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If the hijab has become sexualised, should scholars still push it?

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The sexualised hijab: should fatwas still push it?

LessonRecorded 2 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu LaythSegment 14 of 27 in the recording2021-02-02b-S14

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Mufti Abu Layth argues that since the hijab is now widely sexualised, fatwas should not keep pushing it, though people may wear it as culture.

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After chat banter, Mufti Abu Layth raises what he calls a discussion Muslims are not ready to have: that the hijab has become a highly sexualised fetish genre. He repeats that he does not believe the head covering is mandatory, but asks those who do whether, if the hijab was meant to desexualise, it should still be pushed when people who consume such material associate it with sex. Mufti says that today he would not call it a matter of modesty but a cultural dress, or for a growing fringe a fetish, and argues that under those circumstances fatwas should not push it, though people may still wear it as culture. Responding to the chat, he adds that its connotation of innocence and chastity makes it taboo, and taboos get sexualised, and that men drive this because they are mostly visual.

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Mufti Abu Layth says he would argue that, under these circumstances of sexualisation, the hijab should not still be pushed forward by fatwas.

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“So it's so in these circumstances should these things still be pushed forward by fatawa and you know the shar and I would argue that under those circumstances it shouldn't.”

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1:20:03

What is Hey, my patriarch is in Damascus. Who's your patriarch? [laughter] All right. So, Lebanon is beautiful. Lebanon is beautiful. I Yeah, I I mean I was in Damascus. Somebody said Mia Khalifa is from Lebanon.

1:20:27

[laughter] Well, well, that's good to know as well. [laughter] Right. So, yeah, people who've popularized the hijab, huh? [laughter] You know that's a discussion that people I I guess really we Muslims are not ready to have but a discussion is that you see the hijab has become a highly sexualized fetishized uh genre.

1:21:03

[laughter] You haramis don't act like you don't know. [laughter] [laughter] any the first person says catch him he go to his history [laughter] so I mean I wouldn't know if I hadn't read about it [laughter]

1:21:35

history delete delete [laughter] so But yeah, now it's interesting. That's a discussion people ain't prepared to have. But in [snorts] all honesty, you see this, it's a game changer because [laughter] game changer. It's a capernican moment. Capernicus. So you see because hijab and have become highly sexualized especially the hijab

1:22:13

in just pure as a pure sexual fetish. You see in these circumstances it would really pose the question that okay so if hijab was in essence to desexualize but in this day and age and I you know and these things [laughter] I mean it's just naive people like like us who don't know about them.

1:22:48

Where am I? Well, yeah. [laughter] Unlike us simple folks, but the rest of the world knows this, right? So, what you know, would you is it still something which should be pushed by those who say push it? Obviously, I don't believe the hijab is mandatory anyway, but and I've got a video on that, the hijab, what we're calling the the head covering.

1:23:15

But those who do believe that, what about this? Because this is I mean you could just play dumb. You could just put your head in the sand. But the truth is that it is highly I mean you know it's something that is it's not just like a few people. You you'll be surprised. So my sources tell me I hope they're not lying. I mean I don't know the what what this you know what's [laughter] it's it's what it's [laughter]

1:23:53

so uh but seriously that you see that that this is a conversation though that needs to be had that well is it still something of modesty I would say today it's not something of modesty I would say today it is just represent resents either a cultural. See, this is the irony. It represents a cultural dress. It represents culture or it can and it may be a a minority, but it's a growing minority, a fringe if you like.

1:24:23

It represents a sexual fetish. So, so now you're going to have these people who, for example, let's say they watch this kind of porn, sickos. lot of disgusting, despicable, despicable people. But you're going to get these people now when they go out and see normal women, regular women, let's say, I don't mean kind of not sexualized, just dressed normally.

1:24:54

That's just normal for them. But when they're going to see a woman with hijab, it's going to trigger a sexualized look towards that woman because they only see that kind of stuff or they see a lot of it. Sorry, not only but they see a lot of it only associated with a sexual fetish. So the mind, the brain would have that association. So it's so in these circumstances should these things still be pushed forward by fatawa and you know the shar and I would argue that under those circumstances it shouldn't.

1:25:34

So I mean it can obviously I mean if people want to still do it as part of the culture they can do it but there is this this understanding people need to be aware of that all the other you know when you're meeting Tommy Tom Tommy and and what they uh a lot of people they they they non-binary they are seeing uh that you see the mental associations H you naughty naughty hijab.

1:26:06

They're going to be like you teasing meal. [laughter] So people, this is a conversation that Muslim scholars are not prepared to have. But it's the truth, man. Hard truth, but I'm just being honest about it. [laughter] Ah, right. So, right. Somebody says, "Ah, par Paris is beautiful."

1:26:35

So surah, what's this guy on about? [laughter] See, some people in the comments are saying some Mhm. See, they they're giving their expression. Here's one person right there. Catch him. Catch him. [laughter] Right. So he's definitely one of those few million views. He's he's is one.

1:27:01

He's one. Right. So uh somebody said according to my research the hijab is sexy. And you see you can understand that because it's a kind of uh because it kind of has this connotation of innocence and it has this connotation of uh this kind of chastity.

1:27:25

um it does have that connotation obviously that's what it's there for but hence it's a taboo and taboss are what get sexualized so that's the that's the chaa giving you the the perspective right so zulfi says my super chat flat earth 101 Isaiah says for real flat Earth info.

1:27:54

Jesus is a flatearther. Chu with a motu says, "Mutty, can you put on a hijab? I want to see what you look like. [laughter] What? This what going on here? This one. Hijab on men fetish. [laughter] End the times any cuz end of times.

1:28:25

End of times cuz end of times let me see. Right. So Gali swearing to me on my chats.

1:28:48

Right. So ban visual adultery reinstate mutah could be. Right. So what else is going on people? What else? Any plans on coming to Bradford soon? Yeah. Wouldn't mind. But lockdown lockdown. Mui g take your [ __ ] [laughter] scandal.

1:29:13

You know this one. These people, these people are trying to get me done over. This is where, you know. Mhm. What about a fetish for men in burkas instead? You see, but it doesn't work as much the other way because you see it's [snorts] men who drive a lot of these things because they're cuz for men for the most part, it's always visual.

1:29:40

Muy misses my super chat. Let's find this guy's super chat. Yeah. How would you respond? No, I've done that. Uh, gateway. I've done that. Roses are red. Thank you for doing these streams. Miy, what justice between wives means? Does it mean equal sex or just material things?

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Mufti Abu Layth. (2021, February 2). If the hijab has become sexualised, should scholars still push it? [Video, segment 2021-02-02b-S14, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/s/14/
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  date = {2021-02-02},
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  organization = {Mufti Abu Layth Archive},
  urldate = {2026-11-01},
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