Mufti Abu Layth Archive: history/sirah/age-of-aishaAnswers on history/sirah/age-of-aisha, newest recording first.https://muftiabulayth.org/feeds/topics/history-sirah-age-of-aisha.atom.xml2025-10-18T00:00:00ZMufti Abu Layth Archivepipeline/feeds.pyWhy does Mufti Abu Layth see the Quran-only movement as a reaction of anger?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/2025-10-18T00:00:00Z2025-10-18T00:00:00ZWhy does Mufti Abu Layth see the Quran-only movement as a reaction of anger?
Mufti Abu Layth sees the Quran-only movement as a reaction of anger, sometimes justified, to hadith that are misused, such as the Bukhari report on Aisha's age, the report on killing apostates and reports used to justify abuse; the question is what Quranists actually mean by rejecting hadith. Mufti Abu Layth says he perceives the Quranist movement as a reaction of anger to hadith that are misused, an anger sometimes justified, and he holds that Aisha married in her late teens, that the hadith on killing the apostate is fabricated and its application was political, and that hadith are wrongly used to justify abuse and misogyny.
Answer from 18 October 2025 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 7:32)
Watch on YouTube at 7:32: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONzjD7XMDhE&t=452s<p><b>Why does Mufti Abu Layth see the Quran-only movement as a reaction of anger?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth sees the Quran-only movement as a reaction of anger, sometimes justified, to hadith that are misused, such as the Bukhari report on Aisha's age, the report on killing apostates and reports used to justify abuse; the question is what Quranists actually mean by rejecting hadith. Mufti Abu Layth says he perceives the Quranist movement as a reaction of anger to hadith that are misused, an anger sometimes justified, and he holds that Aisha married in her late teens, that the hadith on killing the apostate is fabricated and its application was political, and that hadith are wrongly used to justify abuse and misogyny.</p>
<p>Answer from 18 October 2025 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 7:32)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONzjD7XMDhE&t=452s">Watch on YouTube at 7:32</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/">Open the segment</a></p>How was Mufti Abu Layth's video on Aisha's age received?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zz85auzek5w/s/18/2021-04-06T00:00:00Z2021-04-06T00:00:00ZHow was Mufti Abu Layth's video on Aisha's age received?
Mufti Abu Layth is proud of the video: many people, especially women, told him it brought them back to Islam, while most clergy resent it because questioning the inherited ruling threatens their authority and livelihood.
Answer from 6 April 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:41:54)
A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/
Watch on YouTube at 1:42:34: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ85AUzeK5w&t=6154s<p><b>How was Mufti Abu Layth's video on Aisha's age received?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth is proud of the video: many people, especially women, told him it brought them back to Islam, while most clergy resent it because questioning the inherited ruling threatens their authority and livelihood.</p>
<p>Answer from 6 April 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:41:54)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha 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=zZ85AUzeK5w&t=6154s">Watch on YouTube at 1:42:34</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zz85auzek5w/s/18/">Open the segment</a></p>Is rejecting embarrassing hadith about the Prophet just whitewashing history?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/s/6/2021-02-02T00:00:00Z2021-02-02T00:00:00ZIs rejecting embarrassing hadith about the Prophet just whitewashing history?
Mufti Abu Layth says the 'they would not invent it' argument is cogent at face value, but a fair critic must also ask who had a motive to fabricate a report. Mufti Abu Layth says that, to be fair, one must ask whether one can think of any motive for people to have fabricated a hadith, which critics do not do or do not do fairly.
Answer from 2 February 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #200| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 31:34)
A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/
Watch on YouTube at 32:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijwBevcC6o8&t=1920s<p><b>Is rejecting embarrassing hadith about the Prophet just whitewashing history?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says the 'they would not invent it' argument is cogent at face value, but a fair critic must also ask who had a motive to fabricate a report. Mufti Abu Layth says that, to be fair, one must ask whether one can think of any motive for people to have fabricated a hadith, which critics do not do or do not do fairly.</p>
<p>Answer from 2 February 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #200| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 31:34)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha 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=ijwBevcC6o8&t=1920s">Watch on YouTube at 32:00</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/s/6/">Open the segment</a></p>Are there other narrations of Aisha's age besides Bukhari's?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/w6tqwuuumcg/s/14/2020-10-27T00:00:00Z2020-10-27T00:00:00ZAre there other narrations of Aisha's age besides Bukhari's?
Mufti Abu Layth says every chain on Aisha's age was engineered, with Hisham as the common link and Iraqi narrators throughout. Mufti Abu Layth says every single chain of narration about the age of Aisha was fabricated, which he rephrases as engineered.
