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Gratitude, giving and contentment

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Most recent statement · 5 Mar 2024Which verse of the Quran promises more blessings for being grateful?Older segments link here so no earlier explanation is read as the last word.

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Latest answer · 5 Mar 2024

5 Mar 2024Shorts LatestWhich verse of the Quran promises more blessings for being grateful? Mufti Abu Layth points to Quran 14:7: Allah promises abundance to the grateful, so by giving you receive. Lessonposition checkedQuran 14:7 (if you are grateful, I will increase you)shukr (gratitude) machine59 s0:03on YouTube

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2023 · 2

2 Jun 2023video LatestWhat can the death of a parent teach us? Mufti Abu Layth says death is the greatest admonition and grief brings families together; one lesson may be to serve those who have no one around them. Lessonposition checkedreport: no one alive on earth tonight will be alive a hundred years from nowQuran 36:68 (whoever We grant long life, We reverse in creation) machine4 min 28 s0:01on YouTube
10 Mar 2023video Was Imam Malik an ascetic? No: Imam Malik was a wealthy merchant who enjoyed fine clothes and daily meat, unlike the ascetic tradition, and was criticised for it. Lessonposition checkedImam Malikzuhd (asceticism) machine2 min 34 s23:27on YouTube

2021 · 3

29 Nov 2021video LatestIs it wrong to joke about people who are seriously ill with covid? Do not make fun of people who are ill with covid: it is a roll of the dice, as a neighbour's sudden death showed, and it should make us grateful. Lessonposition checkedthe coronavirus pandemicshifa (cure) machine5 min 17 s0:14on YouTube
13 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Is it wrong for a Muslim to want to make money? No: Mufti Abu Layth says make money and enjoy what it brings, but do not love money for itself, and remember that giving opens the way to provision. Question written questionposition checkedreport: inna allaha yuhibbu an yura athara nimatihi ala abdihi (paraphrased by the host; unresolved)Shah Rukh KhanImam Malikrizq (provision) machine13 min 08 s3:08:42on YouTube
9 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Is it wrong in Islam to want to be rich? Mufti Abu Layth says Islam is not against wealth; what is haram is arrogance and looking down on others, and he encourages people to make money and enjoy it. Question from live chatposition checkedreport: indeed allah is beautifulImam Malikzuhd (asceticism) machine10 min 52 s1:44:53on YouTube

2020 · 1

24 Aug 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Does giving charity protect me from bad things happening? Yes: he says giving brings good back, beginning with family, and recalls receiving much more after giving when money was tight. Question from live chatsadaqah machine3 min 12 s1:00:09on YouTube