There’s hardly any update in Religion Forum during the days of cricket matches. {Just when I got time for discussion .\ _ /.}
On top of that I was in Imambargah and someone was reading Marsiya and all of a sudden he stopped and “Cricket kee baat na karo Pakistan harr jai ga Zikaar-e- Hussain suno… Haan.”
There was a mild laughter coz during majlis the cricket match was going on and some people were talking about it instead of listening to the speaker.
Yesterday again, the time of namaz was approaching and there were hardly any men in the mens’ side. {Again a cricket match was in progress :D} And a lady, muslim convert said to the other ladies who were present there " When the Moulana Saheb comes we’ll tell him not to worry even if no men will be here hum tou hazaar hain sunain kay liya "
Tum logouN kaya jadoo hai cricket mein Hain
Cricket nikalo dimagh say
Then I’ll say “Chakkaaaaa!!!”
Dikho aj kal Religion forum na alda ay na julda ay ;-D
I remember, several years ago, there was a fatwa against cricket, on the grounds that it distracts people from salah. The fatwa did not receive wide-spread acceptance in Pakistan (for obvious reasons), but I think the basic premise is correct. We should not let cricket or any other activitiy distract us from the faraidh of Islam.
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I remember, several years ago, there was a *fatwa against cricket, on the grounds that it distracts people from salah. The fatwa did not receive wide-spread acceptance in Pakistan (for obvious reasons), but I think the basic premise is correct. We should not let cricket or any other activitiy distract us from the faraidh of Islam.
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yahan bhi cricket aa hi gya..........
aapne nemaz waqt pe nahin padhi isliye pakistan haar gya....yani ab aap namaz pakistan ke jeetne ke liye padhenge ;) .Khair isi bahane namaz to waqt pe padh hi lenge........see cricket doesn't distract from salah ...... it actuallypromotes them to be on salah :D
I remember when I was a young boy I loved to play chess. My Grandmother (Daddi Jaan) used to tell me stop playing that game, "ai shaitan de khel ai". I asked my father about it, this is how he explained it to me... anything that keeps you away from Namamz or for that matter any islamic farz is haram. If you keep this definition in mind, and use common sense, for example say your prayer when its time for Namaz cricket or chess is a ok. :)
These days my mom says “ay computher nera shaitan ay” “Uth! Namaz parnay da time ay " and she always threaten to pull the plug. Where I go " Wait just 5 more minutes and I’ll be done” but ofcourse I take longer than that
Self control and not to cross the line and fulfil our obligations I guess
If you preach strict adherence to Quran and Sunnah then really there probably should be no place for watching cricket. The matches are watched by mixed crowds, many of the women don’t wear hijab, the players who we idolise don’t sport beards and some of them ‘hurt the religious feelings of the nation’ by attending fashion shows during Shaberaat according to some.
That’s why it’s quite funny to see those who insist on sticking to Quran and Sunnah in this forum posting on KK
{Just when I got time for discussion .\ _ /.}
kaya jadoo hai cricket mein Hain 
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… ok this post should do it… got to run… match is going to start… bubye 
" and she always threaten to pull the plug. Where I go " Wait just 5 more minutes and I’ll be done” but ofcourse I take longer than that 