Mufti Abu Layth Archive: hadith/sunnah-versus-hadithAnswers on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith, newest recording first.https://muftiabulayth.org/feeds/topics/hadith-sunnah-versus-hadith.atom.xml2025-10-18T00:00:00ZMufti Abu Layth Archivepipeline/feeds.pyDoes the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/2025-10-18T00:00:00Z2025-10-18T00:00:00ZDoes the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?
The guest cites a Muwatta report that a Companion's contemporary recognised nothing of the Companions' practice except the call to prayer, as proof the religion had changed; Mufti Abu Layth says the report refers to those in governance and that Malik throughout his works transmits the living practice of Madinah.
Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:41:21)
Watch on YouTube at 2:42:52: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONzjD7XMDhE&t=9772s<p><b>Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?</b></p>
<p>The guest cites a Muwatta report that a Companion's contemporary recognised nothing of the Companions' practice except the call to prayer, as proof the religion had changed; Mufti Abu Layth says the report refers to those in governance and that Malik throughout his works transmits the living practice of Madinah.</p>
<p>Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:41:21)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONzjD7XMDhE&t=9772s">Watch on YouTube at 2:42:52</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/">Open the segment</a></p>What is Mufti Abu Layth's case for keeping the Islamic scholarly tradition?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/28/2025-10-18T00:00:00Z2025-10-18T00:00:00ZWhat is Mufti Abu Layth's case for keeping the Islamic scholarly tradition?
The guest restates Mufti Abu Layth's view as relying on the tradition for a few hard verses and says the Quran's overall message has no such problems; Mufti says the 1,400-year tradition beginning with the Prophet's Sunnah is invaluable and discarding it is a disservice to Islam.
Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:18:51)
Watch on YouTube at 2:22:37: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONzjD7XMDhE&t=8557s<p><b>What is Mufti Abu Layth's case for keeping the Islamic scholarly tradition?</b></p>
<p>The guest restates Mufti Abu Layth's view as relying on the tradition for a few hard verses and says the Quran's overall message has no such problems; Mufti says the 1,400-year tradition beginning with the Prophet's Sunnah is invaluable and discarding it is a disservice to Islam.</p>
<p>Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:18:51)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONzjD7XMDhE&t=8557s">Watch on YouTube at 2:22:37</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/28/">Open the segment</a></p>How do Muslims know how to pray if the Quran does not spell it out?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/17/2025-10-18T00:00:00Z2025-10-18T00:00:00ZHow do Muslims know how to pray if the Quran does not spell it out?
Mufti Abu Layth says Muslims know how to pray from an unbroken living tradition of more than 1,400 years, father to child, documented in the books of every century; the guest asks why God describes prayer in the Quran if it must be learned at the mosque, and why two prayers are silent when 17:110 forbids silence.
Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:26:18)
Watch on YouTube at 1:27:01: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONzjD7XMDhE&t=5221s<p><b>How do Muslims know how to pray if the Quran does not spell it out?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says Muslims know how to pray from an unbroken living tradition of more than 1,400 years, father to child, documented in the books of every century; the guest asks why God describes prayer in the Quran if it must be learned at the mosque, and why two prayers are silent when 17:110 forbids silence.</p>
<p>Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:26:18)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONzjD7XMDhE&t=5221s">Watch on YouTube at 1:27:01</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/17/">Open the segment</a></p>Do Quranists accept any Sunnah of the Prophet?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/7/2025-10-18T00:00:00Z2025-10-18T00:00:00ZDo Quranists accept any Sunnah of the Prophet?
Both agree the Quran is central, but the guest says the Quran names only two sunnahs, of earlier peoples and of God, and that the Prophet's own clarifications were not preserved and so cannot have been necessary; Mufti Abu Layth presents this as the school of Madinah's Quran-centred view with other sources orbiting it.
Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 22:29)
Watch on YouTube at 24:01: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONzjD7XMDhE&t=1441s<p><b>Do Quranists accept any Sunnah of the Prophet?</b></p>
<p>Both agree the Quran is central, but the guest says the Quran names only two sunnahs, of earlier peoples and of God, and that the Prophet's own clarifications were not preserved and so cannot have been necessary; Mufti Abu Layth presents this as the school of Madinah's Quran-centred view with other sources orbiting it.</p>
<p>Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 22:29)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONzjD7XMDhE&t=1441s">Watch on YouTube at 24:01</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/7/">Open the segment</a></p>Is there a middle way between rejecting all hadith and accepting every hadith?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/2025-10-18T00:00:00Z2025-10-18T00:00:00ZIs there a middle way between rejecting all hadith and accepting every hadith?
There is a middle way between rejecting hadith and hadith absolutism: Malik and Abu Hanifa distinguished Sunnah from hadith and accepted reports only if they do not contradict reason, the Quran, the living tradition or a principle of Islam. Mufti Abu Layth says Quranists should be met with love, not cornered, and recalls his own past anger. Mufti Abu Layth holds the middle position of Imam Malik and Abu Hanifa that the Sunnah is what is followed and hadith only document it, so a report is accepted unless it contradicts reason, the Quran or the living tradition or uproots a principle of Islam, and that discarding the Sunnah is a disservice to faith.
Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 10:44)
Watch on YouTube at 10:44: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONzjD7XMDhE&t=644s<p><b>Is there a middle way between rejecting all hadith and accepting every hadith?</b></p>
<p>There is a middle way between rejecting hadith and hadith absolutism: Malik and Abu Hanifa distinguished Sunnah from hadith and accepted reports only if they do not contradict reason, the Quran, the living tradition or a principle of Islam. Mufti Abu Layth says Quranists should be met with love, not cornered, and recalls his own past anger. Mufti Abu Layth holds the middle position of Imam Malik and Abu Hanifa that the Sunnah is what is followed and hadith only document it, so a report is accepted unless it contradicts reason, the Quran or the living tradition or uproots a principle of Islam, and that discarding the Sunnah is a disservice to faith.</p>
<p>Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 10:44)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONzjD7XMDhE&t=644s">Watch on YouTube at 10:44</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/">Open the segment</a></p>Why does the practice of Madinah matter more than a single hadith?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/2/2023-04-19T00:00:00Z2023-04-19T00:00:00ZWhy does the practice of Madinah matter more than a single hadith?
Mufti Abu Layth says the inherited practice of Madinah, like its adhan, outweighs an isolated report, since not every Sunnah was documented and narrators made honest mistakes; this is why he favours the school of Madinah. Mufti Abu Layth says he greatly favours the method of the school of Madinah.
