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Did Imam Malik reject the hadith he did not act on? No: Mufti Abu Layth says Imam Malik respected such hadith by recording them in the Muwatta while noting that Madinah did not act on them, a model of hadith relativism he recommends following. Mufti Abu Layth says, as his own thought, that someone choosing an imam to guide them in a broad methodology should look to legends like Imam Malik. 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 0:01) 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 0:01: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkklciv1TK8&t=1s

<p><b>Did Imam Malik reject the hadith he did not act on?</b></p> <p>No: Mufti Abu Layth says Imam Malik respected such hadith by recording them in the Muwatta while noting that Madinah did not act on them, a model of hadith relativism he recommends following. Mufti Abu Layth says, as his own thought, that someone choosing an imam to guide them in a broad methodology should look to legends like Imam Malik.</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 0:01)</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=zkklciv1TK8&amp;t=1s">Watch on YouTube at 0:01</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/14/ 2023-03-10T00:00:00Z 2023-03-10T00:00:00Z

Who carried on Imam Malik's teaching after him? His daughter, who had memorised his hadith and taught his classes after him, while his sons showed little interest. Mufti Abu Layth says it was Imam Malik's daughter who carried his legacy forward, continuing to teach his classes after him. Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:02:17) A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists (19 April 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/1/ Watch on YouTube at 1:02:17: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhqVM47pNS0&t=3737s

<p><b>Who carried on Imam Malik's teaching after him?</b></p> <p>His daughter, who had memorised his hadith and taught his classes after him, while his sons showed little interest. Mufti Abu Layth says it was Imam Malik's daughter who carried his legacy forward, continuing to teach his classes after him.</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 1:02:17)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists</b> (19 April 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/1/">Did Imam Malik reject the hadith he did not act on?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhqVM47pNS0&amp;t=3737s">Watch on YouTube at 1:02:17</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/14/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/13/ 2023-03-10T00:00:00Z 2023-03-10T00:00:00Z

Can we ever be completely certain about religious answers? Only God is certain; every answer we hold is limited by our own understanding and that of those we learned from, a humility Imam Malik modelled. Mufti Abu Layth says the ultimate certainty is God alone, and whatever we think is the answer is ultimately limited by our understanding. Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 57:27) A more recent answer on belief/reason-and-revelation exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/27/ Watch on YouTube at 57:27: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhqVM47pNS0&t=3447s

<p><b>Can we ever be completely certain about religious answers?</b></p> <p>Only God is certain; every answer we hold is limited by our own understanding and that of those we learned from, a humility Imam Malik modelled. Mufti Abu Layth says the ultimate certainty is God alone, and whatever we think is the answer is ultimately limited by our understanding.</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 57:27)</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=VhqVM47pNS0&amp;t=3447s">Watch on YouTube at 57:27</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/13/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/12/ 2023-03-10T00:00:00Z 2023-03-10T00:00:00Z

Why was Imam Malik flogged? Malik was flogged for refusing to stop transmitting that a coerced divorce is invalid, which undercut forced oaths of allegiance to the Abbasids. Mufti Abu Layth says he doubts Malik stayed away from the mosque because of ill health, since he kept teaching at home for hours until his death. Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 49:58) A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists (19 April 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/1/ Watch on YouTube at 49:58: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhqVM47pNS0&t=2998s

<p><b>Why was Imam Malik flogged?</b></p> <p>Malik was flogged for refusing to stop transmitting that a coerced divorce is invalid, which undercut forced oaths of allegiance to the Abbasids. Mufti Abu Layth says he doubts Malik stayed away from the mosque because of ill health, since he kept teaching at home for hours until his death.</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 49:58)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists</b> (19 April 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/1/">Did Imam Malik reject the hadith he did not act on?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhqVM47pNS0&amp;t=2998s">Watch on YouTube at 49:58</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/12/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/11/ 2023-03-10T00:00:00Z 2023-03-10T00:00:00Z

Why did Imam Malik never leave Madinah? Out of love for the Prophet, Malik held Madinah above Makkah, never left it except once for Hajj, and would not wear shoes or ride near the Prophet's mosque. Mufti Abu Layth says the Maliki school holds Madinah to be more virtuous than Makkah, while the other schools disagree. Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 46:44) A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists (19 April 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/1/ Watch on YouTube at 46:44: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhqVM47pNS0&t=2804s

