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Most recent statement · 14 Mar 2021Does the Quran say Jesus died, and how did the Prophet understand the verse 'when you took me'?Older segments link here so no earlier explanation is read as the last word.

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14 Mar 2021video LatestDoes the Quran say Jesus died, and how did the Prophet understand the verse 'when you took me'? The verse 'I will give you death' and Jesus's words in 5:117 that he does not know what his people did after he was taken show, in Mufti Abu Layth's reading, that Jesus died; the Prophet himself, in a Bukhari report, applies the same verse to his own absence from his companions, confirming the reading. Lessonposition checkedQuran 5:110 (remember my blessings upon you)Quran 3:55 (I will give you death and raise you to me) [?]Quran 5:116-118 (did you tell people to take you and your mother as lords?)report: on the day of judgement people will be raised naked and some of my companions will be turned away and i will say as the righteous slave said machine5 min 15 s1:30:41on YouTube

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2021 · 7

2 Mar 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Does the Quran say that Jesus died? 'I will give you death' and Jesus's words at the Judgement show that he died, and the Prophet applied those words to himself in a Bukhari report, which settles the reading. Lessonposition checkedYasir QadhiIsa (Jesus)Quran 5:110Quran 3:55 machine4 min 56 s2:33:59on YouTube
22 Feb 2021video Did the Prophet say he would kill the lineage of the first Khariji? Mufti Abu Layth says the speaker, carried away defending the Saudi rulers, attributed to the Prophet words he did not say: in the hadith the Prophet stopped Umar from killing the man. Respect for the Prophet comes before kings. Lessonguest speechAbdul Rahman Hassanreport: be just who will be just if i am not just (unresolved)Sahih al-BukhariUmar ibn al-Khattab machine4 min 31 s6:10on YouTube
16 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Did the companions actually see the angel Jibril? Mufti Abu Layth says the report that it was Jibril may be the companion's interpretation, not the Prophet's words; repeated 'he said' in Arabic narration makes the speaker unclear. Question from live chatposition checkedJibrilreport: jibril asks the prophet about iman and the signs of the hour [?] machine2 min 26 s40:34on YouTube
26 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth If a lot of anything can intoxicate, does that make tiny amounts of alcohol haram? The hadith refers to drinks that intoxicate in the amount normally drunk, so a little of such a drink is haram; foods with trace alcohol that cannot intoxicate are not covered. Question from live chatposition checkedreport: what intoxicates in large amounts a small amount of it is haram (unresolved; collection not stated)Salafi machine3 min 53 s46:28on YouTube
19 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth If money was earned in a haram way, is it haram for whoever receives it? Money is not haram in itself, Mufti Abu Layth says: the sin lies with whoever earned it unlawfully, not with someone who later receives it unknowingly. Question from live chatposition checkedreport: it is sadaqah for them and a gift for us (unresolved; the meat given as sadaqah, collection not stated)sadaqah machine7 min 31 s40:27on 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 Why can't there be any prophets after Muhammad? Mufti Abu Layth says no new prophet or world religion will come after Muhammad; the statement about his son Ibrahim, if true, was hyperbole. Question from live chatposition checkedIbrahim, the son of the Prophetreport: if ibrahim had lived he would have been a prophetKarl Popper (as named on air)the Buddha machine6 min 09 s1:06:52on YouTube

