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Is it unfair that some are born Muslim, and is God's throne literal?

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God's throne on the water, and is it unfair that some are born Muslim?

QuestionWritten question · questioner not identifiedAnswered 12 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu LaythSegment 39 of 43 in the recording2021-01-12-S39

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Mufti Abu Layth says the throne is a literary expression meaning the kingdom is God's, and that salvation in the hereafter is not the exclusive property of Muslims.

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The questioner asks whether it is unfair that some people are born Muslim while others are not, given that God guides whom He wills, and whether God sitting on His throne on water is non-literal. Mufti Abu Layth jokes about a remark that some people may enjoy murder. He says the throne is non-literal: such phrases are literary and symbolic, the Quran does not say God sits on His throne on water, and God establishing Himself over the throne means the kingdom is His. On fairness, he says he does not believe salvation in the hereafter is the exclusive property of Muslims and refers to his videos. Further questions are then read, on the hadith about Umar and on night prayer.

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Do you think it's unfair that some people were born Muslim whilst others weren't, and that God says in the Quran that he guides whom he wills? My second question is why God sits on his throne on water; is that non-literal?

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Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran's description of God establishing Himself over the throne is not literal but a literary expression meaning that the kingdom is His.

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“it just speaks about that the throne is the that the lord established himself over the throne meaning that the kingdom is his”

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um right also that the fact that some people have different personality traits some people may enjoy murder did i just read that right some people may enjoy murder i don't know about the kind of people you're hanging around with are you messaging us still from that same house block in prison [Music] i don't know about people enjoying murder um some people have bad traits um my second question

2:52:39

is why god sits on his throne on water is that non-literal yep that's non-literal we don't believe in these literal dogmatisms these things are just literary expressions they're usually symbolic um it doesn't say god sits on his throne on water but it just speaks about that the throne is the that the lord established himself over the throne meaning that the kingdom is his it's that kind of um it's literally speak for that that's how you'd understand that phrase is it unfair i mean you see salvation

2:53:19

i don't believe is the exclusive property of muslims in the akhirah i've got videos answering that you can what check them out so is salvation exclusive to muslims you can youtube that i do have a video on it somebody don't mention my name bit late one hadith says that the prophet said um if there was a prophet after me would be umar and then in surah anfal about captives some people noman ali khan speaks about it for some reason my mind wrestles with this

2:53:58

right the prophet should know the quran better than the companions in pakistan a lot of people have glorified hazrat umar a lot um i've heard some more about his intellect than even the prophet and the hadith if there was to be a prophet after umar would be after the prophet would be omar let me just come to that question salaam was the quick question by nisar uh is the hajjut prayer and waking praying at night to worship at night the best way to gain favor of allah and to attain closeness is this hadith on if you make dua this is the best time to ask god

2:54:36

it is mentioned in hadith but you know look there is it's a time of solitude and reflection but it doesn't have to be the time god is not restricted to certain temporal spatial uh availability he is always with you it's just about getting into that moment so you know the brain it has it works at certain um not just capacities but the brain waves are registered electrically at certain hertz that the way it operates and you will have

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Mufti Abu Layth. (2021, January 12). Is it unfair that some are born Muslim, and is God's throne literal? [Video, segment 2021-01-12-S39, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/1zghntbmpis/s/39/
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Mufti Abu Layth. 2021. "Is it unfair that some are born Muslim, and is God's throne literal?" Video, segment 2021-01-12-S39, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Recorded January 12, 2021. Accessed November 1, 2026. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/1zghntbmpis/s/39/
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