Mufti Abu Layth Archive: society/dawah-and-debate-culture

How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?

Those with very different views still come from love for the religion, and the only way forward is dialogue and humanising one another; the guest says the Quran is the only thing that can unite Shia and Sunni, and both sign off warmly.

Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:46:26)

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Why do Quranists reject the Islamic tradition as a whole?

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Why do Quranists reject the Islamic tradition as a whole?

The guest says Quranists differ in interpretation but agree that the Islamic tradition is riddled with errors, and that Mufti Abu Layth's BukhariGate work leads people to Quranism; Mufti says the guest's own prayer choices came from the tradition and objects to disrespect towards the people of the mosque.

Answer from 18 October 2025 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Br Muhammad MFG | Quranist Only Belief - A Dialogue | MindTrap #82 - Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:24:01)

Watch on YouTube at 2:26:38 · Open the segment

Spread love, and take account of the damage our words have done

Sun, 29 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Spread love, and take account of the damage our words have done

Mufti Abu Layth says this deen is one of love and hope, and everyone, himself included, must reckon with the harm their words may have done. Mufti Abu Layth says that all Muslims, himself included, have to take themselves to account for the damage their past words may have done.

Answer from 29 September 2024 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Deen of Hope NOT Hate - Mufti Tariq Masood | Mufti Abu Layth (at 20:58)

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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Why do religious debates make people so defensive?

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

Why do religious debates make people so defensive?

Mufti Abu Layth says debates rarely change minds and feed the ego, so he prefers conversations where people can disagree. Mufti Abu Layth says debating is so wrapped up in the ego that it is not healthy and is not what iman is about.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Converts And The YouTube Dawah Scene | Mufti Abu Layth (at 13:09)

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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Was the Prophet harsh with people?

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

Was the Prophet harsh with people?

No: Mufti Abu Layth says the Prophet was soft and attentive with people and came from mercy, unlike harsh dawah that puts others down. Mufti Abu Layth says the Prophet did not come from intimidation but from mercy and compassion for the world.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Converts And The YouTube Dawah Scene | Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:18)

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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What should Muslims focus on in confusing times?

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

What should Muslims focus on in confusing times?

Mufti Abu Layth says the best thing is to focus on yourself and be an example of light, inviting and welcoming people rather than condemning them. Mufti Abu Layth says the best possible thing a person can do is focus on themselves and be an example of light.

Answer from 22 February 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Muslim Scholars Allying With LGBTQ Community ? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 40:07)

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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Is it my duty as a Muslim to preach to others?

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Is it my duty as a Muslim to preach to others?

Mufti Abu Layth says Muslims have a duty to be an example, not a duty to preach; turning religion into preaching information makes people judgmental. Mufti Abu Layth says Muslims have a duty to be an example, not a duty to preach.

Answer from 22 February 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Muslim Scholars Allying With LGBTQ Community ? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 37:42)

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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Should Sunnis preach to Shia Muslims about what they get wrong?

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Should Sunnis preach to Shia Muslims about what they get wrong?

Mufti Abu Layth says no: it only leads to sectarian fighting. Answer people who come asking, but Sunni-Shia debating does no good. Mufti Abu Layth says he is not personally for Sunni-Shia debating because he feels it does no good and only does harm.

Answer from 22 February 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Muslim Scholars Allying With LGBTQ Community ? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 35:08)

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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Should Muslims tell gay people what the Quran says about homosexuality?

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Should Muslims tell gay people what the Quran says about homosexuality?

Mufti Abu Layth says Americans are overwhelmingly not Muslim, so speaking on issues there means speaking to non-Muslim norms rather than preaching the Quran to them. Mufti Abu Layth says that when speaking generally about issues in a country such as America one speaks about its norms, not its exceptions.

Answer from 22 February 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Muslim Scholars Allying With LGBTQ Community ? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 8:55)

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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Why does Mufti Abu Layth say he wronged Dawah Man?

Sat, 08 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Why does Mufti Abu Layth say he wronged Dawah Man?

Mufti Abu Layth says he wronged Dawah Man by picking on him repeatedly although Dawah Man never publicly criticised him, breaking his own rule, and he wishes him well despite their differences.

