# Do Muslims believe in reincarnation? *Does he believe in reincarnation?* - URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/51qevhjqnt4/s/9/ - Date: 2020-02-28 · Kind: question · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Fadak between Fatima (r) & Abu Bakr (r) Detailed Overview | Mufti Abu Layth (31:30–33:27) - Status: general teaching - Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51Qevhjqnt4&t=1890s - Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/51qevhjqnt4/ **Topics:** Soul, nafs and consciousness; The afterlife **Question as asked:** Do you believe in reincarnation? **Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** No: he does not believe in past lives in this world, though he feels souls are connected to each other and to God, which may explain the feeling of having lived before. **Checked position (checked by two independent reviews, not by the channel):** Mufti Abu Layth says he does not believe in reincarnation as it is generally understood, the soul returning to this world as another. **Evidence, his words at 32:48:** “I don't believe that they have had a past life in this dunya I believe that in this world our lives are just limited” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51Qevhjqnt4&t=1968s) ## Longer summary Asked about reincarnation, Mufti Abu Layth says he does not believe in it as generally understood, a soul coming back to this world as another. He says he feels that souls are connected, and ultimately connected to God, and that through this connection or a social consciousness people may feel they have lived before. He likens the religions' accounts to the blind men describing the elephant, each grasping a part, and says he believes our life in this world is limited to one, after which we move on to something more related to consciousness. ## Sources and names cited - ruh (soul) ## Transcript (machine tier, 31:30–33:27) [30:52] detailed video on interest and mortgages and I feel that these things mortgages and whatever are not Haram I've got a very lengthy video explaining it that said I'm not quite sure I fully understand this question call it but if it means kind of doing people over then I'm against that oppression and things I don't think it's fair to just kind of exploit people because they don't have money and to kind of chuck them out of their homes but if you mean just buying property and using it as business and buying more than I feel that that is permissible right so reincarnation I'd been asked yes reincarnation I don't believe in [31:30] reincarnation in that sense if that's what reincarnation means to to what it generally is understood as your soul kind of comes out and comes back to this world as another soul but I feel that the Roar is connected right so I feel that the raw is connected the aura are connected and because of that connection maybe people this consciousness being collecting the social consciousness maybe people feel as though they have been reincarnated so I feel that they you know it's the reincarnation theory [32:08] from some perspective if we're talking about Allah being connected and then ultimately connected to God then the Quran also does mention things like that but not quite in the way that like in Hinduism or Buddhism it's being mentioned so I would say that this is almost like the the story of the you know the blind men and the elephant and having to describe it and people have grasped a different you know part and then describing accordingly right so so in that sense the Arwa they are connected I feel and then ultimately they connected to God so I do feel in that sense one could think [32:48] or experi they because of this connection they think they've been here before or they've had a past life or I don't believe that they have had a past life in this dunya I believe that in this world our lives are just limited Yolo in this dunya and then we move on I do feel that what we will move on as will be more consciousness related but yeah so I hope that makes some sense what I meant Mark Lanza what I meant earlier on should we as a principle have only public funding of Elections compared to cobra bribery of politicians [33:26] that exist today to not bribe the judges yeah I I understand what you're saying mark and that is a an interesting question the issue will be I think there should be some regulation I think it's fair to say that people can kind of invest but then you're right I mean people with more money than get to tip the elections because they've got more funding but then at the same time if you control it then you're kind of not allowing people to exercise their liberties it's a really tough one really but I do agree that you know you get multi the multi millionaire and billionaire corporations are gonna fund ## Cite Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment 51Qevhjqnt4/s/9. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/51qevhjqnt4/s/9/ Not a fatwa: these answers were given to specific people at specific times. Ask a qualified scholar about your own situation.