# Was it wrong to publish the allegations against Nouman Ali Khan? *Mufti Abu Layth's verdict: despicable handling, ambiguous allegations and clear-cut haram* - URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/6_dmojl-_bi/s/2/ - Date: 2017-09-29 · Kind: lesson · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Propaganda against Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan - Mufti Abu Layth (2:39–6:36) - Status: general teaching - Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_dmOJl-_bI&t=159s - Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/6_dmojl-_bi/ **Topics:** Speech and everyday conduct; Views on contemporary scholars; Social media **Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Releasing ambiguous allegations of abuse against Nouman Ali Khan, later said to concern flirtatious messages, was clear-cut haram and character assassination in Mufti Abu Layth's view. He calls the handling despicable and contrary to the Prophet's message. ## Longer summary After greeting the chat, Mufti Abu Layth says the way the incident regarding Nouman Ali Khan has been handled is utterly despicable and antithetical to the entire message of the Prophet, and that the disaster is built on three fallacies he will set out. As a backdrop he says very ambiguous allegations were released a few days earlier against a true scholar of the Quran, enough to destroy his personality, hard work and legacy: it was said only that he had been involved in abuse, and he refuses to believe the naivety of those responsible in claiming they did not know people would assume the worst. He says this was later followed by the claim that the actual incident was a flirtatious interaction with colleagues by text message, dressed in a dramatic veneer and unleashed on social media. He says he seldom uses the word haram unless a matter is categorical, and that what was done here is clear-cut haram and nothing but an attempt at character assassination under broad claims of protecting vulnerable people. ## Sources and names cited - Nouman Ali Khan - the allegations against Nouman Ali Khan (2017) ## Transcript (machine tier, 2:39–6:36) [2:33] other people benefit and post your questions below and I'll get to them first of all I want to say Zhi Shan is in the house our North Island Zhi Shan animal sermon right so I'd like to say that the way this incident has been regarding no Manav Sadhna mana Lacan has been kind of handled is utterly utterly despicable it is antithetical to the entire message of the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam okay from the offset I want to clarify [3:11] that now I want to with that highlight how this this has led to the kind of disaster that it has okay and it is built upon three fallacies okay there is an equation here that people are using and it's built upon these but for many people that maybe not too aware I just to shed some to give a backdrop there's been very ambiguous allegations that [3:49] were released a few days ago regarding an amazing inspirational Imam aurora's you could say Skylab Ernest Todd he is a true scholar of the Quran and they were very ambiguous that were released but they were enough to completely destroy your an attempt to take down and destroy his personality his hard work and his legacy on the Quran so that much wasn't revealed initially was just said that that this person has been involved in [4:27] abuse now the this is what was dropped out there now knowing very well what comes to people's mind when these kind of words are heard around and thrown knowing very well I refused for a second to even believe in the naivety of these allegedly responsible people that were using this word and saying no we had no idea that people would assume the worst of course you would assume the worst so this is the backdrop to what happened [5:04] this was then later later fading - sorry followed up by trying to say what this incident is is apparently whether this Imam had you know a kind of flirtatious interaction with maybe some colleagues via text messages and things like this is what the actual incident that they would like that they were actually referring to and they had kind of given it this whole dramatic kind of veneer [5:40] and and Unleashed it on social media so this is built this whole thing is utterly I want you from the offset clarify this is utterly Haram I don't use I'm not somebody who uses the word Haram lightly and I don't use it casually and people who know me will know that I seldom refer to things as Haram unless they are categorical and clear-cut this is clear-cut Haram right what they have done here right I'm making that [6:17] very clear and this was nothing but in a clear attempt to take down somebody and character assassinate him based on based on on these kind of these these broad claims of protecting vulnerable people so let's let's get into what the fallacy is built upon it's built upon three main this equation has three elements to it the first element that this was built upon and the same thing could be said in a different way that I was asked about this this actress ## Cite Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment 6_dmOJl-_bI/s/2. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/6_dmojl-_bi/s/2/ Not a fatwa: these answers were given to specific people at specific times. 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