Answer from 19 April 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: The Methodology Of Imam Malik | How To Treat Hadith | Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:49)
A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/
Watch on YouTube at 6:49: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkklciv1TK8&t=409s<p><b>Why does the practice of Madinah matter more than a single hadith?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says the inherited practice of Madinah, like its adhan, outweighs an isolated report, since not every Sunnah was documented and narrators made honest mistakes; this is why he favours the school of Madinah. Mufti Abu Layth says he greatly favours the method of the school of Madinah.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 April 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: The Methodology Of Imam Malik | How To Treat Hadith | Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:49)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/">Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkklciv1TK8&t=409s">Watch on YouTube at 6:49</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/2/">Open the segment</a></p>What is the difference between a hadith and the Sunnah in the Maliki school?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/9/2023-03-10T00:00:00Z2023-03-10T00:00:00ZWhat is the difference between a hadith and the Sunnah in the Maliki school?
The school of Madinah is 'hadith relativist': it accepts a hadith where it matches the living Sunnah and not otherwise, since hadith is historical data and the Sunnah is the Prophet's teaching. Mufti Abu Layth says those who follow the school of Madinah are not hadith dogmatists but hadith relativists, embracing a hadith where it correlates with the Sunnah.
Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 37:24)
A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/
Watch on YouTube at 37:24: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhqVM47pNS0&t=2244s<p><b>What is the difference between a hadith and the Sunnah in the Maliki school?</b></p>
<p>The school of Madinah is 'hadith relativist': it accepts a hadith where it matches the living Sunnah and not otherwise, since hadith is historical data and the Sunnah is the Prophet's teaching. Mufti Abu Layth says those who follow the school of Madinah are not hadith dogmatists but hadith relativists, embracing a hadith where it correlates with the Sunnah.</p>
<p>Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 37:24)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/">Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhqVM47pNS0&t=2244s">Watch on YouTube at 37:24</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/9/">Open the segment</a></p>Why did Imam Malik sometimes reject authentic hadith?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/8/2023-03-10T00:00:00Z2023-03-10T00:00:00ZWhy did Imam Malik sometimes reject authentic hadith?
Malik would cite a hadith and say Madinah did not act on it, a devastating stance for later hadith-centred scholars, given his unmatched authority. Mufti Abu Layth calls Malik's saying that his city does not act upon a hadith a catastrophe for the later hadith dogmatists.
Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 31:02)
A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/
Watch on YouTube at 31:02: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhqVM47pNS0&t=1862s<p><b>Why did Imam Malik sometimes reject authentic hadith?</b></p>
<p>Malik would cite a hadith and say Madinah did not act on it, a devastating stance for later hadith-centred scholars, given his unmatched authority. Mufti Abu Layth calls Malik's saying that his city does not act upon a hadith a catastrophe for the later hadith dogmatists.</p>
<p>Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 31:02)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/">Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhqVM47pNS0&t=1862s">Watch on YouTube at 31:02</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/8/">Open the segment</a></p>What did Imam Malik's teachers teach him about hadith and Sunnah?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/5/2023-03-10T00:00:00Z2023-03-10T00:00:00ZWhat did Imam Malik's teachers teach him about hadith and Sunnah?
Rabi'a taught him that a practice transmitted by a thousand from a thousand outweighs a hadith passed one from one, the living tradition of Madinah. Mufti Abu Layth says Rabi'a's saying 'a thousand from a thousand is more beloved to me than one from one' perfectly instantiates the debate of hadith versus Sunnah.
Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 22:12)
A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/
Watch on YouTube at 22:12: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhqVM47pNS0&t=1332s<p><b>What did Imam Malik's teachers teach him about hadith and Sunnah?</b></p>
<p>Rabi'a taught him that a practice transmitted by a thousand from a thousand outweighs a hadith passed one from one, the living tradition of Madinah. Mufti Abu Layth says Rabi'a's saying 'a thousand from a thousand is more beloved to me than one from one' perfectly instantiates the debate of hadith versus Sunnah.</p>
<p>Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 22:12)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/">Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhqVM47pNS0&t=1332s">Watch on YouTube at 22:12</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/5/">Open the segment</a></p>The birth of orthodoxy: a nameless main body and the hadith projecthttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/f_4jnua3arq/s/1/2023-02-13T00:00:00Z2023-02-13T00:00:00ZThe birth of orthodoxy: a nameless main body and the hadith project
Orthodoxy means belief deemed correct by those with power. For two centuries the main body of Muslims had no name and was marked out by involvement in hadith. Mufti Abu Layth says the name Ahl al-Sunnah did not exist until over two hundred years after the Prophet.
Answer from 13 February 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Birth Of Islamic Orthodoxy And Institutionalisation | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)
A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/
Watch on YouTube at 0:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_4jnUA3ARQ&t=0s<p><b>The birth of orthodoxy: a nameless main body and the hadith project</b></p>
<p>Orthodoxy means belief deemed correct by those with power. For two centuries the main body of Muslims had no name and was marked out by involvement in hadith. Mufti Abu Layth says the name Ahl al-Sunnah did not exist until over two hundred years after the Prophet.</p>
<p>Answer from 13 February 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Birth Of Islamic Orthodoxy And Institutionalisation | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/">Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_4jnUA3ARQ&t=0s">Watch on YouTube at 0:00</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/f_4jnua3arq/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>Is Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza consistent in how he criticises hadith?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/dnueakqqzxy/s/1/2023-02-06T00:00:00Z2023-02-06T00:00:00ZIs Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza consistent in how he criticises hadith?
Not fully, says Mufti Abu Layth: Engineer Mirza's rational critique of others' hadith stops short of scrutinising how sahih hadith were authenticated. Mufti still calls him a legend and a much-needed voice.
Answer from 6 February 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Engineer Muhammad Mirza's Methods | Hadith Vs Sunnah | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:01)
A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/
Watch on YouTube at 0:01: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnueaKQQZXY&t=1s<p><b>Is Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza consistent in how he criticises hadith?</b></p>
<p>Not fully, says Mufti Abu Layth: Engineer Mirza's rational critique of others' hadith stops short of scrutinising how sahih hadith were authenticated. Mufti still calls him a legend and a much-needed voice.</p>
<p>Answer from 6 February 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Engineer Muhammad Mirza's Methods | Hadith Vs Sunnah | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:01)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/">Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnueaKQQZXY&t=1s">Watch on YouTube at 0:01</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/dnueakqqzxy/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>What does the Mufti think of Quran-only Muslims?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/_lwqz9dm5zs/s/1/2021-11-20T00:00:00Z2021-11-20T00:00:00ZWhat does the Mufti think of Quran-only Muslims?
