Mufti Abu Layth Archive: hadith/individual-hadith-explainedAnswers on hadith/individual-hadith-explained, newest recording first.https://muftiabulayth.org/feeds/topics/hadith-individual-hadith-explained.atom.xml2021-03-14T00:00:00ZMufti Abu Layth Archivepipeline/feeds.pyDoes the Quran say Jesus died, and how did the Prophet understand the verse 'when you took me'?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr3nsx3ufy8/s/22/2021-03-14T00:00:00Z2021-03-14T00:00:00ZDoes the Quran say Jesus died, and how did the Prophet understand the verse 'when you took me'?
The verse 'I will give you death' and Jesus's words in 5:117 that he does not know what his people did after he was taken show, in Mufti Abu Layth's reading, that Jesus died; the Prophet himself, in a Bukhari report, applies the same verse to his own absence from his companions, confirming the reading. Mufti Abu Layth holds that the verse 'I will give you death' and the dialogue of 5:116-118, in which Jesus says he does not know what his people did after he was taken, show that Jesus died and will not return, and that the Prophet's own use of the verse in a Bukhari report about his companions turning bad after him confirms this reading.
Answer from 14 March 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Reply to Yasir Qadhi's False Claims on 2nd Coming of Jesus | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:30:41)
A more recent answer on quran/stories-of-the-prophets/jesus exists (19 February 2022): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/1ybpo86bp8y/s/1/
Watch on YouTube at 1:30:41: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR3NSX3UFy8&t=5441s<p><b>Does the Quran say Jesus died, and how did the Prophet understand the verse 'when you took me'?</b></p>
<p>The verse 'I will give you death' and Jesus's words in 5:117 that he does not know what his people did after he was taken show, in Mufti Abu Layth's reading, that Jesus died; the Prophet himself, in a Bukhari report, applies the same verse to his own absence from his companions, confirming the reading. Mufti Abu Layth holds that the verse 'I will give you death' and the dialogue of 5:116-118, in which Jesus says he does not know what his people did after he was taken, show that Jesus died and will not return, and that the Prophet's own use of the verse in a Bukhari report about his companions turning bad after him confirms this reading.</p>
<p>Answer from 14 March 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Reply to Yasir Qadhi's False Claims on 2nd Coming of Jesus | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:30:41)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on quran/stories-of-the-prophets/jesus exists</b> (19 February 2022): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/1ybpo86bp8y/s/1/">What do you think of the rational readings of the Quran on the Marvelous Quran channel?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR3NSX3UFy8&t=5441s">Watch on YouTube at 1:30:41</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr3nsx3ufy8/s/22/">Open the segment</a></p>Does the Quran say that Jesus died?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/b1ooltqtptw/s/34/2021-03-02T00:00:00Z2021-03-02T00:00:00ZDoes the Quran say that Jesus died?
'I will give you death' and Jesus's words at the Judgement show that he died, and the Prophet applied those words to himself in a Bukhari report, which settles the reading. Mufti Abu Layth says the Prophet's use of Jesus's words 'when you took me' for himself, in a report in Bukhari, shows that he understood the verse to mean Jesus had died.
Answer from 2 March 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:33:59)
A more recent answer on quran/stories-of-the-prophets/jesus exists (19 February 2022): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/1ybpo86bp8y/s/1/
Watch on YouTube at 2:33:59: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1OOltqtPTw&t=9239s<p><b>Does the Quran say that Jesus died?</b></p>
<p>'I will give you death' and Jesus's words at the Judgement show that he died, and the Prophet applied those words to himself in a Bukhari report, which settles the reading. Mufti Abu Layth says the Prophet's use of Jesus's words 'when you took me' for himself, in a report in Bukhari, shows that he understood the verse to mean Jesus had died.</p>
<p>Answer from 2 March 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:33:59)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on quran/stories-of-the-prophets/jesus exists</b> (19 February 2022): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/1ybpo86bp8y/s/1/">What do you think of the rational readings of the Quran on the Marvelous Quran channel?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1OOltqtPTw&t=9239s">Watch on YouTube at 2:33:59</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/b1ooltqtptw/s/34/">Open the segment</a></p>Did the Prophet say he would kill the lineage of the first Khariji?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/krigi3omjd4/s/2/2021-02-22T00:00:00Z2021-02-22T00:00:00ZDid the Prophet say he would kill the lineage of the first Khariji?
Mufti Abu Layth says the speaker, carried away defending the Saudi rulers, attributed to the Prophet words he did not say: in the hadith the Prophet stopped Umar from killing the man. Respect for the Prophet comes before kings.
Answer from 22 February 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Ustadh Abdul Rahman Hassan Misquoting Hadith & Invite Challenge | Mufti Abu Layth (at 5:30)
A more recent answer on dialogue/views-on-contemporary-scholars exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/1/
Watch on YouTube at 6:10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrIGi3OmJD4&t=370s<p><b>Did the Prophet say he would kill the lineage of the first Khariji?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says the speaker, carried away defending the Saudi rulers, attributed to the Prophet words he did not say: in the hadith the Prophet stopped Umar from killing the man. Respect for the Prophet comes before kings.</p>
<p>Answer from 22 February 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Ustadh Abdul Rahman Hassan Misquoting Hadith & Invite Challenge | Mufti Abu Layth (at 5:30)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on dialogue/views-on-contemporary-scholars exists</b> (22 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/1/">Should scholars publicly condemn a scholar said to have joined in a libation ritual?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrIGi3OmJD4&t=370s">Watch on YouTube at 6:10</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/krigi3omjd4/s/2/">Open the segment</a></p>Did the companions actually see the angel Jibril?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/12/2021-02-16T00:00:00Z2021-02-16T00:00:00ZDid the companions actually see the angel Jibril?
Mufti Abu Layth says the report that it was Jibril may be the companion's interpretation, not the Prophet's words; repeated 'he said' in Arabic narration makes the speaker unclear. Mufti Abu Layth says that, depending on how the report is read, its statement that the figure was Jibril is the companion's interpretation rather than something the Prophet taught them.
Answer from 16 February 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 39:54)
A more recent answer on belief/unseen-beings exists (13 April 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/43/
Watch on YouTube at 40:34: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--PntsaR8ck&t=2434s<p><b>Did the companions actually see the angel Jibril?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says the report that it was Jibril may be the companion's interpretation, not the Prophet's words; repeated 'he said' in Arabic narration makes the speaker unclear. Mufti Abu Layth says that, depending on how the report is read, its statement that the figure was Jibril is the companion's interpretation rather than something the Prophet taught them.</p>
<p>Answer from 16 February 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 39:54)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/unseen-beings exists</b> (13 April 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/43/">Are the devils really chained up during Ramadan?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--PntsaR8ck&t=2434s">Watch on YouTube at 40:34</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/12/">Open the segment</a></p>If a lot of anything can intoxicate, does that make tiny amounts of alcohol haram?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eokcnwggiba/s/12/2021-01-26T00:00:00Z2021-01-26T00:00:00ZIf a lot of anything can intoxicate, does that make tiny amounts of alcohol haram?
