Mufti Abu Layth Archive: history/scholars-and-imamsAnswers on history/scholars-and-imams, newest recording first.https://muftiabulayth.org/feeds/topics/history-scholars-and-imams.atom.xml2022-12-10T00:00:00ZMufti Abu Layth Archivepipeline/feeds.pyHow did Abu Hanifa become a scholar after starting out as a merchant?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/2/2022-12-10T00:00:00Z2022-12-10T00:00:00ZHow did Abu Hanifa become a scholar after starting out as a merchant?
Encouraged by al-Sha'bi to join the circles of knowledge, the merchant Abu Hanifa studied with Hammad ibn Abi Sulayman, succeeded him as the central figure of Kufa and became the voice of the school of reason. Mufti Abu Layth says Abu Hanifa concretised the school of reason in Kufa and was a legendary voice of reason whose story is inspiring.
Answer from 10 December 2022 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Imam Abu Hanifa | Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:36)
Watch on YouTube at 6:36: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-Vm6mgbLl8&t=396s<p><b>How did Abu Hanifa become a scholar after starting out as a merchant?</b></p>
<p>Encouraged by al-Sha'bi to join the circles of knowledge, the merchant Abu Hanifa studied with Hammad ibn Abi Sulayman, succeeded him as the central figure of Kufa and became the voice of the school of reason. Mufti Abu Layth says Abu Hanifa concretised the school of reason in Kufa and was a legendary voice of reason whose story is inspiring.</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 6:36)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-Vm6mgbLl8&t=396s">Watch on YouTube at 6:36</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/2/">Open the segment</a></p>Who was Imam Abu Hanifa and where did he come from?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/1/2022-12-10T00:00:00Z2022-12-10T00:00:00ZWho was Imam Abu Hanifa and where did he come from?
Abu Hanifa, a kunya that became his name, was of Persian ancestry with roots in Kabul, was born in Kufa in 80 AH and grew up as a stylish, successful cloth trader before turning to knowledge.
Answer from 10 December 2022 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Imam Abu Hanifa | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)
Watch on YouTube at 0:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-Vm6mgbLl8&t=0s<p><b>Who was Imam Abu Hanifa and where did he come from?</b></p>
<p>Abu Hanifa, a kunya that became his name, was of Persian ancestry with roots in Kabul, was born in Kufa in 80 AH and grew up as a stylish, successful cloth trader before turning to knowledge.</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 0:00)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-Vm6mgbLl8&t=0s">Watch on YouTube at 0:00</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>What does the Mufti think of Ibn Taymiyya and Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/19/2022-08-19T00:00:00Z2022-08-19T00:00:00ZWhat does the Mufti think of Ibn Taymiyya and Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab?
Mufti Abu Layth says Ibn Taymiyya's contribution is mainly to the Salafis and that Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab's misplaced zeal did great harm, while stressing that all scholars are human and make mistakes. Mufti Abu Layth says Ibn Hajar and al-Suyuti contributed greatly to Islam and Ibn Taymiyya to a lesser degree, while Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, in his view not a scholar of depth, had a misplaced zeal that did great harm to Muslims.
Answer from 19 August 2022 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Salman Rushdie & The Satanic Verses | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:42:10)
A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams exists (10 December 2022): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/2/
Watch on YouTube at 1:42:10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0pHQRNJjBY&t=6130s<p><b>What does the Mufti think of Ibn Taymiyya and Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says Ibn Taymiyya's contribution is mainly to the Salafis and that Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab's misplaced zeal did great harm, while stressing that all scholars are human and make mistakes. Mufti Abu Layth says Ibn Hajar and al-Suyuti contributed greatly to Islam and Ibn Taymiyya to a lesser degree, while Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, in his view not a scholar of depth, had a misplaced zeal that did great harm to Muslims.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 August 2022 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Salman Rushdie & The Satanic Verses | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:42:10)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams exists</b> (10 December 2022): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/2/">How did Abu Hanifa become a scholar after starting out as a merchant?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0pHQRNJjBY&t=6130s">Watch on YouTube at 1:42:10</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/19/">Open the segment</a></p>What do Sunni Muslims think of the twelve Shia imams?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vrr5cww8asg/s/1/2021-12-22T00:00:00Z2021-12-22T00:00:00ZWhat do Sunni Muslims think of the twelve Shia imams?
The Shia imams are generally respected in Sunni Islam but are not used as reference points; he suspects Ja'far al-Sadiq was closer to the Shia picture of him than Sunnis admit, as an assumption. Sunnis and Shia should agree to disagree and be fair to each other. Mufti Abu Layth says he feels that Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq may have been closer to what the Shia claim him to be than to what the Sunnis claim, while calling this an assumption and not a known fact.
Answer from 22 December 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: 12 Shia Imams According To Sunni Islam? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)
A more recent answer on dialogue/sunni-shia-dialogue exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/7/
Watch on YouTube at 0:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrR5CWw8asg&t=0s<p><b>What do Sunni Muslims think of the twelve Shia imams?</b></p>
<p>The Shia imams are generally respected in Sunni Islam but are not used as reference points; he suspects Ja'far al-Sadiq was closer to the Shia picture of him than Sunnis admit, as an assumption. Sunnis and Shia should agree to disagree and be fair to each other. Mufti Abu Layth says he feels that Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq may have been closer to what the Shia claim him to be than to what the Sunnis claim, while calling this an assumption and not a known fact.</p>
<p>Answer from 22 December 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: 12 Shia Imams According To Sunni Islam? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on dialogue/sunni-shia-dialogue exists</b> (22 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/7/">Should Sunnis preach to Shia Muslims about what they get wrong?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrR5CWw8asg&t=0s">Watch on YouTube at 0:00</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vrr5cww8asg/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>Does Ibn Hazm contradict himself in The Ring of the Dove?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/b1ooltqtptw/s/6/2021-03-02T00:00:00Z2021-03-02T00:00:00ZDoes Ibn Hazm contradict himself in The Ring of the Dove?
Mufti Abu Layth knows of no contradiction; he describes The Ring of the Dove as Ibn Hazm's mature study of the psychology of love and retells one of its bawdy stories.
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 28:09)
A more recent answer on arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 28:09: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1OOltqtPTw&t=1689s<p><b>Does Ibn Hazm contradict himself in The Ring of the Dove?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth knows of no contradiction; he describes The Ring of the Dove as Ibn Hazm's mature study of the psychology of love and retells one of its bawdy stories.</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 28:09)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters exists</b> (22 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/3/">Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1OOltqtPTw&t=1689s">Watch on YouTube at 28:09</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/b1ooltqtptw/s/6/">Open the segment</a></p>Did Imam Ahmad really refuse to say the Quran is created?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/18/2021-02-16T00:00:00Z2021-02-16T00:00:00ZDid Imam Ahmad really refuse to say the Quran is created?
Mufti Abu Layth says later Hanbalis made Imam Ahmad a hero of the Mihna, though he likely said the Quran was created to save himself; Ash'ari books also call the worded Quran created. Mufti Abu Layth says that, to be honest, the account that Imam Ahmad said the Quran was created to please the caliph and was let off is not hard to believe, since saying so to save one's life would not be haram.
Answer from 16 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:02:31)
A more recent answer on belief/god-and-attributes exists (4 March 2024): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/fko_fzwwnba/s/1/
Watch on YouTube at 1:02:31: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--PntsaR8ck&t=3751s<p><b>Did Imam Ahmad really refuse to say the Quran is created?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says later Hanbalis made Imam Ahmad a hero of the Mihna, though he likely said the Quran was created to save himself; Ash'ari books also call the worded Quran created. Mufti Abu Layth says that, to be honest, the account that Imam Ahmad said the Quran was created to please the caliph and was let off is not hard to believe, since saying so to save one's life would not be haram.</p>
<p>Answer from 16 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:02:31)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/god-and-attributes exists</b> (4 March 2024): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/fko_fzwwnba/s/1/">How much does Allah love me?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--PntsaR8ck&t=3751s">Watch on YouTube at 1:02:31</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/18/">Open the segment</a></p>Were the Mu'tazila really defined by their use of reason?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/15/2021-02-16T00:00:00Z2021-02-16T00:00:00ZWere the Mu'tazila really defined by their use of reason?
Mufti Abu Layth says the Mu'tazila were defined by doctrines like a sinner leaving Islam and God being duty-bound, not by reason; the Sunni rejection of reason came later as a reaction. Mufti Abu Layth says what split the Mu'tazila off was nothing to do with reason, but doctrines such as a sinner no longer being a Muslim and God being duty-bound to reward good.
