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  <title>Mufti Abu Layth Archive: fiqh/intoxicants-and-substances/psychedelics</title>
  <subtitle>Answers on fiqh/intoxicants-and-substances/psychedelics, newest recording first.</subtitle>
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  <updated>2021-08-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Is a DMT ego death the same as the Sufi idea of fana?</title>
    <link href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/cipm_chv0kw/s/1/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://muftiabulayth.org/r/cipm_chv0kw/s/1/</id>
    <updated>2021-08-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2021-08-30T00:00:00Z</published>
    <category term="belief-spiritual-experience-and-psychedelics" label="belief/spiritual-experience-and-psychedelics" />
    <category term="fiqh-intoxicants-and-substances-psychedelics" label="fiqh/intoxicants-and-substances/psychedelics" />
    <category term="belief-sufism-ibn-arabi" label="belief/sufism/ibn-arabi" />
    <summary type="text">Is a DMT ego death the same as the Sufi idea of fana?
Mufti Abu Layth says the ego death reported with 5-MeO-DMT is, he believes, what Ibn Arabi meant by fana fillah. Mufti Abu Layth says he believes the ego death reported with 5-MeO-DMT is what great scholars like Ibn Arabi meant by fana fillah.
Answer from 30 August 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: 5 MEO DMT "The God Molecule" #Shorts #MALM (at 0:00)
Watch on YouTube at 0:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIPm_CHV0Kw&amp;t=0s</summary>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Is a DMT ego death the same as the Sufi idea of fana?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mufti Abu Layth says the ego death reported with 5-MeO-DMT is, he believes, what Ibn Arabi meant by fana fillah. Mufti Abu Layth says he believes the ego death reported with 5-MeO-DMT is what great scholars like Ibn Arabi meant by fana fillah.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Answer from 30 August 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kind: general teaching&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recording: 5 MEO DMT &amp;quot;The God Molecule&amp;quot; #Shorts #MALM (at 0:00)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIPm_CHV0Kw&amp;amp;t=0s"&gt;Watch on YouTube at 0:00&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/cipm_chv0kw/s/1/"&gt;Open the segment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Are psychedelics like mushrooms and DMT haram?</title>
    <link href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/12/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/12/</id>
    <updated>2021-04-26T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2021-04-26T00:00:00Z</published>
    <category term="fiqh-intoxicants-and-substances-psychedelics" label="fiqh/intoxicants-and-substances/psychedelics" />
    <category term="belief-spiritual-experience-and-psychedelics" label="belief/spiritual-experience-and-psychedelics" />
    <summary type="text">Are psychedelics like mushrooms and DMT haram?
Mufti Abu Layth says he has a video saying psychedelics are not haram; the guest says he has never drunk or used drugs and judges such substances by a medicinal line.
Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics &amp; Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki  MALM (at 57:45)
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 58:24: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYiiPEhuiHA&amp;t=3504s</summary>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Are psychedelics like mushrooms and DMT haram?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mufti Abu Layth says he has a video saying psychedelics are not haram; the guest says he has never drunk or used drugs and judges such substances by a medicinal line.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kind: general teaching&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics &amp;amp; Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki  MALM (at 57:45)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A more recent answer on fiqh/intoxicants-and-substances/psychedelics exists&lt;/b&gt; (30 August 2021): &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/cipm_chv0kw/s/1/"&gt;Is a DMT ego death the same as the Sufi idea of fana?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYiiPEhuiHA&amp;amp;t=3504s"&gt;Watch on YouTube at 58:24&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/12/"&gt;Open the segment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Are DMT and magic mushrooms haram?</title>
    <link href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/54/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/54/</id>
