# Introduction: the critic's video and the charges it makes - URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/r7s1dcclcwu/s/1/ - Date: 2018-01-02 · Kind: other · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Reply to Abu Ibraheem (Salafi)- By Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki (0:00–3:56) - Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7s1DcClcwU&t=0s - Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/r7s1dcclcwu/ **Topics:** Responses to critics **Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Mufti Abu Layth sets out who the critic is and the critic's charges against him before replying to them point by point. ## Longer summary Mufti Abu Layth introduces a video by a Salafi speaker from his own city, known online as an exorcist, titled 'Should we follow Mufti Abu Layth', which several people sent him and which he says he watched in full because it was dedicated to him. He describes the tone: the critic called him a clown and a joker and said he has no knowledge, but otherwise addressed him as Mufti and avoided personal attacks, for which Mufti gives him credit. He reports the critic's method of playing clips from the Monday night live sessions and refuting them, and the critic's summary charges: that Mufti is a deviant who admits to being a shaytan, misguides people, and reaffirms their whims and desires through reason, science and by finding some opinion within Islam to justify what they want. Mufti jokes that the remark about his large following flattered his ego, then announces he will go through some of what was said. ## Sources and names cited - Abu Ibraheem Husnayn ## Transcript (machine tier, 0:00–3:56) [0:00] so a Salafi and known Salafi as in these is on YouTube known it cool refers to himself as I think The Exorcist so he's has something called diaries of an exorcist and his name is abu hast name I mean he's from Birmingham City from where I'm from and he's done this video so a few people sent it to me so I watched this video and it's the videos titled should we follow should we follow nifty Abu layth I thought nice could it be that this is a genuine [0:38] question about following me good and and then I slapped myself back into my senses and thought hell no of course not so I watch this i watch this video it's about an hour long right it's dedicated to me so I thought come on I owe him that much to at least watch a video dedicated to me [Laughter] so let's take so he goes through the clip and he says that look should we follow Mufti Abu Lane move T [1:17] he puts it in speech marks but I'm going to be fair let's be fair right he was an overall rude overall there were some digs that he made at me he referred to me acting like a clown or being a clown or a joker or things like this and and he made a statement like he has no knowledge okay which which I kind of I thought okay if you say so share Oh Stan I lamented there her surprise puppy who also if you say so so I thought that was a [1:56] dig but generally throughout his whole thing he did refer to me as Mufti and he didn't generally insult me or go for personal attacks so I give him credit for maintaining that kind of some-some sense of decency in in addressing me so okay so um rocky this Rocky's Exorcist a bow has name right now so he begins this thing by telling people he plays clips from my Monday [2:34] night with multi and then refutes them and he says that this guy is an absolute deviant I'm an absolute deviant and I'm a Shaitaan like I myself admit to being a Shaitaan and he says that he is just miss guiding people all he does is he reaffirms their whims and desires based on two things based on reason and based on science so he says that these two things and then sorry a third thing he finds some opinion within Islam to justify their [3:11] wishes for them so he says these three things are what this guy does and then he said that he has a big following I was like really I gotta say that pot played well into my ego while I people I would lie and act all humble but lying is Haram so he massaged my ego a little bit me I was like you know tea no tea you teasing me nothing so let's take a look at some of what he [3:48] said yeah so he begins by saying that look his beliefs are completely deviant and he called to a topic that I've discussed a question I've been asked in the past and the question is is the Quran created uncreated and I said that this the whole discussion is absurd which I stand by today and I say it's absurd so he he then pauses this and no sorry and in the clip I say that look there's been a difference of opinion people this discussion has no meaningful ## Cite Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment R7s1DcClcwU/s/1. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/r7s1dcclcwu/s/1/ Not a fatwa: these answers were given to specific people at specific times. Ask a qualified scholar about your own situation.