27</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/26/">Open the segment</a></p>Does masturbation or other sexual activity break the fast?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/25/2020-04-19T00:00:00Z2020-04-19T00:00:00ZDoes masturbation or other sexual activity break the fast?
The guest says only intercourse is agreed to break the fast, citing Aisha's report and al-Albani; Mufti Abu Layth says he agrees that masturbation per se does not break the fast.
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 2:08:19)
A more recent answer on fiqh/fasting/what-breaks-the-fast exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/22/
Watch on YouTube at 2:08:19: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=7699s<p><b>Does masturbation or other sexual activity break the fast?</b></p>
<p>The guest says only intercourse is agreed to break the fast, citing Aisha's report and al-Albani; Mufti Abu Layth says he agrees that masturbation per se does not break the fast.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Shaykh Kashif Khan | Policing thought, Pornography & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 2:08:19)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/fasting/what-breaks-the-fast exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/22/">Is the daytime ban on eating and intimacy in Ramadan stated in the Quran or inferred?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=7699s">Watch on YouTube at 2:08:19</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/25/">Open the segment</a></p>Doesn't the Islamic teaching on modesty make pornography haram?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/24/2020-04-19T00:00:00Z2020-04-19T00:00:00ZDoesn't the Islamic teaching on modesty make pornography haram?
The guest says the general teaching on modesty is not enough to declare something haram without clear evidence; Mufti Abu Layth says he is not convinced by the report that eating ice does not break the fast.
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 2:02:05)
A more recent answer on fiqh/fasting/what-breaks-the-fast exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/22/
Watch on YouTube at 2:02:05: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=7325s<p><b>Doesn't the Islamic teaching on modesty make pornography haram?</b></p>
<p>The guest says the general teaching on modesty is not enough to declare something haram without clear evidence; Mufti Abu Layth says he is not convinced by the report that eating ice does not break the fast.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Shaykh Kashif Khan | Policing thought, Pornography & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 2:02:05)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/fasting/what-breaks-the-fast exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/22/">Is the daytime ban on eating and intimacy in Ramadan stated in the Quran or inferred?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=7325s">Watch on YouTube at 2:02:05</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/24/">Open the segment</a></p>Is pornography today like the concubines of the past?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/23/2020-04-19T00:00:00Z2020-04-19T00:00:00ZIs pornography today like the concubines of the past?
The guest rejects likening pornography to concubinage or mut'ah, calling it instant gratification, and describes Salafi efforts to suppress permissive classical texts; Mufti Abu Layth says these are real questions that need open discussion.
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 1:56:54)
A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/
Watch on YouTube at 1:56:54: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=7014s<p><b>Is pornography today like the concubines of the past?</b></p>
<p>The guest rejects likening pornography to concubinage or mut'ah, calling it instant gratification, and describes Salafi efforts to suppress permissive classical texts; Mufti Abu Layth says these are real questions that need open discussion.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Shaykh Kashif Khan | Policing thought, Pornography & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 1:56:54)</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&t=7014s">Watch on YouTube at 1:56:54</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/23/">Open the segment</a></p>Did classical scholars permit masturbation, and for women too?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/22/2020-04-19T00:00:00Z2020-04-19T00:00:00ZDid classical scholars permit masturbation, and for women too?
The guest cites al-Shawkani's treatise and some Hanafi, Maliki and Hanbali reports permitting masturbation, and says some held the prohibition applies only to men; Mufti Abu Layth notes Malik's disdain as a social attitude.
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 1:51:38)
A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/
Watch on YouTube at 1:51:38: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=6698s<p><b>Did classical scholars permit masturbation, and for women too?</b></p>
<p>The guest cites al-Shawkani's treatise and some Hanafi, Maliki and Hanbali reports permitting masturbation, and says some held the prohibition applies only to men; Mufti Abu Layth notes Malik's disdain as a social attitude.</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 & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 1:51:38)</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&t=6698s">Watch on YouTube at 1:51:38</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/22/">Open the segment</a></p>Is masturbation haram in Islam?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/21/2020-04-19T00:00:00Z2020-04-19T00:00:00ZIs masturbation haram in Islam?
The guest says no Companion is reported to have forbidden masturbation and that the only evidence cited against it is the advice to fast; Mufti Abu Layth says modern society demonises men's sexuality.
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 1:47:50)
A more recent answer on fiqh/fasting/what-breaks-the-fast exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/22/
Watch on YouTube at 1:47:50: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=6470s<p><b>Is masturbation haram in Islam?</b></p>
<p>The guest says no Companion is reported to have forbidden masturbation and that the only evidence cited against it is the advice to fast; Mufti Abu Layth says modern society demonises men's sexuality.</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 & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 1:47:50)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/fasting/what-breaks-the-fast exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/22/">Is the daytime ban on eating and intimacy in Ramadan stated in the Quran or inferred?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=6470s">Watch on YouTube at 1:47:50</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/21/">Open the segment</a></p>If pornography is not called haram, does that mean it is encouraged?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/20/2020-04-19T00:00:00Z2020-04-19T00:00:00ZIf pornography is not called haram, does that mean it is encouraged?
