[MilenaMKB]

Hashim Amla is the first South African cricketer of Indian-descent and MashaAllah he is a practising, bearded Muslim. MashaAllah, over the last few years we have seen an increase in bearded cricketers e.g. Mohammed Yousuf, Mushtaq Ahmed, Saqlain Mushtaq, Hashim Amla among others. To me, this is also a form of "silent da'wah".

Read what he says here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008...portinterviews

Wassalam

[sasaderesada]

Yes indeed it is.. May Allah reward them for adhering to the sunnah.. and also bless TJ for fortifying them in their effots.. (with a slight exception of Amla ofcourse.. in which case May Allah shower and bless the Ulama who have immensly shouldered him and shadowed him throughout his life..) Ameen...

[gogFloark]

Wa alaikumus salam,

Masha allah, he really made use of the opportunuty to do dawah.

Bro, you missed out brothers Inzamamul Haq, shahid afridi, saeed anwar...

[sasaderesada]

Saeed Anwar is the one who started it all.. transforming the whole team .. Allah shower him with mercy..

[MilenaMKB]

Wa alaikumus salam,

Masha allah, he really made use of the opportunuty to do dawah.

Bro, you missed out brothers Inzamamul Haq, shahid afridi, saeed anwar...

Oh yes! How could I ever forget Saeed Anwar! He was the one who originally started this revolution Alhamdulillah! May Allah bless him and shower him with His infinite mercy!

You are true, Inzamam and Shahid Afridi also fit the bill. Under Inzamam's captaincy, the team was the most religious Pakistani team I had ever seen Alhamdulillah.

In any case, I did say "among others"

Wassalam

[AbeldeldepBug]

Jazakallah fr posting the link!

Wassalaam

[quack!]

Alhamdulillah its good to see muslims reppin there religion on the sport arenas. may Allah (swt) reward them all espeically saeed anwar who was an inspiration for many other. hopefully in a few years time muslim footballers and boxer can grow beards to

[wmtravelservice]

"Sitting comfortably in a fold-up chair in the Players' Dining Room outside the Surrey dressing room after the first day of the game against Kent at The Oval, arms moving about as he simulates bowling actions and shots batsmen have attempted against him, Saqlain Mushtaq looks every bit the seasoned cricketer. Add on the flowing beard and Islamic skull cap and he resembles something of a sage. Listen to sport and religion blend together in his conversation and you're taken in by his boyish simplicity. Place it all in perspective of where he's been the last few years, and you have a man relishing another chance to play cricket."

Saqlain Mushtaq on life, cricket and more..

[Zzvukttz]

You ain't seen me yet Ahsan!!

Sorry,couldn't help it.

[tinetttstation]

Masha Allah, Da'wah at its best ... Muslims just being ordinary Muslims. Actions speak louder than words.

Was Salam

[FetMiddle]

Okay i'm gonna admit that i am a die hard cricket fan.........

In the december addition of our Cricket monthly magazine they interviewed Hashims brother Ahmed. When asked about life after cricket (for Hashim) Ahmed said ' Hashims life is NOT cricket, it's not his number one priority so even if he fails, his religion means much more to him, cricket is but one small aspect of his life'

I hope hashim scores a double ton at Lords on Thursday that way cementing his name on the honors board and STICKING IT TO THE POMS!!!!!!

[AbeldeldepBug]

Man, our place is blessed with so many Jamaats from around the world. Alhamdulillah, Around three to four months back we had a Jamaat form France with Shaykh Yunus min Tunis as Amir (all memebrs were club football players). Now we have a jamaat from Pakistan with Saeed Anwar, Dhul Qarnyan and other Pakistani Cricket Players.

Haji Abdul Wahab D.B has visited us nearly six times this year. All praise is for Allah alone.



Where r u from, brother?

[AbeldeldepBug]

And...Is Hashim Amla from the Tablleghi Jamaat?

Wassalaam

[Zzvukttz]

I live in the UK, i'm not a massive cricket fan(apart from 20twenty!!) but I like the English teams to do well in sport. But in this case, I hope Hashim really does hit a few centuries. High five for the bearded brother!!!

[FetMiddle]

Hashim's main inspiration is Ml Yunus Patel

Whats the deal with Sajid Mahmood is he a Muslim?

Was Nasser Hussain a Muslim?


England have a few muslim player in their ranks innit?

[Zzvukttz]

Sajid Mahmood is a muslim though I dont know how practising. With Nasser Hussain, his father was a muslim and mother non muslim but I think he was not a muslim. That is from my understanding. Could be wrong.

[quack!]

sajid mahmood is the cousin of amir khan (the boxer) dont know how much they practise. i went bolton dis sunday for the youth tarbiyya conference didnt see amir khan at the majlis lol

[MilenaMKB]

"Sitting comfortably in a fold-up chair in the Players' Dining Room outside the Surrey dressing room after the first day of the game against Kent at The Oval, arms moving about as he simulates bowling actions and shots batsmen have attempted against him, Saqlain Mushtaq looks every bit the seasoned cricketer. Add on the flowing beard and Islamic skull cap and he resembles something of a sage. Listen to sport and religion blend together in his conversation and you're taken in by his boyish simplicity. Place it all in perspective of where he's been the last few years, and you have a man relishing another chance to play cricket."

Saqlain Mushtaq on life, cricket and more..

JazakAllah for posting that Saqlain Mushtaq interview. Ties in well with the topic of the thread.

[MartZubok]

sajid mahmood is the cousin of amir khan (the boxer) dont know how much they practise. i went bolton dis sunday for the youth tarbiyya conference didnt see amir khan at the majlis lol

were you the one with the scarf wrapped round your head and was with a white revert brother?

[quack!]

nope. me was sat at the front and had the typical deobandi hat on. i think its called the ashrafia hat lol. i was wid 4 guys