Mufti Abu Layth Archive: wellbeing/motivation-and-purpose

How much does Allah love me?

Mon, 04 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

How much does Allah love me?

Mufti Abu Layth says Allah has an unimaginable love for every one of us, so we should take a chance on ourselves. Mufti Abu Layth says Allah has an unimaginable love for each and every one of us.

Answer from 4 March 2024 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Take A Chance On Yourself #Shorts #Perspective #MALM (at 0:02)

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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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Is it wrong to want to be rich?

Sun, 04 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is it wrong to want to be rich?

Wanting to be rich or to build a lucrative business is not wrong in Islam. The balance is to hold wealth in your hands and not in your heart, keeping your purpose. Mufti Abu Layth says there is nothing wrong in Islam with wanting to be rich or to have a lucrative business, so long as wealth is held in one's hands and not in one's heart and one keeps a purpose.

Answer from 4 July 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Feeling bad about wanting to be rich? #Shorts (at 0:00)

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

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Are young people today facing an existential crisis?

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Are young people today facing an existential crisis?

The guest says most people face a crisis of purpose rather than of existence, urges anyone with suicidal thoughts to seek expert help, and says young people can find value without conventional success.

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 1:36:35)

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

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Is it normal for faith to keep changing over a lifetime?

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is it normal for faith to keep changing over a lifetime?

Mufti Abu Layth says faith is a lifelong journey and iman an organic process, not a fixed mould to be fitted onto everyone.

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 42:17)

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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Should my faith make me happy?

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

Should my faith make me happy?

Yes: Mufti Abu Layth says faith should make you happy, not hateful or bitter, because Islam is meant to complement daily life. Mufti Abu Layth says faith ought to make a person happy rather than hateful or bitter, and that Islam is meant to complement day-to-day life.

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 29:29)

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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Does the Quran motivate people through self-interest?

Fri, 10 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Does the Quran motivate people through self-interest?

Mufti Abu Layth suggests, tentatively, that even the Quran motivates through self-interest; the guest distinguishes healthy from harmful selfishness.

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 1:59:04)

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

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What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Shaykh Imran Hosein?

Sat, 09 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Shaykh Imran Hosein?

Mufti Abu Layth has not watched much of Imran Hosein but finds him preoccupied with doomsday culture, which he opposes. Islam, he says, is about optimism and seizing the day, as the hadith about carrying on planting when the Hour comes shows, and doom and gloom can fuel death cults.

Answer from 9 November 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: My Thoughts on Sheikh Imran Hosein | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

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

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