Mufti Abu Layth Archive: belief/soul-nafs-and-consciousnessAnswers on belief/soul-nafs-and-consciousness, newest recording first.https://muftiabulayth.org/feeds/topics/belief-soul-nafs-and-consciousness.atom.xml2021-04-26T00:00:00ZMufti Abu Layth Archivepipeline/feeds.pyWhat does Lupe Fiasco think the soul is?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/8/2021-04-26T00:00:00Z2021-04-26T00:00:00ZWhat does Lupe Fiasco think the soul is?
The guest says exposure to many faiths has left him still searching, and that he thinks of the soul as a name for many functions of the body, holding his 'I don't know' comfortably.
Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)
Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 36:27)
A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/
Watch on YouTube at 36:27: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYiiPEhuiHA&t=2187s<p><b>What does Lupe Fiasco think the soul is?</b></p>
<p>The guest says exposure to many faiths has left him still searching, and that he thinks of the soul as a name for many functions of the body, holding his 'I don't know' comfortably.</p>
<p>Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p>
<p>Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 36:27)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/">How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYiiPEhuiHA&t=2187s">Watch on YouTube at 36:27</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/8/">Open the segment</a></p>Is the soul the same thing as consciousness?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/7/2021-04-26T00:00:00Z2021-04-26T00:00:00ZIs the soul the same thing as consciousness?
The guest describes storytelling as a syncing of minds; Mufti Abu Layth says he feels consciousness is synonymous with the ruh and links people weakly at a distance.
Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 33:13)
Watch on YouTube at 35:08: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYiiPEhuiHA&t=2108s<p><b>Is the soul the same thing as consciousness?</b></p>
<p>The guest describes storytelling as a syncing of minds; Mufti Abu Layth says he feels consciousness is synonymous with the ruh and links people weakly at a distance.</p>
<p>Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 33:13)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYiiPEhuiHA&t=2108s">Watch on YouTube at 35:08</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/7/">Open the segment</a></p>How can I be sure my reason is not wrong?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/42/2021-04-13T00:00:00Z2021-04-13T00:00:00ZHow can I be sure my reason is not wrong?
Mufti Abu Layth says al-Ghazali answered his doubt by relying on God; today, he says, the very existence of a consciousness that can doubt is itself the sign of God. Mufti Abu Layth says al-Ghazali resolved his doubt by reliance on God, that science has since taken us far beyond his time, and that for him the existence of consciousness is the sign of God.
Answer from 13 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:52:58)
A more recent answer on arts/philosophy-and-ideas exists (26 April 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/25/
Watch on YouTube at 2:52:58: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XuHMCz2N3U&t=10378s<p><b>How can I be sure my reason is not wrong?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says al-Ghazali answered his doubt by relying on God; today, he says, the very existence of a consciousness that can doubt is itself the sign of God. Mufti Abu Layth says al-Ghazali resolved his doubt by reliance on God, that science has since taken us far beyond his time, and that for him the existence of consciousness is the sign of God.</p>
<p>Answer from 13 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:52:58)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on arts/philosophy-and-ideas exists</b> (26 April 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/25/">Is life just a dream in the mind of God?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XuHMCz2N3U&t=10378s">Watch on YouTube at 2:52:58</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/42/">Open the segment</a></p>Can the soul travel into the spiritual world through meditation or dhikr?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/37/2021-04-13T00:00:00Z2021-04-13T00:00:00ZCan 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. Mufti Abu Layth says he understands the soul not as a ghost inside the body but as a non-local consciousness that the brain connects to, like a handset picking up a signal, and that collective consciousness shifts over time.
Answer from 13 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:24:10)
A more recent answer on belief/sufism exists (28 February 2024): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/chvpqwz6bee/s/1/
Watch on YouTube at 2:24:10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XuHMCz2N3U&t=8650s<p><b>Can the soul travel into the spiritual world through meditation or dhikr?</b></p>
<p>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. Mufti Abu Layth says he understands the soul not as a ghost inside the body but as a non-local consciousness that the brain connects to, like a handset picking up a signal, and that collective consciousness shifts over time.</p>
<p>Answer from 13 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:24:10)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/sufism exists</b> (28 February 2024): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/chvpqwz6bee/s/1/">A fate worse than death: each of us is a mirror for divine potential</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XuHMCz2N3U&t=8650s">Watch on YouTube at 2:24:10</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/37/">Open the segment</a></p>Do those who deny Jesus's return reject the unseen, as Yasir Qadhi claims?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr3nsx3ufy8/s/5/2021-03-14T00:00:00Z2021-03-14T00:00:00ZDo those who deny Jesus's return reject the unseen, as Yasir Qadhi claims?