<p><b>Why did Imam Malik never leave Madinah?</b></p> <p>Out of love for the Prophet, Malik held Madinah above Makkah, never left it except once for Hajj, and would not wear shoes or ride near the Prophet's mosque. Mufti Abu Layth says the Maliki school holds Madinah to be more virtuous than Makkah, while the other schools disagree.</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 46:44)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists</b> (19 April 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/1/">Did Imam Malik reject the hadith he did not act on?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhqVM47pNS0&amp;t=2804s">Watch on YouTube at 46:44</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/11/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/10/ 2023-03-10T00:00:00Z 2023-03-10T00:00:00Z

Is studying religious knowledge better than voluntary prayer? Imam Malik taught that devotion to learning is not lesser than voluntary worship, the paths to God being many, and Mufti Abu Layth urges not underestimating it. Mufti Abu Layth says one should not underestimate the value of devotion to learning, or think voluntary prayer is somehow more valuable to God. Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 42:25) A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists (19 April 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/1/ Watch on YouTube at 42:25: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhqVM47pNS0&t=2545s

<p><b>Is studying religious knowledge better than voluntary prayer?</b></p> <p>Imam Malik taught that devotion to learning is not lesser than voluntary worship, the paths to God being many, and Mufti Abu Layth urges not underestimating it. Mufti Abu Layth says one should not underestimate the value of devotion to learning, or think voluntary prayer is somehow more valuable to God.</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 42:25)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists</b> (19 April 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/1/">Did Imam Malik reject the hadith he did not act on?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhqVM47pNS0&amp;t=2545s">Watch on YouTube at 42:25</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/10/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/9/ 2023-03-10T00:00:00Z 2023-03-10T00:00:00Z

What 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&amp;t=2244s">Watch on YouTube at 37:24</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/9/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/8/ 2023-03-10T00:00:00Z 2023-03-10T00:00:00Z

Why 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&amp;t=1862s">Watch on YouTube at 31:02</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/8/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/7/ 2023-03-10T00:00:00Z 2023-03-10T00:00:00Z

Is the Muwatta of Imam Malik more authentic than Sahih al-Bukhari? The Muwatta, with Malik's 'golden chain', is arguably the most authentic book of hadith and predates al-Bukhari, though others do not rank it first. Mufti Abu Layth says the Muwatta is arguably the most authentic book of hadith from a hadith perspective. Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 26:01) A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists (19 April 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/1/ Watch on YouTube at 26:01: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhqVM47pNS0&t=1561s

<p><b>Is the Muwatta of Imam Malik more authentic than Sahih al-Bukhari?</b></p> <p>The Muwatta, with Malik's 'golden chain', is arguably the most authentic book of hadith and predates al-Bukhari, though others do not rank it first. Mufti Abu Layth says the Muwatta is arguably the most authentic book of hadith from a hadith perspective.</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 26:01)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists</b> (19 April 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/1/">Did Imam Malik reject the hadith he did not act on?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhqVM47pNS0&amp;t=1561s">Watch on YouTube at 26:01</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/7/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/6/ 2023-03-10T00:00:00Z 2023-03-10T00:00:00Z

Was Imam Malik an ascetic? No: Imam Malik was a wealthy merchant who enjoyed fine clothes and daily meat, unlike the ascetic tradition, and was criticised for it. Mufti Abu Layth says Imam Malik was not from the ascetic tradition in Islam; he enjoyed the wealth God had given him. Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 23:27) A more recent answer on wellbeing/gratitude-giving-and-contentment exists (5 March 2024): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/c-9mcspqqwe/s/1/ Watch on YouTube at 23:27: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhqVM47pNS0&t=1407s

<p><b>Was Imam Malik an ascetic?</b></p> <p>No: Imam Malik was a wealthy merchant who enjoyed fine clothes and daily meat, unlike the ascetic tradition, and was criticised for it. Mufti Abu Layth says Imam Malik was not from the ascetic tradition in Islam; he enjoyed the wealth God had given him.</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 23:27)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on wellbeing/gratitude-giving-and-contentment exists</b> (5 March 2024): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/c-9mcspqqwe/s/1/">Which verse of the Quran promises more blessings for being grateful?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhqVM47pNS0&amp;t=1407s">Watch on YouTube at 23:27</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/6/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/5/ 2023-03-10T00:00:00Z 2023-03-10T00:00:00Z

