Mufti Abu Layth Archive: hadith/bukhari

Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?

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

Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?

Mufti Abu Layth says his hadith criticism, including BukhariGate, was driven by reports that insult the Prophet, whose honour comes before Muslims' own; the guest says calling the Prophet the most beloved of creation is unprovable and a lie against God, and that the Quran favours Abraham, whom Muhammad is told to follow.

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

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Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 43:36)

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Should loyalty to a scholar ever come before the honour of the Prophet?

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Should loyalty to a scholar ever come before the honour of the Prophet?

No: he says loyalty belongs first to the Prophet, so a report that disparages him must be rejected whoever accepted it, citing Imam Malik's maxim that everyone's words can be accepted or rejected except the Prophet's. Mufti Abu Layth says that when a report disparages the Prophet, loyalty belongs to the Prophet rather than to any scholar who accepted it, and that everyone's words may be accepted or rejected except the Prophet's.

Answer from 19 August 2022 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Salman Rushdie & The Satanic Verses | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:47:24)

A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?

Watch on YouTube at 1:47:24 · Open the segment

Why did Ibn Hajar say the satanic verses story has some basis?

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Why did Ibn Hajar say the satanic verses story has some basis?

Mufti Abu Layth says Ibn Hajar wrongly argued that the many weak chains give the story a basis, and attributes the mistake to passion for the hadith project rather than malice. Mufti Abu Layth says Ibn Hajar was wrong to argue that the many weak chains give the satanic verses story a basis, a mistake he attributes to passion for the hadith project rather than to malice.

Answer from 19 August 2022 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Salman Rushdie & The Satanic Verses | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:18:40)

A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?

Watch on YouTube at 1:18:40 · Open the segment

Why do Mufti Abu Layth's critics defend Bukhari reports that demean the Prophet?

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Why do Mufti Abu Layth's critics defend Bukhari reports that demean the Prophet?

Critics who defend Bukhari reports Mufti Abu Layth regards as insulting to the Prophet, such as marrying a child, forcing Safiyya, forgetting the Quran or being made impotent by magic, cannot claim to love the Prophet. Mariya al-Qibtiyya was a wife, not a concubine, and the critics' real concern is a fantasy caliphate and power. Mufti Abu Layth holds that Mariya al-Qibtiyya was a wife of the Prophet and not a concubine, and calls nonsense the teachings, some of them in Sahih al-Bukhari, that the Prophet married a child, forcibly took Safiyya, tried to force himself on a woman, forgot the Quran or was made impotent by magic.

Answer from 19 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Saudi Arabia & Sahih Al-Bukhari | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:04)

A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?

Watch on YouTube at 0:04 · Open the segment

Did Dr Abdul Majid refute Mufti Abu Layth's BukhariGate arguments?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Did Dr Abdul Majid refute Mufti Abu Layth's BukhariGate arguments?

No: Mufti Abu Layth says Dr Abdul Majid accepted Bukhari because other scholars had and did not answer the points on its transmission, though he respects him for having the dialogue.

Answer from 13 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:52:38)

A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?

Watch on YouTube at 1:53:57 · Open the segment

Should Muslims judge their own sources by the standards they apply to other religions?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Should Muslims judge their own sources by the standards they apply to other religions?

Yes: Mufti Abu Layth says Muslims should hold their own sources to the standard they use for others, giving the example of Bukhari resting on one unvouched-for transmitter. Mufti Abu Layth says Muslims should apply to their own tradition the critical standards they apply to other faiths, noting that Sahih al-Bukhari rests on one transmitter whom no one vouched for for about 150 years.

Answer from 13 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 33:26)

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

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Why does Mufti Abu Layth say the Bukhari chain for Jesus's descent is unreliable?

Sun, 14 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Why does Mufti Abu Layth say the Bukhari chain for Jesus's descent is unreliable?

The first Bukhari chain leaves two narrators' names ambiguous, a practice al-Dhahabi and Ibn Hajar record of al-Bukhari, and passes through al-Zuhri, whom the critics describe as inserting his own words into reports and making mursal reports reach the Prophet. Mufti Abu Layth says the first Bukhari chain for Jesus's descent is unreliable because al-Bukhari left the names of Ishaq and Salih ambiguous, which he says al-Bukhari did on purpose with teachers' names so as to deceive readers, as al-Dhahabi and Ibn Hajar record, and because al-Zuhri was known to insert his own words into reports and to make mursal reports reach the Prophet.

Answer from 14 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Reply to Yasir Qadhi's False Claims on 2nd Coming of Jesus | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:35:56)

A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?

Watch on YouTube at 1:35:56 · Open the segment

Is distinguishing the Sunnah from hadith a modernist invention?

Sun, 14 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is distinguishing the Sunnah from hadith a modernist invention?

Mufti Abu Layth says distinguishing hadith from the Sunnah is the teaching of the madhhabs and of Imam Malik, not an invention of Muhammad Abduh, and that he does not treat Bukhari as special but judges every hadith by the same criteria. Qadhi's clip calls this separation a bigger problem than denying Jesus's return.

Answer from 14 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Reply to Yasir Qadhi's False Claims on 2nd Coming of Jesus | Mufti Abu Layth (at 26:18)

A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists (18 October 2025): Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?

Watch on YouTube at 26:18 · Open the segment

Is the hadith in Bukhari about Jesus coming down reliable?

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is the hadith in Bukhari about Jesus coming down reliable?

The first Bukhari chain is doubtful: al-Bukhari left two narrators unnamed, which he is known to have done deliberately, and the chain runs through al-Zuhri, who was known to insert his own words into hadith. Mufti Abu Layth says al-Bukhari on purpose referred to his teacher Muhammad ibn Yahya by names he was not known by, so as to deceive his readers.

Answer from 2 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:38:55)

A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?

Watch on YouTube at 2:38:55 · Open the segment

Is distinguishing the Sunnah from hadith a modernist invention?

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is distinguishing the Sunnah from hadith a modernist invention?

Qadhi calls the hadith-Sunnah distinction a modernist invention worse than denying the return; Mufti Abu Layth says it is what the madhhabs and Imam Malik actually teach, and that Bukhari is not beyond criticism.

Answer from 2 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:29:15)

A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists (18 October 2025): Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?

Watch on YouTube at 1:29:15 · Open the segment

Do Ash'aris believe the Quran is created?

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Do Ash'aris believe the Quran is created?

Mufti Abu Layth says Ash'ari texts do teach that the Arabic Quran is created, but use the word muhdath instead of makhluq because of the stigma; many Ash'aris today do not know this. Mufti Abu Layth says the Ash'aris believe the Quran was created but, embarrassed by it, hide the wording behind terms the public would not understand.

Answer from 16 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 59:57)

A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?

