PTI Chairman, Imran Khan, and his wife, Bushra Manika, have become the victims of a major controversy yet again.
A video of their visit to Baba Fariduddin Ganj Shakar’s shrine in Pakpattan on Wednesday night went viral yesterday. The clip showed Khan and his wife paying their respects at the tomb.
The whole episode sparked a heated debate, igniting tempers and creating a social media storm!
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Soon after the video went viral, Twitterverse started bashing Khan for prostrating at the door of the shrine.
Sajda is only for Allah and no body else, Imran Khan should know better.
— Fakhruzzaman khan (@fakhruzzaman) June 28, 2018
Indeed, if he did sajda its shirk no question abt tht
— ASSAD TANOLI 🇵🇰 (@ASSADISTAN) June 28, 2018
Ex-wife, Reham Khan too expressed her opinion on the video stating:
This is the Islamic Republic of Pakistan where following a rewording of an oath the law minister had to step down & we saw a sit in turn violent. That was on the finality of the Prophet PBUH.
Can we allow the biggest sin of all Shirk? https://t.co/343iOEpcDR— Reham Khan (@RehamKhan1) June 28, 2018
Popular singer and songwriter, Fakhr-e-Alam too had something to say about the video.
Pan, Karachi accent, Sajda at shrine…I love it how our collective intellect keeps regressing. As a nation we need to up our game and pose serious questions to our leadership. Why do we all make issues out of non issues? We are in a serious situation economically & other things.
— Fakhr-e-Alam (@falamb3) June 28, 2018
The uproar led to the cricket champion to come on national television to clarify his stance on the matter.
Signifying his actions as an act of respect, Imran revealed:
Sajda is only for Allah, I only kissed the floor of the mazar out of my respect for the great individual that he was, for his services to Islam. This makes you more humble and removes your ego.
He further stated:
Sufism speaks about removing the “main” the ego in an individual, people see these things superficially and declare fatwas without knowing the religion, without even knowing the facts whether it was a kiss or sajda.
The PTI Chief was seen accepting his flaws and adding how he has changed over the years.
I never claimed I was an angel all my life but the fact is that I have changed myself from the kind of person that I was 22 years ago
The power couple visited the shrine where they were met by the shrine’s custodian, Dewan Ahmed Masood Chishtiplaced flowers in front of the Bahishti Darwaza. “Kaptan Khan” was also seen distributing sweets among the locals.
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