In need of prayer?
"[T]o pray for Allah to change the team's dim fortunes." Yet at least one Muslim scholar has some reservations. At any rate, the real question is: What would Muhammad do? What is his sunna in regards to praying for "games"? Hopefully the all-accusing finger of takfir does not reach this group of 100 believers.
"Muslims to pray for Cubs at Wrigley," by John Keilman for the Chicago Tribune, October 4:
As far as Ricardo Pena is concerned, rescuing the Cubs' teetering season will take a lot more than rally caps.So at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, he plans to assemble 100 Muslims outside Wrigley Field to pray for Allah to change the team's dim fortunes.[...]
Islamic scholar Inamul Haq said seeking Allah's intervention is usually reserved for serious concerns such as bringing rain to a drought or, on a personal level, granting success to a job-seeker so he can feed his family.
"Usually Muslims do not do that for things which are, I would say, morally neutral, and which do not have any element of human suffering," he said.
No suffering? What about that century of futility?
"I am not much for games," he allowed. "Maybe I do not realize the intensity of feeling which fans have for these things."
"Allah's intervention is usually reserved for serious concerns", from the article, yes we know those serious concerns, kill the infidels, cause terror and bring forth the rule of sharia and Islam.
Well now they're entering MY territory, and so I have a few words of wisdom for Muslim Cubbies fans--no charge. I've prayed vigorously during lots of sports contests, so I know what I'm talking about.
You see, I'm a die-hard Cleveland Indians and Browns fan, and here's what I've learned from my experience:
PRAYING DOESN'T WORK! NOT EVER. NOT EVEN ONCE.
"At any rate, the real question is: What would Muhammad do?"
I think the answer to this question is obvious. First, he would invite the Dodgers (up 2 games to none) to throw the remaining games of the series, thus ensuring a Chicago victory. If the Dodgers refused, he would demand that the Dodgers players & organization pay a certain sum to each & every Cubs fan as compensation for their hurt feelings resulting from a Chicago loss in the series. If they refused this second demand, then fight the Dodgers. No, not on the playing field according to the rules of baseball. But really fight them, until the best team they could field would consist of their N. Palookaville farm team.
Two words: Dawa stunt.
Haid--
"The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course." - Billy Graham
This just in:
Cubs fans are demanding "right of return" to the World Series. After all, they were in it once, about a millennium ago, so the Series is theirs by divine right.
Fans outside Wrigley Field have ceased praying and are loudly denouncing the "occupiers," currently the Boston Red Sox.
A spokesperson refused to comment on a recent report that a group of Jews is praying outside Dodger Stadium, but Condi Rice is preparing to fly to LA to negotiate a two-champion solution.
And you thought the Middle East conflict is gnarly.
Thanks, Marisol. It's comforting to know I'm not the only man of God to muse poignantly on the mystery of suffering.
So now we know Allah is a baseball fan and even chooses sides...or so they hope.
You would think that the western invention of baseball with its hot dogs and beer, would be Haram...or maybe that's the incentive...
The presence of so many Muslims will only enrage the spirit of the Billy-goat. Goats hate Muslims! This is insane! Somebody in Chicago needs to stop this!!! This is not about Allah! This is about the spirit of the Billy-goat!!!!
Phew! It is so comforting to see Muslims finally integrating into American society, kneeling in parking lots, and praying quaint Islamic prayers for god to smite the opposing team. Maybe we've been too hard equating all the corruption, terrorism, bigotry, hatred, and psychotic abuse which is rife in Muslim societies with Islam itself. Just because hundreds of millions of Muslims love Osama Bin Laden, and cheered when the towers fell, just because millions upon millions of Muslims handed out candy when they heard, just because millions of them wish and pray daily for our utter annihilation shouldn't cast the whole lot in a bad light. So one hundred Muslims will get "into the spirit" and genuflect for sports. Good.
That leaves perhaps 1,000,000,000 other Muslims who haven't gotten the message yet. Perhaps after this hundred does their stunt, they can fan out and spread the word?
According to Qaradawi, the only sports that Muslims can engage in are those that help prepare them for Jihad. Thus, wrestling would be fine, but golf, for example, unfine. Baseball does not fit the desired profile as well as football. One would like to have a fatwa or two on the subject, listing sport by sport, those that are haram and those that are halal.
Allah could not be reached in time for this article, but a spokesperson did say that He was "watching the game and having a bud."
Just give me a beer and a hot dog. I'll be happy.
Just give me a beer and a hot dog. I'll be happy.
Just give me a beer and a hot dog. I'll be happy.
Please excuse my triple posting, as I was trying to make a point.
Oh, they are full of it. This is nothing more than an attempt to appear fun-loving and assimilated. "See? Muslims love American sports, too. They are just like us." I'm not falling for it for a second. If they really wanted to appear just like us, they would speak out against Islamic intolerance and violence and condemn those who "hijack Islam".
Muslims to pray for Cubs at Wrigley
imo in that case the cubs are doomed prayers to allha aka satan will not help hay s witch do you think sacrificing a vegan might help the cubs (evil grin) since wicans don't believe in satan?
or are the cubs doomed not mater what:P
Take me out to the Jihad,
Take me out with the Hajj,
Buy me some couscous and 5-nitro-2-(3,5-diamino-2,4,6-trinitrophenyl)-1,2,4-triazole ICE,
I'll be going to Pa-ra-dise!
So, they can't be out there, muslims praying for peace in our times or really showing us that islam is kind and benevolent?? They can't because islam is none of the above. A publicity stunt at it worst. While they are there make sure to offer them some hot dogs made with pork, or better yet kosher dogs and see how long they stick around.
This may end up as a lawsuit handled by cair if anyone makes a "discriminatory" statement towards them. These are prayers the Cubs DO NOT NEED!
LOL, Denver. Funny. Snappy, too.
Easy-to-remember lyrics, mostly.
Thanks for the lift--as if this story isn't funny enough.
Can't get the song out of my head now.
DenverRodeo,
That cracked me up!
It makes me feel, so, so…. musical…
Let me shoot, shoot, shoot at both teams,
If they don’t die, I go insane!
For its one, two, three hundred rounds, you’re out,
At the old jihad game!
Please, someone get Mustang65 a beer and a hotdog. (Would that be triple haram; alcohol and various pork by-products nicknamed an unclean animal?)
Are women allowed?
Muslims invented baseball, right?
Hey if it takes them away from terrorism and shariah advocacy, it is a good thing.
This made me laugh!
But alas, the Cubs are beyond the help of any deity!
Getting Satan on your side won't help your team. Unless...
The "C" looks like a cresent, yes?