# Is it haram to use a sensory deprivation tank or meditation to hallucinate?

*Inducing hallucinations with sensory deprivation tanks or meditation*

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/l4n4wd2jjps/s/17/
- Date: 2021-02-09 · Kind: question · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #201| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (1:27:50–1:29:06)
- Status: general teaching
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4n4wD2jjps&t=5270s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/l4n4wd2jjps/

**Topics:** Spiritual experience and psychedelics

**Question as asked:** Is there any ruling on intentional hallucination-like experiences, like sensory deprivation tanks or meditation?

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Mufti Abu Layth says using sensory deprivation tanks or meditation to bring on hallucinations is not haram.

**Checked position (checked by two independent reviews, not by the channel):** Mufti Abu Layth says he does not think setting oneself up to hallucinate through sensory deprivation tanks or meditation is haram.

**Evidence, his words at 1:28:29:** “i don't think these things are haram if that's what you're asking do i feel this is haram no no um it isn't haram” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4n4wD2jjps&t=5309s)

## Longer summary

A super chat asks whether there is a ruling on intentionally seeking hallucination-like experiences, such as through sensory deprivation tanks or meditation. Mufti Abu Layth says he does not think these things are haram, while granting they are not everyone's cup of tea. Mufti adds that he wonders what a deprivation tank is like and may try one.

## Transcript (machine tier, 1:27:50–1:29:06)

[1:27:49] right uh right what is going on did i miss any other super chats much love is there any ruling on intention hallucination like experiences like it's a lot of likes here like like like like sensory deprivation tanks or meditation intention hallucinate oh so what you mean is to set yourself up to hallucinate via things like these deprivation tanks

[1:28:29] where um or just meditation yeah i mean when you say ruling i'm not sure what kind of a ruling you're expecting but i don't think these things are haram if that's what you're asking do i feel this is haram no no um it isn't haram um obviously i get the fact that look it's not everybody's cup of tea but um i think yeah it'd be interesting i wonder what these sensory deprivation tanks are like maybe i should experience one and then let you guys know

[1:29:05] is birmingham a proper bleep hole [Laughter] right i i actually love birmingham um no i don't think it's a crap hole i think it's amazing i think you see i think there's areas which are run down because it's a large city it's obviously the second largest city in the entire united kingdom um so there are areas that are a bit run down you know very um not much investment in them there are some areas like there's some

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment l4n4wD2jjps/s/17. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/l4n4wd2jjps/s/17/

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