The hadith refers to drinks that intoxicate in the amount normally drunk, so a little of such a drink is haram; foods with trace alcohol that cannot intoxicate are not covered. Mufti Abu Layth says the hadith refers to drinks that intoxicate in the amounts normally drunk, so even a small amount of such a drink is haram, while foods with trace alcohol that cannot intoxicate in normal consumption are not covered.
Answer from 26 January 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #199 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 46:28)
A more recent answer on hadith/individual-hadith-explained exists (14 March 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr3nsx3ufy8/s/22/
Watch on YouTube at 46:28: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoKcNwGGIBA&t=2788s<p><b>If a lot of anything can intoxicate, does that make tiny amounts of alcohol haram?</b></p>
<p>The hadith refers to drinks that intoxicate in the amount normally drunk, so a little of such a drink is haram; foods with trace alcohol that cannot intoxicate are not covered. Mufti Abu Layth says the hadith refers to drinks that intoxicate in the amounts normally drunk, so even a small amount of such a drink is haram, while foods with trace alcohol that cannot intoxicate in normal consumption are not covered.</p>
<p>Answer from 26 January 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #199 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 46:28)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/individual-hadith-explained exists</b> (14 March 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr3nsx3ufy8/s/22/">Does the Quran say Jesus died, and how did the Prophet understand the verse 'when you took me'?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoKcNwGGIBA&t=2788s">Watch on YouTube at 46:28</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eokcnwggiba/s/12/">Open the segment</a></p>Is it haram to eat with my left hand?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/35/2021-01-19T00:00:00Z2021-01-19T00:00:00ZIs it haram to eat with my left hand?
Eating with the left hand is not haram, Mufti Abu Layth says; the right hand is good etiquette taught to a child, so do it if you can. Mufti Abu Layth says eating with the left hand is not haram.
Answer from 19 January 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:36:50)
A more recent answer on fiqh/food exists (6 April 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zz85auzek5w/s/22/
Watch on YouTube at 2:37:29: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&t=9449s<p><b>Is it haram to eat with my left hand?</b></p>
<p>Eating with the left hand is not haram, Mufti Abu Layth says; the right hand is good etiquette taught to a child, so do it if you can. Mufti Abu Layth says eating with the left hand is not haram.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 January 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:36:50)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/food exists</b> (6 April 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zz85auzek5w/s/22/">Does Allah love everybody?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&t=9449s">Watch on YouTube at 2:37:29</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/35/">Open the segment</a></p>If money was earned in a haram way, is it haram for whoever receives it?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/13/2021-01-19T00:00:00Z2021-01-19T00:00:00ZIf money was earned in a haram way, is it haram for whoever receives it?
Money is not haram in itself, Mufti Abu Layth says: the sin lies with whoever earned it unlawfully, not with someone who later receives it unknowingly. Mufti Abu Layth says money in and of itself carries no intrinsic moral value; it is how it is earned that makes it haram or halal.
Answer from 19 January 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 40:27)
A more recent answer on fiqh/finance exists (4 July 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/umpepyisc_g/s/1/
Watch on YouTube at 40:27: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&t=2427s<p><b>If money was earned in a haram way, is it haram for whoever receives it?</b></p>
<p>Money is not haram in itself, Mufti Abu Layth says: the sin lies with whoever earned it unlawfully, not with someone who later receives it unknowingly. Mufti Abu Layth says money in and of itself carries no intrinsic moral value; it is how it is earned that makes it haram or halal.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 January 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 40:27)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/finance exists</b> (4 July 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/umpepyisc_g/s/1/">Is it wrong to want to be rich?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&t=2427s">Watch on YouTube at 40:27</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/13/">Open the segment</a></p>Why can't there be any prophets after Muhammad?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/1zghntbmpis/s/16/2021-01-12T00:00:00Z2021-01-12T00:00:00ZWhy can't there be any prophets after Muhammad?
Mufti Abu Layth says no new prophet or world religion will come after Muhammad; the statement about his son Ibrahim, if true, was hyperbole. Mufti Abu Layth says the statement that the Prophet's son Ibrahim would have been a prophet had he lived is, if true, hyperbole.
Answer from 12 January 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #197 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:06:52)
A more recent answer on belief/prophethood-and-miracles exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/21/
Watch on YouTube at 1:06:52: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zgHntbMPis&t=4012s<p><b>Why can't there be any prophets after Muhammad?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says no new prophet or world religion will come after Muhammad; the statement about his son Ibrahim, if true, was hyperbole. Mufti Abu Layth says the statement that the Prophet's son Ibrahim would have been a prophet had he lived is, if true, hyperbole.</p>
<p>Answer from 12 January 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #197 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:06:52)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/prophethood-and-miracles exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/21/">Can the Quran be used to call the Prophet the best of creation?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zgHntbMPis&t=4012s">Watch on YouTube at 1:06:52</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/1zghntbmpis/s/16/">Open the segment</a></p>Did the Prophet forbid Ali from taking a second wife?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/w6tqwuuumcg/s/12/2020-10-27T00:00:00Z2020-10-27T00:00:00ZDid the Prophet forbid Ali from taking a second wife?
Mufti Abu Layth says the Prophet objected not to Ali taking a second wife but to his marrying the daughter of Abu Jahl. Mufti Abu Layth says that, to be honest, he does not think the Prophet would have stopped Ali from taking a second wife.
Answer from 27 October 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #188 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:18:40)
A more recent answer on fiqh/polygamy-and-mutah exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/4/
Watch on YouTube at 1:18:40: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6TqWuUumCg&t=4720s<p><b>Did the Prophet forbid Ali from taking a second wife?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says the Prophet objected not to Ali taking a second wife but to his marrying the daughter of Abu Jahl. Mufti Abu Layth says that, to be honest, he does not think the Prophet would have stopped Ali from taking a second wife.</p>
<p>Answer from 27 October 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #188 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:18:40)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/polygamy-and-mutah exists</b> (22 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/4/">Is there an LGBTQ push in media and schools?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6TqWuUumCg&t=4720s">Watch on YouTube at 1:18:40</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/w6tqwuuumcg/s/12/">Open the segment</a></p>What is the hadith of the night of the jinn, and was it a psychoactive experience?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7skyphqzdy8/s/6/2020-10-17T00:00:00Z2020-10-17T00:00:00ZWhat is the hadith of the night of the jinn, and was it a psychoactive experience?
The Tirmidhi report of Ibn Mas'ud's night of the jinn, in which he carried nabidh and saw strange figures, would most likely describe a psychoactive experience if true, and the report praising harmala shows such a narrative existed in early Muslim society. Mufti Abu Layth says that the Tirmidhi report of Ibn Mas'ud's night of the jinn, if true, most likely describes a psychoactive experience connected with the nabidh he carried, and that the report praising the harmala seed, though not authentic, shows that such a narrative existed in early Muslim society.
