Mufti Abu Layth Archive: wellbeing/gratitude-giving-and-contentment

Which verse of the Quran promises more blessings for being grateful?

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Which 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)

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What can the death of a parent teach us?

Fri, 02 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

What 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)

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Was Imam Malik an ascetic?

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Was 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)

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Is it wrong to joke about people who are seriously ill with covid?

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is 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)

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Is it wrong for a Muslim to want to make money?

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

Is 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)

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Is it wrong in Islam to want to be rich?

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

Is 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

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #201| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:43:46)

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Does giving charity protect me from bad things happening?

Mon, 24 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Does 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)

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