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8 answers in 6 recordings, 2018 to 2021. 6 with a checked position in his own words.
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· Did the journey of Musa and Khidr really happen, or was it a vision?
Mufti Abu Layth says that he feels earlier scholars overlooked that everything after Musa and his companion fell asleep at the rock happened in a vision.
“this is where a lot of I feel the scholars in the past for whatever reasons overlooked this the rest of everything that happens Happ happens whilst they were asleep it was a vision”
5:31TranscriptCite 2018-12-24-S02corrected
· Why did Khidr kill the boy in Surah al-Kahf?
Mufti Abu Layth says the boy was not killed in reality, since God would never allow anybody to murder a child.
“the fact that murders this this child he didn't murder him in real life God would never allow anybody to murder a child that would be absurd”
12:39TranscriptCite 2018-12-24-S03corrected
· Was the story of Musa and al-Khidr a dream?
Mufti Abu Layth says that he feels earlier scholars overlooked that everything after Musa and his companion fell asleep at the rock happened in a vision.
“the rest of everything that happens happens whilst they were asleep it was a vision”
8:22TranscriptCite 2019-01-14-S03corrected
· Is al-Khidr a real person who is still alive?
Mufti Abu Layth says al-Khidr was part of Musa's vision and not actually a real person who roams among us.
“he was part of that vision he was not actually a real person and he's not actually somebody who roams around amongst us”
27:48TranscriptCite 2019-01-14-S05corrected
· Why would God stop sending revelation?
Mufti Abu Layth says the Prophet did not say revelation per se ends, but that revelation in its formal manner as a religion ends.
“the prophet didn't say that revelation per se ends but revelation in its um formal manner as a religion ends”
1:14:59TranscriptCite 2021-01-12-S18corrected
· Is it haram to flip a coin to make a decision?
Mufti Abu Layth says flipping coins is not haram.
“no it's not haram flipping coins um clear shukran for the stars it's not haram to flip coins but i would say look”
3:16:17TranscriptCite 2021-02-09-S36corrected
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