The guest distinguishes saying something should not be done from declaring it haram; Mufti Abu Layth restates that they are not encouraging pornography, which may be harmful, but not calling it haram.
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 1:44:16)
A more recent answer on fiqh/legal-theory exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/23/
Watch on YouTube at 1:44:16: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=6256s<p><b>If pornography is not called haram, does that mean it is encouraged?</b></p>
<p>The guest distinguishes saying something should not be done from declaring it haram; Mufti Abu Layth restates that they are not encouraging pornography, which may be harmful, but not calling it haram.</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 & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 1:44:16)</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=hOusirOkBVU&t=6256s">Watch on YouTube at 1:44:16</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/20/">Open the segment</a></p>Does lowering the gaze apply to images and screens?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/18/2020-04-19T00:00:00Z2020-04-19T00:00:00ZDoes lowering the gaze apply to images and screens?
The guest says most classical scholars took the forbidden gaze to be the lustful one, and that jurists distinguished seeing a person in the flesh from a reflection or screen, a matter on which there are two opinions.
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 1:32:23)
A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/
Watch on YouTube at 1:32:23: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=5543s<p><b>Does lowering the gaze apply to images and screens?</b></p>
<p>The guest says most classical scholars took the forbidden gaze to be the lustful one, and that jurists distinguished seeing a person in the flesh from a reflection or screen, a matter on which there are two opinions.</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 & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 1:32:23)</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&t=5543s">Watch on YouTube at 1:32:23</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/18/">Open the segment</a></p>Is looking at an image of a naked person the same as looking at a real one in Islamic law?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/17/2020-04-19T00:00:00Z2020-04-19T00:00:00ZIs looking at an image of a naked person the same as looking at a real one in Islamic law?
The guest says he cannot call something haram without a text prohibiting it, so he presents the scholars' differing views on looking at a reflection or image and leaves the choice to the asker.
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 1:28:23)
A more recent answer on fiqh/legal-theory exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/23/
Watch on YouTube at 1:28:23: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=5303s<p><b>Is looking at an image of a naked person the same as looking at a real one in Islamic law?</b></p>
<p>The guest says he cannot call something haram without a text prohibiting it, so he presents the scholars' differing views on looking at a reflection or image and leaves the choice to the asker.</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 & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 1:28:23)</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=hOusirOkBVU&t=5303s">Watch on YouTube at 1:28:23</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/17/">Open the segment</a></p>Is a marriage between a Muslim and a non-Muslim valid?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/16/2020-04-19T00:00:00Z2020-04-19T00:00:00ZIs a marriage between a Muslim and a non-Muslim valid?
Mufti Abu Layth says he holds that a nikah between a Muslim and a non-Muslim would be valid, especially for converts whose spouses remain non-Muslim; both say quoting recorded minority views gets them accused of opening Pandora's box.
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 1:23:10)
A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 1:23:10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=4990s<p><b>Is a marriage between a Muslim and a non-Muslim valid?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says he holds that a nikah between a Muslim and a non-Muslim would be valid, especially for converts whose spouses remain non-Muslim; both say quoting recorded minority views gets them accused of opening Pandora's box.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Shaykh Kashif Khan | Policing thought, Pornography & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 1:23:10)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists</b> (22 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/">Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=4990s">Watch on YouTube at 1:23:10</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/16/">Open the segment</a></p>Is it haram for a husband to drink his wife's breast milk?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/11/2020-04-19T00:00:00Z2020-04-19T00:00:00ZIs it haram for a husband to drink his wife's breast milk?
The guest says classical jurists allowed a husband to drink his wife's milk, and Mufti Abu Layth says the Maliki school considers it pure and not haram, unlike a stricter Hanafi view.
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 55:16)
A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/
Watch on YouTube at 55:16: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=3316s<p><b>Is it haram for a husband to drink his wife's breast milk?</b></p>
<p>The guest says classical jurists allowed a husband to drink his wife's milk, and Mufti Abu Layth says the Maliki school considers it pure and not haram, unlike a stricter Hanafi view.</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 & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 55:16)</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&t=3316s">Watch on YouTube at 55:16</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/11/">Open the segment</a></p>Is a woman on her period ritually impure?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/8/2020-04-19T00:00:00Z2020-04-19T00:00:00ZIs 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): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/19/
Watch on YouTube at 35:45: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=2145s<p><b>Is a woman on her period ritually impure?</b></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Shaykh Kashif Khan | Policing thought, Pornography & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 35:45)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/purification exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/19/">Why does the guest's prayer have no fixed number of units, and what counts as wudu?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=2145s">Watch on YouTube at 35:45</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/8/">Open the segment</a></p>Why does Islam forbid homosexual activity?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ejs0ibhhpg0/s/1/2019-08-02T00:00:00Z2019-08-02T00:00:00ZWhy does Islam forbid homosexual activity?
