# Is Mufti Abu Layth against Salafis?

*The problem is cult-like dogmatism, not being Salafi*

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/21/
- Date: 2021-04-13 · Kind: lesson · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (1:18:09–1:22:23)
- Status: general teaching
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XuHMCz2N3U&t=4689s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/

**Topics:** Salafism and Wahhabism; Cults, clergy and religious abuse

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** No: Mufti Abu Layth says he has no problem with anyone being Salafi; his objection is to cult-like dogmatism in any group.

**Checked position (checked by two independent reviews, not by the channel):** Mufti Abu Layth says his objection is not to Salafis as a denomination but to dogmatic, cult-like mentality in any group, which he says suffocates religion.

**Evidence, his words at 1:18:59:** “it's not about by the way it's not about speaking against a denomination per se it's more about the cult-like mentality” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XuHMCz2N3U&t=4739s)

## Longer summary

Reading a message that thanks him for standing up to the growing Salafi movement and says that hatred means he is influencing people, Mufti Abu Layth agrees with the second point. He says his criticism is not about a denomination as such: if a person wants to be a Salafi he has no problem with that and will not criticise them for it. The problem, he says, is dogmatic cultism in whatever group a person belongs to, which suffocates religion, already in a coma state. He then has further trouble with his equipment and the stream pauses.

## Sources and names cited

- Salafi

## Transcript (machine tier, 1:18:09–1:22:23)

[1:17:43] diverse fields you know muslims that are physicists and astrophysicists and you know quantum physics specialists and muslims that are like kind of like this is so diverse in thought and so talented i i really love that phrase from sweden logical reasoning and using it to arrive at answers also to widen one view different to in to different interpretations and arguments never forget what you each day accomplish

[1:18:20] wow mariam i see i recognize that murray i'm from australia you're doing it you're doing it it helps me to think twice on matters of the thing you're doing it keep doing what you what you love and know somebody out there like me appreciates you for sharing your knowledge and advice now this is an interesting one people this is the jal with the big d that's the name [Laughter] obviously the gel with the big d has said the way he looked at important topics and how he stood up to talk against the growing salafia group uh message haters gonna hate when people start hating it means you're starting to

[1:18:59] influence people i definitely agree man and you know it's not about by the way it's not about speaking against a denomination per se it's more about the cult-like mentality you see if a person wants to be a selfie i have no problem i have no qualms i'm not gonna um just for being a selfie uh you know criticize someone but it's that dogmatic cultism that is the problem and whatever group a person belongs to if they have that that is the problem see that is suffocating religion and if they haven't realized

[1:19:40] you know religion's already in a kind of coma state so thank you for making me motivated to become better and improve myself also teaching me more about islam have i knocked this thing out again on moment people one moment dico i was trying to see actually if there was a clip it wasn't on moment decor

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment 8XuHMCz2N3U/s/21. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/21/

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