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Should we recite Sahih al-Bukhari to protect ourselves from the coronavirus?
hadeeth ahadith ahaadeeth hadis hadees ahaadith saheeh sahih hadith saheeh hadith sound hadith authentic imam bukhari sahih bukhari saheeh al-bukhari saheeh bukhari imam al-bukhari muftis kufr kuffar kaafir kufar kaafirun disbelief koran quraan al-quran surah sura soorah surat suwar soora wahy wahi wahee duaa duas duaas supplicationCoronavirus amulets, and reciting Sahih al-Bukhari against calamity
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machinesummary, machine-writtenNo: 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.
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Mufti Abu Layth mocks responses to the coronavirus by some religious figures: a man selling a coronavirus amulet for 244 pounds and 19 pence, where he blames the people who buy it, and a played clip in which a speaker says no virus can touch whoever loves the Prophet. He then mentions a preacher from the United States as promoting a solution and plays a clip of a speaker saying that, as in old times, people should sit and recite Sahih al-Bukhari in times of calamity. He says he could understand a call to recite the Quran, which is spiritual though not a medical cure, and recounts that Muslims once recited Sahih al-Bukhari against the advancing Mongol armies, acting out the scene, and says those cities were massacred. He concludes that reciting Sahih al-Bukhari is not the way to tackle the coronavirus, that one can simply make du'a to God, and that Sahih al-Bukhari is not the Quran.
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let's go to people what is going on with with some of the Mulvey's who are deciding how to handle the situation this was last week people may Allah sorry but this time what we've got people we've had other geniuses some who have decided - who've seen opportunity [Laughter] 244 pounding forget everything people forget everything
who else is stressed in trying to figure out why 19 pence but I Shankar dir 'selenic ry 19 pence why did he say 19 is it because I've covered 19 I bet you it is this guy selling a coronavirus rouhani navi's talisman and a mule amulet for 244 pound 19 pencil wallahi you know what I gotta rate him though
business people business you know what because you can't really blame him you have to blame the idiots who buy it so Walt that's happening we've got people like this gene no wireless wait wait
[Music] [Music] [Laughter] so this these people is what we're dealing with we've got idiots out there Jordan who Lama Mustafa whosoever loves the Prophet
no virus can touch him Allah Allah what to do wireless wireless latest way to nahi sakte weightless you gotta give the passion the passion wha you know that and then you've got some other people who are also on genius mode so a good friend of ours who's come out with a solution this is only Hamza McCool from the states who has come out with the perfect solution of what we should
be doing in times of calamity is we should be we should be reciting Sahil Bihari most RS said much love right back at you Veera right back at you
wha-wha-wha I'm gonna come to that so here you've got Chaudhary Chaudhry Saab Childress up here I totally saw Chaudhry Saab is saying that what we need to do like in the old times we read we sit down and we start the chapters of Sahil Bihari right what else could we possibly ask for people what else could anybody ask for so so basically the virus covered it's on its way and instead of
you know I could even understand if he started if he said let's read let's recite the Quran I could I mean I wouldn't I would say that look reciting the Quran is a spiritual thing but it's not a medical cure but even if he said that okay TK TK TK he's saying na ma let's recite Sahil Bihari kafir karna
but Allah the first chapter do you know this is not a new strategy by the way people let me tell you you know many years ago many centuries ago when there was the Mongol invasion and the armies of the of of Genghis Khan later after him obviously it passed away but the the Mongol army was coming through right sweeping through Central Asia there were several Muslims who said oh we found the solution this is we know what's gonna prevent this army so they
said well what's the solution so they said we're going to let's sit together and all of us recite Sahil Bihari this is what he was like so like some guys like he's like I've got some bad news the Mongols are coming and they like all right get together get together he's like oh yeah I'm yeah I'm yeah what do we do what do we do it's like or I sit down okay is this you know I've got something to give you okay
take one and pass it around okay it says open it had the sauna and it was narrated to us by mohamed abrini Youssef alpha robbery Karla had death Anna who said it was narrated to us by mohamed abrini smile albahari who said chapter kafir cannibal why he how did revelation begin that one guy is probably like right hi I hate to break it to us but is a like a Mongol army on
its way here and I mean hey not I don't want to be a party pooper hey that's totally not me I mean I never disrupt parties but you know said hello Gohan Kublai Khan hey coming with swords you know these are not nice they like they like I don't worry buddy k4 karna but the ye all I had the Sena it's like well hmm you know I don't
think they're coming here to test us on Sahil Bihari is that what I think are they come they come here to test us on Sahil Bakari is that so coronavirus is on its way and coronavirus here is hadith Anna and it was narrated to us by Mohammed Ali Yusuf alpha robbery coronavirus cause we are here areum care Kearney itrp coronavirus
calls yeah you know how he says the chapter is how did revelation begin t do you know how revelation began so strain L goes to strain s know do you know how revelation no yeah this well listen but listen could ckr could learn something you dumped new you mutant this is the conversation between coronavirus strainer and strain oh they like that's
how revelation began that rubbery remember the name for every one more head back that way and coming over here don't they know these guys are reading sorry Teresa honestly this is why this is why we never learn needless to say needless to say people those those those
cities were massacred by the Mongols unfortunately I mean it's not a funny matter but unfortunately obviously although I think there was a moment there was like a second of confusion when the Mongols got thee and they pulled out the swords and they like had death an ax and Mongols are like and these guys like had death an ax they like well guys is it just us or are we invisible or can they see us or I don't I know I don't know what's going on here
Oh God so people listen this is not the way to do it right this is definitely not the way to you do not I can tell you the way to tackle coronavirus is not reciting Salma Hari if you want to make das you can make the are to Allah you don't need to start reciting Sahil Bihari like it's some kind of holy scripture it's not the Quran it's not enough even the Angels must be kind of like surprised at that one
like I thought they would maybe recite God's book but a cha-cha-cha cha-cha-cha but they decided to recite for a breeze book hmm honestly man this is this is crazy so
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