Watch on YouTube at 59:57 · Open the segment

Why does Bukhari accept a narrator who praised Ali's killer while Shia narrators are rejected?

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Why does Bukhari accept a narrator who praised Ali's killer while Shia narrators are rejected?

Mufti Abu Layth calls it a double standard that al-Bukhari accepts as trustworthy a narrator who praised Ibn Muljam for killing Ali, while reports from Imam Jafar and other Shia imams are rejected because of their source. Mufti Abu Layth says it is prejudice and a double standard that al-Bukhari accepts as trustworthy a narrator who openly praised Ibn Muljam for killing Ali, while reports from Imam Jafar and the other Shia imams are rejected because they come from Shia sources.

Answer from 15 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Hypocrisy in the Sunni Hadith Methodology | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?

Watch on YouTube at 0:00 · Open the segment

Can al-Firabri, the transmitter of Sahih al-Bukhari, be trusted?

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

Can al-Firabri, the transmitter of Sahih al-Bukhari, be trusted?

Mufti Abu Layth says al-Firabri deserves some suspicion: not evil, but not the great imam later generations made him. Mufti Abu Layth says al-Firabri, the transmitter of Sahih al-Bukhari, is somewhat dubious and that there must be some level of suspicion towards him.

Answer from 9 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #201| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 57:47)

A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?

Watch on YouTube at 58:18 · Open the segment

Why do Hanafis defend Sahih al-Bukhari when their school differs from it?

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Why do Hanafis defend Sahih al-Bukhari when their school differs from it?

Mufti Abu Layth says Bukhari has question marks and is not the gold standard; the guest says its canonisation was an Abbasid-era Athari project, and that for Hanafis the Athar of their own imams should rank highest.

Answer from 29 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Shaykh Atabek Shukurov | Mortgages, Madhabs & Molvi-ism | MindTrap 48 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 58:48)

A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?

Watch on YouTube at 59:28 · Open the segment

Should we throw away hadith altogether?

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

Should we throw away hadith altogether?

No: he says the hadith tradition is a beautiful, unparalleled record of the Prophet that should be filtered for corrupted reports, not discarded. Mufti Abu Layth says the hadith tradition is a beautiful and unparalleled record of the Prophet that should be filtered for the reports that became corrupted, not thrown away.

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

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #199 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:22:31)

A more recent answer on hadith/quran-only-movement exists (18 October 2025): How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?

Watch on YouTube at 2:22:31 · Open the segment

If a hadith is also in other books besides Bukhari, does that confirm it?

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

If a hadith is also in other books besides Bukhari, does that confirm it?

Not necessarily: he says transmitters and editors, often with good intentions, aligned names and texts with versions they knew, as Ahmad Shakir did in al-Muhalla, so parallel versions may not be independent. Mufti Abu Layth says that later transmitters and editors, even with good intentions, may have altered reports and names to match versions they knew, so that the same hadith appearing in other books need not be independent of al-Bukhari.

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

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #199 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:56:22)

A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?

Watch on YouTube at 1:56:22 · Open the segment

Is Mufti Abu Layth against Imam Bukhari?

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

Is Mufti Abu Layth against Imam Bukhari?

No: he says he respects al-Bukhari as an outstanding hadith scholar, though not infallible, but holds that the book reaching us was altered in transmission, so troubling reports deserve caution. Mufti Abu Layth says he has never been against Imam Bukhari, whom he regards as an outstanding though fallible hadith scholar, but holds that the book reaching us was altered in transmission, so reports in it that disrespect the prophets or concern killing should be treated with caution.

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

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #199 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:32:28)

A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?

Watch on YouTube at 1:32:28 · Open the segment

How did the BukhariGate discussion go on manuscripts and problematic hadith?

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

How did the BukhariGate discussion go on manuscripts and problematic hadith?

Mufti Abu Layth says the guest did not contest the manuscript evidence, and that defending the problematic reports amounts to claiming the Prophet could err but al-Bukhari could not. Mufti Abu Layth says that defending reports in Bukhari which portray the Prophet as bewitched or forgetting the Quran amounts to claiming the Prophet could err but al-Bukhari could not, when errors in the book's transmission are far more likely.

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

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #199 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:21:59)

A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?

Watch on YouTube at 1:21:59 · Open the segment

Did the debate with Dr Abdullah Abdul Majid answer the BukhariGate challenge?

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

Did the debate with Dr Abdullah Abdul Majid answer the BukhariGate challenge?

Mufti Abu Layth says the discussion did not settle BukhariGate but strengthened it, since doubts about the book's transmission mean reports contradicting reason or the Quran should be set aside. Mufti Abu Layth says the discussion did not put BukhariGate to rest but further cemented it, and that because Sahih al-Bukhari cannot be shown with certainty to reach us exactly from its author, reports in it that contradict reason, the Quran or Islam's principles should be set aside.

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

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #199 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:16:45)

A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?

Watch on YouTube at 1:16:45 · Open the segment

Who is Dr Abdul Majid, your Mind Trap guest?

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

Who is Dr Abdul Majid, your Mind Trap guest?

Mufti Abu Layth will discuss BukhariGate with Dr Abdul Majid on Mind Trap, despite past hostile videos, and hopes it will be positive. Mufti Abu Layth says swearing is not haram.

Answer from 19 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 47:58)

A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?

Watch on YouTube at 47:58 · Open the segment

Announcement: a Mind Trap discussion with Dr Abdullah Abdul Majid on BukhariGate

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

Announcement: a Mind Trap discussion with Dr Abdullah Abdul Majid on BukhariGate

Announcement: a Mind Trap discussion on BukhariGate with Dr Abdullah Abdul Majid is set for next Thursday, and he asks viewers to be respectful.

Answer from 12 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #197 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:30:41)

A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?

Watch on YouTube at 1:30:41 · Open the segment

Will you critique Sahih Muslim like you did al-Bukhari?

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

Will you critique Sahih Muslim like you did al-Bukhari?

Mufti Abu Layth chose al-Bukhari, not Muslim or others, because it is the symbol of the Salafi-Wahhabi legacy; that is the fortress he wanted to take on. Mufti Abu Layth says he went for al-Bukhari because it has become the symbol of the legacy of Islam as promoted by the Salafis and Wahhabis.

Answer from 12 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #197 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:13:01)

A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?

Watch on YouTube at 1:13:41 · Open the segment

Was the woman who refused the Prophet in Bukhari's divorce chapter his wife?

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

Was the woman who refused the Prophet in Bukhari's divorce chapter his wife?

The chapter's reports are confused and defenders strain to reconcile them; he says hadith scholars, like doctors, were institutionalised in their field. Mufti Abu Layth says that most scholars of Islam in the past who were invested in a particular field were institutionalised by it and did not critique it the way an outsider does, though a few thought out of the box.

Answer from 5 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #196 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 48:31)

A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?