Answer from 8 January 2022 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Dawahman I Have Wronged Him | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

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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Should I debate Quranists?

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Should I debate Quranists?

No: arguing never changes anyone's mind and only breeds hatred, so give your view if asked and see Quranists with compassion. He finds their case weaker than they think, since fiqh was built on the living tradition, not on hadith. Mufti Abu Layth says he does not think debates really yield results, since humiliating someone in an argument only makes them hate you more.

Answer from 25 October 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Should We Debate Quranists? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 7:07)

A more recent answer on hadith/quran-only-movement exists (18 October 2025): How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?

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Why is quoting science to defend hadith like camel urine risky?

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

Why is quoting science to defend hadith like camel urine risky?

Mufti Abu Layth says Hijab cannot yet leave his Salafi audience, and that using science to prove absurd claims usually backfires, as with camel-urine research and earlier polemics. Mufti Abu Layth says that when you quote scientific material to prove absurdities, it will more often than not come back and sting you.

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 1:32:50)

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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A debater, Saqib Shaami's crew and a conference on the finality of prophethood

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

A debater, Saqib Shaami's crew and a conference on the finality of prophethood

Mufti Abu Layth recalls a debater facing down Saqib Shaami's entourage when it disrupted a finality-of-prophethood conference in Birmingham.

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 56:57)

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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What do you think of Harun Yahya and his books?

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

What do you think of Harun Yahya and his books?

Mufti Abu Layth says Harun Yahya's scientific-miracles books spread a lot of wrong information, and mocks the 1,000-year sentence given to Adnan Oktar.

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 51:30)

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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If miracles don't break nature's laws, what is the point of miracles?

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

If miracles don't break nature's laws, what is the point of miracles?

Belief does not need supernatural miracles; private belief in them is fine, but preaching them as standard Islam damages Islam. Mufti Abu Layth says Muslims may privately believe in supernatural miracle stories, though he does not think they are correct; his only problem is when they are preached as standard Islam.

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 1:29:58)

A more recent answer on belief/prophethood-and-miracles exists (18 October 2025): Can the Quran be used to call the Prophet the best of creation?

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Where does morality come from if not from God?

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Where does morality come from if not from God?

The guest says a theist can ground moral realism in God while an atheist who relies on evolution alone cannot, and that traditionalist debaters exploit opponents who know little philosophy.

Answer from 11 December 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Dr Javad T. Hashmi | Axis of Morality & Archetypal Myths in the Quran | MindTrap 46 |Mufti Abu Layth (at 33:58)

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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Was it right to slap someone for insulting Islam?

Tue, 27 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Was it right to slap someone for insulting Islam?

Mufti Abu Layth condemns the assault outright, but says provocative critics should be wary and take precautions, since some will not be as civil. Mufti Abu Layth says he condemns any kind of assault.

Answer from 27 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #188 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:09:02)

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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Is it right to attack critics of Islam personally?

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

Is it right to attack critics of Islam personally?

Mufti Abu Layth says Mohammed Hijab bears some responsibility for provoking the Quran-tearing, and urges Muslims to attack arguments, not people and their families.

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 1:35:34)

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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Doesn't Aisha's marriage age justify child marriage?

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

Doesn'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 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:10:44)

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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What did the leak of Yasir Qadhi's emails on the Quran's preservation lead to?

Wed, 19 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000

What did the leak of Yasir Qadhi's emails on the Quran's preservation lead to?

The leak of Yasir Qadhi's emails set off a fitna in which people doubted or left Islam, and Yasir Qadhi's own explanation made it worse. Being clever and well-read does not make someone an academic.

Answer from 19 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Farid Gangu Teli leaking Yasir Qadhi's emails | Mufti Abu Layth (at 8:46)

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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Ismail Patel's published exchange: the apology and the 'academic' consulted

Wed, 19 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Ismail Patel's published exchange: the apology and the 'academic' consulted

Ismail Patel published his email exchange with Farid, in which Farid apologises for the leak and says he had consulted Abdul Rahman Hassan as an academic.