What 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&amp;t=1332s">Watch on YouTube at 22:12</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/5/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/4/ 2023-03-10T00:00:00Z 2023-03-10T00:00:00Z

How did Imam Malik come to study religion? His mother gently steered him from singing to study, and that choice made him one of the most influential figures in Islamic history. Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 17:40) A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists (19 April 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/1/ Watch on YouTube at 17:40: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhqVM47pNS0&t=1060s

<p><b>How did Imam Malik come to study religion?</b></p> <p>His mother gently steered him from singing to study, and that choice made him one of the most influential figures in Islamic history.</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 17:40)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists</b> (19 April 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/1/">Did Imam Malik reject the hadith he did not act on?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhqVM47pNS0&amp;t=1060s">Watch on YouTube at 17:40</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/4/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/3/ 2023-03-10T00:00:00Z 2023-03-10T00:00:00Z

Is it haram for men to wear earrings? Early imams including Malik wore earrings as boys; Malik disliked golden earrings for boys because of the gold, not the earring. Mufti Abu Layth says many of the great imams of the early period, Imam Malik among them, used to wear earrings. Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 12:43) A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists (19 April 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/1/ Watch on YouTube at 13:23: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhqVM47pNS0&t=803s

<p><b>Is it haram for men to wear earrings?</b></p> <p>Early imams including Malik wore earrings as boys; Malik disliked golden earrings for boys because of the gold, not the earring. Mufti Abu Layth says many of the great imams of the early period, Imam Malik among them, used to wear earrings.</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 12:43)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists</b> (19 April 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/1/">Did Imam Malik reject the hadith he did not act on?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhqVM47pNS0&amp;t=803s">Watch on YouTube at 13:23</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/3/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/2/ 2023-03-10T00:00:00Z 2023-03-10T00:00:00Z

Can a pregnancy last for years, as was said of Imam Malik's birth? No: reports of years-long pregnancies are best explained by phantom pregnancies followed by real conception, not dismissed as lies or taken literally. Mufti Abu Layth says the old reports of pregnancies lasting years, as with Imam Malik's, can be explained by phantom pregnancies. Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 5:36) A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists (19 April 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/1/ Watch on YouTube at 6:54: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhqVM47pNS0&t=414s

<p><b>Can a pregnancy last for years, as was said of Imam Malik's birth?</b></p> <p>No: reports of years-long pregnancies are best explained by phantom pregnancies followed by real conception, not dismissed as lies or taken literally. Mufti Abu Layth says the old reports of pregnancies lasting years, as with Imam Malik's, can be explained by phantom pregnancies.</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 5:36)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists</b> (19 April 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/1/">Did Imam Malik reject the hadith he did not act on?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhqVM47pNS0&amp;t=414s">Watch on YouTube at 6:54</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/2/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/1/ 2023-03-10T00:00:00Z 2023-03-10T00:00:00Z

Who was Imam Malik and where did he come from? Imam Malik was born in Madinah around 93 AH into an Arab family of Himyarite origin, with a Companion great-grandfather and a grandfather among the tabi'un. Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00) A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists (19 April 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/1/ Watch on YouTube at 1:06: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhqVM47pNS0&t=66s

<p><b>Who was Imam Malik and where did he come from?</b></p> <p>Imam Malik was born in Madinah around 93 AH into an Arab family of Himyarite origin, with a Companion great-grandfather and a grandfather among the tabi'un.</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 0:00)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists</b> (19 April 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/1/">Did Imam Malik reject the hadith he did not act on?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhqVM47pNS0&amp;t=66s">Watch on YouTube at 1:06</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/12/ 2022-12-10T00:00:00Z 2022-12-10T00:00:00Z

