Boxer Amir Khan gets trolled by his fans for his 'sins'

[Cheeko]

British Pakistani boxer Amir Khan, two-time world champion, is on a visit to Pakistan. He has been keeping his fans updated through his social media profile. Earlier this week, he shared a photo of him visiting the shrine of Ali Hajvery, the patron saint of Pakistan’s second largest city Lahore, popularly known as Data Darbar. The Sufi saints like Ali Hajvery or Data Sahib enjoy a strong following in the Indian subcontinent as they popularised folk Islam in this region and people revere them for centuries. Amir Khan comes from a Sunni Sufi Muslim sect (or Barelvi) family who revere Sufi saints – as with the case of majority of Pakistan’s population. However, the last few centuries have seen the literalist interpretation of Islamic sources, known as Wahabism and rooted in Saudi Arabia, made its way to not only Pakistan’s urban capital but also Western Muslim communities like that in Britain.

While it was perfectly alright for the first generation Pakistani Muslim immigrants to UK, like Amir Khan’s parents, to revere Sufi saints and visit their shrines seeking their blessings; the new generation under the influence of Saudi Islam exported to the UK thinks otherwise. The reaction of the Muslim community to Amir’s Khan’s picture reveals how the thought process in young Muslims, both in urban Pakistan as well as in Muslim communities in West, has changed considerably from their parent’s generation. We are presenting below the original photo and a collection of response from Amir Khan’s Facebook page.



It starts with hundreds of people accusing Amir Khan of committing shirk, idolatry or grave worshipping.




Then some of them are disappointed. And suggest him to seek forgiveness of Allah.




And some even recommend Amir Khan of going back to Quran and learn a thing or two
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And then there are unsolicited suggestions to ditch the shrines and go to mosques instead… will they settle for non-Wahabi mosques?


Not all people are bad. There are some nice ones seemingly allowing Amir Khan to visit the shrine, as long as he follows their list of DOs and DONTs. How generous!




Then the pro-Saudi camp jumps in… produdly claiming thankfully they are in control of Makkah and Madina or idolaters like Amir Khan would have started their ‘grave worshipping’ there too.



Clearly some of them are very embarrassed to see their favourite boxer visiting a shrine…



And then it starts getting a bit radical as peeps recommend demolition of all graves and shrines… like the Saudi have been doing for a 100 years now.



Keeps getting hot. One guy claims Muslims can only visit the two holy mosques in Saudi Arabia or the one in Palestine – the rest is all crap including the millions of mosques the world over.



And Amir Khan starts losing his fans. One guy publicly announces his the fan-breakup for his hero boxer turned out to be not-my-kinda-Muslim…



And then some fans go all out… wasteman, curses, eff off and more. Oh dear!

There are more than 2000 comments and on-going on the post and we selected only a few from the first hundred. The PR team of Amir Khan will need to work with him as for privileged Western Muslims and educated urban Pakistanis, his skill do not matter if he is a “grave worshipping, Hindu-like idolator.” Some will probably prefer him to bomb a school over visiting a shrine.

 

[khan27]

chutiya log hein

 

[چھومنتر]

اسی لیے تو ہم مسلمان ذلالت کی معراج پے بیٹھے ہوے ہیں ، اپنے گریبانو میں نہی جھانکنا دوسرے کیا کر رہے بس اس کی ٹوہ میں لگے رہنا

(serious)​

 

[AISHAH]

Log utnaa kharaab hai thoo puraa mulk or overseas mulku ma saab chutiya isleheeha.
Working professional, just workers, illiterate, servants - all same.

 

[aimless]

may be he is just offering fatheha ... we like to judge ppl fast

 

[wbari]

brother amir khan kya kerta hai mujay oss say kuch lena dena nahi magar jiss tarakaiy say aap is ko explain ker rahay hai wo ghalat hai wo is liye k wahabism ko aap aik side parr rakho or saath he sufism ko bhi or siraf or siraf quran ko tafseer k saath parho oss k baad sunate rasol (saw) ko daikho Inshallah bohat kuch zehan say clear ho jaye gha. Allah hum sub ko hidayat dey ameen.

 

[Batman1]

It's so funny. Jitnay log comments ker rahay hain Amir Khan per, un main say kitnon ko isha ki rakatain aati hain. Yeh bhi aik sawaal hona chahiye. Aaj kal Shirk k fatwa ki franchise bohat asaan qiston per mil jaati hay isi liye sub nay lay li hay. :). O yaar, agar woh shirk ker bhi raha hay, to wo us ka or Allah SWT. kay beach ki baat hay, doosron k paiton main q dard hota hay?

 

[lotaa]

jahal loog.pata nahi ye loog kiya samjhtay hain,jin logoon ne comment kiay hain,in mein se kisi ko nimaz e janaza b nahi aati ho gi,aur fatway shirk k,toba,Allah k NABIpbuh ne farmaya hay k Qabarstan jaa karo,,aur fatiha parhna b jaiz hy,,

 

[sok]

When Aamir Khan dies, he will be answerable for his own deeds not the deeds of all the Muslims. We Pakistanis are very radicalized.

