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Spiritual experience and psychedelics

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Most recent statement · 30 Aug 2021Is a DMT ego death the same as the Sufi idea of fana?Older segments link here so no earlier explanation is read as the last word.

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30 Aug 2021Shorts LatestIs a DMT ego death the same as the Sufi idea of fana? Mufti Abu Layth says the ego death reported with 5-MeO-DMT is, he believes, what Ibn Arabi meant by fana fillah. Lessonposition checked5-MeO-DMTMike TysonJoe RoganIbn Arabi machine1 min0:00on YouTube

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2021 · 9

26 Apr 2021MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Are psychedelics like mushrooms and DMT haram? Mufti Abu Layth says he has a video saying psychedelics are not haram; the guest says he has never drunk or used drugs and judges such substances by a medicinal line. Discussionguest speechLupe Fiasco (guest)haram machine4 min 31 s58:24on YouTube
13 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Are the stories in the Quran true but not historical, like the story of Adam? Mufti Abu Layth says Adam was the father of humans with modern cognition, and that the tree, which the Quran never calls a fruit or apple, may have been a psychedelic plant that sparked the cognitive revolution. Question from live chatposition checkedAdamstoned ape theory [?] machine2 min 36 s47:50on YouTube
6 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth How can I nourish my soul this Ramadan? To deepen the bond with God, read even a little Quran daily, make personal dua and give charity; learning, poetry, art and meaningful music can also strengthen a person inwardly, not only more voluntary prayer. Question raised by Mufti Abu Laythposition checkedJoseph Lumbardtaqwaduareport: dua is the marrow of worship (unresolved) machine7 min 29 s2:03:56on YouTube
2 Mar 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Can the revelation of the Quran be explained without the supernatural? The words of revelation manifested in the Prophet's mind rather than being composed by him; whether that counts as supernatural depends on the definition, and trance experiences are only an approximation. Question from live chatposition checkedwahy (revelation) machine3 min 09 s44:10on YouTube
16 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth The preacher on DMT: 'no proof of the unseen', and tahajjud instead Mufti Abu Layth ridicules the preacher's claim that there is no scientific proof DMT users reach the unseen, asking what such proof could even look like. Lessonquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Asrar Rashid [?]DMTDMT: The Spirit Moleculeghayb (the unseen) machine6 min2:59:48on YouTube
16 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Are DMT and magic mushrooms haram? DMT and psilocybin are not haram, he says, though they raise legal issues; brain studies give abundant evidence of their effect on consciousness. Lessonposition checkedDMTpsilocybinLSD machine2 min 36 s3:08:23on YouTube
9 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Is the Quran's verse about the stupor of death talking about DMT? Mufti Abu Layth says the verse is not about DMT specifically, though the DMT death experience could relate to it; he sees psychedelics as a portal to the hereafter where legal. Question from live chatposition checkedQuran 50:19 (the stupor of death brings the truth)Quran 50:22 (your sight this day is sharp)Quran 41:53 (We will show them Our signs until it becomes clear that it is the truth)DMT (dimethyltryptamine) machine6 min 15 s1:01:31on YouTube
9 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Is it haram to use a sensory deprivation tank or meditation to hallucinate? Mufti Abu Layth says using sensory deprivation tanks or meditation to bring on hallucinations is not haram. Question from live chatposition checked machine1 min 16 s1:28:30on YouTube
2 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Are near-death experiences real or just chemicals in the brain? Mufti Abu Layth feels near-death experiences are real portals, not just brain chemistry, pointing to cardiac-arrest studies. Question from live chatposition checkedConsciousness Beyond Life: The Science of the Near-Death ExperienceDMTpsilocybin machine5 min 21 s26:49on YouTube

