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Paradise and hell

11 segments in 10 recordings · 2018 to 2021 · 0 verified · 8 checked positions · belief/afterlife/paradise-and-hell · Feed

Most recent statement · 19 Jan 2021Why does Islam describe Paradise in such sensual terms?Older segments link here so no earlier explanation is read as the last word.

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19 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth LatestWhy does Islam describe Paradise in such sensual terms? Paradise is described sensually because that imagery works for people, Mufti Abu Layth says, meaning it functionally rather than cynically. Question from live chatposition checked machine1 min 18 s1:32:09on YouTube

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2020 · 6

11 Dec 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Are paradise and hell in the Quran meant literally? The guest, following Ibn Rushd against al-Ghazali, says belief requires accepting the afterlife, not literal readings of its details; Mufti Abu Layth agrees the afterlife is symbolic but says the prophets' stories are of this world. Discussionguest speechDr Javad T. Hashmi (guest)al-GhazaliTahafut al-Falasifa (The Incoherence of the Philosophers)Ibn Rushd (Averroes) machine4 min 28 s1:15:55on YouTube
22 Sep 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth LatestCan we appreciate good in paradise if there is no evil there? Mufti Abu Layth says nobody knows how appreciation will work in the afterlife, because it is beyond what the human mind can comprehend. Question from live chatposition checkedjannahImmanuel Kant machine2 min 31 s38:48on YouTube
19 Aug 2020video Can non-Muslims be saved according to Sunni scholars? Mufti Abu Layth says broad views on salvation for non-Muslims and on hell, while not necessarily right, are all part of the Sunni tradition. Lessonposition checkedal-Baydawi [?]MaturidiAsh'arikafir machine4 min 47 s0:03on YouTube
14 Jul 2020live stream What do Illiyyin and Sijjin mean in the Quran? They refer to a record or place of the righteous and the wicked; he takes afterlife imagery as symbolic and promises more next week. Question from live chatposition checkedIlliyyinSijjinmufassirun machine2 min 32 s39:04on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Does the Quran motivate people through self-interest? Mufti Abu Layth suggests, tentatively, that even the Quran motivates through self-interest; the guest distinguishes healthy from harmful selfishness. Discussionguest speechShaykh Omar Balochjannahzakat machine5 min 09 s1:59:04on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Are the descriptions of paradise in the Quran literal? Mufti Abu Layth says he takes the Quran's imagery of paradise as symbolic, a motivation for people, rather than literal. Discussionguest speechShaykh Omar BalochMalcolm Xjannahreport: ma la aynun raat wa la udhunun samiat wa la khatara ala qalbi bashar machine1 min 58 s2:04:13on YouTube

2019 · 1

21 Aug 2019From the Mind of a Mufti Is the Quran's description of paradise and hell literal or symbolic? Mufti Abu Layth reads the Quran's imagery of the afterlife as symbolic, chosen to resonate with the people it was revealed to, while holding that life continues after this world. Allah also describes himself in imagery, and people are free to disagree. Lessonposition checkedQuran 24:35 (Allah is the light of the heavens and the earth)report: not a single human could ever conceptualise the afterlifeIbn Rushd (Averroes)Ibn Arabi machine6 min 32 s2:38on YouTube

2018 · 3

8 Oct 2018Ponderings on the Holy Quran Do Muslims really get 72 virgins in Paradise? The number 72 or 73 has no basis and comes from a fabricated or very weak report that became an old wives' tale. The Quran does mention women and virgins in Paradise in modest terms, and some non-sahih reports speak of sexual relations there. Question source not recordedposition checkedreport: seventy two virgins in paradise (number called fabricated or extremely weak)report: will we have intercourse in paradise dahman dahman [?]jannah (Paradise) machine4 min 49 s0:00on YouTube
1 Sep 2018BukhariGate: Issues with Sahih al-Bukhari What is the Bukhari report about the Prophet seeing a woman beside Umar's palace in paradise? The Bukhari report in which the Prophet sees a woman beside Umar's palace in paradise and turns away because of Umar's jealousy casts the Prophet in a poor light, Mufti Abu Layth says. Lessonposition checkedSahih al-Bukhari 3242 (the woman beside Umar's palace in paradise) [?]Sahih al-BukhariAbu HurayraUmar ibn al-Khattab machine2 min 36 s13:02on YouTube
2 Jul 2018Ponderings on the Holy Quran Are the descriptions of paradise in the Quran meant literally? The afterlife is real, but he believes the Quran's imagery of paradise was an encouragement suited to its first audience rather than a literal description. Anyone who takes it literally is free to do so. Question source not recordedposition checkedjannah (Paradise)report: no human can ever conceptualise jannahQuran 3:7 (clear and ambiguous verses)mutashabihat (ambiguous texts) machine5 min 03 s0:00on YouTube