    <updated>2021-02-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2021-02-16T00:00:00Z</published>
    <category term="fiqh-intoxicants-and-substances-psychedelics" label="fiqh/intoxicants-and-substances/psychedelics" />
    <category term="belief-spiritual-experience-and-psychedelics" label="belief/spiritual-experience-and-psychedelics" />
    <category term="belief-soul-nafs-and-consciousness" label="belief/soul-nafs-and-consciousness" />
    <summary type="text">Are 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&amp;A Unscripted &amp; 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&amp;t=11303s</summary>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Are DMT and magic mushrooms haram?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Answer from 16 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kind: general teaching&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&amp;amp;A Unscripted &amp;amp; Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:08:23)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A more recent answer on fiqh/intoxicants-and-substances/psychedelics exists&lt;/b&gt; (30 August 2021): &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/cipm_chv0kw/s/1/"&gt;Is a DMT ego death the same as the Sufi idea of fana?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--PntsaR8ck&amp;amp;t=11303s"&gt;Watch on YouTube at 3:08:23&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/54/"&gt;Open the segment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The preacher on DMT: 'no proof of the unseen', and tahajjud instead</title>
    <link href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/52/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/52/</id>
    <updated>2021-02-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2021-02-16T00:00:00Z</published>
    <category term="fiqh-intoxicants-and-substances-psychedelics" label="fiqh/intoxicants-and-substances/psychedelics" />
    <category term="belief-spiritual-experience-and-psychedelics" label="belief/spiritual-experience-and-psychedelics" />
    <category term="dialogue-responses-to-critics" label="dialogue/responses-to-critics" />
    <summary type="text">The preacher on DMT: 'no proof of the unseen', and tahajjud instead
Mufti Abu Layth ridicules the preacher's claim that there is no scientific proof DMT users reach the unseen, asking what such proof could even look like.
Answer from 16 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&amp;A Unscripted &amp; Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:59:48)
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 2:59:48: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--PntsaR8ck&amp;t=10788s</summary>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The preacher on DMT: 'no proof of the unseen', and tahajjud instead&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mufti Abu Layth ridicules the preacher's claim that there is no scientific proof DMT users reach the unseen, asking what such proof could even look like.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Answer from 16 February 2021 · 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: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&amp;amp;A Unscripted &amp;amp; Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:59:48)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A more recent answer on fiqh/intoxicants-and-substances/psychedelics exists&lt;/b&gt; (30 August 2021): &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/cipm_chv0kw/s/1/"&gt;Is a DMT ego death the same as the Sufi idea of fana?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--PntsaR8ck&amp;amp;t=10788s"&gt;Watch on YouTube at 2:59:48&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/52/"&gt;Open the segment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Is the Quran's verse about the stupor of death talking about DMT?</title>
    <link href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/l4n4wd2jjps/s/12/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://muftiabulayth.org/r/l4n4wd2jjps/s/12/</id>
    <updated>2021-02-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2021-02-09T00:00:00Z</published>
    <category term="fiqh-intoxicants-and-substances-psychedelics" label="fiqh/intoxicants-and-substances/psychedelics" />
    <category term="belief-spiritual-experience-and-psychedelics" label="belief/spiritual-experience-and-psychedelics" />
    <summary type="text">Is the Quran's verse about the stupor of death talking about DMT?
Mufti Abu Layth says the verse is not about DMT specifically, though the DMT death experience could relate to it; he sees psychedelics as a portal to the hereafter where legal. Mufti Abu Layth says he does not think the verse is talking about DMT specifically, but that the DMT death experience could also relate to it.
