Journalist and host of the show Sar-e-Aam, Iqrarul Hassan was once again trolled by the Twitterati after he claimed to have read all the Sihah al-Sittah as well as 12 interpretation books related to Islamic religious text while he was only in the fourth grade.
For those who do not know, the Sihah al-Sittah are six books containing collections of hadith compiled by six Sunni Muslim scholars in the ninth century CE. The name Sihah al-Sittah translates to “The Authentic Six”.
The renowned anchor’s tweet was in response to a tweet by Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry over ending Hajj subsidy.
Iqrar ul Hassan supported the information minister’s stance and defended the government move. The anchor then went into an argument with a Twitter user who then asked Iqrar ul Hassan if he knows more than Religious Affairs Minister who had given a recommendation of giving 42000 subsidies.
The Sar-e-Aam host said, “I don’t claim to know more than him but I was in fourth class when I had read Sihah al-Sittah (The Authentic Six) and a dozen interpretation books, including Tanveer ul Maqbas, Tafseer e Takbeer, Tafseer e Dar Mansoor, Mafatih al Ghaib (Tafseer e Kabir), Rooh ul Bayan, Rooh ul Ma’ani and Tafseer Ibn-e-Kaseer.”
وزیر مزہبی امور نے 42000 سبسڈی دینے کی سفارش کی تھی جو کابینہ اجلاس میں مسترد کر دی گئ مطلب وزیر مزہبی امور سے زیادہ اسلام آپ جانتے ہیں
— Muhammad Yousaf (@92yousuf) February 1, 2019
People were quick to notice the tall claim and started calling it a bluff. Soon the hashtag چوتھی_جماعت# that means #fourthclass began trending on the micro-blogging social media platform.
Most people refused to believe that a fourth-grade student, who must be nine years old, could comprehend the rather difficult and complex text.
“I went on Mars for vacations in fourth grade,” one user tweeted in response.
#چوتھی_جماعت
When I was in fourth class/standard, I wrote a commentary on Das Kapital and produced a thesis on Ibn Khaldun’s Muqadimmah. I went on Mars for vacations.— امن پاشا (@Aman_Pasha) February 3, 2019
Jokes were made
We should have a show titled kya aap #چوتھی_جماعت say tezz hain
— Mubashir Zaidi (@Xadeejournalist) February 3, 2019
However, Iqrarul Hassan was no sport to the trolling and termed the whole episode politically motivated.
آج سے سات آٹھ ماہ پہلے دیا گیا ایک انٹرویو جس میں میں نے اپنے بچپن میں کتب بینی کا ذکر کیا تھا۔ مجھے حیرت ہے اب اس پر سیاسی جماعت کے سوشل میڈیا سیل نےاتنا ہنگامہ کیوں کیا؟ شاید اسلئے کہ میری ٹوئیٹ ایک حکومتی اقدام کی تعریف کے سلسلے کی کڑی تھی؟ ثبوتوں والی ویڈیو کچھ دیر میں۔۔۔ pic.twitter.com/oZ8JLazOPb
— Iqrar ul Hassan Syed (@iqrarulhassan) February 3, 2019
He concluded by calling the trolling a PML-N conspiracy.
ن لیگ کے دوست اور صاحبانِ عقل ذرا ایک لمحے کو میری جگہ آ کر دیکھیں، آپ اپنا مذاق اُڑاتی چار سو ٹوئیٹس دیکھیں اور ٹوئیٹ کرنے والے ہر اکاؤنٹ کو ایک ہی شخص فالو کر رہا ہو تو آپ کیا سوچیں گے، سکرین شاٹس کے ساتھ یہ فیصلہ میں آپ پر چھوڑتا ہوں۔۔۔ pic.twitter.com/Bvto9KL5eu
— Iqrar ul Hassan Syed (@iqrarulhassan) February 3, 2019
