# Opening poetry: a clip from a female poet, and Eid greetings

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr4-gh0qez4/s/2/
- Date: 2020-08-04 · Kind: other · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth #176 *Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted!* 🤣 (4:56–8:10)
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR4-gh0qEZ4&t=296s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr4-gh0qez4/

**Topics:** Urdu poetry

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Mufti Abu Layth plays a clip from a female poet he admires and wishes viewers a belated Eid Mubarak.

## Longer summary

Mufti Abu Layth opens the poetry slot as usual and plays a clip from a female poet whose work he says he has not shared much before, calling her absolutely amazing and saying he is enamoured by her poetry and her concepts. Mufti recommends viewers look her up on YouTube and then wishes everyone a belated Eid Mubarak.

## Transcript (machine tier, 4:56–8:10)

[4:27] That is the [laughter] I'm thinking I'm sure I made Oh, here they are. I'm going to need to hire a full-time secretary here. [laughter] So, what is going on? What are your thoughts? Mufty opening. Feroculus. You're doing it. You're doing it. Evil eye. Well, it's a good thing I don't believe in the evil eye. So, what is going on?

[4:56] As always, I suppose we should begin bless the ceremony with some poetry. Let me bring forward my ch. Let me [snorts] get this. Let's use the today as it [laughter] right. There you go. And those of you asking right so peoples peoples I brought you.

[5:25] I don't know if some [snorts] of you are now um you know you're into the whole udu uh poetry. somebody [laughter] you naughty naughty bas you're doing it you're doing it right so um for poetry I've got you today if I can Yep it's right here and you somebody I've not really shared uh much of her work a female poet or the poet rather somebody absolutely amazing people The

[6:04] where where is it? Where is it? Right here. Yep. People, I present this is Yasra Rizby. Check it out. Absolutely epic. She is First,

[6:43] [snorts] Wow. Wow.

[7:12] Wow. V people absolutely enamored by her by her poetry by her her concepts.

[7:43] An amazing uh poet. You can check her out on YouTube. Peoples, what is going down? Mente Eid Mubarak. Eid Moubarak a belated uh amazing Eid Moubarak to all of you. [snorts] You know this um oh somebody said vava I've got for that allow me people [laughter]

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment TR4-gh0qEZ4/s/2. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr4-gh0qez4/s/2/

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