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12 segments in 9 recordings · 2020 to 2021 · 0 verified · 5 checked positions · society/current-events/covid-19 · Feed

Most recent statement · 29 Nov 2021Is it wrong to joke about people who are seriously ill with covid?Older segments link here so no earlier explanation is read as the last word.

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Latest answer · 29 Nov 2021

29 Nov 2021video LatestIs it wrong to joke about people who are seriously ill with covid? Do not make fun of people who are ill with covid: it is a roll of the dice, as a neighbour's sudden death showed, and it should make us grateful. Lessonposition checkedthe coronavirus pandemicshifa (cure) machine5 min 17 s0:14on YouTube

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2021 · 8

26 Apr 2021MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth How is Lupe Fiasco finding Ramadan during Covid? The guest says Ramadan has been easy, though he misses the mosque and tarawih after staying away during Covid to protect older worshippers. Question from live chatquoted view, not his positionguest speechLupe Fiasco (guest)tarawihRamadan machine1 min 56 s2:05:24on YouTube
2 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Is it haram to have an anal swab test for COVID? An anal-swab COVID test is not haram, Mufti Abu Layth says, any more than a colonoscopy, if that is the test. Question raised by Mufti Abu Laythposition checkedCOVID-19 pandemic machine6 min 11 s53:23on YouTube
26 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Was Covid-19 made in a lab? Mufti Abu Layth says he believes Covid-19 came out of a laboratory and was engineered, pointing to reports that it spares children and relies on cholesterol. Lessonposition checked machine5 min 18 s11:03on YouTube
26 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Did Covid-19 come from the Wuhan lab? Mufti Abu Layth denies spreading conspiracy theories but says Covid-19 escaped from the Wuhan laboratory, in his view by accident rather than design, after being engineered there. Question from live chatposition checkedthe Wuhan laboratory (Wuhan Institute of Virology) machine2 min 36 s18:58on YouTube
19 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Clip: Matt Hancock pressed on voting against free school meals A clip of Matt Hancock pressed on voting against free school meals, which Mufti Abu Layth calls the unconscionable neglect of this government. Otherguest speechMatt HancockMarcus Rashford machine3 min 10 s15:09on YouTube
19 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Why are British politicians so bad at interviews? Mufti Abu Layth says the English are not bad at interviews: Boris Johnson is very intelligent and plays up his clumsiness, and the elite grew richer in the pandemic. Question from live chatBoris JohnsonMatt Hancockthe COVID-19 pandemic machine2 min 30 s18:19on YouTube
5 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Opening: sound check, Covid recovery, a spoof of the lockdown announcement Housekeeping: Mufti Abu Layth reports on his Covid recovery, plays a spoof of the UK lockdown announcement and mocks the vaccine promises. Announcementguest speechBoris Johnsonthe Covid-19 pandemic (2020) machine8 min 12 s0:10on YouTube
5 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Can we call coronavirus the UK virus? No: the virus did not originate in the UK, which only has a mutation; he believes it came from the Wuhan lab, though not on purpose. Question from live chatposition checkedthe Covid-19 pandemic (2020)the Wuhan laboratory (Wuhan Institute of Virology) machine4 min 06 s20:22on YouTube

2020 · 3

19 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Why did clerics in Pakistan insist on reopening mosques during the coronavirus lockdown? The guest says the clerics privately regard the coronavirus as a conspiracy and turned mosque closures into a religious issue that the authorities were reluctant to confront. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Kashif Khan (guest)Mufti Muneeb ur Rehman [?]the coronavirus pandemic and mosque closures (2020) machine2 min 33 s17:39on YouTube
30 Mar 2020video Should we recite Sahih al-Bukhari to protect ourselves from the coronavirus? No: reciting Sahih al-Bukhari is not the way to tackle the coronavirus, and the Quran itself is not a medical cure; people can simply make du'a. Discussionguest speechthe coronavirus pandemic (2020)ta'wiz (amulet)Sahih al-Bukharithe Mongol invasions machine11 min3:43on YouTube
22 Mar 2020On Current Events Abdul Raheem Limbada and the dream of the coronavirus as a man Mufti Abu Layth mocks a preacher's account of a dream in which the coronavirus appeared as a man sent to punish, calling it nonsense that people are preaching and sharing. Discussionguest speechMaulana Abdul Raheem Limbadathe coronavirus pandemic (2020)ru'ya (dream vision)Shia machine10 min 12 s0:01on YouTube