Mufti Abu Layth Archive: wellbeing/personal-storiesAnswers on wellbeing/personal-stories, newest recording first.https://muftiabulayth.org/feeds/topics/wellbeing-personal-stories.atom.xml2025-10-18T00:00:00ZMufti Abu Layth Archivepipeline/feeds.pyIs there a middle way between rejecting all hadith and accepting every hadith?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/2025-10-18T00:00:00Z2025-10-18T00:00:00ZIs there a middle way between rejecting all hadith and accepting every hadith?
There is a middle way between rejecting hadith and hadith absolutism: Malik and Abu Hanifa distinguished Sunnah from hadith and accepted reports only if they do not contradict reason, the Quran, the living tradition or a principle of Islam. Mufti Abu Layth says Quranists should be met with love, not cornered, and recalls his own past anger. Mufti Abu Layth holds the middle position of Imam Malik and Abu Hanifa that the Sunnah is what is followed and hadith only document it, so a report is accepted unless it contradicts reason, the Quran or the living tradition or uproots a principle of Islam, and that discarding the Sunnah is a disservice to faith.
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 10:44)
Watch on YouTube at 10:44: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONzjD7XMDhE&t=644s<p><b>Is there a middle way between rejecting all hadith and accepting every hadith?</b></p>
<p>There is a middle way between rejecting hadith and hadith absolutism: Malik and Abu Hanifa distinguished Sunnah from hadith and accepted reports only if they do not contradict reason, the Quran, the living tradition or a principle of Islam. Mufti Abu Layth says Quranists should be met with love, not cornered, and recalls his own past anger. Mufti Abu Layth holds the middle position of Imam Malik and Abu Hanifa that the Sunnah is what is followed and hadith only document it, so a report is accepted unless it contradicts reason, the Quran or the living tradition or uproots a principle of Islam, and that discarding the Sunnah is a disservice to faith.</p>
<p>Answer from 18 October 2025 · 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 10:44)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONzjD7XMDhE&t=644s">Watch on YouTube at 10:44</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/">Open the segment</a></p>How did Lupe Fiasco go from science to rap?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/4/2021-04-26T00:00:00Z2021-04-26T00:00:00ZHow did Lupe Fiasco go from science to rap?
The guest says he wanted to be a rocket scientist but struggled with maths, and signed a record deal straight out of high school.
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 14:35)
A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/
Watch on YouTube at 15:14: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYiiPEhuiHA&t=914s<p><b>How did Lupe Fiasco go from science to rap?</b></p>
<p>The guest says he wanted to be a rocket scientist but struggled with maths, and signed a record deal straight out of high school.</p>
<p>Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p>
<p>Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 14:35)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/">How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYiiPEhuiHA&t=914s">Watch on YouTube at 15:14</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/4/">Open the segment</a></p>What was Lupe Fiasco's childhood like?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/3/2021-04-26T00:00:00Z2021-04-26T00:00:00ZWhat was Lupe Fiasco's childhood like?
The guest describes growing up in Chicago in a family of martial arts, music and engineering, giving up chess over a hadith, and turning to rap when he could not learn the clarinet.
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 6:52)
A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/
Watch on YouTube at 6:52: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYiiPEhuiHA&t=412s<p><b>What was Lupe Fiasco's childhood like?</b></p>
<p>The guest describes growing up in Chicago in a family of martial arts, music and engineering, giving up chess over a hadith, and turning to rap when he could not learn the clarinet.</p>
<p>Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p>
<p>Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 6:52)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/">How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYiiPEhuiHA&t=412s">Watch on YouTube at 6:52</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/3/">Open the segment</a></p>Has Islam become a religion about Muhammad rather than the religion he brought?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/b1ooltqtptw/s/11/2021-03-02T00:00:00Z2021-03-02T00:00:00ZHas Islam become a religion about Muhammad rather than the religion he brought?
No: there is a deep human need for a human archetype, not someone to pray to, and for Muslims that is the Prophet. He adds that his own life changed in the Prophet's mosque. Mufti Abu Layth says human beings have a fundamental need, deep within the psyche, for a human archetype, not one to pray to.
