Is The Truth One Or Multiple? An Unnerving Discussion | Mufti Abu Layth

and that leads to a discussion on this is an interesting discussion that is the truth one or is the truth multiple you see so so when we disagree so for example let's say this is a good case study and let's say mutha is it somebody could say something else is that salah valid or invalid or is so this is what they call each they had a person has to so is it that one person is right but the other person also gets rewarded because you know he tried his best

so that's okay many people hold that view that the truth is only one but many people also hold the view that there are multiplicity of truths according to god so they say if the the this is if you even a quick google search will bring up the love so people like uh imam novi you'll get people that will write that the mahakaleen are on that method that there are multiplicity of truths according to god so they say and this is like this is

that's why ibn rushd says in his this is claims that's imam malik's view people present the other view for imam malik's view as well you'll have even he clearly advocates that there's multiplicity of truths he says that there is no one truth according to god that these things are all true now the problem with that is then it kind of collapsed and shall kearney has a huge discussion on it as well but it it gets complicated for people you see because people they don't know where to put that then because then they think oh my god is

where does this stop because is it just multiplicity all the way down then or is it just in these issues or and then you know then you'll get great scholars and mystics of islam like who one would argue is one would argue seems to be inclined that way because of how he interprets the quran it seems to be that he's inclined to us although he is very firm on his islam but he also has this understanding that there are these i suppose one would not say multiplicity

of truths but one would say it is the same truth manifested in a different manner so it gets confusing for people i get that so what i would say is that look you approaching these things you are one of two people you are either somebody that can handle academic depth or you you're not of that you're not that's not the kind of cloth you're cut from in which case and that may be most people i would say look just leave these discussions aside

they don't matter for you okay you just follow what your local imam tells you so whoever your local imam is whatever he says you just go according to that and that's fine and you don't need to worry about all these debates and discussions in islam but don't go around condemning people just practice your islam according to you but don't tell other people off because they also are following their local imams and these ulama who are also great ulama of islam you know abu hassani you know the father of sunni school today of sunnah is ashadi school so

that's his view imam ghazali huge imam you know a worker ought to be a huge imam one of the legends of sunni islam today and these are huge people so what i would say is that don't criticize people have your faith and you just practice and you the main thing is your connection with god you see if islam is not making you a better human being then something is wrong something is missing you need to examine that you need to think that

yeah what's going on here you know if islam is making you angry and bitter and then this is not the allah's kalam will never make somebody angry and bitter and hateful and that's your nafs it's never the quran so you're not you know you need to wash that negativity out and re-read the kalam of allah may allah give us all to fear let's move on