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6 answers in 6 recordings, 2017 to 2021. 5 with a checked position in his own words.
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· Could a jinn fall in love with my spouse and break up my marriage?
Mufti Abu Layth says Muslims' stigma against mental illness pushes them to blame jinn or magic, and that jinn, if considered at all, belong to a different domain of life from humans, like extremophile Archaea, so they do not fall in love or wreck marriages.
“so offended if you say this could be a mental health issue so what do you mean like my mom my mom ain't mental”
1:48:25TranscriptCite 2017-09-20-S23corrected
· What medical conditions could have been mistaken for possession in the past?
Mufti Abu Layth holds that conditions now explained neurologically, such as palinopsia and Charles Bonnet syndrome, would in the past have been read as demons or possession for want of any other explanation.
“how would I explain that in the past what an abnormality in the brain no maybe you're a demon”
37:56TranscriptCite 2018-04-15-S10corrected
· Exploitation by 'babas', and the solution: proper help and mental health
Mufti Abu Layth says the solution is to seek proper help from one's social network or the relevant professional.
“the solution is to seek proper two things want to seek proper help from either your social network or from if it's a health issue”
48:51TranscriptCite 2018-04-15b-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
· What did classical scholars say about whether jinn can harm or possess people?
Mufti Abu Layth cites al-Shafi'i's refusal of the testimony of anyone who claims to have seen the jinn, Ibn Hazm's ban on adding to what is soundly narrated about them and al-Tahawi's denial that Satan can cause actual harm, and says that what is called possession is mental illness and that accepting possession would leave no will and no taklif.
“this completely ruins the message of islam there is zero will irrada there is zero taklif because you don't know who's possessed who isn't”
32:50TranscriptCite 2020-11-21-S07corrected
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