Here you can see some angry Indians yeah not only did they get smashed but so did their TVs.
Asalaamu Alaikum guys and welcome to another episode of Smile to Jannah.
India vs Pakistan.
You started first, you opened by saying the 'mother of all battles'.
It's always been considered a big deal in cricket, and yesterday was no different.
But this is possibly going to be the most viewed sporting event uh for a long long (time)
It was a match that hadn't happened for three years. The match was so close to
being cancelled because of what was going on in the disputed region of Kashmir.
And Pakistan had lost 12 times before that,
and alhamdulillah it did take place because India lost embarrassingly.
I'm proud to be a Pakistani.
Now yesterday's match was very important, why? Because in the last couple of years,
I'd say the last five, six years, have been quite bad in India, because of the BJP ruling party,
which is, let's face it, discriminating religious minorities and empowering the Hindu extremists.
-All people are not equal? -All people are not equal.
-Muslims do not deserve equal rights to apply... -There's no such as equal rights. They're not in
an equal category.
It's turned into a very weird place, so Kashmiris and Muslims watched with a lot
of anticipation so they could vicariously live through that match and get some sort of justice.
But rest assured it is a game at the end of the day (you know I'm saying?) If Modi was playing
it would be different yeah but these are people that let's face it they're not
political inherently. So when you had a Pakistani minister saying 'look this is a victory for Islam'
No, you can't be saying that because what you're doing is you're assuming
that the the previous 12 defeats, were defeats of Islam. What! But it was mostly what happened
afterwards that I want to discuss yeah. Here you can see some angry Indians
not only did they get smashed but so did their TVs and both of their own doing
Number two. Mohamed Shami, the only Muslim who played in the Indian cricket team, after the match...
because he gave away I think the most runs, he was getting smashed. (He was) called the Pakistani,
(you know) insulted, abused, you name it, and some people had to come to his defence but it's
unfortunate that the players like Virat Kohli and M.S Dhoni they didn't come forward. Which is ironic
because we see this happening in a few countries. In this country England when the black players
missed penalties, they were faced with racist abuse. I thought the Indian team would have understood
and appreciated this because they were seen taking a knee before the match so they know about
discrimination but it's unfortunate that they are yet to speak out. If you think I'm blowing this out
of proportion let's look at Rohit Sharma who made zero runs, my guy made zero runs, but yet the Muslim
is the one being abused mate. And number three, the Indians are saying "yo Kashmir is part of us these
are our people, they're in a democracy, free speech... yeah why don't they want to be with the with the
Indians? Well I'll tell you why, because now you can see them celebrating a Pakistani victory
but that's not good enough for the Indians yeah they're not letting them celebrate the freedom
of speech, they're there waiting with sticks and beating them and whacking them. Certain pictures
I can't show because the video's gonna get flagged but this was not the time to be swinging
and hitting that's all I'm saying that should have been done in the game. And number four yeah
Virat Kohli (funny pronouncation)
At the end of the match he was seen hugging a Pakistani player. Of course, seeing as there's
tensions between these two nations it makes sense to show the average individual that yo
you can you know be friends and you know keep your hate at a certain level. Don't let it go
above a toxic level (you know what I'm saying) but look at the messages my man was getting.
This is ridiculous yeah but you might be thinking about Pakistan yeah, what were these dons doing?
I'll tell you what they were doing, here's the front cover of a newspaper of Pakistan
celebrating this. But these are the evil Pakistanis isn't it? (sarcasm)
Putting all that to the side the thing that really caught my attention was our main man
Mohamed Rizwan. That's right, a Pakistani cricket player who during the match when there was a
break he prayed his salah and if that's not all, he also got the job done. He was not out with 79 runs,
that's right, my guy doing the job on and off the pitch. He realizes that no matter how successful
he becomes- because in Pakistan being a cricketer is like being a footballer, you're treated like
royalty, the whole country knows your name mate, yet he still understands, appreciates and
cherishes his connection with Allah. It doesn't matter who's watching, doesn't matter the game,
he knows he's going to die one day and meet his creator/his lord, and the first thing on the
day of judgment he'll be asked will be about his prayer, he realizes this, no matter if you're a king
or whether you're a pauper, you'll be asked and it is your duty, a fard/an obligation for you
to thank Allah for all that he's given you, we don't pray because Allah needs it we pray because
Allah deserves it. It's our way of thanking Allah. Somebody gives you a gift... I mean "thank you"
is the least you can do, but Allah doesn't need a "thank you" he's told you how he wants
to be thanked. Guys, no matter where you are, this is a free connection, free connection for all, that
you bow your head down in front of Allah. This was how Moses prayed, how Jesus prayed and how Muhammad
(peace and blessings be upon them all) prayed. So whatever problem and hardship you're going
through, by all means deal with the problem at hand yeah, do what you can what's in your means and
do not forgo your prayer. Both things go hand in hand. Do your best, Allah will do the rest. And one
tip I'm going to leave you with, whilst instilling salah in your children, don't always ask "have you
prayed mate? Why haven't you prayed? Yeah so you have prayed yeah?"
Ask them, "Now that you've prayed, how
does it make you feel?" It should do something and that way you're going to instil into your children
that salah is something more important than mere movements. Until next time, Asalaamu Alaikum.