Answer from 27 October 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #188 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:27:50)
A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/
Watch on YouTube at 1:27:50: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6TqWuUumCg&t=5270s<p><b>Are there other narrations of Aisha's age besides Bukhari's?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says every chain on Aisha's age was engineered, with Hisham as the common link and Iraqi narrators throughout. Mufti Abu Layth says every single chain of narration about the age of Aisha was fabricated, which he rephrases as engineered.</p>
<p>Answer from 27 October 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #188 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:27:50)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha 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=w6TqWuUumCg&t=5270s">Watch on YouTube at 1:27:50</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/w6tqwuuumcg/s/14/">Open the segment</a></p>Writers who place Aisha in her teens, and how narrators exaggerated ageshttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/udjvem_s0sy/s/2/2020-10-12T00:00:00Z2020-10-12T00:00:00ZWriters who place Aisha in her teens, and how narrators exaggerated ages
Several modern writers conclude that Aisha was in her teens at marriage, and the speakers explain the hadith's figures as numbers garbled and exaggerated downwards by narrators. Khadija's age, by contrast, was exaggerated upwards from about twenty-eight to forty.
Answer from 12 October 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)
Recording: Aisha was not a child Her age at the time of Marriage | Mufti Abu Layth (at 5:13)
A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/
Watch on YouTube at 5:13: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udJveM_S0sY&t=313s<p><b>Writers who place Aisha in her teens, and how narrators exaggerated ages</b></p>
<p>Several modern writers conclude that Aisha was in her teens at marriage, and the speakers explain the hadith's figures as numbers garbled and exaggerated downwards by narrators. Khadija's age, by contrast, was exaggerated upwards from about twenty-eight to forty.</p>
<p>Answer from 12 October 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p>
<p>Recording: Aisha was not a child Her age at the time of Marriage | Mufti Abu Layth (at 5:13)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha 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=udJveM_S0sY&t=313s">Watch on YouTube at 5:13</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/udjvem_s0sy/s/2/">Open the segment</a></p>Why the circumstances of the marriage rule out a six-year-old Aishahttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/udjvem_s0sy/s/1/2020-10-12T00:00:00Z2020-10-12T00:00:00ZWhy the circumstances of the marriage rule out a six-year-old Aisha
Aisha cannot have been six when the Prophet married her, because the marriage was meant to give him companionship, household help and support after the year of sorrow, which a child could not provide. Her engagement of several years before that, and the fear that she would convert her fiance, point the same way.
Answer from 12 October 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Aisha was not a child Her age at the time of Marriage | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)
A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/
Watch on YouTube at 0:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udJveM_S0sY&t=0s<p><b>Why the circumstances of the marriage rule out a six-year-old Aisha</b></p>
<p>Aisha cannot have been six when the Prophet married her, because the marriage was meant to give him companionship, household help and support after the year of sorrow, which a child could not provide. Her engagement of several years before that, and the fear that she would convert her fiance, point the same way.</p>
<p>Answer from 12 October 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Aisha was not a child Her age at the time of Marriage | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha 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=udJveM_S0sY&t=0s">Watch on YouTube at 0:00</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/udjvem_s0sy/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>Is the hadith that Aisha was married at six authentic?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/20/2020-08-24T00:00:00Z2020-08-24T00:00:00ZIs the hadith that Aisha was married at six authentic?
Mufti Abu Layth holds the hadith on Aisha's young age to be fabricated, since every transmitter is Iraqi, and says sectarian scholars defend it out of loyalty to their teachers. Mufti Abu Layth says the hadith on Aisha's age at marriage is fabricated, attributing it to Hisham and noting that all its transmitters at the lower level are Iraqi.
Answer from 24 August 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:17:12)
A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/
Watch on YouTube at 1:17:12: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmtt2TQAO0&t=4632s<p><b>Is the hadith that Aisha was married at six authentic?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth holds the hadith on Aisha's young age to be fabricated, since every transmitter is Iraqi, and says sectarian scholars defend it out of loyalty to their teachers. Mufti Abu Layth says the hadith on Aisha's age at marriage is fabricated, attributing it to Hisham and noting that all its transmitters at the lower level are Iraqi.</p>
<p>Answer from 24 August 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:17:12)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha 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=KWmtt2TQAO0&t=4632s">Watch on YouTube at 1:17:12</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/20/">Open the segment</a></p>Doesn't Aisha's marriage age justify child marriage?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/19/2020-08-24T00:00:00Z2020-08-24T00:00:00ZDoesn't Aisha's marriage age justify child marriage?
Paedophilia is unacceptable; he says defending the Prophet by comparing him to kings who married children is no defence and, in his view, blasphemous.
