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43 answers in 26 recordings, 2014 to 2023. 12 with a checked position in his own words.
Indexed so far: 259 of 1,859 recordings (1,904 answers, 2014 to 2025). Anything below may change as the rest are indexed. Limits of the data
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· Is difference of opinion in Islam a mercy?
Mufti Abu Layth says difference in Islam is definitely a mercy and a message of tolerance and acceptance.
“difference in Islam is is definitely a mercy and anybody I cannot understand anybody that would wish to contradict that message”
18:32TranscriptCite 2014-07-02-S05corrected
· Is it Islamic to name and shame someone for a sin?
Mufti Abu Layth holds that publicly naming and shaming a person for a sin is a modern tabloid practice with no basis in the Prophet's example, since the Prophet addressed wrongdoing without naming anyone.
“this is a 21st century Western tabloid tabloid ISM culture that you are exploiting that you are building your faith upon this is nothing nothing from the teachings of Islam”
18:21TranscriptCite 2017-09-29-S06corrected
· Do Muslims online have the right to demand evidence about a scholar's private life?
Mufti Abu Layth holds that the public is not a court and has no jurisdiction to demand or weigh evidence about a person's private life, and that everyone has a right to a personal life.
“there's no evidence to bring we are not a court this is not court right none of you are have jurisdiction there is no evidence to bring”
37:27TranscriptCite 2017-09-29-S12corrected
· 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
· Do you need to appear perfectly pious to be a good Muslim?
Mufti Abu Layth says one does not need to pretend to be pious, and that it is okay just to be human.
“what I am saying is you don't need to pretend to be pious I think it's okay to just be human just be yourself”
29:39TranscriptCite 2019-08-01-S05corrected
· Why are people angry at a hijabi influencer who removed her hijab if it is her choice?
Mufti Abu Layth holds that the problem is not removing the hijab but presenting a religious image one does not believe in to gain money or status, and that such a double life inevitably collapses.
“so the problem isn't that whether you want to wear hijab or don't wager don't worry who cares and the problem is not that is it an obligate it's your private choice the problem is presenting a fake image”
7:28TranscriptCite 2020-07-02-S02corrected
· Are there enemies of Islam today?
Mufti Abu Layth says that a person criticising Islam does not, to him, mean that the person hates Islam.
“if a person is an islam critic or they criticize islam that does not translate to me as they hate islam”
59:49TranscriptCite 2020-09-22-S11corrected
· What does Islamic law say about the harms of social media?
Mufti Abu Layth says fiqh is definitely out of sync and needs to catch up and be updated.
“yeah ferc is definitely out of sync it needs to catch up it needs to be updated”
2:51:22TranscriptCite 2021-01-12-S38corrected
· Why is it so hard to find real, honest people?
Mufti Abu Layth says the appalling attitude of some Muslim minority ethnic men in Britain unfortunately pushes many women into hardline feminism.
“you can see why it unfortunately pushes so many women into this kind of Hardline feminism you can see it sometimes why because the attitude of some of these men it's appalling”
1:28:14TranscriptCite 2021-01-19-S20corrected
· Why is Salafi content so dominant online?
Mufti Abu Layth says the Najdi or Salafi dawah is a cultish puritanism sustained by oil money, followed by perhaps three percent of Muslims, but dominating Islamic content online because others did not invest in it.
“the najdi dawa is just a cultish you know it's just a it's a cultish puritanism that's all it is but it has recently um you know being reinvigorated by petrol dollars”
1:28:55TranscriptCite 2021-04-13-S24corrected
· What can ordinary people do about the Palestinian crisis, and do social-media posts help?
Mufti Abu Layth says a global outcry is necessary even though Israel acts with impunity and people can boycott Israeli products, but that social-media posts make no difference to the crisis, so Muslims should not guilt-trip others who do not make them.
“people doing this in all honesty makes zero difference to the actual crisis israel is not going to stop because you posted something on instagram”
10:19TranscriptCite 2021-05-15-S02corrected
· 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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