Mufti Abu Layth Archive: society/converts-and-newcomers

How do I stop worrying about the ups and downs of my faith?

Tue, 09 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

How do I stop worrying about the ups and downs of my faith?

Mufti Abu Layth tells the convert not to worry about turbulence in faith, which is part of the journey; faith often shows its worth later as a bedrock in hard times. Mufti Abu Layth tells the caller not to sweat the turbulence in their faith, saying it is all part of the journey.

Answer from 9 May 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: answer to a specific questioner

Recording: Converts And The YouTube Dawah Scene | Mufti Abu Layth (at 19:33)

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I'm a new Muslim and my faith has crashed after the first high. What should I do?

Tue, 09 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

I'm a new Muslim and my faith has crashed after the first high. What should I do?

Mufti Abu Layth says the first energy of faith always burns out, so the aim is to learn and live the faith while it lasts; at its core Islam is justice and kindness. Mufti Abu Layth says the energy that comes with embracing a faith is temporary, so a burnout is inevitable.

Answer from 9 May 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Converts And The YouTube Dawah Scene | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

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What does Lupe Fiasco's name Wasalu mean, and how was he raised?

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

What does Lupe Fiasco's name Wasalu mean, and how was he raised?

The guest says he has never confirmed what his name Wasalu means; Mufti Abu Layth suggests the Arabic 'to connect'. Born to convert parents, he says he was born Muslim.

Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)

Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 3:14)

A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?

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Converts who start teaching at once, with lines of Urdu poetry

Thu, 19 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Converts who start teaching at once, with lines of Urdu poetry

Mufti Abu Layth continues that some people, as soon as they embrace Islam, start teaching it to others. He recites Urdu and Persian verses, poorly captured in the transcript, on a road that does not lead to a destination and on taking two or three steps without completing a journey, and on embracing even those who are not one's own. He says he has never claimed piety, and cites the Quranic rebuke of those who consider their becoming Muslim a favour. He says it bothers him when he sees this, and that it is not exclusive to converts, as many born Muslims tread the same path.

Answer from 19 September 2019 · 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 16:22)

A more recent answer on society/converts-and-newcomers exists (9 May 2023): How do I stop worrying about the ups and downs of my faith?

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Islamic institutes, preachers' depth of learning, and passionate converts

Thu, 19 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Islamic institutes, preachers' depth of learning, and passionate converts

Mufti Abu Layth says the preacher was, he believes, referring to the Yaqeen Institute, and that if this is what they promote they need to revisit themselves. He says he respects and applauds Omar Suleiman's social justice work and protests for discriminated communities, but says such preachers have not really studied Islam in depth or qualified through a formal institute, are put on a pedestal by the institution and must then cement it, and were mostly very Wahhabi-inclined at one point. He says Asadullah al-Andalusi [?] once held ridiculous views about killing ex-Muslims and apostates, which he thinks he has since turned away from. He applauds converts for a step he thinks few born Muslims would take, mentioning Hamza Yusuf as one who studied deeply and to whom many are indebted, while noting that some converts with turbulent backgrounds embrace Islam as a cause.

Answer from 19 September 2019 · 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 13:07)

A more recent answer on society/converts-and-newcomers exists (9 May 2023): How do I stop worrying about the ups and downs of my faith?

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As a convert, should I try to convert my spouse or family?

Fri, 10 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000

As a convert, should I try to convert my spouse or family?

No need: Imam Malik said Islam should not be pressed on a convert's husband, since he knows what Islam is. Speaking about Islam is fine, but obsessing over converting people is not. Mufti Abu Layth says there is no harm in speaking about Islam but no need for an obsession with trying to convert people.

Answer from 10 May 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Can a Nikah with a Non-Muslim be valid? - Mufti Abu Layth Al-Maliki (at 36:59)

A more recent answer on society/dawah-and-debate-culture exists (18 October 2025): How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?

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Do converts have to redo their marriage after becoming Muslim?

Fri, 10 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Do converts have to redo their marriage after becoming Muslim?

No: a non-Muslim marriage valid by its own rules is valid in Islam, and converts were never asked to repeat their nikah. The Prophet's daughter Zaynab and her husband are an example. Mufti Abu Layth says that the nikah of non-Muslims, valid according to their own rules, is valid for Muslims too.

Answer from 10 May 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Can a Nikah with a Non-Muslim be valid? - Mufti Abu Layth Al-Maliki (at 8:57)

A more recent answer on society/converts-and-newcomers exists (9 May 2023): How do I stop worrying about the ups and downs of my faith?

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I converted to Islam but my husband didn't. Do I have to leave him?

Fri, 10 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000

I converted to Islam but my husband didn't. Do I have to leave him?

No: he agrees with scholars such as Abdullah bin Bayyah that a convert wife may stay with her non-Muslim husband, and vice versa. Telling converts to leave their spouses is home-wrecking. Mufti Abu Layth says he agrees with these scholars that a woman who embraces Islam does not need to leave her non-Muslim husband, and vice versa.

Answer from 10 May 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Can a Nikah with a Non-Muslim be valid? - Mufti Abu Layth Al-Maliki (at 0:00)

A more recent answer on society/converts-and-newcomers exists (9 May 2023): How do I stop worrying about the ups and downs of my faith?

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Reply to Abdullah al-Andalusi: the 'white saviour' and the caliphate

Mon, 03 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Reply to Abdullah al-Andalusi: the 'white saviour' and the caliphate

Mufti Abu Layth mocks Abdullah al-Andalusi's call to establish the caliphate as a 'white saviour complex', while praising converts who devoted themselves to study.

Answer from 3 September 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Response to Abdullah al Andalusi (at 0:00)

A more recent answer on society/converts-and-newcomers exists (9 May 2023): How do I stop worrying about the ups and downs of my faith?

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How should Muslims treat people who leave Islam?

Thu, 10 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000

How should Muslims treat people who leave Islam?

People who leave Islam should be left alone, since that is between them and God; those who misrepresent the Prophet bear blame for people's hatred, and the Prophet's way was gentleness, not coercion or a state. Mufti Abu Layth says that whether a person leaves Islam is between them and God and they should be left alone, and that those who have given a distorted image of the Prophet bear the blame for people's hatred of him.

Answer from 10 May 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Apostasy has NO punishment in Islam: A Qur'an & Sunnah Analysis by Mufti Abu Layth (at 53:42)

A more recent answer on fiqh/public-law-and-governance/apostasy-and-blasphemy exists (29 September 2024): Is someone who says something wrong about the Prophet guilty of blasphemy?

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