Answer from 24 August 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:10:44)
A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/
Watch on YouTube at 1:10:44: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmtt2TQAO0&t=4244s<p><b>Doesn't Aisha's marriage age justify child marriage?</b></p>
<p>Paedophilia is unacceptable; he says defending the Prophet by comparing him to kings who married children is no defence and, in his view, blasphemous.</p>
<p>Answer from 24 August 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:10:44)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha 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=KWmtt2TQAO0&t=4244s">Watch on YouTube at 1:10:44</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/19/">Open the segment</a></p>Was Aisha Abu Bakr's sister rather than his daughter?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/a6h5lye4mn8/s/16/2020-07-14T00:00:00Z2020-07-14T00:00:00ZWas Aisha Abu Bakr's sister rather than his daughter?
No, she was definitely Abu Bakr's daughter; her being in her twenties during the Prophet's lifetime fits her personality, not her being fifty. Mufti Abu Layth says he would not buy the claim that Aisha was Abu Bakr's sister, as she was definitely his daughter.
Answer from 14 July 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth 173 (at 1:03:34)
A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/
Watch on YouTube at 1:04:13: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6H5lYE4MN8&t=3853s<p><b>Was Aisha Abu Bakr's sister rather than his daughter?</b></p>
<p>No, she was definitely Abu Bakr's daughter; her being in her twenties during the Prophet's lifetime fits her personality, not her being fifty. Mufti Abu Layth says he would not buy the claim that Aisha was Abu Bakr's sister, as she was definitely his daughter.</p>
<p>Answer from 14 July 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth 173 (at 1:03:34)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha 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=a6H5lYE4MN8&t=3853s">Watch on YouTube at 1:04:13</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/a6h5lye4mn8/s/16/">Open the segment</a></p>Where did the idea that Aisha was six or nine come from?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/a6h5lye4mn8/s/13/2020-07-14T00:00:00Z2020-07-14T00:00:00ZWhere did the idea that Aisha was six or nine come from?
Mufti Abu Layth says the six-and-nine narration seems to originate with Aisha's nephew Urwa, countering rumours spread against her, and that every chain runs through him. Mufti Abu Layth says the narration of Aisha being six and then nine seems to come from her nephew Urwa, who was trying to combat rumours about her.
Answer from 14 July 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth 173 (at 54:44)
A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/
Watch on YouTube at 54:44: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6H5lYE4MN8&t=3284s<p><b>Where did the idea that Aisha was six or nine come from?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says the six-and-nine narration seems to originate with Aisha's nephew Urwa, countering rumours spread against her, and that every chain runs through him. Mufti Abu Layth says the narration of Aisha being six and then nine seems to come from her nephew Urwa, who was trying to combat rumours about her.</p>
<p>Answer from 14 July 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth 173 (at 54:44)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha 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=a6H5lYE4MN8&t=3284s">Watch on YouTube at 54:44</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/a6h5lye4mn8/s/13/">Open the segment</a></p>Was Aisha really 48 when she married the Prophet?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/a6h5lye4mn8/s/12/2020-07-14T00:00:00Z2020-07-14T00:00:00ZWas Aisha really 48 when she married the Prophet?
No: he has never heard of 48, but says it is clear Aisha was in her late teens to about twenty when she married, not six or nine. Mufti Abu Layth says it is very clear that Aisha was probably between her very late teens and twenty when she married the Prophet, and by no means a child.
Answer from 14 July 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth 173 (at 52:19)
A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/
Watch on YouTube at 52:50: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6H5lYE4MN8&t=3170s<p><b>Was Aisha really 48 when she married the Prophet?</b></p>
<p>No: he has never heard of 48, but says it is clear Aisha was in her late teens to about twenty when she married, not six or nine. Mufti Abu Layth says it is very clear that Aisha was probably between her very late teens and twenty when she married the Prophet, and by no means a child.</p>
<p>Answer from 14 July 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth 173 (at 52:19)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha 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=a6H5lYE4MN8&t=3170s">Watch on YouTube at 52:50</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/a6h5lye4mn8/s/12/">Open the segment</a></p>What is Imran Hosein's approach, and why did he disagree with Israr Ahmed?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/wce73zqci_i/s/4/2020-07-10T00:00:00Z2020-07-10T00:00:00ZWhat is Imran Hosein's approach, and why did he disagree with Israr Ahmed?
Mufti Abu Layth praises Imran Hosein's stand on the age of Aisha but finds his outlook almost conspiratorial; the guest says Imran Hosein and Israr Ahmed fell out over eschatology.
