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13 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth LatestCan the soul travel into the spiritual world through meditation or dhikr? Mufti Abu Layth says such practices may work for the dedicated, and that the soul is not inside the body but a non-local consciousness the brain connects to, like a phone picking up a signal. Question from live chatposition checkedlata'if (spiritual centres) [?]dhikrruhcollective consciousness machine9 min 10 s2:24:10on YouTube
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. Question raised by Mufti Abu Laythposition checkedJoseph Lumbardtaqwaduareport: dua is the marrow of worship (unresolved) machine7 min 29 s2:03:56on YouTube
26 Jun 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth What does the word salat mean in the Quran according to the Quran-only view? The guest defines salat from the Quran as solidarity rather than ritual: with God, which is remembrance and connection, and with people, which is the secular Friday gathering; the essence is dhikr, not physical form. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechEdip YukselQuran 75:31 (he neither believed nor prayed)Quran 33:56 (Allah and his angels send salat upon the Prophet)Quran 9:103 (take from their wealth a charity and pray for them) machine3 min 54 s2:38:46on YouTube
26 Jun 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Does prayer have to be physical, or is remembering God enough? The guest is not against the physical form of prayer but says it is only an expression; the one necessary component of salat according to the Quran is conscious connection with God, so one may pray sitting or while travelling. Question from live chatquoted view, not his positionguest speechEdip YukselQuran 4:43 (do not approach prayer while intoxicated)salahsujud machine2 min 34 s2:42:40on YouTube
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