Mufti Abu Layth Archive: society/women-and-gender

Who carried on Imam Malik's teaching after him?

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Who carried on Imam Malik's teaching after him?

His daughter, who had memorised his hadith and taught his classes after him, while his sons showed little interest. Mufti Abu Layth says it was Imam Malik's daughter who carried his legacy forward, continuing to teach his classes after him.

Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:02:17)

A more recent answer on history/scholars-and-imams/imam-malik exists (19 April 2023): Did Imam Malik reject the hadith he did not act on?

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Did scholars let slave women uncover more than free women?

Sun, 09 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Did scholars let slave women uncover more than free women?

Mufti Abu Layth says the scholars dropped their concern for modesty when it came to slave women, and calls the claim that nobody would desire them nonsense. He thinks slave women probably wore working clothes, with arms and lower legs uncovered, rather than walking about topless. Mufti Abu Layth says the claim in the books that nobody would desire a slave girl is the biggest nonsense, since men would of course desire them.

Answer from 9 May 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Hypocrisy of scholars regarding awrah of free women & slave women | Mufti Abu Layth (at 7:04)

A more recent answer on society/women-and-gender exists (10 March 2023): Who carried on Imam Malik's teaching after him?

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Did the Prophet say a wife should prostrate to her husband?

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Did the Prophet say a wife should prostrate to her husband?

The report is not authentic: it was probably put into circulation to support the family hierarchy of a patriarchal society. The report urging violent jealousy over female relatives is likewise fabricated. Mufti Abu Layth says the report that the Prophet would have ordered wives to prostrate to their husbands is not authentic and was probably circulated to support the family hierarchy of a patriarchal society, and that the report urging violent jealousy over female relatives is likewise fabricated.

Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 49:54)

A more recent answer on society/women-and-gender exists (10 March 2023): Who carried on Imam Malik's teaching after him?

Watch on YouTube at 51:13 · Open the segment

Is Mufti Abu Layth a feminist?

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is Mufti Abu Layth a feminist?

Mufti Abu Layth says he would like to think he is a feminist, though feminists seem not to like him.

Answer from 9 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #201| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:45:32)

A more recent answer on society/women-and-gender exists (10 March 2023): Who carried on Imam Malik's teaching after him?

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What does Islam say about the red pill movement?

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

What does Islam say about the red pill movement?

Mufti Abu Layth says hating on women, or men, is ridiculous, though he grants some red pill points about how society treats the sexes. Mufti Abu Layth says he finds hating on any gender, whether men or women, to be ridiculous.

Answer from 9 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #201| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:33:58)

A more recent answer on relationships/masculinity-and-gender-roles exists (9 May 2023): How did the Prophet balance gentleness and strength?

Watch on YouTube at 2:38:52 · Open the segment

How should I deal with the misogynistic things some scholars wrote about women?

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

How should I deal with the misogynistic things some scholars wrote about women?

Do not let contemporary misogynists hijack your Islam, and read past scholars' views on women as reflections of their own age, which do not confine Islam. Mufti Abu Layth says contemporary misogyny should not be allowed to hijack one's Islam, and that past scholars' writings about women reflect their own age and do not confine Islam, which each age reflects in its own way.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #199 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:06:10)

A more recent answer on fiqh/maliki-school exists (19 April 2023): Why does the practice of Madinah matter more than a single hadith?

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Can a woman become a mufti?

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Can a woman become a mufti?

Yes: anyone, a woman included, can become a mufti, but must persevere through often dogmatic institutions, in a field he says is neglected and lacks support. Mufti Abu Layth says a woman can become a mufti, that the field of Islamic scholarship is neglected and attracts little talent because it lacks support, and that anyone who wants to become a mufti must persevere through often dogmatic institutions.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #199 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 56:57)

A more recent answer on society/education-and-madrasas/how-to-study-islam exists (10 March 2023): Is studying religious knowledge better than voluntary prayer?

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Why does the Quran seem focused on men, and why are two women witnesses needed?

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Why does the Quran seem focused on men, and why are two women witnesses needed?