Answer from 19 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Farid Gangu Teli leaking Yasir Qadhi's emails | Mufti Abu Layth (at 5:11)

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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Who leaked the emails: the missing link revealed

Wed, 19 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Who leaked the emails: the missing link revealed

After years of uncertainty over who leaked Yasir Qadhi's email, Mufti Abu Layth says it has transpired that Farid was behind the leak.

Answer from 19 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Farid Gangu Teli leaking Yasir Qadhi's emails | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:34)

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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Introduction: the Quran-preservation debacle and a leaked 2016 email

Wed, 19 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Introduction: the Quran-preservation debacle and a leaked 2016 email

Mufti Abu Layth introduces a commentary on who leaked a private 2016 email of Yasir Qadhi on the Quran's preservation, an episode he calls a cataclysmic debacle.

Answer from 19 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Farid Gangu Teli leaking Yasir Qadhi's emails | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

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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Is the guest's approach to the Quran's history just confirmation bias?

Fri, 19 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Is the guest's approach to the Quran's history just confirmation bias?

The guest says his questions came from the Muslim sources themselves, not from Western scholars, who have merely extracted the same data from Muslim books. Muslims must answer such questions rather than snub them, since the Quran is a book for all mankind.

Answer from 19 June 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Dr. Shehzad Saleem | the Preservation of the Quran & the Problem of Qira'at | MindTrap with Mufti#26 (at 1:24:40)

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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What does he think will happen to Yasir Qadhi and Mohammed Hijab after this controversy?

Wed, 17 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

What does he think will happen to Yasir Qadhi and Mohammed Hijab after this controversy?

Mufti Abu Layth predicts Qadhi must choose between owning his view and losing followers, and that Hijab will face a similar crisis within a decade because their claimed certainties are unsustainable. He says he is glad he never pandered to a crowd that would turn on him.

Answer from 17 June 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: On Shaykh Yasir Qadhi "How not to do controversy!" | Mufti Abu Layth (at 16:48)

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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What should Yasir Qadhi have said about the preservation of the Quran?

Wed, 17 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

What should Yasir Qadhi have said about the preservation of the Quran?

Mufti Abu Layth says the mistake was raising the problem in public without any answer: Qadhi should have given some answer, such as saying plainly that the Quran would come out the same as it is today. The fallout, he says, is Qadhi's own fault.

Answer from 17 June 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: On Shaykh Yasir Qadhi "How not to do controversy!" | Mufti Abu Layth (at 10:24)

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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Why does he say the backlash against Yasir Qadhi is his own doing?

Wed, 17 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Why does he say the backlash against Yasir Qadhi is his own doing?

Mufti Abu Layth says Qadhi and Hijab built the refutation culture that has now turned on them, and that a shaykh who calls Halloween, Christmas greetings, music and the beard too controversial should not open with the preservation of the Quran.

Answer from 17 June 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: On Shaykh Yasir Qadhi "How not to do controversy!" | Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:27)

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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How did Mohammed Hijab react after his interview with Yasir Qadhi backfired?

Wed, 17 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

How did Mohammed Hijab react after his interview with Yasir Qadhi backfired?

According to Mufti Abu Layth, Hijab posted that Yasir Qadhi 'will be refuted' once the mob turned, which Mufti attributes to a wish for popularity. Mufti says he would never backstab a guest in that way.

Answer from 17 June 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: On Shaykh Yasir Qadhi "How not to do controversy!" | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:36)

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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The caller from Canada: trolling, the word Qadiani, and pictures of Mirza

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The caller from Canada: trolling, the word Qadiani, and pictures of Mirza

Mufti Abu Layth recounts telling a caller that the trolling did not suit him and asking whether he believed Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was a prophet, then mocks pictures of Mirza on screen.

Answer from 31 March 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Responding to Qadiani Trolls | Mufti Abu Layth (at 4:01)

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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What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Mohammed Hijab's aggressive debating style?

Thu, 12 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Mohammed Hijab's aggressive debating style?

Mohammed Hijab is intelligent, articulate and shows maturity of thought, but deliberately shouting at and dominating opponents on the claim that Allah commands harshness towards those who challenge Islam is, if that is what he meant, nonsensical and unacceptable.

