Early version. Transcripts and tags are labelled by accuracy tier. A position is shown only after two independent reviews have found it in his own words.
Mufti Abu Layth ArchiveBeta
Subscribe on YouTube Support on Patreon

Recordings › Reply to Mufti Abdurrahman Ibn Yusuf on Ear Piercing | Mufti Abu Layth · 10 Mar 2021 › Segment 1 of 2

machine

Reply to Mufti Mangera on ear piercing: who defines normal and decent?

muftis mubah mubaah shaykh shaikh sheik shuyukh shaykhs

DiscussionRecorded 10 Mar 2021Segment 1 of 2 in the recording2021-03-10b-S01

Includes guest speechQuoted view · not his position
Play from 0:00 The video loads from YouTube only when you press play. Click a time in the transcript to seek.

Watch this part

Open on YouTube at 0:00

The player starts at 0:00, the beginning of this part.

This segment0:00 to 3:40 · 3 min 40 sA view quoted in order to be discussed, not a position held

What this part covers

machinesummary, machine-written

A played clip of Mufti Mangera allowing one or two ear piercings as 'normal' among decent people but not higher ones, which Mufti Abu Layth mocks for leaving undefined who decides what is normal.

In more detail

Mufti Abu Layth plays a clip in which Mufti Abdur-Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera answers a question on the limits of ear piercing, pausing it repeatedly to comment. In the clip the mufti says it is permissible to pierce any part of the body considered acceptable among decent people, that one or two piercings at the bottom of the ear are normal, that piercing higher up becomes abnormal, and that piercing the nose is fine because many Muslim cultures accept it. Mufti mocks the reasoning, asking who is defining normality and whether indecency is not usually about nudity. The clip then gives manipulation of the body as the reason other piercings are impermissible, which Mufti also questions.

  • Low audio confidence in the transcript

Position stated

This segment presents a view in order to discuss or respond to it. It is recorded as quoted, never as held, and no position is attributed from it.

Kind: a view quoted in order to be discussed, not a position held Speakers: host and guest; guest speech is labelled and excluded from positions

Transcript

machine0:00 to 3:40 · click a time to seek · dotted terms open the glossary

A guest speaks in this segment. Guest speech is labelled and is excluded from the positions layer.

This segment states a view in order to discuss it. It is recorded as a quoted view, not as a position held.

0:00

we've got mufti abdul rahman ibn yusuf al-mangera speaking people on piercing ear piercings ear piecing in [Music] what are the limits for ear piercing can you pierce the top of your ear or is it just the bottom and what is the reason for not piercing any other part of the body

0:37

for example the ears and the nose etc it's permissible to pierce any part of the the body that is considered to be acceptable among decent people as are your decency ah people some of you have just noticed i've also figured out how to use the stop button on this

1:05

i just figured this out today ali we learn people we live we learn so we are seeing the amazing sheikh pouring the gems and anything that people seem decent not decent this one what the decent let's let's hear people it's a source of adornment for women sorry teasing you people i now know the function i know the function so for example pay attention people must be saying if you are piercing the ears which means that if you're piercing one or two at

1:44

the bottom that's considered to be you're piercing the bottom the bottom the ear bottom listen properly to move this up quite normal one or two quite normal is kind of acceptable to a certain degree but to pierce up and above then that gets a bit abnormal for more [Laughter] i want this up so one or two is normal and you pierce above it becomes abnormal

2:15

i love to see who's defining normality here is sitting there saying that's abnormal most people most people don't do that right mostly that would become problematic like a cha cha cha cha and we're thinking things like colon can say is problematic piercing the nose is fine it's fine find this one people fine because again you have many muslim cultures which allow that and it's considered to be quite normal and not indecent [Laughter]

2:56

isn't indecent usually to do with being nude i mean it's not indecent people it's not indecent reason why it's not permissible to go around piercing every part of your body is because that's why manipulating your body in a ah manipulating your body your body

Paragraphs overlapping 0:00 to 3:40. Full text on the recording page.

Cite this segment

Stable id, transcript version and tier are part of the citation. Every change to a transcript is logged.

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment 2021-03-10b-S01, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/jp-vz7g-uw0/s/1/ (accessed 1 November 2026)

APA 7 
Mufti Abu Layth. (2021, March 10). Reply to Mufti Mangera on ear piercing: who defines normal and decent? [Video, segment 2021-03-10b-S01, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/jp-vz7g-uw0/s/1/
Chicago author-date 
Mufti Abu Layth. 2021. "Reply to Mufti Mangera on ear piercing: who defines normal and decent?" Video, segment 2021-03-10b-S01, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Recorded March 10, 2021. Accessed November 1, 2026. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/jp-vz7g-uw0/s/1/
BibTeX 
@misc{abulayth-2021-03-10b-S01,
  author = {Mufti Abu Layth},
  title = {{Reply to Mufti Mangera on ear piercing: who defines normal and decent?}},
  year = {2021},
  month = {3},
  date = {2021-03-10},
  howpublished = {\url{https://muftiabulayth.org/r/jp-vz7g-uw0/s/1/}},
  url = {https://muftiabulayth.org/r/jp-vz7g-uw0/s/1/},
  organization = {Mufti Abu Layth Archive},
  urldate = {2026-11-01},
  note = {Segment 2021-03-10b-S01, auto-transcribed, may contain errors}
}
Something wrong here?

Tell us what is wrong and it will be checked against the recording. Nothing changes until a person has reviewed it.

Sending a note needs JavaScript, which is off or unavailable in this browser. Nothing has been sent.

No name, email address or account is asked for or stored, and the inbox does not store your IP address. For rate limiting it keeps an unreadable fingerprint of your connection for 48 hours, and our database provider's own logs record connections as every website's do. Only your note, its kind, the page and the moment in the recording are kept, for review.