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Who doesn’t know Shoaib Mansoor? He’s an all rounder genius. Writer,poet,producer,director and what not? I was a big fan of Shoaib till this evening until I read this news in Jang and saddened me a lot after knowing this that his upcoming movie is the reaction and an answer to Junaid Jamshed who has left music and has opted the path of learning and teaching Islam. I was in great shock and this shock was very very natural because I always considered Shoaib an Intelligent and sensible person!. I actually had not believed jang news and I just visit the official website of his upcoming movie KHUDA KEY LIYE . I visited the link Director’s Statment and this is what I found. I am just quoting the excerpt of his entire which is the main reason behind the movie and also it shows his anger for JJ.
One morning i was going through a newspaper and i saw my friend junaid jamshed’s interview in it. After looking at his new attire in the photograph that ace the article published in it. I could not stop myself from reading it. The more i read the more sad i felt. He had announced quiting music after being convinced that it was “haram”. It really shook me very badly. I have never believed that God could hate the two most beautiful things he has given to mankind…. Music and painting.why are these the two most beautiful things i felt that a confused man like junaid had no right to confuse thousands of his youthful followers. I had given him sixteen years of my life as a true friend and had played my role in his professional life to the best of my abilities. How could he throw away our sixteen years just like that without even consulting me? I felt that it was my duty to rectify the damage he had done to the already suffering society under the influence of fundamentalists. I thought that the need of the hour was to study the whole mindset which gave birth to such wrong notions about islam. I have no doubt in my mind that instead of taking the present age fourteen hundred years back we have to bring islam to the present age. The best service to islam today is to make it applicable to modern day requirements.
Before I say anything about Islam or what is actual Islam, I would like to discuss the statement which he gave in “grief” that Junaid left him all alone. To be honest I was in more grief after knowing the actual story behind his project. No doubt I was also thrilled about his project because lots of people were saying that it would be something different and being an old timer fan of Shoaib’s work, I was willing to watch movie, infact I was willing to watch more when I learnt that it was made in the background of 9/11. I got interested more when initially I heared that JJ would also work in it but later he refused because he had changed his path. In his interview he clearly considered Shoaib his mentor and always considered him his “Mohsin” and despite of difference in religious opinion, junaid always showed respected towards Junaid. Now the things have come out why junaid would have said NO or did shoaib change the story after junaid’s refusal because initially Shoaib had approached to Junaid even after his TABLEEGHI ATTIRE. How was it possible that Junaid could work in a movie in which he and his teacher being cursed? So definitely he changed the main theme of story after his refusal and made it as a reply against him,his maslak and his religion practice. Music has always been a controversial topic in Islamic society that whether it’s halal or haram. I wouldn’t go into debate whether it’s haram or halal but I would just quote Shoaib’s own statment about music as well as Painting:
I have never believed that God could hate the two most beautiful things he has given to mankind…. Music and painting.
Yes Music is beautiful and Magical as well. It’s so magical that it can make you lost for hours, can mesmerize you and make you unaware about your surrounding. I was a great fan of music and I could say that I had sense to understand music. I would also like to add that I was a die hard fan of Kishore Kumar. His magical voice forced me to listen him late night. I was also big fan of Pancham(R.D.Burman) and Gulzar and I always tried not to miss a single piece created by any of them. I had a good collection of Ravi Shankar’s music. I used to listen Zakir Hussain’s Tabla. I was crazy about Jagjit, etc etc. More on that I used to play keyboard and knew what an Octave is. So many times I never offered prayers, not even at home, I was not used to offer maghrib and Isha prayer,yeah I seldom offered Asar and Zohar, forget about Zohar. The point is music has something which kept me away from my God daily. I don’t make statement that every MUSLIM feels same,its all about my personal experience which I think is very relevant with other Muslims as well who are/were crazy about Music. I remember I used to remember most of songs by heart that some of the songs are still in my mind, so yeah it’s magical like a black magic. So even if there is no mentioning in Quran or Hadith, my personal experience is enough to make me believe that Music could keep a crazy music lover away from your prayers and can make him to get inclined more towards world issues. So many times Quran warned followers NOT to get lost in world issues as if there is no return to Allah. My involvement in music is just an example of getting involved in music and forgetting God and not performing Ibadat with purity which is definitely not compatible with Islam. About pictures, the ignorance demonstrated by Shoaib Mansoor is unacceptable. I mean, how an intelligent man like Shoaib Mansoor could make such statment that God couldn’t hate music and painting? Shoaib had time to study the “mindset” but not Islamic resources like Hadiths and Quran to know what’s actually being taught? How ridiculous he is! I would just quote a single hadith about painting of Living objects specially men and animals.
Narrated Ibn ‘Umar: The Prophet said, “The painters of these pictures will be punished on the Day of Resurrection, and it will be said to them, ‘Make alive what you have created(Bukhari.9:647)
Another is:
Narrated ‘Aisha(RA):
I stuffed for the Prophet a pillow decorated with pictures (of animals) which looked like a Namruqa (i.e. a small cushion). He came and stood among the people with excitement apparent on his face. I said, “O Allah’s Apostle! What is wrong?” He said, “What is this pillow?” I said, “I have prepared this pillow for you, so that you may recline on it.” He said, “Don’t you know that angels do not enter a house wherein there are pictures; and whoever makes a picture will be punished on the Day of Resurrection and will be asked to give life to (what he has created)?”
