Mufti Abu Layth Archive: wellbeing/trauma-and-healing

How do I heal my inner child, and how should I raise my children?

Tue, 27 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

How do I heal my inner child, and how should I raise my children?

Mufti Abu Layth says we are an extension of our inner child and that reconnecting with it can be unnerving but healing; with children, go with your heart and build a qualitative bond. Mufti Abu Layth says he thinks we ultimately are an extension of our inner child.

Answer from 27 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #188 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 12:11)

A more recent answer on relationships/parents-and-children/raising-children exists (10 March 2023): How did Imam Malik come to study religion?

Watch on YouTube at 12:51 · Open the segment

Why do cases of 'possession' in Muslim communities so often involve women with trauma?

Sun, 15 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Why do cases of 'possession' in Muslim communities so often involve women with trauma?

Because, Mufti Abu Layth says, such cases are usually breakdowns of a psyche tormented by control, suspicion, forced or cousin marriages and abuse, which the stigma around mental health stops families from acknowledging, so they call it jinn or magic. The hadith that every disease has a cure means go and find it. Mufti Abu Layth holds that the hadith that every disease has a cure known to those who know it is a call to seek explanations, and that many cases called possession in Muslim communities, especially among women, are breakdowns under control, forced marriage and abuse that the stigma around mental health prevents families from naming.

Answer from 15 April 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Jinn: Myth and Reality in Islam by Mufti Abu Layth (at 55:02)

A more recent answer on belief/unseen-beings/jinn-possession exists (26 April 2021): Do obscene or blasphemous thoughts during prayer ruin my salah?

Watch on YouTube at 55:02 · Open the segment

Why are so many 'possessed' people in the community women?

Wed, 20 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Why are so many 'possessed' people in the community women?

Dissociative disorders that look like possession occur mostly among women with histories of trauma, excessive control, pressured or forced marriages and childhood beatings. The psyche breaks down under such treatment just as the body reacts to injury. Mufti Abu Layth says that dissociative disorders in the community occur more often among women with backgrounds of trauma, excessive control, forced or pressured marriages and beatings, and that the psyche breaks down under such treatment as the body would, which is what gets called possession.

Answer from 20 September 2017 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Jinn Possessions: Myth and Reality in Islam by Sh. Akram Nadwi & Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:45:48)

A more recent answer on society/women-and-gender exists (10 March 2023): Who carried on Imam Malik's teaching after him?

Watch on YouTube at 1:45:48 · Open the segment