Soccer Vs Scholar

format_quote Originally Posted by Kittygyal

Akhi/Ukthi you don't have to wear shorts whilst playing soccer, you can wear long pants aswel, && also about 'halal' environement these days everywhere you go theres fitna i.e opposite gender, && also you can't play soccer inside like a house nor a 'hall' because it's too stuffy && you need fresh air. look on the bright side can play soccer in a field but people walk pass aswel so there's no 'halal' place were you can play actually if you think about it.

If there is no halal way to play soccer, then the logical option would be to not play soccer, right?? It isn't like the fate of the Muslim ummah rests in the hands of this one person becoming a professional soccer player!:rolleyes:

format_quote Originally Posted by Al Habeshi

Am I the only one that thinks soccer is border line haram, what do footballers wear? Shorts, do they expose their thighs? Yes, are we meanto expose our tighs? Thats the billion dollar question.

exaclty

^^^Unbelievable. A brother who shares my thoughts.

Akhee I advise you to become a scholar, or a student of knowledge if you are not capable of being a scholar. Purify your intention and you will be successful bi idhnillah.

Shaykh 'Uthaymeen (rahimullah) says:

"There is no comparison between one who has knowledge and one who does not, just as there is no comparison between the living and the dead, and one who hears and one who is deaf, and one who can see and one who is blind.

Knowledge is light with which one is guided, and with it removes one from the darkness (of ignorance) to the light (of knowledge, i.e. Islaam).

With knowledge, Allaah raises the ranks of whom He wishes from His creation:

{Allaah will exalt in degree those of you who believe, and those who have been granted knowledge}, [Soorah al-Mujaadalah, Aayah 11]."

Kitaabul-'Ilm

Frank Ribery is a Muslim Revert, thought that was interesting, which players are muslim in Arsenal?

Arsenals muslim players include Robin van Persie (converted after marrying morrocan wife)
and Abou Diaby, i think

format_quote Originally Posted by Sami Zaatari

and as i said, many players in england and europe are becomming muslim, so when a team has muslims player in it like arsenal for instance, the ignorant ppl who think all muslims are terrorists will say heyy i got a muslim in my team, they must be ok, and this will start to change ppls view on muslims that were all terrorists and so on football is the place to make dawah!

No offense, but the logic doesn't make sense if it is haram for him to be in that environment in the first place...

format_quote Originally Posted by united

hmm people are inappripriately dressed wherever you go in a non-Muslim country. I really dont think playing with men who wear their shorts above their knees is a problem as long as you dont do so yourself.

Honestly, how is that a justification? As Muslim we should always be striving to minimise our exposure to indecencies, not seeking them out... There are hundreds of professions out there that don't require a person to work in bad environments... we shouldn't be seeking out useless professions and ignoring the haram in them just because people are badly dressed where ever you go!

Muslim (338) narrated from Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “No man should look at the ‘awrah of another man, and no woman should look at the ‘awrah of another woman.”

What is the ruling on professional pursuit of football (soccer)?

Question:
What is the ruling on professional pursuit of football (soccer)?.

Answer:
Praise be to Allaah.

The word ihtiraaf (professional pursuit) is defined in al-Mawsoo’ah al-Fiqhiyyah (2/69) as follows:

Ihtiraaf in Arabic means seeking to earn a living, or seeking a profession in order to earn money. A profession is anything in which a person works and becomes known for. So they say “the profession of So and so is such and such,” meaning his habit and practice, which is synonymous to the words craft and work.

The fuqaha’ of sharee’ah are in agreement with the linguists on this issue, and the word ihtiraaf (professional pursuit) is used to refer to work and to earning a living.

Al-Mawsoo’ah al-Fiqhiyyah (2/69).

It is not permissible for anyone to issue a ruling on playing football – let alone taking it as a profession – without knowing the nature of this game at this time and the atmosphere that surrounds it. In this game ‘awrahs are uncovered, prayers are missed, fitnah and desires are provoked, and there is the possibility of harm and injury, as well as the negligence of acts of worship that is involved.

Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibraaheem (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:

Playing football nowadays is accompanied by reprehensible things which mean that playing it should be disallowed. These things may be summed up as follows:

1 – It is proven to us that play continues during the times of prayer, which results in the players and spectators missing prayers or prayers in congregation, or they delay performing prayers until the time for them is over. Undoubtedly any action that interferes with performance of prayers on time or leads to missing prayers in congregation with no valid shar’i excuse is haraam.

2 – The nature of this game leads to factionalism, stirring up fitnah and hatred. These results are the opposite of what Islam promotes of tolerance, friendship and brotherhood, and cleaning hearts and souls of hatred, resentment and grudges.

3 – The game involves physical danger for the players as a result of collisions and injuries. Usually the players do not end the game without some of them falling on the pitch unconscious or with broken arms or legs. Nothing is more indicative of that than the fact that there must always be an ambulance present throughout the game.

4 – The purpose behind allowing sports is to make people become physically active and to train them for fighting and to ward off chronic disease. But playing football nowadays has no such aim. As well as the things mentioned above, it is now also taking people’s money for false purposes, let alone the danger of physical injury and the generation of hatred in the hearts of players and spectators, and the stirring up of fitnah. It has even gone so far that some spectators attack some players, which could go as far as murder, as happened in a match a few months ago. This alone is sufficient reason to disallow it. And Allaah is the source of strength. End quote.

Fataawa Ibn Ibraaheem (8/116, 117).

As for playing football just to strengthen the body and give it energy, or to treat some diseases without falling into any of these haraam things, this is something permissible.

Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibraaheem (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:

The basic principle concerning such games and sports is that they are permissible if they serve an innocent purpose, as was referred to by Ibn al-Qayyim in his book al-Faroosiyyah and as was mentioned by Shaykh Taqiy al-Deen Ibn Taymiyah and others. If that is done as training for jihad and attack and retreat, or for physical fitness, or to ward off chronic diseases and strengthen the spirit, then it comes under the heading of permissible things, if the one who does it has a sound intention. In all cases it is essential that there be no harm caused to bodies or minds, and that it does not lead to the grudges and hatred that usually occur between players, and that it does not distract them from things that are more important, and that it does not prevent them from remembrance of Allaah (dhikr) or prayer. End quote.

Fataawa Ibn Ibraaheem (8/118)

He also said:

Playing football in this organized manner, making the players into two factions, whether they are paid or not, should not be done, because it involves preventing remembrance of Allaah (dhikr) and prayer. It may also involve consuming wealth unlawfully and may be accompanied by gambling; it is akin to playing chess in some ways.

But if one or two people play with a ball and play football in an unorganized fashion, there is nothing wrong with that because it does not involve anything haraam. And Allaah knows best. End quote.

Fataawa Ibn Ibraaheem (8/119)

In the answer to question no. 22305 we have explained the conditions for it to be permissible to play football. Among the things we said there was the following:

The third condition: that it should not take up too much of the player’s time, let alone take up all his time or mean that he becomes known among people for that, or it becomes his job, because then there is the fear that the words of Allaah may be true in his case: “Who took their religion as an amusement and play, and the life of the world deceived them. So this Day We shall forget them” [al-A’raaf 7:51]. End quote.

Thus it is clear that taking football as a profession as it exists nowadays is haraam, because it includes things that are forbidden in Islam, even if playing football is basically permissible.

This applies especially if we realize what is involved in taking football as a profession, such as travelling to kaafir countries to play against international teams. It is obvious to everyone what kind of kufr, evil and sin is present in those countries, and it is also well known that the players are exposed to the temptations of women and desires because of their fame, stardom and wealth.

It should also be noted that settling in kaafir countries is haraam, and it is not permissible except in cases of need, subject to certain conditions which have been explained in question no. 38284.

And Allaah knows best.

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format_quote Originally Posted by Sami Zaatari

if the player knows that he is going to miss a prayer because the game will be going on during the game then he can make his prayer before the match since he knows he will not be able to conduct his prayer during his proper time, and this is perfectly ok which companions themselves did.

Are you seriously saying it is permissible for someone to pray the prayer before its time because of a soccer game???ffended:

Isn't it only permissible at time of extreme need??