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Dreams and visions

8 segments in 6 recordings · 2018 to 2021 · 0 verified · 6 checked positions · belief/dreams-and-visions · Feed

Most recent statement · 9 Feb 2021Is it haram to flip a coin to make a decision?Older segments link here so no earlier explanation is read as the last word.

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Latest answer · 9 Feb 2021

9 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth LatestIs it haram to flip a coin to make a decision? Mufti Abu Layth says flipping a coin is not haram, but important decisions should be made by reasoning, not by a coin or a dream. Question from live chatposition checked machine6 min 26 s3:16:17on YouTube

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2021 · 1

12 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Why would God stop sending revelation? Revelation as a religion has ended, he says, but the Prophet said it continues in dreams, which can guide a person but are not for preaching. Question from live chatposition checkedreport: nothing remains of prophethood except good dreamswahy (revelation) machine1 min 58 s1:14:59on YouTube

2020 · 2

4 Aug 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth A dream of Ibn Abd al-Barr dressed like a professor Mufti Abu Layth recounts a vivid dream of meeting Ibn Abd al-Barr, who looked like a professor. OtherIbn Abd al-Barr machine3 min 48 s1:10:54on YouTube
22 Mar 2020On Current Events Abdul Raheem Limbada and the dream of the coronavirus as a man Mufti Abu Layth mocks a preacher's account of a dream in which the coronavirus appeared as a man sent to punish, calling it nonsense that people are preaching and sharing. Discussionguest speechMaulana Abdul Raheem Limbadathe coronavirus pandemic (2020)ru'ya (dream vision)Shia machine10 min 12 s0:01on YouTube

2019 · 2

14 Jan 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran Was the story of Musa and al-Khidr a dream? Mufti Abu Layth reads everything after Musa and his companion fell asleep at the rock as a vision, which explains its strange details. Scholars who read it literally struggled to explain them. Lessonposition checkedMusa (Moses)Yusha ibn Nun (Joshua)al-KhidrQuran 18:60-82 (Musa and the servant of Allah) machine5 min 40 s8:22on YouTube
14 Jan 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran Is al-Khidr a real person who is still alive? No: he reads al-Khidr as part of a vision shown to Musa, whose three events mirrored Musa's own life and mission. The boy was not really killed, and al-Khidr does not roam the earth. Lessonposition checkedal-KhidrMusa (Moses)Pharaohthe golden calf of the Israelites machine6 min 19 s22:48on YouTube

2018 · 2

24 Dec 2018Ponderings on the Holy Quran Did the journey of Musa and Khidr really happen, or was it a vision? Mufti Abu Layth holds that everything after Musa and Joshua slept at the rock happened in a vision, which explains the story's strange shifts. Lessonposition checkedMusa (Moses)Yusha ibn Nun (Joshua)al-Khidr (the servant of Allah; name garbled in the transcript) [?] machine5 min 51 s5:31on YouTube
24 Dec 2018Ponderings on the Holy Quran Why did Khidr kill the boy in Surah al-Kahf? Mufti Abu Layth reads the ship, the boy and the wall as a vision mirroring Musa's mission; no child was really killed, since God would never allow that. Lessonposition checkedMusa (Moses)Bani Isra'il (the Israelites)the golden calf of the IsraelitesDawud (David) machine5 min 18 s11:22on YouTube