# Should election campaigns only be publicly funded?

*Should elections be publicly funded to prevent bribery?*

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/51qevhjqnt4/s/10/
- Date: 2020-02-28 · Kind: question · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Fadak between Fatima (r) & Abu Bakr (r) Detailed Overview | Mufti Abu Layth (33:27–34:46)
- Status: general teaching
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51Qevhjqnt4&t=2007s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/51qevhjqnt4/

**Topics:** Public law and governance; Current events commentary

**Question as asked:** Should we as a principle have only public funding of elections, compared to the bribery of politicians that exists today?

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Mufti Abu Layth thinks there should be some regulation of election funding, though banning private funding outright would restrict liberties, so it is a tough question.

**Checked position (checked by two independent reviews, not by the channel):** Mufti Abu Layth says there should be some regulation of election funding, while calling it a really tough question.

**Evidence, his words at 33:27:** “the issue will be I think there should be some regulation I think it's fair to say that people can kind of invest” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51Qevhjqnt4&t=2007s)

## Longer summary

A questioner asks whether, as a principle, elections should only be publicly funded, given the bribery of politicians today. Mufti Abu Layth calls it an interesting and tough question: there should be some regulation, and people with more money do tip elections, but controlling it entirely restricts people's liberties. He agrees that multimillionaire and billionaire corporations fund those who support the elite, referring to a Netflix documentary he found scary.

## Transcript (machine tier, 33:27–34:46)

[32:48] or experi they because of this connection they think they've been here before or they've had a past life or I don't believe that they have had a past life in this dunya I believe that in this world our lives are just limited Yolo in this dunya and then we move on I do feel that what we will move on as will be more consciousness related but yeah so I hope that makes some sense what I meant Mark Lanza what I meant earlier on should we as a principle have only public funding of Elections compared to cobra bribery of politicians

[33:26] that exist today to not bribe the judges yeah I I understand what you're saying mark and that is a an interesting question the issue will be I think there should be some regulation I think it's fair to say that people can kind of invest but then you're right I mean people with more money than get to tip the elections because they've got more funding but then at the same time if you control it then you're kind of not allowing people to exercise their liberties it's a really tough one really but I do agree that you know you get multi the multi millionaire and billionaire corporations are gonna fund

[34:06] people that support the elite and then they're gonna get more funding and then they can advertise more and do stuff and and we've all watched that you know the Netflix kind of documentary on it which was really scary by the way somebody asked what my thoughts on Amir Maharaja lon I do I see cinema are eroding ron has a great figure in Islam I do highly respect him I understand that he they they had disagreements amongst the Companions I actually kind of like the the statesmanship of mahalia's he was incredibly astute and really knew how

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment 51Qevhjqnt4/s/10. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/51qevhjqnt4/s/10/

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