Watch on YouTube at 48:31 · Open the segment

Which hadith book is the most authentic?

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

Which hadith book is the most authentic?

Mufti Abu Layth takes each hadith on its merits rather than trusting one book; if anything, he would call Imam Malik's Muwatta the most authentic. Mufti Abu Layth says he would not single out a particular hadith book, taking each hadith on its merits, but if anything he supposes he would call the Muwatta of Imam Malik the most authentic.

Answer from 5 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #196 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 17:21)

A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?

Watch on YouTube at 17:21 · Open the segment

Dr Abdul Majid's response to BukhariGate, and an invitation to Mind Trap

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

Dr Abdul Majid's response to BukhariGate, and an invitation to Mind Trap

Mufti Abu Layth has invited Dr Abdul Majid onto Mind Trap to discuss BukhariGate, and says he found no actual refutation in the response he watched.

Answer from 5 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #196 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 10:15)

A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?

Watch on YouTube at 10:15 · Open the segment

Why criticise Sahih al-Bukhari but not Imam Malik's Muwatta?

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Why criticise Sahih al-Bukhari but not Imam Malik's Muwatta?

The Muwatta is not caught up in the same debate: many people transmitted it, and Imam Malik himself shows in it that some well-chained hadith are not acted upon, so there is no dogmatism around it. Mufti Abu Layth says the debate over al-Bukhari does not apply to Imam Malik's book because Imam Malik himself teaches in it that a hadith with a good chain may not be acted upon.

Answer from 21 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Why criticize Bukhari but not the Muwatta of Imam Malik? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:03)

A more recent answer on fiqh/maliki-school/muwatta-and-mudawwana exists (18 October 2025): Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?

Watch on YouTube at 0:03 · Open the segment

Who vouched for al-Farabri, the transmitter of Sahih al-Bukhari?

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Who vouched for al-Farabri, the transmitter of Sahih al-Bukhari?

Sahih al-Bukhari reaches us through al-Farabri alone, and nobody who knew him vouched for him, so Mufti Abu Layth says the whole edifice rests on one man. Critics who only know how to debate the Shia avoid this question.

Answer from 20 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Why people run from the Bukhari debate? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:59)

A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?

Watch on YouTube at 3:59 · Open the segment

Why do critics refuse to debate the authenticity of Sahih al-Bukhari?

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Why do critics refuse to debate the authenticity of Sahih al-Bukhari?

Critics who say Mufti Abu Layth knows nothing about Sahih al-Bukhari decline his invitation to debate it, and Jonathan Brown admitted on Facebook that he lacked the research. Mufti says al-Farabri's reliability can only be asserted from sources centuries later, not from anyone who knew him.

Answer from 20 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Why people run from the Bukhari debate? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?

Watch on YouTube at 0:00 · Open the segment

An offer to discuss Sahih al-Bukhari live, and a demand for a moderated debate

Mon, 24 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000

An offer to discuss Sahih al-Bukhari live, and a demand for a moderated debate

Mufti Abu Layth recounts inviting the critic to a live discussion on Sahih al-Bukhari, which the critic declined in favour of a moderated debate.

Answer from 24 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:39:40)

A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?

Watch on YouTube at 2:39:40 · Open the segment

How do I make sense of the hadith that the Prophet banned mut'ah?

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

How do I make sense of the hadith that the Prophet banned mut'ah?

Mufti Abu Layth says the reports on the banning of mut'ah are inconsistent and contradict each other, so they are hard to rely on. Mufti Abu Layth says the hadith about mut'ah are very inconsistent and turbulent, seeming to contradict each other.

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

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth 173 (at 1:01:01)

A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?

Watch on YouTube at 1:01:01 · Open the segment

Can Muslims do ijtihad from the Quran alone?

Fri, 26 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Can Muslims do ijtihad from the Quran alone?

Mufti Abu Layth agrees with the guest that making Islam Bukhari-centric is a problem, as his BukhariGate series argues. The guest says the Quran declares itself easy to understand and that whoever thinks it difficult or rejects its clear verses loses access to it.

Answer from 26 June 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Prof. Edip Yuksel | Rejecting Hadith, Rashad Khalifa & Realizing '19' | MindTrap with Mufti #27 (at 38:24)

A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?

Watch on YouTube at 38:24 · Open the segment

Is criticising Sahih al-Bukhari an attack on Imam al-Bukhari?

Wed, 22 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Is criticising Sahih al-Bukhari an attack on Imam al-Bukhari?

Imam al-Bukhari deserves credit for sifting hadith and his shorter narratives are usually the more authentic, but he was a human being and his book is not the Quran. Mufti Abu Layth says BukhariGate critiques the myth of an untouchable gold standard, not the man.

Answer from 22 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Shaykh Dr. Shabir Ally | Juxtaposing the Quran, Jumbling Aisha's age & Jinn Possession | MindTrap#16 (at 1:11:36)

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Can Sahih al-Bukhari be proven to be the book Imam al-Bukhari wrote?

Wed, 22 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Can Sahih al-Bukhari be proven to be the book Imam al-Bukhari wrote?

Mufti Abu Layth holds that what is really mutawatir is the living tradition, not any hadith, and that Sahih al-Bukhari cannot be proven to be Bukhari's exact book since it rests on one unvouched transmitter, Farabri. Each report should therefore be weighed against reason, the Quran and the principles of Islam like any other hadith.

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Recording: Shaykh Dr. Shabir Ally | Juxtaposing the Quran, Jumbling Aisha's age & Jinn Possession | MindTrap#16 (at 1:01:06)

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Can a hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari be questioned?

Wed, 22 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Can a hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari be questioned?

Sahih means Bukhari and Muslim verified the chains, which says little about the content, since reliable narrators still err and insert explanations; only the few mutawatir reports, mostly practices like the number of units in prayer, are beyond doubt. Mufti Abu Layth says he believes all the hadith on Aisha's age are weak.

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Recording: Shaykh Dr. Shabir Ally | Juxtaposing the Quran, Jumbling Aisha's age & Jinn Possession | MindTrap#16 (at 54:33)

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Is questioning Aisha's age just an attempt to please non-Muslims?

Wed, 22 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Is questioning Aisha's age just an attempt to please non-Muslims?

The guest says he once made the same accusation, but came to see that a girl of nine is not fit for marriage and that Muslims themselves do not marry girls at that age. A report being in Bukhari does not make it the final word, since scholars have always differed with Bukhari where something more authentic exists.

Answer from 22 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Shaykh Dr. Shabir Ally | Juxtaposing the Quran, Jumbling Aisha's age & Jinn Possession | MindTrap#16 (at 48:03)

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Should we recite Sahih al-Bukhari to protect ourselves from the coronavirus?

