Mufti Abu Layth Archive: belief/sufism

A fate worse than death: each of us is a mirror for divine potential

Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

A fate worse than death: each of us is a mirror for divine potential

Each person mirrors a divine potential given by Allah; do not let it go to waste and live to mourn the person you could have become. Mufti Abu Layth says each of us is a mirror for the divine potential that Allah has gifted and urges people not to let it go to waste.

Answer from 28 February 2024 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: A Fate Worse Than Death - #Shorts #Perspective #MALM (at 0:02)

A more recent answer on wellbeing/motivation-and-purpose exists (4 March 2024): How much does Allah love me?

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Can the soul travel into the spiritual world through meditation or dhikr?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Can 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): A fate worse than death: each of us is a mirror for divine potential

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What does the Mufti think of the Naqshbandi Sufi order?

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

What does the Mufti think of the Naqshbandi Sufi order?

Mufti Abu Layth says many Sufi orders have become institutionalised and dogmatic, the very thing mysticism set out to defy. Mufti Abu Layth says many Sufi orders have become very institutionalised, the very monster they originally set out to defy.

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 2:23:08)

A more recent answer on belief/sufism exists (28 February 2024): A fate worse than death: each of us is a mirror for divine potential

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Was al-Ghazali against science and philosophy?

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

Was al-Ghazali against science and philosophy?

Mufti Abu Layth says al-Ghazali was not against reason at first, but after a crisis of faith he turned to ascetic mysticism, and through later Sufism this indirectly harmed the voice of reason. Mufti Abu Layth says it is true that al-Ghazali's influence had a detrimental impact on the voice of reason, although he thinks it did so indirectly.

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 34:23)

A more recent answer on belief/reason-and-revelation exists (18 October 2025): Why did Mufti Abu Layth bring up 3:188 against the Quran-only position?

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What does the Mufti think of Dr Umar Faruq Abdullah?

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

What does the Mufti think of Dr Umar Faruq Abdullah?

Mufti Abu Layth calls Dr Umar Faruq Abdullah exceptionally talented, with remarkable Arabic, but says his later turn to a pir-style spiritual role wastes that talent.

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 2:40:53)

A more recent answer on belief/sufism exists (28 February 2024): A fate worse than death: each of us is a mirror for divine potential

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What does the Mufti think of Pir Naseeruddin Naseer?

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

What does the Mufti think of Pir Naseeruddin Naseer?

Mufti Abu Layth says Pir Naseeruddin Naseer was a widely respected authority across the spectrum of Sunnis.

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 1:15:25)

A more recent answer on belief/sufism exists (28 February 2024): A fate worse than death: each of us is a mirror for divine potential

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What miracle do you have as a saint?

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

What miracle do you have as a saint?

Mufti Abu Layth answers with a joke about Sufi hagiographies rather than claiming any karama.

Answer from 5 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #196 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:17:07)

A more recent answer on belief/sufism exists (28 February 2024): A fate worse than death: each of us is a mirror for divine potential

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Did the Sufi saints have psychedelic experiences without knowing it?

Sat, 17 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Did the Sufi saints have psychedelic experiences without knowing it?

Many of Islam's great mystics, such as Junayd, al-Hallaj and Ibn Arabi, most likely had psychedelic experiences without knowing it, as initiates at Eleusis and communities eating ergotised grain did. Mufti Abu Layth says many of the great Muslim mystics, including Junayd, al-Hallaj and Ibn Arabi, most likely had psychedelic experiences without knowing it, in the way that initiates at Eleusis and people eating ergotised grain did.

Answer from 17 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Psychedelics are NOT haram | Mufti Abu Layth (at 7:26)

A more recent answer on belief/sufism exists (28 February 2024): A fate worse than death: each of us is a mirror for divine potential

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Is love one of God's attributes in Islam?

Fri, 03 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Is love one of God's attributes in Islam?

The guest says Sufi traditions understand God's mercy as love even though Kalam rarely speaks of it, and rejects the polemic that the God of Islam is not loving.

Answer from 3 July 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)

Recording: Prof. Dr Khalil Andani | The Oral Text & the Ontology of The Quran | Mindtrap with Mufti #28 (at 1:33:10)

A more recent answer on belief/god-and-attributes exists (4 March 2024): How much does Allah love me?

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Did revelation end with the Prophet, or does inspiration continue?

Fri, 03 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Did revelation end with the Prophet, or does inspiration continue?

The guest says that for Shi'is, Sufis and arguably jurists some form of revelatory inspiration continues; Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran will always continue to mean different things to different people over time.

Answer from 3 July 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Prof. Dr Khalil Andani | The Oral Text & the Ontology of The Quran | Mindtrap with Mufti #28 (at 19:58)

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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What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi?

Mon, 06 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi?

Mufti Abu Layth regards Shaykh al-Yaqoubi as a level-headed scholar who has spoken against extremism and would point someone set on joining a Sufi order to a figure like him, while thinking his admirers overdo it. He himself once took issue with al-Yaqoubi's statements on Bukhari.

Answer from 6 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: People Attacking Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

A more recent answer on belief/sufism exists (28 February 2024): A fate worse than death: each of us is a mirror for divine potential

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What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Shaykh Saqib Shaami?

Sat, 17 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000

What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Shaykh Saqib Shaami?

Mufti Abu Layth respects Saqib Shaami for turning people lost to drugs and crime into good human beings and finds his influence in the East unique for a Western-raised shaykh. He sees him as focused on spirituality and tasawwuf rather than academic or contemporary intellectual issues.

Answer from 17 August 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: My Thoughts on Shaykh Saqib Shaami | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

A more recent answer on belief/sufism exists (28 February 2024): A fate worse than death: each of us is a mirror for divine potential

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Is al-Khidr a prophet, and is he still alive?

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

Is al-Khidr a prophet, and is he still alive?

Classical scholars disagreed on whether al-Khidr was a prophet or a saint, and many held he is still alive while others denied it. Mufti Abu Layth likens the stories of his appearances to saint legends in other religions.

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

Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)

Recording: Who Was Khidr (a.s.)? -Mufti Abu Layth (at 14:02)

A more recent answer on belief/sufism exists (28 February 2024): A fate worse than death: each of us is a mirror for divine potential

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