What if Pakistanis were as serious about Islam as Cricket?

[jello]

:sl:

Just a thought, but one brother pointed out what would have been if many Pakistanis were as serious about Islam as they were about Cricket.

Your thoughts welcomed...:statisfie

[Muezzin]

Ha! That'll be the day...

[AmarFaisal]

Assalamoalaikum,

Ur right, we r not that serious abt Islam as we r abt cricket.

For eg, "ME", since the ICC world cup started, I have just two things to do on net, check the ICC World Cup thread n check Cricinfo...nothing else.

B4 I'd check many Islamic things n threads on islamic board, now it's low.

[Re.TiReD]

:sl: good ques.....it's soo annoyin...so many people were mega upset wen Bob Woolmer died...I know this is abit off topic but aint Muslims got better things to be worried about? about the topic.....we could train animals to chuck balls and play cricket.....why dont they use their time in a more productive way...c'mon..we gotta live to die :w:

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[- Qatada -]

:wasalamex


The difference is that crickets only for a limited span of time, but islaam is for life. It's hard to be 100% commited probably, thats why. :)


PS: Who's seen chacha cricket? Does he still come to the matches?

[NoName55]

Ha! That'll be the day...

I am a Pakistani. I take exception to this thread and this reply. blanket statements do no good whatsoever. I can easily say same thing about you people,when I see certain threads. even in public forums here people like trumble are prefered to Muslim brothers by a mod or 2, does that mean all Staff like budhism more than Islaam?
or judging from holywood thread am I free to assume that you people prefer arnie schwartzzenegger to Abu Bakr/Omer/Uthman/Ali?

[Muezzin]

I'm Pakistani too. Sorry if I offended you. I was just speaking my mind. I know not every Pakistani is more interested in cricket than Islam, but I'm sure you'll agree that entirely too many take cricket more seriously than Islam.

[DaNgErOuS MiNdS]

Agree with noname55, at the end of the day there are Pakistanis that take Islam much more seriously then cricket that doesn't mean they're not allowed to watch it.

For me I watch cricket sometimes mainly at a world cup, if they lose they lose they win they win. While the match is taking place i'll root for Pakistan but when it finishes all go about my business, I wont exactly go on a hunger strike.

[Maarya]

:sl:

well guess what? i'm pakistani and i hate cricket lol :D
when my uncle/dad or friends talk about cricket scores i get confused coz i dnt understand them so they get annoyed with me coz they have to explain all the time :-[

[jello]

:sl:

I know that this would not apply to all Pakistanis, so that is why I said at the beginning that "many" Pakistanis, not "all" :)

[chacha_jalebi]

i think no name hit nail on head:D


jus cos pak out of WC, it dnt mean ppl feel more passionately bout cricket den islam! bein pakistani moiself and bein a cricket hooligan:D sure i was upset bout WC, but it dint make me lose any passion or luv 4 islam, cos dats 4 life. and pak losin was will of Allah swt, so sud b hapy wit his wil


this thred is lik this imagine my aunt got shot (god forbid):D and obvisly il b upset, den sum1 says i more passionite bout aunt getin shot den islam!!! der no logic:p

[Abu Ibraheem]

alot of respect for the question that has been posted here. I see this all the time, is it a form of asbiyah?

[FBI]

:sl:

how anyone can watch cricket is beyond me boring

[Abu Ibraheem]

I would say the greatest trick the devil pulled was convincing people they have all the time in the world to watch cricket, especially pakistani muslims.

[Abu Ibraheem]

thats a very good thought though and it is true... (your sig)

[siFilam]

this is doesn't apply only to Pakistanis, but as a Bengali, we're not doing so well either. :cry:
I was in bangladesh last summer during the world cup...almost every house had a flag (the country they supported) on their roof. Not only that these people stayed up at night watching these games. sooo much to distract us from Allah.

:sl:

how anyone can watch cricket is beyond me boring

same here!

[chacha_jalebi]

ppl need 2 have a balance as long as islam isnt 4gotten its all woo hoo

[siFilam]

^ der werent a WC last summer

:-[ ok, I have no clue what it was...I asked my brother, he said it was the FIFA WORLD CUP.