Answer from 12 December 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: My Thoughts on Mohammed Hijab & His Approach | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:02)

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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What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Mufti Menk?

Fri, 18 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000

What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Mufti Menk?

Mixed: Menk fills a real demand for simple, uplifting stories and is likeable and funny, but Mufti Abu Layth says such preachers spread inauthentic stories and cement false beliefs, and he suspects Menk is less strict than he portrays himself.

Answer from 18 October 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Thoughts on Mufti Menk | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:02)

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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Closing: build bridges, talk to everyone, and an invitation to Daniel Haqiqatjou

Wed, 21 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Closing: build bridges, talk to everyone, and an invitation to Daniel Haqiqatjou

Talk to everyone, including ex-Muslims, and hold dialogue where ideas differ. Mufti Abu Layth has invited Daniel Haqiqatjou to a dialogue on apostasy.

Answer from 21 August 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Don't let people bully you into beliefs | Mufti Abu Layth (at 18:17)

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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'Islam gave these rights first' and blinding people with jargon

Sun, 04 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000

'Islam gave these rights first' and blinding people with jargon

Mufti Abu Layth addresses the lecture's point that Islam gave rights such as voting 1,400 years before the suffragettes, saying that is fine to mention but people alive in 2019 will ask why Muslim rulings are still backward today, so it is nothing to gloat about. He criticises dropping philosophical names and terms that impress those who do not know them but make Muslims look weaker to those who do, as some did in arguments for God, and parodies such jargon. He says a real discussion would define liberalism and admit that some fascist versions of it exist and can be dangerous, but that liberalism is an attitude against imposed authority, not a separate religion. He concludes that the lecture was a straw man resting on Locke, Hobbes and Kant, and hopes Mohammed Hijab might reflect on it. Mufti Abu Layth says that throwing in impressive philosophical jargon makes Muslims look much weaker to those who know and to non-Muslims.

Answer from 4 August 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Thoughts on Muhammad Hijab's talk on Liberalism & Islam | Mufti Abu Layth (at 37:17)

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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Mohammed Hijab's liberalism lecture argues like a sectarian polemic

Sun, 04 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Mohammed Hijab's liberalism lecture argues like a sectarian polemic

Mufti Abu Layth turns to a university lecture by Mohammed Hijab on liberalism, which people had sent him and which claimed liberalism is baseless. He says the lecture seemed aimed at a Muslim audience and that, since Mohammed Hijab is intelligent, he is unsure whether he has not grasped the concept or is deliberately arguing to win points, but calls it a very poor job. He explains that the lecture argues against liberalism the way Muslims conduct sectarian debates: finding a figure the opponent supposedly reveres, such as Abu Hanifa, Ibn Taymiyya, Imam Malik or a Shia ayatollah, and quoting him to corner the opponent through compelling authority. He says this tactic makes no sense outside religion, where people do not feel bound by allegiance to such figures.

Answer from 4 August 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Thoughts on Muhammad Hijab's talk on Liberalism & Islam | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

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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How should Muslims respond to an ex-Muslim who criticises the Quran?

Thu, 25 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000

How should Muslims respond to an ex-Muslim who criticises the Quran?

Attack the argument, not the person: Mufti Abu Layth says a genuine seeker deserves respect, that the claim itself is false, and that Muslims who call the Prophet a mercy to the world must show it in how they respond. Mufti Abu Layth holds that people who are genuine in their search should be left to search wherever it takes them, and that Muslims should not attack an ex-Muslim critic as a person.

Answer from 25 July 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: A Reply to Abdullah Sameer's Allegation: The Quran Teaches Paedophilia | Mufti Abu Layth (at 5:07)

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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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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Was Hijab right to show David Wood no respect in the debate?

Mon, 24 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Was Hijab right to show David Wood no respect in the debate?

Hijab's aggressive, loud and condescending manner, which he justified by Wood's record of bigotry, was used by non-Muslim commenters as ammunition and made Muslims look rowdy, while Wood stayed composed. Mufti Abu Layth sees it as damned if you do, damned if you don't.

Answer from 24 December 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: On the David Wood and Muhammad Hijab Debate: Reflections & Review -Mufti Abu Layth (at 21:22)

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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Who won the David Wood versus Mohammed Hijab debate on Tawhid and the Trinity?