Answer from 16 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 51:46)
A more recent answer on belief/reason-and-revelation exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/27/
Watch on YouTube at 51:46: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--PntsaR8ck&t=3106s<p><b>Were the Mu'tazila really defined by their use of reason?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says the Mu'tazila were defined by doctrines like a sinner leaving Islam and God being duty-bound, not by reason; the Sunni rejection of reason came later as a reaction. Mufti Abu Layth says what split the Mu'tazila off was nothing to do with reason, but doctrines such as a sinner no longer being a Muslim and God being duty-bound to reward good.</p>
<p>Answer from 16 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 51:46)</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=--PntsaR8ck&t=3106s">Watch on YouTube at 51:46</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/15/">Open the segment</a></p>Were some of the great imams autistic?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/l4n4wd2jjps/s/7/2021-02-09T00:00:00Z2021-02-09T00:00:00ZWere some of the great imams autistic?
Mufti Abu Layth says he feels Imam Ahmad and Imam al-Shafi'i were autistic, and suspects Ibn Taymiyya had bipolar or a psychotic disorder. Mufti Abu Layth says he feels people like Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Imam al-Shafi'i were autistic.
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 47:04)
A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams exists (10 December 2022): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/2/
Watch on YouTube at 47:04: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4n4wD2jjps&t=2824s<p><b>Were some of the great imams autistic?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says he feels Imam Ahmad and Imam al-Shafi'i were autistic, and suspects Ibn Taymiyya had bipolar or a psychotic disorder. Mufti Abu Layth says he feels people like Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Imam al-Shafi'i were autistic.</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&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 47:04)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams exists</b> (10 December 2022): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/2/">How did Abu Hanifa become a scholar after starting out as a merchant?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4n4wD2jjps&t=2824s">Watch on YouTube at 47:04</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/l4n4wd2jjps/s/7/">Open the segment</a></p>Was al-Ghazali against science and philosophy?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/l4n4wd2jjps/s/6/2021-02-09T00:00:00Z2021-02-09T00:00:00ZWas al-Ghazali against science and philosophy?
Mufti Abu Layth says al-Ghazali was not against reason at first, but after a crisis of faith he turned to ascetic mysticism, and through later Sufism this indirectly harmed the voice of reason. Mufti Abu Layth says it is true that al-Ghazali's influence had a detrimental impact on the voice of reason, although he thinks it did so indirectly.
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 34:23)
A more recent answer on belief/reason-and-revelation exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/27/
Watch on YouTube at 34:23: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4n4wD2jjps&t=2063s<p><b>Was al-Ghazali against science and philosophy?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says al-Ghazali was not against reason at first, but after a crisis of faith he turned to ascetic mysticism, and through later Sufism this indirectly harmed the voice of reason. Mufti Abu Layth says it is true that al-Ghazali's influence had a detrimental impact on the voice of reason, although he thinks it did so indirectly.</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&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 34:23)</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=l4n4wD2jjps&t=2063s">Watch on YouTube at 34:23</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/l4n4wd2jjps/s/6/">Open the segment</a></p>What do you think of Imam al-Shatibi?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/s/13/2021-02-02T00:00:00Z2021-02-02T00:00:00ZWhat do you think of Imam al-Shatibi?
Mufti Abu Layth calls Imam al-Shatibi an absolute legend and the real founding father of maqasid, the objectives of the Sharia. Mufti Abu Layth says al-Shatibi really brought the objectives of the Sharia to life, so that everybody after him is indebted to him, and that he absolutely loves him for that.
Answer from 2 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #200| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:17:17)
A more recent answer on fiqh/maliki-school exists (19 April 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/2/
Watch on YouTube at 1:17:49: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijwBevcC6o8&t=4669s<p><b>What do you think of Imam al-Shatibi?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth calls Imam al-Shatibi an absolute legend and the real founding father of maqasid, the objectives of the Sharia. Mufti Abu Layth says al-Shatibi really brought the objectives of the Sharia to life, so that everybody after him is indebted to him, and that he absolutely loves him for that.</p>
<p>Answer from 2 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #200| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:17:17)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/maliki-school exists</b> (19 April 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zkklciv1tk8/s/2/">Why does the practice of Madinah matter more than a single hadith?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijwBevcC6o8&t=4669s">Watch on YouTube at 1:17:49</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/s/13/">Open the segment</a></p>Did Abu Hanifa really write al-Fiqh al-Akbar?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/rtwywca2-pq/s/18/2021-01-29T00:00:00Z2021-01-29T00:00:00ZDid Abu Hanifa really write al-Fiqh al-Akbar?
The guest says Abu Hanifa did write al-Fiqh al-Akbar but the text has later additions, and that Zufar's books survive only in fragments.
Answer from 29 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)
Recording: Shaykh Atabek Shukurov | Mortgages, Madhabs & Molvi-ism | MindTrap 48 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:20:26)
A more recent answer on belief/creed-and-kalam-schools exists (13 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/f_4jnua3arq/s/6/
Watch on YouTube at 1:20:26: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtwyWCa2-pQ&t=4826s<p><b>Did Abu Hanifa really write al-Fiqh al-Akbar?</b></p>
<p>The guest says Abu Hanifa did write al-Fiqh al-Akbar but the text has later additions, and that Zufar's books survive only in fragments.</p>
<p>Answer from 29 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p>
<p>Recording: Shaykh Atabek Shukurov | Mortgages, Madhabs & Molvi-ism | MindTrap 48 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:20:26)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/creed-and-kalam-schools exists</b> (13 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/f_4jnua3arq/s/6/">Why orthodoxy took hold, and who wrote the checklist</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtwyWCa2-pQ&t=4826s">Watch on YouTube at 1:20:26</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/rtwywca2-pq/s/18/">Open the segment</a></p>Who was Abu Hanifa's most trusted student?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/rtwywca2-pq/s/17/2021-01-29T00:00:00Z2021-01-29T00:00:00ZWho was Abu Hanifa's most trusted student?
The guest relies chiefly on Zufar, whom he says Abu Hanifa himself authorised to teach, over Imam Muhammad, who was a teenager when Abu Hanifa died; Zufar's sidelining is left for another session.
Answer from 29 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)
Recording: Shaykh Atabek Shukurov | Mortgages, Madhabs & Molvi-ism | MindTrap 48 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:16:23)
A more recent answer on fiqh/madhhabs-and-following/hanafi-school exists (10 December 2022): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/12/
Watch on YouTube at 1:16:23: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtwyWCa2-pQ&t=4583s<p><b>Who was Abu Hanifa's most trusted student?</b></p>
<p>The guest relies chiefly on Zufar, whom he says Abu Hanifa himself authorised to teach, over Imam Muhammad, who was a teenager when Abu Hanifa died; Zufar's sidelining is left for another session.</p>
<p>Answer from 29 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p>
<p>Recording: Shaykh Atabek Shukurov | Mortgages, Madhabs & Molvi-ism | MindTrap 48 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:16:23)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/madhhabs-and-following/hanafi-school exists</b> (10 December 2022): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/12/">What did Abu Hanifa say about Imam Malik?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtwyWCa2-pQ&t=4583s">Watch on YouTube at 1:16:23</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/rtwywca2-pq/s/17/">Open the segment</a></p>Was there a power struggle in the early Hanafi school?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/rtwywca2-pq/s/11/2021-01-29T00:00:00Z2021-01-29T00:00:00ZWas there a power struggle in the early Hanafi school?
Mufti Abu Layth feels the early Hanafi school saw power struggles and that Abu Yusuf lacked Abu Hanifa's reason; the guest calls Ahmad ibn Hanbal the greatest muhaddith but not a jurist of the first rank.
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 50:40)
A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams exists (10 December 2022): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/2/
Watch on YouTube at 51:13: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtwyWCa2-pQ&t=3073s<p><b>Was there a power struggle in the early Hanafi school?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth feels the early Hanafi school saw power struggles and that Abu Yusuf lacked Abu Hanifa's reason; the guest calls Ahmad ibn Hanbal the greatest muhaddith but not a jurist of the first rank.</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 50:40)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams exists</b> (10 December 2022): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/2/">How did Abu Hanifa become a scholar after starting out as a merchant?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtwyWCa2-pQ&t=3073s">Watch on YouTube at 51:13</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/rtwywca2-pq/s/11/">Open the segment</a></p>Why does Shaykh Atabek want to restore the early Hanafi school?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/rtwywca2-pq/s/10/2021-01-29T00:00:00Z2021-01-29T00:00:00ZWhy does Shaykh Atabek want to restore the early Hanafi school?