Answer from 10 July 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Shaykh Omar Baloch | Cynicism, Consumerism & the Catch 22 of Riba | Mindtrap with Mufti #30 (at 9:38)
A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/
Watch on YouTube at 9:38: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCe73zqCi_I&t=578s<p><b>What is Imran Hosein's approach, and why did he disagree with Israr Ahmed?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth praises Imran Hosein's stand on the age of Aisha but finds his outlook almost conspiratorial; the guest says Imran Hosein and Israr Ahmed fell out over eschatology.</p>
<p>Answer from 10 July 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Shaykh Omar Baloch | Cynicism, Consumerism & the Catch 22 of Riba | Mindtrap with Mufti #30 (at 9:38)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha 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=wCe73zqCi_I&t=578s">Watch on YouTube at 9:38</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/wce73zqci_i/s/4/">Open the segment</a></p>Are any hadith genuine, and what about reports confirmed by history?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zmirskjob4o/s/8/2020-06-26T00:00:00Z2020-06-26T00:00:00ZAre any hadith genuine, and what about reports confirmed by history?
The guest says even genuine sayings of the Prophet are not religion and that the hadith paint contradictory portraits of him. Mufti Abu Layth agrees that the Mi'raj negotiation, the child-marriage report and the Uraynah torture reports are false narrations.
Answer from 26 June 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Prof. Edip Yuksel | Rejecting Hadith, Rashad Khalifa & Realizing '19' | MindTrap with Mufti #27 (at 41:00)
A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/
Watch on YouTube at 41:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmIrskjob4o&t=2460s<p><b>Are any hadith genuine, and what about reports confirmed by history?</b></p>
<p>The guest says even genuine sayings of the Prophet are not religion and that the hadith paint contradictory portraits of him. Mufti Abu Layth agrees that the Mi'raj negotiation, the child-marriage report and the Uraynah torture reports are false narrations.</p>
<p>Answer from 26 June 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Prof. Edip Yuksel | Rejecting Hadith, Rashad Khalifa & Realizing '19' | MindTrap with Mufti #27 (at 41:00)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha 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=ZmIrskjob4o&t=2460s">Watch on YouTube at 41:00</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zmirskjob4o/s/8/">Open the segment</a></p>Is questioning Aisha's age just an attempt to please non-Muslims?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ksqksrxndnw/s/11/2020-04-22T00:00:00Z2020-04-22T00:00:00ZIs questioning Aisha's age just an attempt to please non-Muslims?
The guest says he once made the same accusation, but came to see that a girl of nine is not fit for marriage and that Muslims themselves do not marry girls at that age. A report being in Bukhari does not make it the final word, since scholars have always differed with Bukhari where something more authentic exists.
Answer from 22 April 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)
Recording: Shaykh Dr. Shabir Ally | Juxtaposing the Quran, Jumbling Aisha's age & Jinn Possession | MindTrap#16 (at 48:03)
A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/
Watch on YouTube at 49:19: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsQKsrXndNw&t=2959s<p><b>Is questioning Aisha's age just an attempt to please non-Muslims?</b></p>
<p>The guest says he once made the same accusation, but came to see that a girl of nine is not fit for marriage and that Muslims themselves do not marry girls at that age. A report being in Bukhari does not make it the final word, since scholars have always differed with Bukhari where something more authentic exists.</p>
<p>Answer from 22 April 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p>
<p>Recording: Shaykh Dr. Shabir Ally | Juxtaposing the Quran, Jumbling Aisha's age & Jinn Possession | MindTrap#16 (at 48:03)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha 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=KsQKsrXndNw&t=2959s">Watch on YouTube at 49:19</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ksqksrxndnw/s/11/">Open the segment</a></p>Why do the circumstances of the Prophet's marriage rule out a six-year-old Aisha?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ksqksrxndnw/s/10/2020-04-22T00:00:00Z2020-04-22T00:00:00ZWhy do the circumstances of the Prophet's marriage rule out a six-year-old Aisha?
The marriage after the year of sorrow was meant to give the Prophet a companion, a carer for his children and a support in the da'wah, which a six-year-old could not provide, and Aisha had been engaged for years to a man whose mother feared she would convert him. Mufti Abu Layth suggests her age was exaggerated downwards after the ifk slander to defend her purity.
