# Does Islam teach us to show affection?

*Compassion in Islam, and a question about Raja Dahir he cannot follow*

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/43/
- Date: 2021-02-16 · Kind: question · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (2:26:50–2:28:46)
- Status: general teaching
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--PntsaR8ck&t=8810s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/

**Topics:** Character and virtue; The Indian subcontinent

**Question as asked:** Please speak about love and proof of affection, also the protection given by Raja Dahir [?] to the always persecuted Prophet's descendants on the run.

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** There are countless hadith on showing compassion and affection, he says, but he cannot follow the question about Raja Dahir.

**Checked position (checked by two independent reviews, not by the channel):** Mufti Abu Layth says there are countless hadith about showing shafaqa, compassion and affection.

**Evidence, his words at 2:27:28:** “where does it say in islam you should show affection that's an easy one i mean you know this comes in a son there's so many hadith about shafaka about being showing shafakar which is compassion affection” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--PntsaR8ck&t=8848s)

## Longer summary

A super chat asks him to speak about love and proof of affection, and about the protection given by Raja Dahir [?] to the persecuted descendants of the Prophet. Mufti Abu Layth says he cannot understand what is being asked and wonders whether he is just tired. Taking 'proof of affection' as where Islam says to show affection, he says there are countless hadith about shafaqa, compassion and affection. He says he cannot make sense of the Raja Dahir part.

## Sources and names cited

- shafaqa (compassion)
- Raja Dahir [?]

## Transcript (machine tier, 2:26:50–2:28:46)

[2:26:11] he does have he see it's strange because in some things he is quite critical in some things he's still dogmatic yeah i think it's good to take the critical things from him and you know in the dogmatic things we should still be a bit open-minded uh max you're doing it with the super chat much love much love muftis please speak about love and proof of affection also protection

[2:26:49] given by rajab to the always prosecuted prophet's descendants on even i don't know you know i don't know if people are doing this on purpose or am i just maybe i'm just tired today i don't know i can't seem to understand what people are asking does that make sense to other people or is it just me i speak about love and the proof of affection

[2:27:28] now to be honest i don't even speak about love i understand proof of affection i don't understand what that even means speak about the proof of affection as in where does it say in islam you should show affection that's an easy one i mean you know this comes in a son there's so many hadith about shafaka about being showing shafakar which is compassion affection i don't know i mean there's so much i mean if you just google you know compassion in islam

[2:28:07] it comes up in all so many hadith this countless hadith about it also protection given by raja dahir rajada to the always prosecuted prophet's descendants on iran [Laughter] either i'm drunk [Laughter] or people are drunk i don't know it's one or the other but i tried lord knows i tried maxi are you doing it you're doing it

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment --PntsaR8ck/s/43. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/43/

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