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21 answers in 16 recordings, 2020 to 2021. 13 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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Mufti Abu Layth says he does not think DMT is haram.
“things like DMT may be the hidden cheats in this world a gateway into the realm of consciousness I'm very intrigued by these things I don't think they're Haram”
0:38TranscriptCite 2020-01-14-S01corrected
· Do Muslims believe in reincarnation?
Mufti Abu Layth says he does not believe in reincarnation as it is generally understood, the soul returning to this world as another.
“I don't believe that they have had a past life in this dunya I believe that in this world our lives are just limited”
32:48TranscriptCite 2020-02-28-S09corrected
· Do brain chemicals shape my personality?
Mufti Abu Layth says that, as his personal take, he feels the ruh plays some role in personality alongside DNA and environment.
“that i do feel that that's my you know my personal take in the that i feel the ruach plays some role in in how we”
32:59TranscriptCite 2020-09-22-S05corrected
· How does Mufti Abu Layth explain what psychedelics do to consciousness?
Mufti Abu Layth says ordinary human consciousness has access to only a small part of what exists, as the eye sees only a sliver of the electromagnetic spectrum, and that the other layers of consciousness are there but we do not normally have access to them.
“Now, in a similar way, consciousness works the same. That the consciousness is there, but we just don't have access to that layer of consciousness.”
6:55TranscriptCite 2020-10-17-S02corrected
· Are jinn just archetypes in our unconscious mind?
Mufti Abu Layth says he thinks the jinn are things that exist in a dimension of consciousness that we generally do not have access to.
“I think that these are the things that exist in a dimension of consciousness that we generally don't have access to”
1:34:17TranscriptCite 2020-10-27-S15corrected
· How do I explain to someone why believing in God matters?
Mufti Abu Layth says he honestly believes the modern gateway to God is through consciousness.
“the modern portal and Gateway to God is through Consciousness I honestly do”
2:33:07TranscriptCite 2021-01-19-S33corrected
· Could the hadith tradition evolve like a living organism?
Mufti Abu Layth suggests, as food for thought, that the hadith system behaves like an evolving organism that, without consciousness, drives those engaged with it to standardise and correct it so that it survives.
“as a kind of psychosocial organism this belief system it would be driven to make people do that to kind of ensure its longevity to survive”
2:19:52TranscriptCite 2021-01-26b-S27corrected
· Are near-death experiences real or just chemicals in the brain?
Mufti Abu Layth says he definitely feels near-death experiences are valid portals and not just chemicals in the brain.
“NDEs near-death experiences I definitely feel these are valid portals. These are not just”
26:48TranscriptCite 2021-02-02b-S05corrected
· Can atheism explain consciousness?
Mufti Abu Layth says that while atheists have strong arguments on many things, overall their case collapses when it comes face to face with consciousness.
“i believe they have strong arguments on many things but overall it all collapses when it comes face to face with consciousness all of their arguments collapse”
1:42:23TranscriptCite 2021-02-16-S31corrected
· Are DMT and magic mushrooms haram?
Mufti Abu Layth says DMT is definitely not haram, nor is psilocybin, though these are issues of legality.
“so that is the understanding as to dmt that is definitely not haram um neither is psilocybin and stuff like that mushrooms but these things are issues of legality”
3:08:23TranscriptCite 2021-02-16-S54corrected
· Can the revelation of the Quran be explained without the supernatural?
Mufti Abu Layth says he is not saying the Prophet was making the words of the Quran, but that the words were manifesting to him.
“i do say i'm not saying that the prophets was making the words for it but the words were manifesting to him”
44:10TranscriptCite 2021-03-02-S09corrected
· Can the soul travel into the spiritual world through meditation or dhikr?
Mufti Abu Layth says he understands the soul not as a ghost inside the body but as a non-local consciousness that the brain connects to, like a handset picking up a signal, and that collective consciousness shifts over time.
“i feel the soul is never in the body anyway in that sense that people think like people think the soul is a ghost kind of figure inside you”
2:27:21TranscriptCite 2021-04-13-S37corrected
· How can I be sure my reason is not wrong?
Mufti Abu Layth says al-Ghazali resolved his doubt by reliance on God, that science has since taken us far beyond his time, and that for him the existence of consciousness is the sign of God.
“to me the fact that god is out there is through consciousness the fact that we are conscious to me is that sign”
2:56:43TranscriptCite 2021-04-13-S42corrected
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