# Who is Surah al-Munafiqun about?

*Who does Surah al-Munafiqun refer to?*

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/1zghntbmpis/s/11/
- Date: 2021-01-12 · Kind: question · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #197 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (49:28–50:44)
- Status: general teaching
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zgHntbMPis&t=2968s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/1zghntbmpis/

**Topics:** Tafsir and verse study

**Question as asked:** Who is Surah al-Munafiqun actually referring to? I'd appreciate a clarification on this.

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Mufti Abu Layth says that, though the verses are general, Surah al-Munafiqun referred at the time to the hypocrites of Medina.

**Checked position (checked by two independent reviews, not by the channel):** Mufti Abu Layth says that, although the verses are general, Surah al-Munafiqun would at the time have referred to the hypocrites within Medina.

**Evidence, his words at 50:05:** “in general the munafer even though the verses are general but it would be referring at the time to the monafine within medina” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zgHntbMPis&t=3005s)

## Longer summary

Answering a question about whether men may wear earrings, Mufti Abu Layth refers viewers to his detailed video on the subject. A question then asks who Surah al-Munafiqun is actually referring to. He offers to go through the verses in detail the following week, but says in general that, although the verses are general, at the time they would have referred to the hypocrites within Medina.

## Sources and names cited

- Surah al-Munafiqun: https://quran.com/63
- munafiqun (hypocrites)
- Jordan Peterson

## Transcript (machine tier, 49:28–50:44)

[49:27] as jordan peterson would say well i believe the biological markers are relevant man please watch my video on it it's a very detailed video watch it i go into the backdrop i go into all the evidence check it out people idris you're doing it much love uh who is surah munafikun actually referring to appreciate a clarification on this okay if uh if you'd like a more detailed uh clarification then let me uh

[50:05] do that next week i'll go through it and actually get the verses up there and we'll go through that okay but in general the munafer even though the verses are general but it would be referring at the time to the monafine within medina right so mufti what i don't know really what are my generally positive thoughts on sheikh shahrawi

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment 1zgHntbMPis/s/11. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/1zghntbmpis/s/11/

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