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the COVID-19 pandemic

Cited in 16 segments across 12 recordings · 2020 to 2021 · event/event:covid-19-pandemic

Citing segments

Newest first. Each opens the whole segment, not a bare quote.
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
2 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Opening: travel declarations, the 200th session and plans for the channel Housekeeping: Mufti Abu Layth marks his 200th session, mocks the new travel declarations and sets out plans for the channel. Announcementguest speechCOVID-19 pandemic machine11 min 59 s0:23on YouTube
2 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Is it haram to have an anal swab test for COVID? An anal-swab COVID test is not haram, Mufti Abu Layth says, any more than a colonoscopy, if that is the test. Question raised by Mufti Abu Laythposition checkedCOVID-19 pandemic machine6 min 11 s53:23on YouTube
29 Jan 2021MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth What is Shaykh Atabek Shukurov working on, and why does he teach principles before rulings? The guest says his main work is separating inherited culture from religion and teaching principles before detailed rulings, alongside a college of traditional medicine and writing books. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Atabek Shukurov (guest)Maturidiusul (principles)Hanafi school machine3 min 40 s3:03on YouTube
19 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Why are British politicians so bad at interviews? Mufti Abu Layth says the English are not bad at interviews: Boris Johnson is very intelligent and plays up his clumsiness, and the elite grew richer in the pandemic. Question from live chatBoris JohnsonMatt Hancockthe COVID-19 pandemic machine2 min 30 s18:19on YouTube
12 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Not just Trump: why he sees the Capitol riot as reflective of the United States Mufti Abu Layth sees the Capitol riot as a symptom of the United States as a whole, not just of Trump, pointing to school shootings, inequality and race relations. Lessonposition checkedDonald TrumpJoe BidenBarack ObamaHurricane Katrina machine8 min 08 s13:29on YouTube
5 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Opening: sound check, Covid recovery, a spoof of the lockdown announcement Housekeeping: Mufti Abu Layth reports on his Covid recovery, plays a spoof of the UK lockdown announcement and mocks the vaccine promises. Announcementguest speechBoris Johnsonthe Covid-19 pandemic (2020) machine8 min 12 s0:10on YouTube
5 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Can we call coronavirus the UK virus? No: the virus did not originate in the UK, which only has a mutation; he believes it came from the Wuhan lab, though not on purpose. Question from live chatposition checkedthe Covid-19 pandemic (2020)the Wuhan laboratory (Wuhan Institute of Virology) machine4 min 06 s20:22on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is Western culture uniquely shallow? Mufti Abu Layth says the pull of glitter and the thirst for knowledge are human, not Western, and that people now seek meaning more than ever. Discussionguest speechShaykh Omar BalochMuhammad IqbalSocratesMax Weber machine4 min 33 s1:16:33on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Does bank lending help society prosper? Mufti Abu Layth argues that bank lending, by recycling the same money, is what has allowed modern societies to prosper; the guest warns of endless debt. Discussionguest speechShaykh Omar Balochthe COVID-19 pandemic machine3 min 50 s1:46:53on YouTube
19 Jun 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Closing: thanks, where to find the book, the guest's contact details and his final message on critical thinking Closing thanks and practical notes: where to buy the book and its concise edition, the guest's public contact channels, and his final message that Muslims must be seekers of truth who question everything and hold opinions on reasoning rather than dogma. Announcementguest speechDr Shehzad Saleem (guest)The History of the Quran: A Critical Study (Shehzad Saleem)History of the Quran: A Concise Study (Shehzad Saleem)Al-Mawrid machine8 min 50 s1:51:36on YouTube
28 Apr 2020video The backlash to Maulana Tariq Jamil's dua on media, modesty and the pandemic, and the clip Mufti Abu Layth sets out the controversy over Maulana Tariq Jamil's dua, in which he criticised media lies and spoke of modesty, reads critics who called it misogynistic, and plays the clip. Lessonquoted view, not his positionguest speechMaulana Tariq Jamilthe Covid-19 pandemicImran Khan (the Prime Minister)dua machine5 min 59 s0:00on YouTube
28 Apr 2020video Did Maulana Tariq Jamil blame women for the coronavirus? Mufti Abu Layth did not feel Tariq Jamil was blaming women for the pandemic; he heard a call to self-examination in a calamity. Despite disagreements, he supports him as a caring voice for unity and reflection. LessonMaulana Tariq Jamilthe Covid-19 pandemicrizq halal (lawful earnings)haya (modesty) machine3 min 53 s5:59on YouTube
19 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Why did clerics in Pakistan insist on reopening mosques during the coronavirus lockdown? The guest says the clerics privately regard the coronavirus as a conspiracy and turned mosque closures into a religious issue that the authorities were reluctant to confront. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Kashif Khan (guest)Mufti Muneeb ur Rehman [?]the coronavirus pandemic and mosque closures (2020) machine2 min 33 s17:39on YouTube
30 Mar 2020video Should we recite Sahih al-Bukhari to protect ourselves from the coronavirus? No: reciting Sahih al-Bukhari is not the way to tackle the coronavirus, and the Quran itself is not a medical cure; people can simply make du'a. Discussionguest speechthe coronavirus pandemic (2020)ta'wiz (amulet)Sahih al-Bukharithe Mongol invasions machine11 min3:43on 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