The guest wants to restore the early Hanafi school of a fully independent Abu Hanifa; Mufti Abu Layth says Abu Hanifa championed reason but his school later became almost his opposite.
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 46:49)
A more recent answer on fiqh/madhhabs-and-following/hanafi-school exists (10 December 2022): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/12/
Watch on YouTube at 46:49: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtwyWCa2-pQ&t=2809s<p><b>Why does Shaykh Atabek want to restore the early Hanafi school?</b></p>
<p>The guest wants to restore the early Hanafi school of a fully independent Abu Hanifa; Mufti Abu Layth says Abu Hanifa championed reason but his school later became almost his opposite.</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 46:49)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/madhhabs-and-following/hanafi-school exists</b> (10 December 2022): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/12/">What did Abu Hanifa say about Imam Malik?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtwyWCa2-pQ&t=2809s">Watch on YouTube at 46:49</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/rtwywca2-pq/s/10/">Open the segment</a></p>How does Ibn Rushd compare to other critical-minded scholars?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/31/2021-01-19T00:00:00Z2021-01-19T00:00:00ZHow does Ibn Rushd compare to other critical-minded scholars?
Ibn Rushd is the most philosophical and most inclined to reason of the critical-minded scholars, Mufti Abu Layth says, and steadier in temperament than one he calls quick to takfir. Mufti Abu Layth says Ibn Rushd is more inclined towards reason than the other critical-minded scholars he was asked about, though all of them are critical-minded.
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 2:27:24)
A more recent answer on belief/reason-and-revelation exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/27/
Watch on YouTube at 2:27:24: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&t=8844s<p><b>How does Ibn Rushd compare to other critical-minded scholars?</b></p>
<p>Ibn Rushd is the most philosophical and most inclined to reason of the critical-minded scholars, Mufti Abu Layth says, and steadier in temperament than one he calls quick to takfir. Mufti Abu Layth says Ibn Rushd is more inclined towards reason than the other critical-minded scholars he was asked about, though all of them are critical-minded.</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 2:27:24)</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=Hv-BlBVTr4M&t=8844s">Watch on YouTube at 2:27:24</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/31/">Open the segment</a></p>Who was Ibn Rushd (Averroes)?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/27/2021-01-19T00:00:00Z2021-01-19T00:00:00ZWho was Ibn Rushd (Averroes)?
Mufti Abu Layth presents Ibn Rushd as a Maliki judge, physician and the great commentator on Aristotle, honoured in Europe but exiled and neglected by Muslims. Mufti Abu Layth says it is a shame that Muslims ignored Ibn Rushd, since he was such a legend in philosophy.
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 1:56:13)
A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams exists (10 December 2022): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/2/
Watch on YouTube at 1:56:13: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&t=6973s<p><b>Who was Ibn Rushd (Averroes)?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth presents Ibn Rushd as a Maliki judge, physician and the great commentator on Aristotle, honoured in Europe but exiled and neglected by Muslims. Mufti Abu Layth says it is a shame that Muslims ignored Ibn Rushd, since he was such a legend in philosophy.</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 1:56:13)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams exists</b> (10 December 2022): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/2/">How did Abu Hanifa become a scholar after starting out as a merchant?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&t=6973s">Watch on YouTube at 1:56:13</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/27/">Open the segment</a></p>Why was Ibn Taymiyya put in prison?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/j9nb1elq56y/s/1/2021-01-12T00:00:00Z2021-01-12T00:00:00ZWhy was Ibn Taymiyya put in prison?
Ibn Taymiyya made powerful enemies by declaring Muslims kafir, and Maliki judges finally jailed him over his fatwa, voiced by his student in Jerusalem, that one may not travel to visit the Prophet's grave. Mufti Abu Layth calls the view foolish but says no one should be punished for an opinion. Mufti Abu Layth says Ibn Taymiyya was imprisoned over his fatwa that one may not travel to visit the Prophet, an opinion he calls foolish but says should not be punished, since people should not be persecuted over religious differences.
Answer from 12 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Why Ibn Taymiyyah was in jail? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)
A more recent answer on fiqh/public-law-and-governance/apostasy-and-blasphemy exists (29 September 2024): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hmurvu2c9yq/s/2/
Watch on YouTube at 0:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9NB1eLQ56Y&t=0s<p><b>Why was Ibn Taymiyya put in prison?</b></p>
<p>Ibn Taymiyya made powerful enemies by declaring Muslims kafir, and Maliki judges finally jailed him over his fatwa, voiced by his student in Jerusalem, that one may not travel to visit the Prophet's grave. Mufti Abu Layth calls the view foolish but says no one should be punished for an opinion. Mufti Abu Layth says Ibn Taymiyya was imprisoned over his fatwa that one may not travel to visit the Prophet, an opinion he calls foolish but says should not be punished, since people should not be persecuted over religious differences.</p>
<p>Answer from 12 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Why Ibn Taymiyyah was in jail? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/public-law-and-governance/apostasy-and-blasphemy exists</b> (29 September 2024): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hmurvu2c9yq/s/2/">Is someone who says something wrong about the Prophet guilty of blasphemy?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9NB1eLQ56Y&t=0s">Watch on YouTube at 0:00</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/j9nb1elq56y/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>If you deny the evil eye, why do you cite scholars who believed in it?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/1zghntbmpis/s/28/2021-01-12T00:00:00Z2021-01-12T00:00:00ZIf you deny the evil eye, why do you cite scholars who believed in it?
Mufti Abu Layth says scholars who believed in the evil eye were following the science of their day, and one does not take science from them. Mufti Abu Layth says the evil eye was the science of the day, based on the belief that the eye shoots out rays, rather than a matter of religion for them.
Answer from 12 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #197 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:46:32)
A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams exists (10 December 2022): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/2/
Watch on YouTube at 1:47:10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zgHntbMPis&t=6430s<p><b>If you deny the evil eye, why do you cite scholars who believed in it?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says scholars who believed in the evil eye were following the science of their day, and one does not take science from them. Mufti Abu Layth says the evil eye was the science of the day, based on the belief that the eye shoots out rays, rather than a matter of religion for them.</p>
<p>Answer from 12 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #197 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:46:32)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams exists</b> (10 December 2022): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/2/">How did Abu Hanifa become a scholar after starting out as a merchant?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zgHntbMPis&t=6430s">Watch on YouTube at 1:47:10</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/1zghntbmpis/s/28/">Open the segment</a></p>Was the woman who refused the Prophet in Bukhari's divorce chapter his wife?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eo90sv4jvho/s/12/2021-01-05T00:00:00Z2021-01-05T00:00:00ZWas the woman who refused the Prophet in Bukhari's divorce chapter his wife?
The chapter's reports are confused and defenders strain to reconcile them; he says hadith scholars, like doctors, were institutionalised in their field. Mufti Abu Layth says that most scholars of Islam in the past who were invested in a particular field were institutionalised by it and did not critique it the way an outsider does, though a few thought out of the box.
Answer from 5 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #196 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 48:31)
A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/10/
Watch on YouTube at 48:31: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo90sV4JVHo&t=2911s<p><b>Was the woman who refused the Prophet in Bukhari's divorce chapter his wife?</b></p>
<p>The chapter's reports are confused and defenders strain to reconcile them; he says hadith scholars, like doctors, were institutionalised in their field. Mufti Abu Layth says that most scholars of Islam in the past who were invested in a particular field were institutionalised by it and did not critique it the way an outsider does, though a few thought out of the box.</p>
<p>Answer from 5 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #196 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 48:31)</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=eo90sV4JVHo&t=2911s">Watch on YouTube at 48:31</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eo90sv4jvho/s/12/">Open the segment</a></p>Did Imam Malik and Abu Hanifa study under Imam Jafar al-Sadiq, and what did they learn from him?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/phrss-nir30/s/2/2020-12-06T00:00:00Z2020-12-06T00:00:00ZDid Imam Malik and Abu Hanifa study under Imam Jafar al-Sadiq, and what did they learn from him?
Malik and Abu Hanifa kept Imam Jafar's company and attended his circles but transmitted nothing from him, which Mufti Abu Layth explains by their disagreement with teaching that largely reflected the Shia da'wah. He calls the claim that they took only 'spirituality' from him absurd. Mufti Abu Layth thinks Imam Malik and Abu Hanifa attended Imam Jafar's circles and kept his company but transmitted nothing from him to Sunni circles because the bulk of his teaching reflected the Shia da'wah, which they did not agree with, and he calls the explanation that they took only 'spirituality' from him absurd.