2020 · 7

27 Oct 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Did the Prophet forbid Ali from taking a second wife? Mufti Abu Layth says the Prophet objected not to Ali taking a second wife but to his marrying the daughter of Abu Jahl. Question from live chatposition checkedreport: fatima is a part of me whoever angers her angers me (unresolved; Sahih al-Bukhari, number not stated)Sahih al-BukhariFatimaAli ibn Abi Talib machine2 min 32 s1:18:40on YouTube
17 Oct 2020video What is the hadith of the night of the jinn, and was it a psychoactive experience? The Tirmidhi report of Ibn Mas'ud's night of the jinn, in which he carried nabidh and saw strange figures, would most likely describe a psychoactive experience if true, and the report praising harmala shows such a narrative existed in early Muslim society. Lessonposition checkedreport: nothing of the harmala seed emerges without an angel tied to it and in its seed is a cure for seventy two ailmentsreport: the night of the jinn ibn masud carried nabidh and saw figures that did not cross the line while the prophet slept with his head in his lapSunan al-TirmidhiAridat al-Ahwadhi (Ibn al-Arabi's commentary on al-Tirmidhi) [?] machine7 min 41 s22:07on YouTube
24 Aug 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Can I hit my children if they don't pray? Yes: he says hitting children over prayer misreads the hadith, and that children should be drawn to prayer by example and love, not fear. Question from live chatposition checkedreport: command your children to pray at seven discipline them at ten and separate them in their bedssalah machine1 min 59 s46:48on YouTube
4 Aug 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Is it haram to sit at a table where people are drinking alcohol? Mufti Abu Layth says it is not a sin to sit at a table where alcohol is served; the hadith was part of a gradual move away from alcohol. Question from live chatposition checkedalcohol (khamr)report: do not sit at a table where wine is servedImam MalikAhmad ibn Hanbal machine3 min 36 s16:58on YouTube
14 Jul 2020live stream Does 'leave what makes you doubt' mean I should always follow the strictest opinion? No: he reads it the opposite way, since nothing should be made binding unless proven with certainty; it is a general rule about dubious matters, not a call to strictness. Question from live chatposition checkedreport: da ma yaribuka ila ma la yaribuk machine1 min 58 s59:42on YouTube
3 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Were the companions allowed to change words of the Quran, and was that only a temporary concession? The guest argues the Prophet allowed multiple oral forms of the Quran; Mufti Abu Layth says this dynamism was the Quran's inherent nature, not a temporary concession. Discussionguest speechDr Khalil Andani (guest)ahrufreport: the quran was revealed in seven ahrufImam Malik machine6 min 54 s1:03:43on YouTube
25 May 2020video I stopped praying because it feels mechanical and forced; will I go to hell? Pray out of gratitude and connection, not fear of hell, and do not develop hatred for the prayer even if you slack or combine prayers; each person's journey is their own. The Prophet told a Companion who slept past dawn simply to pray when he wakes. Question from live chatposition checkedreport: idha istayqazta fa-salli (when you wake up, pray)Safwan ibn al-Mu'attalSayf al-Din al-Amidi [?]Sunan Abi Dawud machine11 min 26 s0:00on YouTube

2019 · 2

18 Oct 2019Hadith Studies Did the Prophet really split the moon in half? No: Mufti Abu Layth says the moon was not split; the companions described what they perceived, most likely a lunar eclipse, and Quran 54:1 is about the end of the world. Question from live chatposition checkedQuran 54:1 (the Hour has drawn near and the moon has split)the splitting of the moonreport: the moon was split in two in the time of the prophetIbn Abbas [?] machine2 min 15 s0:40on YouTube
10 May 2019video Did Islam invent marriage? No: Aisha's hadith lists four kinds of pre-Islamic marriage, and the ordinary one of proposal and acceptance continued with Islam's approval. Lessonposition checkedSahih al-Bukhari 5127 (Aisha: marriage in the Jahiliyyah was of four kinds)Aishajahiliyyanikah machine4 min 59 s15:25on YouTube