Answer from 22 April 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Shaykh Dr. Shabir Ally | Juxtaposing the Quran, Jumbling Aisha's age & Jinn Possession | MindTrap#16 (at 41:29)
A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/
Watch on YouTube at 41:29: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsQKsrXndNw&t=2489s<p><b>Why do the circumstances of the Prophet's marriage rule out a six-year-old Aisha?</b></p>
<p>The marriage after the year of sorrow was meant to give the Prophet a companion, a carer for his children and a support in the da'wah, which a six-year-old could not provide, and Aisha had been engaged for years to a man whose mother feared she would convert him. Mufti Abu Layth suggests her age was exaggerated downwards after the ifk slander to defend her purity.</p>
<p>Answer from 22 April 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Shaykh Dr. Shabir Ally | Juxtaposing the Quran, Jumbling Aisha's age & Jinn Possession | MindTrap#16 (at 41:29)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha 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=KsQKsrXndNw&t=2489s">Watch on YouTube at 41:29</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ksqksrxndnw/s/10/">Open the segment</a></p>How old was Aisha when she married the Prophet?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ksqksrxndnw/s/9/2020-04-22T00:00:00Z2020-04-22T00:00:00ZHow old was Aisha when she married the Prophet?
Writers such as Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood and Jamal Badawi conclude that Aisha was in her teens, and the report that her sister Asma died at a hundred in the year 73 puts her at about eighteen when she moved in with the Prophet. The guest explains the hadith's six and nine as numbers exaggerated downwards, as Khadija's forty was exaggerated upwards.
Answer from 22 April 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)
Recording: Shaykh Dr. Shabir Ally | Juxtaposing the Quran, Jumbling Aisha's age & Jinn Possession | MindTrap#16 (at 32:34)
A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/
Watch on YouTube at 33:52: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsQKsrXndNw&t=2032s<p><b>How old was Aisha when she married the Prophet?</b></p>
<p>Writers such as Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood and Jamal Badawi conclude that Aisha was in her teens, and the report that her sister Asma died at a hundred in the year 73 puts her at about eighteen when she moved in with the Prophet. The guest explains the hadith's six and nine as numbers exaggerated downwards, as Khadija's forty was exaggerated upwards.</p>
<p>Answer from 22 April 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p>
<p>Recording: Shaykh Dr. Shabir Ally | Juxtaposing the Quran, Jumbling Aisha's age & Jinn Possession | MindTrap#16 (at 32:34)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha 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=KsQKsrXndNw&t=2032s">Watch on YouTube at 33:52</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ksqksrxndnw/s/9/">Open the segment</a></p>Does the Mufti teach disrespect for the Prophet?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/z__38zt8flq/s/3/2020-04-07T00:00:00Z2020-04-07T00:00:00ZDoes the Mufti teach disrespect for the Prophet?
No: he says he has repeatedly defended the Prophet, denying that he married a child and rejecting narrations he finds insulting. Those accusing him took none of these stances. Mufti Abu Layth says he has stood up for years and said that the Prophet did not marry a child.
Answer from 7 April 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Misrepresenting Mufti | Mufti Abu Layth (at 8:19)
A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/
Watch on YouTube at 8:19: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z__38zt8FlQ&t=499s<p><b>Does the Mufti teach disrespect for the Prophet?</b></p>
<p>No: he says he has repeatedly defended the Prophet, denying that he married a child and rejecting narrations he finds insulting. Those accusing him took none of these stances. Mufti Abu Layth says he has stood up for years and said that the Prophet did not marry a child.</p>
<p>Answer from 7 April 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Misrepresenting Mufti | Mufti Abu Layth (at 8:19)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha 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=z__38zt8FlQ&t=499s">Watch on YouTube at 8:19</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/z__38zt8flq/s/3/">Open the segment</a></p>Are the hadith about Aisha's young age authentic?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/c9vke9rpq9o/s/3/2019-09-19T00:00:00Z2019-09-19T00:00:00ZAre the hadith about Aisha's young age authentic?
Mufti Abu Layth says every chain for Aisha's young age is flawed, resting on narrators accused of tadlis and all going back to Urwa. Those who defend them put al-Bukhari's sanctity above the Prophet's honour. Mufti Abu Layth says he can show that every chain brought to prove Aisha's young age is massively flawed.
Answer from 19 September 2019 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: A reply to Asadulah Al-Andalusi on the age of Aisha (r) | Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:57)
A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/
Watch on YouTube at 6:57: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9vke9Rpq9o&t=417s<p><b>Are the hadith about Aisha's young age authentic?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says every chain for Aisha's young age is flawed, resting on narrators accused of tadlis and all going back to Urwa. Those who defend them put al-Bukhari's sanctity above the Prophet's honour. Mufti Abu Layth says he can show that every chain brought to prove Aisha's young age is massively flawed.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 September 2019 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: A reply to Asadulah Al-Andalusi on the age of Aisha (r) | Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:57)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha 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=c9vke9Rpq9o&t=417s">Watch on YouTube at 6:57</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/c9vke9rpq9o/s/3/">Open the segment</a></p>How old was Aisha when she married the Prophet?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/c9vke9rpq9o/s/2/2019-09-19T00:00:00Z2019-09-19T00:00:00ZHow old was Aisha when she married the Prophet?
