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Why are some clerics so hostile to Mufti Abu Layth?

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Why clerics see their own demise in him

LessonRecorded 13 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu LaythSegment 13 of 50 in the recording2021-04-13-S13

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Mufti Abu Layth says clerics who oppose him see in his approach the end of their institutional religion, and calls their reaction its final pangs.

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Mufti Abu Layth reads a message saying his views are rational compared with the mainstream and that his service to the religion is more faithful than that of holier-than-thou clerics. He agrees and says such clerics hate him because, although he is only one person doing free livestreams whom anyone can simply not watch, they see in him not an individual but a denominational entity that represents the demise of their own; he calls their reaction the final pangs of death. He then mentions a tweet sent to him while he was unwell by a long-standing critic, whom he refers to by a nickname, and speaks of what he calls a Napoleon complex of over-compensation and obsession with control and power.

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modern cognitive explosion and having consciousness the way we do and i feel that what may have triggered it was a psychedelic um whether you know whether you want to say fruit or plant or or whatever it was and and in the quran it doesn't mention it was a fruit by the way it just mentions reference to a kind of bush or tree and this is what it's being referred to and it's unlike the the bible there's no such thing as an apple or stuff like this so i do feel that the you know that's what i eventually kind of gravitated towards

50:30

that and that triggered the entire cognitive revolution yeah so yes from saudi arabia all right saudi you're doing it you're doing it a lot what how have i impacted you a lot has actually a lot actually since the last year and a half his views about islam are particularly rational logical as opposed to the current mainstream interpretation of islam above all however

51:03

his humorous mannerisms and the positive vibes he radiates are what inspired me to be more optimistic about islam and life in general and what he'd like me to know is let him know that his service to our religion is more faithful than any holier-than-thou clerics who are doing more harmful disservice than anyone else also i'm a huge enthusiast of his views maybe one day i'll write for him a poem [Laughter] do it yeah i'd do it to your geo i appreciate it man i appreciate it honestly it's good

51:40

and i totally echo those thoughts that you know the these clergy these clerics they are dying to death and this is the problem this is why they hate me so much because they see it's because if you think about it what am i you know come on let's just be real you know i know it's crushing for my ego but just real talk what am i you know like i'm just a person that's just doing bloody youtube live streams cost free there's nothing you know there's nothing like why

52:19

what's the big deal because if you think about it all you have to do is not watch me but what it is is in me i fear i i feel that these people see as an entity not as an individual but as an entity a denominational entity they see in me their demise and i i feel that's what frightens them that they see that whatever

52:56

their whole thing it's dying death and it's that kind of the final pangs of death that kind of which is this kind of reaction that we then see i really do feel that and it's interesting you know i was thinking uh just the other day that why was i thinking this um

53:27

oh right that's it you don't like how [Laughter] when i said oh i wasn't feeling so well on the weekend and i was kind of like out of here and i was trying to rest and um and then somebody sent me a tweet by one of my haters [Laughter] dilly hi or dilly boy [Laughter]

54:09

complex in life so you know it's you know on a side no it's true though people who suffer from you know you know that kind of napoleon complex in life and especially if they're small in all the in all the wrong ways these people they they over compensate and you can see it you know in psychology they show you how to study the the kind of the the uh micro expressions the macro expressions you'll see the patternicity of behavior

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Mufti Abu Layth. (2021, April 13). Why are some clerics so hostile to Mufti Abu Layth? [Video, segment 2021-04-13-S13, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/13/
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  title = {{Why are some clerics so hostile to Mufti Abu Layth?}},
  year = {2021},
  month = {4},
  date = {2021-04-13},
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  url = {https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/13/},
  organization = {Mufti Abu Layth Archive},
  urldate = {2026-11-01},
  note = {Segment 2021-04-13-S13, auto-transcribed, may contain errors}
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