(VIDEO): Imran Khan's kiss at Baba Farid Ganjshakar Shrine floor sparks Fatwa
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LAHORE – Imran Khan has clarified his position over his ‘controversial’ action at a Sufi shrine in Punjab, following a religio-political storm that has gripped the social media since last night.
“Sufism speaks about removing the “mein” 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 chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) told the host of a show on Dunya TV.
“Sajda is only for Allah, I only kissed the floor of the mazar (shrine) 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.
“Anyone who believes in the kalma, in the oneness of God, can never share anyone with Allah,” he added.
The images and videos of Imran and his wife Bushra Maneka showing them allegedly ‘performing sajda’ at the point of entry to the tomb of Baba Farid Ganjshakar, in Pakpattan, were well noted by social media, with political commentator, Gul Bukhari equating the move with a Sajda (prostration only done before Allah Almighty by the Muslims).
Completely upset by Imran’s action, some including his former wife Reham Khan even accused him of ‘Shirk.’
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