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Interaction between men and women

26 segments in 11 recordings · 2014 to 2021 · 0 verified · 13 checked positions · fiqh/gender-interaction · Feed

Most recent statement · 13 Apr 2021Does a community gathering have to be gender segregated?Older segments link here so no earlier explanation is read as the last word.

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Latest answer · 13 Apr 2021

13 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth LatestDoes a community gathering have to be gender segregated? No: Mufti Abu Layth says adults do not need micromanaging and a gathering of men and women need not be segregated. Question from live chatposition checked machine1 min 18 s10:56on YouTube

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2021 · 2

2 Mar 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Is the hadith about a woman breastfeeding the adult Salim authentic? Mufti Abu Layth calls the report of the adult Salim being suckled fabricated and mocks al-Albani's fatwa permitting it directly, welcoming Mohammed Hijab's attack on it as a sign he is outgrowing Salafism. Lessonposition checkedMohammed Hijabal-AlbaniYusuf al-QaradawiSahla bint Suhayl [?] machine6 min3:23:56on YouTube
5 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Dawah Man on pigs, wife-sharing and handshakes, played and mocked Mufti Abu Layth plays and mocks Dawah Man's claims about pigs and handshakes, and says shaking hands is not haram. Otherguest speechDawah Mansalaf machine6 min 17 s1:00:54on YouTube

2020 · 5

4 Aug 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Mocking a reported fatwa permitting a kiss without lust, and chat banter Mufti Abu Layth jokes about a reported fatwa allowing a kiss without lust and replies to chat banter. Other machine4 min 36 s41:19on YouTube
4 Aug 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Is it haram to shake hands with women? Mufti Abu Layth defends a preacher caught on camera shaking a girl's hand and says shaking hands with women is not haram anyway. Lessonguest speech machine1 min 54 s2:39:37on YouTube
19 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Can women be stopped from going to the mosque because of fitnah? The guest says there is no evidence for keeping women from the mosque beyond fear of fitnah, since even harassment in the Prophet's time did not lead to a ban; Mufti Abu Layth cites Malik's report of men and women making wudu together. Discussionguest speechShaykh Kashif Khan (guest)report: a woman was raped on her way to the mosque for the fajr prayer (al-Tirmidhi, number not stated)report: some men in the prayer would look at a beautiful woman praying behind themreport: men and women used to perform wudu together in the time of the prophet (al-Muwatta) machine6 min 31 s29:14on YouTube
19 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Does lowering the gaze apply to images and screens? The guest says most classical scholars took the forbidden gaze to be the lustful one, and that jurists distinguished seeing a person in the flesh from a reflection or screen, a matter on which there are two opinions. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Kashif Khan (guest)Ibn QudamaIbn Uthaymin [?]lowering the gaze (ghadd al-basar) machine7 min 56 s1:32:23on YouTube
19 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Do non-Muslim women in a Muslim country have to cover up? The guest says early scholars held that non-Muslim women cannot be forced to cover and that the prohibition on looking was applied only to believing women. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Kashif Khan (guest)Hasan al-BasriSufyan al-Thawri [?]Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal machine3 min 57 s1:40:19on YouTube

2019 · 2

12 Dec 2019On Love, Romance, and Relationships Is it haram to kiss my wife in public? A greeting kiss on the cheek or forehead in public, as is common in the Gulf and seen in the Haram, is no problem because it is affectionate rather than sensual. A passionate kiss in public would be a problem. Question from live chatposition checkedmahramal-Masjid al-Haram (the Haram in Makkah)haram machine5 min 04 s0:00on YouTube
10 Oct 2019Quick Fiqh! Can I hug my female friends? No ruling is given: Mufti Abu Layth answers the question with jokes about the questioner being friend-zoned and declines to issue a fatwa. He moves on saying the questioner has bigger issues to worry about. Question source not recordedquoted view, not his positionfatwa machine2 min 21 s0:00on YouTube

