Mufti Abu Layth Archive: fiqh/speech-and-everyday-conduct

Does Mufti Abu Layth have any scholarly precedent for his views?

2021-04-06T00:00:00Z

Does Mufti Abu Layth have any scholarly precedent for his views?

His views have respected precedents: al-Burzuli, a Maliki Shaykh al-Islam, held that punishments change with the age, and the subcontinent scholars he quotes were Ahl al-Hadith, not heretics. Not every untrue statement is a sin punished with hell.

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 3:10:56)

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Can I have a close non-Muslim friend and answer his salam?

2021-03-10T00:00:00Z

Can I have a close non-Muslim friend and answer his salam?

Mufti Abu Layth rejects as ignorance and nonsense the view that a Muslim cannot have a close non-Muslim friend or return his greeting. Assim al-Hakeem's answer in the clip, that only acquaintances are allowed and a non-Muslim's salam gets a smile at most, is the view being replied to.

Answer from 10 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Reply to Sheikh Assim on Having Non-Muslim Friend | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:01)

A more recent answer on dialogue/views-on-contemporary-scholars exists (22 February 2023): Should scholars publicly condemn a scholar said to have joined in a libation ritual?

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Is it haram to flip a coin to make a decision?

2021-02-09T00:00:00Z

Is it haram to flip a coin to make a decision?

Mufti Abu Layth says flipping a coin is not haram, but important decisions should be made by reasoning, not by a coin or a dream. Mufti Abu Layth says flipping coins is not haram.

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 3:16:17)

A more recent answer on fiqh/speech-and-everyday-conduct exists (6 April 2021): Does Mufti Abu Layth have any scholarly precedent for his views?

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Can I take back a promise I made to Allah?

2020-09-22T00:00:00Z

Can I take back a promise I made to Allah?

Mufti Abu Layth answers in jest: don't worry, take the promise back.

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 43:54)

A more recent answer on fiqh/speech-and-everyday-conduct exists (6 April 2021): Does Mufti Abu Layth have any scholarly precedent for his views?

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Why does the Quran talk about something as small as the Prophet's dinner guests?

2020-07-14T00:00:00Z

Why does the Quran talk about something as small as the Prophet's dinner guests?

They are not trivial: the verse teaches that small transgressions like imposing on people matter, and such etiquettes build a healthy society. Mufti Abu Layth says the verse on the Prophet's dinner guests shows that micro-transgressions such as imposing on people are not to be disregarded, and that these etiquettes are building blocks of a healthy society.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth 173 (at 1:06:38)

A more recent answer on quran/tafsir exists (18 October 2025): Why are two of the daily prayers recited silently when 17:110 says not to be silent?

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Is it wrong to preach modesty to society?

2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Is it wrong to preach modesty to society?

There is nothing wrong with a message about modesty: like avoiding profanity in front of children, social propriety has a place even when one disagrees on details. Tariq Jamil's apology, he says, was big of him. Mufti Abu Layth says there is nothing wrong in having a message about modesty.

Answer from 28 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Maulana Tariq Jamil on Media, Modesty & Women | Mufti Abu Layth (at 9:52)

A more recent answer on society/women-and-gender exists (10 March 2023): Who carried on Imam Malik's teaching after him?

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Do women really curse more than men, as the hadith says?

2018-07-29T00:00:00Z

Do women really curse more than men, as the hadith says?

No: Mufti Abu Layth says men swear more than women across cultures and ingratitude is shared by both, so the report's reasons are factual errors. Mufti Abu Layth says the report contains a factual error, since men always outperform women in swearing in every culture.

Answer from 29 July 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Hadith Analysis: Did the Prophet ﷺ Refer to Women as Lacking Intellect and Faith? (at 16:41)

A more recent answer on hadith/authentication/text-criticism-and-reason exists (19 August 2022): What does the Quran say against the satanic verses story?

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Is cyberbullying and attacking someone's honour haram in Islam?

2017-09-29T00:00:00Z

Is cyberbullying and attacking someone's honour haram in Islam?

Harming the honour of a Muslim is graver than destroying the Kaaba, Mufti Abu Layth says citing a hadith, and bullying, cyberbullying and maligning people are haram. A crime goes to the authorities; a haram act is for God alone to judge. Mufti Abu Layth holds that harming the honour of a Muslim is graver than destroying the Kaaba, as the hadith he cites says, and that bullying, cyberbullying and maligning people's character are haram.

Answer from 29 September 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Propaganda against Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan - Mufti Abu Layth (at 40:31)

A more recent answer on wellbeing/character-and-virtue exists (29 September 2024): Spread love, and take account of the damage our words have done

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Do Muslims online have the right to demand evidence about a scholar's private life?

