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Recordings › Monday Nights with Mufti #188 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth · 27 Oct 2020 › Segment 20 of 33

Would you debate a Salafi scholar?

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Mufti Abu Layth's open debate challenge to Salafi scholars

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Mufti Abu Layth challenges any Salafi scholar to debate him and prove a practice they call obligatory from the Quran or sunnah alone.

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Asked whether he will debate any Salafi scholars, Mufti Abu Layth issues an open challenge to any learned Salafi to come on Mind Trap. He says he wants them to prove something they preach as obligatory from the Quran or clear sunnah alone, but the key word is lost in the captions. Mufti says he guarantees none of them can, recalls a Medina graduate who came to debate him and was left speechless, and says he could swear by Allah that they will not be able to prove it.

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You know, we need to distinguish. [laughter] So let's move on. Will Mui Abu debate any Salafi scholars? Bring any Salafi scholars to debate me. I will debate any Salafi scholar on their There you go. Open challenge. Open challenge. Challenge. I give the challenge.

Uh and if they want to just come on my mind trap, anybody who upholds the and is learned in it, I give them the challenge. They can come on my mind trap. I will openly I will leave them speechless. [laughter] Hi this one. They'll forget their they'll be like I I just want them to come and prove their to be valid from only the Quran.

Remember the condition Quran just just only only I guarantee you none of them can do it. None of them can do it. I've got that much confidence in it. They can put all their minds together, have one spokesperson. You know, I had this guy turn up once, a Medina graduate, and we had this meet up and he came to debate me.

Oh, he was left speechless. He literally couldn't speak like he was [laughter] like naughty naughty. Right. So they won't debate me on these things. Muti is my favorite Muslim. Gio Gio, right? So I love the confidence. The confidence is well placed.

I guarantee they won't be able to prove their from the Quran was sunnah. Quran was only okay. Nothing else. I don't want no dada's quotes. I want just the Quran ornah. You prove your to be valid, right? As you as you preach it to be a must. I'll debate you on it. Jo, right?

You won't be able to do it. I guarantee it. I can to that extent that I can swear by Allah they will not be able to. Not I mean not conclusive not I don't mean they'll just say oh look this means this and no no no clear clearnah or sunnah clearly not a single they won't be able to prove it you know the way they have the right they'll go to the school of medina jalain is one of and ali yep that's correct I'm not sure if that was the question Daniel Ramirez as you're doing

it. Who are the are the Arabs as it's understood in the time of the prophet? Can you provide some context in light of the verb uh in light of the verse that is found in surah Toba verse 97? right now. Let's [clears throat] see. We've got verse 97.

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Mufti Abu Layth. (2020, October 27). Would you debate a Salafi scholar? [Video, segment 2020-10-27-S20, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/w6tqwuuumcg/s/20/

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Mufti Abu Layth. 2020. "Would you debate a Salafi scholar?" Video, segment 2020-10-27-S20, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Recorded October 27, 2020. Accessed November 1, 2026. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/w6tqwuuumcg/s/20/

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  author = {Mufti Abu Layth},
  title = {{Would you debate a Salafi scholar?}},
  year = {2020},
  month = {10},
  date = {2020-10-27},
  howpublished = {\url{https://muftiabulayth.org/r/w6tqwuuumcg/s/20/}},
  url = {https://muftiabulayth.org/r/w6tqwuuumcg/s/20/},
  organization = {Mufti Abu Layth Archive},
  urldate = {2026-11-01},
  note = {Segment 2020-10-27-S20, auto-transcribed, may contain errors}
}

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