# Will there be a discussion with someone from Hizb ut-Tahrir?

*A request to talk with a Hizb ut-Tahrir figure*

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr4-gh0qez4/s/16/
- Date: 2020-08-04 · Kind: question · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth #176 *Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted!* 🤣 (1:23:35–1:24:29)
- Status: general teaching
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR4-gh0qEZ4&t=5015s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr4-gh0qez4/

**Topics:** Extremism, crime and justice; Views on contemporary scholars

**Question as asked:** Hizb ut-Tahrir has grown rapidly in my country; will you contact one of its figures for a discussion?

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Mufti Abu Layth says he does not respect Hizb ut-Tahrir but respects one of its members personally and will reach out for a discussion.

**Checked position (checked by two independent reviews, not by the channel):** Mufti Abu Layth says he does not respect HT at all and thinks they are a cancer in this ummah.

**Evidence, his words at 1:23:35:** “Yeah, sure. I mean, I'm, you know, I don't respect his at all. I think they are a cancer in this ummah.” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR4-gh0qEZ4&t=5015s)

## Longer summary

A viewer asks Mufti Abu Layth to contact a figure from HT (Hizb ut-Tahrir [?]), saying the group has grown rapidly in their country. Mufti says he does not respect the group at all and thinks they are a cancer in the ummah, but that he respects this particular member as a person, describing him as hospitable and kind, and says he will reach out to him for a discussion.

## Sources and names cited

- Hizb ut-Tahrir

## Transcript (machine tier, 1:23:35–1:24:29)

[1:22:57] But this is the attitude unfortunately you know may Allah make things easy. I mean and there were one or two other occasions where we found out and say that you know because this guy I mean this this particular kid I mean he was a British kid and somebody you know some wrongan had you know tried it on with him and everything and so he came to us told us so we did we had to have some nice words with that person and you know, but this is this is the

[1:23:34] problem, you know. So, yeah, but yeah, ch [laughter] I I digress. I digress. Let's get back to Isaka sent a super chat. Please contact Daji HT in my country has grown rapidly. Yeah, sure. I mean, I'm, you know, I don't respect his at all. I think they are a cancer in this ummah.

[1:24:01] But I as a person I do respect Mustafa uh Taji. He's like what the only HT person that I know that I have on a p as a person I have respect for otherwise the others I don't respect them at all and I do have respect for him as a person. He has a great personality, very hospitable, very friendly, very kind of he's always shown me as a person so much love.

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment TR4-gh0qEZ4/s/16. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr4-gh0qez4/s/16/

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