What did Abu Hanifa say about Imam Malik? Abu Hanifa called the younger Imam Malik a blonde, blue-eyed lad. Mufti Abu Layth closes that the Hanafi madhhab became restrictive in recent centuries while schools such as the Maliki kept their freedoms. Mufti Abu Layth says the Hanafi madhhab became very restrictive and controlling, especially in the last two or three centuries, whereas other schools such as the Maliki kept their freedoms. Answer from 10 December 2022 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: Imam Abu Hanifa | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:08:15) A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists (19 April 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/1/ Watch on YouTube at 1:08:15: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-Vm6mgbLl8&t=4095s

<p><b>What did Abu Hanifa say about Imam Malik?</b></p> <p>Abu Hanifa called the younger Imam Malik a blonde, blue-eyed lad. Mufti Abu Layth closes that the Hanafi madhhab became restrictive in recent centuries while schools such as the Maliki kept their freedoms. Mufti Abu Layth says the Hanafi madhhab became very restrictive and controlling, especially in the last two or three centuries, whereas other schools such as the Maliki kept their freedoms.</p> <p>Answer from 10 December 2022 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: Imam Abu Hanifa | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:08:15)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists</b> (19 April 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/1/">Did Imam Malik reject the hadith he did not act on?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-Vm6mgbLl8&amp;t=4095s">Watch on YouTube at 1:08:15</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/12/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/3/ 2022-12-10T00:00:00Z 2022-12-10T00:00:00Z

Why was Abu Hanifa criticised so much in his own time? Abu Hanifa was accused in his lifetime of following desire and opinion over the Quran, partly by rivals such as Sufyan al-Thawri, though the imams generally stayed respectful of one another. Mufti Abu Layth says the hostility Sufyan al-Thawri often showed towards Abu Hanifa was not a good thing, and that he has never read Abu Hanifa being venomous about others. Answer from 10 December 2022 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: Imam Abu Hanifa | Mufti Abu Layth (at 13:05) A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists (19 April 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/1/ Watch on YouTube at 13:05: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-Vm6mgbLl8&t=785s

<p><b>Why was Abu Hanifa criticised so much in his own time?</b></p> <p>Abu Hanifa was accused in his lifetime of following desire and opinion over the Quran, partly by rivals such as Sufyan al-Thawri, though the imams generally stayed respectful of one another. Mufti Abu Layth says the hostility Sufyan al-Thawri often showed towards Abu Hanifa was not a good thing, and that he has never read Abu Hanifa being venomous about others.</p> <p>Answer from 10 December 2022 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: Imam Abu Hanifa | Mufti Abu Layth (at 13:05)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists</b> (19 April 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/1/">Did Imam Malik reject the hadith he did not act on?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-Vm6mgbLl8&amp;t=785s">Watch on YouTube at 13:05</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/3/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/20/ 2022-08-19T00:00:00Z 2022-08-19T00:00:00Z

Should loyalty to a scholar ever come before the honour of the Prophet? No: he says loyalty belongs first to the Prophet, so a report that disparages him must be rejected whoever accepted it, citing Imam Malik's maxim that everyone's words can be accepted or rejected except the Prophet's. Mufti Abu Layth says that when a report disparages the Prophet, loyalty belongs to the Prophet rather than to any scholar who accepted it, and that everyone's words may be accepted or rejected except the Prophet's. Answer from 19 August 2022 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: Salman Rushdie & The Satanic Verses | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:47:24) A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/10/ Watch on YouTube at 1:47:24: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0pHQRNJjBY&t=6444s

<p><b>Should loyalty to a scholar ever come before the honour of the Prophet?</b></p> <p>No: he says loyalty belongs first to the Prophet, so a report that disparages him must be rejected whoever accepted it, citing Imam Malik's maxim that everyone's words can be accepted or rejected except the Prophet's. Mufti Abu Layth says that when a report disparages the Prophet, loyalty belongs to the Prophet rather than to any scholar who accepted it, and that everyone's words may be accepted or rejected except the Prophet's.</p> <p>Answer from 19 August 2022 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: Salman Rushdie &amp; The Satanic Verses | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:47:24)</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=T0pHQRNJjBY&amp;t=6444s">Watch on YouTube at 1:47:24</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/20/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/38/ 2021-04-13T00:00:00Z 2021-04-13T00:00:00Z

