God will not be found in cults or institutionalized religion | Mufti Abu Layth

us to do what we have to do a there is a responsibility that we have to awaken people's reason like let and then just let them be in control of their lives like if you want to go i'm not saying to people don't go to these kind of sufi gas rings i'm not saying that go go i'm not saying to them don't go to these selfie gatherings go there be but have that you know awake make sure the lights are on don't be you know this kind of like an acolyte like the part of this cult follow them but if you hear something

that does not make sense that why do why why do i have this god complex that everybody's going to hell except me you know like you need to be able to have this the the lights on you need to be have these critical faculties thinking for yourself so i i do try to encourage people to to to realize i know people know this as information but it's not realized unfortunately with the muslims as well that god does not require an institution for you to know him you know he is there for you like we do not

it is not the the madrasa or the masjid allah is with you like it is okay you pray but salah or these things or just just contemplation does not require an institute you understand like these i'm not saying you need to necessarily people need to i mean personally i'm not a part of these any of these institutions and i think they're toxic but i'm not saying to people they need to listen to me and give up these things no it's your life but don't feel that allah is only through these people

or through these groups allah is above that you know you know subhanahu wata'ala uh he's above these things he's already closer to you than your jugular vein so if you see these the institutionalization of the deen and you want to be a part of it that's up to you it's your life your liberty to do so but just make sure that the light stays on yeah my thing is though there's no like uh it's all institutionalized and you want to know you want to learn about your deen but you have to pick and choose uh which one to go

and that that kind of like uh it's a disadvantage really if you think about it because you have to stick on there it's what they think you is part of that of the syllabus yeah i mean look islam like other religions has for many centuries been institutionalized i do feel that we do need to really break free of these shackles but my point when i was saying it to people what i'm trying to say to them is you see you shouldn't br you to break free you need to realize it like you don't if you're only doing it

because you're blind following me then that's just part of the problem no but that's not everyone is a mufti mufti yeah my my point is that you see you i want you to realize that i i you know islam does not belong in an institution and that realization can come to you without being a mufti you can just see right for right and wrong for wrong you can see the elements of power elements of control elements of cultish behavior and you can then realize that look surely islam did not come for these you know islam did not come to turn people into

turn you know religion into a cult so yeah all right