Answer from 9 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #201| Q&amp;A Unscripted &amp; Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:00:54)
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 1:01:31: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4n4wD2jjps&amp;t=3691s</summary>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Is the Quran's verse about the stupor of death talking about DMT?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mufti Abu Layth says the verse is not about DMT specifically, though the DMT death experience could relate to it; he sees psychedelics as a portal to the hereafter where legal. Mufti Abu Layth says he does not think the verse is talking about DMT specifically, but that the DMT death experience could also relate to it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Answer from 9 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kind: general teaching&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #201| Q&amp;amp;A Unscripted &amp;amp; Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:00:54)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A more recent answer on fiqh/intoxicants-and-substances/psychedelics exists&lt;/b&gt; (30 August 2021): &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/cipm_chv0kw/s/1/"&gt;Is a DMT ego death the same as the Sufi idea of fana?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4n4wD2jjps&amp;amp;t=3691s"&gt;Watch on YouTube at 1:01:31&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/l4n4wd2jjps/s/12/"&gt;Open the segment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Quick chat: LSD, paratha and nihari, and jinn as microbes</title>
    <link href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eokcnwggiba/s/29/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eokcnwggiba/s/29/</id>
    <updated>2021-01-26T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2021-01-26T00:00:00Z</published>
    <category term="belief-unseen-beings" label="belief/unseen-beings" />
    <category term="fiqh-intoxicants-and-substances-psychedelics" label="fiqh/intoxicants-and-substances/psychedelics" />
    <summary type="text">Quick chat: LSD, paratha and nihari, and jinn as microbes
In quick chat replies he refers to his video on psychedelics, jokes about food, and says reading jinn as microbes is one interpretation, held by Rashid Rida.
Answer from 26 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #199 | Q&amp;A Unscripted &amp; Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:25:08)
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 2:25:08: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoKcNwGGIBA&amp;t=8708s</summary>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Quick chat: LSD, paratha and nihari, and jinn as microbes&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In quick chat replies he refers to his video on psychedelics, jokes about food, and says reading jinn as microbes is one interpretation, held by Rashid Rida.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Answer from 26 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #199 | Q&amp;amp;A Unscripted &amp;amp; Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:25:08)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A more recent answer on fiqh/intoxicants-and-substances/psychedelics exists&lt;/b&gt; (30 August 2021): &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/cipm_chv0kw/s/1/"&gt;Is a DMT ego death the same as the Sufi idea of fana?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoKcNwGGIBA&amp;amp;t=8708s"&gt;Watch on YouTube at 2:25:08&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eokcnwggiba/s/29/"&gt;Open the segment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Does the Quran or Sunnah say anything against psychedelics?</title>
    <link href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7skyphqzdy8/s/8/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7skyphqzdy8/s/8/</id>
    <updated>2020-10-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2020-10-17T00:00:00Z</published>
    <category term="fiqh-intoxicants-and-substances-psychedelics" label="fiqh/intoxicants-and-substances/psychedelics" />
    <category term="belief-spiritual-experience-and-psychedelics" label="belief/spiritual-experience-and-psychedelics" />
    <category term="fiqh-medical-ethics" label="fiqh/medical-ethics" />
    <summary type="text">Does the Quran or Sunnah say anything against psychedelics?
Nothing in the Quran or Sunnah forbids psychedelics, which existed for Allah to prohibit had he wished; Mufti Abu Layth says they are non-addictive and therapeutic, unlike alcohol, and are about connecting to God. Mufti Abu Layth holds that nothing in the Quran or Sunnah forbids psychedelics, that Allah could have forbidden these natural substances had he wished, and that they are non-addictive and therapeutic, unlike alcohol, which causes deaths yet is not banned.
Answer from 17 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Psychedelics are NOT haram | Mufti Abu Layth (at 36:01)
A more recent answer on fiqh/medical-ethics exists (10 March 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/2/
Watch on YouTube at 36:01: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SkyPhQZdY8&amp;t=2161s</summary>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Does the Quran or Sunnah say anything against psychedelics?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Nothing in the Quran or Sunnah forbids psychedelics, which existed for Allah to prohibit had he wished; Mufti Abu Layth says they are non-addictive and therapeutic, unlike alcohol, and are about connecting to God. Mufti Abu Layth holds that nothing in the Quran or Sunnah forbids psychedelics, that Allah could have forbidden these natural substances had he wished, and that they are non-addictive and therapeutic, unlike alcohol, which causes deaths yet is not banned.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Answer from 17 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kind: general teaching&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recording: Psychedelics are NOT haram | Mufti Abu Layth (at 36:01)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A more recent answer on fiqh/medical-ethics exists&lt;/b&gt; (10 March 2023): &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/2/"&gt;Can a pregnancy last for years, as was said of Imam Malik's birth?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SkyPhQZdY8&amp;amp;t=2161s"&gt;Watch on YouTube at 36:01&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7skyphqzdy8/s/8/"&gt;Open the segment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Does the verse of light describe an expanded state of consciousness?</title>
    <link href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7skyphqzdy8/s/7/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7skyphqzdy8/s/7/</id>
    <updated>2020-10-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2020-10-17T00:00:00Z</published>
    <category term="quran-tafsir" label="quran/tafsir" />
    <category term="belief-spiritual-experience-and-psychedelics" label="belief/spiritual-experience-and-psychedelics" />
    <category term="fiqh-intoxicants-and-substances-psychedelics" label="fiqh/intoxicants-and-substances/psychedelics" />
    <summary type="text">Does the verse of light describe an expanded state of consciousness?
