# Music interlude and a remark on poets

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/21/
- Date: 2020-08-24 · Kind: other · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #179 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (1:22:56–1:27:21)
- Status: latest answer on its topic
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmtt2TQAO0&t=4976s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/

**Topics:** Poetry, quotes and the mind

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** A music interlude, followed by a remark that poets keep compassion and free thought alive in the Muslim world.

## Longer summary

Mufti Abu Layth reacts to a chat remark he does not understand, asks viewers not to post insults, and plays a long musical piece. Afterwards he remarks that poets are the last bastion in the Muslim world for human compassion, ethics and free thought.

## Transcript (machine tier, 1:22:56–1:27:21)

[1:22:18] scholars tell you this completely ignore them they are chatting they're chatting it absolutely nothing but blind dogman just they're just sheep in this statement they are just sheep to their own sect and scholars they will never disagree never um so yeah i hope i had to kind of say that because these things just disappoint me whenever i see them i think yeah but you can you can just take a look at it and you see it hmm

[1:22:55] every single person iraqi come on a cha-cha-cha iraq where was the prophet where is he rock a cha-cha yeah so right so uh what's going on some questions have i missed some how can she claim aisha's imagination then i don't know what that means

[1:23:31] uh right so right what is going on somebody saying confused right my guns are out you're doing it zebra you're doing it right people do not be speaking nonsense in the comments please no kind of uh insults right so what else is there right let's go to um i did have here if i can get to it

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[1:26:46] [Music] you know i i always i feel that poets are the last bastion in the muslim world for human compassion and ethics seriously and and kind of free thought without restriction it really lies in the it's the dominion belongs to the so absolutely allah

[1:27:20] right people but what i was going to speak about um is actually this so we've got here if i i'm trying to so i don't know if you've seen um seen the david woods i'll try and refresh it you feel

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment KWmtt2TQAO0/s/21. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/kwmtt2tqao0/s/21/

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