Did one of al-Bukhari's teachers call Imam Malik a disbeliever? Mufti Abu Layth knows of no such takfir by a teacher of al-Bukhari; harsh words against Malik came from a contemporary who objected to his not acting on some sahih hadith. Mufti Abu Layth says he knows of no teacher of al-Bukhari who declared Imam Malik a disbeliever, and that harsh statements against Malik came from a contemporary, Ibn Abi Dhi'b [?], over Malik not acting on some sahih hadith. Answer from 13 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:33:20) 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 2:33:20: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XuHMCz2N3U&t=9200s

<p><b>Did one of al-Bukhari's teachers call Imam Malik a disbeliever?</b></p> <p>Mufti Abu Layth knows of no such takfir by a teacher of al-Bukhari; harsh words against Malik came from a contemporary who objected to his not acting on some sahih hadith. Mufti Abu Layth says he knows of no teacher of al-Bukhari who declared Imam Malik a disbeliever, and that harsh statements against Malik came from a contemporary, Ibn Abi Dhi'b [?], over Malik not acting on some sahih hadith.</p> <p>Answer from 13 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&amp;A Unscripted &amp; Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:33:20)</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=8XuHMCz2N3U&amp;t=9200s">Watch on YouTube at 2:33:20</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/38/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zz85auzek5w/s/24/ 2021-04-06T00:00:00Z 2021-04-06T00:00:00Z

Did Imam Malik believe Jesus will return? There is a statement from Imam Malik that Jesus died, and Malik never taught the second coming in his fatwas or the Muwatta, so it is no huge claim that he did not hold it. Transmitting a report is not endorsing it. Mufti Abu Layth says there is a statement from Imam Malik that Jesus died, that Malik never taught the second coming in his fatwas or the Muwatta, and that transmitting a report is not endorsing it, so it is not a huge claim that Malik did not hold the belief. Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:17:23) A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists (19 April 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/1/ Watch on YouTube at 2:17:23: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ85AUzeK5w&t=8243s

<p><b>Did Imam Malik believe Jesus will return?</b></p> <p>There is a statement from Imam Malik that Jesus died, and Malik never taught the second coming in his fatwas or the Muwatta, so it is no huge claim that he did not hold it. Transmitting a report is not endorsing it. Mufti Abu Layth says there is a statement from Imam Malik that Jesus died, that Malik never taught the second coming in his fatwas or the Muwatta, and that transmitting a report is not endorsing it, so it is not a huge claim that Malik did not hold the belief.</p> <p>Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&amp;A Unscripted &amp; Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:17:23)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists</b> (19 April 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/1/">Did Imam Malik reject the hadith he did not act on?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ85AUzeK5w&amp;t=8243s">Watch on YouTube at 2:17:23</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zz85auzek5w/s/24/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/l4n4wd2jjps/s/22/ 2021-02-09T00:00:00Z 2021-02-09T00:00:00Z

Is it wrong in Islam to want to be rich? Mufti Abu Layth says Islam is not against wealth; what is haram is arrogance and looking down on others, and he encourages people to make money and enjoy it. Mufti Abu Layth says Islam is not against the aggregation of wealth. Answer from 9 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #201| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:43:46) A more recent answer on wellbeing/gratitude-giving-and-contentment exists (5 March 2024): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/c-9mcspqqwe/s/1/ Watch on YouTube at 1:44:53: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4n4wD2jjps&t=6293s

<p><b>Is it wrong in Islam to want to be rich?</b></p> <p>Mufti Abu Layth says Islam is not against wealth; what is haram is arrogance and looking down on others, and he encourages people to make money and enjoy it. Mufti Abu Layth says Islam is not against the aggregation of wealth.</p> <p>Answer from 9 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #201| Q&amp;A Unscripted &amp; Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:43:46)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on wellbeing/gratitude-giving-and-contentment exists</b> (5 March 2024): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/c-9mcspqqwe/s/1/">Which verse of the Quran promises more blessings for being grateful?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4n4wD2jjps&amp;t=6293s">Watch on YouTube at 1:44:53</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/l4n4wd2jjps/s/22/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/pkjtq8axgre/s/6/ 2019-07-24T00:00:00Z 2019-07-24T00:00:00Z

