# Mufti Abu Layth's chat round: Sunni and Maliki, beards and quick answers

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/w6tqwuuumcg/s/10/
- Date: 2020-10-27 · Kind: other · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #188 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (1:10:06–1:12:12)
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6TqWuUumCg&t=4206s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/w6tqwuuumcg/

**Topics:** The Mufti and the channel; Beard, moustache and hair

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Quick answers: Mufti Abu Layth says he is Sunni and Maliki, and that the din is not in the beard.

## Longer summary

Asked whether he is Sunni, Shia, Sufi or Salafi, Mufti Abu Layth says he is Sunni and Maliki. To a comment that the beard is in the din, Mufti replies that the din is not in the beard. He points a question about being gay to his video on the diverse history of homosexuality in Islam, jokes about a super chat asking how he met his wife, and says he is not sure who one person a viewer wants on Mind Trap is.

## Sources and names cited

- Sunni
- Maliki

## Transcript (machine tier, 1:10:06–1:12:12)

[1:10:05] So, Le is a Sunni, Shia, Sufi, Salafi. I'm Sunni. Of course, I'm Sunni. Yeah, I'm Sunni. I Sunni. I'm Sunni. I'm Maliki. Um, that's it really. [snorts] Somebody said Muy drink something cold. Look, I've got my Hi. Hi. H highi h highi

[1:10:33] muy. The beard is in the dean. The dean is not in the beard. Hell no. Um, I think that look this uh somebody asked about gay and being gay and stuff like I've got a whole video uh on that speaking about the diverse history. I think it's called homosexuality and Islam a diverse history.

[1:11:00] I think it's called something like that. The videos you can check it out on YouTube. Uh, Mui, don't forget my super chat. I asked, "How did you meet Mrs. Le [laughter] you naughty naughty?" Ah, I've met so many by now. I [laughter] It's difficult.

[1:11:26] [laughter] If only I had the memory of Imam Bkari. [laughter] I'll have to write my memoirs of a Mui someday. But it can't be released whilst I'm alive. [laughter] What's going on? What's going on? Uh, did get Hamza Abdul Malik on Minecraft?

[1:11:49] Hamza Abdul Malik. Who's Hamza Abdul Malik? [snorts] [laughter] Not sure I got that one. Uh, hula hoops.

[1:12:11] Hula loops. That's it. [laughter] Imagine on judgment day Allah says, "Okay, we're going to begin with the beards. [laughter] All these haramies, bring them here. [laughter] We're like, oops, guys. I think we kind of got that one wrong.

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment w6TqWuUumCg/s/10. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/w6tqwuuumcg/s/10/

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