Sports training in the women’s prayer area and the Abyssinians playing with spears
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: It is reported that the Abyssinians used to play with spears in the mosque of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). His question is: There is a mosque in Riyadh, and he says there is a prayer area for women where a group of elderly people gather after Fajr. They have a sports trainer who trains them in the prayer area until the sun rises.
Answer:
No, that is not the case; it is not permissible. The Abyssinians were training with weapons, with spears. Spears is the plural of spear, and it is an instrument of jihad. They were training with them, and there is no harm in this in the mosque. As for sports, which is playing ball and the like, this is not permissible in the mosque. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: It is reported that the Abyssinians used to play with spears in the mosque of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). His question is: There is a mosque in Riyadh, and he says there is a prayer area for women where a group of elderly people gather after Fajr. They have a sports trainer who trains them in the prayer area until the sun rises.
Answer:
No, that is not the case; it is not permissible. The Abyssinians were training with weapons, with spears. Spears is the plural of spear, and it is an instrument of jihad. They were training with them, and there is no harm in this in the mosque. As for sports, which is playing ball and the like, this is not permissible in the mosque. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 11 من 86 /شرح كتاب إغاثة اللهفان في مصائد الشيطان/لذة القلب/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (58:08)
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