Mon, 30 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Should we recite Sahih al-Bukhari to protect ourselves from the coronavirus?

No: reciting Sahih al-Bukhari is not the way to tackle the coronavirus, and the Quran itself is not a medical cure; people can simply make du'a.

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Recording: How NOT to respond to Covid-19 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

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Is it Sunnah to drink camel urine as medicine?

Sun, 16 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Is it Sunnah to drink camel urine as medicine?

No, you should not drink camel urine: he calls it nonsense and says the report is problematic in its chain and its text, even though it is in al-Bukhari. Mufti Abu Layth says that one should not drink camel urine and calls the idea nonsense.

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Recording: Drinking Camel Urine? -Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

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If some hadith are unreliable, doesn't that make the Quran unreliable too?

Sat, 28 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000

If some hadith are unreliable, doesn't that make the Quran unreliable too?

No: the Quran was passed on en masse as a recited living tradition, so doubts about particular hadith chains do not carry over to it. Mufti Abu Layth says those who argue that weakening hadith weakens the Quran have not truly understood how the Quran was transmitted.

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Recording: Does criticising Hadith transmission mean criticising the Quran tranmssion? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:01)

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Are the hadith about Aisha's young age authentic?

Thu, 19 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Are the hadith about Aisha's young age authentic?

Mufti Abu Layth says every chain for Aisha's young age is flawed, resting on narrators accused of tadlis and all going back to Urwa. Those who defend them put al-Bukhari's sanctity above the Prophet's honour. Mufti Abu Layth says he can show that every chain brought to prove Aisha's young age is massively flawed.

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Recording: A reply to Asadulah Al-Andalusi on the age of Aisha (r) | Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:57)

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Would Mufti Abu Layth debate Shaykh al-Yaqoubi on Sahih al-Bukhari?

Wed, 21 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Would Mufti Abu Layth debate Shaykh al-Yaqoubi on Sahih al-Bukhari?

Yes: he invites al-Yaqoubi to a civil, respectful discussion because he rejects the claim that Sahih al-Bukhari is impossible to doubt. He expects it will never happen.

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Recording: A Reply to Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi on Sahih Al-Bukhari| Mufti Abu layth (at 24:49)

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Is al-Yaqoubi's edition of Sahih al-Bukhari really the most authentic copy on earth?

Wed, 21 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Is al-Yaqoubi's edition of Sahih al-Bukhari really the most authentic copy on earth?

No special claim can rest on being based on the Sultaniyya, Mufti Abu Layth says, since every copy of Bukhari is. He sees the advertising as business, which he does not mind in itself, but calls the tactics problematic.

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Recording: A Reply to Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi on Sahih Al-Bukhari| Mufti Abu layth (at 20:54)

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Is the chain of the hadith that the Prophet died of poison reliable?

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Is the chain of the hadith that the Prophet died of poison reliable?

Mufti Abu Layth finds the chains unacceptable: the Bukhari version runs through Yunus, whom early critics faulted for his memory, and through al-Zuhri, who does not state that he heard it, while the Abu Dawud version has a narrator criticised for mistakes. Mufti Abu Layth holds that the chain of the poisoning report is unacceptable because Yunus was faulted by early critics for his memory and al-Zuhri does not state that he heard it.

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Recording: False Hadith: The Prophet ﷺ Was Poisoned Before He Died (at 3:26)

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Why does Mufti Abu Layth say BukhariGate matters?

Sat, 01 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Why does Mufti Abu Layth say BukhariGate matters?

BukhariGate matters because the whole of Sahih al-Bukhari rests on one transmitter, al-Farabri, and because the reports in it repay the Prophet and his companions with disrespect. Mufti Abu Layth attributes their circulation to Wahhabis and their sympathisers, whom he condemns in strong terms. Mufti Abu Layth holds that BukhariGate matters because the whole of Sahih al-Bukhari rests on al-Farabri alone and because its reports repay the Prophet, Umar and Aisha with disrespect, and he attributes the circulation of these reports to Wahhabis and their sympathisers, whom he calls haters of the Prophet.

Answer from 1 September 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: BukhariGate Part 2: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 30:03)

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Does Sahih al-Bukhari say the Prophet pointed to Aisha's house as the source of fitna?

Sat, 01 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Does Sahih al-Bukhari say the Prophet pointed to Aisha's house as the source of fitna?

The Bukhari report in which the Prophet points to Aisha's house and says the fitna and the horn of Shaytan will rise there is, Mufti Abu Layth says, disrespectful to the Prophet and to Aisha, and Muslims should question what they pass off as authentic. Mufti Abu Layth says the Bukhari report in which the Prophet points to Aisha's house as the place where the fitna and the horn of Shaytan will rise is disrespectful to the Prophet and to Aisha, and that Muslims need to question what they present as authentic.

Answer from 1 September 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: BukhariGate Part 2: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 28:43)

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What does the Bukhari report that Shaytan touches every newborn except Mary and Jesus mean?

Sat, 01 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000

What does the Bukhari report that Shaytan touches every newborn except Mary and Jesus mean?

The Bukhari report that Shaytan touches every newborn except Mary and Jesus makes even the Prophet Muhammad subject to the devil's touch while exempting the two figures of Christian doctrine, which Mufti Abu Layth presents as a Christian idea in the collection.

Answer from 1 September 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: BukhariGate Part 2: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 26:05)

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What does Mufti Abu Layth say about the Bukhari report of the wolf and the cow that spoke?

Sat, 01 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000

What does Mufti Abu Layth say about the Bukhari report of the wolf and the cow that spoke?

The Bukhari report in which a wolf and a cow speak eloquent Arabic about purpose and the future is absurd, Mufti Abu Layth says, and the phrase radi Allahu anhuma placed in the Prophet's mouth is an anachronism from a later age. Mufti Abu Layth says the Bukhari report of the talking wolf and cow is absurd, since animals do not grasp concepts such as purpose and future events, that its chain is poor, and that the phrase radi Allahu anhuma attributed to the Prophet is an anachronism from a later age.

Answer from 1 September 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: BukhariGate Part 2: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 22:10)

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Why does Mufti Abu Layth reject the Bukhari report of Sulayman and the hundred women?

Sat, 01 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Why does Mufti Abu Layth reject the Bukhari report of Sulayman and the hundred women?

The report of Sulayman going to a hundred women in one night is absurd and disrespects a prophet, and its moral that God punished him with a disabled child paints a troubling picture of God. A report that clashes with reason, the Quran or Islamic principles goes out of the window. Mufti Abu Layth says the Bukhari report of Sulayman and the hundred women is absurd, puts a prophet in a bad light and portrays God as punishing a prophet with a disabled child, and that any report which clashes with reason, the Quran and the general understanding of Islam, or uproots an Islamic principle, is to be rejected.

