Clipped portion of a prank video is shared as Muslim shopkeeper spits in juice before serving it.
Claim
Muslim shopkeeper serves a glass of juice to a customer after adding his spit. Got the perfect response. This spitting thing is not a traditional Islamic ritual. It is a 20th century invention by illiterate clerics wanting to become holier than the Saudis.
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Explanation
A video purportedly showing a shopkeeper sipping/spitting in a glass of juice before handing it over to a customer is shared on X. The video further shows the customer getting irritated with the act of the shopkeeper and attacking him with the fruits available in front of him.
Muslim shopkeeper serves a glass of juice to a customer after adding his spit. Got the perfect response. This spitting thing is not a traditional Islamic ritual. It is a 20th century invention by illiterate clerics wanting to become holier than the Saudis. pic.twitter.com/n39TxdgB7D
— Rakesh Krishnan Simha (@ByRakeshSimha) September 20, 2023
This video is shared to claim that a Muslim shopkeeper spits in a glass of juice before serving it to the customer. The post also mentions that the shopkeeper got the perfect response for spitting in juice glass. The post further mentions “This spitting thing is not a traditional Islamic ritual. It is a 20th century invention by illiterate clerics wanting to become holier than the Saudis.”
What is the truth?
When translating the Arabic words seen in the viral video using Google Lens, we found the words ‘Thaer Abu Zubaida’s prank at the Islamic University’ written on the video.
When reverse searching keyframes of the viral video, we found multiple videos posted on YouTube, Instagram and Facebook. All these posts mention the video as a prank by Thaer Abu Zubaida.
When searching further with relevant keywords in Arabic, we found that the video is viral on TikTok. The viral video is of 25 seconds, but we found a few TikTok videos of 1:47 minutes length carrying matching visuals from the viral video.
As TikTok is restricted here, we tried downloading the video posted by a TikTok user Ahmad Shadan and when checking it, we found that it was indeed a prank. The full-length video shows the viral clip in the beginning and later reveals the camera placed inside the food truck. It also shows the visuals of the customer laughing and having a conversation with the person whom he fought with in the former part.
This proves that the Muslim shopkeeper did not spit in the juice before serving it to the customer. And this is not a practice in Islam as claimed by some of the social media users often.
Also Read: Does ‘Halal’ mean spitting in the food according to Islam? Read more
Conclusion
It is found that a clipped portion of a prank video is shared to falsely claim that a Muslim shopkeeper is spitting in juice before serving it to the customer.
