Pakistani cab driver praying on the top of his cab

[Safriz]

If you are ill and dying but have sense then you can pray laying down on bad, if you can not stand then pray sitting on chair, if you are in war then pray while running, if you are a cab driver and it's time to pray, and there aren't any masjid around then pray in side the car while sitting. These option has been given to us to make our life easy by Allah.

Why go through trouble of doing this when easy options are there? I doubt his intention.

dying.....war.....?
cab driver on a normal day at work..
go.figure.

 

[American Pakistani]

If you are ill and dying but have sense then you can pray laying down on bad, if you can not stand then pray sitting on chair, if you are in war then pray while running, if you are a cab driver and it's time to pray, and there aren't any masjid around then pray in side the car while sitting. These option has been given to us to make our life easy by Allah.

Why go through trouble of doing this when easy options are there? I doubt his intention.

When Almighty has said that it is not YOU HUMANS to judge a man's intentions but he(Almighty) himself, than who are you & me to point fingers? His real intentions are in his own heart & only Allah can know his intentions, no one else.

I hope you & everyone got my point.

 

[W.11]

I think he should pray at mosque instead of praying on top of his taxi.We would not like a non-muslim praying in public in Pakistan!Heck We don't even allow Ahmedis to enter their worship place.But in America you have full freedom of speech.That is why America has great influence in the world..
Police bar Ahmadis from entering worship centre – The Express Tribune

apart from religion and woman cloths and alcohol, pakistan is a lot freer country than even USA and people can see that if they observe,USA has great influence because it has power, soviets had influence too

 

[Al-zakir]

When Almighty has said that it is not YOU HUMANS to judge a man's intentions but he(Almighty) himself, than who are you & me to point fingers? His real intentions are in his own heart & only Allah can know his intentions, no one else.

I hope you & everyone got my point.

Sorry, I should not have doubt his intention. Allahu Alam. However I stick to my other points.

 

[AstanoshKhan]

Allah SWT is the best to know someones intention of praying, but if I was this taxi driver and I had similar circumstances, I'd have preferred praying 'inside the taxi' instead of going on top.

 

[Raja.Pakistani]

How do you pray when you're travelling? You are allowed to sit and pray if you don't have another alternative. As for climbing onto your vehicle and praying, I would not deem that a realistic alternative (what if it was an airliner? ). Several members from the US have already stated that there are nearby mosques in NY, so...why didn't he just go there?

I'm pretty sure if a Priest started praying on top of a Rickshaw in the middle of Karachi, Lahore, or Islamabad, he would attract a lot of dirty looks and be ridiculed.

First of all he is not in travel and secondly i don't find it weird/funny if someone offer prayers no matter which place as long as its clean ..did Allah forbid him to offer prayers on top of his cab..answer is NO


Did american law forbid him to offer prayers on his cab..answer is No



then what's your problems. Your only problem are those peoples who watching him and find his act as funny but many western peoples make fun of God and religions so i don't expect them to understand commitment of religious person but for me his offering prayers on his cab is better than not praying at all . Why he should be scare of peoples? You know many peoples made fun of fasting and asked me what God get if i don't eat in month of ramadhan so should i give up fasting because they don't approve it and find it ridiculous to stop eating for God?

 

[MastanKhan]

Mashallah - Subhanallah.

Sir,

What is to praise in it---the prayer is a matter between the individual and the Lord---this man is just showing off----he could just have sat in his car seat and prayed to his Lord----and on top of that---standing on the trunk of his car----it is the height of stupidity.

 

[tryindiffdrugsNgirls]

Sir,

What is to praise in it---the prayer is a matter between the individual and the Lord---this man is just showing off----he could just have sat in his car seat and prayed to his Lord----and on top of that---standing on the trunk of his car----it is the height of stupidity.

And he made himself look like an idiot. Did u see how people were laughing at him?

 

[kingkobra]

And he made himself look like an idiot. Did u see how people were laughing at him?

who cares if people are laughing at him...god won't be laughing at him for sure...

 

[MastanKhan]

And he made himself look like an idiot. Did u see how people were laughing at him?

Hi,

I didn't see the video---I don't want to see it either----just the act of getting on the trunk of the car and praying in that position is an act of stupidity in itself----and comparing it to a couple kissing in the subway and stating that if they can do it in public then praying like that is justifiable as well.

You see---if it comes to that---you can have open sex in public----but when it comes down to bowing down to your Lord in submission for your daily prayers---and knowing that you are a cab driver---you need to have better arragement between your time to offer prayer and the location that you are in---.

There are many amongst us that offered prayer in a less candid manner---. For a very long time some of my pakistani co-workers never knew about the few minutes that I disappeared every day.

People show off their wealth---their vulgarity---their nudity---their openness of sex---all the sinful things that are done---people show them off----because that has been the norm over the centuries---sex---debauchery and nudity have been done in open---but the daily prayer to the Lord is a private matter and not a matter of STREET DISPLAY.

Out of a lack of understanding----some of my pakistani colleagues are mixing up a street display to an act of piety----.

 

[Invincible INDIAN]

I really do have respect for that guy. He is dedicated to his religion and serving it efficiently. Others laughing at him as whole act might be unusual to them.

BTW, why to bother those people even they are not gentle at all in public?

Prayer to GOD is far better than getting nude in public. Isn't it?

 

[BlackenTheSky]

Sorry to say, but i am not impressed by this man. this was literally showing off, i mean come on,he could have prayed anywhere where there is less public, what was he trying to show?? i mean offcourse i am a Muslim and can pray anywhere i want, why will i select a busy street and more over, praying at the top of my car's trunk.

 

[kingkobra]

Sorry to say, but i am not impressed by this man. this was literally showing off, i mean come on,he could have prayed anywhere where there is less public, what was he trying to show?? i mean offcourse i am a Muslim and can pray anywhere i want, why will i select a busy street and more over, praying at the top of my car's trunk.

may be he was worried that police will disturb him if he prays somewhere else or may be he was in rush and did not want to miss the prayer time and waste time by going some place else.

 

[Gandhi G in da house]

Pakistanis have turned out to be the best ambassadors of Islam in the world

 

[Invincible INDIAN]

Sorry to say, but i am not impressed by this man. this was literally showing off, i mean come on,he could have prayed anywhere where there is less public, what was he trying to show?? i mean offcourse i am a Muslim and can pray anywhere i want, why will i select a busy street and more over, praying at the top of my car's trunk.

I donno much about muslim rituals being a Jat boy(Hindu), but I have heard that their timings are fixed means less delay. So, might be possible he could not get proper space by that time.