# What does he say to critics who accept that the Prophet was impotent, married a nine-year-old or was bewitched into clumsiness? *The critics affirm the claims about the Prophet: impotence, marriage at nine, clumsiness under magic* - URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8u9-aslyrze/s/11/ - Date: 2018-02-21 · Kind: lesson · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Reply to Sunni (Wahhabi) Defence Pt.I -Mufti Abu Layth (40:19–46:33) - Status: general teaching - Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U9-ASlyrzE&t=2419s - Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8u9-aslyrze/ **Topics:** Replies to attacks on the Prophet; Reports that disrespect the Prophet; Responses to critics **Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Mufti Abu Layth says these claims are untrue attacks on the Prophet's honour, resting on reports whose chains he has shown to be defective, and that critics who affirm them to win an argument are themselves being blasphemous. He adds that he does not support capital punishment for such speech. **Checked position (checked by two independent reviews, not by the channel):** Mufti Abu Layth says the claims that the Prophet was sexually impotent, married a nine-year-old or became clumsy under a spell are untrue and an attack on the Prophet's honour, that he has shown the reports on the marriage to have problems in their chains, and that those who affirm such claims are themselves being blasphemous. **Evidence, his words at 43:30:** “of course is wrong because it's not true it's an attack on the honor of the Prophet what is wrong with you” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U9-ASlyrzE&t=2610s) ## Longer summary Mufti Abu Layth plays a clip from the critics' session, which is not audible in the transcript, and reacts to it. He says that around forty-eight minutes in, one of them asked what is wrong with the Prophet being sexually impotent, since the Prophet did not have to be sexually active; he calls this disgusting and says they stoop to insulting the Messenger of God to prove a point, when they would be offended if it were said of their own fathers. He reports that they quoted Qadi Iyad and the Maliki school to say Mufti does not support capital punishment and that the Maliki school would consider such speech worthy of it; he confirms that he does not support it and says they themselves have been incredibly blasphemous. He says the claim is wrong because it is untrue and an attack on the Prophet's honour, and attributes their blindness to an ahl al-hadith [?] mentality, while saying he is not attacking all of them. He reports them saying 'so what if the Prophet married a nine-year-old', and asks whether they would accept that of their own father with a ten-year-old who 'consented'; he says he has shown that those reports have problems in their chains and asks why they feed this material to the far right. He reports them saying the Prophet could become clumsy under magic because he was human, and says they throw the Prophet under the bus to prove themselves right. He closes by saying he is not judging their sincerity, but their attitude towards the Prophet is very disturbing, and leaves the matter there. ## Sources and names cited - Sunni Defence (YouTube channel) - Qadi Iyad - ahl al-hadith mentality [?] - consent ## Transcript (machine tier, 40:19–46:33) [39:40] that you know Arabs they please please pay attention you know this one so can i in the who the Alpha remember that Baba these people I tell you so this is their this was their pathetic kind of refutation of me bringing a Hadees that are not sound themselves and then they have the audacity you know these people then they mock me and check this out this is how low they fall this is how [40:18] low they fall they said oh you know move right they said that you know move T he's picking up these points but what's the issue they said that what's this you know he's trying to say we should condemn this blasphemy condemn that blasphemy about the Profi and check this out they say they go on to affirm these blasphemous things about the prophet [40:57] [Music] [Music] [42:13] did you hear that he said that what is wrong with the Prophet being sexually impotent that is these are his this is on YouTube that's I think it is it 48 minutes into it he says that what is wrong with the Prophet being sexually impotent so what the Prophet doesn't have to be sexually active how disgusting wallahi these people stoop this low to prove a point that they attack insult the messenger of God if somebody said [42:52] that to their own father they would be they would be offended you know they go what's wrong with that what's wrong with that they quote call the ER by the yard and the Maliki method they say Oh Malik they say most ablators and support things like capital punishment okay I don't and they quoting the Maliki method the Maliki mother would consider that cap worthy of capital punishment like this is this is the level that you know if they have this issue of mine with blasphemy and they want to support these they themselves have been incredibly blasphemous so rude and [43:30] disrespectful to the Prophet right this this is just ridiculous that what is wrong with the Prophet being saying of course is wrong because it's not true it's an attack on the honor of the Prophet what is wrong with you why can't you see that why are you so blinded with this kind of a hobby kind of lens that you've got in front of you and I'm not attacking all who are hobbies or selfies but people with that mentality whoever they are if you if you have no seriously if you can say these kind of things about the Prophet it is [44:08] true that you have no respect for him it doesn't matter what your words so this is the truth these people they come out like oh we're here you know we want to defend Bihari we want to defend the opinions of this we wanted to offend the opinion but when it comes to the honor of the Prophet it doesn't matter all of a sudden it's like it's so what he says in this so what if the Prophet married a nine year old so what what do you mean so what if we found your dad with a ten year old girl would that be okay if your dad said oh but pre she consented [44:46] what what what on earth are you on about consent you sick disgusting kind of perverted but what do you mean consented why are you saying this about the prophet of God it is not true I've shown how those hadith if I have got problems in them right why do you keep feeding this kind of nonsense to the far right and they go get was so what so what they said on the oh and you know the Prophet became clumsy but so what this was magic you know because he's a human being a human being human beings can become clumsy what the hell is wrong [45:25] with you I oh my god oh my god just to prove that you are right get out of your goddamn ego just to prove your point that you are right you are prepared to throw the Prophet under the bus that oh so what he's human he can be clumsy what do you mean so why are you saying these things like I don't understand why you're saying these things so this is this is the kind of nonsense that we have and this is what people do you know they and [46:03] I'm not saying that these people don't have some twisted sick sincerity to them they may have some kind of sick sincerity to them I'm not here to judge their sincerity but what I am here to tell them is that is messed up man that you your attitudes towards the Prophet of Islam oh very disturbing so so I mean I'm just gonna leave that thing ## Cite Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment 8U9-ASlyrzE/s/11. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8u9-aslyrze/s/11/ Not a fatwa: these answers were given to specific people at specific times. 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