Mufti Abu Layth Archive: history/sirah/isra-and-miraj

Is there archaeological evidence for David's kingdom, and how did Jerusalem become holy for Muslims?

Sat, 15 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is there archaeological evidence for David's kingdom, and how did Jerusalem become holy for Muslims?

Archaeology has not found the kingdoms of David and Solomon, and Mufti Abu Layth says Muslims should apply the same scrutiny to their own narrations, where early scholars differed over al-Aqsa and the first qibla and the Umayyads under Abd al-Malik promoted Jerusalem with fabricated hadith to rival Ibn al-Zubayr. Mufti Abu Layth says archaeology has not substantiated the kingdoms of David and Solomon, that early Muslim scholars differed over whether al-Masjid al-Aqsa was in Jerusalem or the heavens and whether the night journey was a vision, and that the Umayyads under Abd al-Malik fabricated hadith to promote Jerusalem against Ibn al-Zubayr in Makkah.

Answer from 15 May 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: The Palestinian Plight & Israeli Injustice | Mufti Abu Layth (at 20:57)

A more recent answer on society/current-events/palestine exists (17 May 2021): Why does Mufti Abu Layth compare the Palestinian situation to facing a knife?

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Is Sidrat al-Muntaha a real tree?

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is Sidrat al-Muntaha a real tree?

Mufti Abu Layth says the lote tree, Sidrat al-Muntaha, is symbolic language and there is no literal tree. Mufti Abu Layth says the language of the lote tree, Sidrat al-Muntaha, is all symbolic and there is no tree.

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 1:48:43)

A more recent answer on quran/hermeneutics exists (18 October 2025): Does 3:188 mean everyone who likes praise will be punished?

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Does Sahih al-Bukhari really say God dangled in front of the Prophet?

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Does Sahih al-Bukhari really say God dangled in front of the Prophet?

Mufti Abu Layth says the Bukhari report of God 'dangling' before the Prophet is unacceptable, and any hadith that clashes with reason or the Quran must be rejected. Mufti Abu Layth says that describing God as dangling in front of the Prophet, as in this hadith, is utterly unacceptable.

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 1:58:33)

A more recent answer on belief/god-and-attributes exists (4 March 2024): How much does Allah love me?

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Is al-Aqsa really in Jerusalem?

Mon, 24 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Is al-Aqsa really in Jerusalem?

Mufti Abu Layth says Jerusalem was not originally so sacred in Islam and that, in his understanding, al-Aqsa refers to a place in the heavens. Mufti Abu Layth says that in his understanding al-Masjid al-Aqsa, the farthest point, would have been in the heavens, not Jerusalem.

Answer from 24 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:54:29)

A more recent answer on history/umayyads-and-abbasids exists (10 March 2023): Why was Imam Malik flogged?

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Are any hadith genuine, and what about reports confirmed by history?

Fri, 26 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Are 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 · 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): Why does Mufti Abu Layth see the Quran-only movement as a reaction of anger?

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Problematic reports in Bukhari: the Isra, Moses and the rock, magic on the Prophet

Thu, 30 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Problematic reports in Bukhari: the Isra, Moses and the rock, magic on the Prophet

Several reports in Bukhari are factually wrong or disrespectful: the Isra dated before prophethood, a woman spurning the Prophet, Moses chasing a rock, a verse corrected on the spot, and magic making the Prophet forget intercourse. He also holds the night journey to have been a vision. Mufti Abu Layth says these Bukhari reports contain a factual error, dating the night journey before prophethood, and portray the Prophet and Moses in a disrespectful and irrational light; he adds that he holds the night journey to have been a vision.

Answer from 30 August 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: BukhariGate Part 1: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 18:23)

A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?

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