Sufism & Higher Concepts | Mufti Abu Layth

Uh, [Music] uh, Melissa uh, Y says salaam. Mufti, could you please talk about Sufism a little bit and how you see them different from other schools in their understanding of the concept of the rule too happy to listen to your thoughts. You see I do I was thinking about this the other day that Sufism although now I think it too is just institutionalized but I do feel that it was onto something.

You know, it it figured out quite early on this whole thing of the greater message and how the importance of connection and consciousness which I feel is synonymous with rule and how that they were you know this understanding of how God is addressing people and all these things. I think the Sufis some of the Sufis were onto something. They like people like Ibn Arabi Muhiuddin Ibn Arabi.

I do you know, the more I age the more I become fond of him and appreciate his and it's ironic because 10 years ago I thought astaghfirullah. I thought he he was a fool. I would have thought he was stupid for saying some of the stuff he said. But it just goes to show how your own understanding develops with age and you you look back and you think bloody hell.

You know, this this guy he he really did have some amazing depth to his perception considering you know, it's over eight you know, 100 years ago. Today we're looking at these things because of the voice of reason because of quantum physics because of and these people were onto this and this this holistic this embracing everybody this kind of you know, that none need to despair from the the message of God that it will encompass all of his creatures that you don't need to have this God is out there to punish you outlook.

And he was onto this so much before so many people and it's only something I'm beginning to appreciate now. You know, so I [Music] I think the Sufis definitely people like Hallaj and when they said you know, this thing about God that are we not just a part of God? With what he was trying to say it wasn't the shell aspect like he didn't mean that oh, this hand of mine is God.

But I think they were ahead of their times. I think they were onto something a greater understanding. You see the problem with this understanding is I think it's it could be wrongly dubbed as an elitist understanding because I don't think most people it would be for them. But I think it would be for certain people who are seeking that quest with God.

And so I am definitely you know, appreciative of these people. I do think today most of Sufism is just like the rest of religion. It's institutionalized. It's it's not like these people like Muhiuddin Ibn Arabi and Hallaj or these people. I think today most of Sufism is just about the order and you know, the share and giving beya and reading vikas and you know, and there's a lot of sectarianism strong sectarianism hating on each other and all this kind of stuff.

So but I think in the past some of them were onto something very deep.