Answer from 17 October 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Psychedelics are NOT haram | Mufti Abu Layth (at 22:07)
A more recent answer on belief/spiritual-experience-and-psychedelics exists (30 August 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/cipm_chv0kw/s/1/
Watch on YouTube at 22:07: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SkyPhQZdY8&t=1327s<p><b>What is the hadith of the night of the jinn, and was it a psychoactive experience?</b></p>
<p>The Tirmidhi report of Ibn Mas'ud's night of the jinn, in which he carried nabidh and saw strange figures, would most likely describe a psychoactive experience if true, and the report praising harmala shows such a narrative existed in early Muslim society. Mufti Abu Layth says that the Tirmidhi report of Ibn Mas'ud's night of the jinn, if true, most likely describes a psychoactive experience connected with the nabidh he carried, and that the report praising the harmala seed, though not authentic, shows that such a narrative existed in early Muslim society.</p>
<p>Answer from 17 October 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Psychedelics are NOT haram | Mufti Abu Layth (at 22:07)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/spiritual-experience-and-psychedelics exists</b> (30 August 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/cipm_chv0kw/s/1/">Is a DMT ego death the same as the Sufi idea of fana?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SkyPhQZdY8&t=1327s">Watch on YouTube at 22:07</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7skyphqzdy8/s/6/">Open the segment</a></p>Can I hit my children if they don't pray?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/13/2020-08-24T00:00:00Z2020-08-24T00:00:00ZCan I hit my children if they don't pray?
Yes: he says hitting children over prayer misreads the hadith, and that children should be drawn to prayer by example and love, not fear. Mufti Abu Layth says that if you take the hadith on hitting children who do not pray literally, you have misunderstood the Prophet.
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 46:48)
A more recent answer on fiqh/prayer exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/30/
Watch on YouTube at 46:48: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmtt2TQAO0&t=2808s<p><b>Can I hit my children if they don't pray?</b></p>
<p>Yes: he says hitting children over prayer misreads the hadith, and that children should be drawn to prayer by example and love, not fear. Mufti Abu Layth says that if you take the hadith on hitting children who do not pray literally, you have misunderstood the Prophet.</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 46:48)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/prayer exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/30/">Why are two of the daily prayers recited silently when 17:110 says not to be silent?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmtt2TQAO0&t=2808s">Watch on YouTube at 46:48</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/13/">Open the segment</a></p>Is it haram to sit at a table where people are drinking alcohol?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr4-gh0qez4/s/5/2020-08-04T00:00:00Z2020-08-04T00:00:00ZIs it haram to sit at a table where people are drinking alcohol?
Mufti Abu Layth says it is not a sin to sit at a table where alcohol is served; the hadith was part of a gradual move away from alcohol. Mufti Abu Layth says there is no sin in sitting at a table where there is alcohol.
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 16:30)
A more recent answer on hadith/individual-hadith-explained exists (14 March 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr3nsx3ufy8/s/22/
Watch on YouTube at 16:58: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR4-gh0qEZ4&t=1018s<p><b>Is it haram to sit at a table where people are drinking alcohol?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says it is not a sin to sit at a table where alcohol is served; the hadith was part of a gradual move away from alcohol. Mufti Abu Layth says there is no sin in sitting at a table where there is alcohol.</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 16:30)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/individual-hadith-explained exists</b> (14 March 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr3nsx3ufy8/s/22/">Does the Quran say Jesus died, and how did the Prophet understand the verse 'when you took me'?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR4-gh0qEZ4&t=1018s">Watch on YouTube at 16:58</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr4-gh0qez4/s/5/">Open the segment</a></p>Does 'leave what makes you doubt' mean I should always follow the strictest opinion?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/a6h5lye4mn8/s/14/2020-07-14T00:00:00Z2020-07-14T00:00:00ZDoes 'leave what makes you doubt' mean I should always follow the strictest opinion?
No: he reads it the opposite way, since nothing should be made binding unless proven with certainty; it is a general rule about dubious matters, not a call to strictness. Mufti Abu Layth says the hadith telling people to leave what makes them doubt does not mean following the strictest of all opinions.
Answer from 14 July 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth 173 (at 59:03)
A more recent answer on fiqh/legal-theory exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/23/
Watch on YouTube at 59:42: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6H5lYE4MN8&t=3582s<p><b>Does 'leave what makes you doubt' mean I should always follow the strictest opinion?</b></p>
<p>No: he reads it the opposite way, since nothing should be made binding unless proven with certainty; it is a general rule about dubious matters, not a call to strictness. Mufti Abu Layth says the hadith telling people to leave what makes them doubt does not mean following the strictest of all opinions.</p>
<p>Answer from 14 July 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth 173 (at 59:03)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/legal-theory exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/23/">If reason helps us understand the Quran, does the reasoning of earlier scholars matter too?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6H5lYE4MN8&t=3582s">Watch on YouTube at 59:42</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/a6h5lye4mn8/s/14/">Open the segment</a></p>Were the companions allowed to change words of the Quran, and was that only a temporary concession?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/xznxiyp0b5s/s/14/2020-07-03T00:00:00Z2020-07-03T00:00:00ZWere the companions allowed to change words of the Quran, and was that only a temporary concession?
The guest argues the Prophet allowed multiple oral forms of the Quran; Mufti Abu Layth says this dynamism was the Quran's inherent nature, not a temporary concession.
Answer from 3 July 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Prof. Dr Khalil Andani | The Oral Text & the Ontology of The Quran | Mindtrap with Mufti #28 (at 1:03:08)
A more recent answer on quran/preservation-and-qiraat exists (29 September 2024): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hmurvu2c9yq/s/4/
Watch on YouTube at 1:03:43: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xznXIYp0B5s&t=3823s<p><b>Were the companions allowed to change words of the Quran, and was that only a temporary concession?</b></p>
<p>The guest argues the Prophet allowed multiple oral forms of the Quran; Mufti Abu Layth says this dynamism was the Quran's inherent nature, not a temporary concession.</p>
<p>Answer from 3 July 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Prof. Dr Khalil Andani | The Oral Text & the Ontology of The Quran | Mindtrap with Mufti #28 (at 1:03:08)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on quran/preservation-and-qiraat exists</b> (29 September 2024): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hmurvu2c9yq/s/4/">Why is lanasfa'an in Quran 96:15 written with an alif, and is it a mistake?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xznXIYp0B5s&t=3823s">Watch on YouTube at 1:03:43</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/xznxiyp0b5s/s/14/">Open the segment</a></p>I stopped praying because it feels mechanical and forced; will I go to hell?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ixsylbrg6a0/s/1/2020-05-25T00:00:00Z2020-05-25T00:00:00ZI stopped praying because it feels mechanical and forced; will I go to hell?
Pray out of gratitude and connection, not fear of hell, and do not develop hatred for the prayer even if you slack or combine prayers; each person's journey is their own. The Prophet told a Companion who slept past dawn simply to pray when he wakes. Mufti Abu Layth says he personally prays out of gratitude and connection rather than fear of hell and that this is the best way to pray, that each person's journey is their own and others should not condemn them, and that someone struggling with prayer should not develop hatred for it.
