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Goals, habits and willpower
8 answers in 7 recordings, 2014 to 2022. 6 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
Thought Evolution
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Mufti Abu Layth recommends understanding the words and translation first, memorising in a fixed place at a time that suits one, familiarising oneself with each verse before a break, then memorising the verses cumulatively, practising them in salah, recalling them at night and reading them to a teacher the next day.
“repeat the first one and the second one and then do the third one so you're doing it like that so you're kind of adding them along it's an accumulative effect”
Mufti Abu Layth says he does not think Islam emphasises giving up sleep, but rather being effective.
“it's not necessarily an T sleep it's just trying to say that be you know effective so you could still get all your hours of sleeping but just be effective”
How many of these answers cite each (guest speech left out). Cited means named as evidence or discussed, not necessarily accepted: open the answers to see which.