Answer from 1 September 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: BukhariGate Part 2: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 18:15)

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What is the Bukhari deathbed report in which the companions ask whether the Prophet is delirious?

Sat, 01 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000

What is the Bukhari deathbed report in which the companions ask whether the Prophet is delirious?

The Bukhari deathbed report in which the companions dispute and ask whether the Prophet is speaking deliriously portrays the companions badly and is not true, Mufti Abu Layth says, and Sunnis hand the Shia a weapon by accepting it. Mufti Abu Layth says the Bukhari deathbed report in which the companions dispute before the Prophet and ask whether he is speaking deliriously portrays the companions badly and is not true, and that Sunnis allow the Shia to use it against the companions by accepting it.

Answer from 1 September 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: BukhariGate Part 2: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 15:38)

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What is the Bukhari report about the Prophet seeing a woman beside Umar's palace in paradise?

Sat, 01 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000

What is the Bukhari report about the Prophet seeing a woman beside Umar's palace in paradise?

The Bukhari report in which the Prophet sees a woman beside Umar's palace in paradise and turns away because of Umar's jealousy casts the Prophet in a poor light, Mufti Abu Layth says. Mufti Abu Layth says the Bukhari report in which the Prophet turns away from a woman beside Umar's palace in paradise because of Umar's jealousy casts the Prophet in a poor light.

Answer from 1 September 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: BukhariGate Part 2: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 13:02)

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What does Mufti Abu Layth say about the Bukhari report of the Prophet falling unconscious when he uncovered himself?

Sat, 01 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000

What does Mufti Abu Layth say about the Bukhari report of the Prophet falling unconscious when he uncovered himself?

The Bukhari report that the Prophet removed his izar while carrying stones for the Kaaba, fell unconscious and was never seen naked again is, in Mufti Abu Layth's words, nonsense that disrespects the Prophet, and he dismisses the scholars' attempts to soften it. Mufti Abu Layth says the Bukhari report that the Prophet fell unconscious after removing his izar to carry stones for the Kaaba and was never seen naked again is nonsense that disrespects the Prophet, and that the scholars' efforts to soften it contradict its own wording.

Answer from 1 September 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: BukhariGate Part 2: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 10:23)

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Does Sahih al-Bukhari say the Prophet forgot verses of the Quran and that there was a verse of stoning?

Sat, 01 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Does Sahih al-Bukhari say the Prophet forgot verses of the Quran and that there was a verse of stoning?

Two Bukhari reports have the Prophet forgetting a verse of the Quran and Umar speaking of a verse of stoning that they used to recite. Mufti Abu Layth says there is no such verse, that this disrespects Umar and the Prophet, and that it implies the Quran has changed. Mufti Abu Layth says the Bukhari report in which Umar speaks of a verse of stoning that was revealed and recited is disrespectful to Umar and to the Quran, since there is no verse of stoning in the Quran and the report amounts to saying the Quran has changed, and he highlights another Bukhari report in which the Prophet forgets a verse.

Answer from 1 September 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: BukhariGate Part 2: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 5:10)

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What is BukhariGate and why does Mufti Abu Layth say Sahih al-Bukhari is not reliable?

Sat, 01 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000

What is BukhariGate and why does Mufti Abu Layth say Sahih al-Bukhari is not reliable?

Sahih al-Bukhari cannot reliably be traced to its author because it reaches us through one transmitter, al-Farabri, whom nobody vouched for in his lifetime, and because transmission and memory reconstruct what they pass on. Mufti Abu Layth accepts hadith by the scholars' own standards, that a report not contradict reason, the Quran or an Islamic principle, while relying on the living tradition that Imam Malik called the Sunnah. Mufti Abu Layth holds that Sahih al-Bukhari cannot reliably be traced to al-Bukhari because it reaches us through al-Farabri alone, whom nobody vouched for in his lifetime, that the deen is conveyed by the living tradition which Imam Malik distinguished from hadith, and that he accepts hadith only by the muhaddithin's own standards: a report must not contradict reason, the Quran and transmitted sources, or an Islamic principle.

Answer from 1 September 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: BukhariGate Part 2: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

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Replies to critics: Jonathan Brown, academic dialogue, going public, the Aisha debate

Thu, 30 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Replies to critics: Jonathan Brown, academic dialogue, going public, the Aisha debate

The problems with Bukhari should be discussed openly, because hiding them is what makes people lose faith. He finds Jonathan Brown's response emotional rather than academic and will take up the debate on Aisha's age. Mufti Abu Layth says the problems with Sahih al-Bukhari should be discussed openly rather than hidden from ordinary Muslims, because concealing them is what causes people to lose their faith.

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Recording: BukhariGate Part 1: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:40:37)

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Summing up: judge Bukhari like any other book; the deen comes through living practice

Thu, 30 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Summing up: judge Bukhari like any other book; the deen comes through living practice

Bukhari should be read like any other hadith book, each report judged on its merits against reason, the Quran and established principles. The religion itself reaches Muslims through the living tradition of practice, not through this book. Mufti Abu Layth says Sahih al-Bukhari should be treated like any other hadith collection, with each report judged on its own merits by whether it contradicts reason, the Quran or an established principle, because the religion already reaches Muslims through the living tradition of practice.

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Recording: BukhariGate Part 1: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:32:44)

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Farabri's incomplete copy, the differing student copies and the manuscript patchwork

Thu, 30 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Farabri's incomplete copy, the differing student copies and the manuscript patchwork

Farabri's copy was incomplete and rearranged, his students' copies differ in chains and hadith, and every later manuscript down to the Sultaniyya edition was a patchwork that needed correction. Mufti Abu Layth says Farabri's own copy was incomplete and rearranged by his students, their copies differ in chains and hadith, and every later manuscript down to the Sultaniyya edition is a patchwork that still needed correction.

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Recording: BukhariGate Part 1: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:26:03)

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Who vouched for Farabri? Baji, Sam'ani and whether transmission implies reliability

Thu, 30 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Who vouched for Farabri? Baji, Sam'ani and whether transmission implies reliability

Nobody who knew Farabri declared him reliable, and the attributions to al-Baji and al-Sam'ani cannot be found in their works. That scholars transmitted from him proves nothing, since transmission is not endorsement. Mufti Abu Layth says no contemporary who knew Farabri ever declared him reliable, that the later attributions to al-Baji and al-Sam'ani are unsupported in their own works, and that a scholar transmitting from someone does not make that person reliable.

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Recording: BukhariGate Part 1: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:16:51)

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Ibn Hajar and Ibn Rushayd on the transmissions: Farabri alone, found copies not taught

Thu, 30 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Ibn Hajar and Ibn Rushayd on the transmissions: Farabri alone, found copies not taught

Ibn Hajar and Ibn Rushayd both record that Farabri's is the only transmission that reached later generations through teaching. Copies found centuries later cannot be taught from, so claims of independent connected transmissions are not honest. Mufti Abu Layth says the only transmission of Sahih al-Bukhari that reached later generations through teaching is Farabri's, and that copies found without teaching cannot be used to claim an independent connected transmission.