Mufti Abu Layth rejects Qadhi's charge that deniers of the return refuse the unseen: belief itself concerns the unseen God, and Mufti is preoccupied with consciousness, which science cannot explain and which he understands to be non-local. Qadhi's clip names Mufti among the heretics.
Answer from 14 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Reply to Yasir Qadhi's False Claims on 2nd Coming of Jesus | Mufti Abu Layth (at 22:25)
A more recent answer on belief/reason-and-revelation exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/27/
Watch on YouTube at 22:25: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR3NSX3UFy8&t=1345s<p><b>Do those who deny Jesus's return reject the unseen, as Yasir Qadhi claims?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth rejects Qadhi's charge that deniers of the return refuse the unseen: belief itself concerns the unseen God, and Mufti is preoccupied with consciousness, which science cannot explain and which he understands to be non-local. Qadhi's clip names Mufti among the heretics.</p>
<p>Answer from 14 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Reply to Yasir Qadhi's False Claims on 2nd Coming of Jesus | Mufti Abu Layth (at 22:25)</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=TR3NSX3UFy8&t=1345s">Watch on YouTube at 22:25</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr3nsx3ufy8/s/5/">Open the segment</a></p>Do people who deny Jesus's return reject the unseen?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/b1ooltqtptw/s/17/2021-03-02T00:00:00Z2021-03-02T00:00:00ZDo people who deny Jesus's return reject the unseen?
Mufti Abu Layth rejects Qadhi's charge that deniers of the return reject the unseen: belief itself is in the unseen God, and he is himself preoccupied with consciousness, which science cannot explain.
Answer from 2 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:26:08)
A more recent answer on belief/reason-and-revelation exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/27/
Watch on YouTube at 1:26:08: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1OOltqtPTw&t=5168s<p><b>Do people who deny Jesus's return reject the unseen?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth rejects Qadhi's charge that deniers of the return reject the unseen: belief itself is in the unseen God, and he is himself preoccupied with consciousness, which science cannot explain.</p>
<p>Answer from 2 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:26:08)</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=b1OOltqtPTw&t=5168s">Watch on YouTube at 1:26:08</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/b1ooltqtptw/s/17/">Open the segment</a></p>Can the revelation of the Quran be explained without the supernatural?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/b1ooltqtptw/s/9/2021-03-02T00:00:00Z2021-03-02T00:00:00ZCan the revelation of the Quran be explained without the supernatural?
The words of revelation manifested in the Prophet's mind rather than being composed by him; whether that counts as supernatural depends on the definition, and trance experiences are only an approximation. Mufti Abu Layth says he is not saying the Prophet was making the words of the Quran, but that the words were manifesting to him.
Answer from 2 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 43:32)
A more recent answer on belief/prophethood-and-miracles exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/21/
Watch on YouTube at 44:10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1OOltqtPTw&t=2650s<p><b>Can the revelation of the Quran be explained without the supernatural?</b></p>
<p>The words of revelation manifested in the Prophet's mind rather than being composed by him; whether that counts as supernatural depends on the definition, and trance experiences are only an approximation. Mufti Abu Layth says he is not saying the Prophet was making the words of the Quran, but that the words were manifesting to him.</p>
<p>Answer from 2 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 43:32)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/prophethood-and-miracles exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/21/">Can the Quran be used to call the Prophet the best of creation?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1OOltqtPTw&t=2650s">Watch on YouTube at 44:10</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/b1ooltqtptw/s/9/">Open the segment</a></p>Are DMT and magic mushrooms haram?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/54/2021-02-16T00:00:00Z2021-02-16T00:00:00ZAre DMT and magic mushrooms haram?
DMT and psilocybin are not haram, he says, though they raise legal issues; brain studies give abundant evidence of their effect on consciousness. Mufti Abu Layth says DMT is definitely not haram, nor is psilocybin, though these are issues of legality.