Answer from 6 December 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Why don't sunni imams transmit from Imam Jafar? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:37)
A more recent answer on hadith/collections-and-compilation exists (10 March 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/7/
Watch on YouTube at 6:37: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhrSS-NiR30&t=397s<p><b>Did Imam Malik and Abu Hanifa study under Imam Jafar al-Sadiq, and what did they learn from him?</b></p>
<p>Malik and Abu Hanifa kept Imam Jafar's company and attended his circles but transmitted nothing from him, which Mufti Abu Layth explains by their disagreement with teaching that largely reflected the Shia da'wah. He calls the claim that they took only 'spirituality' from him absurd. Mufti Abu Layth thinks Imam Malik and Abu Hanifa attended Imam Jafar's circles and kept his company but transmitted nothing from him to Sunni circles because the bulk of his teaching reflected the Shia da'wah, which they did not agree with, and he calls the explanation that they took only 'spirituality' from him absurd.</p>
<p>Answer from 6 December 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Why don't sunni imams transmit from Imam Jafar? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:37)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/collections-and-compilation exists</b> (10 March 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/7/">Is the Muwatta of Imam Malik more authentic than Sahih al-Bukhari?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhrSS-NiR30&t=397s">Watch on YouTube at 6:37</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/phrss-nir30/s/2/">Open the segment</a></p>Why don't Sunni imams like Malik and Abu Hanifa transmit from Imam Jafar al-Sadiq?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/phrss-nir30/s/1/2020-12-06T00:00:00Z2020-12-06T00:00:00ZWhy don't Sunni imams like Malik and Abu Hanifa transmit from Imam Jafar al-Sadiq?
Mufti Abu Layth's theory is that the early imams of the Ahl al-Bayt were for the most part as the Shia describe them, so Malik and Abu Hanifa, though respectful of them, did not transmit from them because it would have caused a political storm. He adds that this does not make the Shia theological claims more authentic. Mufti Abu Layth offers as his own theory that the early imams of the Ahl al-Bayt up to Jafar al-Sadiq were for the most part as the Shia describe them rather than Sunni, and that Imam Malik and Abu Hanifa, though on good terms with them, did not transmit from them because their views would have caused a political storm, while adding that this does not in his view make the Shia theological claims more authentic.
Answer from 6 December 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Why don't sunni imams transmit from Imam Jafar? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:02)
A more recent answer on hadith/collections-and-compilation exists (10 March 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/7/
Watch on YouTube at 0:02: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhrSS-NiR30&t=2s<p><b>Why don't Sunni imams like Malik and Abu Hanifa transmit from Imam Jafar al-Sadiq?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth's theory is that the early imams of the Ahl al-Bayt were for the most part as the Shia describe them, so Malik and Abu Hanifa, though respectful of them, did not transmit from them because it would have caused a political storm. He adds that this does not make the Shia theological claims more authentic. Mufti Abu Layth offers as his own theory that the early imams of the Ahl al-Bayt up to Jafar al-Sadiq were for the most part as the Shia describe them rather than Sunni, and that Imam Malik and Abu Hanifa, though on good terms with them, did not transmit from them because their views would have caused a political storm, while adding that this does not in his view make the Shia theological claims more authentic.</p>
<p>Answer from 6 December 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Why don't sunni imams transmit from Imam Jafar? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:02)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/collections-and-compilation exists</b> (10 March 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/7/">Is the Muwatta of Imam Malik more authentic than Sahih al-Bukhari?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhrSS-NiR30&t=2s">Watch on YouTube at 0:02</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/phrss-nir30/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>Who were the Murji'a and why do Salafis talk about them so much?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/jtyem-eee78/s/15/2020-09-22T00:00:00Z2020-09-22T00:00:00ZWho were the Murji'a and why do Salafis talk about them so much?
Mufti Abu Layth says Salafis fixate on long-extinct sects because they read Ibn Taymiyya, whom he sees as a troubled man with mental health issues whom they all but worship. Mufti Abu Layth says Ibn Taymiyya suffered from a lot of mental health issues.
Answer from 22 September 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #183 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:18:25)
A more recent answer on belief/creed-and-kalam-schools exists (13 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/f_4jnua3arq/s/6/
Watch on YouTube at 1:18:25: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTYEM-eEe78&t=4705s<p><b>Who were the Murji'a and why do Salafis talk about them so much?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says Salafis fixate on long-extinct sects because they read Ibn Taymiyya, whom he sees as a troubled man with mental health issues whom they all but worship. Mufti Abu Layth says Ibn Taymiyya suffered from a lot of mental health issues.</p>
<p>Answer from 22 September 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #183 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:18:25)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/creed-and-kalam-schools exists</b> (13 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/f_4jnua3arq/s/6/">Why orthodoxy took hold, and who wrote the checklist</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTYEM-eEe78&t=4705s">Watch on YouTube at 1:18:25</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/jtyem-eee78/s/15/">Open the segment</a></p>Is al-Zamakhshari's tafsir al-Kashshaf worth reading?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/a6h5lye4mn8/s/10/2020-07-14T00:00:00Z2020-07-14T00:00:00ZIs al-Zamakhshari's tafsir al-Kashshaf worth reading?
Mufti Abu Layth praises al-Kashshaf as linguistically overwhelming and al-Zamakhshari as a legend, while noting the Mu'tazili oddities in it; the Mu'tazila were great scholars, often over-demonised. Mufti Abu Layth says some scholars over-demonise the Mu'tazila, who were in their own right great and intelligent scholars of Islam, though some of their views were a bit warped.
Answer from 14 July 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth 173 (at 45:21)
A more recent answer on quran/tafsir exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/30/
Watch on YouTube at 45:21: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6H5lYE4MN8&t=2721s<p><b>Is al-Zamakhshari's tafsir al-Kashshaf worth reading?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth praises al-Kashshaf as linguistically overwhelming and al-Zamakhshari as a legend, while noting the Mu'tazili oddities in it; the Mu'tazila were great scholars, often over-demonised. Mufti Abu Layth says some scholars over-demonise the Mu'tazila, who were in their own right great and intelligent scholars of Islam, though some of their views were a bit warped.</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 45:21)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on quran/tafsir 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=a6H5lYE4MN8&t=2721s">Watch on YouTube at 45:21</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/a6h5lye4mn8/s/10/">Open the segment</a></p>What do you think of Shah Wali Allah?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/a6h5lye4mn8/s/5/2020-07-14T00:00:00Z2020-07-14T00:00:00ZWhat do you think of Shah Wali Allah?
Mufti Abu Layth calls Shah Wali Allah an amazing scholar, ahead of his time, who revived hadith studies and wrote on the objectives of the Sharia without using the word maqasid. Mufti Abu Layth says Shah Wali Allah was an amazing individual, ahead of the curve, who reinvigorated hadith studies.
Answer from 14 July 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth 173 (at 30:50)
A more recent answer on fiqh/legal-theory exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/23/
Watch on YouTube at 31:30: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6H5lYE4MN8&t=1890s<p><b>What do you think of Shah Wali Allah?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth calls Shah Wali Allah an amazing scholar, ahead of his time, who revived hadith studies and wrote on the objectives of the Sharia without using the word maqasid. Mufti Abu Layth says Shah Wali Allah was an amazing individual, ahead of the curve, who reinvigorated hadith studies.</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 30:50)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/legal-theory exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/23/">If reason helps us understand the Quran, does the reasoning of earlier scholars matter too?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6H5lYE4MN8&t=1890s">Watch on YouTube at 31:30</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/a6h5lye4mn8/s/5/">Open the segment</a></p>Is there an order and coherence to the surahs of the Quran?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/wce73zqci_i/s/5/2020-07-10T00:00:00Z2020-07-10T00:00:00ZIs there an order and coherence to the surahs of the Quran?
Mufti Abu Layth and the guest trace Farahi's school of Quranic coherence, which the guest illustrates with surahs that come in pairs.