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Recording: BukhariGate Part 1: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:10:18)

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Bukhari in his own chain, and the other students whose copies did not reach us

Thu, 30 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Bukhari in his own chain, and the other students whose copies did not reach us

Sahih al-Bukhari reaches us through Farabri alone, although other students transmitted it. Nasafi's copy survives only in a summary of twelve hundred hadith, little of Hammad ibn Shakir's remains, Bazdawi's did not reach us, and Bukhari even appears in a chain in his own book. Mufti Abu Layth says that although Bukhari had other students who transmitted the Sahih, their versions were incomplete or did not reach later generations, so the book in fact reaches us through Farabri alone.

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Recording: BukhariGate Part 1: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:02:26)

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Bukhari's persecution and why his book reaches us through one transmitter

Thu, 30 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Bukhari's persecution and why his book reaches us through one transmitter

Bukhari was persecuted and boycotted in his last years by Hanafis and Hanbali literalists, so few transmitted his book and it reaches us through Farabri alone. The same two groups now insist it reaches us with certainty. Mufti Abu Layth says Bukhari's persecution by the Hanafis and the Hanbali literalists in his last years is why his book reaches us through a single transmitter, and that the same two groups now insist it reaches us with certainty.

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Recording: BukhariGate Part 1: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 58:29)

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Imam Bukhari's own practice: transmission by meaning, hidden names, a Khariji narrator

Thu, 30 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Imam Bukhari's own practice: transmission by meaning, hidden names, a Khariji narrator

Imam Bukhari set a gold standard but did not always apply it: he transmitted by meaning, hid the names of problematic teachers and narrated from a Khariji who praised Ali's killer. Mufti Abu Layth's quarrel is not with Bukhari himself but with how the book is treated. Mufti Abu Layth says Imam Bukhari set a gold standard for authenticity but did not always apply it himself, since he transmitted by meaning, concealed the names of problematic teachers and narrated from a Khariji, so the narrators of his book are not all beyond question.

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Recording: BukhariGate Part 1: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 47:51)

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More troubling reports: Umar's stoning verse, the adulterous monkeys, women in hellfire

Thu, 30 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

More troubling reports: Umar's stoning verse, the adulterous monkeys, women in hellfire

Reports such as monkeys stoning an adulterous monkey, women lacking intellect and women filling hellfire are fabricated or misunderstood. Adultery is a human institution that animals cannot commit, and most crime and bloodshed is committed by men. Mufti Abu Layth says the Bukhari report of monkeys stoning an adulterer makes no sense, since adultery belongs to the human institution of marriage, which does not exist among animals.

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Recording: BukhariGate Part 1: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 43:54)

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The marriage to Aisha at six: consent, and the command to pray at seven

Thu, 30 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

The marriage to Aisha at six: consent, and the command to pray at seven

The report that the Prophet married Aisha at six dishonours him: Bukhari itself requires a virgin's consent, which a six-year-old cannot give, and the command to separate children's beds at ten contradicts the claim that a nine-year-old had a woman's body. Mufti Abu Layth says the report that the Prophet married Aisha at six and consummated at nine is an attack on the Prophet's honour, because a six-year-old cannot give the consent that Bukhari itself requires of a virgin, and the claim of physical maturity at nine contradicts the command to separate children's beds only at ten.

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Recording: BukhariGate Part 1: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 36:02)

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Nonsensical Arabic in hadith 5492: the alcohol slaughtered by fish and sun

Thu, 30 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Nonsensical Arabic in hadith 5492: the alcohol slaughtered by fish and sun

The closing words of hadith 5492 are nonsensical Arabic that early scholars crossed out as an error. Later commentators should admit this rather than strain to make sense of it. Mufti Abu Layth says the closing words of hadith 5492 are a syntactical error that the early scholars rightly crossed out, and that later commentators should admit the sentence is absurd instead of justifying it.

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Recording: BukhariGate Part 1: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 32:03)

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Solomon's ninety women, the rich held back from paradise, Fatima angry with Abu Bakr

Thu, 30 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Solomon's ninety women, the rich held back from paradise, Fatima angry with Abu Bakr

The reports of Solomon's ninety women, the rich held back from paradise and Fatima dying angry with Abu Bakr are all in Bukhari, and he calls the first disgusting and disrespectful to a prophet. Mufti Abu Layth says the Bukhari report of Solomon vowing to sleep with ninety women and being punished with a disabled child for not saying 'if Allah wills' is disgusting and disrespectful to a prophet of God.

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Recording: BukhariGate Part 1: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 28:02)

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Problematic reports in Bukhari: the Isra, Moses and the rock, magic on the Prophet

Thu, 30 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Problematic reports in Bukhari: the Isra, Moses and the rock, magic on the Prophet

Several reports in Bukhari are factually wrong or disrespectful: the Isra dated before prophethood, a woman spurning the Prophet, Moses chasing a rock, a verse corrected on the spot, and magic making the Prophet forget intercourse. He also holds the night journey to have been a vision. Mufti Abu Layth says these Bukhari reports contain a factual error, dating the night journey before prophethood, and portray the Prophet and Moses in a disrespectful and irrational light; he adds that he holds the night journey to have been a vision.

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Recording: BukhariGate Part 1: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 18:23)

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The third problem: can Bukhari be traced to its author? The bullet points

Thu, 30 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

The third problem: can Bukhari be traced to its author? The bullet points

Sahih al-Bukhari cannot be traced to its author beyond reasonable doubt. It rests on one unvouched transmitter, his students admit an incomplete and altered copy, their copies disagree, and later editions needed correction. Mufti Abu Layth says the transmission of Sahih al-Bukhari cannot be established back to its author beyond reasonable doubt, because it rests on one unvouched transmitter whose students admit the copy was incomplete and altered, and whose copies disagree with one another.

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Recording: BukhariGate Part 1: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 11:50)

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The first problem: Bukhari's semi-divine status above the Quran in practice

Thu, 30 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

The first problem: Bukhari's semi-divine status above the Quran in practice

Sahih al-Bukhari has been given a semi-divine status that in practice places it on par with or above the Quran, which he rejects outright. The Quran always takes precedence, and Bukhari is a book like the other hadith collections. Mufti Abu Layth says Sahih al-Bukhari has been given a de facto status on par with or above the Quran, which he rejects entirely: it is a book like the other hadith collections and the Quran always takes precedence over it.

