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Is Prophet Shu'ayb the same as Jethro in the Bible?

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Is the Prophet Shu'ayb the biblical Jethro?

QuestionLive chat · questioner not identifiedAnswered 26 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu LaythSegment 11 of 36 in the recording2021-01-26b-S11

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At face value they seem to be the same person, since Moses goes to the priest of Midian in both accounts, but he says he has not researched it.

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Asked whether the Prophet Shu'ayb is Jethro, Mufti Abu Layth says he is not completely sure: the assumption is made because the high priest of Midian to whom Moses goes in the Bible is called Jethro. He says he has not had an interest in researching the overlap and differences between the two figures, that at face value they seem to be the same person, and that he can try to look into it.

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Is the Prophet Shu'ayb Jethro?

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you see things when they made haram they made haram for a reason that reason if it disappears the ruling disappears whereas things being halal are not halal foreign and everything on earth by default is always halal until proven haram so you see when it says about why do you prohibit something which is so securely based in in the law of defaults as halal that too not that you believe in it but just

45:08

in an attempt to console so that's the kind of lesson in that verse but i think that's a good a very good question multi you missed my super chat i meant large uh i'm trying to get to it let me see is is prophet shaib jethro now i'm not sure if

45:35

if he is obviously 100 but what they tend to say is that the the priest the high priest of midian that moses goes to in the bible is referred to as jethro and so the assumption is jethro right are there any you know demarcating factors as well or just i haven't looked into it like that i've not to be honest i've not had an interest um you know nothing's kind of piqued my interest to to kind of research into the the

46:14

similarities the overlap and distinction between the character of jethro in the bible with moses and tribe both face value they seem to be the same person that is being spoken of um but i can try and look into that i've not really looked into it nothing's really intrigued me about it previously jeredy ah jerry d people what this one the jar with a small d [Laughter] right so is the hadith says the prophet said anything that intoxicates in small amount is haram authentic because

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Mufti Abu Layth. (2021, January 26). Is Prophet Shu'ayb the same as Jethro in the Bible? [Video, segment 2021-01-26b-S11, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eokcnwggiba/s/11/
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Mufti Abu Layth. 2021. "Is Prophet Shu'ayb the same as Jethro in the Bible?" Video, segment 2021-01-26b-S11, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Recorded January 26, 2021. Accessed November 1, 2026. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eokcnwggiba/s/11/
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  author = {Mufti Abu Layth},
  title = {{Is Prophet Shu'ayb the same as Jethro in the Bible?}},
  year = {2021},
  month = {1},
  date = {2021-01-26},
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  url = {https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eokcnwggiba/s/11/},
  organization = {Mufti Abu Layth Archive},
  urldate = {2026-11-01},
  note = {Segment 2021-01-26b-S11, auto-transcribed, may contain errors}
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