Answer from 25 May 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: "I don't want to pray salah" | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)
A more recent answer on fiqh/prayer exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/30/
Watch on YouTube at 0:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXSyLbrg6A0&t=0s<p><b>I stopped praying because it feels mechanical and forced; will I go to hell?</b></p>
<p>Pray out of gratitude and connection, not fear of hell, and do not develop hatred for the prayer even if you slack or combine prayers; each person's journey is their own. The Prophet told a Companion who slept past dawn simply to pray when he wakes. Mufti Abu Layth says he personally prays out of gratitude and connection rather than fear of hell and that this is the best way to pray, that each person's journey is their own and others should not condemn them, and that someone struggling with prayer should not develop hatred for it.</p>
<p>Answer from 25 May 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: "I don't want to pray salah" | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/prayer exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/30/">Why are two of the daily prayers recited silently when 17:110 says not to be silent?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXSyLbrg6A0&t=0s">Watch on YouTube at 0:00</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ixsylbrg6a0/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>Did the Prophet really split the moon in half?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/grh2zu4awqi/s/1/2019-10-18T00:00:00Z2019-10-18T00:00:00ZDid the Prophet really split the moon in half?
No: Mufti Abu Layth says the moon was not split; the companions described what they perceived, most likely a lunar eclipse, and Quran 54:1 is about the end of the world. Mufti Abu Layth says the moon was not split and that the verse of the Quran on the moon splitting has nothing to do with that alleged event.
Answer from 18 October 2019 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Hadith on The Moon Splitting | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:02)
A more recent answer on belief/prophethood-and-miracles exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/21/
Watch on YouTube at 0:40: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grh2ZU4awQI&t=40s<p><b>Did the Prophet really split the moon in half?</b></p>
<p>No: Mufti Abu Layth says the moon was not split; the companions described what they perceived, most likely a lunar eclipse, and Quran 54:1 is about the end of the world. Mufti Abu Layth says the moon was not split and that the verse of the Quran on the moon splitting has nothing to do with that alleged event.</p>
<p>Answer from 18 October 2019 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Hadith on The Moon Splitting | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:02)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/prophethood-and-miracles exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/21/">Can the Quran be used to call the Prophet the best of creation?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grh2ZU4awQI&t=40s">Watch on YouTube at 0:40</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/grh2zu4awqi/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>Did Islam invent marriage?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/c8fjy8mcezm/s/4/2019-05-10T00:00:00Z2019-05-10T00:00:00ZDid Islam invent marriage?
No: Aisha's hadith lists four kinds of pre-Islamic marriage, and the ordinary one of proposal and acceptance continued with Islam's approval. Mufti Abu Layth says Aisha's hadith shows that Islam never introduced nikah but recognised a practice already present before Islam.
Answer from 10 May 2019 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Can a Nikah with a Non-Muslim be valid? - Mufti Abu Layth Al-Maliki (at 15:25)
A more recent answer on fiqh/marriage-contracts exists (10 December 2022): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/8/
Watch on YouTube at 15:25: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8fjy8MceZM&t=925s<p><b>Did Islam invent marriage?</b></p>
<p>No: Aisha's hadith lists four kinds of pre-Islamic marriage, and the ordinary one of proposal and acceptance continued with Islam's approval. Mufti Abu Layth says Aisha's hadith shows that Islam never introduced nikah but recognised a practice already present before Islam.</p>
<p>Answer from 10 May 2019 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Can a Nikah with a Non-Muslim be valid? - Mufti Abu Layth Al-Maliki (at 15:25)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/marriage-contracts exists</b> (10 December 2022): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/8/">How did Abu Hanifa solve the case of two brides sent to the wrong grooms?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8fjy8MceZM&t=925s">Watch on YouTube at 15:25</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/c8fjy8mcezm/s/4/">Open the segment</a></p>Is it haram to pressure a wife into sex by saying God will be angry?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ngz8jo6o0f4/s/1/2018-07-08T00:00:00Z2018-07-08T00:00:00ZIs it haram to pressure a wife into sex by saying God will be angry?
Yes: marital rape is categorically haram, and so is religious blackmail, using God's anger to get sex. He reads the hadith of the angels cursing a refusing wife as justifying that. Mufti Abu Layth says, repeating what he said in an earlier session, that marital rape is categorically haram and that this includes religious blackmail.
Answer from 8 July 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Reply to Sunni (Wahhabi) Defence Pt. II -Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)
A more recent answer on dialogue/responses-to-critics exists (6 April 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zz85auzek5w/s/38/
Watch on YouTube at 0:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGz8JO6O0f4&t=0s<p><b>Is it haram to pressure a wife into sex by saying God will be angry?</b></p>
<p>Yes: marital rape is categorically haram, and so is religious blackmail, using God's anger to get sex. He reads the hadith of the angels cursing a refusing wife as justifying that. Mufti Abu Layth says, repeating what he said in an earlier session, that marital rape is categorically haram and that this includes religious blackmail.</p>
<p>Answer from 8 July 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Reply to Sunni (Wahhabi) Defence Pt. II -Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on dialogue/responses-to-critics exists</b> (6 April 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zz85auzek5w/s/38/">Donors, deathbed remarks and 'no hatred': an invitation to the critic</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGz8JO6O0f4&t=0s">Watch on YouTube at 0:00</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ngz8jo6o0f4/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>What is the context of the hadith 'whoever changes his religion, kill him'?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vyawdwthpa4/s/7/2018-05-10T00:00:00Z2018-05-10T00:00:00ZWhat is the context of the hadith 'whoever changes his religion, kill him'?
The report 'whoever changes his religion, kill him' clashes with the Quran, and in full it is Ikrima's account of Ali burning people alive and Ibn Abbas objecting that he should have executed them instead. Mufti Abu Layth says the report 'whoever changes his religion, kill him' clashes with the absolute verse of the Quran on freedom of belief and must be read in its full context of Ali burning people alive and Ibn Abbas objecting.
Answer from 10 May 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Apostasy has NO punishment in Islam: A Qur'an & Sunnah Analysis by Mufti Abu Layth (at 26:06)
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 26:06: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyAwDWTHPa4&t=1566s<p><b>What is the context of the hadith 'whoever changes his religion, kill him'?</b></p>
<p>The report 'whoever changes his religion, kill him' clashes with the Quran, and in full it is Ikrima's account of Ali burning people alive and Ibn Abbas objecting that he should have executed them instead. Mufti Abu Layth says the report 'whoever changes his religion, kill him' clashes with the absolute verse of the Quran on freedom of belief and must be read in its full context of Ali burning people alive and Ibn Abbas objecting.</p>
<p>Answer from 10 May 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Apostasy has NO punishment in Islam: A Qur'an & Sunnah Analysis by Mufti Abu Layth (at 26:06)</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=VyAwDWTHPa4&t=1566s">Watch on YouTube at 26:06</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vyawdwthpa4/s/7/">Open the segment</a></p>Should I refuse to shake hands with the opposite sex where it is the custom?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/h8sxk-2-w-4/s/4/2018-05-04T00:00:00Z2018-05-04T00:00:00ZShould I refuse to shake hands with the opposite sex where it is the custom?
