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Motivation and purpose

16 segments in 13 recordings · 2014 to 2024 · 0 verified · 10 checked positions · wellbeing/motivation-and-purpose · Feed

Most recent statement · 4 Mar 2024How much does Allah love me?Older segments link here so no earlier explanation is read as the last word.

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Latest answer · 4 Mar 2024

4 Mar 2024Shorts LatestHow much does Allah love me? Mufti Abu Layth says Allah has an unimaginable love for every one of us, so we should take a chance on ourselves. Lessonposition checked machine1 min0:02on YouTube

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2024 · 1

28 Feb 2024Shorts LatestA fate worse than death: each of us is a mirror for divine potential Each person mirrors a divine potential given by Allah; do not let it go to waste and live to mourn the person you could have become. Lessonposition checked machine58 s0:02on YouTube

2022 · 1

16 Apr 2022Positive Faith LatestAm I only praying because I fear God will punish me? Mufti Abu Layth says praying only out of fear of punishment is unhealthy: salah is devotion that benefits us, bringing structure and order into our day. Question raised by Mufti Abu Laythposition checkedsalahQuran 74:42-46 (what brought you to Saqar? We were not of those who prayed ... we used to deny)Blaise PascalJordan Peterson machine8 min 20 s0:38on YouTube

2021 · 8

4 Jul 2021Shorts LatestIs it wrong to want to be rich? Wanting to be rich or to build a lucrative business is not wrong in Islam. The balance is to hold wealth in your hands and not in your heart, keeping your purpose. Question raised by Mufti Abu Laythposition checkedal-Razzaq (the Provider)report: allahumma ijal al-dunya fi aydina wa la tajalha fi qulubinaduadunya machine59 s0:00on YouTube
26 Apr 2021MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is it normal for faith to keep changing over a lifetime? Mufti Abu Layth says faith is a lifelong journey and iman an organic process, not a fixed mould to be fitted onto everyone. Discussionguest speechLupe Fiasco (guest)iman machine1 min 18 s42:17on YouTube
26 Apr 2021MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth LatestAre young people today facing an existential crisis? The guest says most people face a crisis of purpose rather than of existence, urges anyone with suicidal thoughts to seek expert help, and says young people can find value without conventional success. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechLupe Fiasco (guest) machine7 min 48 s1:37:14on YouTube
26 Apr 2021MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is Lupe Fiasco retiring from music? The guest says he is not retiring but reorganising his life at forty around the metaphor of a garden, preparing for major technological change. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechLupe Fiasco (guest) machine3 min 39 s1:58:29on YouTube
13 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Should my faith make me happy? Yes: Mufti Abu Layth says faith should make you happy, not hateful or bitter, because Islam is meant to complement daily life. Lessonposition checkedSalafiMaliki school machine2 min 38 s29:29on YouTube
12 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Staying positive: the 'Super Mario effect' and Pogba's advice An interlude on positivity: learning as a game and a footballer's advice on gratitude and goals. Otherguest speechPaul Pogba machine2 min 28 s1:28:13on YouTube
5 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth LatestHow do I deal with toxic people and negativity around me? Leave toxic groups and block negativity, since people can never be pleased; he adds that he finds most religious circles toxic. Lessonposition checkedJuhareport: a man built a house and people said if only he had placed the door elsewhere machine5 min 22 s31:00on YouTube
5 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth How can I make the new year a more positive one? His tips for the year: speak positively, smile, leave toxic circles and start something new, whether a skill or an investment. Lessonposition checked machine8 min 44 s1:35:51on YouTube

2020 · 3

22 Sep 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth How do I stop being obsessive and fearful about prayer? Mufti Abu Layth says pray out of gratitude, not fear: missing salah should feel disappointing, and the answer is to renew your resolve every day. Question from live chatposition checkedsalahQuran 51:56 (I did not create jinn and humans except to worship Me), paraphrased machine5 min 09 s52:47on YouTube
14 Jul 2020live stream Does Islam want me to sacrifice sleep? No: Islam emphasises being effective, not losing sleep, and you can get your full sleep and still be effective. Question from live chatposition checked machine2 min 22 s2:10:55on 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

2019 · 1

9 Nov 2019From the Mind of a Mufti What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Shaykh Imran Hosein? Mufti Abu Layth has not watched much of Imran Hosein but finds him preoccupied with doomsday culture, which he opposes. Islam, he says, is about optimism and seizing the day, as the hadith about carrying on planting when the Hour comes shows, and doom and gloom can fuel death cults. Question written questionShaykh Imran HoseinDajjalIsa (Jesus)report: if the hour comes while one of you is planting let him carry on planting machine5 min 31 s0:00on YouTube

2014 · 1

18 Jan 2014video What practical techniques help me memorise the Quran? Understand the words and translation first, keep a fixed place and a time that suits you, familiarise yourself with each verse before a break, then memorise the verses cumulatively, practise them in salah and recall them at night before reading to your teacher. In the hadith, Ali went from struggling with four verses to recalling forty. Lessonposition checkedAli ibn Abi TalibIbn Abbasreport: ali said he found it difficult to retain the quran and the prophet taught him to pray four rakahs on the night of friday and a dua so it would sticksalah machine5 min 38 s8:00on YouTube