Mufti Abu Layth Archive: society/current-events/covid-19Answers on society/current-events/covid-19, newest recording first.https://muftiabulayth.org/feeds/topics/society-current-events-covid-19.atom.xml2021-11-29T00:00:00ZMufti Abu Layth Archivepipeline/feeds.pyIs it wrong to joke about people who are seriously ill with covid?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/626jfce_j_8/s/1/2021-11-29T00:00:00Z2021-11-29T00:00:00ZIs 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. Mufti Abu Layth says he advises people not to make fun of those who are hospitalised or ill with covid.
Answer from 29 November 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Sheikh Asrar Was In Hospital | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:14)
A more recent answer on wellbeing/gratitude-giving-and-contentment exists (5 March 2024): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/c-9mcspqqwe/s/1/
Watch on YouTube at 0:14: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=626JfCE_j_8&t=14s<p><b>Is it wrong to joke about people who are seriously ill with covid?</b></p>
<p>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. Mufti Abu Layth says he advises people not to make fun of those who are hospitalised or ill with covid.</p>
<p>Answer from 29 November 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Sheikh Asrar Was In Hospital | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:14)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on wellbeing/gratitude-giving-and-contentment exists</b> (5 March 2024): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/c-9mcspqqwe/s/1/">Which verse of the Quran promises more blessings for being grateful?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=626JfCE_j_8&t=14s">Watch on YouTube at 0:14</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/626jfce_j_8/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>How is Lupe Fiasco finding Ramadan during Covid?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/26/2021-04-26T00:00:00Z2021-04-26T00:00:00ZHow is Lupe Fiasco finding Ramadan during Covid?
The guest says Ramadan has been easy, though he misses the mosque and tarawih after staying away during Covid to protect older worshippers.
Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)
Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 2:04:44)
A more recent answer on society/current-events/covid-19 exists (29 November 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/626jfce_j_8/s/1/
Watch on YouTube at 2:05:24: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYiiPEhuiHA&t=7524s<p><b>How is Lupe Fiasco finding Ramadan during Covid?</b></p>
<p>The guest says Ramadan has been easy, though he misses the mosque and tarawih after staying away during Covid to protect older worshippers.</p>
<p>Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p>
<p>Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 2:04:44)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on society/current-events/covid-19 exists</b> (29 November 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/626jfce_j_8/s/1/">Is it wrong to joke about people who are seriously ill with covid?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYiiPEhuiHA&t=7524s">Watch on YouTube at 2:05:24</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/26/">Open the segment</a></p>Is it haram to have an anal swab test for COVID?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/s/9/2021-02-02T00:00:00Z2021-02-02T00:00:00ZIs 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. Mufti Abu Layth says that a rectal swab test for COVID is permissible if that is the test, and that it is not haram.
Answer from 2 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #200| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 49:09)
A more recent answer on fiqh/medical-ethics exists (10 March 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/2/
Watch on YouTube at 53:23: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijwBevcC6o8&t=3203s<p><b>Is it haram to have an anal swab test for COVID?</b></p>
<p>An anal-swab COVID test is not haram, Mufti Abu Layth says, any more than a colonoscopy, if that is the test. Mufti Abu Layth says that a rectal swab test for COVID is permissible if that is the test, and that it is not haram.</p>
<p>Answer from 2 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #200| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 49:09)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on fiqh/medical-ethics exists</b> (10 March 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/vhqvm47pns0/s/2/">Can a pregnancy last for years, as was said of Imam Malik's birth?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijwBevcC6o8&t=3203s">Watch on YouTube at 53:23</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/s/9/">Open the segment</a></p>Did Covid-19 come from the Wuhan lab?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eokcnwggiba/s/5/2021-01-26T00:00:00Z2021-01-26T00:00:00ZDid Covid-19 come from the Wuhan lab?
Mufti Abu Layth denies spreading conspiracy theories but says Covid-19 escaped from the Wuhan laboratory, in his view by accident rather than design, after being engineered there. Mufti Abu Layth says Covid-19 escaped, in his view accidentally and not as a plot, from the Wuhan laboratory where it had been engineered.
