Mufti Abu Layth Archive: fiqh/zakat-and-charityAnswers on fiqh/zakat-and-charity, newest recording first.https://muftiabulayth.org/feeds/topics/fiqh-zakat-and-charity.atom.xml2021-01-19T00:00:00ZMufti Abu Layth Archivepipeline/feeds.pyDo I pay zakat again on savings that haven't grown?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/32/2021-01-19T00:00:00Z2021-01-19T00:00:00ZDo I pay zakat again on savings that haven't grown?
Zakat is due again each year on the same savings, Mufti Abu Layth says, giving it as what is technically said.
Answer from 19 January 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:30:37)
Watch on YouTube at 2:32:30: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&t=9150s<p><b>Do I pay zakat again on savings that haven't grown?</b></p>
<p>Zakat is due again each year on the same savings, Mufti Abu Layth says, giving it as what is technically said.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 January 2021 路 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 #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:30:37)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&t=9150s">Watch on YouTube at 2:32:30</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/32/">Open the segment</a></p>Does giving charity protect me from bad things happening?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/17/2020-08-24T00:00:00Z2020-08-24T00:00:00ZDoes giving charity protect me from bad things happening?
Yes: he says giving brings good back, beginning with family, and recalls receiving much more after giving when money was tight.
Answer from 24 August 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:00:09)
A more recent answer on wellbeing/gratitude-giving-and-contentment exists (5 March 2024): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/c-9mcspqqwe/s/1/
Watch on YouTube at 1:00:09: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmtt2TQAO0&t=3609s<p><b>Does giving charity protect me from bad things happening?</b></p>
<p>Yes: he says giving brings good back, beginning with family, and recalls receiving much more after giving when money was tight.</p>
<p>Answer from 24 August 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:00:09)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on wellbeing/gratitude-giving-and-contentment exists</b> (5 March 2024): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/c-9mcspqqwe/s/1/">Which verse of the Quran promises more blessings for being grateful?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmtt2TQAO0&t=3609s">Watch on YouTube at 1:00:09</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/17/">Open the segment</a></p>Does paying taxes count as paying zakat?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/16/2020-08-24T00:00:00Z2020-08-24T00:00:00ZDoes paying taxes count as paying zakat?
Yes, he believes paying taxes suffices for zakat today, provided the person also gives charity at various points in the year. Mufti Abu Layth says that, in his understanding, if a person pays taxes and makes a personal practice of giving charity through the year, it suffices for zakat.
Answer from 24 August 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 58:11)
A more recent answer on fiqh/zakat-and-charity exists (19 January 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/32/
Watch on YouTube at 58:51: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmtt2TQAO0&t=3531s<p><b>Does paying taxes count as paying zakat?</b></p>
<p>Yes, he believes paying taxes suffices for zakat today, provided the person also gives charity at various points in the year. Mufti Abu Layth says that, in his understanding, if a person pays taxes and makes a personal practice of giving charity through the year, it suffices for zakat.</p>
<p>Answer from 24 August 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 58:11)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/zakat-and-charity exists</b> (19 January 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/32/">Do I pay zakat again on savings that haven't grown?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmtt2TQAO0&t=3531s">Watch on YouTube at 58:51</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/16/">Open the segment</a></p>Should the zakat threshold be different in each country?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/15/2020-08-24T00:00:00Z2020-08-24T00:00:00ZShould the zakat threshold be different in each country?
Mufti Abu Layth says regional thresholds make sense to him, since the nisab rests on weak hadith and the detailed zakat system was largely built by later scholars. Mufti Abu Layth says there is no real sahih hadith on the nisab of zakat, all the reports being weak.
Answer from 24 August 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 49:56)
A more recent answer on hadith/authentication exists (19 August 2022): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/16/
Watch on YouTube at 50:33: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmtt2TQAO0&t=3033s<p><b>Should the zakat threshold be different in each country?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says regional thresholds make sense to him, since the nisab rests on weak hadith and the detailed zakat system was largely built by later scholars. Mufti Abu Layth says there is no real sahih hadith on the nisab of zakat, all the reports being weak.</p>
<p>Answer from 24 August 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 49:56)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/authentication exists</b> (19 August 2022): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/16/">Why did Ibn Hajar say the satanic verses story has some basis?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmtt2TQAO0&t=3033s">Watch on YouTube at 50:33</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/15/">Open the segment</a></p>A vegan qurbani joke, and one sacrifice for a whole villagehttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr4-gh0qez4/s/3/2020-08-04T00:00:00Z2020-08-04T00:00:00ZA vegan qurbani joke, and one sacrifice for a whole village
Mufti Abu Layth suggests that today one sacrifice could serve a whole village or locality, with the money saved given to the poor. Mufti Abu Layth says that maybe in this day and age one offering could be made for an entire village or locality.