Mufti Abu Layth commends Quranists' love for the Quran but feels they have misunderstood the living tradition. Most of the ummah, Hanafi and Maliki, were hadith relativists who put the sunnah before hadith. Mufti Abu Layth says he feels that Quran-only Muslims have misunderstood, or not appreciated, the living tradition in its totality.
Answer from 20 November 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Quranist/Quran-Only Muslims? Hadith Relativists Vs Hadith Absolutists | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)
A more recent answer on hadith/quran-only-movement exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/
Watch on YouTube at 0:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lwqZ9dM5Zs&t=0s<p><b>What does the Mufti think of Quran-only Muslims?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth commends Quranists' love for the Quran but feels they have misunderstood the living tradition. Most of the ummah, Hanafi and Maliki, were hadith relativists who put the sunnah before hadith. Mufti Abu Layth says he feels that Quran-only Muslims have misunderstood, or not appreciated, the living tradition in its totality.</p>
<p>Answer from 20 November 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Quranist/Quran-Only Muslims? Hadith Relativists Vs Hadith Absolutists | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/quran-only-movement exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/">How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lwqZ9dM5Zs&t=0s">Watch on YouTube at 0:00</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/_lwqz9dm5zs/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>Did Muslims learn how to pray from hadith books?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ht0qjv5om9o/s/2/2021-10-25T00:00:00Z2021-10-25T00:00:00ZDid Muslims learn how to pray from hadith books?
No: the practice of Islam reached us through the living tradition, taught from parent to child, not through hadith collections compiled two centuries later. Quranists are not one group, and many only doubt the accuracy of hadith. Mufti Abu Layth says that, personally, he would say the practice of Islam has not reached us through hadith but through the living tradition.
Answer from 25 October 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Should We Debate Quranists? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 4:30)
A more recent answer on hadith/quran-only-movement exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/
Watch on YouTube at 4:30: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht0qJv5Om9o&t=270s<p><b>Did Muslims learn how to pray from hadith books?</b></p>
<p>No: the practice of Islam reached us through the living tradition, taught from parent to child, not through hadith collections compiled two centuries later. Quranists are not one group, and many only doubt the accuracy of hadith. Mufti Abu Layth says that, personally, he would say the practice of Islam has not reached us through hadith but through the living tradition.</p>
<p>Answer from 25 October 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Should We Debate Quranists? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 4:30)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/quran-only-movement exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/">How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht0qJv5Om9o&t=270s">Watch on YouTube at 4:30</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ht0qjv5om9o/s/2/">Open the segment</a></p>Is there a sahih hadith on where to put my hands in salah?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/z6ay73o7dug/s/1/2021-10-06T00:00:00Z2021-10-06T00:00:00ZIs there a sahih hadith on where to put my hands in salah?
There is no sahih hadith fixing where the hands go in salah; sadl, praying with the hands at the sides, is a sunnah of the school of Madinah without a hadith. Not every hadith is sunnah and not every sunnah was recorded in a hadith. Mufti Abu Layth says there is not a single sahih hadith establishing where the hands are placed in prayer, that sadl is a sunnah of the school of Madinah without a hadith, and that people should not be guilt-tripped over how they hold their hands.
Answer from 6 October 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Sunnah vs Hadith (Case Study: Hands in Salah) | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)
A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/
Watch on YouTube at 0:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6Ay73O7Dug&t=0s<p><b>Is there a sahih hadith on where to put my hands in salah?</b></p>
<p>There is no sahih hadith fixing where the hands go in salah; sadl, praying with the hands at the sides, is a sunnah of the school of Madinah without a hadith. Not every hadith is sunnah and not every sunnah was recorded in a hadith. Mufti Abu Layth says there is not a single sahih hadith establishing where the hands are placed in prayer, that sadl is a sunnah of the school of Madinah without a hadith, and that people should not be guilt-tripped over how they hold their hands.</p>
<p>Answer from 6 October 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Sunnah vs Hadith (Case Study: Hands in Salah) | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/">Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6Ay73O7Dug&t=0s">Watch on YouTube at 0:00</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/z6ay73o7dug/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>Is separating hadith from the Sunnah a Hanafi and Maliki principle, and what does Mufti Abu Layth say about Salafi creed?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr3nsx3ufy8/s/19/2021-03-14T00:00:00Z2021-03-14T00:00:00ZIs separating hadith from the Sunnah a Hanafi and Maliki principle, and what does Mufti Abu Layth say about Salafi creed?
Distinguishing hadith from the Sunnah is the usul of the Hanafi and Maliki schools, not Abduh's invention, and Qadhi applies to Gog and Magog the very reasoning he condemns in others. Mufti Abu Layth adds that Salafi kalam rests on fabricated chains, such as companions debating whether the Quran is created, a debate that arose only around 190 to 210 AH. Mufti Abu Layth holds that distinguishing hadith from the Sunnah is the usul of the Hanafi and Maliki schools rather than an innovation of Abduh, that Qadhi applies to Gog and Magog the reasoning he condemns in others, and that Salafi kalam rests on fabrications such as chains to companions debating whether the Quran is created, a debate that arose only around 190 to 210 AH.
Answer from 14 March 2021 · 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 1:15:01)
A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/
Watch on YouTube at 1:15:01: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR3NSX3UFy8&t=4501s<p><b>Is separating hadith from the Sunnah a Hanafi and Maliki principle, and what does Mufti Abu Layth say about Salafi creed?</b></p>
<p>Distinguishing hadith from the Sunnah is the usul of the Hanafi and Maliki schools, not Abduh's invention, and Qadhi applies to Gog and Magog the very reasoning he condemns in others. Mufti Abu Layth adds that Salafi kalam rests on fabricated chains, such as companions debating whether the Quran is created, a debate that arose only around 190 to 210 AH. Mufti Abu Layth holds that distinguishing hadith from the Sunnah is the usul of the Hanafi and Maliki schools rather than an innovation of Abduh, that Qadhi applies to Gog and Magog the reasoning he condemns in others, and that Salafi kalam rests on fabrications such as chains to companions debating whether the Quran is created, a debate that arose only around 190 to 210 AH.</p>
<p>Answer from 14 March 2021 · 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 1:15:01)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/">Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR3NSX3UFy8&t=4501s">Watch on YouTube at 1:15:01</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr3nsx3ufy8/s/19/">Open the segment</a></p>Is distinguishing the Sunnah from hadith a modernist invention?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr3nsx3ufy8/s/6/2021-03-14T00:00:00Z2021-03-14T00:00:00ZIs 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
Kind: general teaching
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): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/
Watch on YouTube at 26:18: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR3NSX3UFy8&t=1578s<p><b>Is distinguishing the Sunnah from hadith a modernist invention?</b></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Answer from 14 March 2021 · 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 26:18)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/">Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR3NSX3UFy8&t=1578s">Watch on YouTube at 26:18</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr3nsx3ufy8/s/6/">Open the segment</a></p>Is separating hadith from the Sunnah a Hanafi and Maliki principle?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/b1ooltqtptw/s/31/2021-03-02T00:00:00Z2021-03-02T00:00:00ZIs separating hadith from the Sunnah a Hanafi and Maliki principle?