Answer from 10 July 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)
Recording: Shaykh Omar Baloch | Cynicism, Consumerism & the Catch 22 of Riba | Mindtrap with Mufti #30 (at 14:32)
A more recent answer on quran/hermeneutics exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/24/
Watch on YouTube at 14:32: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCe73zqCi_I&t=872s<p><b>Is there an order and coherence to the surahs of the Quran?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth and the guest trace Farahi's school of Quranic coherence, which the guest illustrates with surahs that come in pairs.</p>
<p>Answer from 10 July 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p>
<p>Recording: Shaykh Omar Baloch | Cynicism, Consumerism & the Catch 22 of Riba | Mindtrap with Mufti #30 (at 14:32)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on quran/hermeneutics exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/24/">Does 3:188 mean everyone who likes praise will be punished?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCe73zqCi_I&t=872s">Watch on YouTube at 14:32</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/wce73zqci_i/s/5/">Open the segment</a></p>What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/g57bdmdaukm/s/1/2020-04-19T00:00:00Z2020-04-19T00:00:00ZWhat does Mufti Abu Layth think of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab?
On balance Mufti Abu Layth places Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab in the negative: a puritan dogmatist who demolished tombs, killed pilgrims and inspired the Salafi movement, which he feels did more harm than good and is a springboard for extremism. He adds that the movement also revived hadith and challenged blind following and superstition. Mufti Abu Layth says that, forced to choose, he would probably classify Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab as negative, a puritan dogmatist allied with the Saud family who demolished tombs and killed pilgrims, and that the Salafi movement he inspired did more harm than good and is the number one springboard for extremism, though it also revived hadith and challenged blind following and superstition.
Answer from 19 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Thoughts on Muhammad Ibn Abdul Wahab? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)
A more recent answer on society/extremism-crime-and-justice exists (29 September 2024): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hmurvu2c9yq/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 0:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g57BdMdAUKM&t=0s<p><b>What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab?</b></p>
<p>On balance Mufti Abu Layth places Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab in the negative: a puritan dogmatist who demolished tombs, killed pilgrims and inspired the Salafi movement, which he feels did more harm than good and is a springboard for extremism. He adds that the movement also revived hadith and challenged blind following and superstition. Mufti Abu Layth says that, forced to choose, he would probably classify Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab as negative, a puritan dogmatist allied with the Saud family who demolished tombs and killed pilgrims, and that the Salafi movement he inspired did more harm than good and is the number one springboard for extremism, though it also revived hadith and challenged blind following and superstition.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Thoughts on Muhammad Ibn Abdul Wahab? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on society/extremism-crime-and-justice exists</b> (29 September 2024): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hmurvu2c9yq/s/3/">How scholars' rhetoric fed Pakistan's blasphemy killings, in Mufti Abu Layth's view</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g57BdMdAUKM&t=0s">Watch on YouTube at 0:00</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/g57bdmdaukm/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>Why did medieval scholars like al-Nawawi write that boys are prettier than women?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/otqqc3k4hwa/s/6/2019-08-21T00:00:00Z2019-08-21T00:00:00ZWhy did medieval scholars like al-Nawawi write that boys are prettier than women?
Mufti Abu Layth says al-Nawawi voiced a sentiment of his age, shared by many medieval Muslims and by the Greeks, in which attraction to adolescent boys was assumed; reporting this is not mockery. A Saudi critic's reply that many women are ugly, he says, proves the point. Mufti Abu Layth holds that Imam al-Nawawi was articulating the sentiment of his age, in which, as among the ancient Greeks, attraction to adolescent boys was taken as a given, and that reporting this from his book is not mockery.
Answer from 21 August 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: A Reply to Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi on Sahih Al-Bukhari| Mufti Abu layth (at 16:59)
A more recent answer on relationships/sexuality-and-orientation exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/6/
Watch on YouTube at 16:59: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtQqc3K4HWA&t=1019s<p><b>Why did medieval scholars like al-Nawawi write that boys are prettier than women?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says al-Nawawi voiced a sentiment of his age, shared by many medieval Muslims and by the Greeks, in which attraction to adolescent boys was assumed; reporting this is not mockery. A Saudi critic's reply that many women are ugly, he says, proves the point. Mufti Abu Layth holds that Imam al-Nawawi was articulating the sentiment of his age, in which, as among the ancient Greeks, attraction to adolescent boys was taken as a given, and that reporting this from his book is not mockery.</p>
<p>Answer from 21 August 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: A Reply to Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi on Sahih Al-Bukhari| Mufti Abu layth (at 16:59)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on relationships/sexuality-and-orientation exists</b> (22 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/6/">Is it okay for adults or children to change gender?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtQqc3K4HWA&t=1019s">Watch on YouTube at 16:59</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/otqqc3k4hwa/s/6/">Open the segment</a></p>Did Mufti Abu Layth mock Imam al-Nawawi?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/otqqc3k4hwa/s/5/2019-08-21T00:00:00Z2019-08-21T00:00:00ZDid Mufti Abu Layth mock Imam al-Nawawi?
Mufti Abu Layth says he did not mock al-Nawawi but read his own words, which assume as a given that young boys are prettier than many women and that anyone would be tempted by them. Al-Yaqoubi, he says, should have watched the whole video before judging.
Answer from 21 August 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: A Reply to Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi on Sahih Al-Bukhari| Mufti Abu layth (at 13:09)
A more recent answer on relationships/sexuality-and-orientation exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/6/
Watch on YouTube at 13:09: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtQqc3K4HWA&t=789s<p><b>Did Mufti Abu Layth mock Imam al-Nawawi?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says he did not mock al-Nawawi but read his own words, which assume as a given that young boys are prettier than many women and that anyone would be tempted by them. Al-Yaqoubi, he says, should have watched the whole video before judging.</p>
<p>Answer from 21 August 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: A Reply to Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi on Sahih Al-Bukhari| Mufti Abu layth (at 13:09)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on relationships/sexuality-and-orientation exists</b> (22 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/6/">Is it okay for adults or children to change gender?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtQqc3K4HWA&t=789s">Watch on YouTube at 13:09</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/otqqc3k4hwa/s/5/">Open the segment</a></p>What did Ibn al-Arabi write about a classmate who was both bearded and breasted?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ejs0ibhhpg0/s/3/2019-08-02T00:00:00Z2019-08-02T00:00:00ZWhat did Ibn al-Arabi write about a classmate who was both bearded and breasted?
Qadi Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi recorded a classmate with a beard and breasts who came to al-Ghazali's lessons with two servant girls and whose nature puzzled him for years. Mufti Abu Layth reads this as an example of people in the past finding outlets with servants and slaves. Mufti Abu Layth says that in the past, it seems, people who were stuck, such as those who were homosexual or bisexual without an apparent outlet, and presumably khuntha too, found a loophole with servants and slaves.
Answer from 2 August 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Why are homosexual activities forbidden? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 11:42)
A more recent answer on relationships/sexuality-and-orientation exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/6/
Watch on YouTube at 11:42: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJS0IBhhPg0&t=702s<p><b>What did Ibn al-Arabi write about a classmate who was both bearded and breasted?</b></p>
<p>Qadi Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi recorded a classmate with a beard and breasts who came to al-Ghazali's lessons with two servant girls and whose nature puzzled him for years. Mufti Abu Layth reads this as an example of people in the past finding outlets with servants and slaves. Mufti Abu Layth says that in the past, it seems, people who were stuck, such as those who were homosexual or bisexual without an apparent outlet, and presumably khuntha too, found a loophole with servants and slaves.</p>
<p>Answer from 2 August 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Why are homosexual activities forbidden? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 11:42)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on relationships/sexuality-and-orientation exists</b> (22 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/6/">Is it okay for adults or children to change gender?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJS0IBhhPg0&t=702s">Watch on YouTube at 11:42</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ejs0ibhhpg0/s/3/">Open the segment</a></p>Did early Sunni hadith scholars such as Sufyan ibn Uyayna wear earrings?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/pkjtq8axgre/s/5/2019-07-24T00:00:00Z2019-07-24T00:00:00ZDid early Sunni hadith scholars such as Sufyan ibn Uyayna wear earrings?
Yes: the Musnad of Abu Ya'la records a hadith student wearing two earrings, and al-Dhahabi's Siyar A'lam al-Nubala describes the young Sufyan ibn Uyayna sitting in Amr ibn Dinar's hadith class with an earring in his ear.