Mufti Abu Layth says the report that Aisha was six or nine is false and that she was in her late teens, about seventeen to nineteen. Promoting the child-marriage story and then taking offence at the charge of paedophilia is irresponsible. Mufti Abu Layth says the story that Aisha was six, seven or nine is not true and that she would have been in her late teens.
Answer from 19 September 2019 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: A reply to Asadulah Al-Andalusi on the age of Aisha (r) | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:30)
A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/
Watch on YouTube at 2:30: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9vke9Rpq9o&t=150s<p><b>How old was Aisha when she married the Prophet?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says the report that Aisha was six or nine is false and that she was in her late teens, about seventeen to nineteen. Promoting the child-marriage story and then taking offence at the charge of paedophilia is irresponsible. Mufti Abu Layth says the story that Aisha was six, seven or nine is not true and that she would have been in her late teens.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 September 2019 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: A reply to Asadulah Al-Andalusi on the age of Aisha (r) | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:30)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha 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=c9vke9Rpq9o&t=150s">Watch on YouTube at 2:30</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/c9vke9rpq9o/s/2/">Open the segment</a></p>Why do some scholars still insist Aisha was nine?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/chyxri7trnk/s/4/2018-11-30T00:00:00Z2018-11-30T00:00:00ZWhy do some scholars still insist Aisha was nine?
Lacking an earlier authority is no reason to keep the young age, since medieval scholars also accepted slavery and other rulings no one would defend today. No hadith gives certain knowledge, so an inconclusive report that blemishes the Prophet's honour is rejected. Mufti Abu Layth says that the lack of an earlier authority is no reason to keep the young age, since medieval scholars also held slavery acceptable and gave rulings he calls haram, and that because no hadith gives certain knowledge, an inconclusive report that blemishes the Prophet's honour is rejected.
Answer from 30 November 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Shaykh Omar Suleiman & the Yaqeen Institutes On Age of Aisha (r.a.) -Mufti Abu Layth (at 15:43)
A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/
Watch on YouTube at 15:43: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHyxRI7Trnk&t=943s<p><b>Why do some scholars still insist Aisha was nine?</b></p>
<p>Lacking an earlier authority is no reason to keep the young age, since medieval scholars also accepted slavery and other rulings no one would defend today. No hadith gives certain knowledge, so an inconclusive report that blemishes the Prophet's honour is rejected. Mufti Abu Layth says that the lack of an earlier authority is no reason to keep the young age, since medieval scholars also held slavery acceptable and gave rulings he calls haram, and that because no hadith gives certain knowledge, an inconclusive report that blemishes the Prophet's honour is rejected.</p>
<p>Answer from 30 November 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Shaykh Omar Suleiman & the Yaqeen Institutes On Age of Aisha (r.a.) -Mufti Abu Layth (at 15:43)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha 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=cHyxRI7Trnk&t=943s">Watch on YouTube at 15:43</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/chyxri7trnk/s/4/">Open the segment</a></p>What evidence suggests Aisha was older than nine when she married?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/chyxri7trnk/s/3/2018-11-30T00:00:00Z2018-11-30T00:00:00ZWhat evidence suggests Aisha was older than nine when she married?
Mufti Abu Layth argues that a six-year-old could not have been the help the Prophet needed, and that the battle reports, her earlier engagement, her age at death and her memory of a Makkan verse point to her being at least seventeen. Mufti Abu Layth says that the marriage narrative, the battle reports, Aisha's earlier engagement to Jubayr ibn Mut'im, her age at death and her memory of a verse revealed in Makkah all indicate that she was at least seventeen when the Prophet proposed.
Answer from 30 November 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Shaykh Omar Suleiman & the Yaqeen Institutes On Age of Aisha (r.a.) -Mufti Abu Layth (at 10:27)
A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/
Watch on YouTube at 10:27: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHyxRI7Trnk&t=627s<p><b>What evidence suggests Aisha was older than nine when she married?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth argues that a six-year-old could not have been the help the Prophet needed, and that the battle reports, her earlier engagement, her age at death and her memory of a Makkan verse point to her being at least seventeen. Mufti Abu Layth says that the marriage narrative, the battle reports, Aisha's earlier engagement to Jubayr ibn Mut'im, her age at death and her memory of a verse revealed in Makkah all indicate that she was at least seventeen when the Prophet proposed.</p>
<p>Answer from 30 November 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Shaykh Omar Suleiman & the Yaqeen Institutes On Age of Aisha (r.a.) -Mufti Abu Layth (at 10:27)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha 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=cHyxRI7Trnk&t=627s">Watch on YouTube at 10:27</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/chyxri7trnk/s/3/">Open the segment</a></p>Why was a marriage suggested to the Prophet after the year of sorrow?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/chyxri7trnk/s/2/2018-11-30T00:00:00Z2018-11-30T00:00:00ZWhy was a marriage suggested to the Prophet after the year of sorrow?
