# Reply to Shadee Elmasry and Hamza Maqbool: 'probably an apostate'

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/nhzyu3bkbwe/s/33/
- 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 (2:03:34–2:06:11)
- Status: general teaching
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHzYu3BKBWE&t=7414s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/nhzyu3bkbwe/

**Topics:** Responses to critics; Sects, sectarianism and takfir; Views on contemporary scholars

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Mufti Abu Layth rejects being called a probable apostate: no one can expel him from Islam by pressure, and declaring people kafir over this shows a god complex.

## Longer summary

Mufti Abu Layth says Shadee Elmasry called him a probable kafir and a probable apostate, which he mocks with a Carlsberg 'probably' joke. He says he will not be choked out of Islam by pressure, quoting an Urdu verse of Akbar Allahabadi, and tells such scholars that this is not their father's religion to expel people from. He calls the attitude a god complex and says the audacity of people sitting on a divine throne throwing others out of Islam surprises him, and that his being on this faith is by God's grace, not theirs. He adds that Shaykh Hamza Maqbool recently said the same, that this is kufr, and that he is disappointed in him too.

## Sources and names cited

- Shadee Elmasry
- Hamza Maqbool
- takfir

## Transcript (machine tier, 2:03:34–2:06:11)

[2:03:03] there is to say look people this is a discussion within Islam and the more you keep lying the more you're gonna fall flat on your face because the more you keep saying this is clearly proven in the Quran and nobody disagreed with this people are gonna start finding out they did disagree with this and this isn't proven in the Quran and Sunnah you know I heard chef this a few scholars now Sheikh Hamza bull chef shaadi al Masri you know apart from the fact that chef shaadi atmosphere I'm just arson I am very I mean some of these scholars look what it is I'm very disappointed in their approach really because these

[2:03:42] people outright called me a kaffir they said ok probable kafir they said he's probably a cow field probably the best log in the world huh Carlsberg what he should have done is finished that talk of his by saying sponsored by Carlsberg probably he said this guy's probably an apostate [Laughter] this ain't your dad's Dean mate you understand in the words of Akbar Allah

[2:04:17] body Johan cometa sake was the money madam me those that can eradicate me from Islam Zamani madam named who the hamsa is a mana is a mana say honey you can't choke me out of Islam Zula golly Oh put all the pressure you want you understand that pressure will come will help you in your own helping you need to go to the bathroom mate it's not gonna help you hear this you can't be saying your dad's need you're chucking out the

[2:04:57] Dean right I'm here and I'm here to stay so tough apostate huh subhanAllah god complex sit down think they're on some divine throne chucking people out of Islam shame on you this is how you speak to other people but you could throw them out of Islam you know seriously I I tell you the audacity of these people surprises me my life and I'm serious in that sense Johan cometa Sergei was a

[2:05:35] man named Adam II could hum say he's a man Zamani say honey it's okay so keep Mark these words that this I don't care about all of you can get together and put all the pressure you want this world know you ain't gonna eradicate me from Islam like that this is by the grace of God that we are on this face okay nothing to do with you so anyway but this him and Cher hums a mothball they both kind of made recently some hunter Maqbool once again I'm disappointed he said the same thing

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment NHzYu3BKBWE/s/33. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/nhzyu3bkbwe/s/33/

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