# What did the leak of Yasir Qadhi's emails on the Quran's preservation lead to?

*The fallout: a fitna of doubt and apostasy, and what makes an academic*

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/wdd_gyzi9dg/s/4/
- Date: 2020-08-19 · Kind: lesson · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Farid Gangu Teli leaking Yasir Qadhi's emails | Mufti Abu Layth (8:46–11:53)
- Status: general teaching
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDD_GyzI9Dg&t=526s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/wdd_gyzi9dg/

**Topics:** Dawah and debate culture; Preservation and variant readings; Views on contemporary scholars

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** The leak of Yasir Qadhi's emails set off a fitna in which people doubted or left Islam, and Yasir Qadhi's own explanation made it worse. Being clever and well-read does not make someone an academic.

## Longer summary

Mufti Abu Layth reflects on the fitna and drama that followed: Yasir Qadhi dug such a deep hole that a portion of the ummah drowned, with reports of people apostatising and having doubts about Islam, and he says he would never have thought the person behind it was Farid. He asks what Farid was trying to achieve by exposing emails in order to save the ummah, and disputes the description of Abdul Rahman Hassan as one of the UK's best academics, saying that being clever and reading books does not make a person an academic, comparing it to calling Mullah Omar the greatest hippie or Donald Trump the greatest feminist. He closes by saying the leak was enough to drown Yasir Qadhi, who then took others down with him through his explanation, and that he had to share this because he did not see it coming.

## Sources and names cited

- Farid [?]
- Yasir Qadhi
- Abdul Rahman Hassan
- Mullah Omar
- Donald Trump
- fitnah

## Transcript (machine tier, 8:46–11:53)

[8:45] so all this fitna all this drama come on like think about it we're thinking you know yes really dug such a deep hole that a portion of the ummah has drowned that's we hear reports people have apostasized they've had doubts in islam they've you know they've done all of this who was behind this i would never have thought it was our very own our very own goody oh my god

[9:23] honestly i i i haven't lost for words i might have lost for words here this whole fitna was created by [Laughter] what the hell was he trying to do he was trying to save the ummah by exposing emails

[9:52] is one of the best academics in the uk it's like do you understand the definition of academic deaf calling is very intel he may be very clever being very clever in what you do learning certain things selfie books and doing these things does not make you an academic that's like calling mullah umar the greatest hippie

[10:23] it is this is no link i mean this is you know it's like or calling donald trump the greatest feminist i mean this just does not it does not add up so yes i was like whoa oh my god i was like so yeah i had to do some of those to just think to get over this man i just couldn't i felt like this is

[11:04] this this is the thing this is the thing people well i had to share that with you guys farid leaks and indeed not only does only for this leak they had created a nappy that could have prevented obviously look at this leak from gangutely was enough to drown yasir kadhi i'm with him us trying to somehow paddle through the situation uh he managed to drown a bunch of other people with him as well because of his magnificent explanation which was so terrific

[11:42] so this is like wow oh man this is just i honestly i just i did not see this coming so i had to share that with you guys

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment WDD_GyzI9Dg/s/4. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/wdd_gyzi9dg/s/4/

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