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Recording: BukhariGate Part 1: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:33)

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Backdrop to BukhariGate: a widespread debate, his training, and transparency

Thu, 30 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Backdrop to BukhariGate: a widespread debate, his training, and transparency

The criticism of Sahih al-Bukhari is a widespread debate that Mufti Abu Layth joins as a trained scholar who studied the book in full. The religion is not diminished by questioning it, and he refuses requests to keep the discussion private. Mufti Abu Layth says that questioning Sahih al-Bukhari does not diminish the religion and that scholars should discuss its problems transparently rather than ask for the discussion to be kept private.

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Recording: BukhariGate Part 1: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:01)

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Did Abu Hurayra learn to recite Ayat al-Kursi at bedtime from a devil?

Sun, 12 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Did Abu Hurayra learn to recite Ayat al-Kursi at bedtime from a devil?

Mufti Abu Layth rejects the report as blasphemous: it has the devil teaching Islam while the Prophet confirms it, against Imam Malik's principle that everything of the deen came from the Prophet. It also portrays Abu Hurayra as clumsy and disobedient and the Prophet as tolerating theft. Mufti Abu Layth holds that the report is blasphemous and a mockery of the deen, since it shows Abu Hurayra clumsy and disobedient, the Prophet failing to teach and tolerating theft from the treasury, and the devil teaching Islam, against Imam Malik's principle that everything of the deen was taught by the Prophet.

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Recording: False Hadith: Abu Huraira & the Thieving Devil who taught us Islam (at 5:14)

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What is the hadith about Abu Hurayra, the thief and Ayat al-Kursi?

Sun, 12 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

What is the hadith about Abu Hurayra, the thief and Ayat al-Kursi?

The report has Abu Hurayra guarding the zakat treasury and releasing a thief three nights running despite the Prophet calling him a liar, until the thief teaches him to recite Ayat al-Kursi before sleep. Mufti Abu Layth calls it fabricated or mis-transmitted and contrary to the Quran and Sunnah. Mufti Abu Layth says the Sahih al-Bukhari report of Abu Hurayra being taught Ayat al-Kursi by a thieving devil is fabricated or mis-transmitted, contradicts the Quran and Sunnah and disrespects Islam.

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Recording: False Hadith: Abu Huraira & the Thieving Devil who taught us Islam (at 0:00)

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Can Sahih al-Bukhari be proven to go back to Imam al-Bukhari?

Fri, 03 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Can Sahih al-Bukhari be proven to go back to Imam al-Bukhari?

Mufti Abu Layth says it cannot be proven beyond reasonable doubt: the printed Sultaniyya rests on the lost Yuniniyya, the copies disagree, al-Saghani's claimed copy of Farabri's text is unseen, and Farabri himself was vouched for only centuries later. He challenges his critics to prove otherwise. Mufti Abu Layth holds that Sahih al-Bukhari cannot be proven beyond reasonable doubt to go back to Imam al-Bukhari, since the Sultaniyya edition rests on the lost Yuniniyya, the recensions disagree, and the book's transmission depends on Farabri, whom no contemporary vouched for.

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Recording: Reply to Sunni (Wahhabi) Defence Pt. IV -Mufti Abu Layth (at 9:05)

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Are the chains of the 'women lack intellect' hadith sound?

Sun, 29 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Are the chains of the 'women lack intellect' hadith sound?

Not unquestionably: Mufti Abu Layth says every chain, in al-Bukhari, Muslim and elsewhere, has a weak or disputed link, too little to override the Quran. Mufti Abu Layth says all the chains of the report have some problem, so it is not unquestionably sound.

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Recording: Hadith Analysis: Did the Prophet ﷺ Refer to Women as Lacking Intellect and Faith? (at 30:42)

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What is the point of checking a hadith's chain of narrators?

Sun, 08 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000

What is the point of checking a hadith's chain of narrators?

Chain criticism exists only to judge whether a hadith's content is sound; content against reason, the Quran or Islam's principles is a problem. Treating Bukhari as infallible is nonsense. Mufti Abu Layth says chain criticism was not a goal in itself but was only invented to know whether the content of a hadith was sound.

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Recording: Reply to Sunni (Wahhabi) Defence Pt. II -Mufti Abu Layth (at 13:53)

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Was magic done on the Prophet? Why he rejects the report

Sun, 15 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Was magic done on the Prophet? Why he rejects the report

Mufti Abu Layth rejects the report that the Prophet was bewitched, even though it is in al-Bukhari, as an insult to the Prophet that clashes with the Quran. Mufti Abu Layth says he considers the reports of magic being done on the Prophet an affront to the honour of the Prophet.

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Recording: Magic: Myth and Reality in Islam by Mufti Abu Layth (at 15:23)

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Should loyalty to Sahih al-Bukhari outweigh how a report presents the Prophet?

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

Should loyalty to Sahih al-Bukhari outweigh how a report presents the Prophet?

No: Mufti Abu Layth says loyalty belongs to the Prophet, not to al-Bukhari, and cites the age-of-Aisha report, which he holds untrue and disrespectful since Arabs of the time did not marry girls that young, as an example of what must be re-examined. Mufti Abu Layth holds that the report of Aisha's age at marriage is untrue and presents the Prophet disrespectfully, since Arab culture of the time did not marry girls as young as six or seven, and that loyalty to the Prophet should outrank loyalty to al-Bukhari.

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Recording: The Role Of Reason In Religion - Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:23:36)

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If I doubt one hadith in Bukhari, will I end up doubting the Quran?

Sun, 01 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

If I doubt one hadith in Bukhari, will I end up doubting the Quran?

The warning that doubting one hadith leads to doubting the Quran is scare-mongering: Bukhari and Muslim are not the word of God, some of their reports must be rejected, and the deen does not fall apart from questioning. Mufti Abu Layth says Jesus is not going to come but treats the matter as a difference of opinion, not a sectarian one. Mufti Abu Layth says that warning people that doubting one hadith leads to doubting the Quran is scare-mongering, since Bukhari and Muslim are not the word of God and the deen does not fall apart from questioning; he says that in his view Jesus is not going to come, while asking that the matter be treated as a difference of opinion rather than a sectarian one.

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Recording: Reflections on Sh. Hassan Ali's video of Jesus Christ's 2nd coming - Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki (at 22:12)

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Stop calling Bukhari the most authentic book after the Quran; fiqh preserved the living Sunnah

Tue, 13 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Stop calling Bukhari the most authentic book after the Quran; fiqh preserved the living Sunnah

Sahih al-Bukhari is an excellent effort but should not be called the most authentic book after the Quran; hadith are sifted, while fiqh and the madhhabs carry the Sunnah in living form. Mufti Abu Layth says Sahih al-Bukhari should not be called the most authentic book after the Quran: it is an excellent effort whose reports are still sifted, while fiqh and the madhhabs preserved the Sunnah in living form.