The hadith-Sunnah distinction is Hanafi and Maliki usul, not Abduh's invention; Mufti Abu Layth lists Qadhi's inconsistencies and says Salafi kalam rests on fabricated chains. Mufti Abu Layth says that distinguishing hadith from the Sunnah is the usul of the Hanafi and Maliki madhhabs.
Answer from 2 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:18:13)
A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/
Watch on YouTube at 2:18:13: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1OOltqtPTw&t=8293s<p><b>Is separating hadith from the Sunnah a Hanafi and Maliki principle?</b></p>
<p>The hadith-Sunnah distinction is Hanafi and Maliki usul, not Abduh's invention; Mufti Abu Layth lists Qadhi's inconsistencies and says Salafi kalam rests on fabricated chains. Mufti Abu Layth says that distinguishing hadith from the Sunnah is the usul of the Hanafi and Maliki madhhabs.</p>
<p>Answer from 2 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:18:13)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/">Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1OOltqtPTw&t=8293s">Watch on YouTube at 2:18:13</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/b1ooltqtptw/s/31/">Open the segment</a></p>Is distinguishing the Sunnah from hadith a modernist invention?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/b1ooltqtptw/s/18/2021-03-02T00:00:00Z2021-03-02T00:00:00ZIs 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
Kind: general teaching
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): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/
Watch on YouTube at 1:29:15: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1OOltqtPTw&t=5355s<p><b>Is distinguishing the Sunnah from hadith a modernist invention?</b></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Answer from 2 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:29:15)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/">Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1OOltqtPTw&t=5355s">Watch on YouTube at 1:29:15</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/b1ooltqtptw/s/18/">Open the segment</a></p>Why do Hanafis defend Sahih al-Bukhari when their school differs from it?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/rtwywca2-pq/s/13/2021-01-29T00:00:00Z2021-01-29T00:00:00ZWhy 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
Kind: general teaching
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): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/10/
Watch on YouTube at 59:28: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtwyWCa2-pQ&t=3568s<p><b>Why do Hanafis defend Sahih al-Bukhari when their school differs from it?</b></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Answer from 29 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Shaykh Atabek Shukurov | Mortgages, Madhabs & Molvi-ism | MindTrap 48 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 58:48)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/10/">Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtwyWCa2-pQ&t=3568s">Watch on YouTube at 59:28</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/rtwywca2-pq/s/13/">Open the segment</a></p>How do I find the true Sunnah in the hadith books?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/22/2021-01-19T00:00:00Z2021-01-19T00:00:00ZHow do I find the true Sunnah in the hadith books?
The true Sunnah does not clash with reason, the Quran or Islamic principles, Mufti Abu Layth says, and the safer way is to take it from fiqh. Mufti Abu Layth says the true Sunnah does not clash with reason, does not go against the Quran and does not uproot an Islamic principle.
Answer from 19 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:33:27)
A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/
Watch on YouTube at 1:33:27: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&t=5607s<p><b>How do I find the true Sunnah in the hadith books?</b></p>
<p>The true Sunnah does not clash with reason, the Quran or Islamic principles, Mufti Abu Layth says, and the safer way is to take it from fiqh. Mufti Abu Layth says the true Sunnah does not clash with reason, does not go against the Quran and does not uproot an Islamic principle.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:33:27)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/">Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&t=5607s">Watch on YouTube at 1:33:27</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/22/">Open the segment</a></p>Does Edip Yuksel believe in praying five times a day?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/cajsgns9eiy/s/1/2020-08-28T00:00:00Z2020-08-28T00:00:00ZDoes Edip Yuksel believe in praying five times a day?
Mufti Abu Layth thinks Edip Yuksel accepts the five prayers but not as the primary objective. Mufti calls rejecting all hadith the opposite extreme to hadith dogmatism, since all we know of early Islam comes through the living tradition. Mufti Abu Layth says he does not buy rejecting all hadith, which he feels is the opposite extreme to hadith dogmatism.
Answer from 28 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Dr Edip Yuksel & the Quran only methodology | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:01)
A more recent answer on hadith/quran-only-movement exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/
Watch on YouTube at 0:01: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAjsGNs9EiY&t=1s<p><b>Does Edip Yuksel believe in praying five times a day?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth thinks Edip Yuksel accepts the five prayers but not as the primary objective. Mufti calls rejecting all hadith the opposite extreme to hadith dogmatism, since all we know of early Islam comes through the living tradition. Mufti Abu Layth says he does not buy rejecting all hadith, which he feels is the opposite extreme to hadith dogmatism.</p>
<p>Answer from 28 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Dr Edip Yuksel & the Quran only methodology | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:01)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/quran-only-movement exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/">How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAjsGNs9EiY&t=1s">Watch on YouTube at 0:01</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/cajsgns9eiy/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>Doesn't the practice of Medina show that music is haram?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/9/2020-08-24T00:00:00Z2020-08-24T00:00:00ZDoesn't the practice of Medina show that music is haram?
Not necessarily: Malik disliked music by temperament, but Medina after the Prophet was known for its musical instruments. Mufti Abu Layth says the living tradition does not necessarily indicate that music is prohibited.