The Quran asks for two women witnesses only for debt contracts, because a lone woman was easier to intimidate, not because women are lesser; otherwise one woman equals one man, and the masculine address reflects historically patriarchal societies. Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran's requirement of two women witnesses applies only to debt transactions, because a lone woman was easier to intimidate, and not because women are deficient, and that otherwise one woman's testimony equals one man's.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #199 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 21:34)

A more recent answer on society/women-and-gender exists (10 March 2023): Who carried on Imam Malik's teaching after him?

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What did Ibn Rushd say about women's abilities?

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

What did Ibn Rushd say about women's abilities?

Mufti Abu Layth highlights Ibn Rushd's argument, 900 years ago, that women equal men in ability and that confining them to the home impoverished his cities.

Answer from 19 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:20:29)

A more recent answer on society/women-and-gender exists (10 March 2023): Who carried on Imam Malik's teaching after him?

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'Danny Boy's' Telegram post calling female academics 'snarling witches'

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

'Danny Boy's' Telegram post calling female academics 'snarling witches'

Mufti Abu Layth mocks a commentator's post calling female Islamic Studies academics 'snarling witches', and says men who block women's education are insecure.

Answer from 19 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:49:09)

A more recent answer on society/women-and-gender exists (10 March 2023): Who carried on Imam Malik's teaching after him?

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Is it halal to perform music or dance at concerts for a living?

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

Is it halal to perform music or dance at concerts for a living?

Dance is not haram in itself, Mufti Abu Layth says, but Muslim cultures look down on it as a profession, especially for women, so propriety should be kept in mind. Mufti Abu Layth says dance in and of itself is not haram.

Answer from 19 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:10:42)

A more recent answer on fiqh/entertainment/music exists (10 March 2023): Is it haram for men to wear earrings?

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Do I have to be in a state of purity to say verses of the Quran?

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

Do I have to be in a state of purity to say verses of the Quran?

Mufti Abu Layth says religion should be natural, not ritualistic: the menstrual state is not impure, and revelation came to the Prophet while in bed with Aisha. Mufti Abu Layth says these kinds of hadiths are to him an encouragement showing that the deen ought to be very natural to our lives.

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 39:18)

A more recent answer on fiqh/purification exists (18 October 2025): Why does the guest's prayer have no fixed number of units, and what counts as wudu?

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Why do some women feel they must wear the niqab?

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

Why do some women feel they must wear the niqab?

Mufti Abu Layth blames men rather than women: men convince women they need the niqab by making them fear hell, sometimes out of insecurity. He calls the extreme mindsets this produces worrying. Mufti Abu Layth says that, although women who wear the niqab will not admit it, it is really men who have convinced them they need it.

Answer from 5 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Chechnya's grand mufti having women remove their niqab? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:31)

A more recent answer on society/women-and-gender exists (10 March 2023): Who carried on Imam Malik's teaching after him?

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Is the niqab required, and is it right to make women take it off?

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

Is the niqab required, and is it right to make women take it off?

The face veil has no basis in the Quran and Sunnah, being the opinion of some later scholars. Forcing a woman to remove it is still wrong; one may only advise. Mufti Abu Layth says the face veil has no basis in the Quran and Sunnah, but force of any kind to remove it is wrong.

Answer from 5 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Chechnya's grand mufti having women remove their niqab? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

A more recent answer on society/women-and-gender exists (10 March 2023): Who carried on Imam Malik's teaching after him?

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Was Aisha a feminist?

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Was Aisha a feminist?

Yes, if a feminist means someone who stands up for women's rights, says Mufti Abu Layth; Aisha did, including by rejecting misattributed hadith. Mufti Abu Layth says Aisha unquestionably stood up for women's rights.

Answer from 4 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth #176 *Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted!* 🤣 (at 36:32)

A more recent answer on society/women-and-gender exists (10 March 2023): Who carried on Imam Malik's teaching after him?

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Does the Quran allow a husband to hit his wife?

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

Does the Quran allow a husband to hit his wife?

The guest reads 4:34 as telling a persistently flirting wife to leave rather than as permission to beat, and says four words in the verse were mistranslated to create male authority. Mufti Abu Layth says the statement that men provide is descriptive, not prescriptive.

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 2:04:43)

A more recent answer on society/women-and-gender exists (10 March 2023): Who carried on Imam Malik's teaching after him?

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Is it wrong to preach modesty to society?

