# Is it worse to use religion as a cover for wrongdoing? *Do not dress up wrongdoing in religion* - URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/y9p342tx6t0/s/2/ - Date: 2020-06-01 · Kind: discussion · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: A mufti, a convert & hanky panky! | Mufti Abu Layth (6:20–8:54) - Status: general teaching - Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9P342Tx6T0&t=380s - Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/y9p342tx6t0/ **Topics:** Cults, clergy and religious abuse; Sexual ethics **Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Mufti Abu Layth says people should not use religion to cover what they do; dressing seduction in religious language is a sick game. **Checked position (checked by two independent reviews, not by the channel):** Mufti Abu Layth says that if you are going to do something as a human being you should just do it and not use religion. **Evidence, his words at 6:20:** “my point is look if you're gonna do something as a human being you're gonna do it just if you're gonna do it just do it don't use religion” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9P342Tx6T0&t=380s) ## Longer summary Mufti Abu Layth says that if people are going to do something as human beings they should do it as who they are and not use religion to rubber-stamp it. Mufti says that mixing religious phrases into seduction, as described in the shared story, is a sick game, that such things happen in every community, and that all involved are to blame. ## Transcript (machine tier, 6:20–8:54) [5:41] progress as Muslims because one we have you know we disproportionately have our share of retards it's like it's disproportionate you know we're like 70% retards like it isn't my that's just not fair no I don't mean people who really suffering from disabilities these kind of disabilities I mean which are not they're not really disabled so it's it's like it's just unfair so yeah anyway it's it's laughable we read these things [6:20] I would like an oil massage move DD C my point is look if you're gonna do something as a human being you're gonna do it just if you're gonna do it just do it don't use religion just do what you know it's like somebody saying before I want to do these can God rubber stamp it a cha yeah yeah God's got nothing better to do than rubber stamp your nonsense so look if you're gonna do something just do it as the person you are don't play all these kind of Islamic games of o or [6:57] read the rude Sherif along so Alan what the hell are you on about man I mean that's what kind of sick sexting are you kind of playing yeah like this is just pretty crazy like why are you trying to tell her to send Salam upon the Prophet sallallaahu Lisa l'm if you're trying to cut them seduce her I mean that's not the way to do it what the hell is wrong with you and then if for God's sake if you like like what I'm trying to say is that look people are doing these kind of [7:36] things everywhere regardless of religion regardless of community you know men and women are at it every way so if you cannot be at it just be at it as a normal human being no pride all this kind of like hey what a wonderful eye of the Quran say subhanAllah okay now now take your clothes off I mean what kind of sick sick games are you playing so and on the same token these people they know what's going on as well you know the other people somebody coming to your house or when do your children go to sleep they go to sleep at this time [8:15] let's do this let's do that oh I never knew what he wanted oh he used to just rub oil on my on my belly and eyes to just think maybe this is the Spirit of God or this is the Holy Spirit oh come on snap out of it you want you know God say you know exactly what's going on here so I think both and all of these people are to blame so that's I just came across that and I saw some comments and I saw comments people saying you know oh my and people were angry this was the dumpster it was on Twitter people were angry not [8:53] so much about him doing this or let's say hurt you know going along with it and doing this or him mixing up religion with this they were angry that he'd used magic they were saying a stuff Locke killed the magician killed the magician we had so I read so many comments saying kill the magician it's like oh my god matters worse than we thought he you know in cont allotted reefer till Camus Seba or in [ __ ] a tawdry pharmacy bow to ## Cite Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment y9P342Tx6T0/s/2. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/y9p342tx6t0/s/2/ Not a fatwa: these answers were given to specific people at specific times. Ask a qualified scholar about your own situation.