Did Imam Malik wear an earring? Yes: his teacher's biography of Imam Malik records that Malik, while still a youth studying with Rabi'a, had an earring in his ear, and another Maliki work on the hadith of the Mudawwana says the same. Mufti Abu Layth says that Imam Malik wore an earring as a young man while studying with Rabi'a, as recorded in his teacher Abd al-Ghani al-Daqr's biography of Malik and in another Maliki source. Answer from 24 July 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: Holistic Overview: Can Men Wear Earrings? -Mufti Abu Layth (at 19:33) A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists (19 April 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/1/ Watch on YouTube at 19:33: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkjtq8AXGRE&t=1173s

<p><b>Did Imam Malik wear an earring?</b></p> <p>Yes: his teacher's biography of Imam Malik records that Malik, while still a youth studying with Rabi'a, had an earring in his ear, and another Maliki work on the hadith of the Mudawwana says the same. Mufti Abu Layth says that Imam Malik wore an earring as a young man while studying with Rabi'a, as recorded in his teacher Abd al-Ghani al-Daqr's biography of Malik and in another Maliki source.</p> <p>Answer from 24 July 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: Holistic Overview: Can Men Wear Earrings? -Mufti Abu Layth (at 19:33)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists</b> (19 April 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/1/">Did Imam Malik reject the hadith he did not act on?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkjtq8AXGRE&amp;t=1173s">Watch on YouTube at 19:33</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/pkjtq8axgre/s/6/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/nhzyu3bkbwe/s/17/ 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

What Imam Malik transmitted: no return of Jesus, Zuhri's reports, the pig passed in peace Imam Malik's Muwatta contains no hadith of Jesus's return and has Jesus greeting a pig in peace; Mufti Abu Layth reads this as Malik rejecting Zuhri's reports, half of which carry the return narrative. Mufti Abu Layth holds that Imam Malik deliberately left the hadith of Jesus's return out of the Muwatta, transmitting only a fraction of al-Zuhri's reports, and that Malik's refusal to accept isolated hadith blindly is the approach to follow. 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 58:03) A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists (19 April 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/1/ Watch on YouTube at 58:03: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHzYu3BKBWE&t=3483s

<p><b>What Imam Malik transmitted: no return of Jesus, Zuhri's reports, the pig passed in peace</b></p> <p>Imam Malik's Muwatta contains no hadith of Jesus's return and has Jesus greeting a pig in peace; Mufti Abu Layth reads this as Malik rejecting Zuhri's reports, half of which carry the return narrative. Mufti Abu Layth holds that Imam Malik deliberately left the hadith of Jesus's return out of the Muwatta, transmitting only a fraction of al-Zuhri's reports, and that Malik's refusal to accept isolated hadith blindly is the approach to follow.</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 58:03)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists</b> (19 April 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/1/">Did Imam Malik reject the hadith he did not act on?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHzYu3BKBWE&amp;t=3483s">Watch on YouTube at 58:03</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/nhzyu3bkbwe/s/17/">Open the segment</a></p> https://muftiabulayth.org/r/wirt3dxsvd8/s/2/ 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

What did Imam Malik say about bid'ah? Imam Malik rejected any 'good' bid'ah and called innovations misguidance, yet he often ruled a given innovation only discouraged (makruh), not haram. Mufti Abu Layth says that although Imam Malik's wording against innovations is harsh at times, his ruling on a particular innovation is quite often just makruh, not haram. Answer from 3 March 2015 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors Kind: general teaching Recording: Innovation in Islam? | Mufti Abu Layth alMaliki (at 1:58) A more recent answer on fiqh/legal-theory exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/23/ Watch on YouTube at 1:58: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIrT3DXSvd8&t=118s

<p><b>What did Imam Malik say about bid'ah?</b></p> <p>Imam Malik rejected any 'good' bid'ah and called innovations misguidance, yet he often ruled a given innovation only discouraged (makruh), not haram. Mufti Abu Layth says that although Imam Malik's wording against innovations is harsh at times, his ruling on a particular innovation is quite often just makruh, not haram.</p> <p>Answer from 3 March 2015 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: Innovation in Islam? | Mufti Abu Layth alMaliki (at 1:58)</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=WIrT3DXSvd8&amp;t=118s">Watch on YouTube at 1:58</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/wirt3dxsvd8/s/2/">Open the segment</a></p>