Mon, 24 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Who won the David Wood versus Mohammed Hijab debate on Tawhid and the Trinity?

Mufti Abu Layth calls the Wood versus Hijab debate on Tawhid and the Trinity monumental and worth watching, and says Mohammed Hijab clearly won. He introduces David Wood as an evangelical, anti-Islam preacher who has debated many Muslims.

Answer from 24 December 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: On the David Wood and Muhammad Hijab Debate: Reflections & Review -Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

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Do any Sunni scholars say mut'ah is not haram?

Sat, 21 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Do any Sunni scholars say mut'ah is not haram?

A recent Moroccan Maliki scholar argues in a book that mut'ah is not haram; Mufti Abu Layth calls the 'marry me your daughter' retort in his debate with a Salafi immature. Mufti Abu Layth says the debate's 'then marry your daughter to me' retort was an immature and stupid thing to say.

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Recording: Sunni & Shia differences on Mutah, theological or political? - Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:15)

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Why would an apostate deserve death, and what about the three days to repent?

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

Why would an apostate deserve death, and what about the three days to repent?

An apostate cannot be killed for disbelief, since that would condemn every disbeliever, and the 'three days to return to Islam' is absurd: it coerces people into hypocrisy and belittles the Prophet's thirteen years of preaching. Mufti Abu Layth says an apostate cannot be killed for disbelief, since that would make every disbeliever deserving of death, and that giving an apostate three days to return on pain of death is absurd, coerces hypocrisy and belittles the Prophet's thirteen years of preaching in Makkah.

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Recording: Apostasy has NO punishment in Islam: A Qur'an & Sunnah Analysis by Mufti Abu Layth (at 43:11)

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Was Zakir Naik right to dismiss evolution as 'just a theory'?

Mon, 09 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Was Zakir Naik right to dismiss evolution as 'just a theory'?

No: Mufti Abu Layth says Naik's mocking reply to an ex-Muslim did Islam a disservice, and that in science a theory can be an established fact, as with gravity, not merely a hypothesis.

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Recording: The Role Of Reason In Religion - Mufti Abu Layth (at 41:47)

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How do we know the Quran is the word of God, if not by reason?

Mon, 09 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

How do we know the Quran is the word of God, if not by reason?

Arguments that the Quran is true because it says so, is unlike other books, is eloquent or flawless, or speaks of rain and fruit are no stronger than a spiderweb, Mufti Abu Layth says; without reason one only believes Islam is true because one was told. Mufti Abu Layth says that arguments for the Quran's truth which rest on the book asserting its own truth, its uniqueness, its eloquence, its lack of mistakes or its verses about rain and fruit are no stronger than a spiderweb, and that revelation can only be known to be true through reason.

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Recording: The Role Of Reason In Religion - Mufti Abu Layth (at 28:45)

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Did the Prophet take Safiyya the night her husband was killed, as the Tommy Robinson clip claims?

Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Did the Prophet take Safiyya the night her husband was killed, as the Tommy Robinson clip claims?

No: Mufti Abu Layth says the story conceded by the Muslim debater is false and that, as described, it would be rape, so conceding it and arguing over the word is indefensible. Muslims who have not studied Islamic history should not debate these subjects. Mufti Abu Layth says that Muslims who have not studied Islam should not debate far-right figures, and that the scenario the debater conceded, killing Safiyya's husband and father and taking her that night, can only be described as rape and is not what happened.

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Recording: The Story of Safiyya: the Prophet's Jewish wife -Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki (at 0:00)

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How should Muslims respond to Islamophobia?

Mon, 06 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000

How should Muslims respond to Islamophobia?

Begin with yourself: learn properly, since much Islamophobia is fed by Muslims saying things they do not understand, keep links with the ulama, and work on communicating the right ideas in the right words. Mufti Abu Layth says Muslims should respond to Islamophobia by beginning with themselves: learning so as not to misstate Islam, keeping links with the ulama as the community's lifeline, and improving how they communicate.

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Recording: Unanswered Questions- An interview with Mufti Abu Layth (at 47:10)

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