Answer from 2 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 55:37)
A more recent answer on wellbeing/personal-stories exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/
Watch on YouTube at 55:37: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1OOltqtPTw&t=3337s<p><b>Has Islam become a religion about Muhammad rather than the religion he brought?</b></p>
<p>No: there is a deep human need for a human archetype, not someone to pray to, and for Muslims that is the Prophet. He adds that his own life changed in the Prophet's mosque. Mufti Abu Layth says human beings have a fundamental need, deep within the psyche, for a human archetype, not one to pray to.</p>
<p>Answer from 2 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 55:37)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on wellbeing/personal-stories exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/">Is there a middle way between rejecting all hadith and accepting every hadith?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1OOltqtPTw&t=3337s">Watch on YouTube at 55:37</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/b1ooltqtptw/s/11/">Open the segment</a></p>What accent does Mufti Abu Layth have?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/l4n4wd2jjps/s/20/2021-02-09T00:00:00Z2021-02-09T00:00:00ZWhat accent does Mufti Abu Layth have?
Mufti Abu Layth says he has no set accent, and that in Britain one can usually hear a caller's ethnicity in the texture of their voice. Mufti Abu Layth says that in the UK, with British English, one can usually tell a person's ethnicity over the phone from the texture of their voice.
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 1:38:06)
A more recent answer on wellbeing/personal-stories exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/
Watch on YouTube at 1:38:06: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4n4wD2jjps&t=5886s<p><b>What accent does Mufti Abu Layth have?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says he has no set accent, and that in Britain one can usually hear a caller's ethnicity in the texture of their voice. Mufti Abu Layth says that in the UK, with British English, one can usually tell a person's ethnicity over the phone from the texture of their voice.</p>
<p>Answer from 9 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #201| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:38:06)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on wellbeing/personal-stories exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/">Is there a middle way between rejecting all hadith and accepting every hadith?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4n4wD2jjps&t=5886s">Watch on YouTube at 1:38:06</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/l4n4wd2jjps/s/20/">Open the segment</a></p>What qualifications does Mufti Abu Layth have?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/l4n4wd2jjps/s/13/2021-02-09T00:00:00Z2021-02-09T00:00:00ZWhat qualifications does Mufti Abu Layth have?
Mufti Abu Layth lists degrees in psychology and education, an alim and mufti course and ijazahs, but says degrees mean little to 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 1:07:09)
A more recent answer on wellbeing/personal-stories exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/
Watch on YouTube at 1:07:37: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4n4wD2jjps&t=4057s<p><b>What qualifications does Mufti Abu Layth have?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth lists degrees in psychology and education, an alim and mufti course and ijazahs, but says degrees mean little to him.</p>
<p>Answer from 9 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #201| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:07:09)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on wellbeing/personal-stories exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/">Is there a middle way between rejecting all hadith and accepting every hadith?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4n4wD2jjps&t=4057s">Watch on YouTube at 1:07:37</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/l4n4wd2jjps/s/13/">Open the segment</a></p>Kidnapped in Cairo: Mufti Abu Layth and the Egyptian policehttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/s/17/2021-02-02T00:00:00Z2021-02-02T00:00:00ZKidnapped in Cairo: Mufti Abu Layth and the Egyptian police
Mufti Abu Layth recounts being kidnapped in Cairo and the farcical police inquiry that followed.
Answer from 2 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #200| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:32:28)
A more recent answer on wellbeing/personal-stories exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/
Watch on YouTube at 1:32:28: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijwBevcC6o8&t=5548s<p><b>Kidnapped in Cairo: Mufti Abu Layth and the Egyptian police</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth recounts being kidnapped in Cairo and the farcical police inquiry that followed.</p>
<p>Answer from 2 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #200| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:32:28)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on wellbeing/personal-stories exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/">Is there a middle way between rejecting all hadith and accepting every hadith?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijwBevcC6o8&t=5548s">Watch on YouTube at 1:32:28</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/s/17/">Open the segment</a></p>Damascus, 1998: the two people who inspired Mufti Abu Layth to memorise the Quranhttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/s/12/2021-02-02T00:00:00Z2021-02-02T00:00:00ZDamascus, 1998: the two people who inspired Mufti Abu Layth to memorise the Quran
Mufti Abu Layth credits a scholar's Quran ijazah and a convert classmate who memorised on the bus with starting his own memorisation in Damascus.
Answer from 2 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #200| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:07:17)
A more recent answer on wellbeing/personal-stories exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/
Watch on YouTube at 1:07:17: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijwBevcC6o8&t=4037s<p><b>Damascus, 1998: the two people who inspired Mufti Abu Layth to memorise the Quran</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth credits a scholar's Quran ijazah and a convert classmate who memorised on the bus with starting his own memorisation in Damascus.</p>
<p>Answer from 2 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #200| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:07:17)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on wellbeing/personal-stories exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/">Is there a middle way between rejecting all hadith and accepting every hadith?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijwBevcC6o8&t=4037s">Watch on YouTube at 1:07:17</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/s/12/">Open the segment</a></p>People are cruel: complaints used to try to stop a retreat he spoke athttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/25/2021-01-19T00:00:00Z2021-01-19T00:00:00ZPeople are cruel: complaints used to try to stop a retreat he spoke at
Mufti Abu Layth recounts how a self-styled journalist tried to get a 2016 retreat he spoke at cancelled by complaining to the venue and the police.