2017-09-29T00:00:00Z

Do Muslims online have the right to demand evidence about a scholar's private life?

The public is not a court and has no jurisdiction to demand or weigh evidence about someone's private life, which everyone has a right to. Mufti Abu Layth says those attacking Nouman Ali Khan cannot fill his place when the next generation needs answers about the Quran. Mufti Abu Layth holds that the public is not a court and has no jurisdiction to demand or weigh evidence about a person's private life, and that everyone has a right to a personal life.

Answer from 29 September 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Propaganda against Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan - Mufti Abu Layth (at 36:37)

A more recent answer on dialogue/the-mufti-and-the-channel exists (18 May 2021): Response to accusations over Palestine remarks and claims he is not Muslim

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Why does it matter that the word 'abuse' was used about Nouman Ali Khan?

2017-09-29T00:00:00Z

Why does it matter that the word 'abuse' was used about Nouman Ali Khan?

Calling flirtatious messages abuse misuses a word people understand to mean molestation or rape, in Mufti Abu Layth's view, and it was used to destroy a man who made the Quran relevant in English. He calls the campaign coordinated, driven by ulterior motives, and an act of Judas.

Answer from 29 September 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Propaganda against Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan - Mufti Abu Layth (at 32:43)

A more recent answer on dialogue/views-on-contemporary-scholars exists (22 February 2023): Should scholars publicly condemn a scholar said to have joined in a libation ritual?

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Did great scholars like Ibn Hajar have private lives that would be condemned today?

2017-09-29T00:00:00Z

Did great scholars like Ibn Hajar have private lives that would be condemned today?

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani married a woman who had been his wife's slave girl without anyone warning the ummah against him, Mufti Abu Layth says, so such private conduct cannot be called abuse. Words like abuse imply real abuse and are dangerous. Mufti Abu Layth holds that conduct such as Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani's marriage to his wife's former slave girl was never treated as abuse of power or as grounds to warn the ummah against him, and that the word abuse should be kept for real abuse, not the breaking of corporate rules.

Answer from 29 September 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Propaganda against Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan - Mufti Abu Layth (at 30:07)

A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams exists (10 December 2022): How did Abu Hanifa become a scholar after starting out as a merchant?

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Is it Islamic to name and shame someone for a sin?

2017-09-29T00:00:00Z

Is it Islamic to name and shame someone for a sin?

Naming and shaming a person for a sin is a modern tabloid practice with no basis in the Prophet's example, who addressed wrongdoing without naming anyone. Those acting as haram police are mostly unqualified, and Mufti Abu Layth notes they ignore rulings that apply to themselves. Mufti Abu Layth holds that publicly naming and shaming a person for a sin is a modern tabloid practice with no basis in the Prophet's example, since the Prophet addressed wrongdoing without naming anyone.

Answer from 29 September 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Propaganda against Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan - Mufti Abu Layth (at 15:41)

A more recent answer on history/sirah exists (9 May 2023): How did the Prophet balance gentleness and strength?

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If a religious figure does something wrong, should people expose him online?

2017-09-29T00:00:00Z

If a religious figure does something wrong, should people expose him online?

If a crime was committed it must be reported to the authorities, and vigilante justice is haram. If the act is only haram and not a crime, it is for Allah alone to judge, not for people online. Mufti Abu Layth holds that if a crime has been committed it must be reported to the authorities, that vigilante justice is haram, and that a haram act that is not a crime is for Allah alone to judge.

Answer from 29 September 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Propaganda against Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan - Mufti Abu Layth (at 10:30)

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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What arguments were used to justify exposing Nouman Ali Khan?

2017-09-29T00:00:00Z

What arguments were used to justify exposing Nouman Ali Khan?

The campaign rested on three claims: a duty to forbid evil, greater accountability for leaders, and the idea that any relationship involving a person of status is abuse. Mufti Abu Layth presents these as the views he is about to answer.

Answer from 29 September 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Propaganda against Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan - Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:36)

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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Was it wrong to publish the allegations against Nouman Ali Khan?

2017-09-29T00:00:00Z

Was it wrong to publish the allegations against Nouman Ali Khan?

Releasing ambiguous allegations of abuse against Nouman Ali Khan, later said to concern flirtatious messages, was clear-cut haram and character assassination in Mufti Abu Layth's view. He calls the handling despicable and contrary to the Prophet's message.

Answer from 29 September 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Propaganda against Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan - Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:39)

A more recent answer on dialogue/views-on-contemporary-scholars exists (22 February 2023): Should scholars publicly condemn a scholar said to have joined in a libation ritual?

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