# What does he think will happen to Yasir Qadhi and Mohammed Hijab after this controversy?

*Closing: Qadhi's crisis, a prediction about Hijab, and doing things his own way*

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/atcn8auo8oc/s/5/
- Date: 2020-06-17 · Kind: lesson · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: On Shaykh Yasir Qadhi "How not to do controversy!" | Mufti Abu Layth (16:48–19:09)
- Status: general teaching
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATcN8aUo8oc&t=1008s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/atcn8auo8oc/

**Topics:** Exchanges with Yasir Qadhi; The Mufti and the channel; Dawah and debate culture

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Mufti Abu Layth predicts Qadhi must choose between owning his view and losing followers, and that Hijab will face a similar crisis within a decade because their claimed certainties are unsustainable. He says he is glad he never pandered to a crowd that would turn on him.

## Longer summary

Mufti Abu Layth says he covered the dynamic nature of the Quran earlier in the session, before this part, so that viewers already had the background. He declines a viewer's suggestion to apply a label to Qadhi, saying only that his behaviour was poor. He predicts that Qadhi has only gone further into his crisis, since he must now choose between owning his view and losing much of the following he panders to, and pretending otherwise. He says he believes Mohammed Hijab, being younger, will crumble under a similar crisis within a decade, because these people began from a plateau of claimed certainties that is not sustainable and that maturity erodes. Wrapping up, he says he is glad he did things his own way: if his opinions change they change, people know who he is, and he is not pandering to a 'Frankenstein crowd' that would then turn on him.

## Sources and names cited

- Yasir Qadhi
- Mohammed Hijab

## Transcript (machine tier, 16:48–19:09)

[16:38] [Music] gianna be not ill kg/hr this is how cuz it's not right now it's living without a heart but yeah so that's that's what happens people that's what happens so yeah so I had to cover that part and I hope the and but before I went into it I wanted to cover the topic beforehand of the dynamic nature of the Quran so people already know that somebody said yes earth are the Eagles no I'm not

[17:16] saying I know say that yeah I say his behavior is like it's true though his behavior was a bit you know and mark my words you know something he has only gone further down in his crisis because he will now have to choose does he remain true to himself like does he own this or does he now have to pretend and he will lose so many more funds and so much more of a following that he's pandering to Muhammad hijab I actually believe in because he's younger gave him

[17:54] a decade I feel he too will will crumble under a similar crisis because these people they've began you see they began their journey on from this kind of plateau that that isn't sustainable you know with all these certainties that they claim that just ain't they and with maturity that will kind of crumble but yeah guys I hope that's been of some help people let's let's wrap

[18:34] this up he can step down now I'm sure he can but you know he's gonna lose it all isn't he this is why I was saying that I'm so glad hamdulillah that I did things my way you know like at the end of the day if my opinions change they change people know that's who I am they don't need to accept me but I'm not pandering or sucking up to a kind of Frankenstein crowd who you know will then turn on me

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment ATcN8aUo8oc/s/5. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/atcn8auo8oc/s/5/

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