Answer from 26 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #199 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 18:58)
A more recent answer on society/current-events/covid-19 exists (29 November 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/626jfce_j_8/s/1/
Watch on YouTube at 18:58: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoKcNwGGIBA&t=1138s<p><b>Did Covid-19 come from the Wuhan lab?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth denies spreading conspiracy theories but says Covid-19 escaped from the Wuhan laboratory, in his view by accident rather than design, after being engineered there. Mufti Abu Layth says Covid-19 escaped, in his view accidentally and not as a plot, from the Wuhan laboratory where it had been engineered.</p>
<p>Answer from 26 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #199 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 18:58)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on society/current-events/covid-19 exists</b> (29 November 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/626jfce_j_8/s/1/">Is it wrong to joke about people who are seriously ill with covid?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoKcNwGGIBA&t=1138s">Watch on YouTube at 18:58</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eokcnwggiba/s/5/">Open the segment</a></p>Was Covid-19 made in a lab?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eokcnwggiba/s/3/2021-01-26T00:00:00Z2021-01-26T00:00:00ZWas Covid-19 made in a lab?
Mufti Abu Layth says he believes Covid-19 came out of a laboratory and was engineered, pointing to reports that it spares children and relies on cholesterol. Mufti Abu Layth says he believes Covid-19 came out of a laboratory and was bioengineered, citing reports that it spares children and relies on cholesterol to infect.
Answer from 26 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #199 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 11:03)
A more recent answer on society/current-events/covid-19 exists (29 November 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/626jfce_j_8/s/1/
Watch on YouTube at 11:03: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoKcNwGGIBA&t=663s<p><b>Was Covid-19 made in a lab?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth says he believes Covid-19 came out of a laboratory and was engineered, pointing to reports that it spares children and relies on cholesterol. Mufti Abu Layth says he believes Covid-19 came out of a laboratory and was bioengineered, citing reports that it spares children and relies on cholesterol to infect.</p>
<p>Answer from 26 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #199 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 11:03)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on society/current-events/covid-19 exists</b> (29 November 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/626jfce_j_8/s/1/">Is it wrong to joke about people who are seriously ill with covid?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoKcNwGGIBA&t=663s">Watch on YouTube at 11:03</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eokcnwggiba/s/3/">Open the segment</a></p>Why are British politicians so bad at interviews?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/5/2021-01-19T00:00:00Z2021-01-19T00:00:00ZWhy 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.
Answer from 19 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 18:19)
A more recent answer on society/current-events/covid-19 exists (29 November 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/626jfce_j_8/s/1/
Watch on YouTube at 18:19: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&t=1099s<p><b>Why are British politicians so bad at interviews?</b></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 18:19)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on society/current-events/covid-19 exists</b> (29 November 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/626jfce_j_8/s/1/">Is it wrong to joke about people who are seriously ill with covid?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&t=1099s">Watch on YouTube at 18:19</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/5/">Open the segment</a></p>Clip: Matt Hancock pressed on voting against free school mealshttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/4/2021-01-19T00:00:00Z2021-01-19T00:00:00ZClip: Matt Hancock pressed on voting against free school meals
A clip of Matt Hancock pressed on voting against free school meals, which Mufti Abu Layth calls the unconscionable neglect of this government.
Answer from 19 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 15:09)
A more recent answer on society/current-events/covid-19 exists (29 November 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/626jfce_j_8/s/1/
Watch on YouTube at 15:09: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&t=909s<p><b>Clip: Matt Hancock pressed on voting against free school meals</b></p>
<p>A clip of Matt Hancock pressed on voting against free school meals, which Mufti Abu Layth calls the unconscionable neglect of this government.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 15:09)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on society/current-events/covid-19 exists</b> (29 November 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/626jfce_j_8/s/1/">Is it wrong to joke about people who are seriously ill with covid?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&t=909s">Watch on YouTube at 15:09</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/4/">Open the segment</a></p>Can we call coronavirus the UK virus?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eo90sv4jvho/s/7/2021-01-05T00:00:00Z2021-01-05T00:00:00ZCan 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. Mufti Abu Layth says he believes the coronavirus came from the Wuhan lab and was manipulated there, though not released on purpose.
