# What miracle do you have as a saint?

*What is his karama as a wali? A joke about Sufi hagiographies*

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eo90sv4jvho/s/30/
- Date: 2021-01-05 · Kind: question · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #196 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (2:17:07–2:18:13)
- Status: general teaching
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo90sV4JVHo&t=8227s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eo90sv4jvho/

**Topics:** Sufism and tasawwuf

**Question as asked:** What is your karama as a wali?

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Mufti Abu Layth answers with a joke about Sufi hagiographies rather than claiming any karama.

## Longer summary

Asked what his karama is, Mufti Abu Layth jokes about what people after him will say, referring to Salafi books that mock Sufi hagiographies by quoting stories of a saint's karamat, and wonders what his own could be. He then says it is getting late and turns to some clips.

## Sources and names cited

- karama (saintly miracle)
- wali (saint)
- Sufi

## Transcript (machine tier, 2:17:07–2:18:13)

[2:17:06] what is this is what people after me will say you know [Laughter] you know as in in the books of the Sufi the the ones the Selfies have released dissing them they say and from his kama is that he would give the naked I'm not making this up honestly they're obviously taking a dig at the book of the Sufia whatever it is uh or the olia that they say look in here look at the

[2:17:45] stories in this so from his kamat I wonder what mine could be. Huh? All right, people. It is getting a bit late and there are some TV series waiting for me to Right. I did want to Am I missing anything out? Uh, I did want Right. Yeah, I've just gone on talking and talking today. Uh, right. I've come across these clips.

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment eo90sV4JVHo/s/30. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eo90sv4jvho/s/30/

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