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"What Will People Think?" | The Symbolic Other | #Perspective #Life Mufti Abu Layth

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folks imagine a world without the opinions the criticisms of others what would you be or become in that world what potential would you have allowed to

0:37

shine so many of us live a a suffering existence you know a a life of even torment walled in by this belief that what will people

1:07

think these walls are self imposed they are in your mind you know these people you have one existence in this dun and the only truly answerable one to whom you are is

1:38

Allah that why did you not let that light shine you know what will people think you know in Psychology you have this symbolic other and I'll do more elaborate videos on that this kind of horizon of theatricality that we perform to that we behave as though we are being observed this they call it the symbolic Other Well it begins with Allah who is observing

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us and even though this symbolic other is inseparable from the human psyche don't allow it to be this placeholder to be a negative critical voice this by critical I mean this damning critical not constructively critical don't allow it you know this what will people so many of us are

2:55

trapped in in in these painful realities you know withheld holding back ourselves whether you know trapped in a certain kind of hateful job that they hate or that they bad habit or a toxic relationship for years I mean with this thought what will people think who are these people Allah will question you that why did you

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not break free from these imaginary shackles you know you had this one and you spent it within this small imaginary mental cell this prison of what people's opinions

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will do to you it begins now people break free from these shackles Allah is with you may Allah bless this journey and allow our light to truly shine

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Allah is the light of the heavens and the earth that is and we mirror that potential take very good care of yourselves

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Mufti Abu Layth. (2024, June 25). "What Will People Think?" | The Symbolic Other | #Perspective #Life  Mufti Abu Layth [Video, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/lkwx-hcoigg/
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Mufti Abu Layth. 2024. ""What Will People Think?" | The Symbolic Other | #Perspective #Life  Mufti Abu Layth." Video, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Recorded June 25, 2024. Accessed November 1, 2026. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/lkwx-hcoigg/
BibTeX 
@misc{abulayth-LkWx-HCoigg,
  author = {Mufti Abu Layth},
  title = {{"What Will People Think?" | The Symbolic Other | \#Perspective \#Life  Mufti Abu Layth}},
  year = {2024},
  month = {6},
  date = {2024-06-25},
  howpublished = {\url{https://muftiabulayth.org/r/lkwx-hcoigg/}},
  url = {https://muftiabulayth.org/r/lkwx-hcoigg/},
  organization = {Mufti Abu Layth Archive},
  urldate = {2026-11-01},
  note = {Auto-transcribed, may contain errors}
}