sad isn't it?
I recall telling you about how in Blackburn, Lancs, England UK, there are two masajid opposite each other, one a Brelwi, the other Deobandi... bro, they are like chalk n cheese with each other.
I was once engaged to a girl from Blackburn, her parents were hardcore Brelwi, and one Friday when I was there, I ended up going into the Deobandi masjid for Jummah, when I came out after salaat, her father and brother were waiting for me, looking for me at the gate of the Brelwi masjid. I turned up from behind and said salaam and they asked how long I had been outside waiting for? I replied "I was in the masjid across the road"... their faces
Honestly bro, some stupid crap I have seen in my life. Indian and Pakistani type stupid, if you know what I mean. Dumb crap that doesn't even need to be entertained.
Once I was at home in London, and my fiance from all those years ago asked me to go to her uncles house in East London because some Sunni Shaikh Pir Saheb was there. I said no, because I know that scam. But she was adamant I go and please her father who is currently there attending this gathering in a house.
So I went. the carpet of the ground floor was covered with rolls of material to make it more clean. The living room, was emptied. Only one sofa and table remained. All the men were sitting on the floor wearing topi's, looking solemn, doing nothing, brooding. But on the sofa, was the Pir Saheb. Fat, Obese even, a belly so large it was imposing, threatening even. His legs were like tree trunks, fatty and swollen. And so, I walked up to him, as one does, and shook his hand and "assalaam alaikum"... no waalakum salaam, he just held onto my hand for ages, saying "haaa, haaaaa" as if that was meant to impress me. Now, I don't like being made fun of. So I went into blatant mode. And I asked "did the propht ever sit above his companions in a gathering? or did he sit with them?" and snatched my hand back. Turned around, and went home.
An hour later, my fiance is ringing me, upset that I offended the whole house.
She never asked me to attend one of these again
It was over soon after that
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