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

*Is the Prophet Shu'ayb the biblical Jethro?*

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eokcnwggiba/s/11/
- Date: 2021-01-26 · Kind: question · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #199 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (45:11–46:28)
- Status: general teaching
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoKcNwGGIBA&t=2711s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eokcnwggiba/

**Topics:** Moses; The ancient Near East and scripture

**Question as asked:** Is the Prophet Shu'ayb Jethro?

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** 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.

## Longer summary

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.

## Sources and names cited

- Shu'ayb
- Jethro (biblical)
- Musa (Moses)

## Transcript (machine tier, 45:11–46:28)

[44:31] 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

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment eoKcNwGGIBA/s/11. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eokcnwggiba/s/11/

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