The verse of light, 24:35, is an approximation that resonates with those whose consciousness has expanded, and entheogenic experience was part and parcel of the tradition without having a name. Mufti Abu Layth says the parable of light in 24:35 is an approximation that resonates with people whose consciousness has expanded, and that entheogenic experience was part and parcel of the Islamic tradition without having a name.
Answer from 17 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Psychedelics are NOT haram | Mufti Abu Layth (at 29:48)
A more recent answer on quran/tafsir exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/30/
Watch on YouTube at 29:48: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SkyPhQZdY8&amp;t=1788s</summary>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Does the verse of light describe an expanded state of consciousness?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The verse of light, 24:35, is an approximation that resonates with those whose consciousness has expanded, and entheogenic experience was part and parcel of the tradition without having a name. Mufti Abu Layth says the parable of light in 24:35 is an approximation that resonates with people whose consciousness has expanded, and that entheogenic experience was part and parcel of the Islamic tradition without having a name.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Answer from 17 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kind: general teaching&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recording: Psychedelics are NOT haram | Mufti Abu Layth (at 29:48)&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=7SkyPhQZdY8&amp;amp;t=1788s"&gt;Watch on YouTube at 29:48&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7skyphqzdy8/s/7/"&gt;Open the segment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Did Rumi use harmala seed and a DMT-containing reed flute?</title>
    <link href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7skyphqzdy8/s/4/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7skyphqzdy8/s/4/</id>
    <updated>2020-10-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2020-10-17T00:00:00Z</published>
    <category term="belief-spiritual-experience-and-psychedelics" label="belief/spiritual-experience-and-psychedelics" />
    <category term="arts-persian-and-sufi-poetry" label="arts/persian-and-sufi-poetry" />
    <category term="fiqh-intoxicants-and-substances-psychedelics" label="fiqh/intoxicants-and-substances/psychedelics" />
    <summary type="text">Did Rumi use harmala seed and a DMT-containing reed flute?
Rumi drank preparations of harmala seed, an MAO inhibitor, and was devoted to his ney flute, made from a reed that contains DMT; Mufti Abu Layth says it is very likely Rumi had psychedelic experiences. Mufti Abu Layth says it is very likely that Rumi had psychedelic experiences, pointing to Mathnawi passages that mention the harmala seed, an MAO inhibitor, and to Rumi's constant addressing of his ney, a flute made from a reed that contains DMT.
