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11 segments in 8 recordings · 2020 to 2021 · 0 verified · 11 checked positions · fiqh/food · Feed

Most recent statement · 6 Apr 2021What does Mufti Abu Layth think of France banning the hijab for girls under 18?Older segments link here so no earlier explanation is read as the last word.

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2021 · 8

Latest answer · 6 Apr 2021

6 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth LatestWhat does Mufti Abu Layth think of France banning the hijab for girls under 18? If France has banned headscarves for girls under 18, he says it is an abhorrent breach of basic rights that he strongly condemns. He also opposes pressuring girls to wear it: it should be their genuine choice. Question raised by Mufti Abu Laythposition checkedthe reported French move to ban headscarves for girls under 18 (2021)hijabdhabiha (ritual slaughter) machine7 min 20 s1:21:35on YouTube

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2021 · 7

6 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Are insects haram to eat in the Maliki school? Insects are not haram in the Maliki school: almost everything is halal except pork and what is sacrificed to other than God. Ritual slaughter applies only to domesticated livestock, not insects. Lessonposition checkedRami Nsour [?]Maliki schoolQuran 6:145 (I do not find in what was revealed to me anything forbidden to eat except ...)dhabiha (ritual slaughter) machine10 min 04 s1:52:50on YouTube
6 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Does Allah love everybody? Allah loves His creation and detests harmful actions, not creatures. Pork being forbidden, most likely for hygiene, does not mean God hates pigs. Question from live chatposition checkedreport: isa will descend break the cross and kill the pigsIsa (Jesus) machine2 min 40 s2:10:23on YouTube
5 Mar 2021video Why did Imam Malik say nothing between spouses is haram and only pork is forbidden to eat? Imam Malik held that nothing sexual between spouses is haram and that no meat is haram in itself except pig, and Mufti Abu Layth says such rulings defend the principle that only Allah declares things haram. Saying something is not haram is not the same as recommending it. Lessonposition checkedImam MalikMaliki schoolAbu Hanifafatwa machine5 min 04 s3:59on YouTube
9 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Is pork the only meat that is haram in the Maliki school? Mufti Abu Layth says that in the Maliki school no meat is haram in itself except the pig, which does not mean the imams urged people to eat everything. Lessonposition checkedImam MalikMaliki school machine4 min 24 s29:59on YouTube
26 Jan 2021video Is it haram to eat meat that is not halal-slaughtered, like a non-halal burger? Eating meat that is not dhabiha is not haram in Mufti Abu Layth's view, because its original purpose of separating Muslims from pagan sacrifice has lapsed. He still supports and advocates halal meat for its identity value and eats it himself. Question from live chatposition checkeddhabiha (ritual slaughter)halal machine3 min 28 s0:02on YouTube
19 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Is it haram to eat with my left hand? Eating with the left hand is not haram, Mufti Abu Layth says; the right hand is good etiquette taught to a child, so do it if you can. Question written questionposition checkedreport: say bismillah eat with your right hand and eat from what is in front of you (unresolved; Umar ibn Abi Salama, Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, number not stated)Sahih al-BukhariSahih MuslimUmar ibn Abi Salama [?] machine6 min 30 s2:37:29on YouTube
12 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Are king prawns halal? Yes, prawns are halal: in the school of Medina everything from the sea is halal, and only the pig is haram by its nature. Question from live chatposition checkedreport: the sea its water is pure and its dead are lawfulHanafiMaliki (the school of Medina)makruh / makruh tahrimi machine4 min 56 s44:32on YouTube

2020 · 3

27 Oct 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Is non-halal chicken and beef actually haram? Mufti Abu Layth says eating non-dhabiha meat is not haram, since its original purpose has gone, but he advocates halal meat for the sake of identity. Question from live chatposition checkeddhabihahalal machine4 min 32 s2:31:58on YouTube
14 Jul 2020live stream Is it halal to eat crocodile? Yes, crocodile is halal in the school of Madinah, where only pig is categorically forbidden besides carrion and what is sacrificed to idols. Question from live chatposition checkedMaliki school (the school of Madinah)halal machine2 min 26 s1:52:30on YouTube
14 Jul 2020live stream Is it haram to eat dog meat? Dog is not haram in the school of Madinah, which follows Quran 6:145, but not being haram does not mean people eat it. Question from live chatposition checkedMaliki school (the school of Madinah)Quran 6:145 (I do not find in what was revealed to me anything forbidden to eat except ...) machine3 min 42 s1:54:56on YouTube