Mufti Abu Layth Archive: belief/afterlife/grave-and-barzakhAnswers on belief/afterlife/grave-and-barzakh, newest recording first.https://muftiabulayth.org/feeds/topics/belief-afterlife-grave-and-barzakh.atom.xml2018-04-09T00:00:00ZMufti Abu Layth Archivepipeline/feeds.pyDoes Islam stand the test of reason, and why should Muslims not fear examining it?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/uuldzklvxvo/s/7/2018-04-09T00:00:00Z2018-04-09T00:00:00ZDoes Islam stand the test of reason, and why should Muslims not fear examining it?
Mufti Abu Layth says he has certainty that Islam has stood the test of reason as well as time, that the hadith of the grave condemns faith that merely repeats what people say, and that Muslims must take reason back rather than shy away. Mufti Abu Layth says he has certainty that Islam has stood the test of reason as well as of time, that Muslims owe it to Islam to measure it openly, and that the hadith of the grave in which the dead person says he merely repeated what people said is evidence that reason is required in faith.
Answer from 9 April 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: The Role Of Reason In Religion - Mufti Abu Layth (at 36:33)
A more recent answer on belief/reason-and-revelation exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/27/
Watch on YouTube at 36:33: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuLDZkLvxvo&t=2193s<p><b>Does Islam stand the test of reason, and why should Muslims not fear examining it?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says he has certainty that Islam has stood the test of reason as well as time, that the hadith of the grave condemns faith that merely repeats what people say, and that Muslims must take reason back rather than shy away. Mufti Abu Layth says he has certainty that Islam has stood the test of reason as well as of time, that Muslims owe it to Islam to measure it openly, and that the hadith of the grave in which the dead person says he merely repeated what people said is evidence that reason is required in faith.</p>
<p>Answer from 9 April 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: The Role Of Reason In Religion - Mufti Abu Layth (at 36:33)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/reason-and-revelation exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/27/">Why did Mufti Abu Layth bring up 3:188 against the Quran-only position?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuLDZkLvxvo&t=2193s">Watch on YouTube at 36:33</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/uuldzklvxvo/s/7/">Open the segment</a></p>