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Do Shia scholars treat ordinary people better than Salafi scholars do?

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Do Shia scholars approach people better than Salafis? Views on Ammar Nakshawani

QuestionLive chat · questioner not identifiedAnswered 5 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Segment 29 of 35 in the recording2021-01-05-S29

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The problem lies in the extremes of both; from the few clips he has seen he cannot promote Ammar Nakshawani, though he may be wrong.

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A chat comment says many Shia scholars have a better approach to the common person than many Salafis; Mufti Abu Layth says possibly, but the problem is the extremes, and anyone speaking about humanity has more power to them. Told to watch Ammar Nakshawani, he says he has watched only a few clips: one an academic presentation on the companions that was decent, others in which he was insulting and took digs at Aisha. His impression is that Nakshawani is like a Salafi version of the Shia, though he could be wrong and some say these were old videos he has moved on from, so he cannot promote him.

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A lot of Shia scholars have a better approach to the common person than lots of Salafis.

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So um and and and Jesus was never sent to the Arabs. So Jesus was sent to the Israelites. So just to be uh we don't um we don't believe that prophets one prophet was sent to there were there may have been multiple prophets. We don't know. Allah says that there were many prophets.

We did not tell you about them. Right? So uh Dervish says a lot of Shia scholars have a better approach to the common person than lots of selfies. Possibly I I mean I I look I'm not I just feel that the problem is the extreme ends what's in the middle.

Alhamdulillah anybody who is speaking about humanity you know more power to you. Okay. Right. Uh, somebody said, "Watch Nakshawani's video." I'm not, you see, the thing is I I have watched one or two of Amar Nakshwani's videos. I don't know where he exactly lies in the You see, because I get the impression he's not from the moderate kind of Shia, but then I could be wrong.

Maybe he is because I I have seen one two of his clips where he's you know he's not very he's not being very nice and that towards the Sunnis and being quite disrespectful and rude and so I my impression is he's like from the Salafi version of the Shia but I could be maybe he's changed over the day and age. So,

right. Um, let's take let's take a look at some Facebook questions and I know quite a few people. Yeah, somebody said Nakshwani is poison. Okay. Yeah, possibly. So, I've not I've only watched a few of his clips. The the the few that I have watched, one has been okay. he was explaining something about um the Sahaba and he was giving an academic presentation which was decent.

Um but the other clips of his that I've seen where he's insulting and he's doing in you know taking digs at Aisha and doing stuff like so I don't know but then some people have said oh these were old videos of his and he's kind of backtracked now but I don't I don't know. So I don't want to really I can't promote him because from what I've seen of him he's not uh Miy what is your as you are

what is this is what people after me will say you know [Laughter] you know as in in the books of the Sufi the the ones the Selfies have released dissing them they say and from his kama is that he would give the naked I'm not making this up honestly they're obviously taking a dig at the book of the Sufia whatever it is uh or the olia that they say look in here look at the

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Mufti Abu Layth. (2021, January 5). Do Shia scholars treat ordinary people better than Salafi scholars do? [Video, segment 2021-01-05-S29, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eo90sv4jvho/s/29/

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Mufti Abu Layth. 2021. "Do Shia scholars treat ordinary people better than Salafi scholars do?" Video, segment 2021-01-05-S29, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Recorded January 5, 2021. Accessed November 1, 2026. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eo90sv4jvho/s/29/

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  author = {Mufti Abu Layth},
  title = {{Do Shia scholars treat ordinary people better than Salafi scholars do?}},
  year = {2021},
  month = {1},
  date = {2021-01-05},
  howpublished = {\url{https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eo90sv4jvho/s/29/}},
  url = {https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eo90sv4jvho/s/29/},
  organization = {Mufti Abu Layth Archive},
  urldate = {2026-11-01},
  note = {Segment 2021-01-05-S29, auto-transcribed, may contain errors}
}

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