Zaira Wasim urges fans to refrain from praising her

Former Bollywood actress Zaira Wasim, who became a household name after delivering a powerful performance in Aamir Khan’s biographical sports-drama Dangal (2016), has urged people to stop praising her. In a lengthy social media post, she wrote that people praising her is not gratifying at all for her.

“Asalamualaykum everyone! While I acknowledge with humility all the love people shower me with, I cannot emphasise enough how the praise that comes my way is not gratifying at all for me and how big of a test it is for me and how dangerous it is for my Iman,” Zaira wrote on Saturday.

She continued, “I am not as righteous as I might lead many to believe. Instead, I urge everyone to not praise me in any manner but pray that Allah overlooks my shortcomings which are too many to count, and fills the void in my heart with the light of His Mercy, Taqwa and increases me in Iman, rectifies my intentions and grants me knowledge that is beneficial and a heart and tongue that remembers Him at all times and turns to Him often in repentance, and allow me to perform righteous deeds only for His sake, allow me to remain steadfast and cause me to live and die as a Muslim. Jazakum Allahu Khayran.”

After starring in such box-office hits as Dangal and Secret Superstar (2017), Zaira Wasim announced her retirement from Bollywood in 2019. She said she was leaving movies as she wanted to focus on her religion.

The actress was last seen in the Shonali Bose-directed The Sky Is Pink (2019), co-starring Priyanka Chopra and Farhan Akhtar.