Answer from 19 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:44:04)
A more recent answer on wellbeing/personal-stories exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/
Watch on YouTube at 1:44:04: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&t=6244s<p><b>People are cruel: complaints used to try to stop a retreat he spoke at</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth recounts how a self-styled journalist tried to get a 2016 retreat he spoke at cancelled by complaining to the venue and the police.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:44:04)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on wellbeing/personal-stories exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/">Is there a middle way between rejecting all hadith and accepting every hadith?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&t=6244s">Watch on YouTube at 1:44:04</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/25/">Open the segment</a></p>Two to three months in prison: learning, poetry and the humanity of inmateshttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/1zghntbmpis/s/36/2021-01-12T00:00:00Z2021-01-12T00:00:00ZTwo to three months in prison: learning, poetry and the humanity of inmates
A personal story: prison was bearable, even fruitful, and he found a humane side in feared inmates.
Answer from 12 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #197 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:38:30)
A more recent answer on wellbeing/personal-stories exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/
Watch on YouTube at 2:38:30: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zgHntbMPis&t=9510s<p><b>Two to three months in prison: learning, poetry and the humanity of inmates</b></p>
<p>A personal story: prison was bearable, even fruitful, and he found a humane side in feared inmates.</p>
<p>Answer from 12 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #197 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:38:30)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on wellbeing/personal-stories exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/">Is there a middle way between rejecting all hadith and accepting every hadith?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zgHntbMPis&t=9510s">Watch on YouTube at 2:38:30</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/1zghntbmpis/s/36/">Open the segment</a></p>What was the hardest time of your life?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/1zghntbmpis/s/35/2021-01-12T00:00:00Z2021-01-12T00:00:00ZWhat was the hardest time of your life?
Mufti Abu Layth names his arrest as the most overwhelming time of his life: it left an imprint, but he says he came back stronger and many opportunities followed.
Answer from 12 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: answer to a specific questioner
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #197 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:29:34)
A more recent answer on wellbeing/personal-stories exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/
Watch on YouTube at 2:30:13: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zgHntbMPis&t=9013s<p><b>What was the hardest time of your life?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth names his arrest as the most overwhelming time of his life: it left an imprint, but he says he came back stronger and many opportunities followed.</p>
<p>Answer from 12 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: answer to a specific questioner</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #197 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:29:34)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on wellbeing/personal-stories exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/">Is there a middle way between rejecting all hadith and accepting every hadith?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zgHntbMPis&t=9013s">Watch on YouTube at 2:30:13</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/1zghntbmpis/s/35/">Open the segment</a></p>Mufti Abu Layth's chat round: Birmingham over London and channel housekeepinghttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/w6tqwuuumcg/s/26/2020-10-27T00:00:00Z2020-10-27T00:00:00ZMufti Abu Layth's chat round: Birmingham over London and channel housekeeping
Mufti Abu Layth picks Birmingham over London and handles housekeeping in the chat.
Answer from 27 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #188 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:46:42)
A more recent answer on wellbeing/personal-stories exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/
Watch on YouTube at 2:46:42: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6TqWuUumCg&t=10002s<p><b>Mufti Abu Layth's chat round: Birmingham over London and channel housekeeping</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth picks Birmingham over London and handles housekeeping in the chat.</p>
<p>Answer from 27 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #188 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:46:42)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on wellbeing/personal-stories exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/">Is there a middle way between rejecting all hadith and accepting every hadith?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6TqWuUumCg&t=10002s">Watch on YouTube at 2:46:42</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/w6tqwuuumcg/s/26/">Open the segment</a></p>Mufti Abu Layth's sixth-form story: walking out and landing a college place by mistakehttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/w6tqwuuumcg/s/5/2020-10-27T00:00:00Z2020-10-27T00:00:00ZMufti Abu Layth's sixth-form story: walking out and landing a college place by mistake
Mufti Abu Layth tells how walking out of sixth form with a friend led, by a case of mistaken identity, to a place on a business course the same day.
