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Ramdev keen to introduce yoga in Pakistan

oh well my dear brother in Islam...... those who know nothing about their own religion will utter nonsense without second thought

For your general knowledge excercise is also part of Islam. It strongly encourages peoples to perform excercise in fact the Swimming is highly recommended :yahoo:

And you can understand the difference between Jogging and Swimming :cool: All excercises are great unless not crossing the boundaries of Islam

Regarding Yoga... like some other memebers said if you don't use the words like OM, it should be fine

I know that already lol. My point in saying that was to point out that some crazy mullah will always come out of nowhere saying something is unislamic, through some wierd excuse.:lol:
 
But your aversion to Yoga since it is linked with Hinduism leads me to believe that you should not like Martial arts either.

Well yoga's style and position technique may be uneasy to Muslims mainly women however soft martial art like tai chi may be better suited with people of Muslim back ground.

Modern martial art emphasis more on self defense rather than ancient religious ritual though Chinese monk still practice traditional version from religious angle in temple which is haram in Islam.


 
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mjnaushad...best answer to mr. sirius

ok sirius here is something interesting read it feel free to disagree.

Prayers, apart from nourishing your soul, are also good for health!

A Malaysian study suggests that prostration in praying is benefic for one’s health.

Salah (the Islamic prayer), is an exercise which is good for hearth and spine. It also enhances memory and concentration abilities.

The Islamic prayer consists of the following steps:

1. standing with hands on top of each other at chest level
2. bowing down with hands resting on knees
3. standing up from bowing with hands by the side
4. going in prostration (sajjda) once
5. lifting face up from prostration but sitting on the ground
6. doing a second prostration (Sajjda) and then getting up

These psysical movements that a Muslim does during prayer strenghten the joints and muscles and stimulate blood circulation. Consequently, they also prevent the stagnation of bloog in the veins of the legs (which may lead to coagulation and other problems).

Sajdah is a unique position or stance in the regular prayers, which a Muslim is supposed to offer at least five times a day.

Although the basic purpose of obligatory prayers isn’t to provide an exercise for people, it is being increasingly recognized that it has plenty of medical advantages.

Sajdah is a unique position as this is the only position in which brain (or head) becomes lower than the heart and hence for the first time the blood gushes towards the brain with full force whereas in all other positions (even when lying) brain is above the heart when it has to work against gravity to send blood to the brain.

In the position of Sajdah due to the increased blood supply the brain receive more nourishment and it has good effect upon memory, vision, hearing, concentration, psyche and all other cognitive abilities. People who offer their prayers regularly have more will power and can cope with the difficulties of life in a much better manner. They have fewer incidences of headaches, psychological problems and other defects of cognitive function.

Prostration in prayer

Not only the Muslim prayers have such benefic prayer movements. References to kneeling and prostration to express one’s humbleness before the Almighty abound in the Bible and are practiced by such notables as Abraham, Moses and Aaron, Joshua, Elijah, Solomon and Jesus.

Prostration in prayer is still practiced by some members of the Russian Orthodox Church and some Catholics still maintain kneeling in prayer. In contrast, Baptists and other Christian denominations have abandoned kneeling, and the Jewish liturgy has eliminated it altogether. The only exception perhaps is the Samaritan Jew, whose prayer is similar to the Muslim’s prayer, but for the language.

While getting up from Sajdah the perennial muscles are one of those muscles which have to pull the trunk back to sitting position and they contract actively.

Similarly while standing up from Sajdah the perennial muscles are again actively mobilized and this gives much strength to the muscles important for manpower.

The unique position of Sajdah also has positive effects upon the back muscles as while going into Sajdah and getting up from it the back muscle contract actively and they become stronger. Probably it is because of this reason that a person who is regular in prayers will uncommonly get backache.

Although prayer in religion is not meant to be an exercise, there are lots of medical advantages associated with it. Still, the best thing a prayer can offer is peace of mind.

whoa dont you understand the difference between prayer and exercises:hang2:
i was trying to say that there is nothing common in yoga and namaz and they are done for different purpose so how can you compare them????:hitwall:And you are stupid enough to compare them then provide a good link(i am sure there is no credible link on this topic:smokin:)
 
whoa dont you understand the difference between prayer and exercises:hang2:
i was trying to say that there is nothing common in yoga and namaz and they are done for different purpose so how can you compare them????:hitwall:And you are stupid enough to compare them then provide a good link(i am sure there is no credible link on this topic:smokin:)

Whats the difference at a physical level?...

I posted a link that compares Namaz and Yoga and found many similarities and ofcourse differences, its interesting.
 
Well yoga's style and position technique may be uneasy to Muslims mainly women however soft martial art like tai chi may be better suited with people of Muslim back ground.

Sure, I agree to that, although that is based on personal interpretation of "Muslim background" of women which changes from place to place.

Modern martial art emphasis more on self defense rather than ancient religious ritual though Chinese monk still practice traditional version from religious angle in temple which is haram in Islam.

Again true. But the same logic can be extended to Yoga. Though it has roots in Hinduism, like Martial arts has in Buddhism, you can use the religion-neutral aspects of both for your general health and peace of mind.

And Zaki, thanks for clarifying that. I do not mean to question Islam when I ask all this, I am just trying to understand Al-zakir's point of view.
 
Sure, I agree to that, although that is based on personal interpretation of "Muslim background" of women which changes from place to place.

Sure I do not disagree. Like any other religion, Islam also has fractions. :)

I am just trying to understand Al-zakir's point of view.

All I am trying to argue is that Yoga can be alternate with other form of meditative exercise which may be more suitable with Islam. Frankly, most yoga position are not align with Islamic values.
 
This is the problem of Indian why we want to go and do the charity. Why we believe world is a family?

Look at Americans they get patented everything under the sun from a pin to missile.

But we are doing charity, what will we get??????
 
Yoga is a pure science and we have achieved perfection by doing scientific research and analysis over thousands of years in that matter.

Why distribute it free.

Govt should get it patented and all the Indian should be allowed to use it free if they want it personally.

And if someone want to use it commercially or people outside India should made to pay for its use.

If they want to use it, or take a walk.
 
Yoga is a pure science and we have achieved perfection by doing scientific research and analysis over thousands of years in that matter.

Why distribute it free.

Govt should get it patented and all the Indian should be allowed to use it free if they want it personally.

And if someone want to use it commercially or people outside India should made to pay for its use.

If they want to use it, or take a walk.

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

It's like China patenting paper and glue. And Koreans asking royalty for practicing Tae Kwando.
 
lol i would actually like this dude to come to pakistan and teach yoga pakistanis are hot-blooded people it might help them calm down a bit having these mass yoga sessions plus it's good way to keep fit.
 
lol i would actually like this dude to come to pakistan and teach yoga pakistanis are hot-blooded people it might help them calm down a bit having these mass yoga sessions plus it's good way to keep fit.

Hot blooded? Why not stay indoors in air conditioned environs to keep blood 'cool'?
 
lol i would actually like this dude to come to pakistan and teach yoga pakistanis are hot-blooded people it might help them calm down a bit having these mass yoga sessions plus it's good way to keep fit.
did it help the indians to calm down??? doubt he would have any effect on pakistani ppl!!!
 

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