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19 answers in 15 recordings, 2014 to 2023. 8 with a checked position in his own words.
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· How can young Muslims be made interested in their faith?
Mufti Abu Layth says everybody should on some level be learning Arabic.
“everybody on some level should be doing Arabic everybody should on some level be learning Arab it's not a difficult language”
40:05TranscriptCite 2016-12-21-S07corrected
· Is it worth studying at a madrasa?
Mufti Abu Layth says the madrasa is an awesome place if one can bring critical thought, evaluation and application to it, and that otherwise it will further dogmatise one.
“bring some of those qualities of thinking critical thought evaluation application these kind of things to the table if you can do that motherís a is an awesome place if you can't it will further just dogma ties you”
15:16TranscriptCite 2018-02-15-S03corrected
· Who should I listen to about political ideas in Islam?
Mufti Abu Layth says anyone who wants to speak about ideas within Islam should at least be a scholar, though they can still be wrong.
“anybody at least if they want to speak about ideas within Islam then the least is let them be a scholar then they can be wrong still”
22:19TranscriptCite 2018-09-03-S05corrected
· Should I give up my career plans to study full time at a madrasa?
Mufti Abu Layth says the drawback of going through the madrasa system is that, unfortunately, it dumbs you down.
“the cons or the negative the drawbacks of going to a madrasa system through a madras is that it dumbs you down unfortunately because a lot of the assata are so insecure”
57:25TranscriptCite 2020-08-04-S12corrected
· Can I learn Islam properly on my own alongside a degree?
Mufti Abu Layth says that someone focused on a career can learn Islam on the side and does not need to abandon secular studies to become a full-time madrasa student.
“if you are focused on a career then go for it and you can just learn this stuff on the side. You don't need to abandon your secular studies and become a full-time Madrasa student.”
1:06:05TranscriptCite 2020-08-04-S13corrected
· Should I study at Dar al-Mustafa in Yemen or at al-Azhar?
Mufti Abu Layth says Yemen is not a very stable location right now and he does not think it would be very wise to go there.
“is not a very stable location so um i don't i don't think it'd be very wise going there and you'd probably just be stuck”
1:25:11TranscriptCite 2021-01-12-S21corrected
Mufti Abu Layth says a woman can become a mufti, that the field of Islamic scholarship is neglected and attracts little talent because it lacks support, and that anyone who wants to become a mufti must persevere through often dogmatic institutions.
“anybody can become a a mufti um you know but it does require going through the studies and then you got a soldier through it”
1:04:27TranscriptCite 2021-01-26b-S15corrected
· Is studying religious knowledge better than voluntary prayer?
Mufti Abu Layth says one should not underestimate the value of devotion to learning, or think voluntary prayer is somehow more valuable to God.
“there is something about the Legacy about being devoted to learning that don't don't don't don't as underestimate its value”
45:25TranscriptCite 2023-03-10-S10corrected
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