After the year of sorrow, Khawla suggested the Prophet marry and named Aisha and Sawda. Mufti Abu Layth says a wife was meant to help him with the home and children, companionship, intimacy and his mission. Mufti Abu Layth says that the marriage was suggested by Khawla to support the Prophet after the year of sorrow, and that a wife could help him with the home and children, companionship, intimacy and his mission.
Answer from 30 November 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Shaykh Omar Suleiman & the Yaqeen Institutes On Age of Aisha (r.a.) -Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:33)
A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/
Watch on YouTube at 6:33: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHyxRI7Trnk&t=393s<p><b>Why was a marriage suggested to the Prophet after the year of sorrow?</b></p>
<p>After the year of sorrow, Khawla suggested the Prophet marry and named Aisha and Sawda. Mufti Abu Layth says a wife was meant to help him with the home and children, companionship, intimacy and his mission. Mufti Abu Layth says that the marriage was suggested by Khawla to support the Prophet after the year of sorrow, and that a wife could help him with the home and children, companionship, intimacy and his mission.</p>
<p>Answer from 30 November 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Shaykh Omar Suleiman & the Yaqeen Institutes On Age of Aisha (r.a.) -Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:33)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha 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=cHyxRI7Trnk&t=393s">Watch on YouTube at 6:33</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/chyxri7trnk/s/2/">Open the segment</a></p>Was Aisha really nine, as Yaqeen Institute concluded?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/chyxri7trnk/s/1/2018-11-30T00:00:00Z2018-11-30T00:00:00ZWas Aisha really nine, as Yaqeen Institute concluded?
Mufti Abu Layth rejects the conclusion that Aisha was six at marriage and nine at its consummation, saying such a marriage would be morally abhorrent and did not happen. He disputes the claim that the question is not a moral one and says the chains of the report are unreliable. Mufti Abu Layth says that a marriage of the Prophet to Aisha at six would be disgusting and did not happen, that the question is plainly a moral one, and that the few chains of the report of her age are all unreliable.
Answer from 30 November 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Shaykh Omar Suleiman & the Yaqeen Institutes On Age of Aisha (r.a.) -Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)
A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/
Watch on YouTube at 0:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHyxRI7Trnk&t=0s<p><b>Was Aisha really nine, as Yaqeen Institute concluded?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth rejects the conclusion that Aisha was six at marriage and nine at its consummation, saying such a marriage would be morally abhorrent and did not happen. He disputes the claim that the question is not a moral one and says the chains of the report are unreliable. Mufti Abu Layth says that a marriage of the Prophet to Aisha at six would be disgusting and did not happen, that the question is plainly a moral one, and that the few chains of the report of her age are all unreliable.</p>
<p>Answer from 30 November 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Shaykh Omar Suleiman & the Yaqeen Institutes On Age of Aisha (r.a.) -Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha 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=cHyxRI7Trnk&t=0s">Watch on YouTube at 0:00</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/chyxri7trnk/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>Replies to critics: Jonathan Brown, academic dialogue, going public, the Aisha debatehttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/x6sffyrljey/s/16/2018-08-30T00:00:00Z2018-08-30T00:00:00ZReplies to critics: Jonathan Brown, academic dialogue, going public, the Aisha debate
The problems with Bukhari should be discussed openly, because hiding them is what makes people lose faith. He finds Jonathan Brown's response emotional rather than academic and will take up the debate on Aisha's age. Mufti Abu Layth says the problems with Sahih al-Bukhari should be discussed openly rather than hidden from ordinary Muslims, because concealing them is what causes people to lose their faith.
Answer from 30 August 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: BukhariGate Part 1: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:40:37)
A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/10/
Watch on YouTube at 1:40:37: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6SfFYRljeY&t=6037s<p><b>Replies to critics: Jonathan Brown, academic dialogue, going public, the Aisha debate</b></p>
<p>The problems with Bukhari should be discussed openly, because hiding them is what makes people lose faith. He finds Jonathan Brown's response emotional rather than academic and will take up the debate on Aisha's age. Mufti Abu Layth says the problems with Sahih al-Bukhari should be discussed openly rather than hidden from ordinary Muslims, because concealing them is what causes people to lose their faith.</p>
<p>Answer from 30 August 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: BukhariGate Part 1: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:40:37)</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=6037s">Watch on YouTube at 1:40:37</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/x6sffyrljey/s/16/">Open the segment</a></p>The marriage to Aisha at six: consent, and the command to pray at sevenhttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/x6sffyrljey/s/7/2018-08-30T00:00:00Z2018-08-30T00:00:00ZThe marriage to Aisha at six: consent, and the command to pray at seven
The report that the Prophet married Aisha at six dishonours him: Bukhari itself requires a virgin's consent, which a six-year-old cannot give, and the command to separate children's beds at ten contradicts the claim that a nine-year-old had a woman's body. Mufti Abu Layth says the report that the Prophet married Aisha at six and consummated at nine is an attack on the Prophet's honour, because a six-year-old cannot give the consent that Bukhari itself requires of a virgin, and the claim of physical maturity at nine contradicts the command to separate children's beds only at ten.
