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12 answers in 7 recordings, 2014 to 2021. 8 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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· Doesn't the hadith of Zaynab forbid women from wearing perfume to the mosque?
Mufti Abu Layth says Zaynab's report, which mentions only the late Isha and in some versions addresses her alone, was a specific instruction for an unstated reason and not a general prohibition of perfume for women.
“in my understanding this was just an isolated incident that may whatever it was it was not a general ruling because if it was a general ruling the Prophet”
21:55TranscriptCite 2018-05-04b-S04corrected
· Is a woman's prayer rejected if she wears perfume to the mosque?
Mufti Abu Layth says the report that a perfumed woman's prayer is not accepted until she bathes is not from the Prophet, rests on unknown and weak narrators, and is followed by no one.
“that hadith is utterly utterly unacceptable as a hadith from the prophet salallahu alaihe salam whether these things somehow above herrera said them or not is a different story but nobody accepts these rulings”
25:47TranscriptCite 2018-05-04b-S05corrected
· Does a hadith tell women to pray in a closet?
Mufti Abu Layth says the makhda' in these reports was the sleeping chamber within the inner part of a house, not a closet or cupboard.
“this was called a Mazda okay now it is not a closet that people had you could even if he said the term chambers he could have said chambers but not a closet it's not a cupboard”
8:08TranscriptCite 2019-05-04-S02corrected
· Is it better for women to pray at home than in the mosque?
Mufti Abu Layth says the reports placing a woman's prayer at home above the Prophet's mosque go against the sahih hadith of women attending the mosque.
“it goes against that which is Asahi ad it goes against the hadith that many women would come inside Buhari they would leave fajr salah”
15:47TranscriptCite 2019-05-04-S04corrected
· Is the hadith about women praying in the darkest part of the house authentic?
Mufti Abu Layth says the narrations about a woman praying in the darkest part of her house are either fabricated or very weak.
“we can go on and on with these narrations these narrations are either fabricated or very weak they clash with the sahih hadith”
29:48TranscriptCite 2019-05-04-S05corrected
· Is it a Sunnah for women to pray in a wardrobe or the innermost room?
Mufti Abu Layth says the report used to call women praying in a wardrobe a Sunnah is a weak and in fact false hadith, not a saying of the Prophet.
“because he is this weak hadith which is a false hadith people it's not even a saying of the Prophet”
5:05TranscriptCite 2020-01-17-S02corrected
· Can a woman lead the prayer or give the khutbah?
Mufti Abu Layth says he does not believe it is haram or invalid for a woman to lead the prayer, give the khutbah or be the imam.
“i don't believe it's haram i don't believe it's invalid for a woman to lead the prayer um or for her to give a khutbah or to be the imam”
1:36:31TranscriptCite 2021-01-12-S24corrected
· Can a woman be an imam and lead the prayer?
Mufti Abu Layth says a woman can be an imam and her leading the prayer is permissible and valid, though whether imamship works in practice depends on whether her society accepts it.
“she can become an imam islam is concerned but then imamship has certain interactions it's it's a working it's a working model”
50:35TranscriptCite 2021-01-26b-S13corrected
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