Follow the convention you are in: where people do not shake hands, do not; where they do, you may act on the fatwa of the scholars who permit it, since no clear verse or hadith forbids it. Losing citizenship over a handshake was not a battle worth choosing. His own understanding is that one follows the convention of one's society: where people do not shake hands one does not, following the general ulama, but where it is the convention one may act on the fatwa of the scholars who permit it, since, as many ulama say, no clear verse or hadith makes it haram, and Muslims should choose their battles wisely.
Answer from 4 May 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Hadith Analysis: Why men and women CAN shake hands -Mufti Abu Layth (at 9:10)
A more recent answer on society/islam-and-modernity exists (19 August 2022): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/11/
Watch on YouTube at 9:10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8SXk-2-W-4&t=550s<p><b>Should I refuse to shake hands with the opposite sex where it is the custom?</b></p>
<p>Follow the convention you are in: where people do not shake hands, do not; where they do, you may act on the fatwa of the scholars who permit it, since no clear verse or hadith forbids it. Losing citizenship over a handshake was not a battle worth choosing. His own understanding is that one follows the convention of one's society: where people do not shake hands one does not, following the general ulama, but where it is the convention one may act on the fatwa of the scholars who permit it, since, as many ulama say, no clear verse or hadith makes it haram, and Muslims should choose their battles wisely.</p>
<p>Answer from 4 May 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Hadith Analysis: Why men and women CAN shake hands -Mufti Abu Layth (at 9:10)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on society/islam-and-modernity exists</b> (19 August 2022): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/11/">Should all religions be free to compete without state backing?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8SXk-2-W-4&t=550s">Watch on YouTube at 9:10</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/h8sxk-2-w-4/s/4/">Open the segment</a></p>What evidence do scholars use to allow men and women to shake hands?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/h8sxk-2-w-4/s/3/2018-05-04T00:00:00Z2018-05-04T00:00:00ZWhat evidence do scholars use to allow men and women to shake hands?
Scholars who permit it cite 'do not frighten people away', the verse on returning greetings, Abu Musa having a woman comb his hair on Hajj, and the Sahih report that Umm Haram combed the Prophet's hair and let him nap at her house. The Umm Haram report is one scholars struggled with.
Answer from 4 May 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)
Recording: Hadith Analysis: Why men and women CAN shake hands -Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:33)
A more recent answer on fiqh/gender-interaction exists (13 April 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/2/
Watch on YouTube at 6:33: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8SXk-2-W-4&t=393s<p><b>What evidence do scholars use to allow men and women to shake hands?</b></p>
<p>Scholars who permit it cite 'do not frighten people away', the verse on returning greetings, Abu Musa having a woman comb his hair on Hajj, and the Sahih report that Umm Haram combed the Prophet's hair and let him nap at her house. The Umm Haram report is one scholars struggled with.</p>
<p>Answer from 4 May 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p>
<p>Recording: Hadith Analysis: Why men and women CAN shake hands -Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:33)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/gender-interaction exists</b> (13 April 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/2/">Does a community gathering have to be gender segregated?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8SXk-2-W-4&t=393s">Watch on YouTube at 6:33</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/h8sxk-2-w-4/s/3/">Open the segment</a></p>Which scholars say men and women may shake hands, and what about 'I do not shake hands with women'?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/h8sxk-2-w-4/s/2/2018-05-04T00:00:00Z2018-05-04T00:00:00ZWhich scholars say men and women may shake hands, and what about 'I do not shake hands with women'?
The hadith 'I do not shake hands with women' is set against Umm Atiyya's narrations of the women's pledge, which some read as the Prophet shaking hands. Contemporary scholars including the Shaykh of al-Azhar, Bin Bayyah and the European fatwa council have ruled that shaking hands is permitted.
Answer from 4 May 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)
Recording: Hadith Analysis: Why men and women CAN shake hands -Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:36)
A more recent answer on fiqh/madhhabs-and-following exists (10 December 2022): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/12/
Watch on YouTube at 2:36: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8SXk-2-W-4&t=156s<p><b>Which scholars say men and women may shake hands, and what about 'I do not shake hands with women'?</b></p>
<p>The hadith 'I do not shake hands with women' is set against Umm Atiyya's narrations of the women's pledge, which some read as the Prophet shaking hands. Contemporary scholars including the Shaykh of al-Azhar, Bin Bayyah and the European fatwa council have ruled that shaking hands is permitted.</p>
<p>Answer from 4 May 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p>
<p>Recording: Hadith Analysis: Why men and women CAN shake hands -Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:36)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/madhhabs-and-following exists</b> (10 December 2022): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/12/">What did Abu Hanifa say about Imam Malik?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8SXk-2-W-4&t=156s">Watch on YouTube at 2:36</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/h8sxk-2-w-4/s/2/">Open the segment</a></p>The seven ajwa dates hadith as hyperbolehttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/pifqxkwyrwg/s/8/2018-04-15T00:00:00Z2018-04-15T00:00:00ZThe seven ajwa dates hadith as hyperbole
The hadith that ajwa dates protect from poison and magic is hyperbole praising dates; classical commentators did not take it literally either. Mufti Abu Layth says that in his understanding the hadith of the seven dates was hyperbole emphasising the benefits of dates.
Answer from 15 April 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Magic: Myth and Reality in Islam by Mufti Abu Layth (at 43:38)
A more recent answer on hadith/individual-hadith-explained exists (14 March 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr3nsx3ufy8/s/22/
Watch on YouTube at 43:38: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiFqxkWyrwg&t=2618s<p><b>The seven ajwa dates hadith as hyperbole</b></p>
<p>The hadith that ajwa dates protect from poison and magic is hyperbole praising dates; classical commentators did not take it literally either. Mufti Abu Layth says that in his understanding the hadith of the seven dates was hyperbole emphasising the benefits of dates.</p>
<p>Answer from 15 April 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Magic: Myth and Reality in Islam by Mufti Abu Layth (at 43:38)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/individual-hadith-explained exists</b> (14 March 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr3nsx3ufy8/s/22/">Does the Quran say Jesus died, and how did the Prophet understand the verse 'when you took me'?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiFqxkWyrwg&t=2618s">Watch on YouTube at 43:38</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/pifqxkwyrwg/s/8/">Open the segment</a></p>What does the hadith 'Satan flows through the son of Adam like blood' mean?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/lexzvtf9yga/s/6/2018-04-15T00:00:00Z2018-04-15T00:00:00ZWhat does the hadith 'Satan flows through the son of Adam like blood' mean?
In context it is about suspicion: the Prophet said it after explaining to some men that the woman with him was his wife Safiyya, so it refers to the insinuations that pass through human minds, not to possession. Mufti Abu Layth adds that the exorcism trade is a large industry whose practitioners may nonetheless be sincere. Mufti Abu Layth holds that the hadith that Satan flows through the son of Adam like blood, read in its context with Safiyya, concerns human suspicion and insinuation, since the men addressed were not possessed, and that it does not support possession.