Answer from 17 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Psychedelics are NOT haram | Mufti Abu Layth (at 11:41)
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 11:41: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SkyPhQZdY8&amp;t=701s</summary>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Did Rumi use harmala seed and a DMT-containing reed flute?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rumi drank preparations of harmala seed, an MAO inhibitor, and was devoted to his ney flute, made from a reed that contains DMT; Mufti Abu Layth says it is very likely Rumi had psychedelic experiences. Mufti Abu Layth says it is very likely that Rumi had psychedelic experiences, pointing to Mathnawi passages that mention the harmala seed, an MAO inhibitor, and to Rumi's constant addressing of his ney, a flute made from a reed that contains DMT.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Answer from 17 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kind: general teaching&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recording: Psychedelics are NOT haram | Mufti Abu Layth (at 11:41)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A more recent answer on belief/spiritual-experience-and-psychedelics exists&lt;/b&gt; (30 August 2021): &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/cipm_chv0kw/s/1/"&gt;Is a DMT ego death the same as the Sufi idea of fana?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SkyPhQZdY8&amp;amp;t=701s"&gt;Watch on YouTube at 11:41&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7skyphqzdy8/s/4/"&gt;Open the segment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Did the Sufi saints have psychedelic experiences without knowing it?</title>
    <link href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7skyphqzdy8/s/3/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7skyphqzdy8/s/3/</id>
    <updated>2020-10-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2020-10-17T00:00:00Z</published>
    <category term="belief-spiritual-experience-and-psychedelics" label="belief/spiritual-experience-and-psychedelics" />
    <category term="belief-sufism" label="belief/sufism" />
    <category term="fiqh-intoxicants-and-substances-psychedelics" label="fiqh/intoxicants-and-substances/psychedelics" />
    <summary type="text">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): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/chvpqwz6bee/s/1/
Watch on YouTube at 7:26: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SkyPhQZdY8&amp;t=446s</summary>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Did the Sufi saints have psychedelic experiences without knowing it?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Answer from 17 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kind: general teaching&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recording: Psychedelics are NOT haram | Mufti Abu Layth (at 7:26)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A more recent answer on belief/sufism exists&lt;/b&gt; (28 February 2024): &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/chvpqwz6bee/s/1/"&gt;A fate worse than death: each of us is a mirror for divine potential&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SkyPhQZdY8&amp;amp;t=446s"&gt;Watch on YouTube at 7:26&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7skyphqzdy8/s/3/"&gt;Open the segment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Are psychedelics haram in Islam?</title>
    <link href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7skyphqzdy8/s/1/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7skyphqzdy8/s/1/</id>
    <updated>2020-10-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2020-10-17T00:00:00Z</published>
    <category term="fiqh-intoxicants-and-substances-psychedelics" label="fiqh/intoxicants-and-substances/psychedelics" />
    <category term="belief-spiritual-experience-and-psychedelics" label="belief/spiritual-experience-and-psychedelics" />
    <summary type="text">Are psychedelics haram in Islam?
Psychedelics are not haram because they are not intoxicants like alcohol but entheogens that connect a person with God. Mufti Abu Layth says the political label of drugs wrongly lumps them with substances of abuse. Mufti Abu Layth holds that psychedelics are not haram because they are not intoxicants in the way alcohol is but entheogens that connect a person with God and expand consciousness.
Answer from 17 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Psychedelics are NOT haram | 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=7SkyPhQZdY8&amp;t=0s</summary>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Are psychedelics haram in Islam?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Psychedelics are not haram because they are not intoxicants like alcohol but entheogens that connect a person with God. Mufti Abu Layth says the political label of drugs wrongly lumps them with substances of abuse. Mufti Abu Layth holds that psychedelics are not haram because they are not intoxicants in the way alcohol is but entheogens that connect a person with God and expand consciousness.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Answer from 17 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kind: general teaching&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recording: Psychedelics are NOT haram | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A more recent answer on fiqh/intoxicants-and-substances/psychedelics exists&lt;/b&gt; (30 August 2021): &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/cipm_chv0kw/s/1/"&gt;Is a DMT ego death the same as the Sufi idea of fana?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SkyPhQZdY8&amp;amp;t=0s"&gt;Watch on YouTube at 0:00&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/7skyphqzdy8/s/1/"&gt;Open the segment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>If alcohol is haram, aren't drugs like DMT haram too?</title>
    <link href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/11/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/11/</id>
    <updated>2020-08-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2020-08-24T00:00:00Z</published>
    <category term="fiqh-intoxicants-and-substances-psychedelics" label="fiqh/intoxicants-and-substances/psychedelics" />
    <category term="fiqh-legal-theory" label="fiqh/legal-theory" />
    <summary type="text">If alcohol is haram, aren't drugs like DMT haram too?