Answer from 24 July 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Holistic Overview: Can Men Wear Earrings? -Mufti Abu Layth (at 16:58)
A more recent answer on fiqh/dress-and-appearance/jewellery-gold-and-silk exists (10 March 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/3/
Watch on YouTube at 16:58: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkjtq8AXGRE&t=1018s<p><b>Did early Sunni hadith scholars such as Sufyan ibn Uyayna wear earrings?</b></p>
<p>Yes: the Musnad of Abu Ya'la records a hadith student wearing two earrings, and al-Dhahabi's Siyar A'lam al-Nubala describes the young Sufyan ibn Uyayna sitting in Amr ibn Dinar's hadith class with an earring in his ear.</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 16:58)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/dress-and-appearance/jewellery-gold-and-silk exists</b> (10 March 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/3/">Is it haram for men to wear earrings?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkjtq8AXGRE&t=1018s">Watch on YouTube at 16:58</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/pkjtq8axgre/s/5/">Open the segment</a></p>What is al-Suyuti's book about sex?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/noe0z72gubs/s/1/2019-07-18T00:00:00Z2019-07-18T00:00:00ZWhat is al-Suyuti's book about sex?
Al-Suyuti wrote about sex, including a section on names for the penis, and endorsed a saying that the two greatest worldly pleasures are horse riding and sex. Mufti Abu Layth agrees with al-Ghazali that orgasm is the closest worldly pleasure to those of paradise. Mufti Abu Layth says he cannot object to al-Ghazali's point that the closest worldly pleasure to the pleasures of paradise is orgasm.
Answer from 18 July 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: My thoughts on Imam Suyuti's book on sex | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)
A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams exists (10 December 2022): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/2/
Watch on YouTube at 0:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noE0Z72gUbs&t=0s<p><b>What is al-Suyuti's book about sex?</b></p>
<p>Al-Suyuti wrote about sex, including a section on names for the penis, and endorsed a saying that the two greatest worldly pleasures are horse riding and sex. Mufti Abu Layth agrees with al-Ghazali that orgasm is the closest worldly pleasure to those of paradise. Mufti Abu Layth says he cannot object to al-Ghazali's point that the closest worldly pleasure to the pleasures of paradise is orgasm.</p>
<p>Answer from 18 July 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: My thoughts on Imam Suyuti's book on sex | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams exists</b> (10 December 2022): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/2/">How did Abu Hanifa become a scholar after starting out as a merchant?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noE0Z72gUbs&t=0s">Watch on YouTube at 0:00</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/noe0z72gubs/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>Did al-Ghazali say Muslims must establish a caliphate?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/4wuwtjqamx0/s/4/2018-09-03T00:00:00Z2018-09-03T00:00:00ZDid al-Ghazali say Muslims must establish a caliphate?
When al-Ghazali argued for a caliph he meant a king who keeps law and order, as opposed to anarchy, not a system to be set against democracy. Mufti Abu Layth says that when al-Ghazali and scholars of his time wrote of the caliph they meant kingship as opposed to anarchy, not as opposed to democracy.
Answer from 3 September 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Response to Abdullah al Andalusi (at 14:42)
A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams exists (10 December 2022): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/2/
Watch on YouTube at 14:42: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WUwTJQAmx0&t=882s<p><b>Did al-Ghazali say Muslims must establish a caliphate?</b></p>
<p>When al-Ghazali argued for a caliph he meant a king who keeps law and order, as opposed to anarchy, not a system to be set against democracy. Mufti Abu Layth says that when al-Ghazali and scholars of his time wrote of the caliph they meant kingship as opposed to anarchy, not as opposed to democracy.</p>
<p>Answer from 3 September 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Response to Abdullah al Andalusi (at 14:42)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams exists</b> (10 December 2022): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/2/">How did Abu Hanifa become a scholar after starting out as a merchant?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WUwTJQAmx0&t=882s">Watch on YouTube at 14:42</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/4wuwtjqamx0/s/4/">Open the segment</a></p>Bukhari's persecution and why his book reaches us through one transmitterhttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/x6sffyrljey/s/10/2018-08-30T00:00:00Z2018-08-30T00:00:00ZBukhari's persecution and why his book reaches us through one transmitter
Bukhari was persecuted and boycotted in his last years by Hanafis and Hanbali literalists, so few transmitted his book and it reaches us through Farabri alone. The same two groups now insist it reaches us with certainty. Mufti Abu Layth says Bukhari's persecution by the Hanafis and the Hanbali literalists in his last years is why his book reaches us through a single transmitter, and that the same two groups now insist it reaches us with certainty.
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 58:29)
A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/10/
Watch on YouTube at 58:29: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6SfFYRljeY&t=3509s<p><b>Bukhari's persecution and why his book reaches us through one transmitter</b></p>
<p>Bukhari was persecuted and boycotted in his last years by Hanafis and Hanbali literalists, so few transmitted his book and it reaches us through Farabri alone. The same two groups now insist it reaches us with certainty. Mufti Abu Layth says Bukhari's persecution by the Hanafis and the Hanbali literalists in his last years is why his book reaches us through a single transmitter, and that the same two groups now insist it reaches us with certainty.</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 58:29)</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=3509s">Watch on YouTube at 58:29</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/x6sffyrljey/s/10/">Open the segment</a></p>Was Abu Hanifa considered a deviant by the scholars of his time?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zn1-wlbys2i/s/1/2018-04-20T00:00:00Z2018-04-20T00:00:00ZWas Abu Hanifa considered a deviant by the scholars of his time?
Many leading scholars of Abu Hanifa's time considered him misguided. His school rose to dominance because his student Abu Yusuf became chief judge and appointed only Hanafis, which Mufti Abu Layth says shows that power, not evidence, often decides which views prevail. Mufti Abu Layth says Abu Hanifa was considered a deviant by many scholars of his time and that the Hanafi school became dominant because his student Abu Yusuf, as chief judge, appointed only Hanafi judges, so that its rise rested on power rather than evidence.
Answer from 20 April 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Imam Abu Hanifa was deemed a heretic/deviant by his contemporaries - Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki (at 0:00)
A more recent answer on history/orthodoxy-and-how-islam-spread exists (13 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/f_4jnua3arq/s/6/
Watch on YouTube at 0:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN1-WlBys2I&t=0s<p><b>Was Abu Hanifa considered a deviant by the scholars of his time?</b></p>
<p>Many leading scholars of Abu Hanifa's time considered him misguided. His school rose to dominance because his student Abu Yusuf became chief judge and appointed only Hanafis, which Mufti Abu Layth says shows that power, not evidence, often decides which views prevail. Mufti Abu Layth says Abu Hanifa was considered a deviant by many scholars of his time and that the Hanafi school became dominant because his student Abu Yusuf, as chief judge, appointed only Hanafi judges, so that its rise rested on power rather than evidence.</p>
<p>Answer from 20 April 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Imam Abu Hanifa was deemed a heretic/deviant by his contemporaries - Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki (at 0:00)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/orthodoxy-and-how-islam-spread exists</b> (13 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/f_4jnua3arq/s/6/">Why orthodoxy took hold, and who wrote the checklist</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN1-WlBys2I&t=0s">Watch on YouTube at 0:00</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zn1-wlbys2i/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>If Mufti Abu Layth admires Qadi Iyad, must he accept everything in al-Shifa?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/uuldzklvxvo/s/18/2018-04-09T00:00:00Z2018-04-09T00:00:00ZIf Mufti Abu Layth admires Qadi Iyad, must he accept everything in al-Shifa?
No: Mufti Abu Layth says al-Shifa was written to instil love of the Prophet in a context of insults and knowingly includes weak and fabricated reports, and that admiring Qadi Iyad, who himself disagreed with Malik, does not make him a clone. Mufti Abu Layth says that rating Qadi Iyad highly does not oblige him to accept every report in al-Shifa, which was written to instil love of the Prophet in a context of insults and knowingly includes weak and fabricated reports, and that Qadi Iyad himself disagreed with Malik on several matters.
Answer from 9 April 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: The Role Of Reason In Religion - Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:19:39)
A more recent answer on hadith/false-and-fabricated exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/
Watch on YouTube at 1:19:39: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuLDZkLvxvo&t=4779s<p><b>If Mufti Abu Layth admires Qadi Iyad, must he accept everything in al-Shifa?</b></p>
<p>No: Mufti Abu Layth says al-Shifa was written to instil love of the Prophet in a context of insults and knowingly includes weak and fabricated reports, and that admiring Qadi Iyad, who himself disagreed with Malik, does not make him a clone. Mufti Abu Layth says that rating Qadi Iyad highly does not oblige him to accept every report in al-Shifa, which was written to instil love of the Prophet in a context of insults and knowingly includes weak and fabricated reports, and that Qadi Iyad himself disagreed with Malik on several matters.</p>
<p>Answer from 9 April 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: The Role Of Reason In Religion - Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:19:39)</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=UuLDZkLvxvo&t=4779s">Watch on YouTube at 1:19:39</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/uuldzklvxvo/s/18/">Open the segment</a></p>Did great scholars like Ibn Hajar have private lives that would be condemned today?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/6_dmojl-_bi/s/10/2017-09-29T00:00:00Z2017-09-29T00:00:00ZDid great scholars like Ibn Hajar have private lives that would be condemned today?
