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Free will and destiny

6 segments in 6 recordings · 2020 to 2025 · 0 verified · 3 checked positions · belief/free-will-and-destiny · Feed

Most recent statement · 18 Oct 2025If most people love praise and are punished, how is God the most merciful?Older segments link here so no earlier explanation is read as the last word.

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Latest answer · 18 Oct 2025

18 Oct 2025MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth LatestIf most people love praise and are punished, how is God the most merciful? The guest says most people are mushrikun according to the Quran and that God is merciful in giving them messengers and exits, so those who refuse to reason deserve punishment; guidance follows the attributes God has set, not chance. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechBr Muhammad (MFG, MuhammadFromGod channel)Quran 12:106 (most of them do not believe in Allah without associating others with Him)shirk machine3 min 14 s2:10:46on YouTube

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2020 · 5

21 Nov 2020video If a jinn could possess me, how could I be blamed for anything? Satan's own words in 14:22, that he had no power over people and only invited them, rule out possession: if the devil could physically prevent prayer or cause harm, people could not be blamed and responsibility would collapse. Lessonposition checkedQuran 14:22 (Satan: I had no power over you, I only invited you)Quran 38:41 (Ayyub: Satan has touched me with hardship)Ayyub (Job)waswasa (whispering) machine5 min 16 s20:58on YouTube
13 Oct 2020video If I commit a crime, was it my free will or my destiny? Humans have real free will: as in a video game, every outcome was designed, but where you go and what you do is your own doing. Question from a callerposition checkedqadar (destiny)the Heisenberg uncertainty principle machine3 min 05 s1:04:33on YouTube
22 Sep 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Mir Taqi Mir's death anniversary: Mufti Abu Layth reads his Urdu poetry Mufti Abu Layth marks Mir Taqi Mir's death anniversary by translating his Urdu verses and calls him one of the few poets he would give the crown to. Otherguest speechMir Taqi MirIrrfan Khan [?] machine16 min 03 s8:51on YouTube
14 Jul 2020live stream What was al-Ash'ari's argument against the Mu'tazila about God always doing what is best? Mufti Abu Layth tells the debate attributed to al-Ash'ari, in which a disbeliever asks why he was not allowed to die as a child, and says this is where the Mu'tazili view of a God bound to do the best crumbles. Lessonposition checkedAbu al-Hasan al-Ash'ariMu'tazilaAsh'ari machine2 min 34 s49:45on YouTube
19 Jun 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth If Allah promised to preserve the Quran, why are there variant readings at all? The guest says Allah preserved his part, the real Quran, and left people the discretion that produced the other readings, just as he allowed hadith to be misreported; the test is in seeking the truth through them. Mufti Abu Layth states his own view that the Quran we have is from an umbrella revelation that allowed variations. Question source not recordedguest speechDr Shehzad Saleem (guest)Quran 15:9 (We sent down the reminder and We are its guardian)qira'at (the variant readings)mutawatir (tawatur) machine3 min 54 s1:27:17on YouTube