2018 · 8

8 Jul 2018Responding to Refutations Is it haram to pressure a wife into sex by saying God will be angry? Yes: marital rape is categorically haram, and so is religious blackmail, using God's anger to get sex. He reads the hadith of the angels cursing a refusing wife as justifying that. Discussionposition checkedSunni Defence (YouTube channel)report: if a woman refuses her husband's bed the angels curse herWahhabiharam machine4 min 25 s0:00on YouTube
10 May 2018Ponderings on the Holy Quran What is the context of the hadith 'whoever changes his religion, kill him'? The report 'whoever changes his religion, kill him' clashes with the Quran, and in full it is Ikrima's account of Ali burning people alive and Ibn Abbas objecting that he should have executed them instead. Lessonposition checkedreport: whoever changes his religion kill him (man baddala dinahu faqtuluhu; unresolved, Sahih al-Bukhari and others, number not stated)Sahih al-BukhariSunan al-Nasa'iSunan Ibn Majah machine2 min 36 s26:06on 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
15 Apr 2018Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions What does the hadith 'Satan flows through the son of Adam like blood' mean? In context it is about suspicion: the Prophet said it after explaining to some men that the woman with him was his wife Safiyya, so it refers to the insinuations that pass through human minds, not to possession. Mufti Abu Layth adds that the exorcism trade is a large industry whose practitioners may nonetheless be sincere. Lessonposition checkedreport: satan flows through the son of adam like bloodSafiyyaShaytanwaswasa (whispering) machine2 min 39 s22:09on YouTube
15 Apr 2018Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions The seven ajwa dates hadith as hyperbole The hadith that ajwa dates protect from poison and magic is hyperbole praising dates; classical commentators did not take it literally either. Lessonposition checkedreport: whoever eats such dates will not be harmed by poison or magicSahih MuslimQadi Iyadal-Mazari [?] machine2 min 37 s43:38on YouTube
13 Mar 2018Islamic Eschatology Give glad tidings, make things easy: the hadith behind his approach; do not intimidate The Prophet's instruction to give glad tidings and make things easy is the pillar of Mufti Abu Layth's approach; intimidating people into beliefs contradicts it, and learning Islam for oneself is what kept him in it. Lessonposition checkedreport: bashshiru wa la tunaffiru yassiru wa la tuassiruImam MalikQuran 7:43Quran 9:31 machine3 min 56 s1:43:54on YouTube

2017 · 6

19 Oct 2017video What is riba al-fadl and what does the hadith on gold, silver, wheat, barley, dates and salt say? The six-commodities hadith requires equal, hand-to-hand exchange and makes delay riba, even between different goods. Taken literally it would make credit impossible, so the scholars exempted gold and silver by a kind of consensus. Lessonposition checkedreport: gold for gold silver for silver wheat for wheat barley for barley dates for dates salt for salt like for like hand to hand (unresolved; in al-Bukhari and Muslim, number not stated)Sahih al-BukhariSahih Muslimriba al-fadl (riba of excess) machine5 min9:16on YouTube
29 Sep 2017From the Mind of a Mufti Should religious leaders be held to a higher standard than everyone else? The claim that leaders deserve greater scrutiny is a modern Western ethic that its proponents apply selectively, in Mufti Abu Layth's view, while a hadith tells Muslims to overlook the slips of people of standing. Workplace rules on relationships are corporate productivity ethics, not religion. Lessonposition checkedreport: aqilu dhawi al-hayat atharatihim forgive people of standing their slipstrajectory hermeneuticsdiya (blood money) machine3 min 56 s19:37on YouTube
29 Sep 2017From the Mind of a Mufti Is cyberbullying and attacking someone's honour haram in Islam? Harming the honour of a Muslim is graver than destroying the Kaaba, Mufti Abu Layth says citing a hadith, and bullying, cyberbullying and maligning people are haram. A crime goes to the authorities; a haram act is for God alone to judge. Lessonposition checkedNouman Ali Khanal-Fadl ibn AbbasSahih Muslimreport: al-fadl ibn abbas kept looking at a woman and the prophet turned his face away machine6 min 16 s40:31on YouTube
20 Sep 2017Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions Are there authentic hadith of the Prophet casting a jinn out of someone? None of the hadith cited for possession is free of criticism; the only sound version, Uthman ibn Abi al-As in Sahih Muslim, mentions no jinn, as al-Nawawi notes, and the 'come out, enemy of Allah' reports are weak. The Prophet, a mercy to mankind, would not have left such a thing untaught. Lessonposition checkedreport: yala ibn murra said i saw three things from the prophet including that he said to a boy come out enemy of allah i am the messenger of allahYa'la ibn Murrareport: uthman ibn abi al-as said i struggle with the quran and the prophet struck his chest and said go and lead your peopleUthman ibn Abi al-As al-Thaqafi machine6 min 31 s1:02:31on YouTube
20 Sep 2017Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions Does the hadith that Shaytan flows in a person's blood prove possession? No: the Prophet said it to two men who saw him with his wife Safiyya, about human suspicion, and nobody present was possessed. The Quran itself appeals to reason and proof, so possession must be tested by reason, which someone reading the Quran without cultural baggage would never find in it. Lessonposition checkedal-Razi [?]aql (intellect)Quran 88:17-18 (do they not look at the camel, how it was created, and at the sky)report: the shaytan flows in the son of adam like blood said when two men saw the prophet with safiyya machine6 min 32 s1:09:02on YouTube
11 Jan 2017Mothers of the Believers: The Wives of the Blessed Prophet ﷺ Doesn't the hadith about Aisha playing with dolls show she was a child? The word 'play' is also used of adults, and the detailed figures described in the report read as figurines rather than a child's toys. The report does not show Aisha was a child. Question source not recordedposition checkedSahih al-Bukharireport: aisha playing with dolls the horse with two wings machine3 min 55 s1:38:13on YouTube

