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17 answers in 15 recordings, 2017 to 2023. 14 with a checked position in his own words.
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· If Aisha's age is a problem, aren't polygamy and the Prophet's wars problems too?
Mufti Abu Layth holds that the Prophet is a perfect role model for all times and that polygamy and his wars, unlike a marriage to a child who cannot consent, are not irrational.
“I do believe that the prophet sallallah alaihi wasallam is a a a great role model a perfect role model for all times”
1:55:11TranscriptCite 2017-01-11-S17corrected
· Is mut'ah a matter of belief that divides Sunnis and Shia?
Mufti Abu Layth says that whether one accepts temporary marriage or not is a matter of fiqh, not a matter of iman.
“now whether you accept it or don't accept it is a matter of fit it's not actually a matter of Eman”
0:39TranscriptCite 2018-07-21-S01corrected
· Do any Sunni scholars say mut'ah is not haram?
Mufti Abu Layth says the debate's 'then marry your daughter to me' retort was an immature and stupid thing to say.
“the usual kind of responses which I found very immature like you know okay if you think motaz okay then marry your daughter to me”
4:28TranscriptCite 2018-07-21-S02corrected
· Is it right to condemn people for being in a polygamous marriage?
Mufti Abu Layth says polygamy is a personal choice that Islam allows, so people should not be hated for it, though no one has to practise it.
“the polygamy angle is there personal choice we shouldn't be hating on them for polygamy it doesn't mean that you have to do polygamy”
21:29TranscriptCite 2019-08-01-S04corrected
· How do I make sense of the hadith that the Prophet banned mut'ah?
Mufti Abu Layth says the hadith about mut'ah are very inconsistent and turbulent, seeming to contradict each other.
“the hadith about Mota are very inconsistent and they're very turbulent they seem to they seem to contradict each other”
1:01:01TranscriptCite 2020-07-14-S15corrected
Mufti Abu Layth says that a low-commitment marriage that both adults understand and are comfortable with is, he would feel, permissible.
“so i i don't see that like the first one which is more ice i see as exploitation so that i'm against but this i would feel is permissible”
2:25:08TranscriptCite 2020-08-24-S33corrected
· What does 'justice' mean in the Quran's verse on marrying more than one wife?
Mufti Abu Layth says the verse on never being truly just does not mean that polygamy cannot really be done.
“some people said that that meant that oh you can't really do polygamy then I think that that's not what the verse is saying”
59:13TranscriptCite 2020-10-27-S08corrected
· Did the Prophet forbid Ali from taking a second wife?
Mufti Abu Layth says that, to be honest, he does not think the Prophet would have stopped Ali from taking a second wife.
“I don't think the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam would have uh stopped Ali from taking a second wife.”
1:18:40TranscriptCite 2020-10-27-S12corrected
· What can I do if I can't afford to marry but want to avoid zina?
Mufti Abu Layth says religion is failing people on this, not because it lacks the inbuilt mechanisms, but because scholars are not ready to have that conversation.
“this is why religion is failing people and I'm not saying religion doesn't have the inbuilt mechanisms to deal with it but Scholars ain't ready”
1:17:35TranscriptCite 2021-01-19-S19corrected
· Does being fair to two wives mean treating them exactly the same?
Mufti Abu Layth says that justice between wives means a fairness based on the understanding the spouses have.
“It means a fairness based on that understanding that you have. So whatever that fairness is. That's what it would would mean.”
1:30:37TranscriptCite 2021-02-02b-S15corrected
· Why isn't the Mufti a Mu'tazili?
Mufti Abu Layth says mut'ah had nothing to do with being a Shia, and that tying it to them was a propaganda campaign.
“this was just a propaganda compe campaign muta had nothing to do with being a shia shia was about who gets to rule”
50:32TranscriptCite 2021-02-16-S14corrected
· What actually separates Sunnis and Shia, and is mut'ah really a Shia thing?
Mufti Abu Layth says the whole Sunni-Shia split is based on who has the right to rule, the Shia holding that it must remain within the Prophet's sacred bloodline.
“the whole split of sunnishi adam is based on this factor who has the right to rule and they say that it must remain within the sacred bloodline that is what defines a shia”
2:24TranscriptCite 2021-03-15-S02corrected
· Is mut'ah (temporary marriage) haram for Sunni Muslims?
Mufti Abu Layth says mut'ah is one of those matters where, if you follow those who say it is haram, it is haram for you, and that it is not something to fight over.
“it's one of those things that if you follow those that say it's haram then it's haram if you don't you don't”
3:19TranscriptCite 2022-03-19-S01corrected
· Is there an LGBTQ push in media and schools?
Mufti Abu Layth says he does feel there is a disproportionate push on LGBTQ themes in media.
“I do feel there is a disproportional kind of push on uh on all of this stuff”
20:23TranscriptCite 2023-02-22-S04corrected
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