Answer from 24 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 28:39)
A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/
Watch on YouTube at 28:39: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmtt2TQAO0&t=1719s<p><b>Doesn't the practice of Medina show that music is haram?</b></p>
<p>Not necessarily: Malik disliked music by temperament, but Medina after the Prophet was known for its musical instruments. Mufti Abu Layth says the living tradition does not necessarily indicate that music is prohibited.</p>
<p>Answer from 24 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 28:39)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/">Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmtt2TQAO0&t=1719s">Watch on YouTube at 28:39</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/9/">Open the segment</a></p>Why did Imam Malik prefer the practice of Medina over hadith chains?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr4-gh0qez4/s/25/2020-08-04T00:00:00Z2020-08-04T00:00:00ZWhy did Imam Malik prefer the practice of Medina over hadith chains?
Mufti Abu Layth says the chain was once subordinate to the living tradition of Medina; al-Shafii's isnad project replaced regional trust with loyalty to the chain. Mufti Abu Layth says that in Imam Malik's time the chain was still subservient to the living tradition.
Answer from 4 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth #176 *Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted!* 🤣 (at 2:02:45)
A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/
Watch on YouTube at 2:04:25: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR4-gh0qEZ4&t=7465s<p><b>Why did Imam Malik prefer the practice of Medina over hadith chains?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says the chain was once subordinate to the living tradition of Medina; al-Shafii's isnad project replaced regional trust with loyalty to the chain. Mufti Abu Layth says that in Imam Malik's time the chain was still subservient to the living tradition.</p>
<p>Answer from 4 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth #176 *Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted!* 🤣 (at 2:02:45)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/">Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR4-gh0qEZ4&t=7465s">Watch on YouTube at 2:04:25</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr4-gh0qez4/s/25/">Open the segment</a></p>Is hijama (cupping) a sunnah I should practise?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr4-gh0qez4/s/17/2020-08-04T00:00:00Z2020-08-04T00:00:00ZIs hijama (cupping) a sunnah I should practise?
Mufti Abu Layth says hijama is an Arab custom rather than an Islamic practice, and nothing about it is proven scientifically. Mufti Abu Layth says that hijama to him is not something Islamic.
Answer from 4 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth #176 *Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted!* 🤣 (at 1:24:29)
A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/
Watch on YouTube at 1:24:29: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR4-gh0qEZ4&t=5069s<p><b>Is hijama (cupping) a sunnah I should practise?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says hijama is an Arab custom rather than an Islamic practice, and nothing about it is proven scientifically. Mufti Abu Layth says that hijama to him is not something Islamic.</p>
<p>Answer from 4 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth #176 *Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted!* 🤣 (at 1:24:29)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/">Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR4-gh0qEZ4&t=5069s">Watch on YouTube at 1:24:29</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr4-gh0qez4/s/17/">Open the segment</a></p>Why follow hadith if the Quran is complete?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/a6h5lye4mn8/s/27/2020-07-14T00:00:00Z2020-07-14T00:00:00ZWhy follow hadith if the Quran is complete?
Mufti Abu Layth follows hadith because some of the hadith and Sunnah are clearly accurate and the Prophet legislated in addition to the Quran. Mufti Abu Layth says it makes absolute sense to him that the Prophet would have legislated in addition to the Quran and that this should be followed.
Answer from 14 July 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth 173 (at 1:44:49)
A more recent answer on hadith/quran-only-movement exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/
Watch on YouTube at 1:44:49: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6H5lYE4MN8&t=6289s<p><b>Why follow hadith if the Quran is complete?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth follows hadith because some of the hadith and Sunnah are clearly accurate and the Prophet legislated in addition to the Quran. Mufti Abu Layth says it makes absolute sense to him that the Prophet would have legislated in addition to the Quran and that this should be followed.</p>
<p>Answer from 14 July 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth 173 (at 1:44:49)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/quran-only-movement exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/">How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6H5lYE4MN8&t=6289s">Watch on YouTube at 1:44:49</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/a6h5lye4mn8/s/27/">Open the segment</a></p>If you reject all hadith, how do you know how to pray?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zmirskjob4o/s/30/2020-06-26T00:00:00Z2020-06-26T00:00:00ZIf you reject all hadith, how do you know how to pray?
The guest rejects every hadith collection, including Nahj al-Balagha, as a source of religion, and says the objection that the Quran does not detail the five prayers is a circular argument built on fabricated details.
Answer from 26 June 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)
Recording: Prof. Edip Yuksel | Rejecting Hadith, Rashad Khalifa & Realizing '19' | MindTrap with Mufti #27 (at 2:32:11)
A more recent answer on hadith/quran-only-movement exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/
Watch on YouTube at 2:32:11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmIrskjob4o&t=9131s<p><b>If you reject all hadith, how do you know how to pray?</b></p>
<p>The guest rejects every hadith collection, including Nahj al-Balagha, as a source of religion, and says the objection that the Quran does not detail the five prayers is a circular argument built on fabricated details.</p>
<p>Answer from 26 June 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p>
<p>Recording: Prof. Edip Yuksel | Rejecting Hadith, Rashad Khalifa & Realizing '19' | MindTrap with Mufti #27 (at 2:32:11)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/quran-only-movement exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/">How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmIrskjob4o&t=9131s">Watch on YouTube at 2:32:11</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zmirskjob4o/s/30/">Open the segment</a></p>Does any hadith actually explain the Quran?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zmirskjob4o/s/10/2020-06-26T00:00:00Z2020-06-26T00:00:00ZDoes any hadith actually explain the Quran?
The guest challenges hadith followers to find a hadith that explains the Quran, says the Quran uses the word hadith negatively and sunnah only for God's law, and holds that descriptive reports are history, not religion.
Answer from 26 June 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)
Recording: Prof. Edip Yuksel | Rejecting Hadith, Rashad Khalifa & Realizing '19' | MindTrap with Mufti #27 (at 52:50)
A more recent answer on hadith/quran-only-movement exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/
Watch on YouTube at 52:50: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmIrskjob4o&t=3170s<p><b>Does any hadith actually explain the Quran?</b></p>
<p>The guest challenges hadith followers to find a hadith that explains the Quran, says the Quran uses the word hadith negatively and sunnah only for God's law, and holds that descriptive reports are history, not religion.</p>
<p>Answer from 26 June 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p>
<p>Recording: Prof. Edip Yuksel | Rejecting Hadith, Rashad Khalifa & Realizing '19' | MindTrap with Mufti #27 (at 52:50)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/quran-only-movement exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/">How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmIrskjob4o&t=3170s">Watch on YouTube at 52:50</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zmirskjob4o/s/10/">Open the segment</a></p>Does the guest think every hadith is fabricated?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zmirskjob4o/s/5/2020-06-26T00:00:00Z2020-06-26T00:00:00ZDoes the guest think every hadith is fabricated?