Answer from 16 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:08:23)
A more recent answer on fiqh/intoxicants-and-substances/psychedelics exists (30 August 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/cipm_chv0kw/s/1/
Watch on YouTube at 3:08:23: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--PntsaR8ck&t=11303s<p><b>Are DMT and magic mushrooms haram?</b></p>
<p>DMT and psilocybin are not haram, he says, though they raise legal issues; brain studies give abundant evidence of their effect on consciousness. Mufti Abu Layth says DMT is definitely not haram, nor is psilocybin, though these are issues of legality.</p>
<p>Answer from 16 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:08:23)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/intoxicants-and-substances/psychedelics exists</b> (30 August 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/cipm_chv0kw/s/1/">Is a DMT ego death the same as the Sufi idea of fana?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--PntsaR8ck&t=11303s">Watch on YouTube at 3:08:23</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/54/">Open the segment</a></p>Can atheism explain consciousness?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/31/2021-02-16T00:00:00Z2021-02-16T00:00:00ZCan atheism explain consciousness?
Mufti Abu Layth says atheists have strong points, but their case collapses at consciousness and quantum physics; atheism only works against Newtonian, institutional religion. Mufti Abu Layth says that while atheists have strong arguments on many things, overall their case collapses when it comes face to face with consciousness.
Answer from 16 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:42:23)
A more recent answer on arts/science-and-the-universe exists (10 March 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/2/
Watch on YouTube at 1:42:23: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--PntsaR8ck&t=6143s<p><b>Can atheism explain consciousness?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says atheists have strong points, but their case collapses at consciousness and quantum physics; atheism only works against Newtonian, institutional religion. Mufti Abu Layth says that while atheists have strong arguments on many things, overall their case collapses when it comes face to face with consciousness.</p>
<p>Answer from 16 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:42:23)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on arts/science-and-the-universe exists</b> (10 March 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/2/">Can a pregnancy last for years, as was said of Imam Malik's birth?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--PntsaR8ck&t=6143s">Watch on YouTube at 1:42:23</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/31/">Open the segment</a></p>Are near-death experiences real or just chemicals in the brain?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/s/5/2021-02-02T00:00:00Z2021-02-02T00:00:00ZAre near-death experiences real or just chemicals in the brain?
Mufti Abu Layth feels near-death experiences are real portals, not just brain chemistry, pointing to cardiac-arrest studies. Mufti Abu Layth says he definitely feels near-death experiences are valid portals and not just chemicals in the brain.
Answer from 2 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #200| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 26:13)
A more recent answer on belief/spiritual-experience-and-psychedelics exists (30 August 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/cipm_chv0kw/s/1/
Watch on YouTube at 26:49: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijwBevcC6o8&t=1609s<p><b>Are near-death experiences real or just chemicals in the brain?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth feels near-death experiences are real portals, not just brain chemistry, pointing to cardiac-arrest studies. Mufti Abu Layth says he definitely feels near-death experiences are valid portals and not just chemicals in the brain.</p>
<p>Answer from 2 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #200| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 26:13)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/spiritual-experience-and-psychedelics exists</b> (30 August 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/cipm_chv0kw/s/1/">Is a DMT ego death the same as the Sufi idea of fana?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijwBevcC6o8&t=1609s">Watch on YouTube at 26:49</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/s/5/">Open the segment</a></p>Could the hadith tradition evolve like a living organism?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eokcnwggiba/s/27/2021-01-26T00:00:00Z2021-01-26T00:00:00ZCould the hadith tradition evolve like a living organism?
As food for thought, he suggests that the hadith system, like other belief systems, behaves like an evolving organism that drives people to standardise and preserve it. Mufti Abu Layth suggests, as food for thought, that the hadith system behaves like an evolving organism that, without consciousness, drives those engaged with it to standardise and correct it so that it survives.
Answer from 26 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #199 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:12:03)
A more recent answer on hadith/collections-and-compilation exists (10 March 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/7/
Watch on YouTube at 2:12:03: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoKcNwGGIBA&t=7923s<p><b>Could the hadith tradition evolve like a living organism?</b></p>
<p>As food for thought, he suggests that the hadith system, like other belief systems, behaves like an evolving organism that drives people to standardise and preserve it. Mufti Abu Layth suggests, as food for thought, that the hadith system behaves like an evolving organism that, without consciousness, drives those engaged with it to standardise and correct it so that it survives.</p>
<p>Answer from 26 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #199 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:12:03)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/collections-and-compilation exists</b> (10 March 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/7/">Is the Muwatta of Imam Malik more authentic than Sahih al-Bukhari?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoKcNwGGIBA&t=7923s">Watch on YouTube at 2:12:03</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eokcnwggiba/s/27/">Open the segment</a></p>How do I explain to someone why believing in God matters?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/33/2021-01-19T00:00:00Z2021-01-19T00:00:00ZHow do I explain to someone why believing in God matters?