Answer from 15 April 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Jinn: Myth and Reality in Islam by Mufti Abu Layth (at 22:09)
A more recent answer on belief/unseen-beings/jinn-possession exists (26 April 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/17/
Watch on YouTube at 22:09: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeXzvtf9YGA&t=1329s<p><b>What does the hadith 'Satan flows through the son of Adam like blood' mean?</b></p>
<p>In context it is about suspicion: the Prophet said it after explaining to some men that the woman with him was his wife Safiyya, so it refers to the insinuations that pass through human minds, not to possession. Mufti Abu Layth adds that the exorcism trade is a large industry whose practitioners may nonetheless be sincere. Mufti Abu Layth holds that the hadith that Satan flows through the son of Adam like blood, read in its context with Safiyya, concerns human suspicion and insinuation, since the men addressed were not possessed, and that it does not support possession.</p>
<p>Answer from 15 April 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Jinn: Myth and Reality in Islam by Mufti Abu Layth (at 22:09)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/unseen-beings/jinn-possession exists</b> (26 April 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/17/">Do obscene or blasphemous thoughts during prayer ruin my salah?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeXzvtf9YGA&t=1329s">Watch on YouTube at 22:09</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/lexzvtf9yga/s/6/">Open the segment</a></p>Give glad tidings, make things easy: the hadith behind his approach; do not intimidatehttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/nhzyu3bkbwe/s/27/2018-03-13T00:00:00Z2018-03-13T00:00:00ZGive glad tidings, make things easy: the hadith behind his approach; do not intimidate
The Prophet's instruction to give glad tidings and make things easy is the pillar of Mufti Abu Layth's approach; intimidating people into beliefs contradicts it, and learning Islam for oneself is what kept him in it. Mufti Abu Layth says the Prophet's instruction to give glad tidings and make things easy is the pillar of his understanding of Islam, and that intimidating people into beliefs contradicts the Prophet's way and Imam Malik's.
Answer from 13 March 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: PRELUDE: Why There Is NO 2nd Coming Of Jesus (as) In Islam- Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:43:54)
A more recent answer on wellbeing/character-and-virtue exists (29 September 2024): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hmurvu2c9yq/s/5/
Watch on YouTube at 1:43:54: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHzYu3BKBWE&t=6234s<p><b>Give glad tidings, make things easy: the hadith behind his approach; do not intimidate</b></p>
<p>The Prophet's instruction to give glad tidings and make things easy is the pillar of Mufti Abu Layth's approach; intimidating people into beliefs contradicts it, and learning Islam for oneself is what kept him in it. Mufti Abu Layth says the Prophet's instruction to give glad tidings and make things easy is the pillar of his understanding of Islam, and that intimidating people into beliefs contradicts the Prophet's way and Imam Malik's.</p>
<p>Answer from 13 March 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: PRELUDE: Why There Is NO 2nd Coming Of Jesus (as) In Islam- Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:43:54)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on wellbeing/character-and-virtue exists</b> (29 September 2024): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hmurvu2c9yq/s/5/">Spread love, and take account of the damage our words have done</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHzYu3BKBWE&t=6234s">Watch on YouTube at 1:43:54</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/nhzyu3bkbwe/s/27/">Open the segment</a></p>What is riba al-fadl and what does the hadith on gold, silver, wheat, barley, dates and salt say?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ucdrblygy70/s/4/2017-10-19T00:00:00Z2017-10-19T00:00:00ZWhat is riba al-fadl and what does the hadith on gold, silver, wheat, barley, dates and salt say?
The six-commodities hadith requires equal, hand-to-hand exchange and makes delay riba, even between different goods. Taken literally it would make credit impossible, so the scholars exempted gold and silver by a kind of consensus. Mufti Abu Layth says the six-commodities hadith, taken as it stands, would make any purchase on credit impossible, and that the scholars by a kind of consensus exempted gold and silver from it while keeping the other four goods.
Answer from 19 October 2017 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Are Mortgages & Bank Loans Haram? - Mufti Abu Layth (at 9:16)
A more recent answer on hadith/individual-hadith-explained exists (14 March 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr3nsx3ufy8/s/22/
Watch on YouTube at 9:16: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucdrbLyGY70&t=556s<p><b>What is riba al-fadl and what does the hadith on gold, silver, wheat, barley, dates and salt say?</b></p>
<p>The six-commodities hadith requires equal, hand-to-hand exchange and makes delay riba, even between different goods. Taken literally it would make credit impossible, so the scholars exempted gold and silver by a kind of consensus. Mufti Abu Layth says the six-commodities hadith, taken as it stands, would make any purchase on credit impossible, and that the scholars by a kind of consensus exempted gold and silver from it while keeping the other four goods.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 October 2017 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Are Mortgages & Bank Loans Haram? - Mufti Abu Layth (at 9:16)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/individual-hadith-explained exists</b> (14 March 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr3nsx3ufy8/s/22/">Does the Quran say Jesus died, and how did the Prophet understand the verse 'when you took me'?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucdrbLyGY70&t=556s">Watch on YouTube at 9:16</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ucdrblygy70/s/4/">Open the segment</a></p>Is cyberbullying and attacking someone's honour haram in Islam?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/6_dmojl-_bi/s/13/2017-09-29T00:00:00Z2017-09-29T00:00:00ZIs 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 路 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): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hmurvu2c9yq/s/5/
Watch on YouTube at 40:31: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_dmOJl-_bI&t=2431s<p><b>Is cyberbullying and attacking someone's honour haram in Islam?</b></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Answer from 29 September 2017 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Propaganda against Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan - Mufti Abu Layth (at 40:31)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on wellbeing/character-and-virtue exists</b> (29 September 2024): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hmurvu2c9yq/s/5/">Spread love, and take account of the damage our words have done</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_dmOJl-_bI&t=2431s">Watch on YouTube at 40:31</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/6_dmojl-_bi/s/13/">Open the segment</a></p>Should religious leaders be held to a higher standard than everyone else?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/6_dmojl-_bi/s/7/2017-09-29T00:00:00Z2017-09-29T00:00:00ZShould religious leaders be held to a higher standard than everyone else?
The claim that leaders deserve greater scrutiny is a modern Western ethic that its proponents apply selectively, in Mufti Abu Layth's view, while a hadith tells Muslims to overlook the slips of people of standing. Workplace rules on relationships are corporate productivity ethics, not religion. Mufti Abu Layth holds that the principle that leaders deserve greater scrutiny is a modern Western ethic applied selectively by those who reject modern ethics elsewhere, and that the Prophet instructed overlooking the slips of people of standing.
