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10 Mar 2023video
LatestIs it haram for men to wear earrings?
Early imams including Malik wore earrings as boys; Malik disliked golden earrings for boys because of the gold, not the earring.
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2021 · 13
26 Apr 2021MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth
What was Lupe Fiasco's childhood like?
The guest describes growing up in Chicago in a family of martial arts, music and engineering, giving up chess over a hadith, and turning to rap when he could not learn the clarinet.
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26 Apr 2021MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth
Can a Muslim work in the music industry and keep their faith?
The guest says religion should be judged apart from the actions of its followers in any industry; Mufti Abu Layth says relatable poetry and music inspire people more than being told to go to the mosque.
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26 Apr 2021MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth
What is Lupe Fiasco's view of Kanye West's religious rebirth?
The guest declines to judge Kanye West's faith, praising his work ethic while disagreeing with him, and calls Jay-Z a mentor and a genius with words.
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26 Apr 2021MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth
What inspired Lupe Fiasco's song Words I Never Said?
The guest says 'Words I Never Said' was his attempt, at the height of his fame, to speak truth to power about wealth disparity and militarism.
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26 Apr 2021MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth
What does Lupe Fiasco think of Killah Priest's song B.I.B.L.E.?
The guest calls Killah Priest's 'B.I.B.L.E.' an amazing record about a spiritual journey, noting that studying Islam's Jewish and Christian sources creates intellectual tension.
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13 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
Can I pray for a non-Muslim who has died?
Yes: Mufti Abu Layth says Muslims may pray for a non-Muslim like DMX who touched many lives, since no one has a monopoly on salvation, and that music is not haram.
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6 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
How can I nourish my soul this Ramadan?
To deepen the bond with God, read even a little Quran daily, make personal dua and give charity; learning, poetry, art and meaningful music can also strengthen a person inwardly, not only more voluntary prayer.
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16 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
Is playing chess haram?
No, chess is not haram, he says; Imam Malik discouraged it as a waste of life but never called it haram.
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9 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
Is it haram to watch Netflix?
Mufti Abu Layth says watching Netflix is of course not haram.
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9 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
Is it haram to hit someone in the face in boxing or MMA training?
Mufti Abu Layth says hitting the face in sparring is fine; the hadith against striking the face concerned discipline, not fighting practice.
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19 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
Are video games haram?
Video games are not haram, Mufti Abu Layth says, and he plans to play some on future streams.
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19 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
Is it halal to perform music or dance at concerts for a living?
Dance is not haram in itself, Mufti Abu Layth says, but Muslim cultures look down on it as a profession, especially for women, so propriety should be kept in mind.
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5 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
As an actor, are there scenes that would be haram for me to perform?
Mufti Abu Layth jokes rather than answers, saying he could think of one or two such scenes.
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2020 · 5
16 Dec 2020video
Is football really more haram than alcohol and gambling?
Mufti Abu Layth calls a fatwa that football is more haram than alcohol and gambling the most ridiculous he has seen recently.
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22 Sep 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
Is buying a scratch card or lottery ticket haram?
Mufti Abu Layth says gambling is haram because it is addictive and destroys families, but small stakes such as a scratch card or a pound on the lottery are not.
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24 Aug 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
Is music allowed in Islam?
Music is permissible; he says people have made far more things haram for themselves than God has.
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24 Aug 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
Doesn't the practice of Medina show that music is haram?
Not necessarily: Malik disliked music by temperament, but Medina after the Prophet was known for its musical instruments.
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4 Aug 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
LatestIs it haram to show the Prophet in a movie?
Mufti Abu Layth says Muslims should never depict the Prophet in films, mainly from common sense about the reaction; non-Muslim depictions need not upset Muslims.
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2019 · 13
18 Sep 2019From the Mind of a Mufti
Is the hadith that singing breeds hypocrisy in the heart authentic?
The hadith that singing breeds hypocrisy in the heart is weak in every one of its chains, which run from Ibn Mas'ud to the Prophet in some versions and stop at Ibn Mas'ud in others. Mufti Abu Layth restates that nothing categorically proves music haram and that lyrics do not make it so.
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18 Sep 2019From the Mind of a Mufti
Which scholars held that music is permissible, and what did Imam Malik's school say?
Al-Shawkani, Ibn Hazm, Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi and al-Fakihani all found no sahih hadith prohibiting music, and the people of Madinah, including the qadi Sa'd ibn Ibrahim, held it permissible, with some transmitting this as Imam Malik's own position. Only Allah and His Messenger are authorities, so a refutation needs a sahih hadith.
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18 Sep 2019From the Mind of a Mufti
Is listening to music haram?