Tue, 28 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Is it wrong to preach modesty to society?

There is nothing wrong with a message about modesty: like avoiding profanity in front of children, social propriety has a place even when one disagrees on details. Tariq Jamil's apology, he says, was big of him. Mufti Abu Layth says there is nothing wrong in having a message about modesty.

Answer from 28 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Maulana Tariq Jamil on Media, Modesty & Women | Mufti Abu Layth (at 9:52)

A more recent answer on society/women-and-gender exists (10 March 2023): Who carried on Imam Malik's teaching after him?

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Did Maulana Tariq Jamil blame women for the coronavirus?

Tue, 28 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Did Maulana Tariq Jamil blame women for the coronavirus?

Mufti Abu Layth did not feel Tariq Jamil was blaming women for the pandemic; he heard a call to self-examination in a calamity. Despite disagreements, he supports him as a caring voice for unity and reflection.

Answer from 28 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Maulana Tariq Jamil on Media, Modesty & Women | Mufti Abu Layth (at 5:59)

A more recent answer on society/current-events/pakistan exists (29 September 2024): How scholars' rhetoric fed Pakistan's blasphemy killings, in Mufti Abu Layth's view

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The backlash to Maulana Tariq Jamil's dua on media, modesty and the pandemic, and the clip

Tue, 28 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The backlash to Maulana Tariq Jamil's dua on media, modesty and the pandemic, and the clip

Mufti Abu Layth sets out the controversy over Maulana Tariq Jamil's dua, in which he criticised media lies and spoke of modesty, reads critics who called it misogynistic, and plays the clip.

Answer from 28 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Maulana Tariq Jamil on Media, Modesty & Women | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

A more recent answer on society/current-events/pakistan exists (29 September 2024): How scholars' rhetoric fed Pakistan's blasphemy killings, in Mufti Abu Layth's view

Watch on YouTube at 0:00 · Open the segment

Can a husband or father force a woman to wear hijab?

Sun, 03 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Can a husband or father force a woman to wear hijab?

Forcing women to cover their hair is categorically wrong in Mufti Abu Layth's view and does greater harm. He attributes the pressure to men's insecurity about women and to guilt imposed through fatwas that curse men whose wives do not cover, both of which he calls wrong. Mufti Abu Layth holds that for men to coerce women into covering their hair is categorically wrong and does greater harm, and that the pressure to do so comes from male insecurity about women and from guilt imposed through fatwas, both of which he calls inaccurate and wrong.

Answer from 3 November 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Verse in Surah Al-Nur about the Hijab | Mufti Abu Layth (at 11:49)

A more recent answer on relationships/masculinity-and-gender-roles exists (9 May 2023): How did the Prophet balance gentleness and strength?

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Supporting women's rights while rejecting hostility to masculinity

Wed, 14 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Supporting women's rights while rejecting hostility to masculinity

Mufti Abu Layth backs women's rights and condemns abuse, but rejects what he sees as a campaign against masculinity, while accepting men who are naturally soft. Mufti Abu Layth says he seriously does not understand the hostility of this age against masculinity.

Answer from 14 August 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: What does Islam say about Gender Dysphoria? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 5:11)

A more recent answer on relationships/masculinity-and-gender-roles exists (9 May 2023): How did the Prophet balance gentleness and strength?

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Have Muslims really kept women out of mosques for 1,400 years?

Sat, 04 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Have Muslims really kept women out of mosques for 1,400 years?

No: women prayed in mosques from the Prophet's time on and classical scholars held many such views, so the '1,400 years' claim fails; Mufti Abu Layth doubts Haqiqatjou's scholarly training.

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

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Daniel Haqiqatjou and Women praying in the Wardrobe -Mufti Abu Layth (at 31:44)

A more recent answer on society/women-and-gender exists (10 March 2023): Who carried on Imam Malik's teaching after him?

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Does the Quran criticise the Queen of Sheba for ruling over men?

Tue, 08 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Does the Quran criticise the Queen of Sheba for ruling over men?

No: the Quran portrays her as a woman of great power over male ministers and never rebukes her for it. Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran does not rebuke the Queen of Sheba in any sense for her power over an administration of men.