The guest says not every hadith is evil, but truth is mixed with falsehood and even genuine sayings cannot be a source of religion, since the Quran makes God the only source of law and limits the messenger's duty to delivery.
Answer from 26 June 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)
Recording: Prof. Edip Yuksel | Rejecting Hadith, Rashad Khalifa & Realizing '19' | MindTrap with Mufti #27 (at 27:59)
A more recent answer on hadith/quran-only-movement exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/
Watch on YouTube at 27:59: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmIrskjob4o&t=1679s<p><b>Does the guest think every hadith is fabricated?</b></p>
<p>The guest says not every hadith is evil, but truth is mixed with falsehood and even genuine sayings cannot be a source of religion, since the Quran makes God the only source of law and limits the messenger's duty to delivery.</p>
<p>Answer from 26 June 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p>
<p>Recording: Prof. Edip Yuksel | Rejecting Hadith, Rashad Khalifa & Realizing '19' | MindTrap with Mufti #27 (at 27:59)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/quran-only-movement exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/">How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmIrskjob4o&t=1679s">Watch on YouTube at 27:59</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zmirskjob4o/s/5/">Open the segment</a></p>Does the Quran prescribe stoning for adultery?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ksqksrxndnw/s/3/2020-04-22T00:00:00Z2020-04-22T00:00:00ZDoes the Quran prescribe stoning for adultery?
The Quran's penalty for adultery is flogging, not stoning, which the guest says entered Muslim law from hadith and is biblical in origin, so explaining Islam to the public must start from the Quran. Mufti Abu Layth says he agrees completely that the Quran must have primacy.
Answer from 22 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Shaykh Dr. Shabir Ally | Juxtaposing the Quran, Jumbling Aisha's age & Jinn Possession | MindTrap#16 (at 6:20)
A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/
Watch on YouTube at 7:38: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsQKsrXndNw&t=458s<p><b>Does the Quran prescribe stoning for adultery?</b></p>
<p>The Quran's penalty for adultery is flogging, not stoning, which the guest says entered Muslim law from hadith and is biblical in origin, so explaining Islam to the public must start from the Quran. Mufti Abu Layth says he agrees completely that the Quran must have primacy.</p>
<p>Answer from 22 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Shaykh Dr. Shabir Ally | Juxtaposing the Quran, Jumbling Aisha's age & Jinn Possession | MindTrap#16 (at 6:20)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/">Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsQKsrXndNw&t=458s">Watch on YouTube at 7:38</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ksqksrxndnw/s/3/">Open the segment</a></p>Have Muslims moved towards giving the Quran primacy over hadith?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ksqksrxndnw/s/2/2020-04-22T00:00:00Z2020-04-22T00:00:00ZHave Muslims moved towards giving the Quran primacy over hadith?
The guest says the ummah has split: a traditional strand that in practice lets hadith override the Quran, and a growing body of thinking lay Muslims who already see the Quran as primary. Some scholars agree but are trapped in traditional discourse or silenced by dangerous circumstances.
Answer from 22 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)
Recording: Shaykh Dr. Shabir Ally | Juxtaposing the Quran, Jumbling Aisha's age & Jinn Possession | MindTrap#16 (at 2:24)
A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/
Watch on YouTube at 3:44: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsQKsrXndNw&t=224s<p><b>Have Muslims moved towards giving the Quran primacy over hadith?</b></p>
<p>The guest says the ummah has split: a traditional strand that in practice lets hadith override the Quran, and a growing body of thinking lay Muslims who already see the Quran as primary. Some scholars agree but are trapped in traditional discourse or silenced by dangerous circumstances.</p>
<p>Answer from 22 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p>
<p>Recording: Shaykh Dr. Shabir Ally | Juxtaposing the Quran, Jumbling Aisha's age & Jinn Possession | MindTrap#16 (at 2:24)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/">Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsQKsrXndNw&t=224s">Watch on YouTube at 3:44</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ksqksrxndnw/s/2/">Open the segment</a></p>Is growing a beard compulsory in Islam?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/0ln_vir6lni/s/1/2019-12-17T00:00:00Z2019-12-17T00:00:00ZIs growing a beard compulsory in Islam?
Growing a beard was an ancient Arab custom shared by Muslims and their opponents, not an Islamic requirement in itself. The command to grow it is worded like commands to dye the hair and pray in shoes that nobody treats as obligatory, and no sahih hadith says how to grow it. Mufti Abu Layth says the beard was an ancient Arab custom shared by the Prophet's opponents, that the command to grow it and differ from the Jews and Christians is worded like commands to dye the hair and pray in shoes that nobody treats as obligatory, and that no sahih hadith says how to grow it.
Answer from 17 December 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: The Beard in Islam & Arab Culture | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)
A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/
Watch on YouTube at 0:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ln_viR6LnI&t=0s<p><b>Is growing a beard compulsory in Islam?</b></p>
<p>Growing a beard was an ancient Arab custom shared by Muslims and their opponents, not an Islamic requirement in itself. The command to grow it is worded like commands to dye the hair and pray in shoes that nobody treats as obligatory, and no sahih hadith says how to grow it. Mufti Abu Layth says the beard was an ancient Arab custom shared by the Prophet's opponents, that the command to grow it and differ from the Jews and Christians is worded like commands to dye the hair and pray in shoes that nobody treats as obligatory, and that no sahih hadith says how to grow it.</p>
<p>Answer from 17 December 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: The Beard in Islam & Arab Culture | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/">Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ln_viR6LnI&t=0s">Watch on YouTube at 0:00</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/0ln_vir6lni/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>Does the Quran say there are three or five daily prayers?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ljpcqxiii98/s/1/2019-07-24T00:00:00Z2019-07-24T00:00:00ZDoes the Quran say there are three or five daily prayers?
The Quran does not spell out the number of prayers, but Sunnis, Shia and Ibadis all hold there are five, which Mufti Abu Layth takes as proof of an early living tradition that preceded the hadith books. The Shia combine the five rather than reducing them to three. Mufti Abu Layth says he personally feels the Quran does not address how many daily prayers there are, and that the agreement of Sunnis, Shia and Ibadis on five prayers shows, in his understanding irrefutably, a proto-Sunnah living tradition that preceded the hadith books.