Answer from 29 September 2017 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Propaganda against Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan - Mufti Abu Layth (at 19:37)
A more recent answer on fiqh/legal-theory exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/23/
Watch on YouTube at 19:37: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_dmOJl-_bI&t=1177s<p><b>Should religious leaders be held to a higher standard than everyone else?</b></p>
<p>The claim that leaders deserve greater scrutiny is a modern Western ethic that its proponents apply selectively, in Mufti Abu Layth's view, while a hadith tells Muslims to overlook the slips of people of standing. Workplace rules on relationships are corporate productivity ethics, not religion. Mufti Abu Layth holds that the principle that leaders deserve greater scrutiny is a modern Western ethic applied selectively by those who reject modern ethics elsewhere, and that the Prophet instructed overlooking the slips of people of standing.</p>
<p>Answer from 29 September 2017 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Propaganda against Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan - Mufti Abu Layth (at 19:37)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/legal-theory exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/23/">If reason helps us understand the Quran, does the reasoning of earlier scholars matter too?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_dmOJl-_bI&t=1177s">Watch on YouTube at 19:37</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/6_dmojl-_bi/s/7/">Open the segment</a></p>Does the hadith that Shaytan flows in a person's blood prove possession?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7z8yu8kr83y/s/14/2017-09-20T00:00:00Z2017-09-20T00:00:00ZDoes the hadith that Shaytan flows in a person's blood prove possession?
No: the Prophet said it to two men who saw him with his wife Safiyya, about human suspicion, and nobody present was possessed. The Quran itself appeals to reason and proof, so possession must be tested by reason, which someone reading the Quran without cultural baggage would never find in it. Mufti Abu Layth holds that the Quran itself calls people to reason rather than to belief on its own say-so, so a claim like possession must be tested against reason, and that the hadith of Shaytan flowing in the blood concerns human suspicion, as its Safiyya context shows, not possession.
Answer from 20 September 2017 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Jinn Possessions: Myth and Reality in Islam by Sh. Akram Nadwi & Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:09:02)
A more recent answer on belief/reason-and-revelation exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/27/
Watch on YouTube at 1:09:02: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z8yu8Kr83Y&t=4142s<p><b>Does the hadith that Shaytan flows in a person's blood prove possession?</b></p>
<p>No: the Prophet said it to two men who saw him with his wife Safiyya, about human suspicion, and nobody present was possessed. The Quran itself appeals to reason and proof, so possession must be tested by reason, which someone reading the Quran without cultural baggage would never find in it. Mufti Abu Layth holds that the Quran itself calls people to reason rather than to belief on its own say-so, so a claim like possession must be tested against reason, and that the hadith of Shaytan flowing in the blood concerns human suspicion, as its Safiyya context shows, not possession.</p>
<p>Answer from 20 September 2017 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Jinn Possessions: Myth and Reality in Islam by Sh. Akram Nadwi & Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:09:02)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/reason-and-revelation exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/27/">Why did Mufti Abu Layth bring up 3:188 against the Quran-only position?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z8yu8Kr83Y&t=4142s">Watch on YouTube at 1:09:02</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7z8yu8kr83y/s/14/">Open the segment</a></p>Are there authentic hadith of the Prophet casting a jinn out of someone?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7z8yu8kr83y/s/13/2017-09-20T00:00:00Z2017-09-20T00:00:00ZAre there authentic hadith of the Prophet casting a jinn out of someone?
None of the hadith cited for possession is free of criticism; the only sound version, Uthman ibn Abi al-As in Sahih Muslim, mentions no jinn, as al-Nawawi notes, and the 'come out, enemy of Allah' reports are weak. The Prophet, a mercy to mankind, would not have left such a thing untaught. Mufti Abu Layth says not a single hadith cited for possession is free of criticism, that the sound version of Uthman ibn Abi al-As's report in Sahih Muslim mentions no jinn, as al-Nawawi notes, and that a Prophet sent as a mercy would not have left a phenomenon affecting everyone untaught.
Answer from 20 September 2017 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Jinn Possessions: Myth and Reality in Islam by Sh. Akram Nadwi & Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:02:31)
A more recent answer on hadith/authentication exists (19 August 2022): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/16/
Watch on YouTube at 1:02:31: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z8yu8Kr83Y&t=3751s<p><b>Are there authentic hadith of the Prophet casting a jinn out of someone?</b></p>
<p>None of the hadith cited for possession is free of criticism; the only sound version, Uthman ibn Abi al-As in Sahih Muslim, mentions no jinn, as al-Nawawi notes, and the 'come out, enemy of Allah' reports are weak. The Prophet, a mercy to mankind, would not have left such a thing untaught. Mufti Abu Layth says not a single hadith cited for possession is free of criticism, that the sound version of Uthman ibn Abi al-As's report in Sahih Muslim mentions no jinn, as al-Nawawi notes, and that a Prophet sent as a mercy would not have left a phenomenon affecting everyone untaught.</p>
<p>Answer from 20 September 2017 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Jinn Possessions: Myth and Reality in Islam by Sh. Akram Nadwi & Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:02:31)</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=7z8yu8Kr83Y&t=3751s">Watch on YouTube at 1:02:31</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7z8yu8kr83y/s/13/">Open the segment</a></p>Doesn't the hadith about Aisha playing with dolls show she was a child?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/0ovisexs4ca/s/14/2017-01-11T00:00:00Z2017-01-11T00:00:00ZDoesn't the hadith about Aisha playing with dolls show she was a child?
The word 'play' is also used of adults, and the detailed figures described in the report read as figurines rather than a child's toys. The report does not show Aisha was a child. Mufti Abu Layth holds that the dolls report does not show Aisha was a child, since 'play' applies to adults and the objects described read as figurines.
Answer from 11 January 2017 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Age of Aisha (ra)- Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:38:13)
A more recent answer on history/sirah exists (9 May 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oag-f3hxcdy/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 1:38:13: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oVIsExS4cA&t=5893s<p><b>Doesn't the hadith about Aisha playing with dolls show she was a child?</b></p>
<p>The word 'play' is also used of adults, and the detailed figures described in the report read as figurines rather than a child's toys. The report does not show Aisha was a child. Mufti Abu Layth holds that the dolls report does not show Aisha was a child, since 'play' applies to adults and the objects described read as figurines.</p>
<p>Answer from 11 January 2017 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Age of Aisha (ra)- Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:38:13)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/sirah exists</b> (9 May 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oag-f3hxcdy/s/3/">How did the Prophet balance gentleness and strength?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oVIsExS4cA&t=5893s">Watch on YouTube at 1:38:13</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/0ovisexs4ca/s/14/">Open the segment</a></p>Is Islam still relevant in today's confusing times?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/qbvwbhoizw4/s/3/2016-12-21T00:00:00Z2016-12-21T00:00:00ZIs Islam still relevant in today's confusing times?
Yes: the Prophet foretold confusing trials like layers of night, but Islam is for every time and place and has spread against the greatest odds. Mufti Abu Layth says Islam is for every time and every place, not restricted to the Arabian Peninsula.
Answer from 21 December 2016 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Islam in the 21st Century | Mufti Abu Layth | Ha Meem Foundation (at 8:12)
A more recent answer on society/islam-and-modernity exists (19 August 2022): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/11/
Watch on YouTube at 8:12: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBvWBHOIzW4&t=492s<p><b>Is Islam still relevant in today's confusing times?</b></p>
<p>Yes: the Prophet foretold confusing trials like layers of night, but Islam is for every time and place and has spread against the greatest odds. Mufti Abu Layth says Islam is for every time and every place, not restricted to the Arabian Peninsula.</p>
<p>Answer from 21 December 2016 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Islam in the 21st Century | Mufti Abu Layth | Ha Meem Foundation (at 8:12)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on society/islam-and-modernity exists</b> (19 August 2022): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/11/">Should all religions be free to compete without state backing?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBvWBHOIzW4&t=492s">Watch on YouTube at 8:12</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/qbvwbhoizw4/s/3/">Open the segment</a></p>What is the reward of sitting in a gathering of remembrance?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/qbvwbhoizw4/s/2/2016-12-21T00:00:00Z2016-12-21T00:00:00ZWhat is the reward of sitting in a gathering of remembrance?