Answer from 8 January 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: In Depth: Sulaiman (a.s.), the Throne of Sheba, and Miracles in the Quran -Mufti Abu Layth (at 15:58)

A more recent answer on society/women-and-gender exists (10 March 2023): Who carried on Imam Malik's teaching after him?

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Is not praying during menstruation a sign of weak faith?

Sun, 29 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Is not praying during menstruation a sign of weak faith?

No: Mufti Abu Layth says women refrain from prayer during menstruation because the religion told them to, so calling it a lack of faith is absurd and the report is a misattribution. Mufti Abu Layth says it is absurd to say women lack faith for not praying while menstruating, when the religion itself told them not to pray.

Answer from 29 July 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Hadith Analysis: Did the Prophet ﷺ Refer to Women as Lacking Intellect and Faith? (at 23:44)

A more recent answer on society/women-and-gender exists (10 March 2023): Who carried on Imam Malik's teaching after him?

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Does the Quran say most people in hell are women?

Sun, 29 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Does the Quran say most people in hell are women?

No: Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran speaks of mankind as a whole, all created weak, and never divides the people of hell by gender, so the report clashes with it. Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran never makes a gender differentiation regarding the people of hell, so the report goes against it.

Answer from 29 July 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Hadith Analysis: Did the Prophet ﷺ Refer to Women as Lacking Intellect and Faith? (at 6:30)

A more recent answer on society/women-and-gender exists (10 March 2023): Who carried on Imam Malik's teaching after him?

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Did the Prophet say women lack intellect and faith?

Sun, 29 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Did the Prophet say women lack intellect and faith?

No: Mufti Abu Layth says the report, though in al-Bukhari, is a false attribution to the Prophet, and that he once took it as a joke but now holds it inauthentic. Mufti Abu Layth says the report that women lack intellect and faith is inauthentic and falsely attributed to the Prophet.

Answer from 29 July 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Hadith Analysis: Did the Prophet ﷺ Refer to Women as Lacking Intellect and Faith? (at 0:00)

A more recent answer on society/women-and-gender exists (10 March 2023): Who carried on Imam Malik's teaching after him?

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Is it safe and allowed for a woman to fly alone?

Sun, 22 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Is it safe and allowed for a woman to fly alone?

Yes: Mufti Abu Layth says a woman may travel alone, including by air, since the ruling was always about safety, and rejects the claim that only a husband can protect her. Mufti Abu Layth says it is absolutely fine for a woman to travel on her own, the key thing having been safety.

Answer from 22 April 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Hadith Analysis & Fatwa: Women Can Travel Without a Mahram - Mufti Abu Layth (at 35:07)

A more recent answer on society/women-and-gender exists (10 March 2023): Who carried on Imam Malik's teaching after him?

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Is it haram for a woman to travel more than 48 miles alone?

Sun, 22 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Is it haram for a woman to travel more than 48 miles alone?

No: Mufti Abu Layth calls the 48-mile rule absurd, a later Hanafi hardening of Abu Hanifa's three-day limit, which was itself meant to ease things for women. Mufti Abu Layth says forbidding a woman to travel 48 miles is absurd and makes a mockery of the religion.

Answer from 22 April 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Hadith Analysis & Fatwa: Women Can Travel Without a Mahram - Mufti Abu Layth (at 15:45)

A more recent answer on society/women-and-gender exists (10 March 2023): Who carried on Imam Malik's teaching after him?

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Can a woman travel without a mahram?

Sun, 22 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Can a woman travel without a mahram?

Yes: Mufti Abu Layth says a woman can travel without a mahram, since the ruling was about safety. The reports behind it disagree on how long a journey they mean. Mufti Abu Layth says that of course a woman can travel without a mahram, the ruling having been simply about safety.

Answer from 22 April 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Hadith Analysis & Fatwa: Women Can Travel Without a Mahram - Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

A more recent answer on hadith/hadith-in-legal-reasoning exists (18 October 2025): Is there a middle way between rejecting all hadith and accepting every hadith?

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What should a couple agree before marriage about registering and money?

Mon, 05 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000

What should a couple agree before marriage about registering and money?