Answer from 24 July 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Does the Quran say how many Prayers? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:01)
A more recent answer on fiqh/prayer exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/30/
Watch on YouTube at 0:01: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJpCQXiII98&t=1s<p><b>Does the Quran say there are three or five daily prayers?</b></p>
<p>The Quran does not spell out the number of prayers, but Sunnis, Shia and Ibadis all hold there are five, which Mufti Abu Layth takes as proof of an early living tradition that preceded the hadith books. The Shia combine the five rather than reducing them to three. Mufti Abu Layth says he personally feels the Quran does not address how many daily prayers there are, and that the agreement of Sunnis, Shia and Ibadis on five prayers shows, in his understanding irrefutably, a proto-Sunnah living tradition that preceded the hadith books.</p>
<p>Answer from 24 July 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Does the Quran say how many Prayers? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:01)</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=LJpCQXiII98&t=1s">Watch on YouTube at 0:01</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ljpcqxiii98/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>Is hadith the same as the sunnah, and is hadith certain knowledge?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7cylt19gx5k/s/12/2018-10-20T00:00:00Z2018-10-20T00:00:00ZIs hadith the same as the sunnah, and is hadith certain knowledge?
The sunnah is distinct from hadith and reaches Muslims through the living tradition of fiqh, not from hadith books. Hadith are khabar ahad, not certain knowledge, so the Ash'ari and Maturidi orthodoxy does not build beliefs on them, and the Hanafis and Malikis reject solitary reports that contradict reason or their principles. Mufti Abu Layth says the sunnah is distinct from hadith and reaches Muslims through the living tradition of fiqh, that hadith are khabar ahad and so cannot found beliefs according to the Ash'ari and Maturidi orthodoxy, and that the Hanafi and Maliki schools reject solitary reports that contradict reason or their principles.
Answer from 20 October 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: A Reply to Sheikh Yasir Qadhi - Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:13:18)
A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/
Watch on YouTube at 1:13:18: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CYLT19GX5k&t=4398s<p><b>Is hadith the same as the sunnah, and is hadith certain knowledge?</b></p>
<p>The sunnah is distinct from hadith and reaches Muslims through the living tradition of fiqh, not from hadith books. Hadith are khabar ahad, not certain knowledge, so the Ash'ari and Maturidi orthodoxy does not build beliefs on them, and the Hanafis and Malikis reject solitary reports that contradict reason or their principles. Mufti Abu Layth says the sunnah is distinct from hadith and reaches Muslims through the living tradition of fiqh, that hadith are khabar ahad and so cannot found beliefs according to the Ash'ari and Maturidi orthodoxy, and that the Hanafi and Maliki schools reject solitary reports that contradict reason or their principles.</p>
<p>Answer from 20 October 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: A Reply to Sheikh Yasir Qadhi - Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:13:18)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/">Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CYLT19GX5k&t=4398s">Watch on YouTube at 1:13:18</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7cylt19gx5k/s/12/">Open the segment</a></p>What is BukhariGate and why does Mufti Abu Layth say Sahih al-Bukhari is not reliable?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/iijbmtxueow/s/1/2018-09-01T00:00:00Z2018-09-01T00:00:00ZWhat 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
Kind: general teaching
Recording: BukhariGate Part 2: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)
A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/10/
Watch on YouTube at 0:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IijbMTxUEOw&t=0s<p><b>What is BukhariGate and why does Mufti Abu Layth say Sahih al-Bukhari is not reliable?</b></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Answer from 1 September 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: BukhariGate Part 2: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/10/">Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IijbMTxUEOw&t=0s">Watch on YouTube at 0:00</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/iijbmtxueow/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>Summing up: judge Bukhari like any other book; the deen comes through living practicehttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/x6sffyrljey/s/15/2018-08-30T00:00:00Z2018-08-30T00:00:00ZSumming 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.
Answer from 30 August 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: BukhariGate Part 1: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:32:44)
A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/10/
Watch on YouTube at 1:32:44: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6SfFYRljeY&t=5564s<p><b>Summing up: judge Bukhari like any other book; the deen comes through living practice</b></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Answer from 30 August 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: BukhariGate Part 1: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:32:44)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/10/">Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6SfFYRljeY&t=5564s">Watch on YouTube at 1:32:44</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/x6sffyrljey/s/15/">Open the segment</a></p>Why hadith, not the Quran or fiqh, was corrupted: Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, Zuhri and forged chainshttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/nhzyu3bkbwe/s/23/2018-03-13T00:00:00Z2018-03-13T00:00:00ZWhy hadith, not the Quran or fiqh, was corrupted: Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, Zuhri and forged chains
Mufti Abu Layth holds that early opponents corrupted hadith, not the Quran or fiqh, in the century before chains were demanded; this is why Malik relied on inherited practice and treated isolated reports as information, not creed. Mufti Abu Layth holds that people hostile to Islam brought the belief in Jesus's return in as Christian propaganda through hadith, which went undocumented for about a century and whose chains could be copied, and that this is why Imam Malik told people to rely on inherited practice over isolated reports.
Answer from 13 March 2018 · 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 1:26:52)
A more recent answer on hadith/false-and-fabricated exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/
Watch on YouTube at 1:26:52: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHzYu3BKBWE&t=5212s<p><b>Why hadith, not the Quran or fiqh, was corrupted: Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, Zuhri and forged chains</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth holds that early opponents corrupted hadith, not the Quran or fiqh, in the century before chains were demanded; this is why Malik relied on inherited practice and treated isolated reports as information, not creed. Mufti Abu Layth holds that people hostile to Islam brought the belief in Jesus's return in as Christian propaganda through hadith, which went undocumented for about a century and whose chains could be copied, and that this is why Imam Malik told people to rely on inherited practice over isolated reports.</p>
<p>Answer from 13 March 2018 · 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 1:26:52)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/false-and-fabricated exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/">Why does Mufti Abu Layth see the Quran-only movement as a reaction of anger?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHzYu3BKBWE&t=5212s">Watch on YouTube at 1:26:52</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/nhzyu3bkbwe/s/23/">Open the segment</a></p>Calling to the Quran and Sunnah, not hadith; the winged horse on national televisionhttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/nhzyu3bkbwe/s/7/2018-03-13T00:00:00Z2018-03-13T00:00:00ZCalling to the Quran and Sunnah, not hadith; the winged horse on national television
Mufti Abu Layth calls people to the Quran and Sunnah rather than to hadith as such, since hadith must be sifted; the Dawkins and Mehdi Hasan exchange shows why religion must withstand reason. Mufti Abu Layth holds that religion must make sense because the Quran calls to reason, and he calls people to the Quran and the Sunnah rather than to hadith as such, since hadith contain contradictions that must be sifted.
