# Is difference of opinion in Islam a mercy?

*Social media for da'wah, and difference of opinion as a mercy*

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7uxklqh8-ig/s/5/
- Date: 2014-07-02 · Kind: question · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Insights to a personal journey: An interview with Mufti Abu Layth (18:32–19:08)
- Status: general teaching
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UXKLQH8-ig&t=1112s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7uxklqh8-ig/

**Topics:** Schools of law and following them; Social media

**Question as asked:** Is difference in Islam a mercy?

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Yes, definitely: difference of opinion is a mercy and a message of tolerance. He also calls social media vital for da'wah.

**Checked position (checked by two independent reviews, not by the channel):** Mufti Abu Layth says difference in Islam is definitely a mercy and a message of tolerance and acceptance.

**Evidence, his words at 18:32:** “difference in Islam is is definitely a mercy and anybody I cannot understand anybody that would wish to contradict that message” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UXKLQH8-ig&t=1112s)

## Longer summary

Mufti Abu Layth says social media is instrumental to teaching and to da'wah, and has helped him and many others reach people who would otherwise have been almost impossible to connect with. He then says difference in Islam is definitely a mercy and a message of tolerance and acceptance, and that he cannot understand anyone who would contradict that.

## Sources and names cited

- ikhtilaf (difference of opinion)

## Transcript (machine tier, 18:32–19:08)

[17:54] falls but in the aftermath we still find um still beautiful courage displayed by the Muslims that were there and an everlasting message that they left for Muslims that would come after them in Europe so I I I mean that's some of what the hype is about I believe that it has un and changed it in unprecedented ways really and I believe the social media is is

[18:31] instrumental to teaching and to to dawa in general I know it's helped me um ever so much and I know it's helped many people really just reach out to other people that would have been almost impossible to to connect with uh if it were not for social media difference in Islam is is definitely a mercy and anybody I cannot understand anybody that would wish to contradict that message it is absolutely

[19:07] a mer a mercy and it is a message of Tolerance and acceptance I I do get attacked a lot for my appearance it doesn't really bother me to that extent now um [Music] um one of the reasons I persist if you like is because I feel that first of all I'm not I haven't done anything wrong from an Islamic perspective I have always demonstrated um what I believe sufficiently with

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment 7UXKLQH8-ig/s/5. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7uxklqh8-ig/s/5/

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