 

[adamfani]

Raiwind Tableghei Cult behind Barelvis transformation to Salfis, Deobandis............................funded by Saudis

 

[Malik495]

well i think people dont know that amir khan's family is a diehard barelvi family , they have built a mosque of their sect in their home town in the UK. so going to shrines and darbaars are ok for their sect ..its allowed in their sect. what can we do.. just admire his achievements and say stay blessed bro

 

[frenes]

kon?(serious)

chutiya log hein

 

[Nice2MU]

'Blessings of The Shrines....' wow what a teaching is taught to the people by these Jahil People? The commenting people are some how right. Why is this 'Qabar Parasti'. It is also kind of 'Butparasti (Idol Worshiping)'. Anyone who says that 'Oh its okay if someone goes for Duwa....' Such people should know how the Idol Worshinping had been started in older ages? In the name of Duwa, people are doing Shirk by asking from That Saint in the grave. It is definetly a great Shirk to ask from a Dead Person.

And Prophet (PBUH) had stopped the Umat even consider his own grave like worshiping area that's why as per Hazrat Ayesha (RA) who had said that due to this fear that people would make Prophet (PBUH) grave as worshipping area, common people were not allowed to visit The Prophet (PBUH) grave otherwise just imagine what would happened there? It is simply Jahalat.

 

[Aftab Zaki]

A shirk is shirk no matter who commits it. Come on don't give us excuses that people go to Data shrine for saying fatiha. Ali Hajveri (RA) does not need your prayers. It's like we don't know what happens in these mazarats...

 

[yasir18]

Tawheed (Monotheism) is the basic belief of Islam and a person could not be a true Muslim without accepting this belief completely. In just one surah (Surah Nisa), Allah mentions twice (ayat 48 and 116) that he can forgive any sin which he like but he will never forgive polytheism (shirk). In Surah Younis (ayat 18), Allah forbids Muslims for worshiping of Saint's graves. There is nothing objectionable in most of the comments.

 

[Humi]

yup, this will work...bashing and trolling him will definitely make him see sense!!! You don't care about whether he is doing something wrong or not, you just wanna spew your hate and bitterness!

 

[P4kistani]

Shukar hai Darbar per Fatiha hi pernay gaya.. Raiwand walo ka hota tu..abi tak Terrorists ko funding kar k Bomb Blast karwa deta..phir hoti Islam,Pakistan aur Musalman ki Badnami...

 

[PUNJABIMUNDANO1]

'Blessings of The Shrines....' wow what a teaching is taught to the people by these Jahil People? The commenting people are some how right. Why is this 'Qabar Parasti'. It is also kind of 'Butparasti (Idol Worshiping)'. Anyone who says that 'Oh its okay if someone goes for Duwa....' Such people should know how the Idol Worshinping had been started in older ages? In the name of Duwa, people are doing Shirk by asking from That Saint in the grave. It is definetly a great Shirk to ask from a Dead Person.

And Prophet (PBUH) had stopped the Umat even consider his own grave like worshiping area that's why as per Hazrat Ayesha (RA) who had said that due to this fear that people would make Prophet (PBUH) grave as worshipping area, common people were not allowed to visit The Prophet (PBUH) grave otherwise just imagine what would happened there? It is simply Jahalat.

This is the real problem ..... u are not explaining Islam .... you are explaining the interpretation of your Sect

People like you are real Jahils!

Shirk is in your heart not in actions

Even Prophet (PBUH) and Sahabas did hajj when Kabba was full of Idols and even did sajdas towards the Idols of Kabba , It does not mean they were worshiping Idols... But according to the Jahil interpretation of your sect Prophet ( PBUH) and Sahabs committed Shirk

Even now when Muslims offer Namza towards Kabba , People like u think that they are praying or worshiping stones of Kabba but a Muslim thinks He is worshiping Allah and not the stones

You are a real Jahil Here

 

[Nice2MU]

1st of all I am not following any Sect....

2nd it is useless to discuss Islam with a Person like you who want to prove the Atheists' main Instrument i.e. Darwin Theory from Quran.

Now you want to prove Idol Worshipping with the acts of Prophet (PBUH) and Sahaba (RA). I think you would be in search of some verses from Quran to prove Idol Worshipping from Quran?

Man go and read some translation of Quran. If can't then watch videos of Dr Israr Ahmad about Shirk to clear your mind. Don't think too much about Islam otherwise as you are already on wrong track but you might drage more people on your thinking.

If you want I can give you some videos to clear your mind about Darwin theory and Shirk?

This is the real problem ..... u are not explaining Islam .... you are explaining the interpretation of your Sect

People like you are real Jahils!

Shirk is in your heart not in actions

Even Prophet (PBUH) and Sahabas did hajj when Kabba was full of Idols and even did sajdas towards the Idols of Kabba , It does not mean they were worshiping Idols... But according to the Jahil interpretation of your sect Prophet ( PBUH) and Sahabs committed Shirk

Even now when Muslims offer Namza towards Kabba , People like u think that they are praying or worshiping stones of Kabba but a Muslim thinks He is worshiping Allah and not the stones

You are a real Jahil Here

 

[Nice2MU]

Shirk is the most sensitive Issue in the sight of Allah. Allah may forgive every kind of Sin but not Shirk.

And Visiting Shrines is not that necessory in Islam anyway.

Tawheed (Monotheism) is the basic belief of Islam and a person could not be a true Muslim without accepting this belief completely. In just one surah (Surah Nisa), Allah mentions twice (ayat 48 and 116) that he can forgive any sin which he like but he will never forgive polytheism (shirk). In Surah Younis (ayat 18), Allah forbids Muslims for worshiping of Saint's graves. There is nothing objectionable in most of the comments.