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani married a woman who had been his wife's slave girl without anyone warning the ummah against him, Mufti Abu Layth says, so such private conduct cannot be called abuse. Words like abuse imply real abuse and are dangerous. Mufti Abu Layth holds that conduct such as Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani's marriage to his wife's former slave girl was never treated as abuse of power or as grounds to warn the ummah against him, and that the word abuse should be kept for real abuse, not the breaking of corporate rules.
Answer from 29 September 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Propaganda against Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan - Mufti Abu Layth (at 30:07)
A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams exists (10 December 2022): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/2/
Watch on YouTube at 30:07: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_dmOJl-_bI&t=1807s<p><b>Did great scholars like Ibn Hajar have private lives that would be condemned today?</b></p>
<p>Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani married a woman who had been his wife's slave girl without anyone warning the ummah against him, Mufti Abu Layth says, so such private conduct cannot be called abuse. Words like abuse imply real abuse and are dangerous. Mufti Abu Layth holds that conduct such as Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani's marriage to his wife's former slave girl was never treated as abuse of power or as grounds to warn the ummah against him, and that the word abuse should be kept for real abuse, not the breaking of corporate rules.</p>
<p>Answer from 29 September 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Propaganda against Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan - Mufti Abu Layth (at 30:07)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams exists</b> (10 December 2022): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/2/">How did Abu Hanifa become a scholar after starting out as a merchant?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_dmOJl-_bI&t=1807s">Watch on YouTube at 30:07</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/6_dmojl-_bi/s/10/">Open the segment</a></p>Is it wrong to be attracted to someone because of their status or position?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/6_dmojl-_bi/s/9/2017-09-29T00:00:00Z2017-09-29T00:00:00ZIs it wrong to be attracted to someone because of their status or position?
Attraction to status and relationships between people who work closely together are natural, not abuse, and Islam leaves consensual relationships to the people involved. Mufti Abu Layth cites Hasan ibn Ali, al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba and Ibn Hazm as figures whose private lives did not disqualify them. Mufti Abu Layth holds that Islam leaves people to their own consensual relationships and does not judge them, and that attraction to status is natural and not in itself an abuse of power.
Answer from 29 September 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Propaganda against Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan - Mufti Abu Layth (at 26:10)
A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams exists (10 December 2022): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/2/
Watch on YouTube at 26:10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_dmOJl-_bI&t=1570s<p><b>Is it wrong to be attracted to someone because of their status or position?</b></p>
<p>Attraction to status and relationships between people who work closely together are natural, not abuse, and Islam leaves consensual relationships to the people involved. Mufti Abu Layth cites Hasan ibn Ali, al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba and Ibn Hazm as figures whose private lives did not disqualify them. Mufti Abu Layth holds that Islam leaves people to their own consensual relationships and does not judge them, and that attraction to status is natural and not in itself an abuse of power.</p>
<p>Answer from 29 September 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Propaganda against Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan - Mufti Abu Layth (at 26:10)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams exists</b> (10 December 2022): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/2/">How did Abu Hanifa become a scholar after starting out as a merchant?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_dmOJl-_bI&t=1570s">Watch on YouTube at 26:10</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/6_dmojl-_bi/s/9/">Open the segment</a></p>Why not treat jinn possession as just a difference of opinion among scholars?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7z8yu8kr83y/s/25/2017-09-20T00:00:00Z2017-09-20T00:00:00ZWhy not treat jinn possession as just a difference of opinion among scholars?
Because it is not a harmless difference like raising the hands in prayer: belief in possession underwrites mass exploitation, a multi-million pound industry and ridicule of Islam and its Prophet. Al-Razi, al-Maraghi, Ibn Ashur and al-Shawkani are among those who denied it, and the abuse must end. Mufti Abu Layth refuses a diplomatic stance that treats possession as one of two valid opinions, because unlike a difference over raising the hands in prayer this belief underwrites mass exploitation and abuse and brings ridicule on Islam and its Prophet.
Answer from 20 September 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Jinn Possessions: Myth and Reality in Islam by Sh. Akram Nadwi & Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:56:14)
A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams exists (10 December 2022): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/2/
Watch on YouTube at 1:56:14: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z8yu8Kr83Y&t=6974s<p><b>Why not treat jinn possession as just a difference of opinion among scholars?</b></p>
<p>Because it is not a harmless difference like raising the hands in prayer: belief in possession underwrites mass exploitation, a multi-million pound industry and ridicule of Islam and its Prophet. Al-Razi, al-Maraghi, Ibn Ashur and al-Shawkani are among those who denied it, and the abuse must end. Mufti Abu Layth refuses a diplomatic stance that treats possession as one of two valid opinions, because unlike a difference over raising the hands in prayer this belief underwrites mass exploitation and abuse and brings ridicule on Islam and its Prophet.</p>
<p>Answer from 20 September 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Jinn Possessions: Myth and Reality in Islam by Sh. Akram Nadwi & Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:56:14)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams exists</b> (10 December 2022): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/2/">How did Abu Hanifa become a scholar after starting out as a merchant?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z8yu8Kr83Y&t=6974s">Watch on YouTube at 1:56:14</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7z8yu8kr83y/s/25/">Open the segment</a></p>Did Ibn Taymiyya believe in jinn possession, and does his view have proof?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7z8yu8kr83y/s/6/2017-09-20T00:00:00Z2017-09-20T00:00:00ZDid Ibn Taymiyya believe in jinn possession, and does his view have proof?
Ibn Taymiyya believed jinn possess people and treated them, but by his own rule of accepting nothing without proof from the Quran and Sunnah his claims fail: seeing something leave a patient does not prove it was a jinn. Levitating patients and beating the 'possessed' are tricks played on onlookers.
Answer from 20 September 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)
Recording: Jinn Possessions: Myth and Reality in Islam by Sh. Akram Nadwi & Mufti Abu Layth (at 30:59)
A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/
Watch on YouTube at 30:59: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z8yu8Kr83Y&t=1859s<p><b>Did Ibn Taymiyya believe in jinn possession, and does his view have proof?</b></p>
<p>Ibn Taymiyya believed jinn possess people and treated them, but by his own rule of accepting nothing without proof from the Quran and Sunnah his claims fail: seeing something leave a patient does not prove it was a jinn. Levitating patients and beating the 'possessed' are tricks played on onlookers.</p>
<p>Answer from 20 September 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p>
<p>Recording: Jinn Possessions: Myth and Reality in Islam by Sh. Akram Nadwi & Mufti Abu Layth (at 30:59)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/">How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z8yu8Kr83Y&t=1859s">Watch on YouTube at 30:59</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7z8yu8kr83y/s/6/">Open the segment</a></p>Which classical scholars denied that jinn can possess people?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7z8yu8kr83y/s/5/2017-09-20T00:00:00Z2017-09-20T00:00:00ZWhich classical scholars denied that jinn can possess people?
Ibn Hazm held that claiming possession is a claim without knowledge and haram, since the Prophet spoke only of whispering; al-Tahawi noted that every taught du'a is against whispering, al-Razi said Shaytan cannot cause illness, and al-Shafi'i rejected the testimony of anyone claiming to see jinn, which only prophets can.
Answer from 20 September 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)
Recording: Jinn Possessions: Myth and Reality in Islam by Sh. Akram Nadwi & Mufti Abu Layth (at 23:06)
A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/
Watch on YouTube at 23:06: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z8yu8Kr83Y&t=1386s<p><b>Which classical scholars denied that jinn can possess people?</b></p>
<p>Ibn Hazm held that claiming possession is a claim without knowledge and haram, since the Prophet spoke only of whispering; al-Tahawi noted that every taught du'a is against whispering, al-Razi said Shaytan cannot cause illness, and al-Shafi'i rejected the testimony of anyone claiming to see jinn, which only prophets can.</p>
<p>Answer from 20 September 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p>
<p>Recording: Jinn Possessions: Myth and Reality in Islam by Sh. Akram Nadwi & Mufti Abu Layth (at 23:06)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/">How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z8yu8Kr83Y&t=1386s">Watch on YouTube at 23:06</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7z8yu8kr83y/s/5/">Open the segment</a></p>Is choosing the easier scholarly opinion just following my desires?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zoo6w9bfn7i/s/3/2017-09-06T00:00:00Z2017-09-06T00:00:00ZIs choosing the easier scholarly opinion just following my desires?