2018 · 13

4 May 2018Clarifying False Hadith Which Insult Islam Is it haram for men and women to shake hands? Nothing in the Quran or Sunnah explicitly says shaking hands with the opposite sex is haram; that is a popular convention, not an established ruling. The iron-rod hadith is not authentic as claimed, and many scholars read its 'touch' as a euphemism for sex. Lessonposition checkedreport: it is better for an iron rod to be driven into your head than to touch a woman not permitted to youthe case of a woman refused French citizenship over her refusal to shake hands (2018)haram machine2 min 36 s0:00on YouTube
4 May 2018Clarifying False Hadith Which Insult Islam Which scholars say men and women may shake hands, and what about 'I do not shake hands with women'? The hadith 'I do not shake hands with women' is set against Umm Atiyya's narrations of the women's pledge, which some read as the Prophet shaking hands. Contemporary scholars including the Shaykh of al-Azhar, Bin Bayyah and the European fatwa council have ruled that shaking hands is permitted. Lessonquoted view, not his positionQuran 4:43 (aw lamastum al-nisa; the phrase also in 5:6)report: i do not shake hands with womenreport: umm atiyya said the prophet stretched out his hand and we stretched out our hands at the pledgeUmm Atiyya machine3 min 57 s2:36on YouTube
4 May 2018Clarifying False Hadith Which Insult Islam What evidence do scholars use to allow men and women to shake hands? Scholars who permit it cite 'do not frighten people away', the verse on returning greetings, Abu Musa having a woman comb his hair on Hajj, and the Sahih report that Umm Haram combed the Prophet's hair and let him nap at her house. The Umm Haram report is one scholars struggled with. Lessonquoted view, not his positionreport: give glad tidings and do not frighten people awayQuran 4:86 (when you are greeted, return a better greeting or return it)Yusuf al-Qaradawi [?] (name garbled in the transcript)report: abu musa al-ashari had a woman of his tribe comb through his hair while on hajj machine2 min 37 s6:33on YouTube
4 May 2018Clarifying False Hadith Which Insult Islam Should I refuse to shake hands with the opposite sex where it is the custom? Follow the convention you are in: where people do not shake hands, do not; where they do, you may act on the fatwa of the scholars who permit it, since no clear verse or hadith forbids it. Losing citizenship over a handshake was not a battle worth choosing. Lessonposition checkedreport: umm haram bint milhan would comb the prophets hair and prepare his food and he would nap at her houseUmm Haram bint MilhanIbn Abd al-Barral-Hafiz al-Dimyati [?] machine3 min 16 s9:10on YouTube
22 Apr 2018Clarifying False Hadith Which Insult Islam Can a woman travel without a mahram? Yes: Mufti Abu Layth says a woman can travel without a mahram, since the ruling was about safety. The reports behind it disagree on how long a journey they mean. Question source not recordedposition checkedmahramrada' (breastfeeding)report: a woman may not travel except with a mahram (Ibn Umar, Abu Hurayra, Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, Ibn Abbas; numbers not stated)Ibn Umar machine9 min 31 s1:12on YouTube
22 Apr 2018Clarifying False Hadith Which Insult Islam Can a woman go on Hajj without a mahram? Mufti Abu Layth reports that al-Shafi'i allowed a woman to go with a group of women and Imam Malik with any safe company, while Abu Hanifa required a mahram for journeys over three days. Lessonquoted view, not his positionQuran 3:97 (pilgrimage to the House is a duty owed to Allah by people)HajjIbn Sirin [?]al-Shafi'i machine2 min 32 s9:31on YouTube
22 Apr 2018Clarifying False Hadith Which Insult Islam Must a kidnapped woman have a mahram to escape? Mufti Abu Layth ridicules the classical debate over whether a captive woman may flee without a mahram, saying past scholars reasoned within their own environment. Lessonposition checkedKamal al-Din ibn al-HumamHanafi machine3 min 42 s12:03on YouTube
