Why Reason is hated by some preachers and clergy -Mufti Abu Layth

then we've got a movies today hating reason I'll tell you why the movies hate reason a lot of these preachers who hate reason the issue is because reason undermines their authority that if you can reason you can out reason them and most people can easily out reason scholars and they get stuck so they just tell you to shut up and they tell you you know oh not the DNA built on reason so this is this is the thing so whereas if you could reason with the

scholars scholars lose their authority over you I'm telling you that most of these preachers and movies and people if they encouraged reason you would then be critical of what they're teaching you so if they told you you need to do this you'd be like but that doesn't make too much sense and Mawlana saw what about and they can't handle II and I know people don't like it when I say this but these this this clergy it has sincerity I'm not denying that but it is heavily entrenched in power positions it's all

about power people all about power power money you know livelihood sectarianism it's all about things like that it's not about this you know about if the one thing ironically the one thing it's not about is truth that's the one thing these groups and cults and sectarianism are not about is truth I can I can put my hand on the Quran and take an oath and say that but the one thing that these cults and sects and stuff are not about is seeking truth it's only it's really

just about like a kind of gang and it's about power and positions and respect and authority and that's that's what generally and some people amongst them that doesn't mean that they all evil horrible people it doesn't mean that that's not true I mean power positions are just that work as well a person could be a doctor but it's really just all about power career money but it doesn't mean he has to be a bad person so because to be a good doctor but it's really not about and at times yeah he's

happy that he's helping people too you know that's there is it doesn't mean it's a one or all or nothing it doesn't mean he can never want to help people he can he can get satisfaction for helping people he can kind of make people better but fundamentally he is driven not by the need to help people but he's driven by power money career status this is what he is driven by as a doctor as an example or a lawyer or anybody right this is what they're driven by but along the way they they're happy to help people they take you know they find it

gratifying they they seek psychological reward they so it's multifaceted so these mallanna's are no different these mallanna's they they they help people as well they do good things and you know they're not evil people necessarily some of them may be but many of them are not they're decent people good people but but it is they are driven by power and authority so that's what I'm saying okay now let's move