Answer from 27 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #188 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 33:47)
A more recent answer on wellbeing/personal-stories exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/
Watch on YouTube at 33:47: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6TqWuUumCg&t=2027s<p><b>Mufti Abu Layth's sixth-form story: walking out and landing a college place by mistake</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth tells how walking out of sixth form with a friend led, by a case of mistaken identity, to a place on a business course the same day.</p>
<p>Answer from 27 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #188 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 33:47)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on wellbeing/personal-stories exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/">Is there a middle way between rejecting all hadith and accepting every hadith?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6TqWuUumCg&t=2027s">Watch on YouTube at 33:47</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/w6tqwuuumcg/s/5/">Open the segment</a></p>Is it OK for Quran teachers to beat students?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/12/2020-08-24T00:00:00Z2020-08-24T00:00:00ZIs it OK for Quran teachers to beat students?
Beating students is categorically haram; he says even a classical manual for teachers forbade forceful discipline of children. Mufti Abu Layth says that beating students in the way he saw teachers do it is categorically haram.
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 41:40)
A more recent answer on wellbeing/personal-stories exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/
Watch on YouTube at 42:20: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmtt2TQAO0&t=2540s<p><b>Is it OK for Quran teachers to beat students?</b></p>
<p>Beating students is categorically haram; he says even a classical manual for teachers forbade forceful discipline of children. Mufti Abu Layth says that beating students in the way he saw teachers do it is categorically haram.</p>
<p>Answer from 24 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 41:40)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on wellbeing/personal-stories exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/">Is there a middle way between rejecting all hadith and accepting every hadith?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmtt2TQAO0&t=2540s">Watch on YouTube at 42:20</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/12/">Open the segment</a></p>Why did Mufti Abu Layth change from how he looked and spoke in his old videos?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ociaphx4cgi/s/1/2020-06-20T00:00:00Z2020-06-20T00:00:00ZWhy did Mufti Abu Layth change from how he looked and spoke in his old videos?
The change in his look and views came gradually over more than a decade through study, reading and new circles, not from any event or loss of faith. His personality, he says, was always the same; the old clip only shows the serious speaking style he was taught.
Answer from 20 June 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Old me? Why did I change? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)
A more recent answer on wellbeing/personal-stories exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/
Watch on YouTube at 2:32: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCiapHX4cGI&t=152s<p><b>Why did Mufti Abu Layth change from how he looked and spoke in his old videos?</b></p>
<p>The change in his look and views came gradually over more than a decade through study, reading and new circles, not from any event or loss of faith. His personality, he says, was always the same; the old clip only shows the serious speaking style he was taught.</p>
<p>Answer from 20 June 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Old me? Why did I change? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on wellbeing/personal-stories exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/">Is there a middle way between rejecting all hadith and accepting every hadith?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCiapHX4cGI&t=152s">Watch on YouTube at 2:32</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ociaphx4cgi/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>How should I deal with religious circles that pressure me into beliefs?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ewmbn7jv9dk/s/3/2019-08-21T00:00:00Z2019-08-21T00:00:00ZHow should I deal with religious circles that pressure me into beliefs?
Leave the judgmental bubble of religious circles and be true to your faith and yourself rather than letting people bully you into beliefs. He cites a shaykh attacked for calling for updated thinking and Usama Canon's regret at having deprived himself for fear of what others said. Mufti Abu Layth advises religious people to expand and burst the 'religious people bubble', which he calls among the most judgmental places to be trapped in, and to be true to their faith and to themselves rather than be bullied into beliefs.
Answer from 21 August 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Don't let people bully you into beliefs | Mufti Abu Layth (at 9:10)
A more recent answer on wellbeing/personal-stories exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/
Watch on YouTube at 9:10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWmBN7JV9Dk&t=550s<p><b>How should I deal with religious circles that pressure me into beliefs?</b></p>
<p>Leave the judgmental bubble of religious circles and be true to your faith and yourself rather than letting people bully you into beliefs. He cites a shaykh attacked for calling for updated thinking and Usama Canon's regret at having deprived himself for fear of what others said. Mufti Abu Layth advises religious people to expand and burst the 'religious people bubble', which he calls among the most judgmental places to be trapped in, and to be true to their faith and to themselves rather than be bullied into beliefs.</p>
<p>Answer from 21 August 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Don't let people bully you into beliefs | Mufti Abu Layth (at 9:10)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on wellbeing/personal-stories exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/">Is there a middle way between rejecting all hadith and accepting every hadith?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWmBN7JV9Dk&t=550s">Watch on YouTube at 9:10</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ewmbn7jv9dk/s/3/">Open the segment</a></p>An imam faking his tarawih recitation: a memory from Mufti Abu Layth's hifz dayshttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/fntmxwadpac/s/1/2018-08-31T00:00:00Z2018-08-31T00:00:00ZAn imam faking his tarawih recitation: a memory from Mufti Abu Layth's hifz days
A personal story: as a teenager memorising the Quran, Mufti Abu Layth caught a village imam faking his tarawih recitation and told him privately that misleading people with the Quran was wrong.
