British-Pakistani singer Zayn Malik has created havoc on the internet after he reacted to the win of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov on Saturday. The former member of One Direction turned to Twitter to praise the athlete on his victory against Justin Gaethje when he used ‘MashaAllah’ in his tweet. He tweeted:
@UFC mashallah Khabib 🙌🏽
— zayn (@zaynmalik) October 24, 2020
The use of the word ‘MashaAllah’ made social media go crazy regarding the singer’s faith as he had previously claimed that he no longer identified himself as a Muslim.
Some fans wondered if the Pillow Talk singer has reverted while others criticized him for using the word MashaAllah as he is no longer a Muslim.
Some fans also used the opportunity to create memes as well.
khabib so good zayn is muslim again https://t.co/AdvS5zHGZv
— ٖ (@Aneeq___) October 24, 2020
Khabib brought his imaan back 😭😭🙌🏻 https://t.co/axktxH4mFD
— zaahid shaikh (@CEOofBrownBoys) October 25, 2020
Type of guy to say he was “half muslim” in primary school https://t.co/an7yf2wGPc
— imzy (@imzyb_) October 24, 2020
zayn took a little spring break from Islam but now he is back https://t.co/vAphyRGJfJ
— Asad Bajwa (@CaptJackChiri) October 24, 2020
While some die heart fans quickly came forward to defend him for saying MashaAllah:
Eveyone going crazy about "mashallah" should know that even some non-muslims say that and tbh there's a difference between non-practicing muslim and a non-muslim.
Before yall come for me let me mute the notification for this reply.
— Liv♡ᴴᶻ³ – GOLDEN & BETTER ERA (@hazellovesgreen) October 24, 2020
You man violating Zayn need to fix up, imagine he's on the brink of returning to Islam and he sees all of your quote tweets and decides against it. https://t.co/ikq5NcfUVO
— EasyS (@easys97) October 24, 2020