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Recordings › The Role Of Reason In Religion - Mufti Abu Layth · 9 Apr 2018 › Segment 2 of 19

Why do Muslims need reason if they already have the Quran and Sunnah?

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Why does religion need reason at all? Audience suggestions and the prequel

LessonRecorded 9 Apr 2018The Voice of Reason in Islam Segment 2 of 19 in the recording2018-04-09-S02

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Mufti Abu Layth asks why reason matters once Islam has reached us, hears audience suggestions, and says the most important answer still lies before all of them, in the prequel he is about to give.

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Mufti Abu Layth poses the question of what the big deal is: now that Islam has reached us in the Quran and Sunnah, why do we need our brains to analyse it? He takes suggestions from the audience. One member raises the example of Hindus defending the drinking of cow urine from scripture, and Muslims doing the same with camel urine, and Mufti agrees these points matter but says he wants to go to the prequel, the source of why reason is important in the first place. Other suggestions, that the message must be understood and that one reasons from evidence, are told they are getting there but that there is something much more important when it comes to religion and reason.

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people now the first we said Allah is saying that do people not go out and travel do they not see things do they not perceive things then they will have faculties of reason to reason by so I was encouraging us to to do this now the question is what's the big deal what's the big deal about you know all of these about religion having reason like wow you know we've got Quran or Sunnah has come or let's say hopefully the Quran is but what is okay let's say the Quran and Sunnah Lissa's take that

as now Islam has reached us so what's the big deal I don't need my brain to analyze things I don't need your brain or your brain or what's what's the big deal what could be some issues to worry what do we think what could be some issues in in not you know what with this with this thing of like why do we need reason because we've got Islam now it's in it's in a textbook this textbook has got Islam we don't all need to analyze it what's the big deal in in reason let's take some suggestions yep

what promo video the problem the problem [Laughter] of drinking cow urine and argument if you ask them or where did you get that it's you got a scripture yeah same way you asked a Muslim you know there are Muslims drinking and if you ask them where did you and they'll say it's from my Scripture so we're saying go okay now you know and

just like the Hindus were saying to come with you in all its scientifically in becomes proven to have 5% benefit you still arguing trying to defend that in the same way I want to take it before that I want to take it before all of this so you're right I mean these things are very important and I want to come to that but I want to go right to the beginning the source we need to go to the the prequel to what's going on why

is reason important what do you think why is reason important look all I said was reason important going give us one reason why reason is important okay that too and that we're gonna come to but see you guys are on the this is like season 2 season 3 we need a prequel we need to get to before the whole thing you know when the director sat down and

said well let's what are we gonna do here why is reason important okay so you're onto something look that's the that's the okay but what what else you're all you're not fully there but what's you're getting there you're getting there so let's take for example if you listen to us then you know the message can get done so avoid notice again dilute to go back yeah so you've got use your mind you hear something you think okay let me say for example you're sitting at that desk you're telling yourself behind there's computer I don't think I can see you computer so let me use my head so using your reasoning to understand that this

an argument along a certain line so I had placed this in more pokey and I'm just trying to think is it ticking right so yep mm-hmm so no but we're not exactly there come on much much more important than all of this when it comes to religion reason you can't handle the truth god damn it this is this is the ultimate question how do you know

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Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment 2018-04-09-S02, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/uuldzklvxvo/s/2/ (accessed 1 November 2026)

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Mufti Abu Layth. (2018, April 9). Why do Muslims need reason if they already have the Quran and Sunnah? [Video, segment 2018-04-09-S02, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/uuldzklvxvo/s/2/

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Mufti Abu Layth. 2018. "Why do Muslims need reason if they already have the Quran and Sunnah?" Video, segment 2018-04-09-S02, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Recorded April 9, 2018. Accessed November 1, 2026. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/uuldzklvxvo/s/2/

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  author = {Mufti Abu Layth},
  title = {{Why do Muslims need reason if they already have the Quran and Sunnah?}},
  year = {2018},
  month = {4},
  date = {2018-04-09},
  howpublished = {\url{https://muftiabulayth.org/r/uuldzklvxvo/s/2/}},
  url = {https://muftiabulayth.org/r/uuldzklvxvo/s/2/},
  organization = {Mufti Abu Layth Archive},
  urldate = {2026-11-01},
  note = {Segment 2018-04-09-S02, auto-transcribed, may contain errors}
}

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