Gatherings for remembering Allah bring tranquillity, mercy and forgiveness, even for someone who only happened to sit with them.
Answer from 21 December 2016 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Islam in the 21st Century | Mufti Abu Layth | Ha Meem Foundation (at 3:57)
A more recent answer on wellbeing/character-and-virtue exists (29 September 2024): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hmurvu2c9yq/s/5/
Watch on YouTube at 3:57: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBvWBHOIzW4&t=237s<p><b>What is the reward of sitting in a gathering of remembrance?</b></p>
<p>Gatherings for remembering Allah bring tranquillity, mercy and forgiveness, even for someone who only happened to sit with them.</p>
<p>Answer from 21 December 2016 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Islam in the 21st Century | Mufti Abu Layth | Ha Meem Foundation (at 3:57)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on wellbeing/character-and-virtue exists</b> (29 September 2024): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hmurvu2c9yq/s/5/">Spread love, and take account of the damage our words have done</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBvWBHOIzW4&t=237s">Watch on YouTube at 3:57</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/qbvwbhoizw4/s/2/">Open the segment</a></p>Is a short back and sides or faded haircut haram?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--ojaswltlu/s/1/2015-05-05T00:00:00Z2015-05-05T00:00:00ZIs a short back and sides or faded haircut haram?
A short back and sides, or hair of unequal lengths, is permissible and does not fall under the hadith forbidding qaza'. Shaving patches and leaving others (qaza') is at most disliked, not haram, in the view he presents, unless done to disfigure or to imitate a religious practice. A haircut with hair of unequal lengths, such as a short back and sides, is permissible and is not the qaza' the hadith forbids; shaving patches and leaving others is at most makruh rather than haram unless it is done to disfigure or to imitate a religious practice.
Answer from 5 May 2015 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Explanation: Are uneven (such as faded) haircuts haram? (at 0:00)
A more recent answer on hadith/individual-hadith-explained exists (14 March 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr3nsx3ufy8/s/22/
Watch on YouTube at 1:20: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--OJasWltLU&t=80s<p><b>Is a short back and sides or faded haircut haram?</b></p>
<p>A short back and sides, or hair of unequal lengths, is permissible and does not fall under the hadith forbidding qaza'. Shaving patches and leaving others (qaza') is at most disliked, not haram, in the view he presents, unless done to disfigure or to imitate a religious practice. A haircut with hair of unequal lengths, such as a short back and sides, is permissible and is not the qaza' the hadith forbids; shaving patches and leaving others is at most makruh rather than haram unless it is done to disfigure or to imitate a religious practice.</p>
<p>Answer from 5 May 2015 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Explanation: Are uneven (such as faded) haircuts haram? (at 0:00)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/individual-hadith-explained exists</b> (14 March 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr3nsx3ufy8/s/22/">Does the Quran say Jesus died, and how did the Prophet understand the verse 'when you took me'?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--OJasWltLU&t=80s">Watch on YouTube at 1:20</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--ojaswltlu/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>What do the sound hadith about the beard actually say?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/d95_pyj6nia/s/3/2014-04-12T00:00:00Z2014-04-12T00:00:00ZWhat do the sound hadith about the beard actually say?
Only three hadith on the beard have undisputed chains, and each pairs trimming the moustache with the beard and gives the reason of differing from the Jews and Christians, the Majus or the mushrikin. Many read this as an obligatory command, but Mufti Abu Layth says other hadith show otherwise. Mufti Abu Layth holds that the sound hadith on the beard reduce to three, each pairing the moustache with the beard and giving the reason of being different from non-Muslims, and that the command need not be read as obligatory, as other hadith show.
Answer from 12 April 2014 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Cutting-edge Perspective: Trimming the beard in Islam (pt 1)- Mufti Abu Layth (at 9:16)
A more recent answer on hadith/hadith-in-legal-reasoning exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/
Watch on YouTube at 9:16: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d95_pYj6NiA&t=556s<p><b>What do the sound hadith about the beard actually say?</b></p>
<p>Only three hadith on the beard have undisputed chains, and each pairs trimming the moustache with the beard and gives the reason of differing from the Jews and Christians, the Majus or the mushrikin. Many read this as an obligatory command, but Mufti Abu Layth says other hadith show otherwise. Mufti Abu Layth holds that the sound hadith on the beard reduce to three, each pairing the moustache with the beard and giving the reason of being different from non-Muslims, and that the command need not be read as obligatory, as other hadith show.</p>
<p>Answer from 12 April 2014 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Cutting-edge Perspective: Trimming the beard in Islam (pt 1)- Mufti Abu Layth (at 9:16)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/hadith-in-legal-reasoning exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/">Is there a middle way between rejecting all hadith and accepting every hadith?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d95_pYj6NiA&t=556s">Watch on YouTube at 9:16</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/d95_pyj6nia/s/3/">Open the segment</a></p>What is the dua for memorising the Quran and how do I perform it?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/-lbz11113su/s/2/2014-01-18T00:00:00Z2014-01-18T00:00:00ZWhat is the dua for memorising the Quran and how do I perform it?
On Thursday night, in the last part of the night, pray four units with al-Fatiha and a set surah in each, then say the dua the Prophet taught Ali asking that the Quran stick to the heart, for three, five or seven Fridays. The Quran may be held and read from during the prayer according to the majority. Mufti Abu Layth says that, according to the majority of scholars though with some difference of opinion, it is permitted to hold the Quran and read from it during salah, so the surahs of the memorisation prayer may be read from the book.
Answer from 18 January 2014 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: How to memorise the Quran- Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:39)
A more recent answer on fiqh/prayer exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/30/
Watch on YouTube at 2:39: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lbZ11113SU&t=159s<p><b>What is the dua for memorising the Quran and how do I perform it?</b></p>
<p>On Thursday night, in the last part of the night, pray four units with al-Fatiha and a set surah in each, then say the dua the Prophet taught Ali asking that the Quran stick to the heart, for three, five or seven Fridays. The Quran may be held and read from during the prayer according to the majority. Mufti Abu Layth says that, according to the majority of scholars though with some difference of opinion, it is permitted to hold the Quran and read from it during salah, so the surahs of the memorisation prayer may be read from the book.</p>
<p>Answer from 18 January 2014 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: How to memorise the Quran- Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:39)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/prayer exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/30/">Why are two of the daily prayers recited silently when 17:110 says not to be silent?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lbZ11113SU&t=159s">Watch on YouTube at 2:39</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/-lbz11113su/s/2/">Open the segment</a></p>