Islam Does Not Micromanage | Mufti Abu Layth

you know islam doesn't say do this it just gives you the options and a person can do it islam doesn't say you have to get married it tells you look this marriage isn't is an option and people because they're gonna do it anyway and so well they're gonna embark on relationships anyway so yeah so islam you know sometimes people ask me that oh i'm having these difficulties in my relationship should i get divorced should i stay together what does islam say i say that you know i'm i'm sure islam is flattered that you think it's

so it has so much interest in you in your life islam does not micromanage islam gives guidelines and then lets you be it's like if you said should i go for a jog at eight a.m in the morning what does islam say time doesn't say anything and the fact that you think you need to be micromanaged is indicative of the problem itself you see that you want to go for a job go for a jog islam says keeping healthy is wonderful but it doesn't tell you how to keep healthy it's not going to say you should you know do bench presses and do this and do that

and do squatting and do all this kind of no it's just going to say look take care of your health it's a gift from god how do you do it go figure you know it's like okay i want to be in a relationship that's wonderful you know islam says it's from the sunnah of the prophet salallahu should i be in a relationship with this person it's up to you you know but people want to defer these things to god and let god tell me shall actually be this guy should it be that guy should be this girl should be like you know let me pray my istihara let me look into the magic bowl and see what let me wait for my dream

but then they'll be like oh my god now i've got these problems now what does islam say well do i stay you know is it hit me or not actually hit me i mean playing 21 is it do do i stick or do i you know what do i do so yeah so these things they come down to you islam does not micromanage you you need to step out of this people too many muslims unfortunately can become a victim of this i've had people sometimes ask me you know they'll ask me all kinds of very

things like what do you think i should do and i'll be honest i'll be like look i don't even know you like i'm just being honest why would you that's like me picking up the phone to a stranger and saying look i'm just about to should i buy this or should i sell it and it's like me i've got no idea i got no idea who you are i mean i could you see wouldn't i say to them wouldn't it be better that you had a conversation with a friend who actually knows your life and they could advise you that actually you know i think this is going well for you this is not going

well for you um but i so this is this these things are really important that you don't seek to be micromanaged in islam by islam it's not here to micromanage you and the prophet said in hadith that the deen is one of ease that willing anybody who becomes so punnicuty and so kind of trying to be micromanaged by the dean you know

that those people of tanata those people who become like they have this ocd of being of control like i want what does islam say about this what what color should i wear what does islam say you know what what islam doesn't you know you unfortunately islam isn't that interested in your everyday particulars but look at it on the bright side you see islam has given you freedom do what you do as you please it's given you guidelines and you just follow them so yeah and the hadith says nobody will become so micromanaged with

it except it will destroy the deen will overcome them meaning it will snap them so don't treat it in that way don't pick up i seriously advise people don't just pick up a phone to you see appears or you see take guidance from these people it's wonderful you know if you've got your shaykh or a pisab or a mufti or a maulana saab that you reach out to on guidance you learn wonderful things from they teach you to be a good human being that's amazing but if they don't really know you

as in i don't mean know of you but know you know what's going on in your life don't phone the don't phone them for these issues speak to somebody who knows the problem speak to a family member speak to a friend say what do you think use your own brain and then trust on allah