In this clip Shaykh Akram Nadwi gives examples of al-Shafi'i, Abu Hanifa and al-Tabari giving easier minority rulings, and says choosing among the jurists' opinions is not following one's nafs. Mufti Abu Layth only asks the question.
Answer from 6 September 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)
Recording: Giving rulings based on minority opinions- Shaykh Akram Nadwi & Mufti Abu Layth (at 8:07)
A more recent answer on fiqh/divorce exists (10 March 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/12/
Watch on YouTube at 8:07: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOo6W9bfn7I&t=487s<p><b>Is choosing the easier scholarly opinion just following my desires?</b></p>
<p>In this clip Shaykh Akram Nadwi gives examples of al-Shafi'i, Abu Hanifa and al-Tabari giving easier minority rulings, and says choosing among the jurists' opinions is not following one's nafs. Mufti Abu Layth only asks the question.</p>
<p>Answer from 6 September 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p>
<p>Recording: Giving rulings based on minority opinions- Shaykh Akram Nadwi & Mufti Abu Layth (at 8:07)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/divorce exists</b> (10 March 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/12/">Why was Imam Malik flogged?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOo6W9bfn7I&t=487s">Watch on YouTube at 8:07</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zoo6w9bfn7i/s/3/">Open the segment</a></p>Why did jurists like Imam Malik let a father marry off his young daughter without her consent?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/0ovisexs4ca/s/18/2017-01-11T00:00:00Z2017-01-11T00:00:00ZWhy did jurists like Imam Malik let a father marry off his young daughter without her consent?
Marrying off an underage girl is impermissible today. Imam Malik's exception was a contract only, without intimacy, tied to welfare in his own circumstances and not based on a clear verse or report. Mufti Abu Layth holds that a father marrying off an underage daughter is impermissible in our age, and that Imam Malik's contractual exception was tied to welfare in his own circumstances.
Answer from 11 January 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Age of Aisha (ra)- Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:00:23)
A more recent answer on fiqh/legal-theory exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/23/
Watch on YouTube at 2:00:23: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oVIsExS4cA&t=7223s<p><b>Why did jurists like Imam Malik let a father marry off his young daughter without her consent?</b></p>
<p>Marrying off an underage girl is impermissible today. Imam Malik's exception was a contract only, without intimacy, tied to welfare in his own circumstances and not based on a clear verse or report. Mufti Abu Layth holds that a father marrying off an underage daughter is impermissible in our age, and that Imam Malik's contractual exception was tied to welfare in his own circumstances.</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 2:00:23)</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=0oVIsExS4cA&t=7223s">Watch on YouTube at 2:00:23</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/0ovisexs4ca/s/18/">Open the segment</a></p>Abu Hanifa and Sufyan al-Thawri on the swapped brides of Kufahttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/qbvwbhoizw4/s/8/2016-12-21T00:00:00Z2016-12-21T00:00:00ZAbu Hanifa and Sufyan al-Thawri on the swapped brides of Kufa
Abu Hanifa's creative answer to two brides sent to the wrong grooms, outshining Sufyan al-Thawri's ruling, shows the scholars were never dull.
Answer from 21 December 2016 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Islam in the 21st Century | Mufti Abu Layth | Ha Meem Foundation (at 45:14)
A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams exists (10 December 2022): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/2/
Watch on YouTube at 45:14: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBvWBHOIzW4&t=2714s<p><b>Abu Hanifa and Sufyan al-Thawri on the swapped brides of Kufa</b></p>
<p>Abu Hanifa's creative answer to two brides sent to the wrong grooms, outshining Sufyan al-Thawri's ruling, shows the scholars were never dull.</p>
<p>Answer from 21 December 2016 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Islam in the 21st Century | Mufti Abu Layth | Ha Meem Foundation (at 45:14)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams exists</b> (10 December 2022): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/2/">How did Abu Hanifa become a scholar after starting out as a merchant?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBvWBHOIzW4&t=2714s">Watch on YouTube at 45:14</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/qbvwbhoizw4/s/8/">Open the segment</a></p>How can young Muslims be made interested in their faith?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/qbvwbhoizw4/s/7/2016-12-21T00:00:00Z2016-12-21T00:00:00ZHow can young Muslims be made interested in their faith?
Learn some Arabic and get to know the scholars as the fascinating, humorous people they were, presenting the deen as appealingly as it truly is. Mufti Abu Layth says everybody should on some level be learning Arabic.
Answer from 21 December 2016 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Islam in the 21st Century | Mufti Abu Layth | Ha Meem Foundation (at 40:05)
A more recent answer on quran/arabic-language exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/13/
Watch on YouTube at 40:05: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBvWBHOIzW4&t=2405s<p><b>How can young Muslims be made interested in their faith?</b></p>
<p>Learn some Arabic and get to know the scholars as the fascinating, humorous people they were, presenting the deen as appealingly as it truly is. Mufti Abu Layth says everybody should on some level be learning Arabic.</p>
<p>Answer from 21 December 2016 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Islam in the 21st Century | Mufti Abu Layth | Ha Meem Foundation (at 40:05)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on quran/arabic-language exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/13/">Is the 'light' that came with the clear book in 5:15 the Prophet or the Quran itself?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBvWBHOIzW4&t=2405s">Watch on YouTube at 40:05</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/qbvwbhoizw4/s/7/">Open the segment</a></p>Where will the answers to Muslims' problems today come from?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/qbvwbhoizw4/s/5/2016-12-21T00:00:00Z2016-12-21T00:00:00ZWhere will the answers to Muslims' problems today come from?
From Muslims themselves: as Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak said, legends will be born to carry the deen, and Allah sends revivers in every generation. Mufti Abu Layth says the solutions to the problems Muslims face will come from within, from people among them who rise, learn and bring them about.
Answer from 21 December 2016 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Islam in the 21st Century | Mufti Abu Layth | Ha Meem Foundation (at 20:12)
A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams exists (10 December 2022): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/2/
Watch on YouTube at 20:12: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBvWBHOIzW4&t=1212s<p><b>Where will the answers to Muslims' problems today come from?</b></p>
<p>From Muslims themselves: as Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak said, legends will be born to carry the deen, and Allah sends revivers in every generation. Mufti Abu Layth says the solutions to the problems Muslims face will come from within, from people among them who rise, learn and bring them about.</p>
<p>Answer from 21 December 2016 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Islam in the 21st Century | Mufti Abu Layth | Ha Meem Foundation (at 20:12)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams exists</b> (10 December 2022): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/s-vm6mgbll8/s/2/">How did Abu Hanifa become a scholar after starting out as a merchant?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBvWBHOIzW4&t=1212s">Watch on YouTube at 20:12</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/qbvwbhoizw4/s/5/">Open the segment</a></p>How did Abu Hanifa deal with his drunkard neighbour?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/rnwtawhpx3a/s/1/2015-03-07T00:00:00Z2015-03-07T00:00:00ZHow did Abu Hanifa deal with his drunkard neighbour?
Abu Hanifa never rebuked his drinking neighbour but bailed him out of jail and asked whether they had let him go to waste, and the man changed his life. Good character carries a message further than one can imagine. Mufti Abu Layth says that good character carries a message further than one can imagine, as Abu Hanifa's gesture towards his drunkard neighbour shows.
Answer from 7 March 2015 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Imam Abu Hanifa and The Young Drunkard | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:01)
A more recent answer on wellbeing/character-and-virtue exists (29 September 2024): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hmurvu2c9yq/s/5/
Watch on YouTube at 0:01: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNWtaWHPx3A&t=1s<p><b>How did Abu Hanifa deal with his drunkard neighbour?</b></p>
<p>Abu Hanifa never rebuked his drinking neighbour but bailed him out of jail and asked whether they had let him go to waste, and the man changed his life. Good character carries a message further than one can imagine. Mufti Abu Layth says that good character carries a message further than one can imagine, as Abu Hanifa's gesture towards his drunkard neighbour shows.</p>
<p>Answer from 7 March 2015 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Imam Abu Hanifa and The Young Drunkard | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:01)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on wellbeing/character-and-virtue exists</b> (29 September 2024): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hmurvu2c9yq/s/5/">Spread love, and take account of the damage our words have done</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNWtaWHPx3A&t=1s">Watch on YouTube at 0:01</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/rnwtawhpx3a/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>