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Purification

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Most recent statement · 18 Oct 2025Why does the guest's prayer have no fixed number of units, and what counts as wudu?Older segments link here so no earlier explanation is read as the last word.

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Latest answer · 18 Oct 2025

18 Oct 2025MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth LatestWhy does the guest's prayer have no fixed number of units, and what counts as wudu? The guest's prayer is about duration and connection rather than numbers of units, with an imam supplying structure only in congregation; prostration, kneeling and standing are components without a set order, and wudu is as 5:6 describes it, without the tradition's additions. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechBr Muhammad (MFG, MuhammadFromGod channel)Quran 5:6 (wash your faces and hands, wipe your heads and your feet)Quran 96:19 (prostrate and draw near)salah machine5 min 07 s1:36:54on YouTube

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2023 · 1

13 Feb 2023video Language embeds power: 'inconvenience' versus 'hardship' in tayammum The words scholars choose, such as 'inconvenience' or 'hardship', already decide the ruling, embedding power even when used sincerely. Lessonposition checkedrukhsah (dispensation)tayammumwuduHanafi school machine3 min 52 s26:17on YouTube

2022 · 1

10 Dec 2022video Did Abu Hanifa allow wudu with nabidh when there was no water? In the early school of Abu Hanifa, someone without water could make wudu with nabidh, a weak fermented date drink, and he helped people out of rash conditional divorce oaths, unlike the sterner Imam Malik. LessonAbu HanifaImam Maliknabidhwudu machine3 min 54 s28:48on YouTube

2021 · 8

6 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Are disgusting sexual fetishes between spouses haram? Such fetishes are not haram, however disgusting most people find them: contact with impurity is unclean but not forbidden, and what a consenting couple do in private is their own business. Nobody is obliged to do them. Question from live chatposition checkedTariq RamadanharamHanafi schoolno one may declare haram what Allah has not declared haram machine8 min 30 s1:04:21on YouTube
9 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Should I use water or toilet paper after going to the toilet? Mufti Abu Layth says a person should always clean with water after the toilet where possible, with paper only as a fallback. Question from live chatposition checked machine5 min 31 s1:22:52on YouTube
26 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Can I do tayammum instead of wudu if water makes my cough worse? Yes: tayammum is allowed for anyone with an excuse, and whether the excuse applies is for the person to judge. Question from live chatposition checkedtayammumwudu machine1 min 17 s39:55on YouTube
19 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Does smoking break my wudu? Smoking does not break wudu, Mufti Abu Layth says; only relieving oneself and meaningful sexual activity do, not a peck on the cheek or eating. Question from live chatposition checkedwudu machine1 min 57 s38:30on YouTube
19 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Will I go to hell for not shaving my pubic hair? Nobody goes to hell for not shaving pubic hair, Mufti Abu Layth says; it is a matter of hygiene, which religion tied to reward and closeness to God. Question from live chatposition checked machine3 min 34 s1:03:44on YouTube
12 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Do I have to be in a state of purity to say verses of the Quran? Mufti Abu Layth says religion should be natural, not ritualistic: the menstrual state is not impure, and revelation came to the Prophet while in bed with Aisha. Lessonposition checkedreport: the prophet did not return the greeting until he wiped on the wall i disliked to mention allah except in a state of purityhayd (menstruation)report: revelation came to me while i was under the blanket of aishaAisha machine5 min 14 s39:18on YouTube
5 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Can I take a mortgage, and can I urinate standing up? Bank interest is not the Quran's riba in his understanding, and urinating standing up is fine, with care over splashing. Question from live chatposition checkedribaHanafi schoolImam Malik machine3 min 42 s37:40on YouTube
5 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth LatestDo I lose good deeds if I keep a dog as a pet? No, owning a dog does not cost you reward; he reads the dog hadith as hygiene measures against diseases like rabies, citing Ibn Rushd al-Jadd. Question from live chatposition checkedIbn Rushd al-Jaddal-Muqaddimat al-Mumahhidat (Ibn Rushd al-Jadd)al-Mudawwanaal-Mazari machine8 min 27 s40:54on YouTube

2020 · 2

14 Jul 2020live stream Can I wear perfume that contains alcohol? It is pure and nothing to worry about: alcohol is not impure for many scholars of Madinah, and perfume alcohol is not the drinking kind anyway. Question from live chatposition checkednajasa (impurity)alcohol (khamr)Rabi'a al-Ra'yImam Malik machine1 min 56 s1:50:34on YouTube
19 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is a woman on her period ritually impure? Mufti Abu Layth says menstruation is a hygiene matter, not impurity; the guest cites late Hanbali scholars who permitted intercourse during menses and Abu Hanifa's longer breastfeeding period to show how varied the fiqh is. Discussionguest speechShaykh Kashif Khan (guest)menstruation (hayd)late Hanbali scholars [?]Abu Hanifa machine6 min 36 s35:45on YouTube

2019 · 1

17 Sep 2019Quick Fiqh! Is it a sin to pee standing up? Mufti Abu Layth says it is not a sin at all; scholars only disliked it because the loose clothing of the past made splashes likely. Question from live chatposition checkedHanafiizar (wrapped lower garment)najasa (impurity) machine5 min 58 s1:18on YouTube

2018 · 1

9 Apr 2018The Voice of Reason in Islam Does Ali's saying about wiping the socks prove that religion is not based on reason? No: Mufti Abu Layth says the 'if the deen were by opinion' wording has a weak chain and is absent from several versions, that Malik's Muwatta records wiping both sides of the khuff, and that rituals are practices rather than claims against reason. Lessonposition checkedreport: if the deen were by opinion the bottom of the khuff would deserve wiping more than the topAli ibn Abi Talibal-A'mashAbu Ishaq al-Sabi'i machine3 min 56 s1:01:20on YouTube

2017 · 1

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. Question written questionposition checkedsawm (fasting)report: khaluf fam al-saim atyab inda allah min rih al-misk (the odour of the fasting person's mouth is better to Allah than musk)miswakmakruh machine8 min 51 s1:23on YouTube