Answer from 30 August 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: BukhariGate Part 1: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 36:02)
A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/
Watch on YouTube at 36:02: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6SfFYRljeY&t=2162s<p><b>The marriage to Aisha at six: consent, and the command to pray at seven</b></p>
<p>The report that the Prophet married Aisha at six dishonours him: Bukhari itself requires a virgin's consent, which a six-year-old cannot give, and the command to separate children's beds at ten contradicts the claim that a nine-year-old had a woman's body. Mufti Abu Layth says the report that the Prophet married Aisha at six and consummated at nine is an attack on the Prophet's honour, because a six-year-old cannot give the consent that Bukhari itself requires of a virgin, and the claim of physical maturity at nine contradicts the command to separate children's beds only at ten.</p>
<p>Answer from 30 August 2018 路 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 36:02)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha 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=X6SfFYRljeY&t=2162s">Watch on YouTube at 36:02</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/x6sffyrljey/s/7/">Open the segment</a></p>Should loyalty to Sahih al-Bukhari outweigh how a report presents the Prophet?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/uuldzklvxvo/s/19/2018-04-09T00:00:00Z2018-04-09T00:00:00ZShould loyalty to Sahih al-Bukhari outweigh how a report presents the Prophet?
No: Mufti Abu Layth says loyalty belongs to the Prophet, not to al-Bukhari, and cites the age-of-Aisha report, which he holds untrue and disrespectful since Arabs of the time did not marry girls that young, as an example of what must be re-examined. Mufti Abu Layth holds that the report of Aisha's age at marriage is untrue and presents the Prophet disrespectfully, since Arab culture of the time did not marry girls as young as six or seven, and that loyalty to the Prophet should outrank loyalty to al-Bukhari.
Answer from 9 April 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: The Role Of Reason In Religion - Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:23:36)
A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/
Watch on YouTube at 1:23:36: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuLDZkLvxvo&t=5016s<p><b>Should loyalty to Sahih al-Bukhari outweigh how a report presents the Prophet?</b></p>
<p>No: Mufti Abu Layth says loyalty belongs to the Prophet, not to al-Bukhari, and cites the age-of-Aisha report, which he holds untrue and disrespectful since Arabs of the time did not marry girls that young, as an example of what must be re-examined. Mufti Abu Layth holds that the report of Aisha's age at marriage is untrue and presents the Prophet disrespectfully, since Arab culture of the time did not marry girls as young as six or seven, and that loyalty to the Prophet should outrank loyalty to al-Bukhari.</p>
<p>Answer from 9 April 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: The Role Of Reason In Religion - Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:23:36)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha 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=5016s">Watch on YouTube at 1:23:36</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/uuldzklvxvo/s/19/">Open the segment</a></p>How old was Aisha when she married the Prophet?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/rm4jhswj_um/s/6/2018-02-09T00:00:00Z2018-02-09T00:00:00ZHow old was Aisha when she married the Prophet?
Mufti Abu Layth holds that the evidence shows Aisha married in her late teens, and warns that reports of a child marriage feed Islamophobes. Mufti Abu Layth says all the evidence demonstrates that Aisha was in her late teens when she got married.
Answer from 9 February 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Hadiths on Prophetic Miracles and Responding to Claims of Blasphemy - Mufti Abu Layth al Maliki (at 26:22)
A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/
Watch on YouTube at 26:22: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM4jHsWJ_uM&t=1582s<p><b>How old was Aisha when she married the Prophet?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth holds that the evidence shows Aisha married in her late teens, and warns that reports of a child marriage feed Islamophobes. Mufti Abu Layth says all the evidence demonstrates that Aisha was in her late teens when she got married.</p>
<p>Answer from 9 February 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Hadiths on Prophetic Miracles and Responding to Claims of Blasphemy - Mufti Abu Layth al Maliki (at 26:22)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha 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=RM4jHsWJ_uM&t=1582s">Watch on YouTube at 26:22</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/rm4jhswj_um/s/6/">Open the segment</a></p>