Islam did not address homosexuality directly; it outlawed all sex outside marriage to build strong family units, and homosexuality was prohibited as a by-product. There are no clear sahih hadith on it, and scholars differed on related questions such as anal sex. Mufti Abu Layth says that Islam did not address homosexuality directly but outlawed all sexual activity outside marriage in order to build strong family units, so that homosexuality was prohibited as a by-product, and that there are no clear sahih hadith on it.
Answer from 2 August 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Why are homosexual activities forbidden? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:01)
A more recent answer on fiqh/legal-theory exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/23/
Watch on YouTube at 0:01: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJS0IBhhPg0&t=1s<p><b>Why does Islam forbid homosexual activity?</b></p>
<p>Islam did not address homosexuality directly; it outlawed all sex outside marriage to build strong family units, and homosexuality was prohibited as a by-product. There are no clear sahih hadith on it, and scholars differed on related questions such as anal sex. Mufti Abu Layth says that Islam did not address homosexuality directly but outlawed all sexual activity outside marriage in order to build strong family units, so that homosexuality was prohibited as a by-product, and that there are no clear sahih hadith on it.</p>
<p>Answer from 2 August 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Why are homosexual activities forbidden? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:01)</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=eJS0IBhhPg0&t=1s">Watch on YouTube at 0:01</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ejs0ibhhpg0/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>Does an exclusive boyfriend-girlfriend relationship count as a nikah?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zs1rln2djss/s/3/2018-03-05T00:00:00Z2018-03-05T00:00:00ZDoes an exclusive boyfriend-girlfriend relationship count as a nikah?
Mufti Abu Layth does not endorse the idea but calls it a good question that the ulama should discuss. He says the past had simple marriage, unstigmatised divorce and other accepted outlets, whereas Muslims today have only a culturally dramatised, expensive nikah. Mufti Abu Layth holds that in the past marriage was simple, divorce was not stigmatised and other outlets were accepted, so earlier scholars never stressed this topic, whereas Muslims today have only a culturally dramatised and expensive nikah; he leaves the question whether an exclusive relationship amounts to nikah for the ulama to discuss.
Answer from 5 March 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Zina, Marriage and Relationships - Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki (at 10:25)
A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 10:25: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs1rLN2Djss&t=625s<p><b>Does an exclusive boyfriend-girlfriend relationship count as a nikah?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth does not endorse the idea but calls it a good question that the ulama should discuss. He says the past had simple marriage, unstigmatised divorce and other accepted outlets, whereas Muslims today have only a culturally dramatised, expensive nikah. Mufti Abu Layth holds that in the past marriage was simple, divorce was not stigmatised and other outlets were accepted, so earlier scholars never stressed this topic, whereas Muslims today have only a culturally dramatised and expensive nikah; he leaves the question whether an exclusive relationship amounts to nikah for the ulama to discuss.</p>
<p>Answer from 5 March 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Zina, Marriage and Relationships - Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki (at 10:25)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists</b> (22 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/">Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs1rLN2Djss&t=625s">Watch on YouTube at 10:25</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zs1rln2djss/s/3/">Open the segment</a></p>Why is it so hard for young Muslims to marry, and what are they supposed to do about desire?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zs1rln2djss/s/2/2018-03-05T00:00:00Z2018-03-05T00:00:00ZWhy is it so hard for young Muslims to marry, and what are they supposed to do about desire?
Men of eighteen or nineteen are generally not ready for marriage but have strong sexual needs, and Mufti Abu Layth says current religious teaching offers no real solution. He calls advice to fast and lower the gaze inadequate and asks scholars to acknowledge the problem. Mufti Abu Layth holds that men of eighteen or nineteen are generally not ready for marriage yet have strong sexual needs, that the usual advice to fast and lower the gaze is inadequate, and that, unlike in the past, Islam today has no solution to offer to this problem, which scholarship should acknowledge.