Mufti Abu Layth believes consciousness is the modern gateway back to God, and that following it will lead there. Mufti Abu Layth says he honestly believes the modern gateway to God is through consciousness.
Answer from 19 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:33:07)
A more recent answer on belief/soul-nafs-and-consciousness exists (26 April 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/8/
Watch on YouTube at 2:33:07: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&t=9187s<p><b>How do I explain to someone why believing in God matters?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth believes consciousness is the modern gateway back to God, and that following it will lead there. Mufti Abu Layth says he honestly believes the modern gateway to God is through consciousness.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:33:07)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/soul-nafs-and-consciousness exists</b> (26 April 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/8/">What does Lupe Fiasco think the soul is?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&t=9187s">Watch on YouTube at 2:33:07</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/33/">Open the segment</a></p>Will you discuss reincarnation with a guest on Mind Trap?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/3/2021-01-19T00:00:00Z2021-01-19T00:00:00ZWill you discuss reincarnation with a guest on Mind Trap?
Mufti Abu Layth is still looking for the right guest to discuss reincarnation on Mind Trap, and has only skimmed the Shia response a viewer mentions.
Answer from 19 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 11:43)
A more recent answer on dialogue/the-mufti-and-the-channel exists (18 May 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t9ei_hrzl84/s/2/
Watch on YouTube at 12:21: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&t=741s<p><b>Will you discuss reincarnation with a guest on Mind Trap?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth is still looking for the right guest to discuss reincarnation on Mind Trap, and has only skimmed the Shia response a viewer mentions.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 11:43)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on dialogue/the-mufti-and-the-channel exists</b> (18 May 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t9ei_hrzl84/s/2/">Response to accusations over Palestine remarks and claims he is not Muslim</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&t=741s">Watch on YouTube at 12:21</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/3/">Open the segment</a></p>If we all recognise harm, why do people still do terrible things?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zasz48lx_wi/s/14/2020-12-11T00:00:00Z2020-12-11T00:00:00ZIf we all recognise harm, why do people still do terrible things?
Mufti Abu Layth says empathy can be overridden by instincts such as power, and that a shared consciousness shapes the moral feel of an age; he notes the Quran commands justice without defining it, which the guest links to the Mu'tazila.
Answer from 11 December 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Dr Javad T. Hashmi | Axis of Morality & Archetypal Myths in the Quran | MindTrap 46 |Mufti Abu Layth (at 53:58)
A more recent answer on belief/reason-and-revelation exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/27/
Watch on YouTube at 53:58: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAsz48lX_WI&t=3238s<p><b>If we all recognise harm, why do people still do terrible things?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says empathy can be overridden by instincts such as power, and that a shared consciousness shapes the moral feel of an age; he notes the Quran commands justice without defining it, which the guest links to the Mu'tazila.</p>
<p>Answer from 11 December 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Dr Javad T. Hashmi | Axis of Morality & Archetypal Myths in the Quran | MindTrap 46 |Mufti Abu Layth (at 53:58)</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=ZAsz48lX_WI&t=3238s">Watch on YouTube at 53:58</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zasz48lx_wi/s/14/">Open the segment</a></p>Are jinn just archetypes in our unconscious mind?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/w6tqwuuumcg/s/15/2020-10-27T00:00:00Z2020-10-27T00:00:00ZAre jinn just archetypes in our unconscious mind?
Mufti Abu Layth thinks the jinn are beings in a dimension of consciousness we cannot normally reach, not mental archetypes. Mufti Abu Layth says he thinks the jinn are things that exist in a dimension of consciousness that we generally do not have access to.
