# Chat replies, Urdu couplets from an anthology and a backlog of Eid messages - URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr4-gh0qez4/s/7/ - Date: 2020-08-04 · Kind: other · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth #176 *Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted!* 🤣 (26:44–36:32) - Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR4-gh0qEZ4&t=1604s - Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr4-gh0qez4/ **Topics:** Urdu poetry **Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Mufti Abu Layth reads Urdu couplets from an anthology and answers chat between questions. ## Longer summary Mufti Abu Layth checks that the YouTube stream is live, jokes about coughing in the time of coronavirus and replies briefly to chat comments. Mufti reads and translates several Urdu couplets from an anthology of eleven great Urdu poets called Oldest Gold. Mufti answers a chat line asking whether nothing can create something with a quip that God is something, and says that Eid Mubarak messages have drowned out other messages in his inbox, asking people to resend. Mufti also says he has messaged Mustafa Akyol and would welcome him on the show. ## Transcript (machine tier, 26:44–36:32) [26:15] They would have exposed each other definitely and this is actually a very powerful message uh a method to identify certain things in early Islam. Cool. Hope that makes some sense. What's going down? Yara, your channel on YouTube is still waiting but caught you here. Is it still waiting? [26:44] Is my is the YouTube still not don't say don't say that don't say that let me check no it's live it's live aaa aa aacha harm [laughter] [cough] [laughter and clears throat] H got to be careful when coughing. [27:16] People think you got corona virus [laughter] even though that I've long had. So what is going down? Mente [laughter] statements are easy to make but backing it up is a different matter. H I don't know. [27:43] Well, yeah, I agree. But it depends whether you're saying that to me or to [laughter] if you're saying to me, uh, I think these things can be backed up and I have kind of backed up a certain amount and I'm sure more research is required in doing it with the super chat. It says you read a cult booksharif. [28:15] Nope. [clears throat] Haven't read Shamsarif. I don't know what that's about. I can check it out. [laughter] There was uh [snorts] I did uh have something here of some of the dons um of udu poetry. [28:54] tree. This people, this is a famous couplet of uh Allah Allah Allah root. [laughter] [29:24] He says, "You see, you going away like this is just going to take my it's going to just tear my heart, rip the life out of me. If th if if this was how you wanted to come, it was better that you didn't come. [laughter] This this uh can be this can be fitted in a number of scenarios. [29:51] [laughter] [clears throat] You know there's [clears throat] [laughter] [gasps] [laughter] [gasps] After murdering me, they ask people, "Who did this by the way? [30:18] Who's responsible? [laughter] Hi dar he says that we will be loyal we will see it till the end we will listen be subservient says do you have any recollection who may have uttered these words [laughter] [30:53] [clears throat] He says that they say to each and all that has turned out to be unloyal. Why don't you ask them here? You see the word hulam means like servant. But here what he's saying really is why don't you ask them who's responsible in that way for making him like that? [31:27] [snorts] Right. But this I this is an interesting book by the way if you're into um u poetry. Um he Yeah, it's a very um [snorts] [31:55] it's got it's called Oldest Gold. Um it's about great poets, 11 I think it's put together 11. I haven't been through them all, but it's just like the the the dons of udu poetry. It's kind of brought them together. But yeah, [snorts] let's put that over there. What is going down people? Can nothing create something? [32:22] Woof. Albert Einstein. [clears throat] Can nothing create something? But God is something, so he created something. Hi. Hi. Hi. Did I just answer the greatest some of the greatest questions? Did I just ANSWER [laughter] [laughter] did I just answer some of the greatest most difficult profound question uh in history? [32:53] Did I just do that people right here on Monday nights with MUI vah va right? What are your It's my usual opening line. clear as you know I wasn't late mi mucha macho was late to go on air much macho [laughter] [33:21] h speaking about that we're going to come to that about the thing how can how can [snorts] own. Huh? I think Tajim Mustafa wants to join Minecraft. [laughter] Does he? Okay. Message me. Let's see. [33:46] Let's see. I think the super chat disappeared. I did one and it's gone. Arthur, is that the case? Did I not answer it? Let me see. Are you Are you trying to black it? [laughter] Was Aisha a feminist? Was Aisha a feminist? [34:14] You see, I'm not so sure what that means. [snorts] Uh, Ismael says, "Musty, I contacted you on Insta. Did you know? Did I block you?" [laughter] I'm joking. Oh. [laughter] I'm joking. I'm joking. Is I'm sure I responded. If I haven't, send me another message. You know what it is? Because of Eid. [34:40] Um, so many people just send messages like Eid Mubarak to everyone. So, I get loads of and they've drowned out so many other messages. And h [sighs] it's it's a bit annoying almost, but I know it's a nice gesture, but it's just that even if you get like 40 messages, which isn't that many if you think about it, 40 people, uh that's a hell of a lot to drown out all your other conversations. [35:08] And yeah, so uh drop me another message and I'll be on it. Right. Uh what's the question you asked? Somebody said about [snorts] um yeah, it's a nice gesture. I'm not saying uh I'm not trying to have a go at people saying anything about Eid. I'm not saying I appreciate, [laughter] but it's uh I'm just saying it. [35:36] It's it's amazing how some nice things can not intentionally, but can be kind of a bit inconveniencing as well. It's an irony. It's an ir don't understand irony. [laughter] Who am I speaking to here? They don't understand irony. Right. So, what is going I was going to um I was going to say something. [36:05] What was I What was I going to talk about? I was going to say something. Uh let me go back check. Was it to do with Right. Aisha [snorts] um [clears throat] Mustafa A would be interesting. Yeah, I'm sure I've messaged Mustafa Akol. If you do know him, drop him a a message and ask him if he's interested in coming on. ## Cite Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment TR4-gh0qEZ4/s/7. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr4-gh0qez4/s/7/ Not a fatwa: these answers were given to specific people at specific times. Ask a qualified scholar about your own situation.