# Closing: thanks, the guest's message and sign-off

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/27/
- Date: 2021-04-26 · Kind: announcement · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (2:06:40–2:11:21)
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYiiPEhuiHA&t=7600s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Housekeeping: thanks, the guest's closing message and Mufti Abu Layth's sign-off.

## Longer summary

Mufti Abu Layth thanks the guest for his time, and asked for a message to viewers the guest jokingly promotes his merchandise shop before wishing everyone, Muslim or not, a good Ramadan and spiritual or intellectual insights. He thanks Mufti for bringing balance and another side of the story, and Mufti thanks him and gives a shout-out to a longtime local fan. Mufti plays a track of the guest's to close, checks whether viewers can hear it, and signs off.

## Sources and names cited

- Lupe Fiasco (guest)

## Transcript (machine tier, 2:06:40–2:11:21)

[2:06:02] to enjoy so i kind of backed away from the mosque but that took away taraweeh you know and in the way that i know taraweeh i'm not a hafiz right so it's like i go to taraweeh to hear the quran and do the prayer and go to that part so that part is missing fortunately when i do it it's super quick you know what i'm saying i got a couple verses that i got and i'm just repeating those we done oh yeah but it's been good humdillah man i say that with e i say it's been easy you know last month made it easy hopefully it makes it easy for everyone but it's been um it hasn't been hasn't been tough

[2:06:40] you know my my fight doing ramadan isn't physical it's the more the mental coming to terms with certain things and trying to not stress out wow i know we've taken up so much of your time hours hours and hours of blueprint's time today epic epic epic right so shukren ideally do appreciate seriously taking the time out i know you're incredibly busy person and you know uh sharing your thoughts your perspectives this whole

[2:07:20] just your journey it's been it's been emotional man it's been emotional [Music] a message that you would like to say to the viewers that that see this that watch this something that that you think that you know yeah take this away with you what would that what would that be ah ah ah it would be

[2:07:52] shop.lupefiasco.com you know to get all of the nice lupe fiasco merchandise and albums and incense these shirts and hoodies coming soon we sell out we sell out of things for sure but there's some incense and some albums there right now um but yeah man let's leave it commercial and exploitative of course of course and i'll put a link in my youtube description by the way the wealthy wealthy fans and followers of mufiabullay go to shop.lupefiasco.com and spend some time people that that gold dinars get there and get

[2:08:29] rupees and pounds and pens go spin that on some some lupe fiasco no but but but honestly man i just hope everybody who was a muslim or not um have a wonderful ramadan and i hope uh you get some spiritual insights or some intellectual insights i hope i've added value and if not forget everything that i just said um but you know i hope you do well and i appreciate i appreciate you uh move the apple life um and everything that you do for the dean and just for humanity in general man it's good trust me it's it's well received um for folks who who who aren't

[2:09:07] who who want a a a balance right because they know it's just not all one way it's always two sides three sides four sides to the story and sometimes we only hear that one or two um so it's a breath of fresh air to have you out you know walking the walk and talking to talk like you do um appreciate it for sure i appreciate that man i absolutely i love you for saying that absolute love shukran before we just sign off i've just remembered one of our local dear friends who's been listening to you lupe since his teenage years faisal if you can give him a shout out faisal if you're watching oh i thought i

[2:09:46] thought she was going to say that he's been tucked behind you this whole time and he's just going to pop over see this is no he's not here but shukran once again and much love people jazakum allah for tuning in what i'm going to do is because as always the show must go on people the show must go on i love that track man that track is epic i'm gonna bring that up as we sigh now people

[2:10:25] so if you haven't already liked and subscribed then i'm going to send those gins the ones that don't exist your way [Laughter] ah right where are right people let me i'm just trying to bring this up i've got to this is epic [Music] all right i don't know if you guys can hear it should be feeding through i think they can hear it oh you can hear it all right i can't oh you can't oh you can't i can't i can't but it seems to be going on

[2:11:04] output so i take it they can hear it people take very good care of yourselves and we're signing out

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment oYiiPEhuiHA/s/27. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/27/

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