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Recording: PRELUDE: Why There Is NO 2nd Coming Of Jesus (as) In Islam- Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:21:55)

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Zuhri's reports: Fatima's anger, the attempted suicide, and half the Jesus hadith

Tue, 13 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Zuhri's reports: Fatima's anger, the attempted suicide, and half the Jesus hadith

Scholars discard Zuhri's Fatima and suicide reports as his insertions but refuse to question the Jesus reports, half of which come through him with disconnected chains; Mufti Abu Layth calls this a double standard.

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Recording: PRELUDE: Why There Is NO 2nd Coming Of Jesus (as) In Islam- Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:37:20)

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If the Safiyya story is in Sahih al-Bukhari, why question it?

Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000

If the Safiyya story is in Sahih al-Bukhari, why question it?

Because Bukhari's own narrations of the incident conflict, all rest on Anas, and Anas himself says nobody witnessed a marriage and they only assumed one from her being veiled. Earlier scholars were great but shaped by their times, and loyalty to them should not come before the Prophet's honour. Mufti Abu Layth holds that a report being in Sahih al-Bukhari does not settle the matter when Bukhari's own narrations of it conflict and rest on one companion's assumption, and that Muslims are not bound by earlier scholars' understanding, shaped by their age, when the Prophet's honour is at stake.

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Recording: The Story of Safiyya: the Prophet's Jewish wife -Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki (at 40:25)

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Did Ibn Ma'in consider Isma'il ibn Abi Uways and his family reliable?

Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Did Ibn Ma'in consider Isma'il ibn Abi Uways and his family reliable?

Mufti Abu Layth says that although one transmitted opinion of Ibn Ma'in accepts him, Ibn Ma'in is also transmitted as counting the household of Abu Uways among the weak. He adds that Abu al-Zubayr was weakened by several critics, so none of the chains the critics brought is conclusive.

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Recording: Reply to Sunni (Wahhabi) Defence Pt.I -Mufti Abu Layth (at 36:28)

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Is it acceptable to criticise a hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari?

Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Is it acceptable to criticise a hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari?

Al-Albani himself rejected around a dozen reports in Bukhari, so criticising a Bukhari report does not make someone a deviant. The salaf understood the Quran's miracles in several ways, and miracles had causes within God's natural law. Mufti Abu Layth says that criticising reports in Sahih al-Bukhari cannot make a person a deviant when al-Albani rejected around a dozen of them, and that the salaf understood the Quran's miracles in several ways, miracles always having causes within God's law of nature.

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Recording: Reply to Sunni (Wahhabi) Defence Pt.I -Mufti Abu Layth (at 14:23)

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Is the hadith of the crying tree trunk authentic?

Fri, 09 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Is the hadith of the crying tree trunk authentic?

No: Mufti Abu Layth finds weak narrators in each chain, including those in al-Bukhari, and says only the Quran is preserved in its entirety. Mufti Abu Layth says the stories of the tree crying for the Prophet are unreliable.

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Recording: Hadiths on Prophetic Miracles and Responding to Claims of Blasphemy - Mufti Abu Layth al Maliki (at 7:38)

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Is every hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari authentic?

Fri, 09 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Is every hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari authentic?

Not necessarily: Mufti Abu Layth says al-Bukhari did an excellent job, a hundred unreliable reports among eight thousand would be no big deal, and great scholars disagreed in their rulings. Mufti Abu Layth says that if even a hundred of al-Bukhari's narrations were found unreliable it would be no big deal compared with the eight thousand he has.

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Recording: Hadiths on Prophetic Miracles and Responding to Claims of Blasphemy - Mufti Abu Layth al Maliki (at 4:30)

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Why is the report that Aisha was six and nine so much better known than the others?

Wed, 11 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Why is the report that Aisha was six and nine so much better known than the others?

The six-and-nine report became prominent as a by-product of hadith absolutism and the later sanctification of Bukhari and Muslim. Ordinary Muslims historically knew only that Aisha was young. Mufti Abu Layth says the prominence of the six-and-nine report is a by-product of hadith absolutism and the later sanctification of Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, not the view of the earliest Muslims.

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Recording: Age of Aisha (ra)- Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:27:41)

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Which books argue that Aisha was in her late teens when she married the Prophet?

Wed, 11 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Which books argue that Aisha was in her late teens when she married the Prophet?

Several works argue Aisha was in her late teens, including ones by Habib al-Rahman Kandhlawi, Salah al-Din al-Idlibi and Khalid al-Jundi. Mufti Abu Layth has read them and the refutations written against them.

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Recording: Age of Aisha (ra)- Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:14:38)

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The ramifications: jurists on marrying a minor, and the conclusion

Wed, 11 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000

The ramifications: jurists on marrying a minor, and the conclusion

Aisha was in her late teens, most likely eighteen or nineteen, Mufti Abu Layth concludes. Jurists from early on held marriage impermissible with a girl incapable of it, and the Ottomans set a minimum age of fifteen. Mufti Abu Layth concludes that Aisha was not six or nine at her marriage but in her late teens, most likely around eighteen or nineteen.

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Recording: Age of Aisha (ra)- Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:02:49)

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The reports: Hisham's Iraqi transmission, Madinan silence and Asma's age

Wed, 11 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000

The reports: Hisham's Iraqi transmission, Madinan silence and Asma's age

The six-and-nine report rests on Hisham ibn Urwa's later Iraqi transmission and no Madinan compiler carries it. Asma's reported age makes Aisha about eighteen at her marriage. Mufti Abu Layth holds that the six-and-nine report rests on Hisham ibn Urwa's later Iraqi transmission, is not transmitted by any Madinan compiler, and is contradicted by Asma's reported age, which puts Aisha at about eighteen.

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Recording: Age of Aisha (ra)- Mufti Abu Layth (at 57:37)

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The reports: Bukhari's six and nine against three other Bukhari reports

Wed, 11 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000

The reports: Bukhari's six and nine against three other Bukhari reports

The six-and-nine report conflicts with three other Bukhari reports: Aisha as a jariyah at an early revelation, her memory of her parents' Islam and Abu Bakr's migration, and her presence at Uhud when a fourteen-year-old boy was refused. Mufti Abu Layth holds that the six-and-nine report conflicts with at least three other reports in Sahih al-Bukhari about Aisha's age.

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Recording: Age of Aisha (ra)- Mufti Abu Layth (at 47:06)

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Unacceptable reports in the Sahihayn and judging a hadith by its content

Wed, 11 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Unacceptable reports in the Sahihayn and judging a hadith by its content

Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim contain some reports scholars reject as wrong, so a report is judged by its content as well as its chain. Their sanctification came centuries later. Mufti Abu Layth holds that Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim contain some reports that are not acceptable, and that a report should be judged by its content as well as its chain.

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Recording: Age of Aisha (ra)- Mufti Abu Layth (at 30:00)

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