Answer from 5 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #196 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 20:22)
A more recent answer on society/current-events/covid-19 exists (29 November 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/626jfce_j_8/s/1/
Watch on YouTube at 20:22: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo90sV4JVHo&t=1222s<p><b>Can we call coronavirus the UK virus?</b></p>
<p>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. Mufti Abu Layth says he believes the coronavirus came from the Wuhan lab and was manipulated there, though not released on purpose.</p>
<p>Answer from 5 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #196 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 20:22)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on society/current-events/covid-19 exists</b> (29 November 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/626jfce_j_8/s/1/">Is it wrong to joke about people who are seriously ill with covid?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo90sV4JVHo&t=1222s">Watch on YouTube at 20:22</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eo90sv4jvho/s/7/">Open the segment</a></p>Opening: sound check, Covid recovery, a spoof of the lockdown announcementhttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/eo90sv4jvho/s/1/2021-01-05T00:00:00Z2021-01-05T00:00:00ZOpening: 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.
Answer from 5 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #196 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:10)
A more recent answer on society/current-events/covid-19 exists (29 November 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/626jfce_j_8/s/1/
Watch on YouTube at 0:10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo90sV4JVHo&t=10s<p><b>Opening: sound check, Covid recovery, a spoof of the lockdown announcement</b></p>
<p>Housekeeping: Mufti Abu Layth reports on his Covid recovery, plays a spoof of the UK lockdown announcement and mocks the vaccine promises.</p>
<p>Answer from 5 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #196 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:10)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on society/current-events/covid-19 exists</b> (29 November 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/626jfce_j_8/s/1/">Is it wrong to joke about people who are seriously ill with covid?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo90sV4JVHo&t=10s">Watch on YouTube at 0:10</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eo90sv4jvho/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>Why did clerics in Pakistan insist on reopening mosques during the coronavirus lockdown?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/4/2020-04-19T00:00:00Z2020-04-19T00:00:00ZWhy 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.
Answer from 19 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)
Recording: Shaykh Kashif Khan | Policing thought, Pornography & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 17:39)
A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/
Watch on YouTube at 17:39: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=1059s<p><b>Why did clerics in Pakistan insist on reopening mosques during the coronavirus lockdown?</b></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Answer from 19 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p>
<p>Recording: Shaykh Kashif Khan | Policing thought, Pornography & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (at 17:39)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/">How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=1059s">Watch on YouTube at 17:39</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/4/">Open the segment</a></p>Should we recite Sahih al-Bukhari to protect ourselves from the coronavirus?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/h4ixl17jyeu/s/1/2020-03-30T00:00:00Z2020-03-30T00:00:00ZShould 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.
Answer from 30 March 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: How NOT to respond to Covid-19 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)
A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/10/
Watch on YouTube at 3:43: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4IXL17jyEU&t=223s<p><b>Should we recite Sahih al-Bukhari to protect ourselves from the coronavirus?</b></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Answer from 30 March 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: How NOT to respond to Covid-19 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/10/">Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4IXL17jyEU&t=223s">Watch on YouTube at 3:43</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/h4ixl17jyeu/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>Abdul Raheem Limbada and the dream of the coronavirus as a manhttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/k8vl17cezw0/s/1/2020-03-22T00:00:00Z2020-03-22T00:00:00ZAbdul 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.
Answer from 22 March 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Maulana Limbada & Coronavirus Dream | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:01)
A more recent answer on dialogue/views-on-contemporary-scholars exists (22 February 2023): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/1/
Watch on YouTube at 0:01: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8VL17CEZW0&t=1s<p><b>Abdul Raheem Limbada and the dream of the coronavirus as a man</b></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Answer from 22 March 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Maulana Limbada & Coronavirus Dream | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:01)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on dialogue/views-on-contemporary-scholars exists</b> (22 February 2023): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mofs_0ugn4e/s/1/">Should scholars publicly condemn a scholar said to have joined in a libation ritual?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8VL17CEZW0&t=1s">Watch on YouTube at 0:01</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/k8vl17cezw0/s/1/">Open the segment</a></p>