NBA “Where Dawah Happens”, Kobe Gets Lessons from Hakeem Olajuwon

by Saad on November 7, 2009 in Culture

Well not dawah exactly, but hey who ever knew Kobe Bryant’s favorite player was Hakeem Olajuwon! Not surprising though, after all brother Hakeem aka the dream made shaq cry in ’95, haha.

Here is an article from Islamic Circle of North America which was released when he was announced into the hall of fame, I remember meeting Hakeem Olajuwon at the ICNA convention.

Brother Hakeem fasted during Ramadan despite facing dehydration in intense match ups. He stayed out on the basketball court while his teammates celebrated their Championship win with champagne baths in the locker room. Mash’Allah!

Muhammad Ali and Hakeem Olajuwon are both examples of American Muslims who made it big as athletes but didn’t let go of the deen.

May Allah swt continue to guide and bless them both, Ameen.

Anyways check out the video below, step your game up Kobe! The video was shown on Ball Don’t Lie.

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3 Responses to “NBA “Where Dawah Happens”, Kobe Gets Lessons from Hakeem Olajuwon”

  1. Zahir November 19, 2009 at 6:50 pm #

    who’s the guy with the lihya/beard in the gym?

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  2. Waleed January 2, 2010 at 9:54 pm #

    Yeah aight, Kobe can’t pull the dream shake, haha

    But yeah, Olajuwon was the best

    Reply

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