Answer from 4 August 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth #176 *Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted!* 馃ぃ (at 8:10)
A more recent answer on fiqh/festivals-and-greetings exists (16 February 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/37/
Watch on YouTube at 8:10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR4-gh0qEZ4&t=490s<p><b>A vegan qurbani joke, and one sacrifice for a whole village</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth suggests that today one sacrifice could serve a whole village or locality, with the money saved given to the poor. Mufti Abu Layth says that maybe in this day and age one offering could be made for an entire village or locality.</p>
<p>Answer from 4 August 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth #176 *Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted!* 馃ぃ (at 8:10)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/festivals-and-greetings exists</b> (16 February 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/37/">Can a Muslim have a close non-Muslim friend?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR4-gh0qEZ4&t=490s">Watch on YouTube at 8:10</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr4-gh0qez4/s/3/">Open the segment</a></p>Were the people who refused zakah after the Prophet's death apostates?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/10/2020-04-19T00:00:00Z2020-04-19T00:00:00ZWere the people who refused zakah after the Prophet's death apostates?
The guest says taxes that fund welfare can count as zakah, and that the refusers fought by Abu Bakr were rebels against the state rather than apostates; Mufti Abu Layth says he is inclined to that view.
Answer from 19 April 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Shaykh Kashif Khan | Policing thought, Pornography & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 47:29)
A more recent answer on fiqh/public-law-and-governance/apostasy-and-blasphemy exists (29 September 2024): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hmurvu2c9yq/s/2/
Watch on YouTube at 47:29: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=2849s<p><b>Were the people who refused zakah after the Prophet's death apostates?</b></p>
<p>The guest says taxes that fund welfare can count as zakah, and that the refusers fought by Abu Bakr were rebels against the state rather than apostates; Mufti Abu Layth says he is inclined to that view.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 April 2020 路 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 47:29)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/public-law-and-governance/apostasy-and-blasphemy exists</b> (29 September 2024): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hmurvu2c9yq/s/2/">Is someone who says something wrong about the Prophet guilty of blasphemy?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=2849s">Watch on YouTube at 47:29</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/10/">Open the segment</a></p>How clearly was zakah defined in the Prophet's lifetime?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/9/2020-04-19T00:00:00Z2020-04-19T00:00:00ZHow clearly was zakah defined in the Prophet's lifetime?
The guest says some salaf and Ibn Taymiyya counted taxes paid to the authorities as zakah; Mufti Abu Layth says zakah was not clearly defined in the Prophet's time and its later rules were a pragmatic tax decision.
Answer from 19 April 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Shaykh Kashif Khan | Policing thought, Pornography & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 42:21)
A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/
Watch on YouTube at 42:21: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=2541s<p><b>How clearly was zakah defined in the Prophet's lifetime?</b></p>
<p>The guest says some salaf and Ibn Taymiyya counted taxes paid to the authorities as zakah; Mufti Abu Layth says zakah was not clearly defined in the Prophet's time and its later rules were a pragmatic tax decision.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 April 2020 路 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 42:21)</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=2541s">Watch on YouTube at 42:21</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/9/">Open the segment</a></p>Is it wrong to judge someone who has become an atheist or left Islam?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ypfqphdsbgg/s/3/2019-08-01T00:00:00Z2019-08-01T00:00:00ZIs it wrong to judge someone who has become an atheist or left Islam?
A person's atheism or doubts are their own choice and he does not judge them; what he objects to, he says, is staged exorcisms and charity money taken under false pretences. Mufti Abu Layth says that if a person is an atheist it is their choice, as there is no compulsion in Islam, and he does not judge people who have doubts or have left the faith.
Answer from 1 August 2019 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Umm Abdullah & Hasanat Scandal | Mufti Abu Layth (at 10:45)
A more recent answer on belief/salvation-and-non-muslims exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/26/
Watch on YouTube at 10:45: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPFQpHdSbGg&t=645s<p><b>Is it wrong to judge someone who has become an atheist or left Islam?</b></p>
<p>A person's atheism or doubts are their own choice and he does not judge them; what he objects to, he says, is staged exorcisms and charity money taken under false pretences. Mufti Abu Layth says that if a person is an atheist it is their choice, as there is no compulsion in Islam, and he does not judge people who have doubts or have left the faith.</p>
<p>Answer from 1 August 2019 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Umm Abdullah & Hasanat Scandal | Mufti Abu Layth (at 10:45)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/salvation-and-non-muslims exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/26/">If most people love praise and are punished, how is God the most merciful?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPFQpHdSbGg&t=645s">Watch on YouTube at 10:45</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ypfqphdsbgg/s/3/">Open the segment</a></p>