Answer from 5 March 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Zina, Marriage and Relationships - Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki (at 5:10)
A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 5:10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs1rLN2Djss&t=310s<p><b>Why is it so hard for young Muslims to marry, and what are they supposed to do about desire?</b></p>
<p>Men of eighteen or nineteen are generally not ready for marriage but have strong sexual needs, and Mufti Abu Layth says current religious teaching offers no real solution. He calls advice to fast and lower the gaze inadequate and asks scholars to acknowledge the problem. Mufti Abu Layth holds that men of eighteen or nineteen are generally not ready for marriage yet have strong sexual needs, that the usual advice to fast and lower the gaze is inadequate, and that, unlike in the past, Islam today has no solution to offer to this problem, which scholarship should acknowledge.</p>
<p>Answer from 5 March 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Zina, Marriage and Relationships - Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki (at 5:10)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists</b> (22 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/">Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs1rLN2Djss&t=310s">Watch on YouTube at 5:10</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zs1rln2djss/s/2/">Open the segment</a></p>Is zina today the same issue it was in the past?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zs1rln2djss/s/1/2018-03-05T00:00:00Z2018-03-05T00:00:00ZIs zina today the same issue it was in the past?
Much of the inherited social theory on relationships and marriage no longer matches today's reality, and Mufti Abu Layth calls for ulama to re-examine the context with fresh ijtihad. He describes marriage today as costly and idealised, with divorce and polygamy stigmatised. Mufti Abu Layth holds that much of the inherited social theory on relationships and marriage no longer matches today's circumstances and that ulama should re-analyse the context and offer suitable ijtihad.
Answer from 5 March 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Zina, Marriage and Relationships - Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki (at 0:00)
A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 1:18: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs1rLN2Djss&t=78s<p><b>Is zina today the same issue it was in the past?</b></p>
<p>Much of the inherited social theory on relationships and marriage no longer matches today's reality, and Mufti Abu Layth calls for ulama to re-examine the context with fresh ijtihad. He describes marriage today as costly and idealised, with divorce and polygamy stigmatised. Mufti Abu Layth holds that much of the inherited social theory on relationships and marriage no longer matches today's circumstances and that ulama should re-analyse the context and offer suitable ijtihad.</p>
<p>Answer from 5 March 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Zina, Marriage and Relationships - Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki (at 0:00)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists</b> (22 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/">Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs1rLN2Djss&t=78s">Watch on YouTube at 1:18</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zs1rln2djss/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>Anal intercourse: the difference of opinion and the chains of the critic's hadithhttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/r7s1dcclcwu/s/5/2018-01-02T00:00:00Z2018-01-02T00:00:00ZAnal intercourse: the difference of opinion and the chains of the critic's hadith
On anal intercourse Mufti Abu Layth says only that there is a difference of opinion: the majority held it haram, many Malikis did not and disliked it for hygiene. He argues that every hadith the critic quoted against it has a weak or disconnected chain.
Answer from 2 January 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)
Recording: Reply to Abu Ibraheem (Salafi)- By Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki (at 24:50)
A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 24:50: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7s1DcClcwU&t=1490s<p><b>Anal intercourse: the difference of opinion and the chains of the critic's hadith</b></p>
<p>On anal intercourse Mufti Abu Layth says only that there is a difference of opinion: the majority held it haram, many Malikis did not and disliked it for hygiene. He argues that every hadith the critic quoted against it has a weak or disconnected chain.</p>
<p>Answer from 2 January 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p>
<p>Recording: Reply to Abu Ibraheem (Salafi)- By Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki (at 24:50)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/sexual-ethics exists</b> (22 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/">Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7s1DcClcwU&t=1490s">Watch on YouTube at 24:50</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/r7s1dcclcwu/s/5/">Open the segment</a></p>Does masturbation break my fast?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zlxm19mte2a/s/1/2017-05-17T00:00:00Z2017-05-17T00:00:00ZDoes masturbation break my fast?
Scholars differ: the majority hold that masturbation with ejaculation breaks the fast, by analogy with intercourse, while a minority including Ibn Hazm and some Hanafis hold that it does not, since no text says so. Mufti Abu Layth presents both views without committing to one.
Answer from 17 May 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)
Recording: Q: Does Masturbation Invalidate the Fast? Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:05)
A more recent answer on fiqh/fasting/what-breaks-the-fast exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/22/
Watch on YouTube at 0:50: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlXm19MtE2A&t=50s<p><b>Does masturbation break my fast?</b></p>
<p>Scholars differ: the majority hold that masturbation with ejaculation breaks the fast, by analogy with intercourse, while a minority including Ibn Hazm and some Hanafis hold that it does not, since no text says so. Mufti Abu Layth presents both views without committing to one.</p>
<p>Answer from 17 May 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p>
<p>Recording: Q: Does Masturbation Invalidate the Fast? Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:05)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/fasting/what-breaks-the-fast exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/22/">Is the daytime ban on eating and intimacy in Ramadan stated in the Quran or inferred?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlXm19MtE2A&t=50s">Watch on YouTube at 0:50</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zlxm19mte2a/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>