22 Apr 2018Clarifying False Hadith Which Insult Islam Is it haram for a woman to travel more than 48 miles alone? No: Mufti Abu Layth calls the 48-mile rule absurd, a later Hanafi hardening of Abu Hanifa's three-day limit, which was itself meant to ease things for women. Lessonposition checkedAbu HanifaIbn Abidin [?]Hanafi machine3 min 53 s15:45on YouTube
22 Apr 2018Clarifying False Hadith Which Insult Islam What do Saudi scholars say about women travelling without a mahram? Mufti Abu Layth reports the Saudi fatwa board and Ibn Baz forbidding any journey without a mahram, even a short staff bus trip, and mocks the strictness. Lessonquoted view, not his positionthe Saudi board of fatwa (al-Lajna al-Da'ima) [?]Ibn BazSalafi machine3 min 23 s19:38on YouTube
22 Apr 2018Clarifying False Hadith Which Insult Islam Why did the Prophet say women should not travel without a mahram? For their safety: Mufti Abu Layth says the limits tracked how far the safe zone around Madinah reached, widening as treaties spread, not a rule to confine women. Lessonposition checkedreport: a woman may not travel except with a mahram (Ibn Umar, Abu Hurayra, Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, Ibn Abbas; numbers not stated)the treaty of HudaybiyyaQurayshthe coalition against Madinah (al-Ahzab) machine4 min 27 s23:01on YouTube
22 Apr 2018Clarifying False Hadith Which Insult Islam Did the Prophet foresee women travelling alone safely? Yes: Mufti Abu Layth cites the Prophet's prophecy to Adi ibn Hatim of a lone woman travelling from Iraq to Makkah, which Adi lived to see. Lessonposition checkedreport: you will see a woman travel from al-hira to makkah and circumambulate the kaba fearing none but allah (Adi ibn Hatim; in Sahih al-Bukhari, number not stated)Adi ibn HatimSahih al-Bukhari machine3 min 11 s27:28on YouTube
22 Apr 2018Clarifying False Hadith Which Insult Islam What did the Maliki scholars say about women travelling with a safe group? Mufti Abu Layth cites al-Baji that a woman is safe without a mahram in large caravans and busy highways, and reads Imam Malik's ordering of the hadith as showing they were about safety. Lessonposition checkedAbu al-Walid al-Bajial-MuwattaImam Malikreport: a woman may not travel except with a mahram (Ibn Umar, Abu Hurayra, Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, Ibn Abbas; numbers not stated) machine4 min 28 s30:39on YouTube
22 Apr 2018Clarifying False Hadith Which Insult Islam Is it safe and allowed for a woman to fly alone? Yes: Mufti Abu Layth says a woman may travel alone, including by air, since the ruling was always about safety, and rejects the claim that only a husband can protect her. Lessonposition checkedMustafa al-Zarqa [?]SalafiSuhaib Webb [?]Abu al-Walid al-Baji machine3 min 07 s35:07on YouTube

2017 · 1

29 Sep 2017From the Mind of a Mufti Is a relationship between a leader and a follower automatically abuse? A consensual relationship between adults is not abuse just because one has status, and Mufti Abu Layth calls the contrary claim insulting to women. Abuse of power is coercion, such as a boss demanding sexual acts to keep a job; Khadijah's marriage to the Prophet who worked for her is his first counter-example. Lessonposition checkedKhadijah machine2 min 37 s23:33on YouTube

2014 · 2

9 May 2014video Did Imam Malik allow a woman to show her face to her husband's friends? One speaker reads Imam Malik's fatwa allowing a woman to eat with her husband's friends as proof that the face is uncovered; the other cites the later split between young and older women. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechUstadh Abdus Shakur Brooks (guest)Imam MalikAbu al-Walid al-Bajihijab machine8 min 19 s11:31on YouTube
9 May 2014video Can a woman go out of the house without a need? One speaker holds women went out only for need; the other that hadith and Maliki texts show women in public and travelling, with no text forbidding going out. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechUstadh Abdus Shakur Brooks (guest)mahramhajjreport: fatima bint qays was told to spend her waiting period in the house of ibn umm maktum [?] machine5 min 12 s22:26on YouTube