And For your information, prohibition of living creatures is not only in Islam. This is strictly prohibited in Bible as well. According to Ten Commandments:
Do not make an image or any likeness of what is in the heavens above
So this clause clearly prohibits making impression of humans as well as Prophets. If today Christians make sketches and idols of Jesus(AS) then its their fault and they are certainly violating their own book.
Keeping all these religious issues aside, the thing which I despised more about Shoaib that he called Junaid a follower of extremists who are also called fundamentalists. Sir! Lets agree that Junaid is a fundamentalist and an extremist with tiny mind, then, What are you? If Junaid belongs to a group which can’t comprehend things properly and not liberal than what are you? You are being more fundamentalist,extremist and personal than him. In every interview Junaid thanked you but what you did in return?started mudslinging? Shame on you Mr.Shoaib! At one side I hear all the time by pseudo liberals like you that religion is a personal matter while on other side you got irked because Junaid didn’t consult you? What the heck are you? His dad? His guardian or His God? Did you ever notice your own attitude Mr. arrogant? So many times you would have done things against God’s will. Did God ask you like ‘How did you dare to go against me? I created you! since you disobeyed me so no meal for you’. Get a life Mr.Mansoor, you are sounding like a moron while raising finger on someone else’s personal decision. JJ once said that Shoaib never demanded money which Vital signs and then JJ earned from concerts. Were you waiting for this moment so that you can taunt him and curse him? What a selfish freak you are!
When I heared that Shoaib was making a movie about Muslims, I thought he would present something positive and real about Islam but I got disappointed that his work is not “Revolutionary” and “new”. He’s whining about same topic which I had been hearing/reading/watching for long time!
The movie has not been launched as yet but I am sure that you wouldn’t have shown the other side of junaid that is, as a sucessfull businessman and a preacher. You could be credible if Mr.Shoaib if you had shown that how a singer preferred to follow Islam after leaving lavish life and then got sucessful in spreading is religion and running a business. If you had thought on these lines then you could be respected a lot but I think many people liek me who were your fan would get disappointed after knowing the reason of movie and then the content. To be honest, I pay no respect for you anymore. Not because what you believe about religion but because the “reason” which forced you to make a movie. Thankyou Sir for proving my point that leftists are more conservative and narrow-minded than right wing extremists’ and fundamentalist. Nothing wrong in being a fundamentalist because this is in your own words which you mentioned as “Director’s statment”:
When i took it to my producers, unilever, they could not believe what i was upto. They found the story extremely controversial and dangerous. In that state of mind and confusion they kept me hanging on for about three quarters of a year before finally backing out. I went to pepsi’s management but they too had a similar reply…” being an American company we cant participate in something against America
Did you see? THIS is called fundamentalism that is ,’don’t leave basics’. The PEPSI management was ready to leave you but not going to make anything against America. Yes same America which is called secular and advanced. Now why didn’t you use the term EXTREEMIST for them? i know you can’t because if you had then who would feed you? I wish you would have learnt a lesson from those Amerikis who didn’t want to go against their country. I wonder why didn’t you go to musharraf? he could fund you easily since it was according to his agenda? Mr Shoaib further says:
I have no doubt in my mind that instead of taking the present age fourteen hundred years back we have to bring islam to the present age. The best service to islam today is to make it applicable to modern day requirements.
A separate debate whether Islam is compatible with Modern age or not. I know only one thing that Islam is NOT a Sunday religion, its way of life, a religion in which a person is rewarded with SAWAB even if he just smiles to his parents early in the morning nad removes the stone or anyother thing from road which could give trouble to others. No other religion is flexible like Islam. Islam is not obsolete yes Islam followers are keep going in ancient time when Jahalat(Ignorance) was common before Islam. As far as making Islam applicable in modern day requirements, Sir, your reason of music is very foolish when you declare it compatible with modern day requirement. Music is an ancient thing rather modern. Being a computer engineer, I could give example of C and then C++ language. C++ didn’t reject all the principles and rules given by K&R when they wrote the 1st compiler of C language. Making C++ compatible with modern needs doesn’t mean basic concepts of the language like pointers,conditional compiling etc were removed. If one wants to apply Islam in modern day then he can use latest technologies to spread word of God rather disobeying word of God in the name of modernism. I find a fallacy in your entire rant! Today you also proved that a person who is expert in his field doesn’t mean he’s expert in religious matter as well. I am not a perfect religion implementer but what I feel that ignorance shouldn’t be an excuse. Whatever I mentioned is not rocket science. All Islamic sources including Quran is available online for reading and research. All is required is effort which an individual needs to put to find truth. All I can say, May Allah give you hidayat and then give to me as well. I would definitely want you on other side and busy in spreading word of God rather busy in increasing gap between Muslims-Ameen.
Shoaib Mansoor’s Image Credit: Adil Bhai
p.s: My rant might hurt shoaib lovers but do keep this in my mind that I was also one of his fan,specially after watching ALPHA BRAVO and CHARLIE, I had become his admirer but as I said somewhere that when an Arts student try to speak about Quantum Physics and declare certain parts wrong or right without studying thoroughly then we often experience such lame statements like given by Shoaib Mansoor.
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