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Recordings › Monday Nights with Mufti #197 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth · 12 Jan 2021 › Segment 17 of 43

Will you critique Sahih Muslim like you did al-Bukhari?

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Why BukhariGate, and not a 'MuslimGate'?

QuestionLive chat · questioner not identifiedAnswered 12 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Segment 17 of 43 in the recording2021-01-12-S17

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Mufti Abu Layth chose al-Bukhari, not Muslim or others, because it is the symbol of the Salafi-Wahhabi legacy; that is the fortress he wanted to take on.

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A chat question asks when 'MuslimGate' is coming out and whether he has criticisms of Sahih Muslim. Mufti Abu Layth says there is a reason he went for al-Bukhari: it has become the symbol of the legacy of Islam as promoted by the Salafis and Wahhabis, which is why he took it apart. He says one could go for Abu Dawud or others, but they are not the icon, and, likening it to storming the Capitol, says one has to take the bull by the horns and go for the 'impenetrable fortress', joking with a line from Game of Thrones.

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When is MuslimGate coming out? Do you have criticisms of Sahih Muslim?

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Mufti Abu Layth says he went for al-Bukhari because it has become the symbol of the legacy of Islam as promoted by the Salafis and Wahhabis.

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“because it's become the symbol of denouncing the the legacy of islam as promoted by the salafia the wahabia this is why i took it apart”

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be true somebody said yes it will emerge humanism right okay so now this is different humanism is a philosophy and i agree with humanism humanism is like a tint so it will just fit on to different faiths and highlight those features or on no faiths or on science or on law or on anything it just fits onto things it's like a tint you have it is not a world religion okay so um and i agree uh

and i and i agree that islam is i feel at its heart humanist right so let's take a look at what were some of the other questions um right when is muslim gate coming out do you have chris do you have criticisms of sahih muslim yeah you see going back to what i said earlier on there's a reason why i went for bukhari

because it's become the symbol of denouncing the the legacy of islam as promoted by the salafia the wahabia this is why i took it apart okay um why not go for abu dawood or it's not that you can't but it's not the icon it's not the this was you know if you're going to storm the capital you have to you have to grab

the bull by the horns okay this was that fortress the impenetrable fortress [Laughter] but as a wise man once said what's that quote from game of thrones when he says impenetrable fortress [Music] i'll let you check it out give me 10 strong men and exactly exactly so people

right there the other question on the super chat somebody said can you respond to it yes of course uh where did it go uh why would allah stop revelation so it's not about revelation it's interesting it's interesting by the way the prophet didn't say that revelation per se ends but revelation in its um formal manner as a religion ends and the

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Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment 2021-01-12-S17, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/1zghntbmpis/s/17/ (accessed 1 November 2026)

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Mufti Abu Layth. (2021, January 12). Will you critique Sahih Muslim like you did al-Bukhari? [Video, segment 2021-01-12-S17, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/1zghntbmpis/s/17/

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Mufti Abu Layth. 2021. "Will you critique Sahih Muslim like you did al-Bukhari?" Video, segment 2021-01-12-S17, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Recorded January 12, 2021. Accessed November 1, 2026. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/1zghntbmpis/s/17/

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  author = {Mufti Abu Layth},
  title = {{Will you critique Sahih Muslim like you did al-Bukhari?}},
  year = {2021},
  month = {1},
  date = {2021-01-12},
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  url = {https://muftiabulayth.org/r/1zghntbmpis/s/17/},
  organization = {Mufti Abu Layth Archive},
  urldate = {2026-11-01},
  note = {Segment 2021-01-12-S17, auto-transcribed, may contain errors}
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