2016 · 2

21 Dec 2016video What is the reward of sitting in a gathering of remembrance? Gatherings for remembering Allah bring tranquillity, mercy and forgiveness, even for someone who only happened to sit with them. Lessonreport: no people gather in a house of the houses of allah reciting the book of allah and studying it among themselves except that tranquillity descends upon themreport: they are the people whose companion is not depriveddhikr machine4 min 15 s3:57on YouTube
21 Dec 2016video Is Islam still relevant in today's confusing times? Yes: the Prophet foretold confusing trials like layers of night, but Islam is for every time and place and has spread against the greatest odds. Lessonposition checkedreport: trials like pieces of the dark nightfitnah machine3 min 53 s8:12on YouTube

2015 · 1

5 May 2015video Is a short back and sides or faded haircut haram? A short back and sides, or hair of unequal lengths, is permissible and does not fall under the hadith forbidding qaza'. Shaving patches and leaving others (qaza') is at most disliked, not haram, in the view he presents, unless done to disfigure or to imitate a religious practice. Question raised by Mufti Abu Laythposition checkedqaza'report: the prophet forbade qaza (unresolved; Ibn Umar, Sahih Muslim and Sahih al-Bukhari, number not stated)report: shave all of it or leave all of it (unresolved; the child with a patch of hair, al-Nasa'i and Abu Dawud)report: i will not cut it for i saw the prophet hold you by it (unresolved; the braid of Anas ibn Malik, Abu Dawud) machine15 min 52 s1:20on YouTube

2014 · 2

12 Apr 2014video What do the sound hadith about the beard actually say? Only three hadith on the beard have undisputed chains, and each pairs trimming the moustache with the beard and gives the reason of differing from the Jews and Christians, the Majus or the mushrikin. Many read this as an obligatory command, but Mufti Abu Layth says other hadith show otherwise. Lessonposition checkedSahih MuslimMusnad AhmadAbu Hurayra [?]report: be different to the mushrikin trim the moustaches and let the beards grow machine4 min 02 s9:16on YouTube
18 Jan 2014video What is the dua for memorising the Quran and how do I perform it? On Thursday night, in the last part of the night, pray four units with al-Fatiha and a set surah in each, then say the dua the Prophet taught Ali asking that the Quran stick to the heart, for three, five or seven Fridays. The Quran may be held and read from during the prayer according to the majority. Lessonposition checkedAli ibn Abi Talibreport: ali said he found it difficult to retain the quran and the prophet taught him to pray four rakahs on the night of friday and a dua so it would stickduasalah machine5 min 21 s2:39on YouTube