In Mufti Abu Layth's understanding music is not forbidden, because no text is at once conclusive, sahih and explicit: the Bukhari hadith speaks of entertainment, not music, and the texts naming music are not authentic. People find this hard to accept because they come to religion expecting it to oppose entertainment and desire.
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18 Sep 2019From the Mind of a Mufti
Is music with explicit or violent lyrics haram?
Lyrics do not make music haram: Arabic poetry about sex and alcohol was recited in the Prophet's mosque and is still studied by every scholar, and Ka'b ibn Zuhayr recited his love-opening ode from the Prophet's minbar. Mufti Abu Layth does not promote a culture of violence and drugs but says people can judge content for themselves.
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18 Sep 2019From the Mind of a Mufti
Who has the authority to declare music haram if God has not?
God has not made music haram and neither Mufti Abu Layth nor the scholars have the authority to do so: the authentic hadith speak of entertainment, which could mean many things, and the scholars' prohibition is their own interpretation. Those who dislike music need not listen to it, but it is allowed.
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18 Sep 2019From the Mind of a Mufti
Is it haram to write or sing lyrics about alcohol?
Lyrics about alcohol are not haram, since such poetry was recited in the Prophet's mosque, and declaring something haram because it might lead to bad behaviour is lying on God's behalf. Enjoining good is not policing, scholars need not be followed blindly, and God understands sarcasm as well as we do.
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18 Sep 2019From the Mind of a Mufti
Why is everything permissible by default in Islamic law unless proven haram?
By default everything is conclusively permissible, since Allah created everything on earth for us and what He was silent about is pardoned, and that certainty can only be removed by certainty, not by a hadith that remains probable. So Mufti Abu Layth does not declare music halal; Allah has, and the evidence against it falls short of overturning that.
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18 Sep 2019From the Mind of a Mufti
If obscene lyrics make music haram, what about the classical Arabic poetry taught in madrasas?
Classical Arabic poetry taught in every major madrasa, from Abu Nuwas to the Hamasa and Imru' al-Qais, is as full of violence, alcohol and sex as rap lyrics, so condemning rap on religious grounds is a double standard. Parents may set their own rules for their children without attributing them to God.
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18 Sep 2019From the Mind of a Mufti
Does sound exist if nobody hears it?
Sound, colour, taste and smell are the brain's interpretations of vibrations and waves, so the universe itself is silent and colourless. A tree falling with nobody to hear it makes no sound, only vibrations.
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18 Sep 2019From the Mind of a Mufti
Why do people assume music must be haram before looking at any evidence?
People come to Islam with a prior picture of what religion must be, which includes sacrifice, suffering and asceticism and excludes entertainment, and this backdrop rather than the texts drives their judgement that music is haram. Even with no hadith against it, music would be forbidden on that basis.
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18 Sep 2019From the Mind of a Mufti
Why is celibacy praised despite a hadith against it while music is condemned without one?
A sahih hadith condemns the vow never to marry, yet unmarried scholars are praised in books like Abu Ghudda's, because celibacy fits the picture of religion as self-denial; music, which fits the opposite picture, is condemned although no clear sahih hadith names it. The default law remains that everything is permissible unless proven otherwise.
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18 Sep 2019From the Mind of a Mufti
What is Mufti Abu Layth's final verdict on whether music is haram?
Music is not haram: no clear sahih hadith prohibits it and the default law makes everything permissible unless proven otherwise. Mufti Abu Layth calls it the nourishment of the soul, notes that sound is only vibration interpreted by a listener, and cites music therapy in medieval Muslim hospitals.
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4 Aug 2019From the Mind of a Mufti
Is music haram in Islam?
No: he says music is not haram and is arguably nourishment for the soul, pointing to its use for healing in medieval Muslim hospitals.
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2018 · 2
13 Mar 2018Islamic Eschatology
Shaykh Abdul Majid's civility; the 'Mufti' remark clarified; music in front of one's daughters
Mufti Abu Layth praises a critic's civility, clarifies that he objects to attacks on his qualification rather than seeking a title, and says that not wanting music or dancing before one's daughters does not make them haram.
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2 Jan 2018Responding to Refutations
Music: the hadith on singing and hypocrisy, and scholars who permitted music
Nothing proven categorically makes music haram, and lyrics by themselves do not make listening haram. The hadith the critic cited on singing and hypocrisy is weak in every chain, and he lists scholars who said no sahih report forbids music.
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2016 · 1
21 Dec 2016video
Is it wrong to watch Bollywood films and TV series?
Mufti Abu Layth does not see films and TV as a priority issue: entertainment is human, as poetry was for the companions, so focus on adding good rather than pushing people away.
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