# How did Mohammed Hijab react after his interview with Yasir Qadhi backfired?

*The backlash: the mob turns, and Mohammed Hijab posts that Qadhi 'will be refuted'*

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/atcn8auo8oc/s/2/
- Date: 2020-06-17 · Kind: lesson · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: On Shaykh Yasir Qadhi "How not to do controversy!" | Mufti Abu Layth (2:36–6:27)
- Status: a view quoted in order to be discussed, not a position held
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATcN8aUo8oc&t=156s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/atcn8auo8oc/

**Topics:** Exchanges with Yasir Qadhi; Dawah and debate culture; Social media

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** According to Mufti Abu Layth, Hijab posted that Yasir Qadhi 'will be refuted' once the mob turned, which Mufti attributes to a wish for popularity. Mufti says he would never backstab a guest in that way.

## Longer summary

Mufti Abu Layth says that after Hijab pressed him and Qadhi had what Mufti calls his moment of epiphany and transparency, the episode backfired badly: people flipped, the mob turned, and Hijab realised it had backfired on him too. Mufti reads out, from a Facebook post by Hijab, that Qadhi 'will be refuted', and mocks the turn: Qadhi came on for a heart-to-heart and his host turned on him, saying that if he is a deviant they will refute him. Mufti says Qadhi would never agree to a dialogue with him, though he had asked, and contrasts his own conduct: he says he would never backstab a guest, he may ask questions, but he would not press a guest and then call for him to be refuted. He attributes Hijab's statement to a wish for popularity. Laughter and music effects are played during the segment.

## Sources and names cited

- Yasir Qadhi
- Mohammed Hijab

## Transcript (machine tier, 2:36–6:27)

[1:55] discussing this in front of people but then he carries on discussing it but only discussing the problem part yeah and when it comes to the solution he says well you know this is really complicated why do you go on my course right so why do you go on my course and you know I had a hundred people on it and join my paid course and what I'll do is I'll take you through the answers but there was a point in there we Mohammed

[2:31] hijab says to him that look if I gave you a blank must have a blank Quran and you can use any mus have you wanted but you have to rewrite the Quran would you rewrite it with pretty much what we have today and for some reason so what happened is after this whole episode of Mohammed hijab kind of pressing him and him deciding to have this moment of

[3:09] Epiphany and transparency and I want to just pour my heart out to the world this backfired so badly have people flipped the mob flipped worse than that Mohammed hijab realized that oh my god this is backfired on him as well right so people turned on Mohammed each other what does Mohammed he job do he turns on Yasir Qadhi he has a if I can let me just see where was the oh I had here's

[3:48] somewhere right here is so this is a part of Mohammed hijabs Facebook post he decides to make a Facebook post saying that yes sir are the against him after the interview he will be refuted huh he will be refuted mm-hmm boy you're finished he will be refuted this is what some Muhammad hijab besides - you know what let's just

[4:27] turn on him this [ __ ] ara had come on day and you know something this yeah cell cardiod come on their food you know what I'm gonna have a heart-to-heart [Laughter] [Music]

[4:54] [Music] he decides to come on day and do a heart-to-heart little does he know mama D job turns on him and says if I think he's being a deviant and if he's gonna be a deviant we're gonna refute him reckon we're gonna turn on him and this is who he by the way yessir Bobby would never agree to come and have a dialogue with me I had asked

[5:31] him less ever done no no no I would never backstab any any of my guests I wouldn't do that not my style I mean I may ask him questions I may do that but I wouldn't backstab them you know I wouldn't kind of call him on press these questions and then say oh you know what he needs to be refuted so this is where you've got this statement by obviously Mohammadi job to gain his own popularity

[6:10] [Laughter] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Laughter] this is what has happened people this is

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment ATcN8aUo8oc/s/2. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/atcn8auo8oc/s/2/

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