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    <title>Mufti Abu Layth Archive: belief/eschatology</title>
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      <title>Does the Quran say every city will be destroyed before Judgement Day?</title>
      <link>https://muftiabulayth.org/r/wce73zqci_i/s/17/</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Does the Quran say every city will be destroyed before Judgement Day?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The guest reads Quran 17:58 as a sign that humanity is headed for trouble; Mufti Abu Layth points to verses of blessing and God's lack of need to punish.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Answer from 10 July 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kind: general teaching&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recording: Shaykh Omar Baloch | Cynicism, Consumerism &amp;amp; the Catch 22 of Riba | Mindtrap with Mufti #30 (at 1:02:24)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A more recent answer on quran/tafsir exists&lt;/b&gt; (18 October 2025): &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/30/"&gt;Why are two of the daily prayers recited silently when 17:110 says not to be silent?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCe73zqCi_I&amp;amp;t=3744s"&gt;Watch on YouTube at 1:02:24&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/wce73zqci_i/s/17/"&gt;Open the segment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>What is Imran Hosein's approach, and why did he disagree with Israr Ahmed?</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>dialogue/views-on-contemporary-scholars</category>
      <category>history/sirah/age-of-aisha</category>
      <category>belief/eschatology</category>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;What is Imran Hosein's approach, and why did he disagree with Israr Ahmed?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mufti Abu Layth praises Imran Hosein's stand on the age of Aisha but finds his outlook almost conspiratorial; the guest says Imran Hosein and Israr Ahmed fell out over eschatology.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Answer from 10 July 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kind: general teaching&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recording: Shaykh Omar Baloch | Cynicism, Consumerism &amp;amp; the Catch 22 of Riba | Mindtrap with Mufti #30 (at 9:38)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A more recent answer on history/sirah/age-of-aisha exists&lt;/b&gt; (18 October 2025): &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/4/"&gt;Why does Mufti Abu Layth see the Quran-only movement as a reaction of anger?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCe73zqCi_I&amp;amp;t=578s"&gt;Watch on YouTube at 9:38&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/wce73zqci_i/s/4/"&gt;Open the segment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Does khatam al-nabiyyin mean the last prophet or the best prophet?</title>
      <link>https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zmirskjob4o/s/23/</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>belief/prophethood-and-miracles</category>
      <category>belief/eschatology</category>
      <category>hadith/quran-only-movement</category>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Does khatam al-nabiyyin mean the last prophet or the best prophet?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The guest understands khatam al-nabiyyin as the last prophet, since the Quran addresses all people until the end of the world, and says the Quran gives the time of the end of the world.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Answer from 26 June 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recording: Prof. Edip Yuksel | Rejecting Hadith, Rashad Khalifa &amp;amp; Realizing '19' | MindTrap with Mufti #27 (at 2:16:30)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A more recent answer on belief/prophethood-and-miracles exists&lt;/b&gt; (18 October 2025): &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/21/"&gt;Can the Quran be used to call the Prophet the best of creation?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmIrskjob4o&amp;amp;t=8190s"&gt;Watch on YouTube at 2:16:30&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zmirskjob4o/s/23/"&gt;Open the segment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Shaykh Imran Hosein?</title>
      <link>https://muftiabulayth.org/r/2cei2vntjes/s/1/</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 09 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>dialogue/views-on-contemporary-scholars</category>
      <category>belief/eschatology</category>
      <category>wellbeing/motivation-and-purpose</category>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Shaykh Imran Hosein?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mufti Abu Layth has not watched much of Imran Hosein but finds him preoccupied with doomsday culture, which he opposes. Islam, he says, is about optimism and seizing the day, as the hadith about carrying on planting when the Hour comes shows, and doom and gloom can fuel death cults.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Answer from 9 November 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kind: general teaching&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recording: My Thoughts on Sheikh Imran Hosein | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A more recent answer on wellbeing/motivation-and-purpose exists&lt;/b&gt; (4 March 2024): &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/fko_fzwwnba/s/1/"&gt;How much does Allah love me?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cei2vnTjes&amp;amp;t=0s"&gt;Watch on YouTube at 0:00&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/2cei2vntjes/s/1/"&gt;Open the segment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Early denials, the second coming, revelations in English and claims of divinity</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>belief/ahmadiyya-and-false-messiahs</category>