Answer from 27 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #188 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:33:46)
A more recent answer on belief/spiritual-experience-and-psychedelics exists (30 August 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/cipm_chv0kw/s/1/
Watch on YouTube at 1:34:18: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6TqWuUumCg&t=5658s<p><b>Are jinn just archetypes in our unconscious mind?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth thinks the jinn are beings in a dimension of consciousness we cannot normally reach, not mental archetypes. Mufti Abu Layth says he thinks the jinn are things that exist in a dimension of consciousness that we generally do not have access to.</p>
<p>Answer from 27 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #188 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:33:46)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/spiritual-experience-and-psychedelics exists</b> (30 August 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/cipm_chv0kw/s/1/">Is a DMT ego death the same as the Sufi idea of fana?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6TqWuUumCg&t=5658s">Watch on YouTube at 1:34:18</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/w6tqwuuumcg/s/15/">Open the segment</a></p>How does Mufti Abu Layth explain what psychedelics do to consciousness?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7skyphqzdy8/s/2/2020-10-17T00:00:00Z2020-10-17T00:00:00ZHow does Mufti Abu Layth explain what psychedelics do to consciousness?
Ordinary perception reaches only a sliver of what exists, as the eye sees only a small part of the electromagnetic spectrum; Mufti Abu Layth says consciousness has layers we normally cannot access. Mufti Abu Layth says ordinary human consciousness has access to only a small part of what exists, as the eye sees only a sliver of the electromagnetic spectrum, and that the other layers of consciousness are there but we do not normally have access to them.
Answer from 17 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Psychedelics are NOT haram | Mufti Abu Layth (at 4:28)
A more recent answer on belief/spiritual-experience-and-psychedelics exists (30 August 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/cipm_chv0kw/s/1/
Watch on YouTube at 4:28: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SkyPhQZdY8&t=268s<p><b>How does Mufti Abu Layth explain what psychedelics do to consciousness?</b></p>
<p>Ordinary perception reaches only a sliver of what exists, as the eye sees only a small part of the electromagnetic spectrum; Mufti Abu Layth says consciousness has layers we normally cannot access. Mufti Abu Layth says ordinary human consciousness has access to only a small part of what exists, as the eye sees only a sliver of the electromagnetic spectrum, and that the other layers of consciousness are there but we do not normally have access to them.</p>
<p>Answer from 17 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Psychedelics are NOT haram | Mufti Abu Layth (at 4:28)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/spiritual-experience-and-psychedelics exists</b> (30 August 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/cipm_chv0kw/s/1/">Is a DMT ego death the same as the Sufi idea of fana?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SkyPhQZdY8&t=268s">Watch on YouTube at 4:28</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7skyphqzdy8/s/2/">Open the segment</a></p>Do brain chemicals shape my personality?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/jtyem-eee78/s/5/2020-09-22T00:00:00Z2020-09-22T00:00:00ZDo brain chemicals shape my personality?
Mufti Abu Layth says personality comes from DNA, environment and, in his personal view, the soul too, and that people can improve their predisposition through diet and training. Mufti Abu Layth says that, as his personal take, he feels the ruh plays some role in personality alongside DNA and environment.
Answer from 22 September 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #183 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 31:14)
A more recent answer on belief/soul-nafs-and-consciousness exists (26 April 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/8/
Watch on YouTube at 31:14: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTYEM-eEe78&t=1874s<p><b>Do brain chemicals shape my personality?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says personality comes from DNA, environment and, in his personal view, the soul too, and that people can improve their predisposition through diet and training. Mufti Abu Layth says that, as his personal take, he feels the ruh plays some role in personality alongside DNA and environment.</p>
<p>Answer from 22 September 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #183 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 31:14)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/soul-nafs-and-consciousness exists</b> (26 April 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/8/">What does Lupe Fiasco think the soul is?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTYEM-eEe78&t=1874s">Watch on YouTube at 31:14</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/jtyem-eee78/s/5/">Open the segment</a></p>Is Western culture uniquely shallow?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/wce73zqci_i/s/21/2020-07-10T00:00:00Z2020-07-10T00:00:00ZIs Western culture uniquely shallow?
Mufti Abu Layth says the pull of glitter and the thirst for knowledge are human, not Western, and that people now seek meaning more than ever.
Answer from 10 July 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Shaykh Omar Baloch | Cynicism, Consumerism & the Catch 22 of Riba | Mindtrap with Mufti #30 (at 1:16:33)
A more recent answer on society/islam-and-modernity exists (19 August 2022): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/11/
Watch on YouTube at 1:16:33: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCe73zqCi_I&t=4593s<p><b>Is Western culture uniquely shallow?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says the pull of glitter and the thirst for knowledge are human, not Western, and that people now seek meaning more than ever.</p>
<p>Answer from 10 July 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Shaykh Omar Baloch | Cynicism, Consumerism & the Catch 22 of Riba | Mindtrap with Mufti #30 (at 1:16:33)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on society/islam-and-modernity exists</b> (19 August 2022): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/11/">Should all religions be free to compete without state backing?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCe73zqCi_I&t=4593s">Watch on YouTube at 1:16:33</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/wce73zqci_i/s/21/">Open the segment</a></p>Is consciousness in the brain, or is the brain a receiver for the soul?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zmirskjob4o/s/36/2020-06-26T00:00:00Z2020-06-26T00:00:00ZIs consciousness in the brain, or is the brain a receiver for the soul?
