Mufti Abu Layth Archive: wellbeing/gratitude-giving-and-contentmentAnswers on wellbeing/gratitude-giving-and-contentment, newest recording first.https://muftiabulayth.org/feeds/topics/wellbeing-gratitude-giving-and-contentment.atom.xml2024-03-05T00:00:00ZMufti Abu Layth Archivepipeline/feeds.pyWhich verse of the Quran promises more blessings for being grateful?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/c-9mcspqqwe/s/1/2024-03-05T00:00:00Z2024-03-05T00:00:00ZWhich verse of the Quran promises more blessings for being grateful?
Mufti Abu Layth points to Quran 14:7: Allah promises abundance to the grateful, so by giving you receive. Mufti Abu Layth says that in Quran 14:7 Allah promises abundance to those who express gratitude.
Answer from 5 March 2024 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: The Secret To Abundance - Quranic Gems - #Shorts #Perspective #MALM (at 0:03)
Watch on YouTube at 0:03: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-9MCspQqwE&t=3s<p><b>Which verse of the Quran promises more blessings for being grateful?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth points to Quran 14:7: Allah promises abundance to the grateful, so by giving you receive. Mufti Abu Layth says that in Quran 14:7 Allah promises abundance to those who express gratitude.</p>
<p>Answer from 5 March 2024 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: The Secret To Abundance - Quranic Gems - #Shorts #Perspective #MALM (at 0:03)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-9MCspQqwE&t=3s">Watch on YouTube at 0:03</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/c-9mcspqqwe/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>What can the death of a parent teach us?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/awxumqnpbw0/s/1/2023-06-02T00:00:00Z2023-06-02T00:00:00ZWhat can the death of a parent teach us?
Mufti Abu Layth says death is the greatest admonition and grief brings families together; one lesson may be to serve those who have no one around them. Mufti Abu Layth says that maybe one of the great lessons of death is to try to give forward, helping and serving other people.
Answer from 2 June 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: A Brief Foreword @ My Mum's Khatm - Lessons from Life & Death - Ghamkol Mosque (at 0:01)
A more recent answer on wellbeing/gratitude-giving-and-contentment exists (5 March 2024): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/c-9mcspqqwe/s/1/
Watch on YouTube at 0:01: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwxuMQnPbw0&t=1s<p><b>What can the death of a parent teach us?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says death is the greatest admonition and grief brings families together; one lesson may be to serve those who have no one around them. Mufti Abu Layth says that maybe one of the great lessons of death is to try to give forward, helping and serving other people.</p>
<p>Answer from 2 June 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: A Brief Foreword @ My Mum's Khatm - Lessons from Life & Death - Ghamkol Mosque (at 0:01)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on wellbeing/gratitude-giving-and-contentment exists</b> (5 March 2024): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/c-9mcspqqwe/s/1/">Which verse of the Quran promises more blessings for being grateful?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwxuMQnPbw0&t=1s">Watch on YouTube at 0:01</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/awxumqnpbw0/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>Was Imam Malik an ascetic?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/6/2023-03-10T00:00:00Z2023-03-10T00:00:00ZWas Imam Malik an ascetic?
No: Imam Malik was a wealthy merchant who enjoyed fine clothes and daily meat, unlike the ascetic tradition, and was criticised for it. Mufti Abu Layth says Imam Malik was not from the ascetic tradition in Islam; he enjoyed the wealth God had given him.
Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 23:27)
A more recent answer on wellbeing/gratitude-giving-and-contentment exists (5 March 2024): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/c-9mcspqqwe/s/1/
Watch on YouTube at 23:27: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhqVM47pNS0&t=1407s<p><b>Was Imam Malik an ascetic?</b></p>
<p>No: Imam Malik was a wealthy merchant who enjoyed fine clothes and daily meat, unlike the ascetic tradition, and was criticised for it. Mufti Abu Layth says Imam Malik was not from the ascetic tradition in Islam; he enjoyed the wealth God had given him.</p>
<p>Answer from 10 March 2023 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: The Legendary Imam Malik Ibn Anas | Mufti Abu Layth (at 23:27)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on wellbeing/gratitude-giving-and-contentment exists</b> (5 March 2024): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/c-9mcspqqwe/s/1/">Which verse of the Quran promises more blessings for being grateful?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhqVM47pNS0&t=1407s">Watch on YouTube at 23:27</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/6/">Open the segment</a></p>Is it wrong to joke about people who are seriously ill with covid?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/626jfce_j_8/s/1/2021-11-29T00:00:00Z2021-11-29T00:00:00ZIs it wrong to joke about people who are seriously ill with covid?
Do not make fun of people who are ill with covid: it is a roll of the dice, as a neighbour's sudden death showed, and it should make us grateful. Mufti Abu Layth says he advises people not to make fun of those who are hospitalised or ill with covid.
