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· Is my prayer valid if I pray in a bikini or swimwear?
Mufti Abu Layth says he personally feels Qadi Isma'il and the Malikis have a strong point in holding that covering oneself in salah is a separate obligation, not a condition of the prayer.
“i personally do feel that ismail and the malikiah the school of medina have a strong point on what they've said that covering yourself in salah is a separate obligation”
8:22TranscriptCite 2019-03-04-S01corrected
· What parts of the body count as 'awrah for men and women?
Mufti Abu Layth says he goes with the school of Madinah's understanding that a woman's core 'awrah is her private parts and the area from beneath the navel to the thighs, the rest being extended 'awrah whose uncovering in prayer does not invalidate it.
“that would be my understanding that I would go with the the understanding that the school of Medina presents that the core aura is really the woman's kind of private parts”
36:32TranscriptCite 2020-07-14-S06corrected
· Do women have to cover their wrists and ankles in prayer?
Mufti Abu Layth says people should not obsess over whether a hair or some small part of the body is showing.
“the dean is natural take it naturally do not obsess over these little oh my god is this showing is that showing oh my god one hair came out two hairs came”
51:32TranscriptCite 2020-09-22-S09corrected
· Can I carry a child while I pray?
Mufti Abu Layth says that one may carry a child while praying and that Hanafi rulings such as the invalidation of prayer by three consecutive movements, by laughing or by mentally processing information are made up.
“Obviously, needless to say, all these things are made up and don't mean anything. You can do it all in salah.”
30:29TranscriptCite 2021-04-06-S06corrected
· Can I pray while carrying my child?
Mufti Abu Layth says rulings such as prayer breaking after three consecutive movements are made up.
“if you do more than three consecutive movements in salah your salah breaks obviously needless to say all these things are made up”
6:20TranscriptCite 2021-04-27-S02corrected
· Why did Abu Hanifa allow things like praying in Persian?
Mufti Abu Layth says Abu Hanifa's legal stratagems, such as allowing prayer in Persian, were meant to create ease and welcome people rather than to change Islam, and that this spirit is the one needed today.
“he wasn't trying to say change Islam he was trying to make it easy for them”
21:03TranscriptCite 2022-12-10-S04corrected
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