Mufti Abu Layth holds that consciousness is non-local and the brain a receiver like a radio; the guest disagrees, describing a human as matter plus information that is backed up in God's record and restored to a new body at the resurrection.
Answer from 26 June 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Prof. Edip Yuksel | Rejecting Hadith, Rashad Khalifa & Realizing '19' | MindTrap with Mufti #27 (at 2:53:05)
A more recent answer on belief/soul-nafs-and-consciousness exists (26 April 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/8/
Watch on YouTube at 2:53:05: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmIrskjob4o&t=10385s<p><b>Is consciousness in the brain, or is the brain a receiver for the soul?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth holds that consciousness is non-local and the brain a receiver like a radio; the guest disagrees, describing a human as matter plus information that is backed up in God's record and restored to a new body at the resurrection.</p>
<p>Answer from 26 June 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Prof. Edip Yuksel | Rejecting Hadith, Rashad Khalifa & Realizing '19' | MindTrap with Mufti #27 (at 2:53:05)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/soul-nafs-and-consciousness exists</b> (26 April 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/8/">What does Lupe Fiasco think the soul is?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmIrskjob4o&t=10385s">Watch on YouTube at 2:53:05</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zmirskjob4o/s/36/">Open the segment</a></p>Do Muslims believe in reincarnation?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/51qevhjqnt4/s/9/2020-02-28T00:00:00Z2020-02-28T00:00:00ZDo Muslims believe in reincarnation?
No: he does not believe in past lives in this world, though he feels souls are connected to each other and to God, which may explain the feeling of having lived before. Mufti Abu Layth says he does not believe in reincarnation as it is generally understood, the soul returning to this world as another.
Answer from 28 February 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Fadak between Fatima (r) & Abu Bakr (r) Detailed Overview | Mufti Abu Layth (at 31:30)
A more recent answer on belief/soul-nafs-and-consciousness exists (26 April 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/8/
Watch on YouTube at 31:30: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51Qevhjqnt4&t=1890s<p><b>Do Muslims believe in reincarnation?</b></p>
<p>No: he does not believe in past lives in this world, though he feels souls are connected to each other and to God, which may explain the feeling of having lived before. Mufti Abu Layth says he does not believe in reincarnation as it is generally understood, the soul returning to this world as another.</p>
<p>Answer from 28 February 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Fadak between Fatima (r) & Abu Bakr (r) Detailed Overview | Mufti Abu Layth (at 31:30)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on belief/soul-nafs-and-consciousness exists</b> (26 April 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/8/">What does Lupe Fiasco think the soul is?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51Qevhjqnt4&t=1890s">Watch on YouTube at 31:30</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/51qevhjqnt4/s/9/">Open the segment</a></p>Is DMT haram?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8jx1u0qqyae/s/1/2020-01-14T00:00:00Z2020-01-14T00:00:00ZIs DMT haram?
Mufti Abu Layth says DMT is not haram and calls it an entheogen, though it is not for everyone; legality and health are separate questions. He holds the same for psilocybin. Mufti Abu Layth says he does not think DMT is haram.
Answer from 14 January 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Ruling on DMT | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)
A more recent answer on fiqh/intoxicants-and-substances/psychedelics exists (30 August 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/cipm_chv0kw/s/1/
Watch on YouTube at 0:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JX1u0qQYAE&t=0s<p><b>Is DMT haram?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says DMT is not haram and calls it an entheogen, though it is not for everyone; legality and health are separate questions. He holds the same for psilocybin. Mufti Abu Layth says he does not think DMT is haram.</p>
<p>Answer from 14 January 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Ruling on DMT | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/intoxicants-and-substances/psychedelics exists</b> (30 August 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/cipm_chv0kw/s/1/">Is a DMT ego death the same as the Sufi idea of fana?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JX1u0qQYAE&t=0s">Watch on YouTube at 0:00</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8jx1u0qqyae/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>