2020 · 11

27 Oct 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Are jinn just archetypes in our unconscious mind? Mufti Abu Layth thinks the jinn are beings in a dimension of consciousness we cannot normally reach, not mental archetypes. Question from live chatposition checkedjinncollective unconsciousSulaymanQuran 27:18 (the ant) machine8 min 11 s1:34:18on YouTube
17 Oct 2020video Are psychedelics haram in Islam? Psychedelics are not haram because they are not intoxicants like alcohol but entheogens that connect a person with God. Mufti Abu Layth says the political label of drugs wrongly lumps them with substances of abuse. Lessonposition checkedharamentheogenpsilocybin machine4 min 28 s0:00on YouTube
17 Oct 2020video How does Mufti Abu Layth explain what psychedelics do to consciousness? Ordinary perception reaches only a sliver of what exists, as the eye sees only a small part of the electromagnetic spectrum; Mufti Abu Layth says consciousness has layers we normally cannot access. Lessonposition checkedelectromagnetic spectrum machine2 min 58 s4:28on YouTube
17 Oct 2020video Did the Sufi saints have psychedelic experiences without knowing it? Many of Islam's great mystics, such as Junayd, al-Hallaj and Ibn Arabi, most likely had psychedelic experiences without knowing it, as initiates at Eleusis and communities eating ergotised grain did. Lessonposition checkedJunayd al-BaghdadiMansur al-Hallaj [?]Ibn ArabiJoe Rogan machine4 min 15 s7:26on YouTube
17 Oct 2020video LatestDid Rumi use harmala seed and a DMT-containing reed flute? Rumi drank preparations of harmala seed, an MAO inhibitor, and was devoted to his ney flute, made from a reed that contains DMT; Mufti Abu Layth says it is very likely Rumi had psychedelic experiences. Lessonposition checkedharmala (Peganum harmala, Syrian rue)DMT (dimethyltryptamine)MAO inhibitorney (reed flute) machine6 min 43 s11:41on YouTube
17 Oct 2020video What were soma and haoma in the Hindu and Persian traditions? Ancient traditions such as the Vedic soma and the Avestan haoma point to the same entheogenic experiences, which those cultures had no vocabulary to explain; soma is argued to be Amanita muscaria, which may explain the deification of cows and the drinking of their urine. Lessonposition checkedRig VedaAvestasoma (haoma)Amanita muscaria machine3 min 43 s18:24on YouTube
17 Oct 2020video What is the hadith of the night of the jinn, and was it a psychoactive experience? The Tirmidhi report of Ibn Mas'ud's night of the jinn, in which he carried nabidh and saw strange figures, would most likely describe a psychoactive experience if true, and the report praising harmala shows such a narrative existed in early Muslim society. Lessonposition checkedreport: nothing of the harmala seed emerges without an angel tied to it and in its seed is a cure for seventy two ailmentsreport: the night of the jinn ibn masud carried nabidh and saw figures that did not cross the line while the prophet slept with his head in his lapSunan al-TirmidhiAridat al-Ahwadhi (Ibn al-Arabi's commentary on al-Tirmidhi) [?] machine7 min 41 s22:07on YouTube
17 Oct 2020video Does the verse of light describe an expanded state of consciousness? The verse of light, 24:35, is an approximation that resonates with those whose consciousness has expanded, and entheogenic experience was part and parcel of the tradition without having a name. Lessonposition checkedQuran 24:35 (the verse of light)Abdullah Yusuf AliAbdullah ibn Mas'udRumi machine6 min 13 s29:48on YouTube
17 Oct 2020video Does the Quran or Sunnah say anything against psychedelics? Nothing in the Quran or Sunnah forbids psychedelics, which existed for Allah to prohibit had he wished; Mufti Abu Layth says they are non-addictive and therapeutic, unlike alcohol, and are about connecting to God. Lessonposition checkedharampsilocybinDMT (dimethyltryptamine)Boris Johnson machine3 min 43 s36:01on YouTube
24 Aug 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Are psychedelics like DMT haram in Islam? Mufti Abu Layth does not consider psychedelics such as DMT haram or intoxicants, and advocates them as entheogens for spiritual discovery rather than recreation. Question from live chatposition checkedDMTentheogenayahuascaPlato machine9 min 54 s30:58on YouTube
14 Jan 2020Quick Fiqh! Is DMT haram? Mufti Abu Layth says DMT is not haram and calls it an entheogen, though it is not for everyone; legality and health are separate questions. He holds the same for psilocybin. Question from live chatposition checkedDMTentheogenpsilocybinruh (soul) as consciousness machine2 min 56 s0:00on YouTube