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Was Adam's garden on earth or in heaven?

muftis akhirah akhira aakhirah akhirat hereafter jannah janna jannat koran quraan al-quran sunni ahl al-sunnah ahl as-sunnah ahlus sunnah ahl al-sunna shiah shiite shi'i twelver ithna ashari ulema ulamaa

Was Adam's garden on earth? Obviously, he says

QuestionLive chat · questioner not identifiedAnswered 16 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu LaythSegment 45 of 57 in the recording2021-02-16-S45

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Yes: the story of Adam took place on earth, he says; he was not beamed down from paradise.

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A questioner notes that the Quran does not say 'go down to earth', that this is inferred, and that scholars such as Ibn al-Qayyim [?] said the story took place entirely on earth. Taking it to be about the story of Adam, Mufti Abu Layth says many ulama felt it was on earth, which he says it obviously was: Adam and his wife were not beamed down. He adds that some felt they may have been in a different universe, not in paradise since paradise is the afterlife, but that really they were just on earth.

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It doesn't say go down to earth; you infer that. Hence scholars like Ibn al-Qayyim [?] said the story was entirely on earth to begin with.

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Mufti Abu Layth says the story of Adam obviously took place on earth, and that Adam and his wife were not beamed down.

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“yes many ulama felt this is on earth which obviously it was you know it was obviously on earth they weren't kind of beamed down”

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so all right so so uh doesn't abdul bassett to earth you infer that hence scholars like ibm said that the story was entirely on earth to begin with oh i take it you're speaking about um i take it you're speaking about the story of adam yes many ulama felt this is on earth which obviously it was you know it was obviously on earth they weren't kind of beamed down but uh some people felt oh maybe they

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were in a different universe not in heaven because heaven is the afterlife but they felt that maybe they were in different universe and then they but really they were just on earth thoughts on ibadism yeah you know that's ibar these are interesting i mean you see ibadis do help form a kind of triangulation method if we want in islam because they are very early and the way you've got sunnis mainstream and you've got shia

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Mufti Abu Layth. (2021, February 16). Was Adam's garden on earth or in heaven? [Video, segment 2021-02-16-S45, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/45/
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