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Click a year to jump to itLatest answer · 18 Oct 2025
18 Oct 2025MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth
LatestDoes the Quran alone say what breaks the fast?
The guest says 2:187 shows that eating, drinking and intercourse break the fast by making them lawful at night; Mufti Abu Layth says the verse does not explicitly forbid them by day, so the Quran-only reader is inferring by reason rather than reporting what God said.
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2025 · 1
18 Oct 2025MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth
LatestIs the daytime ban on eating and intimacy in Ramadan stated in the Quran or inferred?
The daytime prohibition of eating and intimacy in Ramadan comes from 2:187 by mafhum al-mukhalafa, an adverse inference Mufti Abu Layth accepts but which is not the explicit reading, so some verses need the tradition's explanation; the guest says each reader is rewarded according to his understanding.
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2021 · 8
26 Apr 2021MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth
How is Lupe Fiasco finding Ramadan during Covid?
The guest says Ramadan has been easy, though he misses the mosque and tarawih after staying away during Covid to protect older worshippers.
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13 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
LatestWhy does Ramadan fall in different seasons each year?
Mufti Abu Layth says the early Islamic calendar was kept in line with the seasons by an extra month, nasi, and Ramadan only began moving through the year after that practice lapsed.
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13 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
Are the devils really chained up during Ramadan?
No verse says so; Mufti Abu Layth reads the hadith on chained devils as meaning that good deeds become easier in Ramadan's shared spirit.
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13 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
LatestCan I fast for a fixed 12 hours when the days are very long?
Follow any timetable you like; Mufti Abu Layth endorses the al-Azhar-derived fatwa that a fast of twelve hours or more is valid for anyone who needs it.
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13 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
LatestCan I skip fasting because of work, exams or health, and what do I do instead?
It is your call: make the fast up later if you can, or give fidya if your situation will not change, which Mufti Abu Layth bases on the plain wording of Quran 2:184.
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13 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
I don't feel spiritual in Ramadan; am I a bad Muslim?
No: Mufti Abu Layth says not feeling Ramadan's atmosphere is no reflection of your faith, since worship is not measured by how good it feels.
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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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19 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
Under the microscope: a text on the fast breaking through a 'direct channel'
Mufti Abu Layth mocks a fiqh text saying the fast breaks when a substance reaches the stomach or brain through a 'direct channel'.
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2020 · 3
19 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth
Is masturbation haram in Islam?
The guest says no Companion is reported to have forbidden masturbation and that the only evidence cited against it is the advice to fast; Mufti Abu Layth says modern society demonises men's sexuality.
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19 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth
Doesn't the Islamic teaching on modesty make pornography haram?
The guest says the general teaching on modesty is not enough to declare something haram without clear evidence; Mufti Abu Layth says he is not convinced by the report that eating ice does not break the fast.
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19 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth
Does masturbation or other sexual activity break the fast?
The guest says only intercourse is agreed to break the fast, citing Aisha's report and al-Albani; Mufti Abu Layth says he agrees that masturbation per se does not break the fast.
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2019 · 3
25 May 2019video
Does a nicotine patch or vaping break my fast?
No: Mufti Abu Layth says a nicotine patch does not break the fast, and he feels vaping is the same, though neither is being encouraged.
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25 May 2019video
Does smoking break my fast?
Some scholars hold that smoking does not break the fast and those who follow them are not to blame, but Mufti Abu Layth's own advice is to use nicotine patches instead.
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24 May 2019Hadith Studies
If I drank alcohol, are my prayers and fasts rejected for 40 days?
No: the fast and prayer are valid. He calls the forty-days hadith an isolated, weak report that clashes with the Quran and reason, though alcohol stays haram.
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2017 · 4
17 May 2017Ramadan Q&A Fast & Fiqhious
Can I brush my teeth with toothpaste or use mouthwash while fasting?
Mufti Abu Layth says you can brush with toothpaste and use mouthwash while fasting, and encourages it; the aftertaste does not break the fast.
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17 May 2017Ramadan Q&A Fast & Fiqhious
Should Muslims in the UK follow Saudi Arabia for moon sighting?
Not necessarily: he would follow countries on the same horizon such as Morocco, distrusting Saudi sightings that contradict calculations, while not condemning those who follow Saudi.
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17 May 2017Ramadan Q&A Fast & Fiqhious
LatestShould I pray 8 or 20 rak'ahs of tarawih?
Tarawih has no fixed number: eight, the least the Prophet prayed, is the base and anything above it is valid. Twenty was the common practice and the schools' broad view, but neither eight nor twenty is wrong.
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17 May 2017Ramadan Q&A Fast & Fiqhious
Does masturbation break my fast?
Scholars differ: the majority hold that masturbation with ejaculation breaks the fast, by analogy with intercourse, while a minority including Ibn Hazm and some Hanafis hold that it does not, since no text says so. Mufti Abu Layth presents both views without committing to one.
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