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Recordings › The Maulana/Madrassa crisis & Why my views appear to be different? - Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki · 15 Feb 2018 › Segment 4 of 4

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Does a mufti have to be appointed by the government?

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Does a mufti have to be appointed by the state?

QuestionSource not recorded · questioner not identifiedAnswered 15 Feb 2018From the Mind of a MuftiSegment 4 of 4 in the recording2018-02-15-S04

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No. Being a mufti can be a salaried professional role, as in fatwa institutions, or a voluntary, freelance one.

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After a fragment, unclear in the transcript, of an answer about Salafis ending in the remark that depending on one's breadth of knowledge and skills one can be as good as anybody, Mufti Abu Layth takes a quick question on whether a mufti must be appointed by the state. He says no: it can be a voluntary or a professional role. He notes that there are many institutions around the Muslim world, and in the non-Muslim world, that give fatwas with salaried staff, and that one can also do it on a voluntary, freelance basis. The clip ends there.

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Is a mufti meant to be somebody appointed by the state?

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Mufti Abu Layth says a mufti does not have to be appointed by the state and can hold a voluntary or a professional role.

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“is a Mufti meant to be somebody appointed by the state doesn't have to be appointed by the state it can be a muscly can be a voluntary or a professional role”

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stand the mindset of why the mallanna's that are being produced have a lot of this sometimes they speak from an inferior position a position of inferiority that's not to mock them that's not to disparage them but it's to highlight the actual issues that we're facing naturally they will feel very insecure when dealing with Western stuff because they've always kind of seen themselves as they've been you know victims if you like of of just being treated the way they have okay let's move on to some of the questions people right so this group thing about selfies

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and these people look on depending on your breadth of knowledge and your skills you can be as good as anybody okay right so okay a quick question is a Mufti meant to be somebody appointed by the state doesn't have to be appointed by the state it can be a muscly can be a voluntary or a professional role you have many data lifters around the world places which give fatwa and they write throughout the Muslim world even in the non-muslim world they are salaried Steiff I mean so you have a salary kind of for doing that oh you could be doing it on a voluntary freelance by free

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freelance basis okay

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Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment 2018-02-15-S04, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/wl7wikke16q/s/4/ (accessed 1 November 2026)

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Mufti Abu Layth. (2018, February 15). Does a mufti have to be appointed by the government? [Video, segment 2018-02-15-S04, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/wl7wikke16q/s/4/
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Mufti Abu Layth. 2018. "Does a mufti have to be appointed by the government?" Video, segment 2018-02-15-S04, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Recorded February 15, 2018. Accessed November 1, 2026. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/wl7wikke16q/s/4/
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  author = {Mufti Abu Layth},
  title = {{Does a mufti have to be appointed by the government?}},
  year = {2018},
  month = {2},
  date = {2018-02-15},
  howpublished = {\url{https://muftiabulayth.org/r/wl7wikke16q/s/4/}},
  url = {https://muftiabulayth.org/r/wl7wikke16q/s/4/},
  organization = {Mufti Abu Layth Archive},
  urldate = {2026-11-01},
  note = {Segment 2018-02-15-S04, auto-transcribed, may contain errors}
}
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