Answer from 31 August 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Recording: Memoirs of a Mufti: Deceitful Imams Disrespecting Islam -Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)
A more recent answer on wellbeing/personal-stories exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/
Watch on YouTube at 0:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNtMxwadPAc&t=0s<p><b>An imam faking his tarawih recitation: a memory from Mufti Abu Layth's hifz days</b></p>
<p>A personal story: as a teenager memorising the Quran, Mufti Abu Layth caught a village imam faking his tarawih recitation and told him privately that misleading people with the Quran was wrong.</p>
<p>Answer from 31 August 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Recording: Memoirs of a Mufti: Deceitful Imams Disrespecting Islam -Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on wellbeing/personal-stories exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/">Is there a middle way between rejecting all hadith and accepting every hadith?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNtMxwadPAc&t=0s">Watch on YouTube at 0:00</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/fntmxwadpac/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>What was Mufti Abu Layth's time in prison like?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vzrrlx3livk/s/2/2015-04-06T00:00:00Z2015-04-06T00:00:00ZWhat was Mufti Abu Layth's time in prison like?
Contrary to expectation it went well, and he is grateful for the insight it gave him into people from all walks of life whom he would never otherwise have met.
Answer from 6 April 2015 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Unanswered Questions- An interview with Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:48)
A more recent answer on wellbeing/personal-stories exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/
Watch on YouTube at 2:48: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZRrlX3lIVk&t=168s<p><b>What was Mufti Abu Layth's time in prison like?</b></p>
<p>Contrary to expectation it went well, and he is grateful for the insight it gave him into people from all walks of life whom he would never otherwise have met.</p>
<p>Answer from 6 April 2015 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Unanswered Questions- An interview with Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:48)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on wellbeing/personal-stories exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/">Is there a middle way between rejecting all hadith and accepting every hadith?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZRrlX3lIVk&t=168s">Watch on YouTube at 2:48</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vzrrlx3livk/s/2/">Open the segment</a></p>Why was Mufti Abu Layth sent to prison?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vzrrlx3livk/s/1/2015-04-06T00:00:00Z2015-04-06T00:00:00ZWhy was Mufti Abu Layth sent to prison?
Mufti Abu Layth was charged with aiding and abetting misconduct in a public office after contacting a police officer to arrange mediation for a friend whose children were missing, and served about seven weeks of a six-month sentence. He says he did nothing wrong and was treated unfairly for refusing to testify against the officer.
Answer from 6 April 2015 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Unanswered Questions- An interview with Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:10)
A more recent answer on wellbeing/personal-stories exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/
Watch on YouTube at 0:10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZRrlX3lIVk&t=10s<p><b>Why was Mufti Abu Layth sent to prison?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth was charged with aiding and abetting misconduct in a public office after contacting a police officer to arrange mediation for a friend whose children were missing, and served about seven weeks of a six-month sentence. He says he did nothing wrong and was treated unfairly for refusing to testify against the officer.</p>
<p>Answer from 6 April 2015 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Unanswered Questions- An interview with Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:10)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on wellbeing/personal-stories exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/">Is there a middle way between rejecting all hadith and accepting every hadith?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZRrlX3lIVk&t=10s">Watch on YouTube at 0:10</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vzrrlx3livk/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>How did Mufti Abu Layth become a mufti?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7uxklqh8-ig/s/1/2014-07-02T00:00:00Z2014-07-02T00:00:00ZHow did Mufti Abu Layth become a mufti?
It was not planned: an interest in Arabic and the Quran grew step by step, taking him from self-study to Syria and then Pakistan, where he trained as a mufti.
Answer from 2 July 2014 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Insights to a personal journey: An interview with Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:11)
A more recent answer on wellbeing/personal-stories exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/
Watch on YouTube at 0:11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UXKLQH8-ig&t=11s<p><b>How did Mufti Abu Layth become a mufti?</b></p>
<p>It was not planned: an interest in Arabic and the Quran grew step by step, taking him from self-study to Syria and then Pakistan, where he trained as a mufti.</p>
<p>Answer from 2 July 2014 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Insights to a personal journey: An interview with Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:11)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on wellbeing/personal-stories exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/5/">Is there a middle way between rejecting all hadith and accepting every hadith?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UXKLQH8-ig&t=11s">Watch on YouTube at 0:11</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7uxklqh8-ig/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>