[Confucius]

Salamualikum..
what is so good about cricket?? it just involves a bat..a ball and some runners....err that sounds kinda boring...its even more boring to watch!!!
hahaha (i know ive just insulted loads of pple...oh well stupid game)

[chacha_jalebi]

ye lol sory sis i clockd on so editd:D

[NoName55]

how anyone can watch cricket is beyond me,

Just how anyone can watch/promote hollywood is beyond me. Cricket has team building, health bringing qualities as well as International relations primer.

What does hollywood teach other than pornography, then zina of eyes and then ....

[learningislam]

:salamext:

I'm Pakistani too. Sorry if I offended you. I was just speaking my mind. I know not every Pakistani is more interested in cricket than Islam, but I'm sure you'll agree that entirely too many take cricket more seriously than Islam.

I agree 100%.

What i find most annoying is all the backbiting done about all the cricketers( not specefic). Calling them bad names when they dont do well, is really unbearable for me. Its the same at homes, at school/colleges/uni/ hospitals...........go to markets/stores everywhere its CRICKET, CRICKET.................AND CRICKET.

And the simplest thing is that ppl dont understand that if two teams are playing, one has to win and the other has to lose...........so y the fuss.
There is no sportsman spirit in the public.........

If somebody is offended, i apologize.I am not against cricket,but moderation is required in everything.

ppl need 2 have a balance as long as islam isnt 4gotten its all woo hoo

^^^i agree there too.

BTW, i dont watch cricket.

:wasalamex

[chacha_jalebi]

well the people that abuse their own players aint real fans! they jus gays who either have a sad life and want to take their anger out sumwer or they jus ppl who aint got a clue about cricket, and jus watch so they not left out of the crowds :D

[iqbal_soofi]

:sl:

Just a thought, but one brother pointed out what would have been if many Pakistanis were as serious about Islam as they were about Cricket.

Your thoughts welcomed...:statisfie

This is only your misconception that Pakistanis are very serious about cricket and non-serious about Islam.

Pakistanis are very good sportsmen. They take cricket as a sports only. They don't bring cricket into Islam. They never talk about cricket during a prayer. They don't destroy anything in the name of cricket too. On the other hand they're very serious about Islam. They bring Islam into everything including cricket. They pray or do sajda even in the cricket ground during the game. They can destroy anything in the name of Islam, even themselves. You had no other people more serious about Islam than Pakistanis. Remember? when Babri mosque was attacked by Hindus in India, Pakistanis destroyed their own public properties in Pakistan as a protest. In contrast, governments of Muslim countries deported those Pakistanis who tried to show their grief on the incident of Babri mosque in middle east countries.

[NoName55]

This is only your misconception that Pakistanis are very serious about cricket and non-serious about Islam.

Pakistanis are very good sportsmen. They take cricket as a sports only. They don't bring cricket into Islam. They never talk about cricket during a prayer. They don't destroy anything in the name of cricket too. On the other hand they're very serious about Islam. They bring Islam into everything including cricket. They pray or do sajda even in the cricket ground during the game. They can destroy anything in the name of Islam, even themselves. You had no other people more serious about Islam than Pakistanis. Remember? when Babri mosque was attacked by Hindus in India, Pakistanis destroyed their own public properties in Pakistan as a protest. In contrast, governments of Muslim countries deported those Pakistanis who tried to show their grief on the incident of Babri mosque in middle east countries.

what has cricket in common with thuggery of Mosque destroyer hindu and thuggery of ill-educated masses who are manipulated by certain type of moolah

what are you steering it towards ?
:omg:

[Malaikah]

Cricket has team building, health bringing qualities as well as International relations primer.

:sl:

That only applies to playing cricket, not so much watching it.

[iqbal_soofi]

what has cricket in common with thuggery of Mosque destroyer hindu and thuggery of ill-educated masses who are manipulated by certain type of moolah

what are you steering it towards ?
:omg:

There's nothing common in Cricket and Islam. I don't understand why some people think cricket has to do something with Islam or Islam has to do something with cricket. However, I don't see anyone bringing cricket into Islam, which is a very good thing. It only hurts Islam when some people bring Islam into cricket.

[NoName55]

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