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6 answers in 6 recordings, 2020 to 2025. 3 with a checked position in his own words.
Indexed so far: 259 of 1,859 recordings (1,904 answers, 2014 to 2025). Anything below may change as the rest are indexed. Limits of the data
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· What was al-Ash'ari's argument against the Mu'tazila about God always doing what is best?
Mufti Abu Layth says the paradox in the debate attributed to al-Ash'ari is where the Mu'tazili view that God is bound to act by a fixed rule crumbles.
“in the afterlife and it and this kind of paradox is where the Methuselah kind of thing crumbles”
51:39TranscriptCite 2020-07-14-S11corrected
· If I commit a crime, was it my free will or my destiny?
Mufti Abu Layth says human beings do have free will, likening it to a video game whose outcomes were all designed but whose course is up to the player.
“free will is human beings do have free will and i kind of in uh have given an analogy or made it analogous to somewhat of a computer game”
1:04:33TranscriptCite 2020-10-13-S14corrected
· If a jinn could possess me, how could I be blamed for anything?
Mufti Abu Layth holds that 14:22, in which Satan says he had no power over people and only invited them, rules out jinn possession, because if the devil could physically prevent prayer or cause illness people could not be blamed and moral responsibility would be meaningless.
“if a jinn is beating me up when i'm praying why do i have to pray that's stupid and why is it my fault for not praying then”
24:15TranscriptCite 2020-11-21-S06corrected
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