# Give glad tidings, make things easy: the hadith behind his approach; do not intimidate - URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/nhzyu3bkbwe/s/27/ - Date: 2018-03-13 · Kind: lesson · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: PRELUDE: Why There Is NO 2nd Coming Of Jesus (as) In Islam- Mufti Abu Layth (1:43:54–1:47:50) - Status: general teaching - Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHzYu3BKBWE&t=6234s - Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/nhzyu3bkbwe/ **Topics:** Character and virtue; Sects, sectarianism and takfir; Individual hadith explained **Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** The Prophet's instruction to give glad tidings and make things easy is the pillar of Mufti Abu Layth's approach; intimidating people into beliefs contradicts it, and learning Islam for oneself is what kept him in it. **Checked position (checked by two independent reviews, not by the channel):** Mufti Abu Layth says the Prophet's instruction to give glad tidings and make things easy is the pillar of his understanding of Islam, and that intimidating people into beliefs contradicts the Prophet's way and Imam Malik's. **Evidence, his words at 1:44:53:** “this hadith that I learned I must have been seventeen i memorize that hadith that became the backdrop and the kind of pillar upon which my understanding of Islam has been” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHzYu3BKBWE&t=6293s) ## Longer summary Mufti Abu Layth quotes the hadith, in Bukhari and Muslim from Anas, that hung on his teacher's wall: bashshiru wa la tunaffiru, yassiru wa la tu'assiru, give glad tidings and do not scare people away, make things easy and do not make them difficult. He says he memorised it at about seventeen and it became the backdrop and pillar of his understanding of Islam. Against this he sets the current attempt to brand him a kafir and apostate over a disagreement, saying the Prophet did not intimidate people into beliefs, and cites Imam Malik's reply when asked whether he argued about the Sunnah: tell the person what you understand and leave it. He recites the verse praising God who guided us, for we would not have been guided otherwise, and says that if God had not enabled him to understand Islam for himself he fears today's clergy would have made him an atheist; he has love for many who serve the religion but says its sectarian, controlling aspect has destroyed it, recalling the verse about taking rabbis and monks as lords besides God. ## Sources and names cited - report: bashshiru wa la tunaffiru yassiru wa la tuassiru - Imam Malik - Quran 7:43: https://quran.com/7/43 - Quran 9:31: https://quran.com/9/31 ## Transcript (machine tier, 1:43:54–1:47:50) [1:43:38] go to his house I just go to his home he's to teach me basic aerobrake used to teach me basic things talk to me about talk to me about the Maliki method talk to me about these things and to put me up either he used to have this hadith written in this beautiful calligraphy on his wall right which said which societies from Bihari and Muslim is transmitted by an estradiol Aman and this hadith wallahi has become became the backdrop to my entire understanding of Islam so if you can take one thing away I would say take this happy and that is it's a sign with tough upon I'll [1:44:17] a Hadi and the hadith is that the Prophet said Bashir ooh why light on a pharaoh he said give people glad tidings welcome them welcome people to this message of us to this Deen do not scare them away do not scare people away but Shirou well that enough evil do not scare them away yes Cyril will add to us he'll make things easy for people the prophet of Allah said this make things easy for [1:44:53] people what I said do not make the Deen difficult for them this hadith that I learned I must have been seventeen i memorize that hadith that became the backdrop and the kind of pillar upon which my understanding of Islam has been based this today this attempt that because we disagree on a must allowed to share all these videos that this guy is a car filled this guy is a MOOC today he is out of Islam who you know anybody who intimidating people to believe things the Prophet won't intimidate you to [1:45:32] believe something tell people some Imam Malik was asked do you argue about the son nah he's a glad he said you you know he said I've bet on huh and then leave it just tell the person what you understand from this oh nothing leave it to him don't hug you with them don't kind of like don't and what that is arguing what do you think about this like trying to intimidate people these you know this this in tip like the moment you question something and people get scared they they want to choke you out of this they want to check you out of orthodoxy they want to check you out of all of these things I tell you what lucky I've told this to people you know the verse [1:46:10] of the Quran that hamdulillah the Adhan Ali Hodja that all praise be to Allah who guided us who guided me to this understanding of Islam well Ola if Allah that we would not have been guided if Allah did not guide us to this thing and the reason I say this is that I was la he I'm being honest that if Allah did not guide me to this understanding of Islam to be able to understand Islam for myself the clergy that we have today I fear that I would have seriously I would have been an atheist today if it wasn't for these [1:46:50] people if it wasn't for the fact that Allah allowed me to learn for myself you know they won't have to chuck me out of Islam I would have long left Islam but that Allah gave me the ability to read is found for myself to not be dependent on these people you know they this movies the mullahs the these people seriously the the things that they've done to this thing and they are all great people amongst them and I have love and admiration you know it's not you know someone compared for many of the people that have served this theme but the sectarian control-freak totalitarian aspect towards this Deen [1:47:30] has destroyed it and this is when a law said latter taki do you know do not take the Rathbun and the abbe are these priests and these people has God other than Allah so this is something I it's just that I saw so many people come out say so many things and I was kind of disappointed in the scholarship that we have that Wow why not just you know people reach out say look you know Mufti okay if they don't want to consider me a move till a you know what it is is that look you've got this discussion this issue why don't we talk about this why ## Cite Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment NHzYu3BKBWE/s/27. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/nhzyu3bkbwe/s/27/ Not a fatwa: these answers were given to specific people at specific times. 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