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Monday 31 December 2012

You Worship Your Lords I Worship Mine

It was one of the best Football Club in Islamabad. This Football club used to see players come later than other Football grounds mainly because in this ground all the business professionals and executives used to play after office timings. Practice used to carry on much later after dusk i.e. Maghrib prayers. The team was a fine amalgamation of youngsters and oldies. Age ranging from 16 to 50. 

There was a guy who was an excellent footballer and a human being. Most of the time he was silent on the pitch and all his attention remain on his game. He was lightening fast and an emphatic finisher. But he had the habit of sneaking out approximately 5 minutes before calling for prayer (Azan) to a nearby mosque and after offering Namaz resume training. The club management was upset about this fact and was weighing up their options to confront him one day.

On the very next day as soon as he was about to leave the ground; game halted, players gathered, and coaches accompanied by senior players questioned his commitment about the game. He said that we could start the game much earlier tomorrow and finish it before Namaz. This argument upset the management and they said we cannot do this as our office timings demand this tight schedule to follow and quite frankly we are not changing timing just because of you. And if you do not abide by the timing fully you're welcome to leave the club. Just leave the ground today and you may never come back to play again for this club. What do you say? And folks his response was legendary, "You worship your lords at the offices I worship mine in the mosque". He said this with such calm that everybody went dead silent and he hurriedly walked towards mosque.

2 comments:

  1. Impressed and feeling ashamed, at the same moment...

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  2. Me too. Actually this story is not entirely true. I made up response part.

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