Mufti Abu Layth agrees that what is haram cannot be changed, but says neither the Quran nor the Sunnah forbids substances like mushrooms or DMT. Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran and the Sunnah do not say that things like mushrooms or DMT are haram.
Answer from 24 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&amp;A Unscripted &amp; Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 39:51)
A more recent answer on fiqh/legal-theory exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/23/
Watch on YouTube at 39:51: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmtt2TQAO0&amp;t=2391s</summary>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;If alcohol is haram, aren't drugs like DMT haram too?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mufti Abu Layth agrees that what is haram cannot be changed, but says neither the Quran nor the Sunnah forbids substances like mushrooms or DMT. Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran and the Sunnah do not say that things like mushrooms or DMT are haram.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Answer from 24 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kind: general teaching&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&amp;amp;A Unscripted &amp;amp; Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 39:51)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A more recent answer on fiqh/legal-theory exists&lt;/b&gt; (18 October 2025): &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/23/"&gt;If reason helps us understand the Quran, does the reasoning of earlier scholars matter too?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmtt2TQAO0&amp;amp;t=2391s"&gt;Watch on YouTube at 39:51&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/11/"&gt;Open the segment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Are psychedelics like DMT haram in Islam?</title>
    <link href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/10/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/10/</id>
    <updated>2020-08-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2020-08-24T00:00:00Z</published>
    <category term="fiqh-intoxicants-and-substances-psychedelics" label="fiqh/intoxicants-and-substances/psychedelics" />
    <category term="belief-spiritual-experience-and-psychedelics" label="belief/spiritual-experience-and-psychedelics" />
    <category term="arts-philosophy-and-ideas" label="arts/philosophy-and-ideas" />
    <summary type="text">Are psychedelics like DMT haram in Islam?
Mufti Abu Layth does not consider psychedelics such as DMT haram or intoxicants, and advocates them as entheogens for spiritual discovery rather than recreation. Mufti Abu Layth says he does not feel psychedelics are haram.
Answer from 24 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&amp;A Unscripted &amp; Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 29:57)
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 30:58: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmtt2TQAO0&amp;t=1858s</summary>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Are psychedelics like DMT haram in Islam?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mufti Abu Layth does not consider psychedelics such as DMT haram or intoxicants, and advocates them as entheogens for spiritual discovery rather than recreation. Mufti Abu Layth says he does not feel psychedelics are haram.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Answer from 24 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kind: general teaching&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&amp;amp;A Unscripted &amp;amp; Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 29:57)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A more recent answer on fiqh/intoxicants-and-substances/psychedelics exists&lt;/b&gt; (30 August 2021): &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/cipm_chv0kw/s/1/"&gt;Is a DMT ego death the same as the Sufi idea of fana?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmtt2TQAO0&amp;amp;t=1858s"&gt;Watch on YouTube at 30:58&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/10/"&gt;Open the segment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Is DMT haram?</title>
    <link href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8jx1u0qqyae/s/1/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8jx1u0qqyae/s/1/</id>
    <updated>2020-01-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2020-01-14T00:00:00Z</published>
    <category term="fiqh-intoxicants-and-substances-psychedelics" label="fiqh/intoxicants-and-substances/psychedelics" />
    <category term="belief-spiritual-experience-and-psychedelics" label="belief/spiritual-experience-and-psychedelics" />
    <category term="belief-soul-nafs-and-consciousness" label="belief/soul-nafs-and-consciousness" />
    <summary type="text">Is 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&amp;t=0s</summary>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Is DMT haram?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Answer from 14 January 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kind: general teaching&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recording: Ruling on DMT | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A more recent answer on fiqh/intoxicants-and-substances/psychedelics exists&lt;/b&gt; (30 August 2021): &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/cipm_chv0kw/s/1/"&gt;Is a DMT ego death the same as the Sufi idea of fana?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JX1u0qQYAE&amp;amp;t=0s"&gt;Watch on YouTube at 0:00&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8jx1u0qqyae/s/1/"&gt;Open the segment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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