# Opening: sound check, a critic's reaction video, the Peak District and the latest MindTrap - URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zz85auzek5w/s/1/ - Date: 2021-04-06 · Kind: announcement · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (0:32–8:14) - Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ85AUzeK5w&t=32s - Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zz85auzek5w/ **Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Housekeeping before the questions: a sound check, a note that a critic's reaction video will be discussed later, and a recommendation of the MindTrap episode on gender with Professor Adis Duderija. ## Longer summary Mufti Abu Layth opens the stream with a sound check, jokes about starting late and keeping his critics waiting, and greets viewers on YouTube and Facebook. He notes that a critic has made a forty-minute reaction video about him and says he will talk about it later. He mentions a trip to the Peak District, missing the gym, and the gyms reopening the following week, adding that one can work out after the fast in Ramadan. He then recommends his latest MindTrap conversation with Professor Adis Duderija [?], on gender and gendered discourse in the faith: whether the Quran takes a gendered outlook, distorted interpretations by Salafi and other groups, an egalitarian approach between men and women, the Sharia and process theology. ## Sources and names cited - Adis Duderija [?] ## Transcript (machine tier, 0:32–8:14) [0:31] All right, people. All right. All right. All right. [laughter] Yeah. Just bring this forward. Why this one a bit far man? So let me people people. [1:30] And as always people, let me first just check. Audio check. Audio check. Hi. Hi. H know today, man. Get a little extra late. You know, it's not right, man. It's not right. You know what it is? I have uh I have to be mindful that it's not just the fans, the the the followers, the people who love me. [2:03] It's my haters as well, man. I keep them waiting. [laughter] This one not nice. Let me check people. Check. Quick sound check. Right. That's where I was going. Okay, we can hear Abu Safura. You're doing it. You're doing it people. Look at that. [2:26] [snorts] M. You're always in my duas. Gio Gio. Right. I'm about to go to sleep. and it [laughter] caped. What's going down man? What's going down? Fared made a video about you. [2:49] I know. Yeah, my beloved made the video. Man, [laughter] I have to talk about the video. Obviously if the if our beloved Baba Fareduin Gang Delhi is going to take out 40 minutes of his precious or was it more 40 I don't know about 40 minutes of his precious life. [3:15] Uh dedicating it to reactions about me. Hi ow man. This one too hard to handle man. Too hard to handle. So yeah, so we have to talk about that. Sheh talk about D man. Daw man. What? What's going on with our man? I don't know what's going on with our man. [3:41] Uh right. Stop the slow stop bullying. Stop bullying the slow kids, man. J Chris, man. What man? Why slow kids, man? [laughter] I'm not bullying them. Don't be silly. We can't bully slow people. We're actually praising them, but because of the slow frequency, it may appear like that to them. [4:12] [laughter] I'm joking, man. I'm joking. But, you know, have you ever pondered though? Could it be that their objective is that that the the laughter they bring to others? Huh? Have you ever thought about that? [laughter] For all you know, that could be the divine wisdom behind their very existence. [4:40] Right? Facebook. I haven't checked Facebook. Right? Let me just check Facebook people. [snorts and clears throat] you know, h I was a bit slightly h I don't know whether it was the weather or what, but I had to uh let me just check Facebook. It says, [snorts] you know, on Facebook, I can't seem to see the video, so I take it it's still going fine. [5:09] I can see your comments now. [snorts] Uh Fushi, you're doing it. You're doing it, Deborah. All right. Yaser cl. All right. Much love, people. Much love. You got You guys are doing it. Right. So, it says sound is good. Cool. Everything's good. Muhammad. [laughter] All right. [5:38] So, what is going down people? Yeah, yesterday the weather. Whoa. So, I thought why not? Let's go check out the Peak District, man. It's good. I have to say it was pretty I was a bit [sighs and snorts] see not going to the gym, so you get exhausted. Huh? Now, I'm just waiting for next week. The gyms are to open. [6:04] Allahbar. I know it's Ramadan, but there's always fatawa. [laughter] We can obviously work out after the fast have done. So what is going on? Firstly, uh right the mine trap. [6:29] I don't know if you guys saw my latest Minecraft trap. I um [snorts] that was something I thoroughly enjoyed. Let me just bring it up here. Uh, it was with Professor Adis and it was uh Mhm. [6:51] Was it this? Nah. No, man. This man. Yeah, that's the one. Professor Adis. Uh yeah, it's it's he spells it dude, but it's pronounced Judoria or something like that. But an epic, really thoroughly enjoyable conversation that we had. [7:18] Uh if you haven't already seen it, do check it out. We discussed uh quite a few discussions centering around the topic of gender and [snorts] gendered discourse within the faith. So does the Quran uh it does seem to take a gendered outlook? What is that about? What are the ramifications of that? How is that then challenged? What are some of the uh distorted interpretations that groups have taken from that? [7:48] you know, whether they're Salifi or other kind of reformist groups. Uh, a lot of that really that kind of discussion, an egalitarian approach between men and women and there was a lot there was about as well. We spoke about the Sharia um and also a bit on process theology. So, do check that out people. Check it out. ## Cite Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment zZ85AUzeK5w/s/1. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zz85auzek5w/s/1/ Not a fatwa: these answers were given to specific people at specific times. Ask a qualified scholar about your own situation.