Answer from 29 November 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Sheikh Asrar Was In Hospital | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:14)
A more recent answer on wellbeing/gratitude-giving-and-contentment exists (5 March 2024): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/c-9mcspqqwe/s/1/
Watch on YouTube at 0:14: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=626JfCE_j_8&t=14s<p><b>Is it wrong to joke about people who are seriously ill with covid?</b></p>
<p>Do not make fun of people who are ill with covid: it is a roll of the dice, as a neighbour's sudden death showed, and it should make us grateful. Mufti Abu Layth says he advises people not to make fun of those who are hospitalised or ill with covid.</p>
<p>Answer from 29 November 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Sheikh Asrar Was In Hospital | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:14)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on wellbeing/gratitude-giving-and-contentment exists</b> (5 March 2024): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/c-9mcspqqwe/s/1/">Which verse of the Quran promises more blessings for being grateful?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=626JfCE_j_8&t=14s">Watch on YouTube at 0:14</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/626jfce_j_8/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>Is it wrong for a Muslim to want to make money?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/47/2021-04-13T00:00:00Z2021-04-13T00:00:00ZIs it wrong for a Muslim to want to make money?
No: Mufti Abu Layth says make money and enjoy what it brings, but do not love money for itself, and remember that giving opens the way to provision. Mufti Abu Layth says it is good to be enterprising and make money, provided one loves what money brings rather than money itself, and that provision is counterintuitively increased through giving.
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 3:08:42)
A more recent answer on wellbeing/gratitude-giving-and-contentment exists (5 March 2024): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/c-9mcspqqwe/s/1/
Watch on YouTube at 3:08:42: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XuHMCz2N3U&t=11322s<p><b>Is it wrong for a Muslim to want to make money?</b></p>
<p>No: Mufti Abu Layth says make money and enjoy what it brings, but do not love money for itself, and remember that giving opens the way to provision. Mufti Abu Layth says it is good to be enterprising and make money, provided one loves what money brings rather than money itself, and that provision is counterintuitively increased through giving.</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 3:08:42)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on wellbeing/gratitude-giving-and-contentment exists</b> (5 March 2024): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/c-9mcspqqwe/s/1/">Which verse of the Quran promises more blessings for being grateful?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XuHMCz2N3U&t=11322s">Watch on YouTube at 3:08:42</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/47/">Open the segment</a></p>Is it wrong in Islam to want to be rich?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/l4n4wd2jjps/s/22/2021-02-09T00:00:00Z2021-02-09T00:00:00ZIs it wrong in Islam to want to be rich?
Mufti Abu Layth says Islam is not against wealth; what is haram is arrogance and looking down on others, and he encourages people to make money and enjoy it. Mufti Abu Layth says Islam is not against the aggregation of wealth.
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 1:43:46)
A more recent answer on wellbeing/gratitude-giving-and-contentment exists (5 March 2024): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/c-9mcspqqwe/s/1/
Watch on YouTube at 1:44:53: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4n4wD2jjps&t=6293s<p><b>Is it wrong in Islam to want to be rich?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says Islam is not against wealth; what is haram is arrogance and looking down on others, and he encourages people to make money and enjoy it. Mufti Abu Layth says Islam is not against the aggregation of wealth.</p>
<p>Answer from 9 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #201| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:43:46)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on wellbeing/gratitude-giving-and-contentment exists</b> (5 March 2024): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/c-9mcspqqwe/s/1/">Which verse of the Quran promises more blessings for being grateful?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4n4wD2jjps&t=6293s">Watch on YouTube at 1:44:53</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/l4n4wd2jjps/s/22/">Open the segment</a></p>Does giving charity protect me from bad things happening?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/17/2020-08-24T00:00:00Z2020-08-24T00:00:00ZDoes giving charity protect me from bad things happening?
Yes: he says giving brings good back, beginning with family, and recalls receiving much more after giving when money was tight.
Answer from 24 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:00:09)
A more recent answer on wellbeing/gratitude-giving-and-contentment exists (5 March 2024): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/c-9mcspqqwe/s/1/
Watch on YouTube at 1:00:09: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmtt2TQAO0&t=3609s<p><b>Does giving charity protect me from bad things happening?</b></p>
<p>Yes: he says giving brings good back, beginning with family, and recalls receiving much more after giving when money was tight.</p>
<p>Answer from 24 August 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:00:09)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on wellbeing/gratitude-giving-and-contentment exists</b> (5 March 2024): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/c-9mcspqqwe/s/1/">Which verse of the Quran promises more blessings for being grateful?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmtt2TQAO0&t=3609s">Watch on YouTube at 1:00:09</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/17/">Open the segment</a></p>