# Was Adam a real person? *Was Adam a literal person? And critics who cannot enjoy life* - URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/46/ - Date: 2021-04-13 · Kind: question · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (3:06:04–3:08:42) - Status: general teaching - Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XuHMCz2N3U&t=11164s - Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/ **Topics:** Adam and the creation of humans; Cults, clergy and religious abuse **Question as asked:** Is Adam literal? **Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Yes: Mufti Abu Layth believes Adam was a literal person, the father of the cognitive revolution, though he accepts some read him as a metaphor. **Checked position (checked by two independent reviews, not by the channel):** Mufti Abu Layth says he believes Adam was a literal person, the father of the cognitive revolution, while accepting that some see him as a metaphor. **Evidence, his words at 3:06:04:** “adam in my understanding is literal yes i do believe that i believe he was the father of the cognitive uh revolution” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XuHMCz2N3U&t=11164s) ## Longer summary As he begins to wrap up, Mufti Abu Layth is asked whether Adam is literal and says he does believe Adam was a literal person, the father of the cognitive revolution, while accepting that some see him as a metaphor and referring to his video on the subject. Responding to chat jokes about a critic, he says such people have boxed themselves into a cult-like mentality, cannot enjoy life and resent that others can, since their consolation was that they would have it in the hereafter, so someone who enjoys life makes their sacrifice look like an arbitrary choice of misery. He mentions returning to the gym that day. ## Sources and names cited - Adam ## Transcript (machine tier, 3:06:04–3:08:42) [3:05:56] uh is adam for real literal i do believe adam alaihi salaam was a literal person and i have got a video explaining what my thoughts on adam are i do accept some people see him as a metaphor uh zebra that is why i would only have a child with an intelligent and good man may allah bless you with that and bless everyone with that amen right is adam literal again well you see adam in my understanding is literal yes i do believe that i believe he was the father of the cognitive uh revolution [3:06:35] gangu can be your assistant i'd love to you know like treat take him out somewhere get him a meal or something just just make him you know just talk to me about your issues man what's what's her name oh sorry what's his name [Laughter] you know that's that's all it is with these people you know they really are just suffering in life like they they've boxed themselves into this cult-like mentality and they can't enjoy life [3:07:12] and they hate that others can because their only solace before was that well okay we won't enjoy life but that's because we're going to get it in the akira and then along comes somebody like me [Laughter] it's like a huge thorn in the because it makes them think that well actually no you missing out is just your loss because you could be enjoying everything and that just makes because it would mean the entire sacrifice and life [3:07:49] he used miserable life amounts to nothing it's just been an arbitrary choice of misery so you can understand i guess why they have a problem binyamin ramadan mubarak mufti much love much love gym routines yeah i've just gone back today you know it's been it's been ages and i i just i made an insta thing saying i've just been baptized again [3:08:23] all right thank you for being my light through the deen geode right so creepy though thinking about people [Laughter] it is it is it it's a very it's a sad top topic but it is this is why i say people listen the lord has made this dunya for you let me give you some advice you know people let's and what we'll do is we'll wrap this up because somebody had messaged me and it ties a bit into this they'd ask me about you know about advice on enterprising and you know ## Cite Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment 8XuHMCz2N3U/s/46. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/8xuhmcz2n3u/s/46/ Not a fatwa: these answers were given to specific people at specific times. Ask a qualified scholar about your own situation.