# Is it haram to have an anal swab test for COVID?

*Is an anal-swab COVID test permissible? A joke at a critic's post*

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/s/9/
- Date: 2021-02-02 · Kind: question · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #200| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (49:09–55:20)
- Status: general teaching
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijwBevcC6o8&t=2949s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/

**Topics:** Medical questions; Covid-19

**Question as asked:** Is it permissible to have a COVID test done by an anal swab?

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** An anal-swab COVID test is not haram, Mufti Abu Layth says, any more than a colonoscopy, if that is the test.

**Checked position (checked by two independent reviews, not by the channel):** Mufti Abu Layth says that a rectal swab test for COVID is permissible if that is the test, and that it is not haram.

**Evidence, his words at 53:22:** “So but the question is can is it is it permissible to to do that to have a swab test like that and the answer is of course if if that you know if that's the test that's the test” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijwBevcC6o8&t=3202s)

## Longer summary

Mufti Abu Layth shows a post from the commentator he calls 'Danny Boy' about a new anal-swab COVID test in China, saying that anyone who calls it halal should have it done to himself first. Mufti jokes at length about the test, about drive-through testing and about the commentator's objection, and mocks the attitude that treats homosexuality as the greatest kufr. Asking himself whether such a test is permissible, Mufti answers that if that is the test, that is the test, and that it is not haram, any more than a colonoscopy.

## Sources and names cited

- COVID-19 pandemic

## Transcript (machine tier, 49:09–55:20)

[48:43] However, Danny Boy does not have the fortitude. I I hear I hear I'm I mean I still am extending [snorts] a warm welcome to Danny Boy if you hear this. Come on y come on Minecraft trap. Let's have a discussion on what [snorts] whatever you'd like us to speak about.

[49:09] Huh? Islamic history. Um speaking of Danny Boy. Right. So All right. So Danny Boy has uh posted this that what he said is any sh so those of you that don't know [snorts] China has now come up with another COVID test which involves swabbing.

[49:37] [laughter] But as the person said you know your side they say your side but backside [laughter] your side offside backside. Okay. Oh, okay. Okay. Okay. Near side, offside, backside. So, the the problem is that China has now said, "Look, we've got a new swabbing technique, people." and [laughter] these tests.

[50:08] [laughter] Go get into Ru. [laughter] Well, on the bright side, he's like, he's like, "Huh?" He's like, "Wait a minute. If this is my thermometer, then where's my pen? [laughter] He's like, "Huh, Dr.

[50:35] Sub, if you've got both your hands over here, then [laughter] so right. But Danny Boy, as as clearly, you know, look people, you know, if anybody is concerned about the rectal well-being [laughter] the rectal well-being of this um the final frontier that can never never be that can never be damaged right or never ought to be damaged because after that

[51:13] as I've explained in the past beyond the sphincta is just kufur [laughter] because you know the way they speak always about LGBT and gays and they'll be like anything but anything but gays. They'll be like, you know, if a person turns homosexual, they'll be like there is that is that is just the ultimate that is the greatest of kufur in their in their books [laughter] and they get really concerned like you [snorts] know

[51:52] so yep. So you know [cough] [clears throat] Danny Wise has got that for this um so as you can see look anyh that says this is halal must demonstrate by having it done to himself first. [laughter] So Danny boy as you can see has uh [snorts] he you know what he is uh fair play to him.

[52:18] You know it's good to know someone's got your back. [laughter] They have concern for your back. So they go where are you from backside? Where are you from? [laughter] So it's like yeah I'm going [laughter] it gives a whole new meaning to cover my back.

[52:47] This is uh so yeah, but that's Danny Boy's uh so you can't say that's halal. Uh this new COVID testing. [laughter] I don't know how they're going to do how how the drive-throughs are going to work though. [laughter] Do you just kind of like lean out of the window? Just [laughter] just lower the window and just kind of like just just fit your your rear royal self through there and then just drive through [laughter] and they just swab it.

[53:22] [laughter] Oh god. Boy, this is uh too I think co is just it's get it's become too much you know too much too much. So but the question is can is it is it permissible to to do that to have a swab test like that and the answer is of course if if that you know if that's the test that's the test say a G-spot.

[54:00] Is that the Is that the G-spot? [laughter] Well, if you come out of the test uh kind of in a state of bliss, then uh you know, well, h you know, maybe a is that why who put that there? Was that is that done by by God? [laughter] It's like, so yeah, but it's it is not haram.

[54:27] Relax. I know Danny Boy is overprotective of the of the the kind of rectal intrusions against this ummahes, [laughter] which is good to know. Good to know. Uh so, but it's not haram. A colonoscopy [laughter] is not haram.

[54:53] You know, [laughter] you're like, "No, I'm just getting it done recreationally." [laughter] Anyway, so it's not haram now. Right. So, well, I've missed some super chats. Roses are red. My perception is pink. Long story short, I love you. I think va va va va va.

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment ijwBevcC6o8/s/9. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/s/9/

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