Have an open conversation before marriage about registration and finances, and if the marriage is not registered the woman should keep her own work, income and property. Saying a woman may not work is cultural and backward, not Islam. Mufti Abu Layth advises an open conversation before marriage about registration and finances, encourages women to keep independent income and property, and condemns as cultural and un-Islamic the attitude that a woman may not work.

Answer from 5 March 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Zina, Marriage and Relationships - Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki (at 18:10)

A more recent answer on society/women-and-gender exists (10 March 2023): Who carried on Imam Malik's teaching after him?

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Is a relationship between a leader and a follower automatically abuse?

Fri, 29 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Is a relationship between a leader and a follower automatically abuse?

A consensual relationship between adults is not abuse just because one has status, and Mufti Abu Layth calls the contrary claim insulting to women. Abuse of power is coercion, such as a boss demanding sexual acts to keep a job; Khadijah's marriage to the Prophet who worked for her is his first counter-example. Mufti Abu Layth holds that a consensual relationship between adults is not abuse merely because one party has status, and that abuse of power means coercion such as a boss demanding sexual acts from a worker to keep her job.

Answer from 29 September 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Propaganda against Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan - Mufti Abu Layth (at 23:33)

A more recent answer on society/women-and-gender exists (10 March 2023): Who carried on Imam Malik's teaching after him?

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Why are so many 'possessed' people in the community women?

Wed, 20 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Why are so many 'possessed' people in the community women?

Dissociative disorders that look like possession occur mostly among women with histories of trauma, excessive control, pressured or forced marriages and childhood beatings. The psyche breaks down under such treatment just as the body reacts to injury. Mufti Abu Layth says that dissociative disorders in the community occur more often among women with backgrounds of trauma, excessive control, forced or pressured marriages and beatings, and that the psyche breaks down under such treatment as the body would, which is what gets called possession.

Answer from 20 September 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Jinn Possessions: Myth and Reality in Islam by Sh. Akram Nadwi & Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:45:48)

A more recent answer on society/women-and-gender exists (10 March 2023): Who carried on Imam Malik's teaching after him?

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Do women pray differently from men in the Maliki school?

Sun, 02 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Do women pray differently from men in the Maliki school?

No: the Maliki school makes no distinction in principle between men's and women's salah. Some scholars only advise that a woman be mindful of modesty in ruku' and sujud. Mufti Abu Layth says the Maliki school draws no distinction in principle between the salah of men and women, with only advisory guidelines that a woman may be more mindful of modesty in ruku' and sujud.

Answer from 2 April 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: How to Pray Salah According to the Maliki Madhhab- Mufti Abu Layth (at 34:34)

A more recent answer on fiqh/prayer exists (18 October 2025): Why are two of the daily prayers recited silently when 17:110 says not to be silent?

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The verse on men having a degree over women, read in its passage

Tue, 15 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000

The verse on men having a degree over women, read in its passage

The verse about a degree over women is read by one speaker as concerning women in their waiting period, not a general ranking of men above women.

Answer from 15 March 2016 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan & Mufti Abu Layth - A Discussion on Contemporary Issues (at 5:25)

A more recent answer on quran/tafsir exists (18 October 2025): Why are two of the daily prayers recited silently when 17:110 says not to be silent?

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Is it haram for a woman to go out for a walk?

Fri, 09 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Is it haram for a woman to go out for a walk?

One speaker says nothing makes it haram for a woman to go for a walk and challenges the other to produce a Maliki fatwa forbidding it; the other asks whether fatwa must follow the madhhab's protocols.

Answer from 9 May 2014 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Mufti Abu Layth & Ustadh AbdusShakur Brooks: A discussion on Maliki Fiqh (at 27:38)

A more recent answer on fiqh/maliki-school exists (19 April 2023): Why does the practice of Madinah matter more than a single hadith?

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Can a woman go out of the house without a need?

Fri, 09 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Can a woman go out of the house without a need?

One speaker holds women went out only for need; the other that hadith and Maliki texts show women in public and travelling, with no text forbidding going out.

Answer from 9 May 2014 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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

Recording: Mufti Abu Layth & Ustadh AbdusShakur Brooks: A discussion on Maliki Fiqh (at 22:26)

A more recent answer on fiqh/maliki-school exists (19 April 2023): Why does the practice of Madinah matter more than a single hadith?

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