Answer from 13 March 2018 · 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 25:32)
A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/
Watch on YouTube at 25:32: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHzYu3BKBWE&t=1532s<p><b>Calling to the Quran and Sunnah, not hadith; the winged horse on national television</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth calls people to the Quran and Sunnah rather than to hadith as such, since hadith must be sifted; the Dawkins and Mehdi Hasan exchange shows why religion must withstand reason. Mufti Abu Layth holds that religion must make sense because the Quran calls to reason, and he calls people to the Quran and the Sunnah rather than to hadith as such, since hadith contain contradictions that must be sifted.</p>
<p>Answer from 13 March 2018 · 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 25:32)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/">Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHzYu3BKBWE&t=1532s">Watch on YouTube at 25:32</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/nhzyu3bkbwe/s/7/">Open the segment</a></p>Does the Maliki school distinguish between hadith and Sunnah, and did Imam Malik ever reject a hadith?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8u9-aslyrze/s/6/2018-02-21T00:00:00Z2018-02-21T00:00:00ZDoes the Maliki school distinguish between hadith and Sunnah, and did Imam Malik ever reject a hadith?
Yes: the school of Madinah embraces the Sunnah while remaining critical of individual hadith, and Imam Malik rejected several reports when the practice of Madinah did not reflect them. He says he stated clearly that scholars differed on the report's grading. Mufti Abu Layth says the school of Madinah distinguishes hadith from Sunnah, embracing the Sunnah while remaining critical of individual hadith, and that Imam Malik did reject several hadith when the practice of Madinah did not reflect them.
Answer from 21 February 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Reply to Sunni (Wahhabi) Defence Pt.I -Mufti Abu Layth (at 17:03)
A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/
Watch on YouTube at 17:03: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U9-ASlyrzE&t=1023s<p><b>Does the Maliki school distinguish between hadith and Sunnah, and did Imam Malik ever reject a hadith?</b></p>
<p>Yes: the school of Madinah embraces the Sunnah while remaining critical of individual hadith, and Imam Malik rejected several reports when the practice of Madinah did not reflect them. He says he stated clearly that scholars differed on the report's grading. Mufti Abu Layth says the school of Madinah distinguishes hadith from Sunnah, embracing the Sunnah while remaining critical of individual hadith, and that Imam Malik did reject several hadith when the practice of Madinah did not reflect them.</p>
<p>Answer from 21 February 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Reply to Sunni (Wahhabi) Defence Pt.I -Mufti Abu Layth (at 17:03)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/sunnah-versus-hadith exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/31/">Does the Muwatta show that the Companions' practice had already changed by Malik's time?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U9-ASlyrzE&t=1023s">Watch on YouTube at 17:03</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8u9-aslyrze/s/6/">Open the segment</a></p>Is every hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari authentic?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/rm4jhswj_um/s/2/2018-02-09T00:00:00Z2018-02-09T00:00:00ZIs 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.
Answer from 9 February 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Hadiths on Prophetic Miracles and Responding to Claims of Blasphemy - Mufti Abu Layth al Maliki (at 4:30)
A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/10/
Watch on YouTube at 4:30: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM4jHsWJ_uM&t=270s<p><b>Is every hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari authentic?</b></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Answer from 9 February 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Hadiths on Prophetic Miracles and Responding to Claims of Blasphemy - Mufti Abu Layth al Maliki (at 4:30)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/10/">Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM4jHsWJ_uM&t=270s">Watch on YouTube at 4:30</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/rm4jhswj_um/s/2/">Open the segment</a></p>Is judging hadith by their content a modern invention of jurists rather than hadith scholars?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/0ovisexs4ca/s/16/2017-01-11T00:00:00Z2017-01-11T00:00:00ZIs judging hadith by their content a modern invention of jurists rather than hadith scholars?
Judging a report by its content is not modern; it goes back to Ibn Abbas and Imam Malik, who left authentic reports they did not hold to be the sunnah. Hadith absolutism displaced it only at times. Mufti Abu Layth holds that reasoning with the content of hadith is not a modern approach but one practised by the companions and Imam Malik from the beginning.
Answer from 11 January 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Age of Aisha (ra)- Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:49:58)
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 1:49:58: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oVIsExS4cA&t=6598s<p><b>Is judging hadith by their content a modern invention of jurists rather than hadith scholars?</b></p>
<p>Judging a report by its content is not modern; it goes back to Ibn Abbas and Imam Malik, who left authentic reports they did not hold to be the sunnah. Hadith absolutism displaced it only at times. Mufti Abu Layth holds that reasoning with the content of hadith is not a modern approach but one practised by the companions and Imam Malik from the beginning.</p>
<p>Answer from 11 January 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Age of Aisha (ra)- Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:49:58)</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=0oVIsExS4cA&t=6598s">Watch on YouTube at 1:49:58</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/0ovisexs4ca/s/16/">Open the segment</a></p>Premise two: hadith absolutism versus hadith relativismhttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/0ovisexs4ca/s/4/2017-01-11T00:00:00Z2017-01-11T00:00:00ZPremise two: hadith absolutism versus hadith relativism
Scholars were divided from the start between treating every authenticated hadith as binding and reading it against Islam's wider principles. Imam Malik and the school of Madinah left many sound-chained reports they did not hold to be the sunnah. Mufti Abu Layth says that from the earliest period many scholars, Imam Malik and the school of Madinah among them, treated hadith as relative to the wider principles of Islam and left reports with sound chains that they did not hold to be the sunnah.
Answer from 11 January 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Age of Aisha (ra)- Mufti Abu Layth (at 16:58)
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 16:58: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oVIsExS4cA&t=1018s<p><b>Premise two: hadith absolutism versus hadith relativism</b></p>
<p>Scholars were divided from the start between treating every authenticated hadith as binding and reading it against Islam's wider principles. Imam Malik and the school of Madinah left many sound-chained reports they did not hold to be the sunnah. Mufti Abu Layth says that from the earliest period many scholars, Imam Malik and the school of Madinah among them, treated hadith as relative to the wider principles of Islam and left reports with sound chains that they did not hold to be the sunnah.</p>
<p>Answer from 11 January 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Age of Aisha (ra)- Mufti Abu Layth (at 16:58)</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=0oVIsExS4cA&t=1018s">Watch on YouTube at 16:58</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/0ovisexs4ca/s/4/">Open the segment</a></p>