      <category>belief/eschatology</category>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Early denials, the second coming, revelations in English and claims of divinity&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mirza's early denials of prophethood were superseded by later claims to be Christ, to receive Quranic verses, to own the real al-Aqsa and to be God. Mufti Abu Layth believes Mirza was mentally unwell rather than lying. Mufti Abu Layth says he believes Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was not lying but had mental health problems, and that the Ahmadi denial of the second coming rests on Mirza's claim to be the awaited Christ.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Answer from 15 January 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kind: general teaching&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recording: A Reply to False Messiahs: Mirza Ghulam Qadiani! -Mufti Abu Layth (at 21:06)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A more recent answer on belief/ahmadiyya-and-false-messiahs exists&lt;/b&gt; (14 March 2021): &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr3nsx3ufy8/s/4/"&gt;Who does Yasir Qadhi say first denied the return of Jesus, and what is the Ahmadiyya connection?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dECxAg9D9g8&amp;amp;t=1266s"&gt;Watch on YouTube at 21:06&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/decxag9d9g8/s/4/"&gt;Open the segment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Summary of the case against a second coming; Ibn Hazm on hadith against reason</title>
      <link>https://muftiabulayth.org/r/nhzyu3bkbwe/s/38/</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>belief/eschatology/second-coming-of-jesus</category>
      <category>hadith/authentication/text-criticism-and-reason</category>
      <category>belief/eschatology</category>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Summary of the case against a second coming; Ibn Hazm on hadith against reason&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There is no second coming of Jesus in Islam: the reports contradict the Quran, Sunnah and principles, are single-transmitter reports not creed, contradict each other, parallel the Bible, and are absent from the Quran and the Prophet's definition of faith. Mufti Abu Layth sums up that the reports of Jesus's return conflict with the Quran, the Sunnah and established principles, are single-transmitter reports rather than creed, contradict one another and echo Christian narratives, and that the Prophet did not mention Jesus when asked about faith or the signs of the hour.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Answer from 13 March 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kind: general teaching&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recording: PRELUDE: Why There Is NO 2nd Coming Of Jesus (as) In Islam- Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:19:16)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A more recent answer on hadith/authentication/text-criticism-and-reason exists&lt;/b&gt; (19 August 2022): &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/17/"&gt;What does the Quran say against the satanic verses story?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHzYu3BKBWE&amp;amp;t=8356s"&gt;Watch on YouTube at 2:19:16&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/nhzyu3bkbwe/s/38/"&gt;Open the segment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Stop obsessing about the end times: the hadith of Jibril and the planting hadith</title>
      <link>https://muftiabulayth.org/r/nhzyu3bkbwe/s/10/</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>belief/eschatology</category>
      <category>belief/eschatology/second-coming-of-jesus</category>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Stop obsessing about the end times: the hadith of Jibril and the planting hadith&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Muslims should stop obsessing about the end times; the hadith of Jibril defines faith and the signs of the hour without mentioning Jesus's return or the Dajjal. Mufti Abu Layth says the hadith of Jibril defines faith and the signs of the hour without mentioning the return of Jesus or the Dajjal, and he agrees that Muslims should stop obsessing about the end times.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Answer from 13 March 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kind: general teaching&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recording: PRELUDE: Why There Is NO 2nd Coming Of Jesus (as) In Islam- Mufti Abu Layth (at 34:38)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A more recent answer on belief/eschatology/second-coming-of-jesus exists&lt;/b&gt; (13 April 2021): &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/26/"&gt;Where are the answers to the questions on the Jesus debate?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHzYu3BKBWE&amp;amp;t=2078s"&gt;Watch on YouTube at 34:38&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/nhzyu3bkbwe/s/10/"&gt;Open the segment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Two camps of religion: tribal mythology versus religion that must make sense</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>belief/reason-and-revelation</category>
      <category>belief/eschatology</category>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Two camps of religion: tribal mythology versus religion that must make sense&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Religion is approached either as tribal custom with a mythology of superheroes, or as something that must make sense; Mufti Abu Layth says he is speaking only to the second group. Mufti Abu Layth says he addresses only those for whom religion must make sense and be based on reason, since God would not contradict the laws he placed in the world.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Answer from 13 March 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kind: general teaching&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recording: PRELUDE: Why There Is NO 2nd Coming Of Jesus (as) In Islam- Mufti Abu Layth (at 20:20)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A more recent answer on belief/reason-and-revelation exists&lt;/b&gt; (18 October 2025): &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/27/"&gt;Why did Mufti Abu Layth bring up 3:188 against the Quran-only position?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHzYu3BKBWE&amp;amp;t=1220s"&gt;Watch on YouTube at 20:20&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/nhzyu3bkbwe/s/6/"&gt;Open the segment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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