Mufti Abu Layth Archive: belief/dreams-and-visions

Is it haram to flip a coin to make a decision?

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is it haram to flip a coin to make a decision?

Mufti Abu Layth says flipping a coin is not haram, but important decisions should be made by reasoning, not by a coin or a dream. Mufti Abu Layth says flipping coins is not haram.

Answer from 9 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #201| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:16:17)

A more recent answer on fiqh/speech-and-everyday-conduct exists (6 April 2021): Does Mufti Abu Layth have any scholarly precedent for his views?

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Why would God stop sending revelation?

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Why would God stop sending revelation?

Revelation as a religion has ended, he says, but the Prophet said it continues in dreams, which can guide a person but are not for preaching. Mufti Abu Layth says the Prophet did not say revelation per se ends, but that revelation in its formal manner as a religion ends.

Answer from 12 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #197 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:14:59)

A more recent answer on belief/prophethood-and-miracles exists (18 October 2025): Can the Quran be used to call the Prophet the best of creation?

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A dream of Ibn Abd al-Barr dressed like a professor

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000

A dream of Ibn Abd al-Barr dressed like a professor

Mufti Abu Layth recounts a vivid dream of meeting Ibn Abd al-Barr, who looked like a professor.

Answer from 4 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth #176 *Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted!* 🤣 (at 1:10:54)

A more recent answer on belief/dreams-and-visions exists (9 February 2021): Is it haram to flip a coin to make a decision?

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Abdul Raheem Limbada and the dream of the coronavirus as a man

Sun, 22 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Abdul Raheem Limbada and the dream of the coronavirus as a man

Mufti Abu Layth mocks a preacher's account of a dream in which the coronavirus appeared as a man sent to punish, calling it nonsense that people are preaching and sharing.

Answer from 22 March 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Maulana Limbada & Coronavirus Dream | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:01)

A more recent answer on dialogue/views-on-contemporary-scholars exists (22 February 2023): Should scholars publicly condemn a scholar said to have joined in a libation ritual?

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Is al-Khidr a real person who is still alive?

Mon, 14 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Is al-Khidr a real person who is still alive?

No: he reads al-Khidr as part of a vision shown to Musa, whose three events mirrored Musa's own life and mission. The boy was not really killed, and al-Khidr does not roam the earth. Mufti Abu Layth says al-Khidr was part of Musa's vision and not actually a real person who roams among us.

Answer from 14 January 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Who Was Khidr (a.s.)? -Mufti Abu Layth (at 22:48)

A more recent answer on quran/hermeneutics exists (18 October 2025): Does 3:188 mean everyone who likes praise will be punished?

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Was the story of Musa and al-Khidr a dream?

Mon, 14 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Was the story of Musa and al-Khidr a dream?

Mufti Abu Layth reads everything after Musa and his companion fell asleep at the rock as a vision, which explains its strange details. Scholars who read it literally struggled to explain them. Mufti Abu Layth says that he feels earlier scholars overlooked that everything after Musa and his companion fell asleep at the rock happened in a vision.

Answer from 14 January 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Who Was Khidr (a.s.)? -Mufti Abu Layth (at 8:22)

A more recent answer on quran/hermeneutics exists (18 October 2025): Does 3:188 mean everyone who likes praise will be punished?

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Why did Khidr kill the boy in Surah al-Kahf?

Mon, 24 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Why did Khidr kill the boy in Surah al-Kahf?

Mufti Abu Layth reads the ship, the boy and the wall as a vision mirroring Musa's mission; no child was really killed, since God would never allow that. Mufti Abu Layth says the boy was not killed in reality, since God would never allow anybody to murder a child.

Answer from 24 December 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: The Story Explained: Did Musa & Khidr (a.s.) Kill a Child? -Mufti Abu Layth (at 11:22)

A more recent answer on quran/stories-of-the-prophets/moses exists (19 February 2022): What do you think of the rational readings of the Quran on the Marvelous Quran channel?

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Did the journey of Musa and Khidr really happen, or was it a vision?

Mon, 24 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Did the journey of Musa and Khidr really happen, or was it a vision?

Mufti Abu Layth holds that everything after Musa and Joshua slept at the rock happened in a vision, which explains the story's strange shifts. Mufti Abu Layth says that he feels earlier scholars overlooked that everything after Musa and his companion fell asleep at the rock happened in a vision.

Answer from 24 December 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: The Story Explained: Did Musa & Khidr (a.s.) Kill a Child? -Mufti Abu Layth (at 5:31)

A more recent answer on quran/tafsir/contested-verses exists (19 August 2022): Is Quran 22:52 about the satanic verses incident?

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